this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than a million people in south yorkshire are to be placed under the highest covid alert level this weekend — after a 41 million pound deal was agreed between the government and local leaders. household mixing will be banned in most settings and pubs and bars will close across barnsley, doncaster, rotherham and sheffield as greater manchester prepares to move tier 3 — the government says the door is still open for further talks about a financial support deal. absolutely, that money's there, it's got manchester's name on it, and i will certainly work with any local council leader who wants to come forward and make sure that we get that money into the hands of those who need it as swiftly as possible. scientists develop a tool for predicting who is most likely to develop long covid — and hope it can be used to identify patients

who might need early treatment. government borrowing jumps in september as the uk continued heavy spending to support the economy during the pandemic. gunfire witnesses in nigeria say a number of protesters have been killed by security services in the country's biggest city, lagos. nasa says its space probe has successfully landed on an asteroid in an attempt to bring rocks and dust back to earth. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. in the last hour, it's been confirmed that south yorkshire will be moved to the highest coronavirus alert level in england from saturday. it comes as government ministers say

the door remains open about a covid support deal for greater manchester. barnsley, sheffield, doncaster and rotherham local authority areas will move to the tier 3 alert level which includes tight restrictions on household mixing and the closure of pubs and bars. the £41 million package includes £30 million to support the region's businesses and £11 million for local authorities to work on public health measures like contact tracing. the mayor of the sheffield city region, dan jarvis, said £41 million of funding has been secured from the government to protect both lives and livelihoods as pressure increases on the nhs. greater manchester will be in tier 3 from friday, although a financial settlement has yet to be agreed with westminster. six conservative mps have written to the labour mayor andy burnham accusing him of putting his "ego" above the people of greater manchester. all this adds up to more than seven million people in england under the strictest restrictions. for the latest, let's talk to our political correspondent, iain

watson. south yorkshire is now in the tightest level of restrictions? they come in at one minute past midnight on saturday morning, effectively friday at midnight. they will last for at least 28 days and will be reviewed after that period. certainly the tone from dan jarvis, the sheffield city region mayor, along with robertjenrick, the communities secretary, is very different from the tone we heard yesterday from andy burnham and from the government on greater manchester, where they failed to reach agreement. robertjenrick has been congratulating danjarvis this morning, and he says we will continue to work together for the benefit of people of south yorkshire. dan jarvis is benefit of people of south yorkshire. danjarvis is saying in action was not an option. danjarvis also saying that the people of south yorkshire will have to show character and great to get through this difficult period. but with hospital admissions doubling in the last ten days, he felt he had to act, and that is why they have

agreed to impose more stringent restrictions from this weekend. what is interesting also is the financial settlement. they get £11 million, which was going to be for track and trace and enforcement. that is based ona trace and enforcement. that is based on a formula of £8 per head of the population, 1.4 million people in that region. they then get a separate economic support package of 30 million, which is marginally more generous than in liverpool and lancashire, where, out of a slightly higher population, they also got £30 million. that was obviously agreed. in greater manchester, the £60 million figure was not agreed. that package will be used to support businesses, where people are getting laid off, and to support some workers who also find themselves in financial difficulties over the next month. what is interesting is what happened elsewhere. west yorkshire has managed to put off a move to tier 3 this week. at the guv mug is very keen now to move to a

more explicit formula for doling out money for business support. it seems to me this morning that robert jenrick, the community secretary, was indicating that perhaps somewhere in the region of 21 or £22 per head is the kind of figure that he was looking at. remember that huge row with greater manchester. they wanted more than would have been the case on a per capita basis. they said that was for good reason, because of the need for support for a greater number of businesses. it 110w a greater number of businesses. it now looks as though, to try to avoid these type of arguments, the government is going to use a formula which would see, on a per head basis, all regions moving into tier 3 getting a similar level of support. that looks like what has been done in south yorkshire. so what happens to the 60 million for greater manchester? this is hugely controversial, because, as you are saying, some, not all, bits of the conservative mps have accused andy burnham of putting his ego

ahead of the welfare of the people of manchester. but, equally, labour mps in greater manchester are saying that the government is now indulging in divide and rule. as we heard, robertjenrick, the community secretary, saying that 60 million has greater manchester's name on it. that support is still available. that support is still available. that is something that the prime minister didn't explicitly say at his press conference yesterday. the 60 million may well be available, but it seems to me that what he is suggesting is that local council leaders, and there are ten different councils in that region, should be coming to the government back arguing for their share of the cash. if you were moving towards a straightforward and transparent formula in this, then it is quite clear he would be getting what. certainly, the suspicion by labour mps in the area is that he is trying to play some councils off against each other and that has led to further bad feeling within greater manchester. i am sure the government would deny that. but that is the feeling this morning. we are seeing

divisions amongst mps and people that represent the region, and we are also likely to see continued divisions and continued arguments between the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, and central government. because people around him feel that the government are trying to bypass. indeed, we spoke to the labour leader of 0ldham council who said he was not going to sell out, as he put it, his colleagues, like andy burnham. he said they were all united. lets speak now to the local democracy reporter for the sheffield star and the doncaster free press, george torr. hello to you. i have got here the statement from the leader of rotherham council, obviously now in tier 3, or will be from midnight on friday. he is very critical of the government. he says there were no meaningful negotiations with local leaders, and he describes the government's approach to be tawdry. is that reflected amongst other leaders in the area? i think

privately a lot of them do think that. it is interesting that the sheffield city region, from the outset, from when i spoke to mayor jarvis, he said they would do all they can to get the best possible outcome for south yorkshire, for the four corners of the county. inside the city region, they made it clear from the outset that they didn't wa nt from the outset that they didn't want a running commentary. i think that was in relation to manchester and all of the hugely national presence that row has got over the last couple of days. so, they went into the situation where they had a set of arrangements, from what i can understand, and they didn't want to give a running commentary to the media or other people on this. the government, i think there has been some part where the government have really stuck to their guns and there has been a pressure, especially in south yorkshire, with hospital admissions, that is a big worry. it is going up, it has been proven that

in sheffield cases are going down, but the other areas, there has been quite a big spike. the icu beds have been filling up, so that has been a concern. it's playing into the fact that there had to be some sort of arrangement going on where they needed something over the line. chris reed, the leader of rotherham, says while nobody would welcome further restrictions, he says he believes they are proportionate to the risks we face and i hope with these rules in place we can turn around infection rates. how long are tier 3 restrictions going to be in place? does anybody have any idea? in short, no. but the government are going to review this every 28 days, which has been a welcome announcement. previously, we had no real indication. manchester were asking for £50 million a month up to the end of the financial year, which would have taken us to the end of march. they were not expecting

anything to come down in the meantime. a lot of places have had extra restrictions, as has been reported before, where it hasn't really seemed to have a real impact. it will be welcome, but whether changes in that time, we know that extra restrictions take a couple of weeks to take effect. it is quite a telling example, where south yorkshire, relatively, politically, is quite united on tier 3 as a whole. they knew they had to do something. again, hospital admissions are going up and this would be welcomed. but after 28 days, it will be an interesting kind of conversation as to where the data is then. thanks very much, george, thank you. let's talk now to jamie hawksworth, who owns the sheffield tap and another 9 pubs across the north of england. jamie, hello to you. how do you react to the fact pubs will have to close ? react to the fact pubs will have to close? i think we saw

it coming. the media was already highlighting this was going to come into effect. how doi was going to come into effect. how do i feel about it? i think i speak for most of my staff, and certainly the management team, that it is devastating. it is a livelihood. we have had the entire business pulled from under us. what are you going to do? well, there's not much we can do. the package doesn't add up to anywhere near substantially what it economic and hits us for. we had been accruing debts, as most businesses do. i think that it is fairto businesses do. i think that it is fair to say that businesses in tier 3at fair to say that businesses in tier 3 at the moment, i'd suggest that two thirds of them are trading insolvent, because the profit and loss accounts continue to amount. if you have a responsibility for rent, which is substantial, most city bars, especially in tier 3,

then the £3000 a month promised by the government doesn't touch the sides. can you give us an idea of what sort of rent you have to pay each month across all your pubs? in sheffield alone, in excess of £120,000 a year. roughly around £10,000 on average, i would say, on average, across the estate, per month. and then obviously the rates are held back, 01’ obviously the rates are held back, orare obviously the rates are held back, or are being cancelled. at the rates only go to the government anyway. so it's not helpful to us one bit. we area it's not helpful to us one bit. we are a private company. we employ over 200 people. we provide into the local supply chain. local breweries and wholesalers, local abattoirs for the restaurants and food from the suppliers. they are without orders now. if we get through this, they are still without orders, will they be there in 28 days? subject to it

being 28 days. the biggest issue is that we stand firm against it, hospitality only contributes 3% of the covid—19 marker risk at the moment. and we have paid the most to the government, and received probably the least. we are basically being thrown under the bus. we are a scapegoat. and i can't see why the government can justify this, they are not justifying this. government can justify this, they are notjustifying this. you think that closing hospitality is disproportionate, because the data doesn't show that infections are coming from there? the data shows 396 this week of new cases have come from hospitality. istruggle this week of new cases have come from hospitality. i struggle with why we are being thrown under the bus. not once has the government stated in recent weeks that you should not be confident in a covid secure space. we

have authorities inspecting as and agreeing we are a covid secure space. not once have the government said you can't be confident in our venues. it makes you wonder if politicians in power actually go into a pub to see how secure they are? there is obviously another agenda. what do you mean by that? not once has anyone said, right now, it is safe to eat out and drink ina right now, it is safe to eat out and drink in a covid—secure environment. even now, in tier 3, families and households can still go out and eat and drink in a food venue. but this has not been stated by the government. i'm just off it's a struggle. and that is clear from the way you have described it this morning. thank you very much for talking to us. maybe someone is listening in downing street. thank you,jamie, who listening in downing street. thank you, jamie, who owns the sheffield tap and another nine pubs across the north of

eglin. a number of people taking part in a protest against police brutality have reportedly been shot dead or injured in nigeria's biggest city, lagos. a witness told the bbc that at least 20 people have been killed. paul hawkins reports. gunfire. protests allegedly turning violent on the streets of lagos. everyone, sit down, sit down, sit down! we haven't been able to verify this footage, but it's said to show uniformed men shooting at protesters. 0ne eyewitness said they counted around 20 bodies and at 00:15:29,1000 --> 00:15:32,381 least 50 injured. human rights organisation amnesty international said it also obtained credible reports of deaths and that soldiers allegedly barricaded the protest area, preventing ambulances from reaching the injured. the authorities have promised an investigation. earlier in the day, the protests were largely peaceful. a special anti—robbery squad may have been disbanded but many people here are still unhappy with police brutality.

they want more changes to the security forces as well as reforms to the way the country is run. we are here because we believe in what we're fighting for. we are proud of it. i know if you listen to our national anthem, and our national pledge, we are here to defend our unity. we are fighting for the truth. we are fighting for the labour of our heroes past. we don't want it to be in vain. i'm prepared to die for my children to have a better tomorrow. the truth is it. but now protests like these have been ongoing for two weeks but the authorities have had enough now imposing an indefinite for our curfew on lagos and other regions. the question is have the protesters had enough too? paul hawkins, bbc news. it's less than two weeks now

until the us presidential election. democratjoe biden is in his home state of delaware preparing for thursday's final debate. donald trump has visited the battleground state of pennsylvania addressing supporters. at a rally, he attacked joe biden‘s running mate, kamala harris. kamala... by the way, she will not be your first woman president, you know that? you can't let that happen. there will be a woman president, you cannot let that happen. harris even urged their supporters to donate to a fund that bailed out rioters, right out ofjail, including attempted cop killers. i will always stand with the heroes of law enforcement. so will you. i asked our north america correspondent, david willis to provide some context. donald trump has continued to insist that the biden campaign, the campaign of his rival, joe biden, is basically a trojan horse for kamala harris becoming the president,

taking overfrom mr biden who, at 77 years of age, is quite elderly now. he has continued to insist that kamala harris is a radical left—winger, somebody who would be dangerous, and would pose a threat to the country, bringing in socialism and everything attendant with it. that was one of his themes tonight. he also tried to portray the coronavirus as in the rear—view as mirror as far as the american population was concerned. that, despite the fact that the number of cases continues to rise in almost every state. president trump, saying that a vaccine was just around the corner, and very soon in this country, he said, would be able to get back to normal. scientists have developed a tool for predicting who is most likely to develop long covid — the long—lasting version of coronavirus infection. the study, seen by the bbc, estimates one in 20 people are sick

for least eight weeks. the researchers at king's college london, and the health company zoe, hope it can be used to identify patients that might benefit from early treatment. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. vicky says she was the fittest she'd ever been at the start of this year, from zip lining on holiday, to going to the gym several times a week. but she got covid in march and says she's had wave after wave of illness ever since. ankles or my wrists will suddenly get very sore and swell up. i lost my sense of taste and smell again. it just went completely. i've definitely got some brain fog. i get really wheezy and breathless, and i have to use an inhaler twice a day now. researchers think thousands of people in the uk are going through something similar. they asked volunteers to log their symptoms on the covid symptoms study app and found that most said they were back

to normal in 11 days or less. but they estimate that one in seven people who get ill with coronavirus will be sick for more than a month, which is how they define long covid. then longer covid. they think one in 20 are affected for more than eight weeks, and that one in 45 are likely to be sick for more than 12 weeks. i haven't been able to work for seven months now. the government's worried about long covid too. it's put out this film with people who are suffering from it. it can totally wipe me out just doing basic things. the department of health and social care says this research should be a sharp reminder of the long—term and potentially devastating effects it can have. scientists have used the data, though, to come up with a tool that can predict in seven out of ten cases who is likely to go on to develop long covid. we wanted to have an idea of how much that might affect people, especially as we are going into a second wave now in the pandemic, where more and more people are going to get exposed

to the virus. so clearly, if people are having symptoms for more than two months, that's going to have significant economic and social implications. the strongest sign that someone's likely to get long covid is having more than five symptoms in their first week of illness. next, age, over 50s are slightly more likely to get it. women seem more susceptible, as well as people with asthma. vicky is under 50, but she did have more than five symptoms and describes herself as vaguely asthmatic. now seven months in, she has good days and bad days, but feels that she's getting better, slowly. catherine burns, bbc news. joining me now is dr claire steves, senior clinical lecturer at king's college london, who led the

