good morning, this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a deadline to break the deadlock — leaders in greater manchester have until midday to agree a deal taking the region into the highest level of covid restrictions in england. the problem is the government are not funding local areas to close lots of things, and therefore, in my view, it is unlikely that tier 3 is going to have the effect that the government was saying. do you live in manchester? are you backing your local leaders or national leaders at westminster? how do you feel about going into tier 3 restrictions? get in touch on twitter and instagram, or e—mail tier 3 restrictions? get in touch on twitterand instagram, or e—mail me. ireland is to impose its highest level of coronavirus restrictions in what the country's leader

described as "probably europe's strictest regime". heathrow becomes the first uk airport to offer covid testing for all departing passengers with the result in around one hour. and president trump agrees to another tv election debate with rivaljoe biden but complains about new rules which will see microphones muted for part of the debate. a deadline of midday has been set by the government for local leaders in greater manchester to agree a deal on moving into the highest level of covid restrictions. several days of talks between the two sides have so far failed to break the deadlock. greater manchester mayor andy burnham said the region was seeking a "fair figure"

of support from the government. he will meet with local leaders this morning to set out the request in a letter to the government. the "very high" alert level, also known as tier 3, would mean closing pubs and bars which do not serve substantial meals and extra restrictions on households mixing. there's also guidance against travelling in and out of the area. the labour mayor, local councillors and mps — both labour and conservative — are concerned that tier 3 rules will devastate industries such as hospitality. they say they're seeking a "fairfigure" of financial support for workers and businesses. the government says hospitals in the area are filling up and urgent action is needed. but local leaders have accused the governement of using selective figures to push the measures through. andy moore reports. the government says it's been talking to local leaders in manchester for ten days and its patience has run out. there will be a few hours left this morning to reach a deal, but if that can't be achieved,

it's expected tier 3 restrictions will be imposed on the city. late last night, the government said there were more covid—19 patients in greater manchester hospitals than in the whole of the south west and the south east combined. if we're not able to reach agreement by noon tomorrow, then, with deep regret, i'll have to advise the prime minister that we're not able to reach an agreement at this time. the mayor of manchester says what eventually happens in his city is likely to be replicated across much of the country. i have to say, it is notjust of the country. i have to say, it is not just about greater manchester and getting what we can for ourselves. this is everybody's fight ultimately, because i predict all areas will end up in tier 3 at some point during the winter. what we needis point during the winter. what we need is a fair financial framework for tier 3.

manchester is calling for a more generous hardship fund and also challenging the fundamental approach of the government. what we want, apart from anything else, are measures that will deal with the rate of infection. and one of the real problems we face is that what government wants to impose upon us, there is no evidence that it's stopping things that cause transmission and no evidence that the course of action they're proposing to take will stop it. sir richard believes that measures to protect those who need to shield would work a lot faster than the government's proposals to shut pubs and restaurants. what happens in manchester could prove a blueprint for millions of people in other parts of the country. discussions on similar restrictions are planned with leaders in south yorkshire, west yorkshire, nottinghamshire, north east england and teesside. andy moore, bbc news. our correspondent in manchester dan johnson said the clock is ticking on negotiations between the government and local

leaders. ten days, we keep saying that negotiations are perhaps getting closer to a deal, but yesterday that completely broke down, and the discussions ended with no agreement. there was a blistering statement given just at the end of yesterday by the local leaders here in manchester, questioning the government's approach, questioning the statistics that were being given in support of these measures, saying that perhaps the government's figures about the intensive care capacity in manchester filling up were not quite accurate, that perhaps capacity was not any higher than it normally would be at this time of year, so a lot of bad feeling. and late last night that ultimatum from the communities secretary, which has only angered andy burnham, the region's mayor, even more. it is hard to underestimate the bitterness between the politicians discussing this, and people just want to know what is happening. they were already calling out for clarity about what the rules would be, but the local leaders have questioned whether the tier 3 restrictions the government

is now seeking to impose, potentially, were even going to be effective in bringing down the virus. they want to see evidence of that, more support for workers affected by restrictions, so now we see what the local leaders here in manchester can agree between themselves and are meeting this morning, and whether they are able to put it back to the government and come to before this midday deadline. thank you for the messages. matt says, this is a matter of public health, lockdown should command then finances are great. this person on twitter says, i am finances are great. this person on twitter says, iam back finances are great. this person on twitter says, i am back in andy burnham all the way, we have had three months of tier 2 and now we are expected to manage tier 3 with less funding than liverpool. and another says, boris johnson less funding than liverpool. and another says, borisjohnson love to be in london there and advocated for local representation, so he must listen. thank you for those, send me an

