this is bbc news i'm jane hill. the headlines: tougher coronavirus rules for millions of people across the uk. tier 3 restrictions are now in force in manchester. a firebreak lockdown starts in wales in an hour's time two weeks is probably not long enough but it depends if people adhere to it. it is very, very scary. warrington in cheshire is the latest part of england to agree to follow the toughest "tier three" restrictions — nottingham is expected to be next. no clear winner in the final us presidential debate but donald trump and joe biden clash over claims of corruption and coronavirus. manchester united star

marcus rashford won't accept defeat in his campaign to extend free school meals in england. and england's match against the barbarians at twickenham on sunday is called off after 12 barbarians players were stood down for breaking covid rules. swathes of britain are facing stricter coronavirus rules, with nearly six million people affected. ministers say the measures are needed to get infections under control. in the next hour — from six o'clock this evening, more than 3 million people in wales will have to stay at home as a 17—day ‘firebreak‘ lockdown begins. greater manchester has

entered england's highest tier of restrictions, joining liverpool city region and lancashire. south yorkshire will also move into tier three overnight. warrington moves to tier three as well — nottingham may be next. let's hear first on the latest from wales and tomos morgan in chepstow. well up until today, almost 80% of the welsh population have been under local measures, meaning that it has been banned by law from leaving or entering those areas and from mixing indoors with other households. now, i'm in chepstow in monmouthshire, this is an area that hasn't been under those measures because the levels here have remained low for the best part, but now numbers have been rising here, as they have across the whole of wales. those local measures haven't been enough. after over one month of local restrictions, tonight sparks the beginning of a new national approach in wales. people will be urged to stay

at home, much like in march, during a two—week long firebreak, which will affect over three million people. the lockdown that wales is doing just seems to be too short for anybody to know at the end of it whether or not it is made any difference. it is very, very scary. especially for people living on their own. two weeks is probably... its probably not enough, but it depends people adhere to it. so what will and won't be open from 6pm this evening? restaurants, bars and cafes will close and will only be able to provide takeaway services. hair salons and garden centres will also shut, along with all other nonessential shops and businesses. pharmacies, post offices and banks will stay open, along with essential food shops. however, big shops will not be able to sell any nonessential goods, something that has caused some confusion here. if we are going to be successful and slow the spread of infection, we have to reduce contact

between people wherever possible. this, as we have said before, is a short, sharp shock to the virus to turn back the clock and to ensure that our nhs is not overrun. chepstow in monmouthshire is one of the few areas that has not been under local lockdown measures recently. some here feel that tonight's restrictions are unfairly penalising businesses in those areas. when will it end? that's the biggest thing. how many more lockdowns will it take? how many more businesses are going to lose? can you survive another firebreak and more lockdown is if it were to come to that? who knows? i can't say. it will be very difficult, for sure. economists have warned that a firebreak or circuit breaker could cost the welsh economy £500 million. the aim of this national approach is to slow the spread of the virus and reduce the impact

on the health service. with winter fast approaching, the welsh government are aiming to provide businesses and the public with as normal a christmas as possible, given the circumstances. the first minister is yet to announce what the approach will be after this firebreak comes to an end but i am told it won't be back to local measures, it will be a new national approach but, does that mean that all the businesses that have been closed over this period will reopen straightaway on november the night? we don't know at the moment. schools will be reopening partially in phases, but another firebreak in the new year hasn't been ruled out by the welsh government. speaking to the news channel earlier the first minister of wales mark drakeford said a "short but deep ‘fire break‘ period" would help wales to "get to christmas without needing to repeat this kind of measure". there are very few areas in wales i am afraid that are not above the 50

and 100,000 threshold that includes weightier interviews are being carried out which is about 50 today. only one local authority that still holds out below the 50 and that is why we need wales wide efforts and i think the parts of wales that are being protected by the actions of the other everything we can understand that we need every person and every part of wales to be making their contribution of the next two weeks to putting our nhs back on track, breaking the chains of transmission that allow coronavirus to get out of control and allowing us all to have a pathway through the christmas where we do not need to have restrictions of this severity again. i will be talking more about the impact on businesses in wales and the impact on well stories them so thatis the impact on well stories them so that is coming up a little bit

