this is bbc news, i'm james reynolds. the headlines at 8. wales will go into a short, sharp national lockdown from friday — the two week firebreak means all non—essential businesses will shut and households will be banned from mixing anywhere. a firebreak period is our best chance of regaining control of the virus and avoiding a much longer and much more damaging national lockdown. there's anger at the blanket approach in some parts of wales like pembrokeshire where infection rates are very low — we'll be speaking to the local mp stephen crabb. i don't think it is fair that we are being locked down with the rest of wales. we have very low numbers. we have all been very careful in the small rural communities. no agreement after days of discussions between the government and local leaders over moving

greater manchester into tighter restrictions. flown to london — the conjoined twins from pakistan finally go home after their extraordinary treatment at great ormond street. how cold water swimmers are helping scientists working on a possible cure for dementia. and wasps are stung by four more positive coronavirus tests — putting their premiership final against exeter on saturday in jeopardy. good evening and welcome to bbc news. wales will go into a two week national lockdown from friday. the first minister, mark drakeford, said he was imposing the firebreak

with a heavy heart. but he insisted that the sharp and deep measures were necessary in order to regain control of the virus and to prevent the nhs from becoming overwhelmed. the decision has sparked anger in some parts of wales where the number of cases is still low. the lockdown will last two weeks. it starts at 6pm this friday. everyone must stay at home unless they are a key worker or cannot work from home. mixing with other households anywhere is banned. all non—essential businesses must close. primary school children will return after half term as will secondary school pupils in years seven and eight. all others will learn from home again. exercise outdoors is permitted. parks will stay open. takeaways will be allowed. childcare facilities will be open. adults living alone will be able to see their support bubble. our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. stay at home.

three words that brought life to a stand—still in spring, now an instruction for wales in autumn. this cafe bar in cardiff will close. the government says people must be confined to their houses again for a fortnight, to stop the virus spreading. 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 within which to act is only a small one. many had anticipated the news, but it's split opinion. this couple are divided. what concerns me is it's blown out of all proportion. it doesn't seem to make a blind bit of difference, these lockdowns. if it has to be done, it has to be done, because i've been looking at the numbers closely and they have gone up really quickly. elliott, the manager here, he is frustrated that in summer the government was encouraging people to go out. now it's shutting them in again.

we have had many more customers than we would have expected through august coming in, in a time when the virus is spreading, and i think it is irresponsible on the part of the government and it's led to this. now we have to suffer after we followed the rules. across wales halloween is cancelled, bonfire night too, but while coronavirus case numbers are high here in cardiff, over in pembrokeshire there are far fewer signs of a second wave, and questions over why here too they must shut down. i don't think it's fair that we're being locked down with the rest of wales, we have very low numbers, we've all been very careful in these small rural communities, and we've just done everything as carefully and safely as we can. the welsh government warns it must act to stop hospitals from being overwhelmed. last week the number of covid related patients rose by 50%. this new intensive care unit will open in the lockdown. they desperately want to avoid cancelling elective care. kind of preparing for

the worse. we have dusted off our surge plans. we've got all the spare ventilators back out the cupboard, but it's with a heavy heart, and we think, last time we turned the whole hospital off, pretty much. every spare member of staff was brought to itu and retrained. they are busy now, they're busy in theatres doing operations, we don't have that luxury again. businesses will need a lifeline too. this brewery has 160 pubs, but they didn't all survive the first lockdown. a lot of beer has just gone down the drain. tragically, about 100 people have lost their jobs. now the boss is worried this short sharp shut down may be followed by several more. this is like sharpening a pencil. if you keep sharpening the pencil, in the end there's nothing left. you know, you can'tjust keep chipping away at an industry, knocking it down, expecting it to get back up again in great shape. every time we lose turn over, we lay off people, we have to close pubs, sell pubs, the business gets smaller and weaker, and that's notjust us, it will be affecting everybody in this sector.

a firebreak can only slow not extinguish the danger. lives and livelihoods depend on its success. this is a precautionary, pre—emptive strike, if you like. however the difficulty will be, and the welsh government again admits this, they won't see the results within those two weeks. in fact it could be several weeks before any impact is felt. it is all about slowing rather than getting rid of the virus. but of course the welsh government can't act alone, it depends on uk government support for many of its businesses and this two and a bit week firebreak actually straddles two different types of furlough scheme. so some comapnies here are going to be really confused as to how they pull on the financial support they'll need to get them through this. and as we have heard, many already fear this short, sharp shock will not be the last one they have to endure. adam price is the leader of plaid cymru. hejoins us now. you had that report. if it has to be done, said one person in wales, it has to be done. do you