e—mail. meanwhile, a national lockdown will come into force in wales on friday and last until the 9th of november. everyone will be told to stay indoors and work from home where possible. primary schools will reopen after the half—term break, but only years seven and eight in secondary schools will be back in the classroom. first minister mark drakeford said what he called a firebreak was needed to slow the spread of coronavirus and buy more time. the first minister of wales, mark dra keford, told the bbc why he thinks these restrictions are necessary. we will look to see whether the number of cases of coronavirus across wales, which we report every day, begins to fall, if that leads to a reduction in hospital admissions for coronavirus, if the positivity rate, the number of people tested who turn out to have the disease, begins to fall, and there are further metrics as well. we have a series of things we will test to see the impact of this fortnight of significant closure of people's personal and business lives in wales in order to make sure that we are able

to move into the rest of the autumn and winter in a position where our nhs is not threatened with being overwhelmed. in ireland, the whole country will face the highest level of restrictions for the next six weeks. measures to ban households mixing and to close nonessential businesses will come into effect at midnight on wednesday, following a surge in cases over the last fortnight. three million people across greater manchester should potentially find out at noon today if the area will have tighter resticitions imposed on them by the government or if local leaders, including the labour mayor andy burnham, have agreeed a financial package to compensate people in the area for the closure of certain businesses. let's talk to two business owners. emma shone, who own the number six bar in sale. and janice wilson who runs the community gym

in wythenshawe. emma, who are you supporting in the struggle between the mayor of manchester, andy burnham, and the prime minister at westminster, boris johnson? it is a question of what is best for our business. in tier 2, there is no additionalfinancial support, but we are seeing a 75% reduction in our takings week on week due to the new restrictions. we have already had that additional imposition of two households not being able to mix, which saw a drastic reduction in the footfall in oui’ drastic reduction in the footfall in our premises, and it is not sustainable going forward. with tier 3, the offer of financial support is welcome so i can pay my staff and keep them in a job. as it stands at the moment, it is incredibly difficult to keep paying for staff, when the finances are not there to support it. the mayor would argue he is sticking up for business owners like yourself to try to get a

generous financial package from central government. i think that support was needed before tier 3 was made. we have needed that since we have been a loft down. in trafford, where we are, we have had local restrictions placed on us which has caused massive issues for our business, but there was no offer of financial support at that point. it seems as though he is now seeking additionalfinancial seems as though he is now seeking additional financial support, they should have been more localised support for businesses such as ourselves who have suffered dramatically in the reduction of takings... do you accept the principle that greater manchester has to go into tier 3 because of the rising number... ? has to go into tier 3 because of the rising number...? i do, yeah, for the sake of the nhs, it is about public health, the people of greater manchester, we must follow the scientific advice and recommendations, and then hopefully, if we follow those rules, we are able to get back on track and hopefully see some of the christmas

period, because at the moment it is looking very bleak for our christmas period. janice, do you support andy burnham's approach? again, as a community worker, i didn't get any support on the first lockdown. obviously, community groups, nonprofit organisations, i feel like we are the forgotten people who are at the core of supporting people with mental health and physical health, and i believe that if andy burnham is supporting manchester, which i believe he is doing, he needs to challenge the government on supporting community groups. on the first lockdown, i had no support, and if it goes on lockdown again, as and if it goes on lockdown again, as a community worker, how will i support local people who are suffering with health problems, physically and mentally, who i am doing a greatjob because they are supporting me? i need that support from the government, so either andy burnham or the government needs to

start looking at the forgotten groups, which i feel i am one of them. what is it like waiting to find out if you are moving into tier 3 while these talks are going on between local leaders and national leaders? which have been going on for ten days. again, leaders? which have been going on forten days. again, like leaders? which have been going on for ten days. again, like the lady just said, emma, it has had a knock—on effect, because i have had to reduce the capacity of my community gym. i am not set up as a conventional gym, we use a community gem, because the ladies and gents that i work with, 80 plus, it is a unique setup. we have had to reduce numbers with social distancing, so without support from the government or getting any help to pay the bills, i or getting any help to pay the bills, lam or getting any help to pay the bills, i am just running at the moment, thinking, can i continue? which i would really love to, because people really enjoy what i am delivering. sure. emma, you have got weddings booked at your place, i understand, from this weekend. are

they going ahead or not? at the moment, i can't tell the bride, i am having daily conversations with her and the caterers, it is a very small wedding, but it is her big day, and at the moment this keeps going on longer and longer, she has no time to prepare anything else, and ifeel extremely sorry for people like that, i am sure she is not the only one in that situation this weekend. ifan one in that situation this weekend. if an agreement can't be reached by midday and the national government does impose tier 3 on manchester, will you abide by it?|j does impose tier 3 on manchester, will you abide by it? i think we have to do, yes, and we have been. it is heartbreaking to turn away custom, returning customers who cannotjoin us, custom, returning customers who cannot join us, it custom, returning customers who cannotjoin us, it is heartbreaking to turn business away that we need that financial backing from them, only to see a local business may be ta ke only to see a local business may be take the business because they are not adhering to the rules. that is very frustrating to watch our trade going elsewhere because they will break the rules. thank you both very much, thank you, emma and janice, we

will find out what happens by midday, i assume. the headlines on bbc news: white leaders in manchester have until lunchtime to agree a deal to ta ke until lunchtime to agree a deal to take the region into england's highest level of restrictions. ireland is to impose its highest level of restrictions, in what the country's leader described as "probably europe's strictest regime." heathrow becomes the first uk airport to offer covid testing for departing passengers, with the result in around one hour. researchers at imperial college in london are beginning what is known as a human challenge study to develop a vaccine for covid—i9. they will explore whether a group of young and healthy volunteers can be exposed to the virus in a controlled environment after receiving a vaccine. the group will then be carefully monitored to assess the impact the vaccine has.

