hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. wales begins its first full day of lockdown today, with non—essential shops and businesses forced to close and people only allowed to travel for a limited number of reasons. meanwhile, around 7 million people across northern england are now having to follow the country's good morning. welcome to breakfast, highest level of coronavirus with naga munchetty measures, after south yorkshire and charlie stayt. our headlines today: became the latest area to move into the "very high" people in wales wake up to the first tier three at midnight. full day back in lockdown. south yorkshire enters the highest dozens of businesses and community level of covid restrictions. groups have thrown their support so frustrating that we are just left behind marcus rashford's campaign to get free meals for children during the half—term holidays. in the lodge and nobody knows what's going to happen, it'sjust like, barn, you've got to close, that's it. more than 7 million people in england are now living under the footballer has called them tier three regulations. the "superheroes of the nation", dozens of restaurants and community after councils and businesses groups offer to give food offered to provide food during the holidays to children during the break for those who are on free school meals. england footballer marcus rashford entitled to free school meals. says they're the superstars it comes after mps rejected a bid of the nation. to extend the school meal voucher it's a hat—trick for scheme over the holidays. patrick at villa park. the government says they have leeds stop aston villa going top provided substantial support of the premier league, to families facing difficulties. with a 3—0 win that puts them third

on a night patrick bamford says head teachers in england say they're he will never forget. "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're good morning to you, and i think the given for deprived children has been cut by 80%. one school says it will receive 66 picture behind me gives a bit of a computers, rather than the 332 clue as to how this weekend is it was promised. the government says the devices shaping up. it is going to be very will be sent to the areas of greatest need and they should be reallocated as children go windy. a deep area of low pressure in and out of self—isolation. nearby means they will be gales for many of us and lots of rain, but they will also be some spells of plans to scrap tax—free shopping at airports could cause "wholly unnecessary job losses" sunshine. in the aviation sector, according to a group of mps. it's saturday the 24th of october. our top story: wales begins its first full day from january, shops at airports of lockdown today, with residents will no longer be able to sell items having to stay at home unless they are critical workers, like perfumes and electronics and non—essential shops to international passengers. and businesses forced to close. the cross—party future meanwhile around seven million of aviation group, has urged people across northern england the chancellor to reverse the decision. are now having to follow the treasury said the lower prices the country's highest level were not consistently passed of coronavirus measures, on to consumers. after south yorkshire became the latest area to move into the "very high" tier three at midnight. our reporterjohn mcmanus takes us mike is going to look ahead at the weekend of sport for us. what have through the details across the uk. you got? looking ahead and looking back to last night. you know, there is nothing sweeter in sport than when you prove the doubters wrong.

pulling down the shutters and hanging up the closed sign. wales so patrick answered, hn a —— teenage has begun its first full day of start at chelsea, he has really national lockdown, which the struggled in his appearances on a premier league and some said he tightest government hopes will slow wasn't good enough for this level. the spread of covid—i9. all but but now he has six insects at the start of the season. the last time essential businesses have closed. that happened was eric cantona, so that means no more indoor exercise he is not a bad player to be compared with. for a while. people can no longer what a night it was for patrick bamford at villa park. meet others they don't live with, the leeds united striker got his first premier league either indoors or outdoors, and they hat—trick, all carved out with his left foot, are discouraged from leaving the as his side beat aston villa 3—0 and stopped their opponents home, except to buy food and medication, provide care, or go to going top of the table. leeds, who are newly—promoted remember, are now above champions work. yesterday afternoon in liverpool in third. cardiff, people made the most of the chance to grab a drink at a bar, though it wasn't long before the it isa streets began to clear. although it is a dream come true, i think. before the game i had a feeling i supermarkets remain open, they've been told not to sell non—essential would score. probably a testament to the way the team has worked, i items. there is a bigger prize at think, without them i wouldn't have scored, but because i have, i'll be sta ke items. there is a bigger prize at stake here than whether you need to buy a candle or not. it is a straightforward matter of fairness. telling my kids at some point in the we are in this together here in future about this, and i'm sure i'll never forget it. wales. no individual and no organisation is above the effort iam sure i am sure he is still tucked up ball, after last night.

