this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. not the shouting match morning. it was last time, this is bbc news with but donald trump and joe biden the latest headlines. i am annita mcveigh. still clash over race donald trump and joe biden clash and coronavirus in theirfinal over race and coronavirus debate before the us election. in their final debate before the us election. more and more people more and more people are getting better. we have a problem that's are getting better. we have a problem that's a worldwide problem. a worldwide problem. this is a worldwide problem. this is a worldwide problem. but i've been congratulated by the heads of many countries but i've been congratulated by the heads of many countries on what we've been able to do. on what we've been able to do. you folks home will have an empty chair at the kitchen you folks home will have an empty table this morning. chair at the kitchen that man or wife gone to bed table this morning. tonight or reaching over that man or wife gone to bed to try to touch their — out of habit — where their wife tonight or reaching over to try to touch their — or husband was is gone. learning to live with it? out of habit — where their wife come on — we're dying with it. or husband was is gone. learning to live with it? wales prepares for a 17 day lockdown from this evening, come on — we're dying with it. as the toughest level wales prepares for a 17 day of restrictions begin in greater manchester. lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level of restrictions begin

and if you want to get in touch about the restrictions we'll be answering your questions in half an hour's time, you can contact me on @annita—mcveigh #bbcyourquestions how testing sewage can be part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks of coronavirus before they spread. retail sales rose for the fifth month in a row in september, boosted by non—food items like diy and garden supplies. and coming up this hour... the england footballer marcus rashford, who's campaigned for free school meals, visits a new foodbank warehouse named after his mum.

good morning and welcome to bbc news. i am annita mcveigh. with just 11 days to go before polling day in the us presidential election — the final head—to—head debate between donald trump and joe biden has taken place in nashville, tennessee, with the two men clashing over the economy, healthcare, race relations and climate change. the encounter was more controlled than the first debate — with far fewer interruptions. but there was still room for some heated exchanges. the two men disagreed over the white house's handling of the coronavirus and accused each other of financial corruption. barbara plett usher reports. applause. welcome to the stage former vice president joe biden and president donald] trump. the sequel to the most out—of—control presidential debate americans had ever seen turned out to be the kind of traditional election face—off they would normally expect. the two men started by offering sharply different visions over how to handle the surging coronavirus pandemic. there's not another serious scientist in the world who thinks it's going to be over soon. president trump, your reaction?

i don't say "over soon", i say we are learning to live with it, we have no choice, we can't lock ourselves up in a basement. what i would say is i'm going to shut down the virus, not the country. it's his ineptitude that caused the country to have to shut down in large part. why businesses have gone under, why schools are closed, why so many people have lost their living. president trump seemed poised to take responsibility for failures with covid—i9 — and then he didn't. i take full responsibility. it's not my fault that it came here, it's china's fault. the much—anticipated mute button saw some action, but even when the microphones were open president trump held off the constant interruptions of last time. what was supposed to be a discussion on national security got tangled up in accusations of personal corruption involving foreign governments. i don't make money from china. you do. i don't make money from ukraine. you do. i don't make money from russia. i have not taken a single penny from any country whatsoever — ever. president trump got

in a couple of sharp hits. he turned a question on black lives matter into an attack onjoe biden‘s record on race and criminal justice reform and tried to use mr biden‘s experience in office against him. iran because of you, iran because of barack obama, because you did a poorjob. if i thought you did a good job i would have never run. i hope he doesn't look at me because what's happening here is you know who i am, you know who he is. you know his character, you know my character. you know our reputations for honour and telling the truth. i am anxious to have this race. climate change and immigration got serious attention this time. overalljoe biden put in a steady performance and crucially scored points on everyday issues that matter to americans, like health care. it's the same thing with socialising... vice president, your response, please. my response is, people deserve to have affordable health care, period. period, period, period. applause. president trump showed restraint and so didn't do himself damage — but neither did he inflict much damage on mr biden,

who is the front—runner. voters were the winners — they got a debate focused on substance rather than hijacked by style. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, nashville. our correspondent in nashville — laura trevelyan — says a significant number of americans have already cast their vote. 47 million americans have already voted. that is a third of the electorate, maybe, that voted in 2016. so, will this have changed any minds? the president's team were hoping, going into this, that it would really reset the race. now, they've come out of it saying thatjoe biden, in his statement, that he would transition away from oil, that this is a major gaffe, it will cost millions ofjobs. joe biden on the tarmac tonight, going home, has had to say he was talking about ending subsidies forfossilfuels, not ending fossil fuels themselves. so, you can see that there is something there that the trump campaign will try to

get traction with. but on this key question of coronavirus, which is all consuming in america at the moment, where we are seeing the caseload going up, where more than 1000 people died yesterday, the presidentjust really had the same thing to say. a vaccine is around the corner, it's bad all around the world and it is china's fault. joe biden said that there would be a national mask mandate, he'd try to introduce rapid testing, get the schools open. in the end, if you are looking for a reason to vote for either candidate, did it really change any minds, did it shake up the race? or is it largely a wash with only 11 days to go? nearly three million people in greater manchester have woken up to being under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions in england. the tier 3 or very high alert level was ordered by borisjohnson after he and labour mayor, andy burnham failed to reach agreement over financial compensation.