researchers say it would be the first study of its kind anywhere in the world. passengers flying to destinations including hong kong and italy will have the option of paying for a rapid covid test at heathrow airport. the new facilities in terminals 2 and 5 will be available from today, for anyone travelling to places where authorities require proof of a negative test on arrival. our transport correspondent tom burridge is at heathrow. how much will it cost and how long do the results take? £10, victoria, and they guarantee a result within an hour. that is very quiet for terminal 5 standards. heathrow overall is seeing about 20% of its pre—covid passenger volume. this is the testing centre, so in theory you would have booked online before you came here, costing £80,

as we say. a trained health professional will take a saliva swab from you, it is a pretty standard procedure, we are all kinda familiar with it by now, on a cotton bud, effectively. the kind of test they are using is called a lamp test, it means the sample you gave can be analysed here on site in that room down there, and i guarantee the result within the hour. it is important to note that initially this facility will only be applicable for people going out of the uk to places like hong kong and probably soon italy, and that is because the type of test is accepted by the authorities in both of those places, when you go out of the uk. more and more countries are putting restrictions on people coming from the uk going there because of the prevalence of the virus here. also really important to note that this testing facility here

will have no direct consequence for people coming into the uk, so no consequences for the travel quarantine, although the aviation sector really hopes that this is the very first step. they wa nt this is the very first step. they want the government to bring in testing for people coming into the uk as testing for people coming into the ukasa testing for people coming into the uk as a means of reducing the travel quarantine time, and the government has said they are looking at different options, possibly a test after a week so you would only have to quarantine for around about a week, and they say they will bring that type of thing in by december, or sometime next month. the aviation sector says it can't happen soon enough. tom burridge, thank you. more now on our top story — the midday deadline for reaching a deal between leaders in greater manchester and the westminster government over moving the area to tier 3 coronavirus restrictions. our political correspondent chris mason is here. what might the choreography be this morning up until midday.

right now, leaders in greater manchester are meeting amongst themselves, that was a prearranged meeting, it was in the diary already, but we know the focus will be what is the figure that they are then going to put on the table to the government and say, look, if you can give us this in support, we will happily go ahead with these tier 3 restrictions? andy burnham was not willing publicly in his round of interviews, the mayor of greater manchester, to spell out exactly what that number is, but leaders in greater manchester say there has to be something that acknowledges that we have been under pretty tight restrictions for quite a while already, dating back to the summer, so it is a different situation, they say, in their city region, compared with liverpool or lancashire, which effectively went from tier1 to tier 3 in one go. there was an exchange of letters yesterday, real acrimony now between the two science. they can't even agree what they talked about

yesterday, let alone what they have managed to agree on. let's watch the business minister nadhim zahawi, who has been out and about for the government this morning, he was on the other side a couple of minutes ago. we have been negotiating in good faith for ten days, and we await to the people of greater manchester to speak with one voice, to get his intervention in place, because if we don't, in two which time, if the current trajectory follows through, they will have the same level of infections as in march and april, and by the first week of november, they will run out of icu capacity. and so it is important that we come together, speak with one voice, to get this important, you know, local intervention in place. in a letter la st intervention in place. in a letter last night that andy burnham and the local leaders would have received, we are saying that they will have £22 million, £8 per capita of additional help, plus additional support, commensurate with liverpool city region and with lancashire as

well. i think it is important that well. i think it is important that we do this now so that we suppress the infection rate and slow it down so the infection rate and slow it down so that i don't have to be back on your programme in the first week of november or the second week of november or the second week of novemberand november or the second week of november and say that we didn't get this right and they have run out of icu capacity. we have to protect lives and protect the nhs. speaking to people in greater manchester, they say that no meeting is fixed with the government, the government us in our door is always open but we have to be able to act quickly if local leaders are not willing to take responsibility, that is how it was put to me. i think if we get to midday and it has not been an agreement, we can expect this afternoon quite possibly to hear from the prime minister with the real possibility that tier 3 restrictions are imposed on greater manchester against the will of local leaders. thank you very much, chris, thank you. and thank you for your