that we are all required to make. it's been over a year since the current premiership rugby season started, but this afternoon, over the border, police in finally, a winner will be crowned. gloucestershire say they are going exeter chiefs face wasps to check that drivers heading out of at twickenham, but the build—up to the game this week couldn't have wales have a good reason to be been more different for the sides. travelling. elsewhere in england, exeter were crowned european champions, while wasps place in the final was in doubt due 1.4 million people in south to a covid outbreak. austin halewood reports. yorkshire have moved into the highest tier three restrictions, woodhouse holds barred from eating in venues and pubs not serving food a historic first european title for the exeter chiefs. the west forced to close. that would households. absolutely everything we countryside on top of the rugby have done complies with covid and we world. a reason to celebrate last are covid—safe, as people are weekend, but not for long.|j saying. the general consensus from the public is that they feel safer world. a reason to celebrate last weekend, but not for long. i think the realisation really came the next ina pub the public is that they feel safer in a pub rather than going to a day, when we were saying, right, supermarket. warrington will follow guys, day, when we were saying, right, guys, this is the schedule for the south yorkshire from thursday. and week. at yourself ready, we got another big game. and that it was coventry, stoke and slough are now under tier two rules. all very much worked out. so for nottinghamshire, which is also in exeter, this week has been about getting ready to go again. but for tier two, is in talks about whether it should move to the very highest alert level. meanwhile, the scottish wasps, they were not sure they would even be able to play the final, after a covid outbreak in the squad. government has unveiled its own five and because of that they will be tier alert system. restrictions will without 11 players who are to have coronavirus or have any contact with

va ry tier alert system. restrictions will vary a cross tier alert system. restrictions will vary across the country. and all someone coronavirus or have any contact with someone who has, so not ideal preparation. but the club are just parts of the uk are now watching closely to see if anyone nation has relieved that much can go ahead. we can't understate the emotion that is discovered the magic formula to stop obviously going with it. it is the covid—19 in its tracks, or at the pinnacle of the domestic competition very least find a way to live with it. don mcmanus, bbc news. in this country. you worked so hard to get there. it is going to make it let's get the latest now from our reporter luxmy gopal even more special when it comes to in barnsley, which moved the weekend. but despite wasps' into tier three at midnight. so, the changes have come into troubles off the pitch, the biggest challenge of all is yet to come. place, so people that are waking up this exeter team are riding the toa place, so people that are waking up to a different set of restrictions? crest of a wave. it has taken them from the fourth tier to the very top of the game. ten years ago, gareth absolutely, charlie. iam stinson kicked the points that took to a different set of restrictions? absolutely, charlie. i am a barnsley this morning, and barnsley is really them to the premiership for the first time. and in his final match the epicentre of coronavirus infections in this region. it has before he retires, he is desperate to go out in style. i've been very got the highest infection rate in the region and the 10th highest in fortu nate to to go out in style. i've been very fortunate to be part of a lot of england, and it has been rising firsts at the club, to me, involved sharply to about 335 cases per in the first ever daul, it would 100,000 people last week to 504, and mean come next week whenever the boots are hung up i could go very it is not just satisfied and know that there was 100,000 people last week to 504, and it is notjust barnsley. there have nothing else that i could do with exeter chiefs is a player. the been big jumps in other parts of the region as well, doncaster and premiership final may have had its

rotherham. sheffield's rate has fallen slightly but is still high. share of setbacks. even referee wayne barnes has had to pull out local authority leaders you have because of a positive covid test. beenin local authority leaders you have been in talks with the government for days to try to secure a funding but the showpiece has just about come out the other side, with package for the area, and they twickenham ready to crown a new managed to agree to a deal, £41 champion. international rugby has also million, £11 million to bring track been impacted by covid. england's game against the barbarians tomorrow is off and trace under local authority after 12 of the babas players control, and £30 million to support left their bubble to go out for dinner in central london. former england captain businesses here who will suffer as a chris robshaw was one of them. the much—delayed six nations is back today, however. the first of those rearranged games sees ireland, who are one of four sides with a chance of winning the tournament, taking result of the restrictions. as well on italy in dublin. as bars and pubs, which have to close if they do not serve food, betting shops, casinos and soft play areas all have to close. it brings there is obviously a sense that the whole country will be watching us. the total to more than 7 million most of the time we are very lucky people in england under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, that we are always being looked at, tier three, that is not the end of but i think this was an even bigger it. as you heard from john's responsibility. we need to win the reported earlier we are looking to see warrington come tier three game, firstand responsibility. we need to win the game, first and foremost. putting on restrictions later this week and a show isn't something we talked also parts of nottinghamshire, the about, but putting on a good performance is something that we are authorities that are in talks with the government to bring that shy very conscious of, and want to do. around tier three restrictions as