agree? absolutely. i met today with the scientist who had done the modelling, i met with the chief medical officer, the situation in the words of the scientists themselves is uncontrolled now. we are seeing exponential rise in the level of cases throughout wales and if we do not act in the way that has been presented today, the firebreak, iam afraid been presented today, the firebreak, i am afraid many hundreds of people will die unnecessarily between now and the end of the year. no responsible government, speaking for ourselves, no responsible opposition party could allow that to happen. shed restrictions apply equally throughout wales given the vast different rates of infection? i understand the feelings that were expressed, i am from west wales myself, but looking at the science of what the aberdeen lodges are say, there comes a point where you reach a threshold where transmission is

seeding, as they say, across wales. it is no longer possible, actually, to have a localised approach because it is literally out of control and thatis it is literally out of control and that is coming through in all parts of wales, even in those parts of wales like carrie and the south—west which have had low incidents, we are seeing rising cases overall. saving lives, which is the purpose of the firebreak, will help all of us. it will save lives, even in those areas of low incidence of the disease as well. we have to work together, we had to come together as a nation, we have to recreate that sense of national mission. we can defeat this virus, but we have got to now ask people to sacrifice again over the next three weeks and then i think that a different strategy in place. i think one of the admissions that we need from the government is the existing strategy did not work, the existing strategy did not work, the fact we have had to pull the

emergency cord, if you like, i think points to the fact that we need to do things differently and they have had time to assess what is going to put in place after the 9th of november where we come out of the firebreak. in mainland europe, other countries have introduced similar things as well. this is something governments are having to deal with. money. businesses affected by the heirs will be supported by a fan of almost £300 million, is not enough? it is not enough certainly to provide the level of support that is needed. they watch and have done what they can within the resources that they have but the greek question is is what the treasury going to do. we have the three nations, either in a circuit breaker or going into one scene. large parts of the north of england. we have no where near the level of economic support, furlough is coming to an end. matt hancock sent this afternoon that with a virus you have

got to act quickly, at the same time as the chancellor rishi sunak saying he is not prepared to bring thejob support scheme forward a week to cover the firebreak in wales. it is absolutely contemptible. the arrogance that is being shown. if this was true in the southern part of england where the power and the wealth in the provision which lies in the uk, many people asking themselves what we have a high level of economic supportthis is the kind of economic supportthis is the kind of attitude that we are sent from westminster and it is making people rightly angry. wales, scotland, northern ireland and large parts of the north of england as well. thank you. let's stick with the subject. stephen crabb is a former welsh secretary and conservative mp for preseli pembrokeshire — which the second lowest coronavirus infection rate in wales with 32.6 cases per 100,000 people. thank you forjoining us. i guess there is an advantage to the stab just announced by defence minister. the firebreak is clear, it is

easy to understand and if i baited walsh reduce the spread of the virus —— just announced by the first minister. it is clear when you use phrases like circuit break, it sounds great on paper, but no one is really being honest about is that the actual evidence base behind it is very, very weak. there is no clear evidence base that suggests there's two or three week short—term lockdown will be the fix that solves this problem. the expectation i think the a growing number of people in wales is that this will not be the end of it, no matter how rigidly people and businesses in wales stick to the new rules that are going to come into force on friday, there is a feeling that we will be going back around this mountain several times more. no one knows for sure. it is impossible for a scientist to say we are ex now, we will

be at why later on. this is an attempt to lower the spread of the virus. the point that i've been making today, when it comes to applying these very stringent restrictions on an all wales basis that encompasses the hotspots of south—east wales in the valleys, as well as areas where i represent which has got very low rates of infection, i do not think that the evidence supports that kind of approach. i still think that actually a better approach is a much more localised set of restrictions. the first minister admitted today effectively that they had lost control of coronavirus in certain parts of wales. well, the times are really, really stringent, early action was back in september when the infection rate started to go up and they did not do it. the feeling in west wales is that we are now paying the price. understood. the problem with what you suggest

imposing lots of local restrictions is that they become hard for people to follow and when you move from one area to another, you move between restrictions. the advantage of the single nation approach is that it make sure everyone obeys the same rules and even predicts people in your constituency from people in other parts of wales who have high rates of infection he might want to travel to where you are. you are implying that that you know for certain that people moving around, making visits to other parts of wales is what is driving the increase in infection. the evidence for that is not there. we do know that right now there are around 500 people who very said they have got coronavirus are a hospital in in wales. i am told around half of those were in people who have been infected since going into hospital. the real question is difficulty issues we need to talk about, what issues we need to talk about, what is actually driving the increase in infections, which we are seeing in a number of parts of wales, but not in

