lord sedwill also said he was troubled by attacks on the civil service. he was speaking to the bbc‘s political editor — laura kuenssberg. not many people get to have their whitehall leaving do this is bbc news. on the queen elizabeth aircraft carrier. laura, welcome aboard. not many people are like lord sedwill and sat right by the prime minister's side. i'm kasia madera. the headlines at he has seen governments through many crises, but did they get it right 8pm. south yorkshire will at the start of this one? whether the right decision move into tier 3. is taken at the right time. covid restrictions on saturday — the second big question though, labour's city region mayor has i think, which in a sense accepted financial support has been less exposed, from the government. is what were the capabilities that the state had to deploy against this. we don't know how long we will be clearly, although we had exercise and prepared for pandemic threats, interior, three, four, we don't know we didn't have in place, the exact measures, we hadn't how long this will go on for. i see rehearsed the exact measures for a pandemic for a disease this is damaging the short—term and of the kind that covid—19 presented. interim payment. many ministers would say now, the civil service was meant the deal follows the bitter argument to be a rolls—royce, the british machine, over money for greater manchester — and in some thought it was more a £60 million support package like a rusty old banger. for affected businesses will be i don't think that's about the civil distributed across the region. service, government, mps reject a labour call forfree ministers or whatever. there were genuine school meals to be extended challengers worldwide about some of these things. through the holidays it also then emerged for children in england. the prime minister's chief adviser the people suffering months had gone to county durham. after they have the first many people in the country symptoms of covid — were absolutely outraged by that. new research into do you think dominic cummings should who is most at risk. have quit over that? it was a mistake, but it clearly i didn't have the energy to undermined the government's coherent

narrative about people have a conversation for very long. following the rules. it would knock me out. he was the top national security adviser, too. and then i'd have to lie down, in charge this week of a government backed defence conference and then sometimes i'd feel on board in portsmouth. a bit better afterwards. one of the key elements of this but normally if i had carrier is the ramp... what i would call a relapse, it would probably go on for a couple of weeks. gunfire with careful words but a clear message on politics on the other side of the pond. shocking images from africa's president trump is a very unusual most populous country — occupant of that office. the nigerian security forces, i think the western alliance needs accused of shooting and killing american leadership. peaceful protesters. and has that been missing in the last few years? it's been... it's been more up and down in the last few years. and it may not be called boaty mcboatface any more — this is where the captain but britain's most advanced polar will essentially come on the ship. his departure from government comes research vessel begins sea trials. alongside the dramatic exits of other senior officials. adamant he wasn't forced out, but expose the brutal mutterings about the ability of the civil service. of course it was unpleasant for me. it's damaging to trust between officials and ministers and what that means is, within government it undermines the candour with which people can operate. of course i'm troubled when we see attacks on the civil service, attacks on its integrity, attacks on its capability, because ijust don't believe those are fair and we can't good evening and welcome to bbc news. really answer back. figures like lord sedwill rarely south yorkshire will move seen, not normally heard. into england's highest tier are you happy here or in whitehall? of the coronavirus alert laughter levels from saturday. you know the answer to that question.

it means pubs and bars only a month out of government, which do not serve substantial now free to set a new course. laura kuenssberg, meals have to close, bbc news, portsmouth. and there are further restrictions the latest figures show that on households mixing. borrowing in the uk government was £36.1 billion in september as the uk continued its heavy additional rules in spending to support the economy south yorkshire include during the coronavirus pandemic. the closure of betting shops at the same time, the treasury scrapped and casinos, soft play a three—year spending review. the office for national statistics centres and gym classes — said the borrowing figure though gyms themselves was £28.4 billion more will remain open. than in the same period last year. itjoins greater manchester, let's get more with our reporter nina nanji. liverpool city region so it's a real surge in borrowing we're seeing? and lancashire in the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. the labour mayor of the sheffield city region, dan jarvis, who led negotiations with the government, said he had secured £41 million in funding to support people and businesses in the affected boroughs of barnsley, doncaster, rotherham and sheffield. our north of england correspondent, fiona trott, reports from sheffield. another northern region preparing for the toughest covid rules. you guessed it, the pandemic. all of these programmes you seem to try and this city along with barnsley, support households through the doncaster, and rotherham crisis, we had the furlough scheme, will get £41 million. we've had the eat out to help out