well. luxmy gopal, the moment, thank ireland also welcome italy you. in the women's six nations restaurants and community groups later this evening live on the bbc have thrown their support behind marcus rashford's campaign to feed iplayer and red button. disadvantaged children meanwhile scotland's preperations during the holidays. the footballer said he felt "proud for the six nations are going well. they scored eight tries in a 48—7 to be british" after dozens of businesses said they'll provide victory over georgia at murrayfield. meals over october half term they play wales a week today. after mps rejected calls to extend the free school meal voucher scheme over the break. our political correspondent elsewhere last night, scotland's women got their third win out of three in football's jessica parkerjoins us now. euro 2022 qualifying. in their first match for seven months they beat albania 3—0 at tynecastle to move up jessica, good to see you this to second in their group. morning. lots of people are talking they're just a point behind leaders finland, about this after that most didn't go who they play on tuesday. through earlier this week? yes, lots wigan were big winners of people talking about it as well in rugby league last night, because there is a sense of deja vu, over challenge cup runners—up salford in super league. the warriors won 58—12, because there is a sense of deja vu, because of course marcus rashford campaigned back in the early summer, scoring 10 tries, so they stay second and on course for the end of season play—offs. successfully forcing a government leaders st helens beat the cup u—turn. the government extended free winners, leeds 40—8. and there was a series of dramatic school meals over the summer holidays, and seems determined not crashes in practice ahead to go further with it now, saying yesterday there would be no change of tomorrow's portuguese grand prix. in government policy, but yesterday, max vertsappen and lance stroll as you say, we saw on escaped punishment for this in government policy, but yesterday, as you say, we saw on marcus collision, while pierre gasly‘s car rashford was my twitter feed this spun out of control and caught fire. strea m rashford was my twitter feed this stream of councils, community this is a brand new track for f1

groups, cafes, saying they would so we'll see how that disruption step in instead. i think that really affects qualifying later. finally, to when tennis gets emotional. the british number one dan evans increased the heat on ministers and was in quarter final action conservative mps following that a at the european open. vote you mentioned. the conservative but the match erupted at the end of the second set when evans' opponent, karen khachanov, mpfor lashed out at the net vote you mentioned. the conservative mp for mansfield, ben bradley, and umpire's chair. coming under particular heat after he, ina coming under particular heat after he, in a tweed, appeared to suggest free school meals meant in some he'd just lost the set on a tie cases money effectively going to break having squandered crack dens and brothels. he said his a match point. comments were taken out of context. he said a minority of families are he then went on to lose the match. not helped by these kinds of schemes, and there needs to be more you know you are doing well in the focus on targeted long—term support. much when your opponent gets riled and loses it. kick the net, and then now, the government says its increased welfare support during the pandemic and has given over £60 threw something at the umpire's shower, did he? yes, yes stop i million to councils to help remember having a game of subbuteo struggling families. this is after when i was younger and my friends he mentioned a labour motion fell davie got so annoyed he kicked and earlier this week, calling for free broke his foot. ever since then i've school meals to be provided until learned not to get angry in sport. easter next year. of course, quite a learned not to get angry in sport. quitea drama. learned not to get angry in sport. quite a drama. it is, yeah. naga, conservative mps, the government, they can point to the nuances of you look confused. you always confused me. you confuse me all the this debate, but i suppose the risk is that the details kind of get lost time. you just amused me as well.