everywhere. thank you so much. and, at 8.30, we will be speaking to the owner of a cabin retreat in south wales, who has had to cancel a fortnight‘s worth of bookings following the lockdown announcement. meanwhile in england, there's still no agreement after days of talks between the government and local leaders in greater manchester over whether or not the region should be moved into the highest alert level — tier 3 — along with the liverpool city region and lancashire. the government says it's now carefully considering the next steps. danny savage has more from stockport. the government says manchester should already be in very high alert tier 3, but the stand—off between leaders here and westminster continues. so life carries on in tier 2, to the concern of some. i would like to see those restrictions coming into force. notjust being in place, but being enforced to really try and get to grips with the pandemic and actually trying to get things back under control. it means you can still do things

like meet friends outside. sue thinks the area isn't ready for tighter rules, saying track and trace using these qr codes isn't ingrained enough in people's habits. i mainly go into stockport, but there aren't really — not that i've seen in stockport - qr codes. and there's definitely nobody checking that you're doing it or checking that you've sanitised your hands. i wish all people in charge would start pulling in one direction. julia thinks agreement is needed now and the government has to spend what's necessary. we can't let people starve. we can't let people not be able to pay their bills. 0k, we're going to run up huge debts. there'll be time to fix it down the road. don't ask me how we'll fix it. the government could impose further restrictions on greater manchester without the agreement of local leaders. but if those like mayor andy burnham

strongly object, then will people here follow those rules? that's the dilemma. so, ideally, this row needs to be settled soon and peacefully. the move to the highest alert tier does feel inevitable. but after days of discussions, just when will a deal be good to go? danny savage, bbc news, greater manchester. this afternoon the health secretary matt hancock warned of the growing number of people over the age of 60 in the north west of england who are now getting the virus. liverpool has by far the highest numbers but there's been a sharp rise in greater manchester in the past week. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has been assessing the capacity of hospitals across the north west. in happier times, this would be a busy, bustling city centre, but manchester is quieter now, poised perhaps to enter the highest covid alert level, tier 3. the row over how and when that is to happen rumbles on, with ministers in london warning older people are now increasingly at risk from the

virus. i'm very worried that the cases per 100,000 among the over—60s is a01 in the liverpool city region, 241 in lancashire. and in greater manchester, it has risen from... over the past week from 171 to 283. local health leaders acknowledge the seriousness of the situation, but say it's not out of control. we're not overwhelmed. i think i want people to realise it is a serious position that we're in. we have seen a steady rise in our admissions both into hospital and into intensive care, but we have very detailed escalation plans in place. the latest covid—19 infection data shows the rate in the city of manchester continues to fall, to a10 cases 100,000 people. in nottingham, it's 655, while in derry and strabane in northern ireland, it's 939. but in many ways, it's not

the infection rate that counts, it's the number who fall so seriously ill they end up in hospital needing intensive care. and that puts enormous pressure on a health service that is already under stress. here in greater manchester, there are currently around about 250 critical care beds that are available, although that number could be increased quite quickly if more beds and staff become available. now, i understand that capacity is currently running at around 85%, which is not unusual at this time of year. but ministers in london are warning that spare capacity could be wiped out within three weeks by a surge in covid patients. and senior doctors i've spoken to say that is consistent with the modelling that they've also seen. intensive care specialists are worried about the impact on patients and a health service that's still catching up on delayed surgery and treatments. i think the added pressure of covid infection is putting a huge strain on the system. and i think all nhs staff are extremely worried that we're

in for a very bumpy ride over the winter months. what's happening here in the north west of england could be a template for what happens elsewhere very soon. dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. one of the main sticking points in the talks between greater manchester leaders and the government is over a hardship fund. sir richard leese is the leader of manchester city council. he told the bbc‘s rogerjohnson how much money they were asking for. the figure that we put on for that element of the scheme, for a four week period of time will be £15 million figure. 1-5, 15. 15, that we are more than willing to talk with the treasury officials to get the numbers right, so that's not a validated figure, that's our estimate of the cost. but it is in that sort of region that we're talking about. so headlines like £100 million is what you are after, they are well wide of the mark, are they?

it depends how long we're talking about, that's for a four—week period of time, indications from government that they'd rather do a longer—term deal. so if you are talking six months, the entirety of the winter, then we might be talking about £100 million. what is the situation in the greater manchester hospitals as we stand here now? well, the figures we were given as of this afternoon is that in the intensive care beds across greater manchester, we have an occupation level of 78%. that's not just covid of course, that's everything. that is probably slightly less than we would normally expect at this time of the year. but the government is suggesting that by a couple of weeks' time, those beds could all be full and the nhs could be under impossible strain. it doesn't match the modelling we've seen from our own hospitals in greater manchester, we are fairly certain that the figures that the prime minister used are incorrect figures and that the figures that the guardian used are incorrect figures, but we are of course in the light of the discussions,