study. do you have any idea why women are more at risk of long covid yet?|j think more at risk of long covid yet?” think that is a very good question. 0ne think that is a very good question. one thing we know about women and men as they have slightly different immune systems. so it may be that the immune reaction in men is something that triggers a very severe response in the early illness. and yet in women, it contributes to the long covid we are seeing. why is it so important to learn from the first wave as much as we can about coronavirus symptoms, with regards to long covid?” we can about coronavirus symptoms, with regards to long covid? i think in the first wave, we didn't even know that long covid even existed. there was a real imperative to save the nhs and not overburden it. many people who had coronavirus were sitting at home, suffering, and not knowing, in a sense, not gaining help at that time. now, we certainly know that if you have more than five symptoms in your first week, especially if you are a bit older, then you are quite likely to go on to get long covid. if we can

identify these people, maybe we can get preventative treatments in place, and also, importantly, we could be able to rehabilitate people, as they are going through the next few weeks. and that may reduce the length of illness that they have. do we know yet what kind of preventative treatment? we are seeing in the early stages, if you have a severe disease, also associated with multiple symptoms, you can respond to certain treatments that have been tried. we have all heard about dexamethasone being important in people who have breathing difficulties and low oxygen levels, which some people might not detect themselves, but they are there if you measure it. dexamethasone is one. the other is remdesivir, which we are seeing is helpful early in the disease. what we need to understand is, are these treatments also good for preventing long covid? thank you for talking

to us. the latest figures show that uk government borrowing in september was 36.1 billion pounds — 28.4 billion more than in the same period last year. the office for national statistics said it was the third—highest figure for any month since records began, in 1993. new figures out this morning also show the uk's inflation rate, which tracks the prices of goods and services, climbed to 0.5% in september. our business presenter, sima kotecha, has more details. some huge figures in regards to government spending. to throw it into context for you, the government has already spent this year more than six times the amount it spent last year. and we are not even at the end of 2020 yet. as

you say, in september, £36.1 billion was spent. this is the third highest figure we have seen since records began. so, why has this happened? for obvious reasons. the pandemic. things like the furlough scheme, the business gra nts the furlough scheme, the business grants used to prop up businesses, the additionalfunding grants used to prop up businesses, the additional funding for the nhs, things like the eat 0ut the additional funding for the nhs, things like the eat out to help 0ut scheme, all of that. the government is borrowing more money on spending more money than it is actually seeing coming in. that means the country now faces a debt of £2.1 trillion. now, to talk to me about this this morning, i am joined by sarah, a senior economist with standard chartered. thank you for coming on. as i said, some big figures this morning. is this amount of spending justified? yes,

figures this morning. is this amount of spendingjustified? yes, it is justified. the economy is experiencing a huge, unprecedented shock. in such circumstances, the government really has to step in and provide the support that is needed. that way, we can avoid a very, very deep and prolonged recession. as it is, the fact that people are unable to work, that businesses are unable to work, that businesses are unable to operate, it means that tax receipts are very low. so, the government has to borrow in order to make sure there is adequate finance for spending, and to really shore up the economy. the hope is that, by this time next year, we will be in a better position, and people can return to work, that businesses, as faras return to work, that businesses, as far as possible, will survive, and can get back to doing what they do in terms of helping the economy. but it is inevitable, isn't it, that this money is going to have to be

paid back. so, can you explain what that means for the ordinary person? the country's public debt at the moment is larger than the size of the economy. so it is 103% of gdp. and it has risen by 23% of gdp since this time last year. so, we are in a situation where debt is high. but, arguably, because interest rates are very low, the government was able to borrow at well below 0.5% per annum. so the cost of servicing the debt is not high. and, frankly, we can hold onto that that for some time, and roll it over, in years to come. so, there will have to be, in future, probably measures to increase revenues, to try to balance the books. at the government really is ina books. at the government really is in a strong position at the moment to borrow and to be able

to support the economy. briefly, looking at inflation, we saw that inflation in september went up from 0.2 in august, up to 0.5%. so a very marginal increase. what does that mean for ordinary people, and what does it mean for pensioners? for pensioners, this is an important month, it is the month at which the government decides how far pensions should rise. it is tied to what is happening to inflation. because inflation is so low, the triple lock means that pensions will rise by 0.5% next year. so, that is a safety net in the event that inflation is very low. actually, it compares very well with what we see on earnings at the moment. earnings are

flat, essentially zero, and we may well see earnings falling in the coming months. so, from a pensions point of view, that is a pretty positive response. in real terms, view, that is a pretty positive response. in realterms, pensions will be rising next year. for everybody else, the increase in the inflation rate is partly the aftermath of the eat 0ut inflation rate is partly the aftermath of the eat out to help 0ut. aftermath of the eat out to help out. in september, we saw prices picking up after the subsidy in august. inflation is likely to stay very low for some time, and, as i say, generally for people, that means their wages will also not be rising very fast, if at all. thank you. just explaining what that rise in inflation we saw in september means to you at home and the pensioners watching today who actually will benefit from that,

as sarah so simply explain. the mayor of liverpool, steve rotheram, has said that gyms in the region will now be allowed to reopen, putting it in line with other areas facing the toughest covid measures. local leaders had campaigned for the rules to be standardised. michel barnier, the head of the eu's task force for relations with the uk, has expressed hope at the prospect of a deal with the eu, despite the difficulties the two sides are having in reaching agreement. he said this morning that time was running out and that it was important to make progress in the next few days. translation: despite difficulties we have faced, an agreement is within reach. if both sides are willing to work constructive, to work constructively, and both sides are willing to compromise, and if we are able to make progress in the next few days on the basis of legal texts, and if we are ready in the next few days to resolve the sticking points, the trickiest subjects. because time is of the essence, and time is running out

each and every day. that's why, along with our british counterparts, we must endeavour to find solutions to the most difficult areas. hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines... more than a million people in south yorkshire are to be placed under the highest covid alert level this weekend, after a £41 million deal was agreed between the government and local leaders. household mixing will be banned in most settings and pubs and bars will close across barnsley, doncaster, rotherham and sheffield as greater manchester prepares to move tier 3, prepares to move to tier 3, the government says the door is still open for further talks about a financial support deal. scientists develop a tool for predicting who is most likely to develop long covid and hope it can be used to identify patients who might need early treatment. government borrowing jumps in september, as the uk continued heavy spending to support the economy during

the pandemic. gunshots. witnesses in nigeria say a number of protesters have been killed by security services in the country's biggest city, lagos. nasa says its space probe has successfully landed on an asteroid in an attempt to bring rocks and dust back to earth. nigerian soldiers have reportedly opened fire on anti—government protestors in the city of lagos. amnesty international said it had received credible evidence of excessive use of force. a witness told the bbc that army troops advanced on protestors and there may be 20 dead and at least 50 injured. the authorities have promised an investigation into the shooting. i'm joined by lawyer and political and women's rights activist dr shola mos—shogbamimu. hello, how do you

react to this footage? without a doubt, victoria, iam footage? without a doubt, victoria, i am absolutely livid. let's understand that what is happening in nigeria today is an abomination, the abomination of spilling nigerian blood, over nigerians exercising their legitimate human right to demonstrate and protest against police brutality. the end sars movement is a movement that is pushing against and demanding an end to police brutality. sars is a police unit that was created in the 19905 to address issues of robbery and motor vehicle theft and the like and motor vehicle theft and the like and all it has done is to meet out unlawful arrests, torture and extrajudicial killings of nigerians and we have to understand that what we are seeing today is not new. it is just that, this year, it is we are seeing today is not new. it isjust that, this year, it is more visibly captured and much more amplified than it has been in previous years. this has existed for a long time, it predated

the independence of nigeria so what you are seeing today is an abomination, the massacre in lagos as far as i'm concerned is state sanction because somebody ordered the army to shoot bullets into nigerians and you hear from the government, the president has talked about disbanding sars about a week or so ago, but then deploying those officers into other parts. there can be nojustice of the police are not prosecuted, those who committed these crimes, there can be no justice who committed these crimes, there can be nojustice if they who committed these crimes, there can be no justice if they have not been prosecuted and brought to justice and there can be no justice of those who are in power who have a bomb benefited from this abomination of torturing and harassing nigerians are not brought to account, everyone must be brought to account. somebody

sanctioned this atrocity and every single one of them must be prosecuted for their actions. do you think it is the president who is allowing the army, the security services, to shoot at protesters?” think that the government is enabling this. as i said, this has existed for a long time and what we are seeing replicates methods of silencing protests in nigeria that have existed for years. this is not new, it is just that, this year, it has been more amplified and the reason for this is because regimes have profited from torturing, from harassing and from silencing the civil protests of nigerians who are legitimately demanding change. their lives, their liberty, are at stake today, which is why we need the international community to engage. there is a petition with the uk government to implement sanctions against the nigerian government and the nigerian officials. you need to hit them where it hurts, whatever money or property they have in this

country should be frozen. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. it's been nearly five months since george floyd died gasping for air, pinned to the ground with a policeman's knee on his neck. the killing in minneapolis put racialjustice on the us election agenda, and built national momentum for reforms to end police violence. but, in the city where it all started, its been difficult to turn political opportunity into fundamental change. barbara plett—usher returned to minneapolis to find out why. in the neighbourhood where george floyd died, locals who know the streets have stepped in to secure them. with regular patrols to try to prevent crime before it happens, to safeguard the community without relying on the police. we are just helping our community feel safe against people that were supposed to protect us. i mean, they haven't been protecting us like we should be protected so we take it upon ourselves to protect ourselves, without using weapons and whatnot. we are peacemakers. this is a war...

minneapolis was ground zero for a movement to change the way the country is policed and, with the eyes of the world watching, the city was going to set an example. but it's struggling with just how to do that and facing a backlash. our commitment is to end our city's toxic relationship with the minneapolis police department, to end policing as we know it. in the charged atmosphere after the floyd killing, these city council members pledged to dismantle a policing system long accused of racism and build something new. but things got complicated quickly. in this northern suburb, there was a dramatic rise in gun crime, shots ringing out nightly, whizzing through windows and hitting houses. residents are so fed up, they are suing the city. they believe the council's declaration emboldened criminals and demoralised the police department. whatever the case, dozens of officers have left the force, quitting or claiming medical leave. we have historically

had victims of violence by police, that's not new. we live in an urban community. but the siege that we are under right now, with gunfire every single night, you bring in extra force to stop this from happening in our community. bureaucratic obstacles have slowed the cancel‘s plans. slowed the council's plans. critics say there are too many unanswered questions and advocates acknowledge that, anyway, this wouldn't happen overnight. bullets are not theoretical. we are seeing a rise in gun violence in our city and we have to figure out that question. that's precisely the problem we need to be able to solve if we want to divest from our current policing system and invest in something new. in the meantime, activists have staked a hold on territory as leverage to press their case. they have created their own alternative, a police free zone around the spot where a dying george floyd gasped for air. the conversation has changed since that pivotal moment,

but the police force hasn't, not yet. and little has been done to prevent something like this from happening again. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, minneapolis. it's a condition found in more than one in ten women in the uk. but it's hardly ever spoken about. lipoedema is where abnormal fat cells build up in the hips, legs and, occasionally, arms of women. this results in painful pockets of fat that can't go away with diet or exercise. there is no cure and currently no treatment is available on the nhs. now, love island star shaughna phillips has given her first tv interview after undergoing surgery for the condition. ellie costello went to meet her. shaughna phillips was one of the most popular contestants on series six of love island. so, my work—out regime in the villa is pretty easy. i don't have one. she now has 1.5 million followers on instagram. but, despite her popularity

and confidence, shaughna was always self—conscious of her legs. i would always feel like my thighs and my calves, there wasn't much difference in size. i never really had, like, a defined ankle. for years, i've had constant numbness in my legs. before i even went into love island, you can block words that you don't want to see and the first word i blocked was legs, because i didn't want to see anything about my legs. despite being able to block specific words from her social media feed, the offensive comments could still be read by everyone else viewing her photos. it's only since leaving the villa that shaughna was diagnosed with stage 1 lipoedema. she decided to have surgery. lipoedema is an abnormal build—up of fat cells that can't be broken down by exercise. it comes in stages, with stage 1 looking quite mild, all the way up to stage 4,

which is painful and can affect movement. so just how common is lipoedema? well, it's really difficult to say. it's thought that over one in ten women in the uk have this condition, but, because so little is known by the public, let alone by gps, it could be so many more. shaughna decided to have private liposuction to shrink the size of her legs. in the most extreme lipoedema cases, this painful procedure can cost up to £90,000, as there are no treatments available on the nhs. like, i saw something that said, "another lazy girl taking the easy way out," and i replied to this person saying i was in no way, shape orform lazy for getting my calves done. i think it was lipoedema uk that put a picture up of my before and after, when i weighed 14 stone, i had lost like four stone and had posted a picture before and, after, and my calves looked no

different, so if that is lazy, losing four stone, going to the gym, eating healthy, eating right, maintaining that and having no change in my calves, then you are the silly one. shaughna wants more awareness of lipoedema amongst the general public and by gps. dr alex munnoch is one of the only lipoedema experts in the country. medics haven't heard of it because it's not taught. most of these patients have tended to be labelled with, "0h, you've just got fat genes," or, "you've got big legs, yeah, "it'sjust your genetic make—up, it's just fat, " and ignored thereafter. and i think there is a responsibility on all health care professionals to become more aware of it. i definitely want to use my platform as much as i can to raise awareness and to help women and girls, so don't let it affect your life, don't let it affect the way you view life and stop you from doing things. ellie costello, bbc news.