30 to support local businesses. scheme, we had extra funding for the the rest for public health measures nhs. of course all of that requires like contact tracing. additional money. as it happens, clearly i will want to continue to press this is all happening at a time when the government for more support. there's less money coming into the we don't know how long we will be doors. for example there is less tax in tier 3 orfour along receipts. the government would argue this crisis will go on, that all of this additional spending so i see this as damage was justified and indeed limitation in the short term, that all of this additional spending wasjustified and indeed necessary by the fact that we had an economic an interim payment. crisis and they needed to support and try to stimulate our way out of —— orfor —— or for how long —— orfor how long this —— or for how long this crisis. it. also remember interest rates are once again life is changing. some will adapt, some say they will struggle. at rock bottom level all of this might be having less of a burden i think it is more that you can't that it might ordinarily do. because see your friends and i think itjust it's very cheap for the government has attached a strain on everyone. to bar right now. even so the impact if you don't love you cry! of all of this is really now starting to be felt on the public i have got a disability and i need to get out and about, to meet friends. finances. just to underline that, as you mentioned there, the treasury if not, i will pull my hair out. saying they are not going to do a multiyear spending review any more on the other side of the city in thejust going multiyear spending review any more in the just going to narrow that a chance for coffee before down to the ones they are spending the measures come in. review. what about inflation then? this doctor saw them coming. yeah, you're right. we have that as he says people aren't as vigilant well today and inflation ticked up to it not .5%. that was really down and want to keep working. to it not .5%. that was really down to the fact that the eight out to help out scheme came to an end. that

meant that prices in restaurants and there is a degree of fatigue without doubt setting in. cafes as well started to take up. we have been in this pandemic but it's really interesting if you for 6—8 months and people are probably getting a little look at the chart for overall inflation. you can see that that frustrated and fed up. i've had a patient and sounded number still remains really pretty low compared to what we are used to. like she could have covid and i wanted to say i don't think also, it's very much well below the it is but i couldn't. i said this may be, it is not, bank of england is 2% target. what you don't have a classical symptoms, does all this mean? firstly it means but you ought to self—isolate that the bank of england is on and get tested. a few miles away a local brewery bracing itself for change. likely to raise interest rates anytime soon given how inflation is. some of the pubs they supply will be shut down but also this all has an impact on state they have to keep going. pensions. anytime soon given how inflation is. also this all has an impact on state they say today's funding pensions. remember, that's governed by the so—called triple lock scheme. agreement doesn't help them. that basically means that state when a pub closes in sheffield pensions go up each year in line that is one lost customer for us. with either inflation or earnings growth or two and half percent. as it means that we can't we've been saying, inflation is sell our fantastic product that pretty low, and growth is pretty people would normally want to drink. subdued. all that means that state pensions are likely to go up early what that also means is we have around two and half percent next april. to slow down our brewing which means thanks very much for bringing us up to date. thanks very much for we will be buying less raw materials bringing us up to date. the metropolitan police has referred

which is malted barley and hops itself to the independent office which will ultimately affect for police conduct after the bbc the farmer down the supply chain. we are very fortunate that we can uncovered serious failings change our route to market, in its response to a vicious racist through our online shop and sell attack in north west the beer that we have got. london last year. moving into the next level three black women were brutally of restrictions will be tough, but in the north of england, attacked by a group of seven white it is becoming familiar territory. men who shouted extreme racist abuse at them. one of the victims was kicked compared to greater nan chester news unconscious the met categorised it as racially motivated gbh that a frontage beckett came quickly with intent — a very but there's been criticism of that, serious hate crime. but newsnight can reveal the police response was fundamentally flawed. richard watson has the leader of rotherham council said this exclusive report. on the 22nd of december last year, the leader of rotherham council said the government had a i—size—fits—all three women returning from a night approach that was tawdry, the mp for sheffield southeast described the out were brutally attacked by racists in north—west london. amount as inadequate. latest figures when i was in that corner, suggested there are 395 positive i was covering my head like this. cases here in sheffield for 100,000 i was thinking, "my son is not going to have a mum," and. people. in barnsley it has the highest figure in south yorkshire at "i'm going to be dead. 415. the new measures come into place on saturday and will be the attack, by seven white men, reviewed and 28 days' time and those

numbers need to come down. outside a 24—hour shop on kilburn lane, was categorised fiona trott reporting. and at 8.30 we will be speaking as a serious hate crime. to a couple who run a children's niyad was kicked unconscious. imagination role play centre near rotherham which will have he'sjust like, he had to close under the new restrictions. dojoin us for that. unlike south yorkshire, his fists like this. where a deal over a financial support package was agreed and i remember ijust took my arm with local leaders, there's off my friend and i wasjust like. continuing argument over a similar deal for greater manchester. ministers say the £60 million "what? that was offered to the mayor, andy burnham, will now be in january, niyad approached distributed through council leaders. newsnight because she said at prime minister's questions the police that the victims down. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, —— let the victim down. accused the government of pitting regions against each we can reveal the police other and of bargaining investigation was half—hearted with people's lives. and disastrously slow. 0ur deputy political editor and so far the attackers have evaded justice. vicki young has more. for months, life hasn't been the police should move fast normal anywhere in the uk, to gather evidence after a crime, but slowly more and more of us but newsnight established that are being told to live once again under very tight restrictions, for 11 days after the attack, telling us who we can see, where we can travel, until early in the new year, no cctv was recovered, what stays open and what must close. no witness statements were taken, borisjohnson insisted today even from the victims themselves, that the sacrifices are paying off, that the coronavirus isn't spreading and a dark—coloured van associated with the men was not traced.