rerunning the modelling to make sure that we are in the position we think we are. let's get more from our political correspondentjess parker who's in westminster now. talks this afternoon ended abruptly, this is getting increasingly bitter? i think what is notable today is not only could the two sides not agree, they do not abled seem to agree what has even been discussed over the course of the day because we have been hearing from various people who have been involved with the discussions today, from the north—west, saying that they understood a kind of hardship as we we re understood a kind of hardship as we were just hearing understood a kind of hardship as we werejust hearing spoken understood a kind of hardship as we were just hearing spoken about, had been discussed and then this afternoon, what we are hearing actually from the government is that it is incorrect to say such a proposal was tabled. they want as hardship fund because they say particularly people who are on low wages say their businesses, hospitality venues are forced

to close, they cannot be expected to survive on two thirds of those wages, which is the package of support that the chancellor has offered going forward. that is one offered going forward. that is one of the major sticking points, as well as questions over the evidence base for moving the area into tier 3. there have been the sets of conversations this afternoon, claims that the call this afternoon with robertjenrick ended somewhat a bru ptly robertjenrick ended somewhat abruptly and i guess the big question now is how long will the government wait before it moves to potentially imposing restrictions, which has the remake it has not ruled out doing —— which it has not ruled out doing —— which it has not ruled out doing —— which it has not ruled out of doing. they think time is of the essence, they think the situation is deteriorating, they think leaders need to act now. we have no sense it is imminentand need to act now. we have no sense it is imminent and that is going to happen this evening, beckley discussions today have not reached a

satisfactory conclusion for either side. things seem to have got a little bit worse because they can't even agree on what has been discussed, let alone reach agreement on the basis of these issues. jess parker, asking and answering your own questions. thank you very much. a labour mp‘s been admitted to hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for covid—19. yasmin qureshi, who represents bolton south east, was taken in on saturday. the 57—year—old wrote on social media earlier today that she is ‘being very well looked after‘ and thanked the staff at the royal bolton hospital. the latest government figures show there were 18,804 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is 17,649. and daily hospital admissions have risen, with 853 people being admitted on average each day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 80 deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28

days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week 122 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 113,726. it is worth breaking seven years now from ireland. this is copy sent by our ireland correspondent. he writes the irish, is to move the country to the irish, is to move the country to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, broadly similarto the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, broadly similar to the spring lockdown. the cabinet has agreed to move to level five restrictions, irish restrictions, from midnight on wednesday. they are such a loss for six weeks but will be reviewed after four weeks. such a loss for six weeks but will be reviewed afterfour weeks. the restrictions this time will be similarto restrictions this time will be similar to those in ireland in march and april but schools and crashes will remain open this time, construction will continue. people will be able to exercise within five

kilometres of their homes. they will be able to exercise with another household. the irish prime minster is due to make a televised address around 9pm. that is 35 minutes from now. let's move on. safa and marwa were born joined at the head — conjoined twins — a very rare condition. they were flown to london from their home in pakistan. after more than 50 hours of surgery and months of hospital care at great ormond street, they were finally ready to go home. 0ur medical editor fegus walsh spoke to the family before they left. twin sisters with a special bond. it is nowjust over a year—and—a—half since safa and marwa were separated. back to safa. that's it. that's good. to marwa. they're still having physical therapy, which they clearly enjoy. but they've been through a lot to get here, and neither

has emerged unscathed. the girls were born joined at the head — an extremely rare condition. they'd never seen each other‘s faces. the bbc followed their incredible journey as, over four months, they underwent more than 50 hours of surgery. safa and marwa's skull was one long tube, their brains were misshapen and interconnected. separating them involved a huge team at great ormond street hospital with every stage, every stitch planned in minute detail. all of it was paid for by a private donor. once the twins were finally separated, surgeons created a rounded skull for each of them, using pieces of shared bone. thank you. for their mother zainab, the surgeons are heroes. this, the moment she was

told they'd both survived. the road to recovery has been long, and progress slow. nonetheless, zainab was delighted to be taking them home at last. translation: thanks to allah they have got very good progress, especially marwa. she only needs little bit support for her to take the mobility further, and we will take good care of safa, and hopefully she will start walking as well. in theatre, the surgeons had to make a near impossible choice. there is something oozing deep down there that i can't see at the moment. only one twin could receive some key blood vessels that nourished both their brains. they were given to marwa, the weaker twin, but as a result safa had a stroke. safa now has permanent damage to her brain, and may never walk. i feel marwa has done

really well and carries on making great progress. when i look at the whole family, yes, it was probably the right thing to do for the whole family, but for safa, as an individual, i'm not so sure. it's a decision that i made as a surgeon, it's a decision that we made as a team, and it's, it's a decision we have to live with. and does it still trouble you? yes, very much so. i think it always will. both girls have learning difficulties, but the family say they have no regrets, and whatever the future holds, marwa and safa will face it together — as sisters and twins, but also separate individuals. fergus walsh, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hi there. for most of us last week, it was rather chilly, cloudy but at least mainly dry.