let's talk now to zoe dixon, who has stage 3 lipoedema. she's a blogger who runs a body—positive page on instagram and documents her life with the condition. zoe, thank you very much for talking to us. i wonder if you could describe your legs and how they are different to somebody else's. so, my legs are a lot bigger than other people that might be my size all my weight. they have, like, an ankle bracelet effect, basically a cankle where my ankle should be. i don't look like i have got any knees, they are lumpy, they are painful. it can feel sometimes like there are bugs crawling up and down my legs or, you know, as though they are fizzing and they can swell as the day goes on. they are very different! yes, and it is more than only a medical condition, it is your life and we

arejust seeing pictures condition, it is your life and we are just seeing pictures of you now, we can see your legs now but it is a big deal, isn't it? massive deal. i a lwa ys big deal, isn't it? massive deal. i always try to tell people not to let lipoedema consume you but it is really ha rd lipoedema consume you but it is really hard because, as soon as you wa ke really hard because, as soon as you wake up in the morning, you think, are my legs going to be ok today? you might be straight in pain. some women find it hard to get out of bed because you have to physically lift your legs to get them out. for me, taking the boys to school, i sometimes got to lift my legs to get into the car and sometimes ijust fall into the car. taking your clothes, if you wear compression garments, you've got to think what is going to go right with that today. playing with the kids, you know, being on the floor playing with them, that can be hard. itjust affects your life every single day. does it affect your mental health, zoe? massively. i don't think there is enough talked about with mental health and lipoedema. you will find

a majority of women with lipoedema, regardless of the stage they are right, have an eating disorder of some sort or depression or anxiety because you got to think of your body does not look like the norm of what the immediate expect your body to look like, so you are constantly thinking about that —— what the media expect. you might try every diet going, you might try as much as you possibly can put your legs when changed. i lost seven stone and i kept going to the hospitals measured and mine actually grew when i lost weight and part of you things what is going on? and as the vt said, liposuction cancer cosmetic surgeries, so it is not available on the nhs -- surgeries, so it is not available on the nhs —— counts as cosmetic surgery. is that fair, do you think? i applied late last year and got denied funding because it was purely for cosmetics, apparently, but like i say for cosmetics, apparently, but like isayi for cosmetics, apparently, but like i say i had lost seven stone, i

cut so much out of my diet. pregnancy causes might lipoedema to get worse, so we have decided to have no more children. i wrote to my local mp. i basically tried everything i could to say i needed this surgery and they said no because i wanted for cosmetic reasons. and, honestly, most women, i mean, because of how it looks, it does get to you but, for me, i am past that now, i don't care, i put my legs out on social media all the time, i don't care what they look like. it is my mobility, it is the future, it is being able to go out and about and being able to go out and about and being able to do things more easily, it is more for mobility and mental health that i want the surgery, that it should be available, not for cosmetic reasons for these women. understood. thank you very much, zoe and sorry about the technical problems earlier but it's good that we could talk to you in the end. goodbye. as we all continue to cope with the challenges the pandemic has

placed on us, the news can often seem like it's on a constant cycle of doom and gloom. but, throughout the past six months, we have also been hearing from those who have gone out their way to bring some light into our lives, and our next guest is one of those. dr arup senapati is a trainee surgeon at a hospital in assam, in india, who was filmed by his colleagues dancing to his favourite song for his covid patients on the last day of gruelling stint on their intensive care unit. the video of arup, who was dressed in his ppe kit and dancing to one of his favourite songs, has gone viral on twitter, even gaining praise from the song's artist. in a moment, we will be speaking to arup, but, first, let's have a look at him in action. music: ghungroo.

he is good, isn't he! hello, dr arup, how are you? i am fine. thank you for talking to us, tell us he started dancing in front of your patients. it is all about positive

vibes, ijust patients. it is all about positive vibes, i just wanted patients. it is all about positive vibes, ijust wanted to positive vibes. we have to admit that this is a tough period where covid is going on, so! a tough period where covid is going on, so ijust thought a tough period where covid is going on, so i just thought that, a tough period where covid is going on, so ijust thought that, if i danced in front of my colleagues and some patients, then it will spread positive vibes to them, because the worry is still going on and we have to win it —— the war is still going on. we are in the middle and ijust thought like that. and it suddenly like a later certainly has spread positive vibes —— it certainly has. some of your moves remind me of michaeljackson, are you a fan of his? yes, i am a big fan of his, i started dancing by seeing his videos, he is a legend and ijust... he's my inspiration and he is a god of dance for me. i know that you

have done a seven day stint on the icu, give us an idea of how difficult that his view mentally and physically. it is very difficult because we have to stay for eight hours continuously in the ppe kit and it is very tiring and in those conditions, you can become dehydrated, we can't take food or water. 0ur hands get wrinkled and it means you can't go to the toilet, also, so it is very difficult. and you know that to treat people, you need to get in touch with them but in the ppe kit, you can't get too much, a with the ppe kit, you can't get too close to them, so it is very difficult because, as a doctor, the

patient relationship is very different, so still, in ppe kit also, we used to talk. they feel alone, they feel isolated but, still, we try our best to make them feel mentally happy, so we feel very good when people don't deteriorate. if the patient deteriorates, then we feel very bad. when the patient improved, then we feel very good. thank you so much for talking to us, we really appreciated. thank you so much, dr arup. thank you. nasa says its osiris—rex space probe has successfully landed on the asteroid, bennu. scientists have compared the manoeuvre to trying to park a remote—controlled car 300 million kilometres away, on an asteroid the size of new york's empire state building. the mission has been seven

years in the planning, at a cost ofjust over a billion dollars. tanya dendrinos reports. joy at nasa. the osiris—rex lands on the bennu asteroid. we're going in, we're going in. touchdown declared. then seconds later... sample collection is complete... it might well have the biggest haul of extra terrestrial rocks since the moon landings 50 years ago. i can tell you that everything went just exactly perfect, which is kind of the hallmark of this team. we have consistently beaten expectations over and over again. we have overcome the amazing challenges that this asteroid has thrown at us and the spacecraft appears to have acted flawlessly. and lift—off for osiris—rex. this mission is an incredible achievement because bennu — spinning through space 330 million kilometres from earth — is bigger than the empire state building.

and even though the probe arrived there in 2018, it's taken two years to find a suitable landing site. scientists thought the surface would be sandy, instead it was rocky. but eventually they did identify a site called nightingale, around eight metres wide. now the probe has successfully landed, avoiding contact with surrounding rocks, gathered its sample and lifted off, bound for earth. on board, a sample of rocks and dust which should tell us something about the chemistry of the planets and the sun when they formed 4.5 billion years ago. the only question now is, how much did the probe gather? we'll be waiting until september 2023 when it returns to earth for the answer. tany dendrinos, bbc news.

the us election has been bitterly fought this year, but in one state there's been a refreshing change. 0pposing candidates in the race for the governor'sjob — in utah — released a remarkable ad on tuesday. republican lieutenant governor spencer cox and law professor chris peterson, a democrat, appear together to call for civility. i'm chris peterson. and i'm spencer cox. we are currently in the final days of campaigning against each other to be our next governor. and while i think you should vote for me... yeah, but, really, you should vote for me... ..there are some things we both agree on. we can debate issues without degrading each other‘s character. we can disagree without hating each other. and, win or lose in utah, we work together. so let's show the country that there is a better way. my name's my chris peterson. and i'm spencer cox. both: and we approve this message. an unusual event happened in iceland — an earthquake. the capital reykjavik was shaken on tuesday by a magnitude 5.6 quake. mps in the country's parliament building froze during

the quake and they stopped work for around 15 minutes. the tremor lasted several seconds, with the impact being felt across the north atlantic island nation. iceland's prime minister was being interviewed by the washington post online at the time. here's what happened. we have a health system where we are able to have tests that... rumbling noise. oh, my god, there's an earthquake! sorry, there was an earthquake right now. wow. well, this is iceland. sorry about that! i willjust finish the question. yes, i'm perfectly fine. the house is still strong. so, no worries. 0of! sorry! i have such admiration for

politicians who are so calm, cool and collected in the middle of an earthquake. joanna gosling is next with you at the top of the air with the latest news headlines. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. today, for many of us, it's going to be fairly cloudy and we also have some rain in the forecast, the heaviest of which is going to be and is currently across southern parts of england and into the south—east. this is the remnants of storm barbara and, with it, we are looking at gusty winds, even inland, the wind will be gusty but especially anywhere along the coast from sussex to kent and east anglia. storm barbara, named by the spanish met service, is actually this area of low pressure and it will be pulling steadily towards the north and the east, eventually clearing off into the north sea. we still have quite gusty winds across the north—west of scotland, easing for a time through the day and indeed as well the rain, and in between are drier and brighter slot with a few showers unlimited amounts of

sunshine. temperature wise, still on the mild side today, looking at eight in lerwick, to 17 in london. through this evening and overnight, eventually we see the remnants of storm barbara move away, slowest to clear lincolnshire and norfolk. there will be some showers left behind and also some clearer skies, but we will also have this rain across northern and eastern scotland rotating around an area of low pressure. with all of this going on, it's not going to be a cold night. in fact, it will be quite mild. we start tomorrow with this rain across northern and eastern scotland. eventually, it moves off into the north sea and then a ridge of high pressure builds across us, settling things down. that doesn't mean wall—to—wall blue skies, there will still be quite a bit of cloud around, one or two showers as well but equally some sunshine and temperatures not quite as high as they are likely to be today. looking at top temperatures of 16. as we head on through the evening and overnight, many other start and overnight, many of

us start the evening on a dry note but already we have the next system coming in from the west, introducing some rain and that will steadily push eastwards through the course of the night and also through the course of friday, turning a bit weaker as it moves over towards eastern areas. behind it, dry and brighter with some showers, some of those showers merging across the north and west of scotland and feeling cooler. saturday, the unsettled theme continues and it is going to be windy wherever you are on saturday and you will notice the trend of temperatures slipping as we head on into sunday.

this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling, the headlines at 11. more than a million people in south yorkshire are to be placed under the highest covid alert level this weekend — after a £41 million pound deal was agreed between the government after a £41 million deal was agreed between the government and local leaders. i would pay tribute to local leaders and south yorkshire who have been taking their public health responsibility seriously and we have been able to have very constructive conversations. household mixing will be banned in most settings and most pubs and bars will close across barnsley, doncaster, rotherham and sheffield. as greater manchester prepares to move tier 3 — the government says the door is still open for further talks about a financial support deal. scientists develop a tool

for predicting who is most likely to develop long covid — and hope it can be used to identify patients who might need early treatment government borrowing jumps in september as the uk continued heavy spending to support the economy during the pandemic. witnesses in nigeria say a number of protesters have been killed by security services in the country's biggest city, lagos a nasa probe lands on an asteroid and hopes to bring rocks and dust back to earth. it's been confirmed that south yorkshire will be moved to the highest coronavirus alert level in england from saturday. it comes as government ministers say

the door remains open about a covid support deal for greater manchester. barnsley, sheffield, doncaster and rotherham local authority areas will move to the tier three alert level which includes tight restrictions on household mixing and the closure of pubs and bars. the £41 million package includes £30 million to support the region's businesses and £11 million for local authorities to work on public health measures like contact tracing. the mayor of the sheffield city region, danjarvis, said £41 million of funding has been secured from the government to protect both lives and livelihoods as pressure increases on the nhs. greater manchester will be in tier three from friday, although a financial settlement has yet to be agreed with westminster. six conservative mps have written to the labour mayor andy burnham accusing him of putting his "ego" above the people of greater manchester. all this adds up to more than 7 million people in england

under the strictest restrictions. for the latest let's talk to our political correspondent, iain watson. sheffield city may damage others said today in action was not an option for him when he agreed to a deal worth £41 million to move on to the most restrictive of the government measures, to your three restrictions from one minute past midnight on saturday monica, including more restrictions on people meeting outdoor and indoors, most pubs and bars will close their the surrounding region. the tone from dan jarvis's the surrounding region. the tone from danjarvis's statement the surrounding region. the tone from dan jarvis's statement was very different from glitter manchester yesterday saying the government was playing poker with peoples lives, dan jarvis stressing playing poker with peoples lives, danjarvis stressing he was working together to get a deal although he

said the people of south yorkshire would have to show character and great to get through the next month. the destructions will be reviewed and 20 days will stop in terms of the financial package million pounds goes to test track and trace enforcement and a £30 million package of business support which is exactly package of business support which is exa ctly sa m e package of business support which is exactly same as was available to lancashire which has already moved into those restrictions and also to liverpool city region and proportionately it would mean around 60 million which was an offer to greater manchester and interestingly the government has been very keen to praise those labour led authorities that have been cooperative today, is health secretary matt hancock stressing the whole range of local authorities that they were prepared to. i would pay tribute to the local leaders in south yorkshire who've

been really taking their public health responsibilities very seriously, putting those first, and so we've been able to have very constructive conversations and work with them, as we have with the local leadership in liverpool and lancashire, in the north east, in london, across the west midlands, in fact, so many parts of the country where action is needed. and i hope that in greater manchester, we can we can reach that too. matt hancock singling out greater manchester for not being co—operative and that seems to be bad blood with some seeing andy burnham putting his ego ahead of the welfare of greater manchester. not every mp conservative mp signed up to that but there was a feeling that with 60 million page available the community secretary singh manchester's name is still on that money, it may be debited through the ten constituent councils and some

labour mps ten constituent councils and some labourmps are ten constituent councils and some labour mps are seeing it as an attempt to divide and rule the people of greater manchester and to bypass the mayor andy burnham. let's speak to geraldine scott — westminster correspondent at the yorkshire post. the negotiations seem to have gone more smoothly for south yorkshire going into tier 3, what is the feeling there? in a way, yes because a deal has been reached and you are correct from what we heard that the tone from dan jarvis this correct from what we heard that the tone from danjarvis this morning is more conciliatory but not everyone is happy, be have a ready heard from the leader of rotherham council who said the decision could have been made days ago, the government came to negotiations with no wish to move, then you had them on going to offer and were sticking to it and he has a lily hit out and say negotiations where useless. he accepts the measures and

the money but not everyone is as pleased as may be it first appears. how much movement has there been? did the government stick to that position? we have had that as a formula and a bit of to and through and further that formula was applied correctly because of the number of people inside yorkshire and that is a bit ofa inside yorkshire and that is a bit of a complex agreement over what cou nts of a complex agreement over what counts as a city region and two is covered by these restrictions. it seems that as a formula that are trying to apply which makes you question veainu going to negotiations and the first place if you know what you can offer. negotiations and the first place if you know what you can offenm negotiations and the first place if you know what you can offer. it is getting confusing and the labour position is that there should be a formula, there is going to be an opposition day emotion and the commons later to try to get a vote in the commons. in terms of local

perspective in greater manchester, the abstract has been there was a feeling voiced by residents saying they feel andy burnham was fighting for them and there is the conflict with the government and westminster. there has been agreement and south yorkshire so in terms of local a cce pta nce yorkshire so in terms of local acceptance of what is going on and feeling part of a process, what is the sentiment there?” feeling part of a process, what is the sentiment there? i don't think anyone is under any illusions of how cdc situation is, south yorkshire has one of the highest rates in the country so it is not a surprise these restrictions have been brought in. one of the interesting points to make as i cross the border in west yorkshire they were staying in tier 2 destructions and in some ways that is actually not any better because it means they do not have access to this money, this support but rates aren't still high although coming

down in some areas, rates are still high so! down in some areas, rates are still high so i think that is a perception that may be areas are better off being ina that may be areas are better off being in a tier 3 restrictions effie is deals can be agreed to at least get the support on offer even effort is not quite what people like andy burnham would have wanted. thank you. greater manchester will be in the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from friday, although a full financial settlement has yet to be agreed with the government. the health secretary, matt hancock, has said the door is still open for further talks about that £60—million pound support package for greater manchester businesses. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports on what's happening in manchester. people in greater manchester now know that tougher restrictions are arriving but the wait goes on to find out what extra cash there will be to support businesses and workers, as pubs and bars that can't serve substantial meals will be forced to close. as part of a wider package of support, an offer of £60 million,