the tier 3 means many pubs and bars are closed. household mixing is limited to parks and other large open spaces. south yorkshire will also move from tier 2 to tier 3 from tomorrow morning. in wales, a 17—day "firebreak" lockdown begins at 6pm this evening. people have been told to stay at home. pubs, restaurants, hotels and non—essential shops will shut. a five—tier covid alert system will be set out in scotland later. it is thought it will include measures more rigorous than those south of the border. and northern ireland is in the first week of a four—week circuit—break. in a moment we'll be discussing the restrictions in the greater manchester region but let's start in wales and talk to our correspondent tomos morgan who is in chepstow. good morning to you. first of all, is wales ready for this firebreak, do people think it's going to achieve at the health minister has been talking about, and much more normal christmas? well, the majority

of wales, 17 out of 22 local authorities, 80% of the population, have been living with local lockdown restrictions until today, for the past few weeks. those restrictions have meant nobody should be leaving the local authority area and nobody should be entering a local authority restriction and that is actually by law so it's not our guidance as in england, it is low, so people have been getting find if they have not got a good reason to be entering or leaving the areas. the local lockdown restrictions clearly have not been enough to deter the spread of the virus, it has been increasing in all of the local authorities across wales which is why the welsh government have decided to go ahead with this firebreak approach which was something suggested by sage, the scientific group advising the welsh government and something mark

dra keford first government and something mark drakeford first minister had been in favour of for some time. chepstow is in monmouthshire, one of the areas that has not been under local lockdown restrictions recently. however, it has seen a significant rise over the past few days and weeks to a level that has brought it into clearly a category which should be now coming into more restrictions. i've spoken to some of the bars, restaurants, cafe owners here this morning and they are a little bit unhappy because they say we haven't been in any local lockdown restrictions recently so it's unfair to tarnish us, if you like, with the same brush as areas like, with the same brush as areas like cardiff and in the south wales, which have seen high levels of the disease. what will come into force tonight will be again, as you mentioned, similar stay—at—home measures, people should only be leaving their house to go for exercise and they should be exercising from their home rather than going somewhere to exercise. people should only be going to work

if they cannot work from home in any circumstance. schools will shut for the first week, it's half term here, primary schools will reopen after the first week but secondary schools will only reopen for years to seven and eight of the second week with the rest of the high school pupils joining them at the end of the firebreak. a couple of interesting points dimension on this. you may remember a week or two ago, the first minister putting a travel ban into wales meaning anybody from other areas of the uk for there was a hotspot of covid, tear through or tear three areas, the whole of northern ireland banned from coming into wales. that will remain in force, say if someone came in over the border to wales from manchester, they would instantly be turned around so when these new measures come into force tonight, if someone we re come into force tonight, if someone were to come into wales and they

haven't got a valid reason, they will be fined or sent home because it is low in wales. another interesting point, if someone is on holiday in wales, for example, at the moment, from 6p on this evening, they will also be asked to go home, they will also be asked to go home, they will also be asked to go home, they will not be able to remain until their holiday comes to an end, they will have to leave or they will be fined. another interesting point, odd situation on the border, a lot of people live their lives on both sides of the border, some people may get their education on the other side, the welsh government saying people can't continue their education if they live on either side of the border, the school terms are different. —— people can. a number of different variables. what will be interesting today when mark dra keford will be interesting today when mark drakeford does will be interesting today when mark dra keford does his will be interesting today when mark drakeford does his press conference, whether or not he will set out a plan for post firebreak, what will happen after that, he has said there won't be more local lockdown measures, it will be more unified,

national approach and don't be interesting to see if we get more details on that later. we will look out for that. thank you. let's talk to the economist and vice chair of the northern powerhouse partnership, lordjim 0'neill.(0s) thank you forjoining us. people may well be aware that the great northern conference has been taking place, six years since george 0sborne, the former chancellor, announced the northern power has partnership plan, as you will be aware. yesterday at the conference he said borisjohnson needs to be more courageous giving local leaders the ability to make more decisions ona the ability to make more decisions on a range of issues. do you think that ability has been hampered in terms of handling the response to the pandemic? i would answer you slightly differently. i think the way the pandemic has unfolded and many examples we see of what the government has done suggests while

they like to play at the northern powerhouse idea, while they like to play at the concept of devolution, they haven't thought it through. because if they had, they wouldn't have made the repeated mishaps that they've done in the past fortnight about financing the mess with greater manchester, they wouldn't have made the mistakes they made over test and trace, some of the responsibilities should have been devolved months ago, given the obvious evidence that local authorities understand what's going on in their neighbourhoods better. i could go on and on and on, the whole fiasco over education results, close to deliberately penalising people from disadvantaged backgrounds. the government needs to somehow cut this persistent gap between the rhetoric and image of what they are trying to promote and actually the substance,

trying to do these things. at some point, if they don't, it will cost them permanently in terms of the likelihood of their support as a government. a lot of rhetoric, you say that needs to be lived up to but do you think if andy burnham had known when those discussions were going on over the financial settlement, what rishi sunak was going to announce yesterday, that would have made a difference? well, i think it would have made a difference. i mean, ithink, myself, couple of weeks ago, when this all started to blow up, it reminded me of something i had said to many parts of the bbc when the mess started, particularly for some sectors, i could not see why the government would not provide some kind of income support for the businesses as well as employees. particularly given how relatively small in the big scale of things the hospitality sector is, and essentially, that is what they have now done and if the chancellor would have done that in the first place,