but this week is looking very different, a lot more unsettled, because we'll have a series of low pressure systems bringing some wet and windy weather. and with the winds coming in from the south, it will be much milder than it was last week. so you can see the low pressure systems affecting the north and the west of the country through today. it's brought very wet weather to northern ireland. much of scotland could see some issues with localised flooding by the end of the night here. another band of rain starts to spread across wales and england through the night, something a bit drier by the end of the night in the south west. a breezy night to come, very mild, with temperatures in double figures for most. for tuesday, that rain clears away from the east coast and it brightens up, and we'll see a whole cluster of showers move up the irish sea, affecting western wales, western england, northern ireland, southern scotland. some could be heavy with rumbles of thunder merged together to produce longer spells of rain, but despite the wind, it's going to be very mild. on wednesday, it could turn very wet and windy across the south of the country before turning a bit drier on thursday.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines. wales will go into a short sharp national lockdown from friday — the 2 week firebreak means all non—essential businesses will shut and households will be banned from mixing anywhere. there's anger at the blanket approach in some parts of wales like pembrokeshire where infection rates are very low. no agreement after days of discussions between the government and local leaders over moving greater manchester into tighter restrictions. flown to london — the conjoined twins from pakistan finally go home after their extraordinary treatment at great ormond street. how cold water swimmers are helping scientists working on a possible cure for dementia. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tulsen tollet. good evening,

leeds united and wolves are heading towards the half time interval in their premier league clash at elland road. victory for the home team would take them third while wolves could move sixth. it's currently goalless on that half—hour mark. it's currently goalless on that half—hour mark. earlier this evening... after 47 matches west brom and burnley treated us to the first nil—nil draw of this premier league season. west brom keeper sam johnstone with the best save of the game to keep out that header from ashley barnes. 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. not winning the euros, the world cup or both would be a failure. that's according to england's director of women's football baroness sue campbell. she was speaking as the fa announced their plan for the next four years. campbell said that there were high expectations of the incoming england manager sarina veeckman — who's currently in charge of the netherlands. 0ur ambition is doing the world cupand ideally the euros. we think it is a fantastic opportunity for steps you will only have been in the job for a year at that point, but if you look back, people realise she was with the netherlands less than a year when she won the euros previously, so i am confident that she will give

us every opportunity to win. wasps have reported four more positive tests for coronavirus — three players and one member of staff — taking them to 11 cases in five days. it's put their participation in the premiership final on saturday in doubt. a decision on whether they'll play or not is due on wednesday, when results for the last round of testing will be known. bristol bears have been informed and are on stand—by to take their place in the final against exeter chiefs with all players concerned now self—isolating, as are their close contacts. now self—isolating, wasps 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 current team ineos grenadiers. froome is aiming to win the vuelta for a third time — although he says his main objective will be in supporting teammate richard cara paz. 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 been a long road back and i'm certainly really looking forward tojust being in the race again. finally some tennis news and kyle edmund isn't finding the best of form at the moment... for the third consecutive tournament he's been knocked out in the first round — this time in the atp 250 event in cologne. the british number two lost to japan's yoshihito nishioka 6—4, 6—love. and olympic champion adam peaty helped london roar to a stunning 217 point victory in their season opening international swimming league match in budapest. peaty won the 100m breaststroke to secure maximum points for london, while world champion team—mate duncan scott took the 200m freestyle title. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, that's all your sports for now. 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 exercise outdoors. 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. paula warren operates a number of luxury cabins in the vale of glamorgan and has spent the day cancelling bookings. paula, thank you forjoining us. i imagine it's been a really tricky day for you. yes a bit of a challenge. we have been through a lot, as everyone has from march. we we re lot, as everyone has from march. we were fully booked after reopening in july. and a good couple weeks. couple of months,

successful months. and unfortunately, went into local lockdown. and now we are in full lockdown. and now we are in full lockdown from friday onwards. so it's a lot of cancelling and rebooking cancelling rebooking. tell us rebooking cancelling rebooking. tell us about some of the conversations you've been having with the people who desperately, presumably want to go on holiday where you are but now can't. it's really difficult because people had cancelled all of their bookings for overseas. and then they really look forward to going away and then you're reading up and seeing, we want to cancel you. it's usually disappointed. particularly with half term coming along with children involved. people arejust desperate to get away. we've even had tea rs desperate to get away. we've even had tears on the phone today. just really, really ha rd. had tears on the phone today. just really, really hard. but we've got to keep things safe. 0ur nhs is under pressure so we've got to just go with it and hopefully