say ministers, still stands. this offer was proportionate to the support we've given the liverpool city region and lancashire but, regrettably, the mayor rejected it. of course, we do not want businesses in greater manchester to be disadvantaged, so that offer remains on the table. 0ur door is open. but labour accused borisjohnson of pulling the plug on talks. what a petty, vindictive, callous response in a national crisis, mr speaker. the prime minister may think he is punishing the politicians. in fact, he is punishing the people of greater manchester. and the labour politician who's been leading calls for more support, andy burnham. some conservative mps from greater manchester last night claimed that he had put his ego before people's interest. he said he's standing up for an area already hard—hit by months of restrictions. at no point today were we offered enough to protect the poorest

people in our communities through the punishing reality of the winter to come. the nhs and lives will be put at risk without tougher rules here. that is what borisjohnson said last night. so he is introducing the changes from friday. given the public health situation, i must proceed with moving greater manchester to the very high alert level. because not to act would put manchester's nhs and the lives of many of manchester's residents at risk. despite all the acrimony, politicians on all sides will be under pressure to get an agreement by then. jessica parker, bbc news. scientists have developed a tool for predicting who is most likely to develop long—covid — the long—lasting version of coronavirus infection. the study, seen by the bbc, estimates one in 20 people are sick for least eight weeks. the researchers at king's college london, and the health company zoe,

hope it can be used to identify patients that might benefit from early treatment. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. vicky bourne says she was the fittest she'd ever been at the start of this year, from zip lining on holiday, to going to the gym several times a week. but she got covid in march and says she's had wave after wave of illness ever since. ankles or my wrists will suddenly get very sore and swell up. i lost my sense of taste and smell again. it just went completely. i've definitely got some brain fog. i get really wheezy and breathless, and i have to use an inhaler twice a day now. researchers think thousands of people in the uk are going through something similar. they asked volunteers to log their symptoms on the covid symptoms study app and found that most said they were back to normal in 11 days or less. but they estimate that one in seven people who get ill with coronavirus will be sick for more than a month,

which is how they define long covid. then longer covid. they think one in 20 are affected for more than eight weeks, and that one in 45 are likely to be sick for more than 12 weeks. i haven't been able to work for seven months now. the government's worried about long covid too. it's put out this film with people who are suffering from it. it can totally wipe me out just doing basic things. the department of health and social care says this research should be a sharp reminder of the long—term and potentially devastating effects it can have. scientists have used the data, though, to come up with a tool that can predict in seven out of ten cases who is likely to go on to develop long covid. we wanted to have an idea of how much that might affect people, especially as we are going into a second wave now in the pandemic, where more and more people are going to get exposed to the virus. so clearly, if people are having

symptoms for more than two months, that's going to have significant economic and social implications. the strongest sign that someone's likely to get long covid is having more than five symptoms in their first week of illness. next, age, over 505 are slightly more likely to get it. women seem more susceptible, as well as people with asthma. vicky is under 50, but she did have more than five symptoms and describes herself as vaguely asthmatic. now seven months in, she has good days and bad days, but feels that she's getting better, slowly. catherine burns, bbc news. joining me now is tim spector, who led the study. he's professor of genetic epidemiology at king's college london, and leads the covid symptom study app. thank you forjoining

us. this is going to enable theirs to be better protection on who is more likely to get long covid. how could that benefit patients and practice? we think any number of ways. firstly predicting who is going to get that will improve diagnosis and also be able to categorise people into risk groups because of that is also another lap particularly in the over 605 with people who get long covid and the likelihood of needing hospital treatment and so these risk factors we can start building into the app so when people log their symptoms we give them an alert and say co nta ct symptoms we give them an alert and say contact your gp who would then know whether to residue more often see how your

breathing is getting on and so trying to prevent people going to hospital when it is too late. 0n the other side younger people that could well be important trials of drugs like steroids on antiviral treatment that could be started early to break the vicious circle that seems to happen when people have had for several months. because the make be an immune reaction so we desperately need to get to these people early to start the trials to see f.c. can start preventing it rather than waiting six months and that is one of the key things we are learning. can it be prevented with early treatment? is it be prevented with early treatment? isita be prevented with early treatment? is it a case that the symptoms are prolonged because that has not been a treatment because it was als serious case of covid—19 and the first place? we know that people who

have multiple symptoms and the first week, more than five based on our up, they are the ones at risk. it involves the immune system and if you can interfere with this immune reaction which might be like an autoimmune thing with something like steroids early on there is a good chance looking at similar diseases connective tissue diseases, you could break this up and prevent the long—term symptoms. that is the hope, nobody knows yet but we have to start somewhere and this is the first step in that direction to give people hope as well as a psychological support for many people because many people are depressed because they are not working and feel they have not been listened to so far so that as one of the other important aspects. listened to so far so that as one of the other important aspectsm seems like a really basic question but what is s covid—19?

0ther s covid—19? other symptoms with anything similar? that is unlike any other disease i have seen and 30 yea rs of other disease i have seen and 30 years of studying medicine in diameter rim at, i studied many different we are diseases sweaterswe have seen many symptoms run over many time suitable find subgroups, people form little subgroups, some severe and some mild with different immune reactions. we may end up having different treatments for all of them so we are all learning and the important thing is it is not just like flu, edible affect everybody differently and we need to find out how we deal with that and how to improve all—out immunity as a general population going forward for the next year. it

is extraordinary to hear you say that our 25 different symptoms, i do think i have heard previously that are that many, more symptoms becoming more widely known as time goes on. in terms then of actually understanding quiet affects people differently, you talk about how the immune system responds, what is your best understanding of why it does have such different impacts different people? i think because two people infected the same way, one persons immune system will be different and use different immune t cells, get rid of it quite quickly, have a fever and sore throat and then they will be fine. another person will have a different immune response that might treat it as if it is a different kind of infection or it is maybe starting attacking your own

body like an autoimmune thing and start sending out the wrong signals. even identical twins are reacting differently to the virus in this way and it is probably because our immune systems are very different because our environment and exposed to infections about our lifetime is different but also our gut microbes are different and we know this is a whole new area of medicine that is one of the most unique features and our gut microbes are different which means they send out different immune signals and rethink the diet is therefore a link to this so many of these things could be improved by better diet and they would give us a better diet and they would give us a better immune system. it is very complicated but one size advice does not fit all, we have to look at the full range of these problems and realise it is a complicated

problem, you may need complex apps like ours to sort it out rather than just saying there are only three symptoms because the model b look, the more differences refined between people and by using these algorithms we can start to pick them apart for the first time. very briefly, when you talk about the three key symptoms that are always put out the, particularly in terms of whether people should get tested or not, do you think that is helpful or not? people should get tested or not, do you think that is helpful or nowm isa you think that is helpful or nowm is a help. because most people —— a help. because most people will have the symptoms but there is a proportion that don't but they do not want as well and children are older people. when you can get confusion, delirium, gastrointestinal problems and in children you do not get the

cough and shortness of breath so we need to bea and shortness of breath so we need to be a bit more sophisticated when it comes to looking at other groups and realise there are lots of different ways the virus can present so as we go forward we need to maybe have different rules for these different groups. thank you. the latest figures show that uk government borrowing in september was £36.1 billion — 28.4 billion more than in the same period last year. the office for national statistics said it was the third—highest figure for any month since records began, in 1993. new figures out this morning also show the uk's inflation rate, which tracks the prices of goods and services, climbed to 0.5% in september, from 0.2% in august. our business presenter, sima kotecha, has more details.

good morning, yes, some huge figures they are, we will talk about government borrowing and a bit of context for viewers the uk has borrowed more than six times the amount it borrowed last year this year so far amount it borrowed last year this yearso farand we amount it borrowed last year this year so far and we are not even at the end of 2020. as you said, the uk government through september borrowed £36 billion, the third highest figure since records began and why has this borrowing taken place, for obvious reasons because, the pandemic so we have had the furlough scheme, business grants, the eat out to help out scheme, the additionalfunding to the eat out to help out scheme, the additional funding to the the eat out to help out scheme, the additionalfunding to the nhs the eat out to help out scheme, the additional funding to the nhs and all of that has required extra money and some of it the government would argue has been essential to stimulate the economy. in a nutshell the government has borrowed more

money than it had coming in from things like taxes. to speak to me about this we have the chief economist at kpmg. talk me through these figures this morning about borrowing, how significant are they because they aren't so large and inevitably do they mean taxes will go up? we have got figures that confirm that debt levels are rising in the uk, the government is spending much more on the coronavirus as well as all the different programmes to help households and businesses manage through these difficult times. at the same time we are getting less revenue coming in to the treasury because we have

some of the taxes delayed and less earnings and therefore less take on that. this is an impact be when expecting but definitely something that as some ways welcome giving the need to try and shelter as much as possible the economy at this time and much as possible not just jobs economy at this time and much as possible notjustjobs but also businesses. and given that interest rates aren't so low it is not too much of a burden on government to have that extra spending. what about the tax rises many of us are expecting? there is no budget this year but can be expected chance on... taxes are probably likely to

rise once the economy stabilises a little bit so probably not this year but quite possible that within this parliament we will see some increases and taxes in order to stabilise public finances in the medium—term. stabilise public finances in the medium-term. thank you for talking to us, so summarising their that these borrowing will inevitably mean people will need to pay more taxes next year and as the chancellor has already said for the younger generation in the economy is going to need to balance at some point. michel barnier the head of the eu's task force for relations with the uk, has expressed hope at the prospect of a deal with the eu, despite the difficulties the two sides are having in reaching agreement. he said this morning that

time was running out and that it was important to make progress in the next few days. translation: despite difficulties we have faced, an agreement is within reach. if both sides are willing to work constructively, and both sides are willing to compromise, and if we are able to make progress in the next few days on the basis of legal texts, and if we are ready in the next few days to resolve the sticking points, the trickiest subjects. because time is of the essence, and time is running out each and every day. that's why, along with our british counterparts, we must endeavour to find solutions to the most difficult areas. it's less than two weeks now until the us presidential election. democratjoe biden is in his home state of delaware preparing for thursday's final debate. donald trump has visited the battleground state of pennsylvania addressing supporters. at a rally, he attacked joe biden's running mate, kamala harris. kamala... by the way, she will not

be your first woman president, you know that? you can't let that happen. there will be a woman president, you cannot let that happen. harris even urged their supporters to donate to a fund that bailed out rioters, right out ofjail, including attempted cop killers. i will always stand with the heroes of law enforcement. so will you. i asked our north america correspondent, david willis to provide some context... donald trump has continued to insist that the biden campaign, the campaign of his rival, joe biden, is basically a trojan horse for kamala harris becoming the president, taking overfrom mr biden who, at 77 years of age, is quite elderly now. he has continued to insist that kamala harris is a radical left—winger, somebody who would be dangerous, and would pose a threat to the country,

bringing in socialism and everything attendant with it. that was one of his themes tonight. he also tried to portray the coronavirus as in the rear—view mirror as far as the american population was concerned. that, despite the fact that the number of cases continues to rise in almost every state. president trump, saying that a vaccine was just around the corner, and very soon in this country, he said, would be able to get back to normal. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol hello again, if you're just stepping out, make sure you take your brolly with you and if you live in the south, be sure is a sturdy one because we've got gusty winds here as well. what's happening is we've got the remnants of storm barbara, named by spanish met service, bringing rain across southern england, south wales and into the southeast. it's going to be pulling northeastward through the day. move north of that

there's a lot of cloud. this morning's rain across northern england, fading and fragmenting across northern ireland and northwest scotland. but here it will be pretty windy through this evening and overnight, we hang on to the rain across parts of scotland, a few showers and also some clear skies. it's not going to be a cold night. we're looking at the temperature range, seven to about 11 degrees. so tomorrow, slowly, we lose that rain from northern and eastern parts of scotland. a ridge of high pressure builds in, things settle down. looks to be a lot of cloud at times in outshout. but some of us will see some sunshine and temperatures, eight in the north to 16 in the south. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: more than a million people in south yorkshire are to be placed under the highest covid alert level this weekend — after a £41 million deal was agreed between the government and local leaders. household mixing will be banned in most settings and pubs and bars will close across barnsley, doncaster, rotherham and sheffield. as greater manchester prepares to move tier 3 —

the government says the door is still open for further talks about a financial support deal. scientists develop a tool for predicting who is most likely to develop long covid — and hope it can be used to identify patients who might need early treatment. government borrowing jumps in september as the uk continued heavy spending to support the economy during the pandemic. witnesses in nigeria say a number of protesters have been killed by security services in the country's biggest city, lagos. nasa says its space probe has successfully landed on an asteroid in an attempt to bring rocks and dust back to earth. sport and for a full round up, let's head to the bbc sport centre.

it's been confirmed that wasps will be allowed to play in this weekend's premiership rugby final, that's despite seven players and four members of staff testing positive for coronavirus. 0n social media this morning, premiership rugby reported that there were no more positives in the latest round of testing. they say that wasps can now take their "rightful place" in saturday's final against exeter at twickenham. one other line of rugby union news this morning and the british and irish lions have announced that they'll play japan for the first time, next summer. the match on 26thjune at murrayfield will act as a warm—up for their three—test tour of south africa, which starts a week later. history repeated itself for manchester united and marcus rashford as they beat paris saint germain in the champions league last night. the game looked to be moving towards a 1—1 draw in the french capital until the 87th minute. that's when rashford settled it with a well placed strike. just as he'd done against psg in the same stadium 18 months ago. elsewhere last night chelsea drew 0—0

with sevilla. there's been strong criticism of the fledgeling plan to create a new breakaway league, involving the top sides from across europe. it apparently has the backing of fifa — and five premier league clubs have been approached to take part. joe lynskey reports. english football is at a crossroads. the grounds are closed, the games are silent. now those at the top could look elsewhere for more. reports say english clubs are in talks about a european premier league. 18 teams from five countries forming a super competition. any plans could replace the champions league, but even uefa, who run european football, aren't on board, and the club know that these are sensitive times.