then the core, almost pedantic issue of £5 million, seemingly, between him and andy burnham would not have happened but there we are. those north—south tensions were very much in evidence yesterday when andy burnham, steve rotherham, other metro mayors spoke to the business committee and the government was asked why london dishes seem to be more important than those in the north. steve rotherham saying areas we re north. steve rotherham saying areas were disadvantaged, like his, what does that do to the concept of the northern powerhouse, to levelling up and more immediately, to managing the virus? those are two quite different questions although they relate to each other. i think the way i will answer you, any leaders, whether it be a private business or a government, you would think if you

wa nt to a government, you would think if you want to get back into the initiatives you are pursuing, you try and get the right form of incentives and the government is soon going to have to shut up com pletely soon going to have to shut up completely about levelling up and the northern powerhouse, or, start treating it more substantively rather than just a some kind treating it more substantively rather thanjust a some kind of image game. and it's sort of, it's almost as though northern leaders and many northern people are treated as some kind of idiots thinking they will co nsta ntly as some kind of idiots thinking they will constantly believe the rhetoric and ignore the repeated disappointment over substance. i mean, for much of the past few yea rs, mean, for much of the past few years, it's been about northern transport and now it's gone into much more important issues are not over education, skills, livelihoods, and in this case, everybody ‘s health during the pandemic. yet many northern voters voted for conservative mps in the last election, didn't they? well, i tell you what, if it carries on like this for another three years, i would

think it's pretty unlikely they will do so in another three years! so you are talking about the government putting literally, its money where its mouth is and notjust that, presumably, presumably you are talking about a greater devolution of power, even, to local leaders? completely. what this episode has demonstrated is it so much more powerful than any words that people like myself and others who were behind the creation of the northern powerhouse concept, we talked a lot about the ideas of devolution, now everybody all over britain knows who these mayors are and the idea that england should continue to be ran in this remarkably centralised way, which, by the way, is unique in leading 0ecd countries, at the same time as persisting with this massive geographic inequality and

productivity performance is, you would think, going back to the rhetoric, as to why the government sort of talks about it, is something they would be really into doing given the electoral surprise that they had. and yet, it seems often, they had. and yet, it seems often, they haven't thought through any of they haven't thought through any of the detail and they need to get on with it, otherwise it's going to end up with it, otherwise it's going to end up costing them a much more importantly, in my view, it will harm the country the way it has done for many, many years. lord o'neill, thank you. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... donald trump and joe biden clash over race and coronavirus in their final debate before the us election. wales prepares for a 17 day lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level of restrictions begin in greater manchester. retail sales rose for the fifth month in a row in september, boosted by non—food items like diy and garden supplies.

yesterday, the chancellor unveiled increased support for jobs and workers hit by covid restrictions — after growing calls from firms based in tier two areas that the system, as it stood, was unfair. rishi sunak announced big changes to thejob support scheme, which is set to replace furlough in november. let's get more from our political correspondent helen catt. good morning to you, helen. interesting to hear lord 0'neill say if andy burnham had known what rishi sunak was going to announce yesterday, it may have made a difference to all of those discussions. what's the reaction been, broadly, to what the chancellor had to say? there's been a broadly welcome reaction to the changes the chancellor has made but there have been questions about timing, to roll back a bit and talk about the changes. there is no doubt they are very significant to the job support scheme which comes in from the ist of november, it was

announced last month, with the chancellor has done is make it more generous than it otherwise would have been. employees can work for fewer hours, a fit of the usual hours and get more of the usual income, up to three quarters and what he is also done is change who funds that, the balance of the fun side, employers have to put in less than they would have had to, the government putting in more, about half. they've also announced this fund for hospitality and leisure businesses particularly, under height restrictions in tier 2, not being told to shut but having their business hampered by restrictions, they can have a grant of £2100 every month and this is the bit i think it's really important for manchester and areas which have been under restrictions, they can be backdated toi restrictions, they can be backdated to i think it'sjuly or august. the element of that is important to areas which have already been under tier 2 restrictions for some time. i said there has been criticism of the timing of this announcement. the chief secretary to the treasury

steve barclay rebuffed claims earlier that if they had announced it earlier then we could have avoided people already been laid off. key distinction between the support we've had in place, notjust furlough or self—employed but the business grants, tax deferrals, the measures to support cash flow that were set out by the chancellor in his winter plan. and then, as we come to what we recognise will be a difficult winter, having further support for those businesses both that are forced to close and therefore we support workers by the government stepping in with further support, the two thirds support that the chancellor has announced, but also recognising for many businesses, even if they're not required to close, they are impacted by the restrictions and that's why the chancellor has set out the further measures yesterday. business groups have welcomed us and the labour party has to some extent welcomed it but pointed to the fact rishi sunak has already had to change the scheme a month after he announced at an before it's even come into force. the government,