later. as we mentioned, greater manchester moved into england's highest level of coronavirus restrictions at midnight. many pubs and bars are now closed, while household mixing is limited to parks and other large open spaces. dan johnson reports. we are closing our doors at ten o'clock. we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting bar pop... another round of restrictions, a further tightening of the rules means life here is now that little bit tougher. and what happens next is a major question mark. why we are here tonight, i think, is just to support our local scene, because we are concerned that some of them might not open again. we'll have to see how things turn out, i'm not sure these changes will make a big difference but we'll wait and see. good night, guys. closing time. and nobody knows for how long. we really don't know whether we'll be able to open up and whether staff will have their jobs when we come back to it. they say it will be in december, but we'll see. manchester has a huge, vibrant independent hospitality scene

and i believe this could kill us. after a bitter row about money to support staff, people across greater manchester woke to the reality of tier 3 restrictions that have been imposed by the government. this is a shutdown of people's workplaces, their businesses and, perhaps, the focus of their social lives, the shops are open, though it's really quiet this morning, and the reality is, for lots of people, they have been living like this now for months anyway. and the high level alert zone will creep further east into south yorkshire tomorrow, affecting more communities and livelihoods. i think there needs to be greater recognition that businesses here are already on their knees, they are lean, they have spent the bounceback loans. this virus isn't going anywhere, we have to find a way of having a functioning economy and keeping people safe

and not one or the other. and concerns extend across the north, with a sense the drive behind the northern powerhouse is evolving as the pandemic involves. for much of the past few years, it's been about northern transport and now it's gone into much more important issues than that, over education, skills, livelihoods and, in this case, everybody's health during the pandemic. and the government has got to be a lot more thoughtful. these measures are in place for at least a month, but there's a chance they'll last much longer. nottinghamshire and the north east are likely to face this in the days ahead and there's the prospect even tighter rules could follow. dan johnson, bbc news, in manchester. dozens of cafes, pubs and restaurants — as well as several councils — have stepped in to offer free school meals for children in england during half term, after the government refused to fund them. the footballer, marcus rashford, has used twitter to highlight

the places which are now offering children free food, and he's promised to carry on campaigning on the issue — as ben brown has been finding out. marcus rashford was helping out at the food warehouse named after his mother, melanie, who was there with him as he loaded up supplies. he said he's been blown away by support for his campaign for free school meals from businesses around the country and he has this message for his critics. i know for sure that a lot of them speak in the way that they speak and it is 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. it's what's important to me, so i don't mind the criticism. marcus rashford is used to scoring winning goals, but, this week, he suffered a defeat in the house of commons. mps voted by a majority of 61 not to extend free school meals

over holidays until next easter. so the noes have it, the noes have it. some local councils are now promising free meals over half term. but the government says, as far as it's concerned, there'll be no more u—turns. the issue is what is the best way of getting support to families and we have done that through the welfare system, through the support to local authorities, targeted measures in schools and, above all, trying to help as many people keep theirjobs through the package of measures we've set out. marcus rashford has also been hard at work on twitter, retweeting offers by cafes and restaurants to give free meals to schoolchildren over the half—term holiday. and he's called on people to unite to protect vulnerable children. for as long as they don't have a voice, he says, they'll have his. ben brown, bbc news.

the reproduction number, or r value, for covid—i9 has fallen slightly and there might have been a slowdown in the daily growth rate. latest figures from the government show the r number is i.2—i.4for the uk. that's down from i.3—i.5 last week. the latest figure means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 12 and 14 other people with coronavirus. we have also had the latest daily figures — with 20,530 new cases reported over the last 2a hours. our health correspondent anna collinson has the latest figures. they have been a further 224 deaths,

that covers those that have died within 28 days of a positive test and that is up from 189 yesterday. so, as the icm death are slowly rising. looking at the data of the past week or so, we are seeing increases over the past week with admissions, with patients and hospital, and those on ventilators. so, today the data is showing 1000 -- 1058 the so, today the data is showing 1000 —— 1058 the patient admitted around the peak it was 3000. more than 700 people on ventilators so we are seeing this graduate increase. 0ne potential positive which is tying in with the other data we have been hearing from today is that there have been a further 2530 new covid case is report that. that is a slight fall compared to yesterday and 5000 less than yesterday. so if there is a in a trend of both cases of infections, the first place we are going to see is in the cases.