i have absolutely no time to think about that, i'm not involved in this, i have no idea about it. iam here, ideal with the daily star. these plans may reveal some of the thinking behind a project big picture, the proposals that were put forward but then rejected by premier league clubs. that offered money to the lower leagues but on the proviso it would free up more dates on the calendar, possibly for a new competition like this. and it showed a european premier league go ahead, the clubs could stand to split more than £4 billion between them. —— and should a european premier league go ahead, the clubs could stand to split more than £4 billion between them. it is a strange set of priorities at the best of times but particularly now, it is sickening to think there are clubs that mean so much to communities who are really worried about whether they will be able to continue in existence, and yet all these people are worried about is the glamour of global television rights. the lower league clubs are vulnerable. a bailout from the top could come with conditions. but a super tournament brings a possibility the super

rich aren't used to. in a league of the best, one team still has to finish last. well there is more hope for clubs further down the english football pyramid this morning. clubs in the national league — the fifth tier of the game — will receive £10 million funding from the national lottery to help them through the pandemic. seven teams recently relegated from the football league will receive £95,000—a—month, with the rest getting slightly less. formula one driver lance stroll says he tested positive for coronavirus after the eifel grand prix weekend. the canadian felt unwell before the race at the nurburg ring earlier this month, and was replaced by nico hulkenberg in the racing point team. stroll said his symptoms were "pretty mild". he returned a negative test two days ago, so he will be able to compete at this weekend's portuguese grand prix. that's all the sport for now — but there's more on the bbc sport website, including the latest

on the vuelta a espana, where chris froome is starting stage two more than 11 minutes behind the leader. i will have more for you throughout the day. thanks. it's been a week since the liverpool city region became the first area in the country to be placed into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. today it was announced that gyms will be able to reopen across liverpool — after the government bowed to pressure to bring it in line with other areas under tier 3 measures. but pubs in the region not serving meals must stay shut. well to find out how enforceable have the measures been, we can talk now to andy cooke who is chief constable of merseyside police. 0ne one week since liverpool went into tier 3, welcome, thank you for joining us. what levels of police enforcement have there been? consistent enforcement across the region during this time,

but we still do adhere to the approach. it's about engagement, and educating people first. but where we have to use enforcement, and we have done across a varied range of different issues that we've seen over the last week or so. can you tell us how many cases of enforcement there have been, and what the issues have been? there has been 90 fixed penalties issued during that week. for issues ranging from people in gatherings of more than six, closure refusals at gyms. but the vast majority of gyms and licensed premises across the region are doing absolutely the right thing. they are following the legislation and the guidance and we are working slowly with them to ensure that continues. a small number decided to go against that. so we have taken action where necessary. it's interesting because

today gyms have been told they are allowed to reopen. there was consistency on that. do you have a thought on that because some places have been fined? the consistency would have been best from the start, that goes without saying. whilst it was illegal to be open and quite rightly took the approach, and we allowed a number of gyms to remain open without enforcement, assuming all gyms would be open, and quite rightly licensed premises asked if we we re rightly licensed premises asked if we were enforcing —— if we weren't enforcing gyms why were we enforcing licensed premises. this is the decision of the politicians. i am here to enforce the law. i will do that as chief constable without politics getting involved in that. that's what we've done, we've done it fairly, we've given opportunities to gym owners to shut before issuing fines, and when they refuse to do so we have issued fines. i believe when gyms will be

legally allowed to open, during that period we will speak to gym owners and we will encourage them to do the right thing until that happens. how easy is it to enforce the rules on licensed premises, because it now seems there may be a situation whereby people can actually meet. you're not supposed to meet people from other household in a restaurant or pub serving meals unless it is for a business meeting, it now seems. it's difficult. it's difficult for the licensed premises to ensure that individuals are from different households —— aren't from different households, and i have every sympathy for them with that. i'm just pleased that the majority of people are doing the right thing and only going out with members of their own household. they aren't breaching the law and the regulations. and our licensed premises are doing a good job in making sure that is the case as far as they can. we rely on people doing the right thing through

the greatest extent and we only enforce when we have to do, and that's been our approach from the start. what about calls from the public? how much are people calling up public? how much are people calling up to actually report on others? we respond to all calls from the public, and the vast majority of those calls are correct calls, they are those calls are correct calls, they a re calls those calls are correct calls, they are calls from concerned people. we follow u p are calls from concerned people. we follow up with advice and guidance usually, the people who might be breaching the legislation. but if they don't listen to the advice we enforce the law. very briefly, is dealing with this impacting on your ability to deal with other things? we have a proud record here of being a very proactive force and we will continue to do our daily business, tackle organised crime, burglars, all of the people involved in criminality throughout this, but it is more work for our staff. our staff are doing long hours than before and having fewer days off. despite all of that they are doing a fantasticjob. thank despite all of that they are doing a fantastic job. thank you very despite all of that they are doing a

fantasticjob. thank you very much. thank you. local authorities in south yorkshire have announced they've agreed the terms for moving into the top tier of coronavirus restrictions. £41 million will be given to the region to support businesses and the health service. in a statement, the mayor of the sheffield city region, danjarvis, said: "following extensive discussions with ministers, local council leaders and i have agreed with government that south yorkshire will move into tier 3, the "very high" alert level for coronavirus restrictions. the restrictions will come into force from 00:01 on saturday 24th of october and cover all four local authority areas — barnsley, doncaster, rotherham and sheffield. we all recognise the gravity of the situation and have taken the responsible route to ensure we save lives and livelihoods, and protect our nhs. more older people are contracting the virus. the number of people with covid in our hospitals has doubled over the last ten days, with no signs this will relent over the coming weeks. inaction was not an option." let's speak now to miriam cates, a conservative mp for penistone and stocksbridge

— in south yorkshire. welcome and thank you very much for joining us. what's your reaction to going into tier 3? this is a position none of us wanted to be in. it's hard news for people all over the region who are weary of lockdown, who are suffering economically, suffering from the deprivation of relationships with family and friends. but the truth is, as danjarvis said, this is a dangerous and serious situation. the nhs isn't overwhelmed but we are starting to be at the point where that could feasibly happen, so we need to act now to make sure the nhs can cope with the rise in coronavirus cases, but can also continue to offer normal services. so it's really important we act now. whilst it is disappointing news i think there are two really important things to remember. firstly, there isa things to remember. firstly, there is a new package of financial support which is coming out for local authorities and local businesses to enhance track and trace and enforcement. that's good news. i want to pay tribute to

dan jarvis and his team and all of the local leaders for acting so collaboratively on this. but also, there is a 28 day review period, and i think we all need to make sure we are following the rules, that we aren't mixing between households, that we are following the national guidance, as well, because the next two weeks are crucial. if we can bring the rates down, if we can start to see a downturn in admissions to hospitals, then after that 28 days we have the possibility of coming out of tier 3, which is a really important message for people here. in terms of the negotiations on the financial package, the leader of rotherham council has said that actually the decision on this could have been done days ago because the government hasn't shifted on its position in terms of the financial support available. it is following a four miller. is that correct? -- a formula. the support for businesses is on par with packages offered to liverpool and offered to manchester.

local leaders know their area best. it is important there have been those in—depth discussions between leaders, and number ten, those in—depth discussions between leaders, and numberten, and those in—depth discussions between leaders, and number ten, and the local department of health, and local department of health, and local leaders, to make the decision your local region needs. it'll be different for different regions. it isa different for different regions. it is a balancing act between reacting quickly and making sure we get the right decisions and the right settlement. i commend local leaders for keeping us as mp5 settlement. i commend local leaders for keeping us as mps in the loop and for representing their constituents as well as they possibly can. to be clear, then, on how much divergence there is in terms of the support package available to regions, does it come down to how good the negotiating is, or is there actually not that much difference? because obviously, as you say, it's an important thing that local knowledge as part of this, but that is there whether the government presents local leaders with the financial package that's been arrived at on the basis of a per

head amount, or whether they are involved in the actual negotiations. if the money won't change what is the point because it takes time? it's not just about the point because it takes time? it's notjust about money. i've already heard on your programme talking about whether gyms are open, for example, in south yorkshire. leisure centres may remain open but leisure classes can't. you know, there is a huge divergence between different regions about where the cases are spreading, in what particular areas of towns and cities, among which age groups. these are things that need to be taken into these are things that need to be ta ken into account these are things that need to be taken into account on a local level. sorry to interrupt, on that, that caused real confusion because there was a ban on gyms opening, gyms in liverpool were fined for opening, but now they have been told its liverpool were fined for opening, but now they have been told it's ok because there has been an agreement open them elsewhere. but they are local. there will be divergence. there will be a difference in regulations and restrictions between the areas. where that perhaps could seem complicated from a national level, it's important that the guidance is

right for each region, that it is targeted, and its up to us as local leaders and local representatives and local people to make sure we are aware of that specific guidance for our own regions and follow that. it's not necessarily the case that it is the same across all regions, but it is necessary that the tears are correct, and the restrictions are correct, and the restrictions are right for each region. was it wrong, then, for the gyms to be allowed to reopen in liverpool? the original decision was that they should not be opened based on the local evidence you are talking about. i'm not a livable mp. i don't know the details of the situation in liverpool and what is causing the spread. —— i'm nota liverpool and what is causing the spread. —— i'm not a livable mp. liverpool and what is causing the spread. —— i'm nota livable mp. i am aware of the data from south yorkshire. i'm satisfied that the deal has been done and that the support package is a fair and it'll help local constituents. it sounds like you've been across every level of the local data, is that right? because previously there was a conservative mp in greater

manchester who we spoke to the other day whose concern was actually they weren't seeing any of the local data and that was his problem with it. weren't seeing any of the local data and that was his problem with itm south yorkshire there has been an open and collaborative approach. i've had lots of calls with dan jarvis, with the government, with the ministry of health, and all local mps have been involved in that. where the data at every level has been shared. the data is a different picture around the region and in different age groups and different reasons for spread, but it certainly has been shared with us as local representatives. thanks very much. thanks. now — in the past few days we've seen a number of regions in england move into high or very high covid alert levels. across england we're seeing a wide variety of infection figures. let's head now to 3 different regions —

two living under the high category — and one under the medium category. with me is richard moss, our north east & cumbria political editor, tony roe, our east midlands political editor, and martyn 0ates, our south west political editor. what is the situation where you are, richard? the north-east remains in the tier to hire category. there was some encouraging news yesterday in terms of matt hancock in parliament are seeming to suggest he was reasonably happy that the r—rate might be going the right direction. cases have been declining in newcastle and tyneside which was the original of concern. they have highlighted these areas. so it makes a picture of the fact that it still poses a threat. north—east leaders have been fighting tooth and nail to keep out of the high category. mps are very keep out of the high category. mps are very keen to see further restrictions not imposed here but it isn't a paradise economically.

for hospitality businesses, in particular, they are finding it a real struggle to make ends meet, to cover their costs. there is pressure, certainly, from local council leaders for extra help, even for authorities and that hire category, because they feel businesses are going to go under if they had to trade under these conditions for much longer. because nobody knows the way out. they don't wa nt to nobody knows the way out. they don't want to go into tier 3, but equally there isn't much prospect of going down a or two —— down a tier. there isn't much prospect of going down a or two -- down a tier. what's the picture in nottinghamshire? it's beena the picture in nottinghamshire? it's been a waiting game for a long time for nottingham and nottinghamshire because nottingham was recording very high figures a couple of weeks ago. a week before the tier system was introduced but they had to wait a week for was introduced but they had to wait a weekforany was introduced but they had to wait a week for any action, and for them to be placed into the higher tier. the figures have though, since started to come down. i think it is 633 per 100,000

was the figure yesterday. 340 new cases. in previous weeks it had gone into the 9005, previous weeks it had gone into the 900s, which is almost one in every 100 people. what concerns council officials here is that it is moving from the younger age group into the over 60s, from the younger age group into the over60s, and from the younger age group into the over 60s, and that's a real concern, because they are impacted more greatly by covid—19. there is also division amongst the city of nottingham and the county. there are mps in the county, i'm thinking in particular of places like ashfield, mansfield, and bassett, all of those redwall seats that went over to the conservatives in the last election, mps there are pretty unhappy that they are being lumped in with greater nottingham where cases are a lot higher, and louis anderson, the ashfield mp, he has written to the secretary of state and written to all of the council leaders, saying, we don't want to be in the same category as you. we will wait to see what happens there. one final thing from me, don't forget the city

of leicester which is in tier 2, leicester which is in tier 2, leicester has been in lockdown longer than anywhere else, a form of lockdown restrictions, longer than anywhere else in the country. they've been in it since the end of june. at times they were having restrictions greater than the tier 3 restrictions. yet as far as any compensation goes, i think they got a total of £2.6 million from the government, which pales into insignificance with what you see being paid out to some authorities elsewhere. briefly on leicester, what has happened to the figures in that period, have they gone down? happened to the figures in that period, have they gone down7m makes you wonder how effective tier 2 actually is because leicester has beenin 2 actually is because leicester has been in the equivalent of tier 2 for many months. i think it's well over 100 days now. figures are still going up, and they are going up daily, so you have to wonder how effective tier 2 restrictions are. thank you. let's go to martin, our southwest political editor. what's the situation you are, martin?

you couldn't get a bigger contrast between the south—west and the north—east of england. infection rates are increasing here as they are everywhere that the southwest has undoubtedly escaped pretty much unscathed. earlier this month there we re unscathed. earlier this month there were alarming figures in exeter, that seems to be very much concentrated in that community, but those numbers are now plummeting down. we are having conservative mps here are suggesting that even some of the national measures shouldn't apply in the south—west. for instance, the newton abbot mp anne marie morris suggests the 10pm curve you shouldn't apply here, and she makes the point that not only have we the lowest infection rate, she says we have the biggest economic hit as a result of the covid—19 restriction so far. some research from oxford economics commissioned by the devon and somerset local enterprise partnership suggest that the case. bear in mind, the south—west economy, it is a beautiful place, commonly it isn't that robust and the best of times, there is a huge

reliance on tourism, hospitality, and small businesses. all sectors which have been particularly vulnerable to the covid—19 restrictions. a number of our conservative mps also signed that letter third of the labour leader keir starmer on sunday, saying we definitely don't want a circuit breaker, a lockdown in the south—west. —— signed that letter to the labour leader. there might be some party politics. my take from that was it was sending an interesting message to borisjohnson because these mps are impeccably loyal to the prime minister and all of his legislative doings, but they seem to be warning him that if he gets to the stage of contemplating a circuit breaker he might not be able to rely on their support in the house of commons were it to come to a vote. thank you all very much. a number of people taking part in a protest against police

brutality have reportedly been shot dead or injured in nigeria's biggest city, lagos. a witness told the bbc that at least 20 people have been killed. paul hawkins reports. gunfire. protests allegedly turning violent on the streets of lagos. everyone, sit down, sit down, sit down! we haven't been able to verify this footage, but it's said to show uniformed men shooting at protesters. one eyewitness said they counted around 20 bodies and at least 50 injured. human rights organisation amnesty international said it also obtained credible reports of deaths and that soldiers allegedly barricaded the protest area, preventing ambulances from reaching the injured. the authorities have promised an investigation. earlier in the day, the protests were largely peaceful. a special anti—robbery squad may have been disbanded but many people here are still unhappy with police brutality.