e—mails, tweets and messages on instagram. this is from betty, it says, andy burnham has been promoting himself for months now, this course of action was necessary for andy brown in himself, not manchester. sam says, i back andy burnham all the way, nottingham has much higher numbers than we have, our numbers are falling. why are nottingham not having the same measures forced on them? peter says, i wish the leaders in the north east had the same gumption as andy burnham, tier 2 is the worst, businesses smashed by the drop in footfall, supply chain disrupted, little impact on the virus, we need to bring back the furlough scheme. a charity representing carers is warning today that many are exhausted and desperate for extra help. nearly two thirds of those who responded to a survey by carers uk say they're worried about the prospect of further restrictions over the winter. the government says it recognises the vital role played by unpaid carers. our social affairs

correspondent alison holt has more. let me just stand up. the start of another long day for elaine kenyon and her partner, ian gore. he has multiple sclerosis and needs constant support. he used to spend five days a week at a day centre, but the pandemic meant that closed. so now elaine provides most of his care on her own. like many of the family carers in today's survey, they're worried about how they'll cope as covid restrictions tighten again. how's your day been, ian? boring. why has it been boring? cos i'm stuck in this house! what do you miss about being at the day centre? all my pals, all my friends. what else do you feel about today? what's today been like? it's not very good for you, is it? why? cos you're doing everything. i can't do anything. come and walk in my shoes for a week. or a day. just see how it feels. cos it isn't good. you're isolated.

you've nobody... you know, i sit and cry some nights, and then i think, "why are you doing this? pick yourself up!" but it's hard to pick yourself up. nearly 6,000 family carers answered online questions from the charity carers uk. 81% say they've had to provide more care since the pandemic, and nearly two thirds say their mental health has deteriorated. a similar number say they haven't had a breakfor six months. my fear is that carers are teetering on the brink right now. their physical and mental well—being is really struggling. and what you have to remember is that if a carer becomes ill, the health and social care system has to look after two people — the person they care for and the carer. so it's really short—term not to support carers at the moment. there are 13.6 million people caring behind closed doors at the moment and they really need some recognition and some support. for ian, elaine and others, the hope is that more day centres and support services will find ways to reopen safely to provide

them with vital support. alison holt, bbc news. belgium's health minister fears the country could soon be overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections. new measures are now in place, as it's feared soaring case numbers are close to, quote, "a tsunami" where authorities no longer control what is happening. meanwhile, infection numbers are climbing across europe, prompting lots of new restrictions. mark lobel reports. last orders have been called in belgium's bars, now closed for four weeks, with alcohol sales elsewhere banned after 8pm each night. asked how he feels now, this pub owner says, not so good. restaurants are shut too. real catastrophe, because there is not a proven reason, medical reason, that it was in restaurants. belgians must work from

home if possible, leaving offices empty. having been one of the worst—hit countries during europe's first wave of coronavirus earlier this year, this second scare, with cases up 80% over a week and hospitalisations up, it means that belgium's residents are now only allowed to see one other person from outside their household. and a curfew is in place until 5am, as the government wrestles to get on top of a looming health crisis. translation: that's life. like some people say, there are quite a few people who don't take enough precautions, i would say. in italy, there are also new rules for restaurants, alongside new restrictions that allow mayors to close public areas, and changes to secondary school hours. and in france, nine major cities have been placed under curfew. meanwhile, in the czech republic, where facemasks will be mandatory outdoors from wednesday,

and which has the highest infection rate on the continent, the government is considering a full national lockdown. to lift spirits, to tackle the virus, the world health organization's new message is that we are all one globalfamily. a family has the affection and the care and the love and the desire to protect those around you. with this pandemic, to me, it has brought the whole world together as a family. it really has. spotted in a now deserted brussels, one moment that suggests by pulling together, getting through this second act may feel easier. mark lobel, bbc news. prince william has been speaking to business owners in liverpool

who have been affected by the tougher restrictions brought in last week. during the video call, william discussed the challenges faced by the hospitality industry. he got in touch after hearing how businesses have been struggling. thank you for your messages, judy says, with an icu medic son looking after patients, andy burnham makes me furious, he risks his constituents and our medics. diane on twitter says, i am back in andy burnham and local leaders all the way, far more sensible, looking at overall health and wellbeing. barbara says, i'm hoping the government will impose tier 3 and manchester, andy burnham is gambling with people's livelihoods and lives. and from leanne, andy burnham and local leaders, without a doubt, or who i am back in, they want a fair dealfor the city, we have had strict restrictions for three

months, it is not working, businesses are struggling, how long will we be in tier 3? without the right support, what will be left? thank you very much for getting in touch. the weather now with carol kirkwood. hello again. we are looking at quite a blustery, breezy day today, the strongest winds across the irish sea, northern scotland, where you certainly will notice them. now, we watch the rain clear away into the north sea through the morning. behind that, brighter skies with a few showers across central areas, rain pushing up into the far north of scotland, a rash of showers through the afternoon for northern ireland, southern and central scotland, some of those heavy and thundery, but across the board milder than we would expect at this stage of the year. through this evening and overnight, we carry on with showers and rain, then another band of heavy rain whips up across the english channel into the south east and southern counties of england, a mild night in prospect, and this band of rain will continue to push northward and eastward through the day. there is a potential for some very strong winds in the south east.