hospital admissions, ventilators, thatis hospital admissions, ventilators, that is a week, two weeks down the line and it will live. at the first place we are going to see it taking off. regional variations which we only talk about as well. the government looks at beta—lactamase because it informs decisions as to where it does or does not face greater restrictions. absolutely. all of these data that we hear, the lns infection survey and their r number, they all influence decisions that are made and given a vast idea of what's going on. so earlier this afternoon a new r number was published, that the new reproduction numberand published, that the new reproduction number and it's decreased slightly. it's estimated to be between 1.2 and 1.4 which means every ten people who are infected with the virus will then pass it on till 12 or 14 other is on average. the number of new infections is still growing as well, between 3% and 6% today. but again that a slightly lower than last

week's range. a scientific adviser to the government say they are truly r number is likely to lie within those estimated ranges. this new date that is not necessarily mean things are going down, they say the epidemic is still increasing. we are still seeing rises but there is a potential slowdown. the headlines on bbc news: millions of people across the uk are facing tougher coronavirus rules. tier three restrictions are now in force in manchester. a firebreak lockdown starts in a few hours in wales. warrington in cheshire is the latest part of england to agree to follow the toughest "tier three" restrictions — nottingham is expected to be next. no clear winner in the final us presidential debate but donald trump and joe biden clash over claims of corruption and coronavirus

nicola sturgeon has announced a new tiered system of coronavirus restrictions for scotland, which will come into force a week on monday. unlike england, it will have five levels. 0ur correspondent, james shaw, gave us more details about what ms sturgeon had to say. level zero, that the first one, is essentially as close to normality as you can get, until there is an effective vaccine. and then the restrictions ramp up through levels one, two and three and nicola sturgeon explained that level three is similar to the restrictions that are in place, quite tight restrictions, in the central belt of scotland at the moment, so households, different households are not to meet indoors, most licensed premises closed and then level four, close to the kind of lockdown to be experienced in march of this year, although some activities will be able to continue, so schools will stay open, construction and manufacturing will continue but this is how nicola sturgeon explained her thinking. we do not envisage returning

to a situation as severe as the first lockdown imposed back in late march. i hope that helps to reinforce an important point. we are not back at square one. we have made progress in tackling the virus and we have more tools 110w at our disposal to help control it. today's framework will help us, i hope, to make further progress. and one other thing that the first minister was keen to stress in laying out these plans is that she wants to hear from stakeholders, in other words, people who will be affected in particular hospitality businesses, which we know have really felt the brunt of the restrictions in scotland and other parts of the uk. we will listen, she promised, although she didn't promise that she would be able to respond to all the requests that they made. the areas that will be affected, how the restrictions will affect different parts of scotland,

that will be decided over the next week. the scottish parliament will vote on these proposals on tuesday and they will come into effect, we expect, a week on monday, the 2nd of november. ealrier we spoke to scotlands deputy first ministerfor more he said the new framework will address the different rates of transmission across the country. what we want to do is to send out the information as clearly as he possibly can to members of the public and to demonstrate that there with be a necessity of differences in the way in which we apply any measures around the country to deal with the prevalence of coronavirus and we have varying rates of coronavirus in different parts of scotla nd coronavirus in different parts of scotland and the framework that we have set out today essentially makes it much clearer to different parts of the country and the likelihood of restrictions that will be in place

have given the prevalence of the virus and different parts of the country. you have had pretty severe restrictions on the central belt which of course millions of people, it's a large population. what are the signs as to the extent to which those are working? i think i will reinforce what your correspondent shared with you. what the data shows to us yes now is although the number of cases and the prevalence of the virus is continuing to rise, it is rising at a slower rate than would have been envisaged one, two, or three weeks ago. and that gives us some confidence that the measures that we put in place sometime ago to restrict, for example household visiting. it is not possible in scotla nd visiting. it is not possible in scotland for people to be inside other peoples houses and it has not been for some weeks. the effect of those measures and the more restrictive measures that we have had in the central belt for the last