ministers, they say the path of the virus has changed, this is all about being able to adapt to that. helen, thank you. so what do businesses make of those announcements? let's get some reaction — i'm joined now by rain newton—smith, chief economist of the confederation of british industry, which is a major business group. good morning to you. let's pick up on the notion of this announcement by the chancellor yesterday coming too late for businesses who made the decision to let staff go as the end of the furlough scheme comes to an end. is it too late, really too late for those people to have theirjobs saved, to stem a wave of redundancies? no, i don't think it's too late. of course it would have been helpful to have that support, additional support, in place earlier. but i think this absolutely will save jobs. earlier. but i think this absolutely will savejobs. we earlier. but i think this absolutely will save jobs. we know earlier. but i think this absolutely will savejobs. we know from earlier. but i think this absolutely will save jobs. we know from the first announcement on the job

support scheme, even then, manufacturers, aviation companies, many businesses were telling us this will really help them protectjobs through the winter but i think what's really important is actually the chancellor has listened to us and listened to the tuc and listened to others who have said, you know what, you could improve the way you've designed this scheme and actually come up with rising infection rates, what we are seeing is there is no part of the economy that isn't affected by this pandemic and how it's unfolding over the winter. we need more support in place. you need to lower the contributions, it's really important that employers make a contribution to the non—worked hours but a lower contribution will allow businesses to save many more jobs, contribution will allow businesses to save many morejobs, particularly in our really hard to hit hospitality businesses, arts businesses, theatres, and so much more so i think what's most important is the chancellor has acted and this will save hundreds of thousands of jobs over the

acted and this will save hundreds of thousands ofjobs over the tough winter months ahead. yes, over the winter months ahead. yes, over the winter but how long is this sort of support, this level of support, sustainable and affordable for? 0bviously, sustainable and affordable for? obviously, the government, and we all hope a vaccine will write to the rescue and take us out of the situation but in the meantime how long is this affordable for? look, the chancellor has committed to keeping the scheme running for at least six months and i think that's really important, businesses have the confidence that this will be in place until the end of march and i think what we have to hope is that we will see more of a recovery in the economy by then. i think eve ryo ne the economy by then. i think everyone knows these winter months are going to be really tough but i think we will see, there are parts of the economy now that are growing and what is important is we have a mechanism, the alternative would be far worse, we cannot have unemployment reaching double digit figures overwinter, when we know we are still really in a firefighting mode against this virus. and this

will help to save so manyjobs and over the long run, that will help to support the public finances and this will help build that bridge to the other side of this crisis. i think we may need to seek the chancellor evolved support as we have seen him be prepared to act in the past and i think we are very much interested in how do we get businesses to invest, how do we get businesses to invest, how do we help them notjust survive through the winter but thrive, to invest and build and grow for the future. so he may need to do more to act on that. let's pick up on that point, your colleague and director—general of the cbi team carolyn fairburn, said looking beyond firefighting, the chancellor will need to look at ways of stimulating business investment and innovation which will be key to a thriving economy again and as you said, some sectors are growing still but those are big ambitions in the current circumstances. more specifically, how does the cbi, what does the cbi think the chancellor

needs to do to get beyond the firefighting? i think it's a couple of things, we would like to see, as one business said to me, where is the build, build, build? the prime minister talked a lot about that but we have not seen the energy white paper, a national infrastructure strategy deliver yet so the government needs to get on and deliver some of these really big strategies that set out how we will see public investment in the move to a low carbon economy, in retrofitting our homes and making them more energy efficient. those are some of the things that help create jobs. we need are some of the things that help createjobs. we need to are some of the things that help create jobs. we need to see the government act much more decisively on that. and i think secondly, we then need to look at mechanisms to help businesses themselves invest in new technology so, whether that's productivity vouchers that individual businesses can use to build a website, those readily

available technologies, that is something we think the government should look at. but importantly, we think there is such a role to help businesses invest and adapt to the new normal so that means, if it's a pub, building and outside space which will make it much easier for them to keep going, particularly when we emerge from this crisis in the spring. 0r whether it's helping a company built a website which will help them get to so many more clients and customers that they can do at the moment. there are some simple things i think government could do, working with our banks, our financial systems, but providing more direct support to companies to invest, grow, build thosejobs of the future. thank you for your time. ninety waste—water treatment sites across the uk are testing sewage for traces of covid—19, as part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks before they spread. scientists established earlier this year that fragments of the virus‘s genetic material could be identified

in human waste as our health correspondent, naomi grimley reports. could waste water be essential in the fight against covid—19? that's the theory at this sewage treatment works in beckton, london, the biggest of its kind in europe. scientists from universities such as newcastle have been experimenting since the spring with regular tests on sewage, after they realised that fragments of the virus‘s dna can be detected in waste. the department for the environment says a pilot in september helped spot rising infections in plymouth, where a cluster was silently growing. during september there was a sudden spike, and that enabled local health officials to try to identify where around plymouth there might have been a particular problem. and that showed a problem that was around even though the test

and trace system hadn't shown it at that point. the technique is already being used on university campuses in america, which are analysing waste from student residences twice a week, helping to spot asymptomatic cases. from today, 90 treatment sites will be doing this in england, scotland and wales. they will share their analysis with test and trace to help them hone in on particular areas, as well as tip off local nhs services. it's an unlikely story of human ingenuity and human waste combining, to provide a much—needed early warning. naomi grimley, bbc news. the time is 29 minutes past nine. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. i was glad of your reminder about the clocks going back, i had forgotten about that.