they want more changes to the security forces as well as reforms to the way the country is run. we are here because we believe in what we're fighting for. we are proud of it. i know if you listen to our national anthem, and our national pledge, we are here to defend our unity. we are fighting for the truth. we are fighting for the labour of our heroes past. we don't want it to be in vain. i'm prepared to die for my children to have a better tomorrow. the truth is it. but now protests like these have been ongoing for two weeks but the authorities have had enough now imposing an indefinite for our curfew on lagos and other regions. the question is have the protesters had enough too? paul hawkins, bbc news.

nasa says its 0siris—rex space probe has successfully landed on the asteroid, bennu. scientists have compared the manoeuvre to trying to park a remote—controlled car three hundred million kilometres away, on an asteroid the size of new york's empire state building. the mission has been seven years in the planning, at a cost ofjust over a billion dollars. tanya dendrinos reports. joy at nasa. the 0siris—rex lands on the bennu asteroid. we're going in, we're going in. touchdown declared. then seconds later... sample collection is complete... it might well have the biggest haul of extra terrestrial rocks since the moon landings 50 years ago. i can tell you that everything went just exactly perfect, which is kind of the hallmark of this team. we have consistently beaten expectations over and over again. we have overcome the amazing challenges that this asteroid has thrown at us and the spacecraft appears to have acted flawlessly. and lift—off for osiris—rex.

this mission is an incredible achievement because bennu — spinning through space 330 million kilometres from earth — is bigger than the empire state building. and even though the probe arrived there in 2018, it's taken two years to find a suitable landing site. scientists thought the surface would be sandy, instead it was rocky. but eventually they did identify a site called nightingale, around eight metres wide. now the probe has successfully landed, avoiding contact with surrounding rocks, gathered its sample and lifted off, bound for earth. on board, a sample of rocks and dust which should tell us something about the chemistry of the planets and the sun when they formed 4.5 billion years ago. the only question now is, how much did the probe gather? we'll be waiting until september 2023 when it returns to earth for the answer. tany dendrinos, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello, again. if you are just stepping out, make sure you take your brolly with you. if you live in the south or south—east, make sure it is a sturdy one because you have gusty winds here as well. what is happening is we have the remnants of storm barbara, named by the spanish met service. it is bringing rain across southern england, south wales and into the south—east, pulling north—eastward through the day. move north of that, there is a lot of cloud, this morning's rain across northern england fading and fragmenting across northern ireland and north—west scotland, but, here, it will be pretty windy. through this evening and overnight, we hang on to the rain across parts of scotland, a few showers and also some clear skies. it's not going to be a cold night, temperature range 7—11. tomorrow, slowly, we lose that rain from northern and eastern parts of scotland, a ridge of high pressure builds on, things settle down and there will still be a lot of clouds and the odd shower but some of us will see some sunshine. temperatures 8 in the

north, to 16 in the south.

this is bbc news, the headlines. and here's the scene live from the house of commons where mps are preparing for prime minister's questions — we'll bring you that live let's go now to the house of commons where prime minister's questions is getting underway. east, and i'm sure members across the house will want to join me east, and i'm sure members across the house will want tojoin me in wishing her a speedy recovery and this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this house i will have further such meetings later today. could i associate with the remarks about my honourable friend from bolton and my constituents are reeling from the 9% contraction of the economy since march this year. unemployment has skyrocketed and joblessness in haringey is the highest in the capital. unfortunately, we are at

the same time facing the idea that there could be a congestion tax forced on to 4 million extra londoners by this government and these londoners are already facing these londoners are already facing the double whammy of coronavirus and the double whammy of coronavirus and the double whammy of coronavirus and the double whammy of financial ruin. with the prime minister immediately stop the imposition of this dreadful plan and! stop the imposition of this dreadful plan and i look forward to his answer? i must respectfully inform the honourable lady that the current mayor of london has effectively bankrupted mayor of london has effectively bankru pted tfl before mayor of london has effectively bankrupted tfl before coronavirus had even hit and left a massive black hole in its finances, and any need to make up that deficit is entirely down to him and entirely his responsibility. any expansion of the congestion charge or any other measure taken to improve the finances of tfl are entirely the responsibility of the bankrupted current labour mayor

of london. mr speaker, people the length and breadth of the country have made many sacrifices over the last few months to try to suppress covid—19, but infection rates are increasing fast and bucks might soon find itself in tier 2. can my right honourable friend told the people of my aylesbury constituency how long we will be expected to stay there, what additional help there will be for local businesses, and crucially, what to root out will there be?” hope to reassure my honourable friend by telling him that the incidence in aylesbury is less than half the national average and the way forward for constituents in aylesbu ry way forward for constituents in aylesbury and everywhere else is for everybody to keep following the guidance, observing the new restrictions, but obviously washing hands, wearing a face covering in enclosed spaces and keeping a sensible distance. we come to the leader of the opposition,

right honourable keir starmer. can i thank the prime ministerfor his remarks about the honourable memberfor bolton south east. prime minister, how does an area which goes into tier 3 restrictions get out of those restrictions? the simplest and most effective way for areas to get out of those restrictions is, of course, to get the r rate down to one or below and i'm very pleased to say that some areas are already having considerable effects with the measures taken. can i press the prime minister on an answer? if the infection rate, the r rate, in a tier 3 area has not come below one, would it be possible in any circumstances for that area to come out of tier 3 if the r rate has not come below one? obviously this is one of the measures that we look at

and will take a decision based on a number of things, including the r rate, but also the rates of infection, rates of admission to hospital and other data, but the most important thing is for areas that do go into tier 3, and i'm very grateful to local leadership in the areas that have gone into tier 3, because it is the right thing for them to do and the right thing for their constituents and the right thing to save lives, when they are able to make progress, of course they will come out of tier 3. as he knows full well, the measures that are put in place are reviewed every 28 days. i am now confused by the prime minister's question. if it is not the r rate under one, what is it? millions of people want to know the answer to the question because millions of them are in tier 3 and likely to go to tier 3 and they need to know. on friday, the chief

scientific officer said that tier 3 on its own is certainly not enough to get the r rate below one. on the same day, the prime minister himself said there was only a chance of getting infection rates down. this goes to the heart of the issue in greater manchester and elsewhere, because the widespread fear is that tier 3 is the worst of all worlds. it brings significant economic harm without getting the virus sufficiently under control to exit tier 3, so instead of being a solution, tier 3 is a gateway to weeks and weeks, more likely months and months of agony, from which there is no likely exit. can the prime minister not see the problem if there is not a clear exit? sorry, mr speaker, i've made it absolutely clear that part of the country going into tier 3 is only for 28 days and we will review it after 28 days, and areas that have gone into tier 3, i

believe, are already making progress, and areas where there are restrictions in place are also showing signs of progress. we are pursuing a local, regional approach, which is the sensible approach for this country and that is what the epidemiology supports and what the deputy chief medical officer has supported last night, and again i wa nt to supported last night, and again i want to thank local leadership in modise —— in merseyside and lancashire and in london and the west midlands and elsewhere for what they are doing, and i may say it is a bit incoherent of the right honourable gentleman opposite to attack local lockdown is when he wa nts to attack local lockdown is when he wants to plunge the whole country back into a damaging lockdown for weeks on end, and he has no clue about how he would propose to get the country out of that, does he?” appreciate there will be a review every 28 days, but if the r rate is not below one, the infection rate is going up in the numbers are going up

and the admissions are going up and the numbers in hospital are coming up the numbers in hospital are coming up in the deaths are going up. as the prime minister seriously saying he would take a tier 3 area out of tier 3 with the r rate above one? i don't think so. let me spell out what this means. let me spell out what this means. let me spell out what this means. 0n what this means. let me spell out what this means. on friday, thousands of people in greater manchester, taxi drivers, pub and hospitality workers, people working in betting shops, the self—employed and freelancers will either be out of work orface and freelancers will either be out of work or face a significant pay cuts. that is the reality on friday in greater manchester, but their rent and mortgage will not be lower, their food and heating rent and mortgage will not be lower, theirfood and heating bills rent and mortgage will not be lower, their food and heating bills won't be lower, and that could last for months. why can't the prime minister and the chancellor understand this? stop bargaining with peoples lives and dividing communities and provide the support that is needed in manchester. mr speaker, i'm proud that this government has already given greater manchester £1.1 billion in support for business, £200 million in extra un—ring

fenced funding and £50 million to tackle infections in care homes, 20 million for test and trace and another 22 million for the local response we announced yesterday and yesterday the mayor of greater manchester was offered a further £60 million which he turned down with no encouragement, i may say, from the right honourable gentleman, so i can say that that cash will be distributed to the bar is of greater manchester and i want to thank my honourable and right honourable collea g u es honourable and right honourable colleagues from bolton middleton, bolton north east, from bury south berry, north cheadle, altrincham and sale west and hazel grove for the support that they have given it in this matter, mr speaker. this is a prime minister that can get paying out for £7,000 a day for consultants to track and trace that isn't working, 43 million for a garden bridge that was never

built but he cannot find £5 million for the people of greater manchester. i really think the prime minister has crossed a rubicon, notjust a miserly way he has treated greater manchester but the grubby take it or leave it way these deals are being done. it is corrosive to public trust, to pick region against region, mayor against mayor, trust, to pick region against region, mayoragainst mayor, council against council, asking them to trade away their businesses and jobs. we need a one nation approach. replace these endless local battles with clear national criteria and proper support forjobs. with clear national criteria and proper support for jobs. labour's motion this afternoon would do that. why won't the prime minister supported? mr speaker, i'm proud of the support we have given, the one nation conservative support we have given to the entire country. £200 million in support for jobs given to the entire country. £200 million in support forjobs and livelihoods across the whole of the country already and a further 9.9 billion pounds for the job support scheme and it is this government that has cut vat

for business and deferred business rates. there is no other country in europe where so much support and help has been given to the population to get through this crisis and we will continue to do that, but it's the height of absurdity that he stands up and attacks the economic consequences of the measures we are obliged to take across some parts of the country when he wants to turn the lights out with a full national lockdown, taking kids... that was his policy last week, and perhaps he can confirm that is the policy. is that what he wants to do? mr speaker, in press co nfe re nce what he wants to do? mr speaker, in press conference yesterday the prime minister produced heat maps across the country showing the infection rate up in all ages across all regions, and particularly showing regions, and particularly showing regions in the equivalent of tier 2 restrictions for weeks if not months moving into tier 3. now if they are moving into tier 3. now if they are moving into tier 3, tier 2 hasn't worked, because of tier 2 worked, they should be going to tier 1, so

tier to go three, and tier 3 has no end because there is no prospect of confidence in the r rate coming below one and i do not believe that a tier 3 region will come out of those restrictions unless the r rate is below one and numbers are still going up, so we have the stark choice, and by the way, prime minister, cornwell is the only place, possibly the isle of wight, where the infection rate today is less tha n where the infection rate today is less than greater manchester when it went into local restriction so the idea that somehow some areas are immune is wrong. there is a stark choice. carry on with the prime ministerial approach which will lead to months and months of lockdown agony in all of your constituencies for millions of people in tier 2 and tier 3 with no exit, or put in place a two or three—week time limited circuit breaker to break the cycle and bring the virus back under control. wales, northern ireland and scotla nd control. wales, northern ireland and scotland in part have chosen that path. with half term starting this

friday, this may be the last opportunity for the prime minister to put in place an effective circuit break. the prime minister was too slow in the first phase of this pandemic. he's being too slow again. we cannot repeat this mistake. will he act in the public interest and ta ke he act in the public interest and take the opportunity to put in place a circuit break friday? mr speaker, we will do whatever it takes to get this country through the crisis. with or without the support of the right honourable gentleman opposite, andi right honourable gentleman opposite, and i may say that his policy, i have explained why i don't think his policy is the right one for the country because it will involve closing schools and shuttering businesses and all of the psychological, emotional damage that lockdown of that kind of brings and he cannot say how many circuit brea kers he cannot say how many circuit breakers he thinks would be necessary. you can't say how long they would go on. we can't say how much damage they were due to the uk

economy and mental health. we on the other hand want to go on with our commonsensical approach which is a local and regional approach, keeping kids in schools, keeping the economy moving, because that is the way to get the whole of our country, the whole of our country through this crisis together so that we all, and particularly those regions now alas under tier 3 restrictions, all the regions of the country bouncing back strongly together. let's head up to cheshire with edward timpson. thanks very much, mr speaker. after recent positive progress, covid—19 has disproportionately and adversely affected participation in female sport and physical activity, so to help reverse this, will my right honourable friend lent his support to the development of the first ever women's and girls football national centre of excellence in my constituency, a £70 million project he has previously

expressed enthusiasm for and help build female grassroots sport back better?” thank my honourable friend and this isa thank my honourable friend and this is a very exciting project and i welcome the cheshire fa commitment to providing a new world—class facility for women and girls football and i look forward to the proposed opening of the centre in winsford. the leader of the snp, ian blackwood. —— ian blackwood. winsford. the leader of the snp, ian blackwood. -- ian blackwood. my thoughts are very much with the memberfor bolton thoughts are very much with the member for bolton south east and i hope she makes a speedy recovery. mr speaker, next week just as the pandemic is worsening, the tory government will scrap the furlough scheme in a move that will cause a wave of mass redundancies across the uk. meanwhile, behind closed doors, the prime minister is complaining that he cannot get by on his £130,000 salary, so can i ask the prime minister, if he is finding

life such a struggle, how on earth does he expect many workers to get by onjust £5 does he expect many workers to get by on just £5 48 an hour when the tory cuts and furlough sinks in? iam i am proud of what we have done to support people on low incomes during this pandemic on the day before. it was this government that raised the living wage. he makes the point about for a low, mr speaker. and as he knows, the combined universal credit with the job support scheme we have just announced and workers will be getting 80% of their existing salary. we will get his country through this crisis and we will continue to support people on low incomes throughout the period. ian blackford. mr speaker, i'm afraid of the prime ministerjust simply doesn't get it. yesterday we saw his total disregard for the