two weeks are beginning to have that type of effect that we need them to have to blunt the growth in covid. i would say that it's very much that we are stemming the pace of increase. it is not that we managed to reduce covid so far. and the framework we have put in place is designed to give that clarity to different parts of the country because as i said in my previous answer, we have quite substantial variations in the prevalence of the virus in different parts of the country. you will know that the national clinical director has been talking about christmas and he said prepare for a digital christmas essentially, do you accept that? do you feel that is what is awaiting the people of scotland? christmas is quite a bit away and i think what my message would be is that we need to make sure that we use every available opportunity we have now,

today, every single day at the present moment to reduce the prevalence of the virus so that we can look forward to the areas of possible opportunity to be able to have a bit more flexibility in our lives and that of christ might include the period around christmas. what we managed to do in scotland of the seminary was to reduce covid to a very, very limited extent of presence within the country. it has made a reappearance and what we are seeing —— saying to people is that we know we can put covid at bay. we have than it already and we just need to re—intensify our efforts to make sure that is the case now. the deputy first minister there. let us talk about the situation facing people in wales. new restrictions for 17 days in wales. a fire break locked down is how it's being described. in a few minutes i will talk to people about the impact on tourism. first, it is here from our

correspondent about the situation for people on the border. he has more on that. it has been hard to see exactly where the border between england and wales lies. but it's been brought right back into focus by the pandemic. normally it would be expecting a baby half term week with thousands of visitors, not this year. nonessential businesses would have to close. sally lives in england but worked in wales and think it's unfair. winter is not good here anyway. so it willjust put us down even further. and we have all got massive overheads and massive rates. it is too much. the irony is that if you live on the side of the border in england then in some of the lowest infection rates in the uk and it's a tier1 area so that you are restrictions. across the border into wales, stay low infection rates but from tonight

effectively you are back into lockdown. he lives 50 metres across the english side of the border and he works in wales and unlike sally he works in wales and unlike sally he will be able to go into the office because he is a key worker. please listen to the welsh side because there was a lockdown for all of us because we are close enough that it affects us because we are on the border like you said. so we will not listen just to english wills, we listen to the welsh side as well. book shops would have to close tonight. this year has been a first when the impact of being on the border has been felt. it has been absolutely stark that you exist on the border and different rules for people who live 100 yards away from where i live and which is very odd and now different rules for businesses that are on the other side of the border as well. it is not just businesses

side of the border as well. it is notjust businesses that will be affected, 150 welsh students at tempest college and will still be able to do so after half—time. these two were preparing to catch the train home. it's difficult because i worry that i could potentially be bringing it come to my mother and father, both of which are key workers which is even harder. father, both of which are key workers which is even hardenfi father, both of which are key workers which is even harder. it is just so weird because you never quite know what you stand and particularly of the city me and my friends will get off at the same platform and we are all of a sudden not so post to be close to each other and it feels like we are in this weird reality. the tone of the pandemic is still being felt across the uk. let us talk about the impact on welsh tourism. we can speak now to andrew campbell, the chair of the wales tourism alliance — which represents 7,000 tourism businesses in wales — and to dawn farnworth — who set up her eco—conscious glamping

business earlier this year — and is on the welsh border in hay—on—wye. very good afternoon to you. when i'm feeling as if you could of the value toa feeling as if you could of the value to a whales of tourism, the economic value. good afternoon. is worth about £6.2 billion to welsh economy employs 130,000 people. what that is a17 employs 130,000 people. what that is a 17 day lockdown mean for you and that people you represent? these are very anxious times. we had a really tough year as everyone knows. we only had five weeks of strong trading, we were enjoying an indian summerand trading, we were enjoying an indian summer and that came about briefly and. the wave came quicker than we thought and many, many businesses are on the verge of collapse and it's a very desperate situation. the job losses have been mounting and from six o'clock and about half an hour we will have no revenue coming