the clocks go back out 2am on sunday, if you have young kids, it doesn't really matter, just another hour of chaos to the day. and quite chaotic weather. sunshine and showers in the west of scotland and northern ireland, although sunshine will come out in parts of england and wales as the rain clears. patchy rain working towards the south—east through the day. temperatures of 15 or16 through the day. temperatures of 15 or 16 degrees, ten or 11 towards the north and west. this evening, a few showers in the far south and east, most showers in the far south and east, m ost pla ces showers in the far south and east, most places will be dry. another band of rain pushes and towards western areas. this time, it will come with stronger wind. western isles of scotland could see wind gusting in excess of 70 mph. a windier day for all of us tomorrow. 0n windier day for all of us tomorrow. on this band of rain is where we will see the strongest wind. it's going to be a wetter day across the south as the rain spread through. an intense burst of rain with wind touching 60 mph. we will all see wind touch gale force uptimes. at least the day should finish brighter

the west. this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... donald trump and joe biden clash over race and coronavirus in their final debate before the us election. wales prepares for a 17 day lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level of restrictions begin in greater manchester. retail sales rose for the fifth month in a row in september, boosted by non—food items like diy and garden supplies. how testing sewage can be part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks of coronavirus before they spread. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning. on what was in general a good night

for british clubs in europe, celtic aside, there was one of those sporting moments that will be played again and again, and will define the career of kemar roofe. playing for rangers, in belguim, he first of all, beats seveal players on a mazy run, before, from 54.6 yards out, inside his own half and the furthest distance ever, for a goal scored in the europa league. and it was in injury time, to seal the win over standard liege. one of his teamates and manager said it was one of the greatest goals ever. he's played it down, saying it doesnt get you any you any more than a tap in. that goal compounded a miserable night for celtic. mohamed elyounoussi gave the scottish champions, hope of a fight back against ac milan, but despite late pressure, they lost 3—1, in the end. there was a comprehensive win for spurs. heung min son, getting the final goal in their 3—0 win, against lask. an impressive debut for new striker carlos vinicius too. he set up two of the goals

and impressed his manager. first match, i'm really happy. the only thing that was missing there was was one goal, but then we could see that is much more than that. not selfish is a good target, man. you can even play with harry kane when his good period arrive. 3,000 fans saw arsenal come from behind to beat rapid vienna in austria. gunners pair bernd leno, and david luiz, gifted the home side the lead, but luiz made amends and levelled the game before pierre emerick, aubameyang completed the comeback. a convincing win for leicester too as they beat ukrainian side zorya luhansk 3—0. kelechi iheanacho set up the first two, before scoring their third. wales women's side kept their hopes of reaching next summer's euros with a 4—0 win over faroe islands. they started slowly and were 1—0 up at half time. but two goals from natasha harding

and this one from lily woodham sealed victory, narrowing the gap on group c leaders norway to four points. england's preparations for their six nations re—start next weekend could be dealt a huge blow. they're due to play the barbarians at twickenham on sunday, as a warm up. but 12 of the baabaas squad have had to self—isolate after leaving their hotel for a meal and the match could be off. chris robshaw, richard wigglesworth, sean maitland and jackson wray are among the 12 barbarians players stood down from sunday's fixture against england after breaking covid rules. the ba bas are still hoping to find enough replacements. in rugby league, the super league grand final will be played at the k.com stadium in hull a week today. it's the first time it's not been held at old trafford. meanwhile there were two matches in rugby league's superleague last night. in the late game wakefield beat hudderfield by 18 points to 1a — earlier castleford beat hull kr 32-18.

castleford dominated and ran in five tries to hull kr's three, the last claimed by greg eden with his second of the match. britain's tao geoghegan hart has ridden himself right into contention to win the giro d'italia after finishing second on a dramatic stage 18. it's rare the riders, see snow here at stelvio pass, the hardest climb in the race, as the race is normally held in may. and a tight finish with britain's, geoghegan hart pipped in the closing stages by jai hindley. but it's dutch rider vilco kelderman who takes the leaders pinkjersey. all three men though are in contention to win the race overall. england's tyrrell hatton is tied for second after the first round of the zozo championship in california. hatton made eight birdies in his round of 65. colombia's sebastian munoz has a one shot lead, but it was a day to forget for rory mcilroy and tiger woods who are back in 64th and 75th respectively.

finally, we must say happy birthday to one of the world's greatest ever footballers — pele, who's 80 today. the brazilian icon once said "i was born for football like beethoven was born for music." some of his greatest goals were at the 1970 world cup finals. a giant pele street mural will be unveiled in the coastal city of santos today, to mark 80 years of footballing greatness. great ambassador for the sport as well. happy birthday to pele. i willjoin you in wishing him happy birthday! tougher coronavirus restrictions are coming into effect for nearly six million people in england and wales today. many of you have been sending in your questions about what you can

and can't do in your areas. with me to try and answer some of them is professor sian griffiths, an epidemiologist and advisory member of the board of public health england. and i'm alsojoined by professor jonathan ball, professor of molecular virology at the university of nottingham. a very warm welcome to both of you. thank you very much for your time today. we have had lots of questions, as you can imagine, on the tier system and other areas as well. from christine in derbyshire, i will give this to you, jonathan, to mark different households, want to mark different households, want to meet with me for a chat. i live ina tier2 to meet with me for a chat. i live in a tier 2 area and they live in a different tier 2. what can i do?m it was in the same area, then there was a possibility you might be able to meet outdoors. unfortunately, because you are in different areas, that would mean that you need to