as fast as it did in the spring. the side of my head there. why is it so chaotic? newsnight asked bob quick, but he has been accused of reducing a former head of specialist operations at the met, the amount of help going to workers about the case. the response seems to have as businesses are ordered to shut. been pretty woeful. there were lots of opportunities, really, to solve this crime, there is no one other country in europe where so much supports, and it's not clear to me so much help is beginning that they were taken. to the population get through this crisis and we'll continue do that. niyad says racist assumptions but that's not how the mayor of greater manchester sees it. hampered the police investigation. negotiations over financial support for his area she says one officer descended into mudslinging. asked her if she'd been buying anything from the men, after days of uncertainty, and she thinks that it was the prime minister announced that a reference to drugs. £60 million would now be given if that's true, then directly to councils. that's inexcusable. people working... the police absolutely have a duty to be objective and not but the labour leader says workers to jump to conclusions. will be short—changed because the newjob support scheme pays less than the furlough the met denies assumptions scheme it is replacing. were made, but in a statement said. their rent and their mortgage won't 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 people's lives, stop dividing communities and provide the support that is needed in manchester?

mr speaker, i am very proud that this government has already given greater manchester niyad's physical injuries have £1.1 billion in healed, but she's been left support for business. with serious psychological scars. she still can't bear to go home. and there is another row brewing about money she stays with friends. with another labour mayor, sadiq khan says london's transport as a result of newsnight‘s investigation, the met network tfl needs a second bailout has reopened the case. from the government. but ten months on, ministers say that will only as the trail gone cold? happen if the mayor puts richard watson, bbc london. up fares and taxes. rather than punishing londoners, and you can see richard watson's extended report on newsnight playing party political games, at a quarter to eleven this evening let's get around a table and do on bbc two. a deal that is right the headlines on bbc news... for tfl, right for london and right for our country. as this pandemic drags on, the bills rack up and the arguments about how much the government should cove ntry will fork out will continue for months. coventry will play ahead of its ministers insist that most euros uk city of culture in 2021. of the negotiations have been straightforward. organisers say that they've been but the recent acrimony between some working on a flexible festival because of the pandemic. the start local leaders and central government suggests that politics is starting of the year—long programme has already been postponed until may. to get in the way.

back in the commons, tempers have been spilling over also, too. church bells ringing. excuse me, did the honourable lady coventry, famous for reinventing just call me scum? order! itself after the blitz has revealed from the front bench we will not some of its plans to transform the city again. have remarks like that. today, organisers announced not under any circumstances. the row over funding the first taste of what's to come, for greater manchester isn't quite over, but with new restrictions promising a programme rooted in the people of the city, eminent politicians from all including literature, theatre and a three—day festival imminent politicians from all curated by terry hall of the specials. parties are urging people to follow the rules. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the city will also play host coronavirus restrictions to the turner prize exhibition. in scotland, including the closure of pubs and restaurants there is no doubt that it's been a very challenging time, you know, across glasgow and edinburgh, notjust for us in planning a programme like this, but for everyone in the world. are to be extended until the 2nd of november. i think what we've tried to do the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it would "not be safe" to ease is bring our creativity, any measures in the short term. our innovation, flexibility our scotland correspondent lorna to really try and reimagine what a uk city of culture gordon gave us this update. during a global pandemic nicola sturgeon confirmed she is looking at five—tier might look like. system of restrictions and alerts for scotland. the middle three tiers broadly aligned to the system in england, today's announcement in coventry a lower set of controls where things is about showing the city's determination to press would continue as much as possible, on with its bold ambition for a year of culture arts. as normal, and then a higher level but there is still uncertainty

of alert which would be much nearer about how long it will take the arts to the full lockdown sector to recover from coronavirus. we saw back in march. coventry‘s empire music venue is being relocated, we'll get more details of how exactly it will work on friday. but coronavirus has caused delays. it is still to be debated in the scottish parliament and i suppose key for many people is there still to find out they've now been given government money to secure its future what the different parts of scotland, where they will pull and richie has taken on a labourer in this new set of restrictions. job here to make ends meet. but before coronavirus, he was a successful tour manager and sound technician. it's been catastrophic, is the word. but for now, the current restrictions, which are harshest in parts of central scotland, remain in place. mentally, it's been very hard. they've been extended to allow for what the first minister calls a smooth transition to the new plan. i've neverfelt like i'm any business leaders said that different to somebody that goes to work in an office, announcement was devastating. somebody that goes to work on a building site. nicola sturgeon acknowledged they were hard but insist i've worked since i was young in one they are necessary and says that industry and i've worked my way up. while there are early encouraging signs that the spread of the virus veteran songwriter and producer, may have been slowed, pete waterman, says britain's music it's still too early industry has always punched above its weight for talent and now to lift the restrictions. fears its standing on the world's stage could be lost. lorna gordon. i think we're past critical, the latest government figures show, there were 26,688 new coronavirus that's the sad part. infections recorded i think we are past the point in the latest 24—hour period. where there is no return.