in to tories and businesses. no revenue means no business to sell at the very desperate time. what representation in the last few months have you been making. what sort of response do you get when you talk to politicians and people making these decisions? what sort of response? is there an understanding of the impact? yes, we have been making representations all the way through, i have many meetings this morning, the financial manager is been helpful and will continue to be helpful and before coming on and i noticed that less government is making a concern about last week of 0ctober making a concern about last week of october with regards to the job retention scheme. so that's good news. there is an understanding, but we have to do more and we have to keep this sector intact. it's very, very troubling that we have got this second breaker now. we understand the health issues so we have to go

with it and we cannot fight that any more. we accept it is what it is, but when we come out of eight we might have a clear —— must have a clear road map. we don't want any more uncertainty, it's been crippling. we have been fighting and talking with welsh government to put that plan in place. i want to talk to you about the future as well. i am hoping we can speak to don who is running and ikoko clamping base needs. hello, i know we have a few technical difficulties, can you hear me? loud and clear, thank you. all of us in the newsroom, we cannot see it clearly enough on your camera angle at the moment but we were looking at the scenery behind you and it's so beautiful and everyone went on my god, it would be lovely to go there and then we thought, but we cannot. i say that with a smile, it's no laughing matterfor you, you are trying to run a business. what are trying to run a business. what are your thoughts as based lockdown, 17 days comes into force. i guess

you have loads of cancellations? we have cancelled 19 families that were due to come and stay with us over the next fortnight. they were bitterly disappointed because everybody was knocked down earlier in the yearand everybody was knocked down earlier in the year and this was their last chance to have a getaway. if they knock on effect for that town that is worse. we have at least 80 small independent businesses here and we have over 100,000 visitors a year. we are a tourist town and we have been for decades. we will be going forward , been for decades. we will be going forward, we need continued support to get us through this. you talk about continued support. your business is relatively new, so my understanding is that you will not have been eligible for a lot of what support is out there for businesses. how on earth had you been paying staff, what have you been doing? we we re staff, what have you been doing? we were fortunate enough when needed helping the 315t ofjuly we were

absolutely fully booked until this la st absolutely fully booked until this last week when 50 or two and tier 3 legislation kicked in. so we had revenue from that and we can actually take away at the moment rick @. we have had money to pay the staff and we have had one member of the team on furlough. they came back and going forward we just manage the budget very carefully. there was no support for new business days for the welsh government and i'm hoping that will change. if we have got to keep getting lockdowns and we are open for a couple months and been knocked down again, it seems that there lockdown coincide with the school holiday which is when everybody wants to get away. yes, thatis everybody wants to get away. yes, that is when they want to come to a resort like yours. and given that, how on earth do you plan? what do you plan? when we get beyond this 17 day period? we have no plan. we are rolling with it. we're hoping that it's only going be 17 days because

novemberand it's only going be 17 days because november and made december we it's only going be 17 days because novemberand made decemberwe are fully booked on the weekends so that'll give us the finance going forward but then christmas time if they lock us down that is my cancellation, more disappointed families and it's notjust cancellation, more disappointed families and it's not just that. it's times like this throughout —— towns like this throughout wales and england and the support in the supply chain as well. a lot of small businesses in town that i on tourists coming to the area. he has highlighted all of that so well. it's not just her and highlighted all of that so well. it's notjust her and her team it is all that business is. it's an ecosystem. for businesses that will play off each other. don is saying there is not really a plan to me just have to hope it is longer than —— not longer than 17 days. how do businesses prepare for that? what are people saying to you? it is very difficult and what we have to have is an insight into the way the welsh

government wants to take us. we need a road map and we would like a removal of travel restrictions. we don't think that is helpful. those are in place at the moment and we do not think they keep it as proving that travel is a bad influence on the transmission of the particular virus itself we really all hope that people get the value of terrorism because terrorism is a force for good and i think it's been seen as pa rt good and i think it's been seen as part of the problematic is not because we have taken huge numbers of people as she has in her particular business throughout all the destination areas and where they have been those spikes and inks have gone very well so business days are safe environments so you invest a lot of money in the infrastructure to cope with people coming. so the case that terrorism can be a