travel. unfortunately, all but essential travel is advised against. i don't think there is a way around this. even if somebody lives in a different tier 2 area, it mightjust bea different tier 2 area, it mightjust be a few miles down the road, the same rule applies, doesn't it?m does, it is all about limiting interactions between different households. that is what spreads the virus. that is why these restrictions are in place. our instinct is to make that human contact, it is what we do very naturally. but those instincts, u nfortu nately, have naturally. but those instincts, unfortunately, have to be curbed for the moment. a question from cara, he says, my son is at birmingham university, tier 2, can he come home to stay during half term in a tier1 area? unfortunately, the same rule applies. i think that the university of birmingham will probably be advising students not to leave until the end of term. that is the general

advice on most university students. as you know, university students are particularly high risk because they have had the highest rates of covid in recent weeks. sol have had the highest rates of covid in recent weeks. so i think the best advice for your son is not to come home. he should not come home from tier2to tier! home. he should not come home from tier 2 to tier! for half term. he needs to stay in birmingham. yes, probably not the answer that cara was looking for. but hopefully, fingers crossed, at christmas it will be a different story. trisha in lancashire asks, i am in tier 3, can i still tutor in children's households? i have five students in different households, and i would wear a face shield. most of the restrictions are designed to limit mostly social interactions. and understanding that people will have to continue to work. there is guidance available for people to work safely on other people's households. if you look on the

government coronavirus website, it explains all the precautions you have to take. it is the sensible, logical things. for example, if have to take. it is the sensible, logicalthings. for example, if you can keep two metres, you do that. if not, one metre plus and wearing things like a face shield, or increasing the ventilation in the room. also, be aware of touch surfaces. because that is another route that the virus can use to spread. i guess if tricia can do it, the various families can do it, maybe do the tutoring online? that is certainly the approach that lots of university students are experiencing at the moment. it's a very effective way of teaching. and that removes all of the risk. rose has a question. she is in greater manchester. she says, i am has a question. she is in greater manchester. she says, lam in has a question. she is in greater manchester. she says, i am in a bubble with my partner who lives 50 steps away, so very nearby. she says we both live alone. she asks, can i see my 92—year—old mum who also

lives alone? they are in greater manchester, so in tier 3 right now. this is a bit of a difficult one, because i think we are all aware of the isolation that many elderly people felt during lockdown. and although we are not supposed to have more than one bubble, i presume she is in more than one bubble, i presume she isina more than one bubble, i presume she is in a bubble with her partner, there are also exceptions that are listed at the end of the tier 3 guidance which do say that if someone is vulnerable then visiting someone is vulnerable then visiting someone who is vulnerable and in needis someone who is vulnerable and in need is ok. so, as long as all the precautions are taken, keeping your distance, wearing a mask, washing hands, i think it would be possible to call in and see her mother, and make sure she is ok. as you say very clearly, all of those precautions should absolutely be taken. jenny asks, cani should absolutely be taken. jenny asks, can i meet five friends in my garden as long as we stay outside

whilst my husband and children remain indoors? jenny is in a tier 2 area. yes, the restrictions are for tier 2 that you can meet up to six people outdoors. whilst outdoors is your garden, i think strictly speaking that is fine. as long as your husband and other members of your husband and other members of yourfamily are your husband and other members of your family are not tempted to join in. as long as the group doesn't get larger than six, that is permissible. 0k. larger than six, that is permissible. ok. that is a clear cut answer. carol in staffordshire has a really tough situation. her mother's funeral is next week. we are really sorry, carol, to hear about the loss of your mum. the funeral is taking place in atl one area. carol's brother lives in atf three area and she asks, can he attend? —— in a tier 3 area. yes, carol, i am sorry

to hear about your mother. again, attending a funeral is an exception to the tier 3 rules. however, your brother should not attend the wake. that is the clearest guidance we can give you. i think everybody understands the need for being together in these sort of times, like funerals. so, he could attend as long as the funeral... i think in tier! it is 30 people. but he should not attend the wake and he should not attend the wake and he should obviously be aware of all of those things like wearing a mask, and keeping your distance. he is coming from an area of higher infection. so he really needs to be very careful. these questions remind us, don't they, of so many impacts of this virus and the restrictions that have to be followed. now, bill is in staffordshire, jonathan. he says, can i see my osteopath in a level three area? he lives in a

level three area? he lives in a level one area, and his back is playing up and i would like to receive treatment. we are talking about going from an area of lower infection to one of higher infection for treatment. again, this is a very difficult one. these sorts of cases highlight the problems sometimes of navigating between the guidance, and also, of course, the underpinning law. so he is strongly discouraged from going out of or into a tier 3 area, there are still some exceptions around things like childcare things like medical treatment. if it's avoidable, don't. u nfortu nately treatment. if it's avoidable, don't. unfortunately that is not always the case. as long as precautions are taken, that should be ok. lawrence