it will be short, sharp and will come out the other end of it. how might it hurt you financially? and do you know where to get help from various schemes? they've made some announcements today but they haven't had any definite packages as yet. so we are waiting on that. we've lost thousands. literally thousands and we are a small, independent. it's been really tough. and it's going to been really tough. and it's going to be very tough for the next few months. we are crossing ourfingers that were going to be looked after. do you have any sense that you will be able to have guests before the spring or are you prepared to write off autumn and winter?|j spring or are you prepared to write off autumn and winter? i think we will, people particularly with this com plete will, people particularly with this complete shutdown, is very clear for people and i think that's what people and i think that's what people need, they needed that. also the pressures within the nhs, it's

huge locally. i think if people can behave now and it really shut down, i think if there is an opportunity for us to be open before christmas. when you speak to customers on the phone and they say they are desperate for a break, they might have kids, looking forward to it for a while, you say i'm sorry, you can come. do you have any alternative suggestions for them as to how they might get through this without being able to go to your cabins? we very much have a good connection with our customers. when you speak to somebody and they are nearly unwell at the fact that they can't go anywhere. we try and suggest is go back to agents as well and see whether you can go somewhere else between now and christmas. but a lot of our customers have really supported us and have delayed their bookings. which is amazing. that

will keep us going. thank you so much for speaking to us. we really appreciate it. french police investigating the beheading of a teacher have arrested fifteen people in ongoing raids. samuel paty was killed outside his school in the northern suburbs of paris, by an 18—year—old who was then shot dead by police on friday. sources said those arrested included four children suspected of helping identify the teacher who had shown his pupils cartoons of the prophet mohammed. meanwhile, a group of imams have paid tribute to the teacher outside his school. they laid flowers and condemned the attack. the home secretary is considering holding a public inquiry into the 1974 birmingham pub bombings, after years of campaigning by the victims‘ families. twenty one people were killed and more than 200 were injured in the explosions. west midlands mayor andy street described them as "the biggest unsolved murders in recent british history." a project manager who worked on the refurbishment

of grenfell tower has admitted "binning" notebooks containing her records of the works, despite knowing a public inquiry and police investigation were under way. claire williams was giving evidence to the grenfell inquiry which is investigating events leading up to the fire which killed 72 people injune 2017. around a thousand people are being moved out of a development in west london following a safety review. which found the building's construction could put residents at risk. one of the city's largest housing associations took the decision to allow for further investigations at six blocks of flats in brentford to be carried out. those living there have been asked to leave immediately. karl mercer reports. laura and eleanor minutes after finding out their student flat was a fire risk and they will have move out as quickly as possible. this is where they live, the paragon estate, mostly filled with students from the university of west london. it is owned by the housing association notting hill genesis. we have been informed

the building is very unsafe. this is our home. i can't believe you have allowed us to live here, knowing what is behind it. it was a bit of a shock because when we got told we never got told the reason behind it. we found out the same time the same time as everyone else. by e—mail. did you have any idea? we had no clue. the scaffold has been there for more than two years, cladding was removed because of concerns over fire safety. what did you make of the news? it was a bit of a shock. residents like the students necks door have been told to move out. now to know it is completely unsafe, it is really concerning, because we have been living here for, i have lived here for 14 year, so, and to know all that time, it could have gone up like a matchbox. notting hill genesis has apologised to residents who will be put up in hotels and students who have been found new

accommodation in wembley but wouldn't say what have prompted the measures. we have been advised to ensure the safety of the residents we should move everyone out. what have they found that means you have taken that decision? it is not one thing, it is a range of things, and it needs, it needs further investigation, and i am not really in a position to say exactly what that is today. they will want to know if they have been living in conditions that have been unsafe. or if something has fundamentally changed. as i said, before our advice is that the building, until now, we have not had the advice that the building is unsafe and that is what we are acting on. so you can't share with us what it is you are particularly worried about? what we have, what we are doing is acting on the advice we have received. so i am in the corner. all residents know for sure is

they will have to leave their homes. it is not a great start to the week. no. not at all. i am being made redundant as well so i have job interviews this week week and stuff like that and i am like. yeah. a fatal accident inquiry has found that a helicopter crash in the sea off shetland in 2013, in which four people died, was caused by pilot error. the super puma, which had 18 passengers on board, hadn't maintained the correct speed as it approached its landing but the reason for the mistake remains unknown. there's been no improvement in the diagnosis of the painful condition endometriosis in a decade that's according to one of the biggest all—party—parliamentary inquiries in history. mps heard from over 10 thousand women, and found that it still takes eight years on average to get a diagnosis. and almost 60% of women visited their gp more than 10 times before their condition was recognised. amanda akass has been speaking to the reality star lauren goodman, who suffers from the condition and is campaigning for the government to take