rain and showers continuing in the north and west, tomorrow once again will be mild with highs of 19.

hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines... a deadline to break the deadlock — leaders in greater manchester have until midday to agree the government's deal taking the region into england's highest level of covid restrictions i think we are led to the people of greater manchester to speak with one voice, to get this intervention in place. the problem is the government are not funding local areas to close lots of things, and therefore, in my view, it is unlikely that tier 3 is going to have the effect that the government was saying. ireland is to impose the highest level of restrictions from midnight on wednesday. they'll stay in force for six weeks but be reviewed after four weeks.

heathrow becomes the first uk airport to offer covid testing for departing passengers, with the result in around one hour. and president trump agrees to another tv election debate with rivaljoe biden — but complains about new rules which will see microphones muted for part of the debate. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally nugent. good morning. there's a really big 48 hours ahead for wasps, with their participation in saturday's premiership rugby final in doubt. it's after three more players tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total to seven that now can't be involved against exeter at twickenham. the club will do another round of testing today. if they can't play the game, then bristol bears — who lost to wasps in the semi—finals — will take their place. there's one more game we've got to go for, potentially, when that consent. so we've started that process, the boys were just about to open

some beers, they were stopped and now it's about flicking the switch and waiting to see what's going to happen wednesday, so all we can control is prepare as best as we can now and we're either going to get the thumbs up, we can go holiday, or we get into it. west brom and burnley broke this season's premier league scoring run. they drew 0—0 — that's the first goalless draw of the season. there was a goal in the night's other game. this deflected effort from rauljiminez was enough to give wolves a 1—0 win over leeds united at elland road. the champions league is back. manchester united and chelsea play in the group stages tonight. united are away to paris saint—germain — scene of one of their best european wins in recent years. an injury time penalty from marcus rashford completed a miraculous comeback to sent them through to the quarter finals in 2019. but boss ole gunner solskjaer says that win won't influence tonight's

game. we're a different team, they are a different team, and it's a different stage of the competition. of course, also without fans it's going to be a different game, because i saw last game when we got the first goal early on, that impacted the crowd. it's a whole completely new situation. adam peaty was in fine form as he helped his london roar team win their opening match at the international swimming league. the olympic champion won the 100 metres breaststroke in budapest — having won the 50 and 200m races the day before. team—mate duncan scott won the 200m freestyle event. that's all the sport for now. back to you, victoria.

are you one of those who had to shield? more than two million people considered "clinically extremely vulnerable" will be told to take practical steps to reduce exposure to the virus. —— to coronavirus. in the first wave of the pandemic, such groups were issued with direct guidance to stay home and avoid contact with others. this time, those considered to be at risk will be advised to reduce contact with others, but there will be no blanket instruction to stay home. with me is ross lannon, a disabillity advocate from truro, cornwall. he is 27 years old. he has a condition called spinal muscular atrophy, and has been shielding since march. also i'm joined by daphne smith, who has a form of blood cancer and has also been shielding for the past six months. she is 26. welcome both of you. ross, what concerns do you have right now? for me, i have been keeping myself to myself, obviously

seeing everything happen online and on tv is worrying to see where the world is going, and as a young she'll you often feel a little bit forgotten about, so it is worrying to cf there is light at the end of the channel. —— if you are a young shielder. it is one of those things none others really know. like ross said, i feel quite vulnerable and not knowing does add to that. i previously contracted covid but obviously it is possible to be infected so i am just apprehensive about going back to normal too quickly. do you know how you contracted edge, giving you had been shielding? it is still a bit of a mystery. both my dad, who i live with, and my boyfriend, tested negative. so the doctors were a bit perplexed, but somehow i managed,

which shows, i think, how contagious it really is. do you want to be guidance like there was last time, instructing you effectively to stay at home, or are you comfortable with this guy for shielders now which is simply to reduce contact with other people? —— comfortable with this guidance? probably more specific guidance? probably more specific guidance would be helpful, but i hope to use my initiative and do what feels comfortable for me, just to protect myself and everyone around me. which involves you making the decision after it had to stop seeing your boyfriend because he lives somewhere else? that is true. i would do the supports bubble thing, but because he lives with quite a lot of people it did not seem particularly safe. it is difficult but i think necessary. sensible. ross, you had been shielding since march, describe what it has been like for

you? it has not been easy for any others, i and a positive person so always trying to look on the side of things, keep myself entertained. everyone's experience has been different and i have been trying to look at different ways, it is not all doom and gloom and all the negativity, in my situation, will only make the anxieties worse. so what do you focus on? there has definitely been positive changes in terms of accessibility. i am talking different... different adaptions, different... different adaptions, different companies have... i am talking food, for example, cases that were maybe not