in london says when moving house from a higher to lower tier, do i ta ke from a higher to lower tier, do i take my existing tier with me or embrace the local tier to which i am moving? that is an interesting question, it is all about risk. the risk of being infected in a tier 2 level is higher than tier !. however, you actually adopt the risk, you adopt the behaviour of your tier. if you are moving, you go from tier !, then you are technically in tier !. but it is up to you, lawrence, really. you know you have come from tier 2. take the extra precautions, although you can behave and use the rules of tier !, you know that you have come from tier 2. if it is a tricky one. after you have been a tier! for a while, tier! is your tier. you have been a tier! for a while, tier1 is your tier. it might be sensible to be extra careful for a while, and then move into that lower tiered behaviour, and mindset. brad

asks this question of you, jonathan. we area asks this question of you, jonathan. we are a family of five in south—west london. a couple we know are between house moves and need a place to stay for a few months. can they stay with us? i'm immediately thinking, the real six applying, and i wrong or right? you are bang on the money. it is the rule of six. indoors. unfortunately, because there are five people already living there, you can't extend that to seven. in other parts of the united kingdom, for example where children don't always count, that could be different. unfortunately, in england, it is the rule of six. u nfortu nately, england, it is the rule of six. unfortunately, you can't extend that hospitality to your friends. john talks about staying overnight. he is asking members of a tier 2 household, can i travel by car to a household, can i travel by car to a household in tier 1 household, can i travel by car to a household in tier! and stay overnight question that is not

advisable. the basic guidance is try to travel as little as possible. also, i don't know how many people are travelling, but, again, the rule of six would apply. also, staying overnight is discouraged, from tier to tier1. it overnight is discouraged, from tier to tier !. it is not absolutely not allowa ble, to tier !. it is not absolutely not allowable, but it is, i think, strongly discouraged.” allowable, but it is, i think, strongly discouraged. i guess it is all about what sacrifices or inconveniences people are prepared to make to put up with, for the greater good, essentially. eleanor asks, my hairdresser works from home, we are both in tier 2. can i go to her house to get my head on? yes, again, this relates to an ability to continue to work. therefore your hairdresser is allowed to continue to work, provided that she follows the coronavirus guidance. again, that means to limit your risk to the

person visiting you. wearing a visor, ensuring that surfaces are clea n, visor, ensuring that surfaces are clean, making sure that everything is cleaned between customers, between visits. provided there is clear guidance in place, and they are operating to that level, it's fine. what eleanor may want to get all of that reassurance i guess, that those procedures are happening. another question about operating from home, working from home, from eve. my friend is a beauty therapist, operating from home. we are in tier3. therapist, operating from home. we are in tier 3. should she be doing this? the guidance is clear that keeping work going as one of the key aims, because we obviously want to get the economy holding up as much as it can under these restrictions. somebody who is working at home in tier3, and is having somebody who is working at home in tier 3, and is having clients or visits from someone in tier 3,

everybody has to take the precautions really seriously. i think it is very similar to the questionjonathanjust think it is very similar to the question jonathan just answered. if it isa question jonathan just answered. if it is a covid secure environment for the beauty therapist, nobody is saying the beauty therapist can't work at the moment. however, at a local level, there may be some discussion and there may be some changes. you do need to check your local level. check the guidance for your local level. you can put your postcode in on the track and it will tell you exactly how the general regulations, which i think we are reflecting today, may be altered at a local level. why not go 0k. a view slightly broader questions now. this one is from christine, who is asking why aren't we using the nightingale hospital is for covid—19 patients, as that is what they were built for? and continuing with other care in other hospitals, and we have had a lot of questions on that theme, i would say. so, obviously we have heard a lot of concern, as cases of the virus on rise again about the fa ct the virus on rise again about the fact that nhs hospitals might become

overwhelmed. yeah, well, the nightingale hospitals were built with that in mind, to make sure that the nhs had the capacity to deal with coronavirus questions. —— patients. at the moment, the hospitals are coping with the numbers they are receiving. it is a valid question to ask them if you have a purpose built hospital, designed specifically to care for and look after coronavirus infected patients, why those facilities are not being used. these are very large hospitals, it is not the easiest thing to do. it's notjust the hospital, it's also the people that work in them, the nurses, clinical staff, everything to do with the hospital, you need all that in place, you need that infrastructure. after moment, clearly there a decision being made that it is best to keep the care in the hospital setting at the moment. but, you know, if things get worse, no doubt the nightingales will be used. but

it is an excellent question. paul, let's see if we can squeeze in another question from paul. what responsibility, if any, the pubs and rest room spare for enforcing the rules about households mixing indoors and wearing masks? is it a matter for the owner or management, or local council and police? matter for the owner or management, or local council and police ?|j matter for the owner or management, or local council and police? i think it isa or local council and police? i think it is a combined matter. it is up to each of us to behave inside the rules, sitting down, wearing a mask until you are served. it is up to the management to encourage the wearing of masks and visors, and it is also up to the local enforcement office rs is also up to the local enforcement officers to actually help the management and the people in the pubs to stick to the rules. because this is all about decreasing risk, notjust for ourselves, this is all about decreasing risk, not just for ourselves, but for our communities. it's very frustrating if you go somewhere and you are obeying the rules, and you see some of the else who is not and they are not being told that they should be doing some thing differently. so,

let's end the discussion there. thank you for sending in all of your questions, thank you very much, professor sean griffiths, professor jonathan ball, as ever, thank you for your contributions. shoppers have continued to increase their spending, with the amount of products bought rising for a fifth consecutive month in september, boosted by demand for diy and garden supplies. the office for national statistics says retail sales rose by1.5% compared with august. i'm joined by our business presenter, sima kotecha. tell us more about those september sales, and also how do those numbers fit in, in terms of the overall pattern through the year so far? we know that the high street has been struggling. it was struggling before