the problem more seriously. the pain began when lauren goodman was still a schoolgirl. it took doctors ten years to diagnose with endometriosis. i was 15 when i started my periods and are used to not be able to go to school for i think it was like one out of two weeks. i was keeled over in pain, it was so bad i would feel sick. she recently gave birth to baby boy despite being told she wouldn't be able to have children. doctorsadvised her to go through unjust menopause to do with with symptoms. the sweats, the mood swings, it was awful. luckily i fell pregnant with my miracle baby, but not everyone gets to experience that. there is no cure for it. you can explain to some they will go your mind when that is all you've ever wanted, to have a baby. the social media now uses instagram page and youtube channel to raise awareness of endometriosis, which means sell similar to those in the womb grow

elsewhere in the body and lead. it is also common for symptoms to be dismissed —— bleed. and eat your diagnosis, during which time a person may be told they are managing the pain —— eight year diagnosis. —— told they are imagining the pain, it is not good enough. diagnosis times need to be cut in half. there is no point having an enquiry consulting over 10,000 people and there is no action as a result for it. my parliamentary colleagues of all parties are not going to shut up about this issue until we get some action. the government say they provided £2 million for research and they are committed to improving women's health. we need to make a change. it is not good enough. a serious amount of funding and budget needs to go into it. we need that education, research. they not really taking that seriously. ministers say awareness is increasing, but there is still a

way to go. the headlines on bbc news... wales will go into a short sharp national lockdown from friday — the 2 week firebreak means all non—essential businesses will shut and households will be banned from mixing anywhere there's anger at the blanket approach in some parts of wales like pembrokeshire where infection rates are very low no agreement after days of discussions between the government and local leaders over moving greater manchester into tighter restrictions 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 armed missiles. this officer was the duty weapons engineer. he'd been

onshore. the 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 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. three years ago 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 checks 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. this year's london film festival was held virtually for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic. the event had a mixture of cinema premieres and at home offerings. one of films shown was wildfire, which tells the story of two sisters who grew up on the irish border. the film's writer and director, cathy brady has won the iwc schaff—hausen bursary in association with the bfi. we will speak to cathy in a moment, but first let's see a clip from wildfire. cani

can i buy you ladies apply in each? yeah. on something stronger? no. you sure? yeah. are you twins? no. gets his old mer her? they are older with the size of the belly on you. that's all muscle, love. hey muscleman, see if he can do this. watch. yo! can't do that in here girls. why not? cut it out or get out. you've done far worse. you should go on now girls we won't we haven't done anything wrong. kathy, you are robbed of a premiere in front of people who would've stood up and applauded you. i guess

that's just 2020, though.|j stood up and applauded you. i guess that'sjust 2020, though. i mean, 2020i that'sjust 2020, though. i mean, 20201 think that'sjust 2020, though. i mean, 2020| think for all of us any plans are out the window. so, yeah. definitely drop the physical audience but we had a virtual so i am gratefulfor audience but we had a virtual so i am grateful for that. there is huge sadness involved in this project. would you like to explain just why? well, we had been working myself in the lead actor i cast him before i even had an idea of the film. we worked over five years without really built the story and we knew the film and i was halfway through postproduction and nika got diagnosed with cancer and it took her life incredibly fast. and within five weeks she passed away. so, i took some time away from the film and we came back and i finished the film. we found out that

we got into toronto on her anniversary, the year anniversary. in the film being in the london film festival and getting closer and closer to home, it's been such an incredible roller coaster year. you couldn't put words to this year. you couldn't put words to this year. of course and presumably it must have stunned sitting watching the final edit without being able to turn to her and say look how well it turned out. yes. it's absolutely heartbreaking. every day i was in the edit and looking at her face on screen hearing her voice and the edit takes a long time so it was months. you do your pictures, your score. in many ways it felt like a very long goodbye. even at myself in their producers and the cast and crew, we were yet to see the film

with an audience ourselves. and i think that really will be probably one of the hardest days for us. just the empty seat next to us. film, fire doesn't need an audience is that the kind of thing that people can watch and at 20/20 way on own in a 2020 way on the laptop in the house? i think cinema, there is a lwa ys house? i think cinema, there is always something so incredibly special about being in cinema. this very communal about it in the dark, the collective gasp, the collective laugh, that sense of strangers laughing. the sense of strangers crying with you. i think yes, virtual we have it in a sense of, you might get a connection a written connection, on twitter. but there's something that is so unspoken about

being in an audience. and being the change of the energy. and that's something that's incredibly hard to connect to digitally, virtually. and you've got this bursary now. does that mean your next project you can get straight on with? oh my god, absolutely. it's such an incredible gift. it really is the gift of time. an outage stuck out luxury. i feel incredibly grateful right now. i know there are so many artists out there struggling. this film for example, for my first short to my first feature took ten years. they we re first feature took ten years. they were a hard ten years. what i will see the next day is just to anyone who is struggling right now and you really wa nt who is struggling right now and you really want to make something great just hold out. if you really do believe in it and you passionately wa nt to believe in it and you passionately want to tell it, you just hope that the right people will come to you