the average number of new cases i cannot see it, certainly in my lifetime, ever coming back reported per day in the last to what it was five years ago. week is now 19,229. let alone 20 years ago. 923 people have been admitted this has just about finished off to hospital on average each day over the week to last friday. the british music industry. but for coventry being uk city 191 deaths were reported, of culture may be a lifeline and, that's people who died within 28 some artistic relief for a covid—weary nation. days of a positive covid—19 test. colleen harris, bbc news, coventry. that means on average in the past week, 143 deaths were announced every day. the uk's most advanced polar research vessel — it takes the total number of deaths initially dubbed "boaty mcboatface" by the public — left its shipyard so far across the uk to 44,158. today to begin technical sea trials before making its maiden voyage to antarctica in a year's time. mps have rejected a motion by a labour party to extend free the rrs sir david attenborough as it is named —— is expected to transform uk research by the labour party to extend free in the polar regions, including extensive work designed school meals in england to boost understanding through the holidays. the prime minister has said of climate change. he will not change his policy here's victoria gill. on the issue, despite england footballer marcus rashford's campaign for an extension to fight child hunger which he says a final, emotional farewell. is worsening as the covid crisis continues.

here's our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. it's taken four years to build the start of the day and the shipyard worked at egremont primary school in wallasey comes as a relief through the crisis of the pandemic. so is the rrs sir david attenborough to many children and their families. left the dock for the last time, the team that built her gather breakfast club is the guarantee of a meal they might not have at home. to say goodbye. you can go to breakfast to look at it now, four years club and have a bagel or a piece of toast. going under its own steam and on the mersey, it is great to see. if there wasn't breakfast club, what would happen? it looks appropriately gloomy in birkenhead today we would probably have an empty for the foghorn sounding, stomach and feel a little sick. but the ship will not be with half term not far away, going very far today, holiday hunger is at just to live cruise terminals are just down the mersey. the forefront of parents' mines. after that it will be open sea throughout the summer, michelle relied on free trials and the next stop will be school meal vouchers. some of the most extreme environments on earth. we wouldn't have 129 metres long with large on—board survived without it. laboratories and a whole macro you worry a lot about making designed to cut to ice up sure they have enough. to a metre thick. this is a ship specifically all the food in the holidays, designed to allow scientists you have got to find that to spend at extended time main mealfor the kids. i think people struggle. in extreme conditions. the coronavirus pandemic has brought

additional hardship and stigma. in the school there is a food bank in the increasingly fragile frozen and a clothes store. environments. the new ship is saint at weekends, teachers darvin at boa will allow us for the first time to do science in ice deliver food parcels. covered waters. so it has all the technology and it has the the first day they brought capabilities to take us into areas the food it was great, because it is really nice to bring that we've never been before to do food to someone. they are so grateful new kinds of science. after leaving when you come to the door. there have been times when we have liverpool the ship will sail across been emotionally upset. now we have parents who don't have the north wales coast which will be jobs any more so we have to think her base for sea trials over the about the parents who don't have next year. but in another pandemic jobs, how are they going to survive? twist the ships not permitted to a winning goalfor marcus rashford last night. arrive and dark they are until after today he was hoping for success in extending the free school the latest welsh covid lockdown meal voucher scheme. which ends on the 9th of november. so far, the government has says no despite the weather and a muted but councils have been given an extra £63 million forfamilies socially distant sendoff the sense on the dockside was one of pride. facing financial difficulties. knowing what she's going out there to do and what we have achieved as a i am not sure any amount of money could be injected to solve the problem. team, asa to do and what we have achieved as a team, as a company to get her to this point where she was sailing off. probably one of, other than my that was a report there just daughter probably one of my biggest finishing earlier than we expected. let's speak to our political achievements today. these are just the first tentative steps for the

correspondent jonathan blake. that vote took place within the past £200 million vessel. she will set off for the antarctic, the place she hour, bring us up—to—date on what was built for a november 2021. all of you who happen? the government won the votes of the labour motion they put forward as part of this opposition day debate which is one of a number voted for boating the boat face don't worry one of the ships of days during the year when the robotics on marines has been given that name. opposition gets to control what the now it's time for a look house of commons debates and votes at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. we've seen some pretty heavy rain upon, labour wants that and even if across parts of northern ireland it had one, the government would not and scotland to start this week. and during today, it was england and wales which saw have —— it would not abandon binding the wettest of the weather. for thursday, it looks it would've been more symbolic a like conditions will turn victory. but if i would quite an a bit dry for many of us, thanks to this ridge of high impression few hours of debate in the house of commons is afternoon pressure, and many should get and this evening as mps and also has some sunshine as well. had this essay on the issue of free school meals was up 322 votes now this is a complicated area of low pressure which has brought against and two and a 61 in favour in all the rain for england of it. a majority of 61 there. there and wales, and also across northern scotland. it'll hang around the north of the uk as we move we re of it. a majority of 61 there. there were a handful of conservative mps through the overnight period. some pretty heavy rain there, who voted with labour on this, among strong winds blowing down from the north—northeast. them the conservative mp for harlow for england and wales,