people of greater manchester, a tory attitude people in scotland are all too familiar with. millions of families are struggling to get by and this tory government wants to cut their incomes in the middle of a pandemic. it is clear that the prime minister has made a decision to let unemployment to soar, just like thatcher did in the 19805. time is running out. with one week left will the prime minister finally u—turn running out. with one week left will the prime ministerfinally u—turn on his cot smack to the furlough scheme —— cuts to the furlough scheme that will leave millions of people on the scrapheap? mr speaker, i really must reject what they right honourable gentleman has just set. reject what they right honourable gentleman hasjust set. it reject what they right honourable gentleman has just set. it bears reject what they right honourable gentleman hasjust set. it bears no relation to the facts or the reality of what this government is doing to support people across the country. it is not just support people across the country. it is notjust the £200 million investment injobs it is notjust the £200 million investment in jobs and livelihoods. -- £200 investment in jobs and livelihoods. —— £200 billion. what we are engaged in and will continue to deliver is a colossal investment in education, health, in housing, in the infrastructure, that will deliver

jobs and growth throughout this united kingdom for generation, mr speaker. firstly i congratulate the prime minister and negotiating team for their strong stance in negotiations with the eu. and ask the prime minister whether he agrees with me that the eu position on fishing demonstrate they are not acting in good faith to deliver a free trade agreement and in international law the uk is entitled to leave the withdrawal arrangement and make its own arrangements within the internal market? well, mr speaker, whatever the effect of the withdrawal agreement, i can certainly assure her that the uk's internal market, which i think everybody on both sides of the house values, is protected and upheld by the uk internal market bill, which is going through another place at the moment. and also, of course, protecting the good

friday agreement. mr speaker, mikey is severely disabled. he turned 18 last month. he is one of the first to see his child trust fund mature. but mikey‘s disabilities mean he can't manage his own finances, so he can't access these savings. government rules on child trust funds mean his pa rents rules on child trust funds mean his parents can't either without paying expensive legal fees. this parents can't either without paying expensive legalfees. this is mikey‘s on money. he wants to use it to buy a specially adapted tricycle. will the prime minister look at proposals that mikey‘s father has shown me, to end this injustice for disabled young people and let mikey buy this trike? of course, mr speaker, i will do whatever i can to help in the particular case that he raises. i don't know whether the tricycle he mentions is eligible for a number of these schemes i can immediately call to mind. if he

ca res immediately call to mind. if he cares to write to me i will of course answer him. bob blackman. thank you, ground control. my right honourable friend will be well aware of the negotiations going on between the department for transport and the current mayor of london, and a further bailout for transport for london. the current mayor is demanding an eye watering £5.6 billion to keep tfl running for the next 18 months. yet he refuses to accept any economies because of offending his union paymasters. can my right honourable friend confirm, however, that the government is not required of the current mayor of london to expand the congestion charge to the north and south circular roads? mr speaker, i can certainly confirm, as i said in my a nswer to certainly confirm, as i said in my answer to the first question, the black hole in the tfl finances,

the ba n kru ptcy black hole in the tfl finances, the ba nkru ptcy of black hole in the tfl finances, the bankruptcy of tfl, which was left in robust financial health by the previous mayor, mr speaker, it certainly was, it certainly was, is entirely the fault of the current labour mayor of london with his grossly irresponsible, demagogic policies, which were never pursued by the previous mayor of london, i might say, and the fault lies entirely with him. i trust my honourable friend will make that clear. mr speaker, financial support packages, tackling homelessness, rail nationalisation, honouring marcus roughage —— marcus rashford, there's plenty this comment has done an covid—19 that i support. but whether set to bite —— but with winter set to bite, can i ask the prime minister to consider his arbitrary end to so many of the schemes? a number of people

is set to face destitution next month. and 3272 kids in his own seat, school dinners are in the balance. can he start by voting with us tonight and make sure that that goal doesn't mean nothing? prime minister. the prime minister xxx ——! we've got a short question. i want to get through the list. prime minister. thank you, mr speaker. the honourable lady is quite right to call attention to the difficulties facing many families right now because of the crisis that we have been in. but the most important thing, and! been in. but the most important thing, and i hope this is common ground, is to keep kids in school if we possibly can. that would be initiated by the series of lockdown is proposed. i don't want to go down that route. i want to

make sure we continue to support families throughout the crisis, so that they have the cash available to feed their kids as they need to do. two questions, mr speaker. thank you, mr speaker. i'm delighted that kettering general hospital is part of the biggest hospital building programme ina of the biggest hospital building programme in a generation. i can tell my honourable friend the infrastructure delivery task forces involved in delivering the health infrastructure programme, which includes kettering general hospital. i thank the prime ministerfor visiting the night shift at kettering general hospital in february and seeing for himself first—hand the wonderful work being done by medics and staff. the hospital can expedite at speed ambitious plans, but only if the time taken for regulatory clearances at nhs improvement are dramatically shortened. will the prime minister

cut nhs red tape so local people can have the improvements we need at the hospital as quickly as possible? indeed, mr speaker. i hope i can reassure him by saying that a clinical modelling work is now completed. the site development is now under way, mr speaker, as we speak. on the 16th ofjune, the prime minister agreed to provide free school meal vouchers to hungry children over the summer holidays after claiming that just children over the summer holidays after claiming thatjust 24 hours beforehand he was completely unaware of the campaign that was calling for it. last week liberal democrat education ministerfor wales, kirsty williams, guaranteed that free school meal provision would continue until at least is a 2021, and yesterday the scottish government committed to do the same. can the prime minister confirm he is at least aware of these announcements and if so, when the he planned to do the right thing? mr speaker? governments of all stripes have

provided free school meals since 1906. i am provided free school meals since 1906. iam proud it was provided free school meals since 1906. i am proud it was this conservative government that extended universal free school meals to five, six and seven—year—olds. the party opposite were in powerfor 30 of the last 100 years and never did anything like that. we support kids of low incomes in school. and we will continue to do so. of the most important thing is to keep them in school. not to tier off into another national lockdown, taking them out of school. and we will continue, mr speaker, to use the benefit system and all the systems of income support to support young people, support children, throughout the holidays as well. to the south—west with sir gary streeter. thank you, mr speaker. one lesson we've all learned in the past nine months is that the internet is even more important to our lives than we imagined. will my right honourable friend confirm today that despite

covid and the other challenges he is scratching with, we will deliver on our manifesto commitment to roll—out full fibre superfast broadband the united kingdom, and ensure we are a global leaders in digital connectivity? yes indeed. i thank my honourable friend for everything he does to lobby for that. i can tell him that our local delivery partner in devon and somerset has provided connectivity of the kind he describes to 300,000 premises over the last come across those two counties, and indeed we are going to bea counties, and indeed we are going to be a world leader in connectivity as we build back better. janet davey. thank you, mr speaker. can the prime minister confirm his government is seeking to force the mayor of london, said the plan to remove free travel in return for further financial support for tfl to keep

the tubes and buses running? how can this be right when many people in london and indeed in my constituency already have months of genuine hardship ahead of them? mr speaker, it was the labour mayor who bankrupted it was the labour mayor who bankru pted tfl finances. it was the labour mayor who bankrupted tfl finances. any changes he brings in are entirely his responsivity. i suggest she holds him to account. i know the prime minister is committed to doubling down on levelling up. williejoined me for a tour of stoke—on—trent central and a roundtable will —— with key partners, not least to ensure that the transforming cities fund investment will revolutionise public transport in the city? mr speaker, that an easy commitment for me to make. i'm delighted to do so. ican me to make. i'm delighted to do so. i can tell her that we are investing nearly £20 million through our city deal in pioneering a new programme of sustainable low carbon and low—cost heat energy

to stoke—on—trent. low—cost heat energy to stoke-on-trent. three weeks ago, the prime minister stood at that dispatch box praising luton as the only place to have come out of local restrictions. but praise doesn't pay the bills. luton's proud industries of manufacturing, aviation and air vents can't get by on sound bites and figures that bear no relation to what's happening to jobs and businesses. he knows entire industries are at stake. is it in action, indifference or incompetence on his part? will he support businesses that needed and areas that needed throughout this crisis? yes, indeed. ithank that needed throughout this crisis? yes, indeed. i thank the people of luton for their hard and indeed their haroye quirk. as i think people across the country for what they are doing. and i want to support businesses in luton. that is why we want to continue with the

sensible, balanced, regional approach. it makes no sense at all for ha rd—pressed businesses approach. it makes no sense at all for hard—pressed businesses in luton if they have their lights turned off and their doors shuttered in a series of multiple lockdowns of the kind recommended by the party opposite. thank you, mr speaker. the paper —— where the people of aberconwy and wales are learning to live with covid—19 but we are frustrated by national was government policy that seeks to place restrictions upon us. last week my right honourable friend agreed a shared responsibility is the right way to tackle this pandemic. does he see that the... does he see that the future of this isa does he see that the future of this is a series of rolling national lockdowns, or can businesses and residents be assured there will be given more trust to look after their health? i think my honourable friend puts the distinction very clearly and sharply. it

is the common—sense, balanced approach that we are taking. where local leaders step up to the plate, and i'm delighted that south yorkshire came on board this morning, had a great conversation with dan jarvis morning, had a great conversation with danjarvis last night, where local leadership is shown, we can really make huge progress in getting the word or down. that is the right approach. sir george howarth. thank you, mr speaker. can i return to the subject of free school meals? there are 7108 children in knowsley reliant on free school meals. they are vital in ensuring that they are properly fed. whether to extend to easter is both a moral and political choice. so will the prime minister make the right choice and agreed to extend free school meals to easter?

of course, we have free school meals throughout term time and that is entirely right, but what we want to do is make sure that we continue to support people on low incomes throughout the crisis, and that is also what we are going to do. as my right honourable friend will know, part of my constituency has been placed into tier 2 restrictions. can he therefore reassure eve ryo ne restrictions. can he therefore reassure everyone that if they stick to the rules, observe the messages, and self—isolate when required, there will be enforcement for those who flout the law blatantly, then we can come out of this restriction sooner. he puts the nail on the head. the areas that go into high levels of concern are reviewed every 14 days,

and the restrictions reviewed every 28 days. the way to get through it is exactly as he says, to follow the guidance, particularly the hands, face, space basics. for people of barnes and my constituency, they've been cut off from transport routes for some time now because of the closure of hammersmith bridge. can the prime minister confirm reports that £15 a day will be charged to residents for owning a car, and there will be an extra council tax to pay for facilities they cannot use, despite the fact tfl reserves were increasing before the virus hit? ican increasing before the virus hit? i can confirm hammersmith bridge has been closed entirely thanks to the incompetence of the current labour mayor of london, and that sean bailey, the conservative candidate, is going to reopen it. that's the best thing possible. crispin

blunt. as my right honourable friend leads the country through brexit and delivers global britain, will he ensure that the first consideration he gives to the values and policies of his government are those that which will unite and bring our country together, and make all of those who voted remain for which they thought where the internationalist values of the union crowd again of their country for bringing those values to global britain? indeed, and that's why we are going to use the g7 presidency, the 26 summit to champion our values across the world, in particular the one that he mentions. female education, which i think is the single policy that can really transform the outcomes across the planet. our objective is to help 14 million girls across the world to get a decent education.

his government lost control of the virus, making extra restrictions are inevitable, but with no certainty, no new financial support he's killing nottingham businesses. castle rock brewery is a nottingham success story, but now it's on the verge of breakdown. two pubs closed permanently. jobs gone. and worried staff facing the prospect of being laid off with no pay. countless other bars, restaurants, and pubs tell the same story. will he stop punishing success for nottingham businesses for his failure and give them the help they desperately need? iof them the help they desperately need? i of course sympathise deeply with businesses that face difficulties because of the pandemic, though i would remind her that in her constituency the infection rate is now running at 815 per 100,000, and we must get that down. i thank the people of nottingham for what they are doing to get it

down. we will, of course, continue to provide the full panoply of support that we have offered throughout this crisis. following the introduction of tier 2 restrictions in york, and the prime minister be more open in communicating evidence based on your going into tier 2, outline a road map for the city's return to tier 1, and urgently consider the creation of specific support for york plus mega hospitality industry is suffering losses from the limbo tier 2is suffering losses from the limbo tier 2 is creating? the infection rate in your constituency is running at 279 per 100,000. we must get it down. but we can get it down, we can get it down with the package of measures we've described. you can see in areas where people are complying with the guidance that it's having an effect. you can see it's had an effect because the r—rate, if it weren't for the effects of the

british public, the r—rate is now between 0.250.5. it won't take much. the compliance in those areas hit at the moment to get that down below one, that's what we are aiming for and that's what we are aiming for and that's the way to get businesses across the country in the right honourable lady's constituency in nottingham, and his constituency come back on their feet as fast as possible. it would not be sensible, in my view, to plunge them back into a sustained series of national lockdown is, particularly in areas where the virus is low. the chancellor has decided that people who are unable to work because of coronavirus restrictions should be paid as little as two thirds of the national minimum wage. at the same time, the government is paying £7,000 a day for consultants to work on the failed serco track and trace programme. can the prime minister tell this house how on earth he thinks that's justifiable, and is this what he means by levelling

up? the nhs track and trace is now testing more people than any other country in europe. i think 27 million people have been tested so far. 26 million tests have been conducted. i'm also proud on her other point, that we've been able to support people across the country in the way that we have. she is not correct in what she says about the combined impact of the job support scheme and universal credit, because that lifts the work in tandem, and that lifts the work in tandem, and that lifts the work in tandem, and that lifts some peoples pay to 80%, sometimes more than 90% of their current incomes. that is the support we are giving at the moment. the best thing is to get our country through this crisis. without going back into the social, psychological, emotional, and economic disaster... and disaster was the word of the

party opposite used only a week or so ago, the disaster of national lockdown is. in order to allow the safe exit and the safe arrival of those participating in the next, i'm suspending the house of micah three minutes. order. —— in orderto allow the safe exit of those participating in this question and for the safe arrival of those participating in the next, i am suspending the house for three minutes. studio: nicola sturgeon, the first minister, has been giving her daily breathing, and she has announced that the temporary restrictions that have been in place to try to control the spread of covid—19 are going to be extended for a week beyond next monday when they were due to expire. nicola sturgeon has said the measures will continue until a new tiered system of controls is in place on the 2nd of november. the