in the fray of this discussion, and there is a risk the government could subbuteo! so many people will not look heartless. jessica parker, know what you're talking about! subbuteo! so many people will not know what you're talking abounm is that little tabletop pool game. thank you. know what you're talking abounm head teachers in england say is that little tabletop pool gamelj know. which you play with your they're "bitterly disappointed" that their allocation of laptops hands, not your feet, for deprived children has been know. which you play with your hands, not yourfeet, but if know. which you play with your hands, not your feet, but if you get annoyed that it is still a cut by 80%. the government says it will target resources at the areas competition. hollywood star matthew of highest need and schools should reallocate the devices as children go in and out of self—isolation. mcconaughey has opened up about some of the most dramatic periods of his life, as part of a new memoir called green lights. in it he reflects on ecologists have criticised the lessons he has learned through plans to move ancient woodland his personal life and his career as habitat in warwickshire well. he spoke to a reporter lucy to make way for hs2, describing the idea hockings about the book and life in as "fundamentally flawed." developers of the new high—speed rail line america had of the us election. claim relocating the woodland is the best thing for the environment. well, i'd been keeping diaries for our environment and rural affairs the past 36 years and i have been correspondent claire marshal has been finding out more. daring, you know keeping them all on a treasure chest. and my wife said, pack up your stuff, get out of here, go see what you've got. i went away to the desert with those diaries. essential theme of those became this tree is from part of an ancient green lights, because i had many woodland near leamington spa which is being cut down because it is in things in the book ray had times in the way of hs2. it belongs to penny. my life, had tragedy or crisis that i thought was the worst thing that could happen to me and there was no

she takes us through a bit of south upside to it. but over the years i covington would that isn't being affect by the high speed line. she noticed where those red and yellow says this is what it looks like in times i had in my life revealed the spring. this is what it is like green lights, reveal lessons i learned that i would not have otherwise learned unless i had gone now. it is a bit of a kick in the through that hard time. and did it stomach. it is a bit... alarming, also, being in isolation that way, prepare you for the pandemic? it is funny that you had all that time, yeah. it is alarming. but, you know, and now the world has been in lockdown. you know what, that is an interesting look at it, because relatively speaking, the part of just got to keep calm and go along with it. ancient woodlands are at this pandemic that has us all taking least 400 years old. they are rich inventory and spending more time in life, but there are only fragments left. about 2% of land in with ourselves, because we are forced to, i am overall quite the uk. hsz co mforta ble forced to, i am overall quite comfortable with. what is it like, fragments left. about 2% of land in the uk. hs2 said it would living in america right now? i mean, translocate once the uk. hs2 said it would tra nslocate once in the uk. hs2 said it would translocate once in the way of the you interviewed doctor anthony line, which essentially means moving the habitat. so the train will be faucl you interviewed doctor anthony fauci, you did that q and a. well, coming from london, in that direction. those trees will go and like everyone, i am confused. can it will be running at top speed right in front of me and on to you give me some science. can you give mea you give me some science. can you give me a bullet point list of dos and don'ts. it isn't that worrying birmingham. this shows us what those messages are not coming out in

translocation looks birmingham. this shows us what tra nslocation looks like birmingham. this shows us what translocation looks like six months other ways? damn right it's after pa rt translocation looks like six months after part of an ancient wood was worrying. yes, it is worrying. cut down. these posts around us are there's not a consensus, hasn't been marking, self germinating and a scientific consensus, and translocated tree species, so we've got hazel, silver birch and oak. partially that is, you know, we are this is where ancient woodland in an election year in the united states of america. so political sides are using the data that can stores have been translocated from what we refer to as the donor site to the receptor site here, and they help them out and get them elected. have been stripped in layers, translocated here have been stripped in layers, tra nslocated here been have been stripped in layers, translocated here been put back in exactly the same way. parliament i think they are using it, and i have said this, in many ways, approved the scheme, but the problem irresponsibly. we do not... it is a this translocation has never really time when there is a lot of distrust been done before, with such a in leadership. it is a time when complex ecosystem. i think in there hasn't been a scientific consensus on what to do, and what ancient woodlands, it is sort of not to do. so i talked to dr fauci like a turner masterpiece, and then translocation is like a turner masterpiece, and then tra nslocation is like like a turner masterpiece, and then translocation is like ripping up that masterpiece and throwing little bits of it somewhere else, and there and put psa ‘s, just saying, this is some semblance of the ancient seems like one of the few facts we woodland there but it is not really can rely on, wearing a mask has been quite the ancient woodland we had pretty consistent over the last six before, with all its beautiful months. and it is something that a lot of people didn't want to follow. complexity. in fact, h52 now acknowledge that the evidence is look, i want to get through, we got limited. they say they are planting unemployment, we've got this invisible enemy called covid which has a soul wondering what the hell, 7 million new trees as part of a when things are going to get back to green corridor. the question is, does it make up for this loss? normal or what is the new normal. we