like i have with the producers, like i had with a cast, you will find your moment and find your story. thank you so much for speaking to us. could swimming in cold water be linked to a possible cure for dementia? reserach by scientists at cambridge university suggests that exposure to the cold can trigger the production of a protein that may protect the brain from degenerative diseases. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt — a keen cold water swimmer himself — explains. fancya dip? yes, in cold water. it's warm, its warm, yeah. argh! we're from the north, so we can handle it! so why might this help protect against dementia? the answer is a latent hibernation ability prompted by getting cold that it seems human

beings retain. when animals hibernate, they lose some of the connections between their brain cells, but they are miraculously reformed when they wake in the spring, thanks in part to a protein discovered by the cambridge university team. which is where this place, hampstead heath lido, comes in. the scientists wanted to know if our bodies produced the same protein and needed a group of people who regularly get very cold. heat isn't probably as good for you as cold in that way. after three years of winter blood tests, the subjects of the trial are gathered beside the chilly pool to hear the results of professor mallucci's work. we compared you to a bunch of people doing tai chi who didn't get cold, and none of them get increased levels of this protein, but many of you did. so what does it tell us? it tells us that cold does induce this protein in humans. you are the first sort of non—patient cohort to show that

cold water swimming raises this protective protein, which is pretty cool. but remember, winter swimming can be really dangerous if you're not used to it or have an underlying illness, so do be careful. the challenge now is to find a drug that stimulates the production of the protein in humans, and of course to prove it really does help delay dementia. if you slowed the progress of dementia by even a couple of years on a whole population, that would have an enormous impact, economically and health wise. the link between cold water and dementia is a very promising line of research, but don't expect results soon. there is, the scientists say, lots more work to be done before it yields a potential treatment. justin rowlatt, bbc news, london. let's get more on our breaking news. the irish government is to move the country to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, broadly similar to the spring

lockdown. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in dublin. how a life change? it's going to change very significantly. cabinet members have a meeting here in buildings in dublin to discuss a recommendation from the scientific advisers that they country should move to the highest level of the republic of ireland's five tear plan to respond to the coronavirus. they had decided this evening to adopt level five. so basically, that is close to the lockdown. you have people being told that they have to stay at home apart from the essential workers. a few sectors of the economy will stay open for example, childcare facilities, construction workers but all nonessential businesses will have to close. people will be able to meet one of the household outdoors within that five km limit

from their home. people can exercise within five km of their home. one big difference between these proposals, these plans and what happened in this country earlier on in the year in march and april is that schools will continue to operate. children will still go to operate. children will still go to school but changes are being brought in. that will affect every single citizen in the republic of ireland was up in a few minutes we are expected to hear from the irish prime minister who will make a televised address to the nation. there is no doubt at all that the decision that have been made here in the last few hours are among the most important the politicians and government will ever have to make. government sources of hope that putting in the place these stringent measures which would last for up to six weeks they can open up the country again and month of december and give people as normal a as christmas possible. thank you so much. we will of course have more that story. the weather.

hi there. for most of us last week, it was rather chilly, cloudy but at least mainly dry. but this week is looking very different, a lot more unsettled, because we'll have a series of low pressure systems bringing some wet and windy weather. and with the winds coming in from the south, it will be much milder than it was last week. so you can see the low pressure systems affecting the north and the west of the country through today. it's brought very wet weather to northern ireland. much of scotland could see some issues with localised flooding by the end of the night here. another band of rain starts to spread across wales and england through the night, something a bit drier by the end of the night in the south west. a breezy night to come, very mild, with temperatures in double figures for most. for tuesday, that rain clears away from the east coast and it brightens up, and we'll see a whole cluster of showers move up the irish sea, affecting western wales, western england, northern ireland, southern scotland. some could be heavy with rumbles of thunder merged together to produce longer spells of rain, but despite the wind, it's going to be very mild. on wednesday, it could turn very wet and windy across the south of the

country before turning a bit drier on thursday. this is bbc news — we are coming to you live from florida, where early voting began today. both candidates are spending a lot of time and money trying to win the sunshine state. the president's supporters are loud and excited — is it all sound and fury or does it signify victory? the tension between mr trump and his top doctor spills into the open — the president calls mr fauci a disaster and says people are tired of hearing about covid. also in the programme: the uk response to coronavirus is fracturing, as wales becomes the second nation to impose a full lockdown. borisjohnson is resisting loud calls to follow suit in england. and why taking a dip in freezing cold water could help