solution and a solution to come back pandemic. final thoughts with you because do you feel at all from a health perspective that this is worth it or do you think i am writing such a socially distant carefully planned operation that i feel actually quite hard done by, i can keep people safe?” feel actually quite hard done by, i can keep people safe? i do feel so simply because the area we have got no instances of covid at the moment. everyone has done all the social distancing measures and kept the legislation all the way through this and we have managed to keep the tourists safe and keep a safe during the last eight weeks, 12 weeks, whatever we had and border that town and it's 100 yards and that is a little tier cell we do feel a bit penalised when we have been doing our utmost to keep everyone safe.

good luck and the best to you and your team. we wish you all the best. it looks beautiful there and angela thank you, that chair of the wales terrorism alliance. many thanks to both of you and all the best for the next 17 days. we will pause now, later than usual but another busy afternoon. take a look at the weather, there is darren. as the rain moves east which today has been turning very light and patchy, the last of a clearing in the south—east of england during this evening. clearer skies for a while, then more cloud from the atlantic brings more rain into northern ireland and western scotland, the winds will be much stronger than last night as the rain moves in. tomorrow morning could see some bright weather and sunshine across the midlands, eastern england, before rain moves words heavy rain. this could be short bursts of intense rainfall accompanied by squally winds. it will be a windy day tomorrow, they will tend to ease

as the rain clears away, then the sunshine follows. head of the rain, temperatures in the south—east could reach 17 degrees. it will be cooler on a sunday, when is it not quite as strong, some sunshine and blustery showers. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines — tougher coronavirus rules for millions of people across the uk. tier 3 restrictions are now in force in manchester. a firebreak lockdown starts in about half an hour in wales. two weeks is probably... it's probably not long enough. but it depends if people adhere to it. it is very, very scary for people, especially when they live on their own.

warrington in cheshire is the latest part of england to agree to follow the toughest tier 3 restrictions. nottingham is expected to be next. no clear winner in the final us presidential debate, but donald trump and joe biden clash over claims of corruption and coronavirus. manchester united star marcus rashford won't accept defeat in his campaign to extend free school meals in england. and england's match against the barbarians at twickenham on sunday is called off after 12 barbarians players were stood down for breaking covid rules. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good afternoon. we will begin as they are. players chris robshaw and richard wigglesworth have apologised for breaking the barbarians' covid bubble and forcing the cancellation

of sunday's match with england. the rfu have since discovered a second breach of covid rules by the squad, forcing the fixture to be called off. andy swiss reports. you had this really interesting statement from the rfq. because they we re statement from the rfq. because they were already investigating a breach of the rules on wednesday when i immerse a number of the barbarians players had left their hotel bubble without permission and had gone out for dinner at a restaurant in london. during their investigations, they discover there had actually been an earlier breach of the rules on tuesday when i get a number of barbarians players had gone out from the hotel without permission. and they said that because those players did not isolate afterwards they have had no alternative but to cancel the game against england. bill sweeney, the head of the union, said they we re the head of the union, said they were all incredibly frustrated and disappointed at the actions of a number of barbarians players and we no longer feel it's safe for the

game to go ahead. we've also had state m e nts game to go ahead. we've also had statements from some of the players involved. the former england captain chris robertshawe was one of the players who went out for dinner without permission on wednesday and he said... richard wigglesworth, another of the barbarians players who broke the rules said he was embarrassed and beyond gutted. i've let people down including myself and i wish i had done it differently. now england had been looking forward to a warm—up game against barbarians ahead of their crucial six nations finale match against italy next weekend but all their plans and hopes have now been thrown into utter disarray. and swiss there. the manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer says the media are targetting 18—year—old striker mason greenwood after the player was sent home by england for breaching their strict bio—bubble rules whilst on international duty. he praised the player's professionalism amid speculation he's turned up late for training.

he's made a mistake this summer with england, and suddenly the whole english press go after him. that's something that we've got to look after. he's a fantastic boy to work with. i have to disappoint you — he's never ever late for training, he's never a problem in the training ground, he's always on time. i've seen some of the stories, some ex—united players talking about him and they don't really know what they are talking about. anyway, that's something we have to deal with with many other players at united. aston villa can go top of the premier league table tonight with a win over leeds. that would make it five victories out of five, a remarkable start for a side that had to stave off relegation on the final day of last season. it's been really good fun.