it looks like conditions will turn drier through the night, who chairs the comments select there will still be quite a bit of cloud here and there and a few committee on education. —— comments showers, but also some clear spells. temperatures not quite as mild as they were the previous night, select committee. and as i say it was an impression few hours of but still 9—12 celsius here, and generally single figures in the north. now this area of low debate. not least because there were pressure continues to push some conservative mps that suggested away into the north sea as we move through thursday. other politicians had been using it'll still affect much of scotland, perhaps the far northeast of england this issue to "curry favour with with very strong winds. but this ridge of high pressure celebrities" and i would just read will continue to build, you what one of those had to say. and that will settle things down. conservative david simmons who so we start off with cloud and rain, strong winds across northern scotland — represents in east london as agency, that should slowly ease away, and showers further south should tend to fade as that ridge of high "what does it say about the pressure begins to move in. opposition's produce are all swept so by the latter part of the afternoon, northern ireland aside in favour of currying favour and much of england and wales should be dryer with good spells with wealth and power and celebrity of sunshine, and it will status?" and with wealth and power and celebrity status? " and there with wealth and power and celebrity tend to remain cloudy status?" and there has been a bit of and breezy further north. a fairly mild day but not quite reaction from marcus rashford in as mild as it has been, response to the outcome of that vote with temperatures 10—16 celsius in the house of commons was up he in the southeast. has posted quite a long statement doesn't last long, though, online, here is a little what he because the next frontal system will make inroads for friday, says... "put aside all the pretty bringing outbreaks of rain, stronger cloud and winds things and focus on the reality. a in the northwest of the country.

significant number of children are some heavier bursts of rain on that going to bed tonight not only hungry as it continues to move eastwards, but feeling like they do not but it will tend to weaken as it moves into central and eastern parts of england. matter." so while in this instance behind it, sunshine and showers — these will be blustery and it his hitherto very effective campaign will be windy all day pretty much has not succeeded in changing across the board, but especially to the northwest of scotland. government policy again, i don't some of these showers think the issue will be going away will merge together to produce longer spells of rain. anytime soon. i expect you are right temperature—wise, again, a little and jonathan you talked about an bit down from the last few days, impassioned talks earlier on, a lot 9—12 celsius in the north, 12—14 celsius further south. of fiery and feisty debate much as we head on into the weekend, earlier on with the labour deputy it turns even more unsettled. saturday looks like a very windy day with widespread gales, leader accusing a tory mp of being a heavy showers and longer bad word i will let you fill us in spells the rain. it'll be mild too and turn on this but she has since apologised. yes this was in an early debate over the government's approach to economic support for areas facing the highest level of current virus restrictions as we have seen that debate plant in fresher into sunday. greater manchester over the last few days. when the conservative mp,

excusing when the conservative mp chris clarkson was speaking, he this is bbc news. with just 13 days to go stopped mid—flow and asked whether until the election, angela rayner who was on the front barack obama finally hits the trail. he is still america's most popular democrat — bench for labour on the debate at but can he be as succesful getting the time had referred to him as joe biden elected as he was for himself? scum? in that went to a scathing the former president has been active repeat by the deputy speaker dane elinor lange who was in the chair in in videos and interviews but this the comments at the time making it is his first in—person appearance. very clear that she did not expect america should watch alaska — language of that kind to be used. it's cold there already and covid cases are surging. angela rayner then stood up and said that it was clear that the also in the programme... hundreds of children separated from their families by us officials conservative mp in question had been misrepresenting what she had said. at the border three years ago have still not been reunited with their parents. anyway a few hours later, and angela lawyers blame the "zero tolerance" policy introduced by the trump administration. rayner has now apologised online. she has tweeted just in the last half an hour or so and i will read and are you politically informed? you a brief statement of what she if that's you, then maybe has had to say, "i apologise for the you are not as connected to the key language that i used in a heated debate in parliament earlier."m certainly was heated. jonathan as

a lwa ys certainly was heated. jonathan as always thank you. jonathan blake lai in westminster. scientists believe they've found a way to identify people who are more likely to develop what's being called long—covid —— that's when people feel unwell for quite a while after the original infection. most people recover from the virus within 11 days but the study, by king's college london and the data science company zoe, shows 1—in—20 are sick for at least eight weeks. and that one in 45 are sick for at least 12 weeks. the research showed that being female, or over fifty raised the risk of having a longer lasting condition. our health editor hugh pym reports. i would sit and type to somebody for anr i would sit and type to somebody for an rand i would sit and type to somebody for an r and then i would say i would have to wind down i did not have the energy to have a conversation very long for some it would knock me out. that is how this woman felt several months after going down with coronavirus, classic symptoms of