temporary restrictions, which have already been in place, and have now been extended, include the closure of all licensed pubs, bars, and restau ra nts of all licensed pubs, bars, and restaurants in the central belt of scotland. she's also confirmed that details of the new scheme will be on friday. 28 deaths were registered in scotla nd friday. 28 deaths were registered in scotland yesterday, that was the highest daily figure since the 21st of may. we can go to ian watson who is in westminster, and was watching prime minister's questions along with us. what's your reaction to what you were hearing, ian, what stood out? it showed the start divisions between the government and the opposition as to how to tackle the opposition as to how to tackle the coronavirus. keir starmer calling for a short sharp lockdown. borisjohnson defending calling for a short sharp lockdown. boris johnson defending his calling for a short sharp lockdown. borisjohnson defending his original approach. some of the specifics are very interesting, too. for example, keir starmer pushing the prime minister on when we would come out of tier 3, would it be when the so—called r—rate of the virus is below one, and it wasn't spread

exponentially. borisjohnson said that was only one of the fact is the government would look at. keir starmer suggesting, then, that people were scared and apprehensive about going into tier 3 because they weren't sure where the end point would be. there has been talk behind the scenes in government about how to clarify the trigger points, if you like, for moving local authorities in and out of these areas of restriction. he didn't get that far. more on the specifics, as well, borisjohnson that far. more on the specifics, as well, boris johnson for the first time on the record confirming the boroughs of manchester getting funding. there were suggestions that he might be bypassing the mayor. andy burnham suggesting that would be possible. we are going to get an announcement on south yorkshire. there has been a briefing between a health minister and south yorkshire mps, which apparently has

added to the ability to not diffuse the situation. dan jarvis the ability to not diffuse the situation. danjarvis has made a statement today. sarah champion was asking whether people in that area have been advised not to travel to other parts of the uk, but —— sarah champion was asking why people in that area who have been advised not to travel outside their area, have been allowed to travel to other parts of the uk, so she will be looking for clarification on that. how much divergence is there between regions? i was speaking to one of the local mps earlier and she said it's all pretty much on a par, and because the government is following this formula, which then obviously begs the question as to why even have the negotiations? that's right. some people say it isn't a proper negotiation. again, it's south yorkshire, and one of the councils

there in rotherham was saying it was a take it or leave it deal the government was effectively offering, and was offering more than the £31 million of support. there is a formula covering test track and trace, which is £8 per head, but it is far less of a formula 1 it goes to support for businesses. —— but it is far less of a formula when it goes to support for businesses. this is roughly in line with the population of each place. greater manchester is offered 60 million because it has roughly twice the number of people in that area. it looks like they are moving towards a per capita formula, but at the same time, if they are doing that, people are questioning how much devolution is involved here, and there was meant to be flexibility on the measures such as closing pubs and bars, stopping households mixing inside and outside.

apart from james closing in liverpool, there are restrictions like the closures of soft play areas. —— gyms closing in liverpool. and gyms are definitely openin liverpool. and gyms are definitely open in liverpool now? exactly stop chuckles let's head back into the house. with permission i would like to make a statement on coronavirus. further to the statement my right honourable friend made last night. this virus remains a serious threat. over friend made last night. this virus remains a serious threat. 0ver1 million people have tested positive for coronavirus in europe over the past week. here in the uk yesterday we recorded 21,331 positive cases, one of the

highest recorded daily figures. average daily hospital figures. average daily hospital figures in the uk have doubled in the past 14 days. yesterday we recorded the highest number of daily deaths, 241 since earlyjune. we must keep working hard together to keep this virus under control. we have been vigilant in monitoring the data and putting in place targeted local measures, so we can bear down ha rd local measures, so we can bear down hard on the virus wherever we see it emerging. we have seen how local action can help flatten the curve, for example in leicester and in bolton. this targeted local approach, supported by our local covid—19 alert system, means we can have different rules in cornwall where transmission levels are low, compared with regions which have higher emission levels. we've been having discussions with local leaders and south yorkshire. the

situation in south yorkshire remains serious. there have been more cases in south yorkshire so far in october, over 12,000 than injuly, august, and september combined. the number of patients with covid—19 in intensive care beds has reached over half the number seen at the height of the pandemic earlier this year. and the latest data suggests numbers of patients on ventilators will soon be comparable to the first peak in march. so, we need to act now to prevent the epidemic in south yorkshire continuing to grow. i am pleased to inform the house that following discussions this week the government has reached an agreement with south yorkshire on a package of measures to drive down transmission. that means south yorkshire, so the city of sheffield, barnsley, rotherham, and doncaster, will be moving to the local covid—19 alert level of very high, taking effect from one minute past midnight on

saturday morning. this includes the baseline measures for the very high alert level which were agreed by the house earlier this month. as well as this, and as agreed with local leaders, unfortunately casinos, betting shops, adult gaming centres, and soft play centres, will also have to close. and while gyms will remain open, classes won't be allowed. and on this point, mr speaker, the liverpool city region and my right honourable friend, the memberfor southport and my right honourable friend, the member for southport also requested to bring their region into line with these measures. so, gyms will be open, and soft play centres will close in the liverpool city region. we know that some of the measures i've announced today are challenging, or have a real impact on people and businesses in south yorkshire. we will be putting in place substantial support. this includes thejob place substantial support. this includes the job support schemes which ensures those affected by business closures are still paid, once topped up with universal credit

those on low incomes will receive almost 80% of their normal income. this agreement also includes additionalfunding of this agreement also includes additional funding of £11.2 this agreement also includes additionalfunding of £11.2 million for the local area for local enforcement and contract tracing activity. as well as this we are putting in place extra funding so the local authorities in south yorkshire can continue to support businesses through this period. mr speaker, i would like to thank from the dispatch box all of the local leaders in south yorkshire for the collegiate and constructive way in which they have approached these negotiations. i would like to thank all honourable members representing constituencies in this region, as well. we have worked across party lines to reach an agreement that will protect public health and the nhs in south yorkshire whilst also supporting those who need it most. i know that these local measures will be hard and entailfurther sacrifice, but through bearing down ha rd sacrifice, but through bearing down hard on the virus wherever and

whenever we see it emerge we can help to slow the spread of this virus and protect our loved ones and our local communities. this agreement will help us protect lives and livelihoods in south yorkshire, and, mr speaker, and livelihoods in south yorkshire, and, mrspeaker, i and livelihoods in south yorkshire, and, mr speaker, icommend and livelihoods in south yorkshire, and, mr speaker, i commend this statement to the house. i now call the shadow secretary of state for health, jonathan ashworth. i thank ithank him i thank him for his statement. today we have another great swathes of the north put into lockdown. sheffield went into two tear restrictions last wednesday, did ministers make the wrong judgment a week ago, or has new evidence come to light that was not apparent last wednesday? —— two tier restrictions. and how many areas in tier 2 are facing the same fate as sheffield, such as those areas of tier 2 that nader —like nottinghamshire or south derbyshire. —— that our neighbours

of south yorkshire. what will the criteria before leaving lockdown? can the minister of state today tell us how long south yorkshire will be in lockdown? does the nationwide r—rate need to fall below one, is the prime ministers suggested last week or just the regional r—rate, or if in an area like doncaster, and i see the deputy speaker in the chamber, in an area like doncaster, if they get the r—rate below one will they be able to leave lockdown? the prime minister in the dispatch box earlier talked about hospital admissions, so could he tell us what level do hospital admissions need to come down to for an area to exit lockdown? i said yesterday that my dad worked in casinos in salford, my mum worked in bars, i know people will want to do the right thing, and will want to do the right thing, and will understand that further measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus. but families shouldn't face financial

ruin. he once congratulations for the package he has allocated to south yorkshire, but why is contract tracing the funding subject to these negotiations and deals? the virus is out of control because of the failure of the £12 billion test and trace system. if local areas had been given these resources months ago to put in place effective contact tracing we wouldn't be in this situation now. those are failures on contact tracing are impacting directly on peoples lives. this afternoon, families across south yorkshire who work in hospitality, whether in doncaster or sheffield, or places like penistone, rather valley, or don valley will be asking why if it was to pay 80% of wages in march why they should now be expected to get by on just two thirds of their wages in the run—up to christmas? this matters to families everywhere, because we know that further restrictions will be needed. according to sources, plans

are being developed for a three—week lockdown more widely next month. perhaps he could confirm that his officials are now working on plans for a three—week national lockdown next month. the communities secretary said this morning there was now a nationalformula secretary said this morning there was now a national formula for areas under local lockdown, but ministers say they want a targeted local approach because circumstances vary, yet when an area says our circumstances are different, like greater manchester who have had restrictions since july, greater manchester who have had restrictions sincejuly, the prime minister says, tough, hard luck, you can't be treated any differently and refuses manchester £5 million extra to get a deal over the line. this is playing politics with peoplesjobs and peoples livelihoods. we cannot defeat this virus on the cheap, nor should it be broken on the backs of the lowest paid. public health restrictions must go hand—in—hand with economic support because as night follows day of falls in employment levels lead to rises in chronic illness. the chancellor must

pay out to help out and deliver a fair deal to supportjobs pay out to help out and deliver a fair deal to support jobs and livelihoods under lockdown. i'm grateful to the honourable gentleman. i have to say that he was, as usual, typically reasonable and measured, almost until the last moment when i am afraid the only person playing politics was him. to address his points. we are taking the steps now, because we are taking them at the right time as the r—rate has continued to go up. in respect of other tier 2 areas, or neighbouring tier 2 areas, it is only come at this point, this announcement we are planning to make, the only move that has been announced and is currently being considered. he asked about criteria, essentially, a number of his questions were how long for, how will it bejudged, which questions were how long for, how will it be judged, which are

fair questions. areas in tier 3 or tier 2 will remain there as long as is necessary to protect health and the nhs in those areas. he asked about the sort of things will be relevant when an area both enters and comes out of it. infection rates per 100,000, the impact on the nhs in terms of hospital capacity, and how full they are in hospitalisation rate, as well as relying and listening to local knowledge from local public health officials, which he would expect us to do. he touched on contract tracing, and the way thatis on contract tracing, and the way that is working. what i would say to him is that what we have in our country is a blended system which brings the scale of a national approach blended with the local knowledge provided by local public health teams. he has seen in his own city of leicester how effective that can be, where both parts of that are absolutely vital. and he

finished, i think, i think, absolutely vital. and he finished, i think, ithink, by absolutely vital. and he finished, i think, i think, by talking about the need for economic support and support for people who are affected by this. as i set out in the statement, the support scheme, the job support scheme, coupled with universal credit for those eligible for that will ensure people receive at least 80% of their wages. 0n for that will ensure people receive at least 80% of their wages. on his broader point about the big picture in terms of economic support, i would remind him that this government and the chancellor have provided an unprecedented package of economic support over recent months to businesses and individuals. this government is very clear in its commitment to protect the health of this nation, and the economic health of this nation. i'd like to thank my honourable friend for making the statement. i've had many productive meetings with his colleagues during this pandemic, and i know how hard

decisions like these are to make. i understand the necessity for south yorkshire to go into tier 3 to reduce the infection rate, businesses and employees are worried about their future. can businesses and employees are worried about theirfuture. can he businesses and employees are worried about their future. can he confirm to the people of doncaster that if they play their part they will be able to move down to tier two independent of the sheffield inner—city region? he isa inner—city region? he is a consistently strong voice for his constituency and i'm grateful to him. i am clear, as is the government, that no area should remain ina the government, that no area should remain in a tier longer than is absolutely necessary to address the infection rate, and to protect the health of those local peoples. the reassurance that his area will stay in that tier no longer than is necessary to address the current rise in hospitalisation admissions and infections.

i'm grateful to the minister for advanced sight of his statement and i would agree with him when he says we must keep working hard together to keep this virus under control. although i cannot help but notice that the regional leaders in england are expressing frustrations with downing street which are very similarto downing street which are very similar to scotland's. why is there an insistence on announcing measures to westminster journalists an insistence on announcing measures to westminsterjournalists before speaking to devolved and regional governments? and does he not see that changing this approach could greatly improve working relationships? with tens of millions of pounds of financial support being announced this week, will he speak with his colleague, the chancellor, and confirm that this money will be fully barnet —sized, ensuring the devolved governments are fully funded to take their own covert mitigation measures —— fully barnetised. -- covid-19 mitigation

measures. i have spoken to ministers in devolved regions. i pager be to that relationship and the work of those leaders... studio: that is the statement from the health minister on south yorkshire going into tier 3. —— i paid tribute. there has been agreement with south yorkshire, not greater manchester. the one o'clock news is coming up shortly with all of the latest developments. first, though, let's catch up with the weather. goodbye. it's been a very wet day for scotla nd it's been a very wet day for scotland and across a good swathes of england and wales. a ridge of high pressure will start to move in on thursday, meaning it will turn drierfor most of on thursday, meaning it will turn drier for most of us with sunny spells developing. they will still be some patchy spells of rain

around. heading through the latter pa rt around. heading through the latter part of the day, low pressure there, re m na nts of part of the day, low pressure there, remnants of a storm barber, clearing away into the north sea. we still have this area of low pressure meaning it'll be wet and windy overnight. —— storm barbera. another fairly mild night across the south, not as mild as previous nights. further north, seven 29 degrees, so cooler. —— seven to 9 degrees. we will see further spells of rain and wind but a ridge of high pressure will continue to move in from the west and that is what will settle things down. we start with cloud on thursday morning, a few showers dotted around, cloudy skies generally across scotland and the north of finland without breaks of rain. fairly gusty winds which will slow down. —— the north of england.

this high ridge of pressure will be moving in. a cooler air mass for all of us on thursday, so it'll be noticeable, generally the low teens for could make 17 in the far south—east. it doesn't last very long because the next system works its way off the atlantic on friday, initially pushing into northern and western areas with winds increasing here, as well, and we could see a band of fairly heavy rain working its way eastwards through the course of the day. behind it, blustery showers, some merging together to give long spells of rain, but sunshine will follow on behind. it be a windy day for all. in the north—west of scotland it'll be at the same time as those blustery showers arriving. it'll be on the cooler side. single figure values across the north of scotland, the low teens for much of england and wales. things will stay u nsettled, and wales. things will stay unsettled, low pressure bringing a windy day and gales on saturday, some heavy spells of rain.

mild on saturday, and then it turns cooler again on sunday.

millions more face tier 3 restrictions. south yorkshire will face the toughest covid rules from saturday. among the measures, pubs and bars which don't serve food will close and there are tight restrictions on households mixing. we'll have reaction to the latest restrictions live from sheffield. also this lunchtime... the prime minister says there will be money for greater manchester. the mayor of greater manchester was offered a further £60 million which he turned down, mr speaker, with no encouragement i may say to support from the honourable gentleman, so i can tell the house today that that cash will be distributed to the boroughs of greater manchester. labour accuse him of pitching region against region. i really think the prime minister

has crossed a rubicon here,