it's been end—to—end football, similar to a basketball game at times in some games, but it's been fun to be part of so far. the good thing for us is defensively, we have been really sound, kept three clean sheets in ourfirstfourgames, which is really important in terms in terms of us progressing. that's been a team effort rather than just a back four and goalkeeper. england's centrally contracted cricket players have agreed to a 15% pay cut for the 12—month period starting from the 1st of october. it comes after what the ecb has described as a "substantial shortfall" in revenue as a consequence of the covid—19 pandemic. the 15% cut will apply to players' retainers, match fees and win bonuses. mercedes' valtteri bottas was fastest at second practice for the portugal grand prix, with team—mate lewis hamilton eighth. it's the first grand prix in the country since 1996. meanwhile, max verstappen and lance stroll are under investigation for their involvement in a crash during second practice.

the pair collided as verstappen tried to overtake stroll after they had raced down the pit straight. and there was more drama at the circuit in the algarve, with pierre gasly having to take quick action when his alpha tauri car set on fire. the french driver managed to escape from the car and marshalls quickly extinguished the blaze. and finally, well wishes have been pouring in for one of the world's greatest footballers, pele, who's 80 today. the brazilian icon remains the only player to have won three world cups and was part of the brilliant 1970 brazil side, often labelled as the greatest team of all time. a giant pele street mural will be unveiled in the coastal city of santos today to mark 80 years of footballing greatness. that's all the sport for now. a brilliant chance to show some of those classic pictures from the

world cups of old. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. plenty of reaction to that match being called off on sunday. barbarians due to take on england but not any more. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. jane is here at 6:30pm with sports day. back to the us, donald trump and his democratic rival, joe biden, have clashed over coronavirus and accused each other of financial corruption in theirfinal debate before the presidential election next month. it was a calmer debate than last time, with few interruptions or insults. but millions of voters have already cast their ballots, and with the president trailing in the polls, it's not clear whether mr trump did enough to see off his challenger. barbara plett—usher watched the debate in tennessee. applause. welcome to the stage former vice presidentjoe biden and president donaldj 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 didn't say "over soon". i say we're learning to live with it, we have no choice, we can't lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. learning to live with it — come on, we're dying with it. president trump seem poised to take responsibility for failures with covid—19. 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. from ukraine, you do. i don't make money from russia. i have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life. we learned that this president paid 50 times the tax in china, has a secret bank account with china, does business in china. 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. i am the least racist person. i can't even see the audience because it's so dark, but i don't care who's in the audience — i'm the least racist person in this room. not since abraham lincoln has anybody done what i've done for the black community. abraham lincoln here is one of the most racist presidents we've had in modern history. he pours fuel on every single racist fire. iran because of you, iran because of barack 0bama, because you did a poorjob. if i thought you did a good job, i would've never run.

climate change got serious attention this time. he thinks wind causes cancer, windmills. it's the fastest—growing jobs, and they pay good prevailing wages, $45—50 an hour. we can grow, and we can be cleaner. the fumes coming up to make these massive windmills is more than anything that we're talking about with natural gas, which is very clean. 0verall, joe biden put in a steady performance and, crucially, scored points on everyday issues that matter to americans, like health care. people deserve to have affordable health care, period. period, period, period. president trump showed restraint and so didn't do himself damage, but neither did he inflict much damage on mr biden, who is the frontrunner. voters were the winners — they got a debate that was focused on substance rather than hijacked by style. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, nashville.

the headlines on bbc news — millions of people across the uk are facing tougher coronavirus rules. tier 3 restrictions are now in force in manchester. a firebreak lockdown starts in a few hours in wales. warrington in cheshire is the latest part of england to agree to follow the toughest tier 3 restrictions. nottingham is expected to be next. no clear winner in the final us presidential debate, but donald trump and joe biden clash over claims of corruption and coronavirus. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review with mark kermode.