accessible before arguing delivery options, we have seen socially distance events, a festival with a platform, different things like that which i think have been great. different things like that which i think have been greatlj different things like that which i think have been great. i think you we re think have been great. i think you were working in a nursing home and decided not to return, how big a decision was that? it was really tough, because i pride myself on breaking down negative stereotypes surrounding people with disabilities, i was employed for over eight years and making that decision, with the shielding coming to an abrupt end, it was either you go back to work and you put all that shielding to the sides, you are putting yourself at risk again and it was a hard decision but sometimes you have to put your health first, really. daphne, you are receiving treatment for acute myeloid

leukaemia, how vulnerable do you feel? i feel quite so honourable because the treatment means i am immunosuppressed. —— ifeel quite vulnerable. i only really house to go to go to the hospital for my checkup. —— only really need the house. how to keep your mental health in shape? i may student, i am studying at the moment so that gives me focus and i think i have into theiron my me focus and i think i have into their on my side. —— introversion on my site. i had solitary hobbies, writing and giving music, that helps. and i have found massive support from my immediate family and some charities, cancer charities, the african caribbean leukaemia trust has been reaching out to me. that is good to hear. thank you both for coming on to

talk about life as a young shielders, continuing to shield for obvious reasons which they have just described to us. leaders in greater manchester are still negotiating with the government for a financial package that they say would allow them to introduce tier three restrictions to local areas as coronavirus infections continues to rise across the north west. rochdale now has one of the highest infection rates in the north west of england with local leaders concerned that hospitals could become overwhelmed as the virus spreads to the elderly. yesterday the town recorded 222 infections, and over the last week it's seen a 30% rise in cases according to data from public health england. let's talk now to the labour leader of rochdale council — allen brett. good morning. do you think a deal will be done with the westminster government by midday?” will be done with the westminster government by midday? i am one of life's optimist,

i hope so. what if it isn't? we will accept it and accept the regulations they tell us to do. so will the last ten days of arguing have been worth it? yes, because they have already agreed in an e—mail sent by robertjenrick late last night to give us certain monies and certain powers, powers to close down the shops or any premise that does not follow the rules and also they have given us assurances on track and trace, so we are almost 90% the it is a bit strange that suddenly they gave us the ultimatum. so what is the figure that greater manchester wants from the government intensive financial support?

overall, for helping the self—employed, making sure everybody on minimum wage over very low wages gets 80%. i understand it is about 30 to a0 million a month, it is not large in government terms. do you think they will give you that? i keep saying to you, ithink... they will give you that? i keep saying to you, i think... they can't give it to us on the furlough scheme because thatis to us on the furlough scheme because that is national, but surely they could get another grant for the hardship fund? that would get rid of all of the semantics and everything else and get us all out of a difficult situation. i had some m essa g es difficult situation. i had some messages from dealers in the greater manchester area, one from the mother ofa manchester area, one from the mother of a son who is a medic working in

an icu in manchester and he said the fa ct an icu in manchester and he said the fact that this row has been going on for ten days means that people like the labour mayor of manchester, andy burnham, are risking lives. how do you respond? that is not the information we have. we are also assured that there is still plenty capacity assured that there is still plenty ca pacity left assured that there is still plenty capacity left in the system and can ijust capacity left in the system and can i just say to you that even if the lockdown has content days ago, the numbers would have gone writing up because it is inherent in the system. i don't want to endanger anybody‘s life. my whole raison d'etre is to protect lives and the health of the residents. how concerned are you by the 30% increase in infections in rochdale? very concerned, of course, and it is not the town of rochdale, it is

apparent, certain parts of it are higher than others the moment. —— it is the borough of rochdale. it has moved around the borough, which is alarming. iam moved around the borough, which is alarming. i am not sure moved around the borough, which is alarming. iam not sure if we moved around the borough, which is alarming. i am not sure if we know exactly why. everybody tells us it is in the home, and i agree, which is in the home, and i agree, which is one of the reasons we have been arguing about whether locking down pubs and bars will be effective. do you think it won't be, then? the government's own chief medical officer did not seem to think so. 0ne officer did not seem to think so. one of the strangest ones is closing down gymnasiums. gymnasiums are therefore people's health, and i am being told all along that in people's health, often gps and hospitals send people to gymnasiums for medical reasons. i know that the local gym i use

has to ms users and they come back, it is notjust physical health, it is the mental health —— has to ms users. physical health, it is the mental health -- has to ms users. thank you, councillor allen brett, health -- has to ms users. thank you, councillorallen brett, labour leader of rochdale council. us president donald trump will attend thursday's televised pre—election debate with his democratic rivaljoe biden, despite rule changes initially opposed by his campaign. it'll be the second and final face—off between the two candidates before polling day — after the president refused to attend a virtual debate last week after testing positive for the coronavirus. polling day is in early november. it comes after a heated and shambolic first debate during which mrtrump, in particular, repeatedly interrupted mr biden. in particular, repeatedly to avoid the same outcome, rule changes will see each candidate's microphone muted while his rival delivers the introductory two—minute remarks. here's a snippet from the first debate. i'm going to eliminate those tax cuts, and make sure that we invest in the people who, in fact, need the help. people out there need help. but why didn't you do it in the last 25 years?