long covid. she was in touch with others with similar experiences and that led to a campaign for greater recognition. we really do need research into why people are again this condition, what can be done to stop them suffering long term, what are the best therapies, what tests need to be carried out. the actress emma sams also space debilitating petite —— fatigue along with loss of smell and shortness of breath and could not understand why she was not getting better but found some parts of the nhs unhelpful. some of them have not heard of lung covid at all asa have not heard of lung covid at all as a concept. some were more open to googling it, and some were not. and that was incredibly demoralising. specialist clinics are being set up like this one at a leading london hospital to try to understand more about lung covid and patient‘s needs. i think it has caught us a

bit by surprise the number of patients affected by this. and we have not up to now had the right pathways for patients to be referred for assessment. i do feel things are improving at pace now. there is much broader consensus about the need that patients have for this kind of care, and there are more and more services opening up. today the health secretary for england visited the clinic. and heard from one patient who before now had struggled to get help. this is one of the most... this has to happen across the country. there isjust not enough facilities, it has taken me eight and a half months to be seen bya eight and a half months to be seen by a person, this is my first time, i'io by a person, this is my first time, no facilities in my area... mr hancox at there were lessons for the wider public. in the case of lung covid there is no cure so for anyone of any age catching covid can be very, very serious. and we should all do our bit to try to avoid that.

i thought i would get it and just bounce back and i have not gotten the nhs in england has launched this video today to drive home the warning about lung covid. hugh pym, bbc news. let's bring you up—to—date on the post—brexit trade negotiations between the uk and european union are to resume in london tomorrow, after what number ten described as significant comments from the eu's chief negotiator. michel barnier and his counterpart lord david frost spoke on the phone today after talks stalled last week. downing street said the pair had "jointly agreed a set of principles for handling this intensified phase of talks", but warned it was "entirely possible that negotiations will not succeed". the human rights group amnesty international says it has received credible and disturbing evidence that nigerian security forces shot and killed a number of people taking part in a peaceful protest last night in the country's largest city, lagos.

for weeks now there have been demonstrations against police brutality across the country — africa's most populous. protesters accuse the now—disbanded special anti—robbery squad — or sars — of torture. today the country's president has appealed for calm while the army has denied any involvement. the economic community of west african states has urged nigerian security forces to "exercise restraint" in handling protests and to act professionally. an indefinite curfew has been imposed on several regions including lagos — from where our correspondent mayeni jones sent this report. a city in chaos. across lagos, buildings have been torched and sporadic clashes have erupted. this is what sparked the outcry. soldiers shooting unarmed protesters in the country's largest city. they are shooting at us. they are shooting. what happened here on tuesday night

has deeply unsettled nigerians. this isn't the first time the army has been accused of shooting innocent protesters, but the fact it happened here in what is the most peaceful protest sites has ignited an already volatile situation. what started off as a protest against police brutality has widened to calles for a change in the status quo and inequality. we are doing our protest. nobody was even out. five or that allowed to harm us? let them step aside. let's put this in order. we need a better method... they are brutalising innocent citizens of nigeria.

this is a protest born on social media. more than half of the country is under 24. last night's events were broadcast online and the hashtag has galvanised support. i shall say to the government, you should be ashamed. you are a shame to the world. killing your own citizens and sending the military on the streets to kill the protesters just because they are protesting for their rights. it is uncalled for. nigeria has been a dictatorship for almost half of its life as an independent nation. many of its citizens worry tuesday's events mirror the dark days of military rule and they are determined to make sure that doesn't happen. france has been paying tribute to samuel paty, the teacher beheaded in broad daylight last friday. in a ceremony at the sorbonne university in paris,

mr paty‘s coffin was brought into the courtyard on the shoulders of a guard of honour. president emmanual macron, then led a minute's silence. silence the french president awarded him the country's highest medal, the legion d'honneur, in a private moment with mr paty‘s family. in an address to dignitaries and students, mr macron said mr paty embodied everything france stood for. president macron also told the crowd france would not give up cartoons, and that mr paty had been killed by cowards. translation: tonight, i will not speak about the flock of terrorists, their accomplices, and all the cowards that perpetrated and made this attack possible. i will not speak about those who passed on his name to the barbarians. they don't deserve it — names they do not have any more. mr paty was killed last friday by an 18—year old attacker who was later shot dead by police, but seven other people are being prosecuted