the pandemic, then the pandemic exacerbated the situation and made ita exacerbated the situation and made it a lot worse. a silver lining today, if you like, retail sales, as you say, have gone up. a1.5% increase from august to september and a 5.5% increase overall from february. so, pre—pandemic levels, sales actually hire from back then. what has been driving this increase? as you just mentioned, things like gardening, diy, we know that gardening, diy, we know that gardening stalls where one of the first businesses to open after lockdown. lots of people, perhaps looking for things to do, while they haven't been going to work, working from home. 0nline sales also up dramatically. i don't know about you, but i know people in my household had been sitting on the sofa with their tablet and their laptop, buying things online. sometimesjust laptop, buying things online. sometimes just looking for things to do. an grocery shopping, also up dramatically, with people buying a lot more food. but it's not all

rosy. fuel sales have gone down, for obvious reasons. fewer people are driving their cars and going to places. analysts a re driving their cars and going to places. analysts are concerned that this surge in sales is not being seen. there are more restrictions from tonight, meaning more shops will close on people will not be going to work as much, so they will not have as much income coming in. the darker nights might mean they don't want to do as much. maybe diy and gardening will suffer as a result of that. but retailers will hope that the desire to buy christmas presents will keep them in the black in a few months ahead. nearly one in 10 workers who were furloughed due to the pandemic were still asked to work by their bosses, according to a survey by the national audit office.

the nao says many firms broke the rules of thejob rentention scheme and suggested this kind of fraud may cost the tax payers up to £3.9bn. the coronavirusjobs retention scheme supported more than 9.6 million workers at its peak. the government defended the scheme, calling it a ‘lifeline' and said without it — many lives would have been ruined during lockdown. marcus rashford has been retweeting cafes a nd restau ra nts across the country offering free lunches to children who need it. the england and manchester united footballer has been leading a campaign for free school meals scheme to be extended over school holidays until easter 2021 — which was rejected by mps this week he's tweeted places across the country this morning, from sheffield to falmouth to lincoln to cumbria, which are offering families meals — pledging support to his campaign. yesterday, mr rashford also visited a new foodbank warehouse named after his mother. it's been set up by the charity fareshare who say they are distributing

double the amount of food than before the pandemic. in response, they've taken on a new depot in manchester, which has been named melanie maynard house. marcus rashford said he was disappointed by the reaction from some mps to the campaign. people have opinions. whether or not they understand fully what the families are going through is another conversation. but, because of that, it's easier for me to sort of dismiss a lot of the people that are making those opinions, because, you know, i know for sure that a lot of them speak in the way that they speak and it's so insensitive about the issue, and they've definitely not been through it themselves. so, for me, you know, i'll take that all day long. as long as we start to see improvements, going forward, for the people that are in need of it now is what's important to me. so i don't mind the criticism.

now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. like today, the weekend will also have its wetter, but also sunnier moments. unlike today, the wind will be pretty strong at times. it is all linked to areas of cloud, developing the areas of low pressure we have in the atlantic at the moment. they will be working towards us. the first sign of it was the cloud and rain they saw in western areas to start the day. that is pushing eastwards. still starting afternoon wet across parts of western gwent, afternoon wet across parts of western gwe nt, wales afternoon wet across parts of western gwent, wales on the south—west. notice how the rain diminishes as the cloud pushes eastwards. writer spells wait time in east anglia the south—east, one or two motor showers here. a lot was trying to finish the day across scotland, northern ireland, northern and western england and wales. a few showers in scotland and northern ireland and the coolest of the conditions. cloudy and drizzle across england and wales, many areas will be dry. like last night, turning wet again towards the western half of the country. a fairly cool night, but unlike last

night, the wind even stronger. 70 mph gusts possible. that will lead into a windy weekend for the rest of us. be prepared if you are on the move. there could be some travel disruption, and even minor damage with trees and branches down. the wind is attached to this branch of rain starting in scotland and northern ireland, working across england and wales. notice a bright colours. there will be a shortish speu colours. there will be a shortish spell of intense rain for some of you as it works its way eastwards during the afternoon. with the intense rain will come the strongest of the wind. we could see gusts around 60 miles an hour, quite widely we will see gale force gusts across the country. at least the day will finish with some sunshine across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales. here, the coolest conditions ten or 11, may be 17 across the corner of south anglia, before the rain arrives. very heavy rain here to finish the day. that will clear off during saturday night. into sunday, a revolving area of pretty deep low pressure remains to the north—west. continuing to feed in plenty of

showers across western scotland, and may be northern ireland. here, the strongest of the wind, topping 62 mph in places. gusty wind elsewhere in the country. a more straightforward mix of sunshine and showers. eastern area see more sunshine, western area see some showers, some of them heavy february. 0n showers, some of them heavy february. on saturday we will all feel fresher. 0n february. on saturday we will all feel fresher. on sunday, an extra hourin feel fresher. on sunday, an extra hour in bed. the clocks go back at 00:59:25,390 --> 2147483052:06:28,077 2am and darker evenings are on the 2147483052:06:28,077 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 way.