because you weren't president, screwing things up. you were a senator and, by the way... you are the worst president america has ever had. hey, joe, let me just say, joe, i've done more in a7 months than you've done in a7 years, joe. all right, that's the of the... moving on... a little earlier, we spoke to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, for more detail on the rule change. yeah, what we've just seen is exactly what the organisers want to avoid this week, and that is all of those interruptions. the rule change, its quite a simple one, really, there'll be 15 minute segments divided into different topics, at the beginning of each 15 minute segment, both candidates will get two minutes to outline his case and his policies. during those two minutes, the other candidate's microphone will be on mute, effectively it will because it so that they can't interrupt. all, at least, they try to interrupt, it will be a very sort of off mic sound on the stage,

but it will give the other candidate the opportunity to perhaps expand at greater length was his policy is on a certain topic. and this is happening, the commission says, because they have heard from people who were quite honestly angry that during the first debate they didn't feel as if they understood the policies of the two individual candidates because of all of the interruptions. the headlines on bbc news... a deadline to break the deadlock — leaders in greater manchester have until midday to agree a deal taking the region into england's highest level of covid restrictions. ireland is to impose its highest level of restrictions — in what the country's leader described as ‘probably europe's strictest regime'. heathrow becomes the first uk airport to offer covid testing for some departing passengers, with the result deivered in around one hour. new government information is due to be released today which will look

at school attendance in england for the previous week. previous data from the department for education showed that the number of secondary schools sending home pupils because of coronavirus was increasing rather than diminishing. schools minister nick gibb is appearing in front of the education select committee to answer questions from mps. let's talk to katharine birbalsingh, headteacher and co—founder of michaela community school in wembley, london — which was also founded by conservative mp & attorney general suella braverman. and tehmina hashmi, headteacher at bradford academy in west yorkshire. let speak to them both, hello. welcome. katharine birbalsingh, we area welcome. katharine birbalsingh, we are a few days away from half—turn, how has it been this half—turn since peoples came came back to september? it is very strange, we have than in bubbles and it is all bizarre during

the social distancing, staff meetings held in a massive haul and eve ryo ne meetings held in a massive haul and everyone separated. it is far from ideal. the worst of it is when you have to send an exam because home, by which i mean year 11s doing gcses, one of them tested positive and we had to send them home full 1a days, that is heartbreaking, particularly when you work in the inner—city in london, you have a bunch of disadvantaged children and you know how it will hurt them. how will that impact on exams, which had been pushed back. weeks? hugely. year 11 is so important, there are the occasional children you have to send home. in years here and i see you have to send home because they are showing symptoms. meeting zoom lessons but that is maybe 20 or 30% of thejob. children lessons but that is maybe 20 or 30% of the job. children from disadvantaged homes in particular need to be any costume with a teacher, wrapping them up, teaching

them well, holding them accountable for homework, testing them on knowledge, you cannot test zoom lessons so you do not know whether they have learned, and a crucial time coming up to exam video11, i find it devastating to send them home. tehmina hashmi, how has it been for you this half—turn? home. tehmina hashmi, how has it been for you this half-turn? a very similar picture to that described by katharine i had to send a group of students her yesterday and i do not exaggerate when i say that we see children crying, because the emotions going through their minds when they think about the fact that they are listening to the narrative about being behind, also about the fa ct about being behind, also about the fact they are at home for two weeks, the disruption that causes and the relationships they are building up with their peers but also their teachers. so a very strange and distressing time for young

people and we can't underestimate the impact it is having on the children. for you as a hedge, how do you —— what you find the most challenging in our current environment? —— for you as a head teacher, what you find the most challenging? the messaging is not instilling young people with confidence. if we think about exams and the relative exams, we work a lot in schools about building confidence and resilience, when you are constantly hearing about the world young people will be entering, i think we need to spend a lot of time thinking really carefully about how we are communicating with young people. we need compassionate leadership, where we are planning a strategy for the future to make sure that we do not have a generation of children who have been disadvantaged by something they have absolutely no control over, i feel really passionately about that. do

you ee, passionately about that. do you agree, katharine birbalsingh? sure. iam not agree, katharine birbalsingh? sure. i am not sure what we do, it is a very difficult situation, but i agree that exams should go ahead, just because i am not sure whether or not the alternative could work, but it is putting children in a very difficult position and i am not sure government necessarily understand how unfair it is for some children, thatis how unfair it is for some children, that is the thing. some will not be able to access learning and some can't i think we are kidding ourselves when we think that zoom makes up for ourselves when we think that zoom makes upfora ourselves when we think that zoom makes up for a teacher in a classroom, it does not. for years it has been a discussion, can replace a teacher? we can finally put that to bed. covid added last year has demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that teachers and a classroom matter, is specially the more disadvantaged child —— can tech make