in connection with the murder. earlier, the french anti—terrorism public prosecutor has given more details. translation: the attacker arrived at the college at about two p:m.. he approached a student and offered around 300 euros to identify the victim. as he stood with the attacker, several other stu d e nts with the attacker, several other students arrived, the first one explained to them what the attacker was suggesting. they agreed to share the money for some others decided not to stay. the student who had agreed to take the money gave the ca ba ret agreed to take the money gave the cabaret physical description of mr paty. the attacker told them he was going to punish mr paty for showing questions of the profit and humiliate and beat him. but not francis but mac anti—terrorism pub prosecutor. but not francis but mac anti-terrorism pub prosecutor. -- france's anti—terrorism pub prosecutor. pope francis has made his strongest statement yet in favour

of civil partnerships between same—sex couples. speaking in a tv documentary that's been shown in italy the pope said homosexual people have "the right to be in a family". earlier our rome correspondent mark lowen explained how the pope has held this view for a number of years. i think that it is significant in that it is his clearest comments yet as pope to support civil union laws for same—sex couples. we've got a look at this in context a little bit. when he was archbishop of buenos aires before he became pope, then—archbishop bergoglio talked about how he supported civil union laws but was a staunch opponent of gay marriage which was passed in argentina in 2010, and therefore civil union support was in a sense an alternative to preserve the sanctity of marriage for heterosexual couples. and in two previous interviews, he's known to have raised support for civil unions for same—sex couples. this is probably his clearest language to support it but it is not actually a departure from previous positions on the issue. and really even though pope francis said this in an interview

in this documentary, we do not expect that suddenly the church is going to change in any significant or fundamental way its teaching on the issue of homosexuality because a fundamental change would come really in a much more formal setting — a speech, maybe even a papal document, internal church debate at the highest level. there's very little sign that any of that is imminent. mark lowen there reporting from rome. i want more on our website but... now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. turned out to be quite a soggy day across england and wales. and another wet day for northern and western scotland, too. but as we head on into thursday, a ridge of high pressure should settle things down and become a bit quieter, and we should see some sunshine into the afternoon for many of us. this is the area of low pressure, which brought the wet weather to england and wales through today. this feature continuing to bring some rain to the northern and western scotland, fairly strong winds blowing down from the north and the northeast. further south, a little bit drier,

but there'll still be showers dotted around overnight with clear spells, too, temperatures at around 7—12 celsius. so a fairly mild night for most of us. into thursday, then, it stays pretty windy across the northern half of the uk, further outbreaks of rain. but as that ridge of high pressure continues to build in, we should see increasing amounts of sunshine for northern ireland, england, and wales, pushing temperatures up to 15—16 celsius — a bit cooler further north. now the frontal system spreads across the country on friday, then it's windy for all areas with widespread gales on saturday.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines. south yorkshire will move into tier 3 covid restrictions on saturday. labour city region there has accepted financial support from the government. we don't know how long we will be in tier 3 for we don't wa nt to we will be in tier 3 for we don't want to know how long this crisis to go on for. in the short term and enter repayment. the deal follows the bitter argument over money for greater manchester. a £60 million support package for affected businesses will be distributed across the region. mps reject a labour call for school meals to be extended through the holidays for the children in england. shocking

images from africa's most populous country. the nigerian security forces are accused of shooting and killing peaceful protesters. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre good evening... let's take you straight to the champions league where two english teams are in action tonight. drama at the ethiad where manchester city are hosting porto while liverpool have travelled to the netherlands to take on ajax. after 30 minutes it's1—0 between manchester city and porto. some poor defending from city led to porto's luis diaz getting the first in the 14th minute. then a penalty for manchester city after sterling was brought down by pepe. sergio aguerro stepped up and scored. in liverpool's match it's 0—0 against ajax. virgil van dijk of course injured and fabinho has dropped back from midfield to attempt to fill his the boots.

another call by klopp: 19—year—old curtisjones makes his full rio madrid losing three —— two. there are five matches in the championship this evening. here are the latest scores. cardiff 0—1 bournemouthqueens park rangers 0—1 preston north end sheffield wednesday 1—2 brentford stoke 0—1 barnsley watford 2—1 blackburn rovers you can keep up to date with all those games on the bbc sport website. arsenal midfielder mesut ozil has spoken out for the first time since being left out of their 25—man premier league squad — registered yesterday. he hasn't played for the club since seventh march and can now only play for arsenal under—23s until his deal expires next summer. he posted an emotional statement on social media,

claiming he's been showing a lack of loyalty. he says he's deeply disappointed, and that, "upon signing my well, here's the response of the arsenal manager, mikel arteta. he has had the opportunity like everybody else. i'm sad that i had to leave three players out of this list which is not replacement. i feel at the moment today that i failed because i want the best possible message for the team. to do it and possible message for the team. to do itand in possible message for the team. to do it and in some moments i was able to get close to that. and again, nothing related to anything or any behavior. i read the pay cuts, it's not true. it's my decision, someone

has to play me and it will happen when we lose matches, my responsibility. when we lose matches, my responsibility. wasps have been given the all clear to play in the premiership rugby final this weekend — despite seven players and four members of staff testing positive for coronavirus in the past week. premiership rugby reported that there were no more positives in the latest round of testing. wasps said they were "delighted" that they could take their rightful place in the match against exeter on saturday at twickenham. bad news for the super league, though, afterfive catalans players, and two members of staff, received positive tests for covid—19. it means tomorrow's game against hull fc in perpignan has been cancelled. the catalans will now have three outstanding fixtures, following the previous postponement of fixtures against leeds rhinos and wigan warriors. the club will undergo a further round of testing in the coming days. now some cricket news now, and england's white—ball tour of south africa next month will go ahead.

eoin morgan's side will play three twenty20s and three one—day internationals from 27 november, all behind closed doors. the games will be played at cape town's newlands ground and in nearby paarl. they'll be england's first overseas matches since the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year. australia's ben o'connor has won stage 17 of the giro d'italia. after missing out on victory yesterday by just seven seconds, the ntt rider made his move with five miles to go for the biggest win of his career. britain's tayoh geoghegan hart remains fourth overall after finishing alongside race leaderjoao almeida. some of the riders at the vuelta a espana faced more than the usual challenges. five ponies keen to get involved in the action, fortunately they all managed to avoid each other. the second stage was won by spain's marc soler. primoz roglic was second —

extending his overall lead. but it was another tough day for chris froome who lost another 18 minutes to the leaders. that's all the sport for now. just time to tell you that liverpool have gone ahead in their match in ajax it still one all. that's it for 110w ajax it still one all. that's it for now will be back later. thank you for keeping us up to date. thank you for keeping us up to date. let's return now to news that south yorkshire is to enter the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. from midnight on saturday, pubs and restaurants will have to close if they don't serve a substantial meal. additional rules in the region mean bookies, casinos and soft play areas will also have to shut their doors. steve and sophie siddle run the little town of play — a children's imagination role play centre on the outskirts of rotherham. it's not quite a soft play area as such, it's a little bit more. but

you will probably potentially coming to these restrictions? yes, that's correct. we are exactly what it says. we are a little town for her children. we don't have the traditional play frame or anything like that. we have little shops. there's a cafe that sort of thing all shrunk down to toddler size. how fantastic. it sounds absolutely sweet. it must be devastating to know that you will potentially have to close again. it is, it is com pletely to close again. it is, it is completely devastating. we only opened our doors last september. so we are a relatively new business. and to be shot in march to reopen in august to then be shut again is awful. especially when we know we are safe. it's really hard. because i understand you've done so much to ensure that you've got the safety measures in place, steve. we have

had a bit this friday to do a covid compliance check and when the lady came out she stated we are doing more than enough. have you what kind of conversations have you had with your staff? how many staff around three staff members that you employ? that's right. three staff. it's been really difficult because as you say, we think we're going to be closed down as of saturday. we got no confirmation. we haven't been in contact and with the dc mf we've got nothing back yet. we don't know for certain. until we know we need to know the level of grants. to know whether we can help the staff whether we can help the staff whether we can talk this 67% it be useful to have an end date. we haven't got money that we can keep top off wages with. no, of course. and the first time around, did you feel supported enough when it came

to the first lockdown? the initial £25,000 paid our rent for that we knew that if there was a mandate of september, october is the rent was paid. we had to get by. we've been trying to pay staff with the furlough top off and things like that. but not paying ourselves. it's been really, really difficult. we could have done wee bit more to be honest. as the industry as a whole we have not been supported or look after. we are forgotten about. and i think it's west minister, has no idea whether what 21st century play looks like. there is a perception of we are unclean, unsavoury and that is not the case at all anymore. probably was 20 years ago. definitely not anymore. they need to put more support in place for us. we

area put more support in place for us. we are a fantastic industry that looks after so many children. and parents. that's exactly it, is in a? i know having spent quite a few hours myself in soft play centers, it is much more than that. it's an opportunity to serve the parents, new pa rents opportunity to serve the parents, new parents who may be tearing their hair out with little babies to be able to just talk through what it's like being a new parent. a lots remain in the sector is talking about mental and physical health. that applies to children as well. as you said, mothers, just seeing another parent with a newborn and that newborn is crying. canjust make you feel that you're not alone. that you're not doing things wrong. you don't even have to have a chat just seeing other people going through what you're going through. you guys are obviously certainly going through that as well, congratulations. i hear you have a

fight year old little boy to add. you must have your hands extremely full as well. yeah, the little baby sleeping. 0k, we wish you all the best of luck. and congratulations and we will be interested to hear how you get on. thank you so much. owners of the little town of play. a brazilian who died while participating in the covid vaccine clinical trial developed by zeneca astra did not receive the vaccine. astrazeneca says all its safety assessments have been followed and have not lead to any concerns about continuation of the study and that health authorities in brazil say are not they are continuing with the trial. not they are continuing with the trial. the former head of the civil service, lord sedwill, has acknowledged there was a genuine question about whether the uk could have been better

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