up disadvantaged child —— can tech make upfora disadvantaged child —— can tech make up for a teacher? the schools minister will be appearing before the education select committee shortly, if you could get a message to him, what would it be?|j shortly, if you could get a message to him, what would it be? i would ask into think about the long—term ask into think about the long—term as opposed to a short—term fix to something that is a really complex issue. so i would say that we need some short—term decisions, but let's think more long—term, let talk to the people who are experiencing schools and the lived reality of a wide—ranging of young people and let's talk about the next three, four, five years as opposed to what are we going to do in six months, because that clearly is something that will not get as to the outcome we want, resilience, confident young people who are our future for this country in a world that has

experienced something... that trauma we are living through, that is the mindset we need to be. thank you both very much, goodlatte, zoom and katharine birbalsingh. —— thank you both very much, goodlatte, tehmina hashmi and katharine birbalsingh. mobile phones have become a vital tool in the lives of billions of people around the world. however, as many of us know, getting a signal may occasionally be a problem. but now nasa has ambitious plans to change that — somewhere you might not expect. tim allman explains. it was one of humanity because my greatest achievement, apollo 11, the nation that sent neil armstrong and buzz aldrin to the moon. just imagine if that historic moment had gone something like this. that's one small step for man... mobile phone

rings. one giant leap for mankind. a fairly fanciful notion for 1969, but perhaps not in the 21st—century. the finnish telecommunications company nasa has been asked to setup a mobile phone network on the moon —— mobile phone network on the moon —— mobile phone network on the moon —— mobile phone company nokia. the chief executive said resilience and high—capacity chief executive said resilience and high—ca pacity networks will chief executive said resilience and high—capacity networks will be key to supporting sustainable human presence on the lunar surface. it is all part of the ultimate programme, america's attempt to return to our closest celestial neighbour. nokia says the system, initially only operating using ag technology, should be set up by the 2022. if all goes to plan, astronauts will arrive

two years later, eventually setting up two years later, eventually setting upa two years later, eventually setting up a permanent base. the moon has been a constant presence and a co nsta nt been a constant presence and a constant mystery, but, barring roaming charges, it might soon be just a phone call away. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. the wind will be a feature of the weather today, especially so across the irish sea and the far north of scotland. but wherever you are, it's going to be a fairly breezy, blustery day, but a mild one, and there still is some rain in the forecast even into the afternoon and also some showers. low pressure is driving our weather, we've got this front which has been taking rain into the north sea, this one bringing rain into the north of scotland, and a lot of showers wrapped around that area of low pressure, especially so as we go through the afternoon. so a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine around, variable amounts of cloud. a few showers getting into some central areas, rain becoming ensconced across the north of scotland,

windy here, windy to the irish sea and some of those showers across northern ireland, north—west england, southern and central scotland could well prove to be heavy and thundery, but temperature wise, nine in lerwick to 19 in london. the average in london at this time of year is roughly about 15 to 16. now, through this evening and overnight we continue with showers in the west and also in the north, it will still be a windy night, winds easing for a time and then picking up, and then cast your eye to the channel islands and the far south and south—east of england, because here we've got more rain arriving. but a mild night in prospect. most of the uk staying in double figures. tomorrow, if we pick up this band of rain it's going to be easing across southern areas and heading north—eastwards. some of this rain could be heavy, and to the south of it, well, there is a potential we could have very strong winds, particularly in the south—eastern end of the english channel and the south—east itself. ahead of that, still some showers

coming in across scotland and northern ireland, but in between a brighter slot with highs of up to 19 in norwich. then as we head into wednesday night into thursday, watch this area of rain move away from scotland. there will be areas of cloud, some clear skies, but during thursday a ridge of high pressure builds across us, so things settle down, and it looking like a fairly dry day with maybe one or two showers, but that will be the extent of it. not quite as mild, highs up to 15 or 16 degrees. and as for the outlook, well, into the weekend you'll notice the temperatures starting to slide a little bit more, there will be some rain at times but, equally, there will also be some sunshine to look forward to.

this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire with the latest headlines. the deadline looms — leaders in greater manchester have only two hours to agree a deal taking the region into england's highest level of covid restrictions. the problem is the government are not funding local areas to close lots of things, and therefore, in my view, it is unlikely that tier 3 is going to have the effect that the government is saying. polite if you are in greater manchester, are you backing a local leaders or national leaders? get in touch, send us an e—mail. you can message me on instagram or twitter. ireland is to impose its highest level of restrictions in what the country's leader described as "probably europe's strictest regime". and president trump agrees to another tv election debate with rivaljoe biden but complains about new rules