have a cultural revolution, we have an election year. it is a boiling claire marshall, bbc news, walter. pot that i hope doesn't boil over in —— a warwick shire. the wrong way. so we've got to turn plans to scrap tax—free shopping at airports could cause the wrong way. so we've got to turn "wholly unnecessary job losses" the page in a constructive way and i in the aviation sector, get to see how we are going to do according to a group of mps. from january, shops that. matthew mcconaughey there at airports will no longer be talking to lucy hockings. able to sell items like perfumes and electronics to people are you one of those people who spends halloween with the lights taking international flights. the cross party future off, avoiding the dreaded knock that of aviation group, has urged means trick or treaters the chancellor to are at the door? reverse the decision. this year you might not have the treasury said the lower prices were not consistently passed to worry, as the pandemic means on to consumers. people are looking for ways to mark the spookiest night of the year in a more socially distanced way. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to a pumpkin farm where they're residents living in a four that preparing for a spooktacular night. small fishing village in ireland are worried about the welfare of its residents dolphin, which has one week to go, and this year it suddenly disappeared. fuggy has seems halloween has taken on new lived in dingle harbourfor almost significance. it is during the 40 yea rs lived in dingle harbourfor almost 40 years and has become a main attraction, bringing tourist to the children up, isn't it? because of town. a full search operation was the covid virus, the pandemic. children up, isn't it? because of the covid virus, the pandemicm has been a difficult year for launched to find him, but for two everybody but this is fantastic.|j weeks, still he has not been seen. think everybody but this is fantastic.” think it is a really nice time to be

we are going to talk about fungi a with family and have a little fun andl with family and have a little fun and i think this year especially is going to be a little different but bit later on with a woman who has we still need to try and have that swum, and open water swim who has fun kind of vibe. priory farm in one with him. there are people there who will be really concerned because redhill in surrey, and even with it is part of the community, isn't social distancing, pumpkin picking it? has proved incredibly popular. things are changing so fast, we don't know what will happen in two let's take a look at today's papers. "kindness of strangers" months time. so if we can just enjoy is the headline on the front of the i weekend. the paper is one of several to lead the moment, and have fun with on the response by business halloween, and just hope that christmas isn't cancelled this year. in offering free meals to disadvantaged children in england. the telegraph says the national trust could face the demand, so many people want to an investigation by the charity commission for straying come and see us. we from its "clear, simple the demand, so many people want to come and see us. we were the demand, so many people want to come and see us. we were getting inquiries injuly but halloween purpose" to oversee historic buildings and treasures. which is the earliest we have ever known it. and luckily we made the decision during lockdown and major plant of these pumpkins so we actually have a crop now. we probably got between 20 and 30,000 pumpkins that are great in this and the daily mail leads field and the neighbouring field with what it calls the "bizarre stop halloween has been huge in lockdown measures gripping britain." america for many years. yet it has the paper says as wales begins it's been getting bigger and bigger. it second national lockdown, is thought that in the uk we shoppers have been banned from buying "non—essential" items like clothing and cards. typically spend around £400 million on it each year. what do you think of halloween? i think it's good,

because you can, because before the coronavirus you could go trick and so if you have questions about trick—or—treating, you can get sweets, and then they go in your either what is happening in wales at the moment, which is effectively bag. this year might be a bit going back to a lockdown situation, different, though, mightn't it? oi’ going back to a lockdown situation, or that man going back to a lockdown situation, orthat man in going back to a lockdown situation, or that man in scotland and how the rules and the new tier levels, the yeah. we could all be in a different five tier system, any other questions, you let us know. have you room and all have a bucket of sweets and manage one of us can go out and collect a sweet and we could give sweets to each other. genius. you've got something of interest there? solved halloween. for the evans well, i just saw this little story here. so, at the moment, of course, family from bridge and, halloween is there is lots of interest into what the highlight of the year. halloween jobs are available and who is applying forjobs at a very to us is our favourite holiday. i difficult time. this story has emerged that the number of women actually think we prefer it to applying to be trained drivers, but christmas. it is something to look forward to. and being in lockdown, the biggest train rail operator, has doubled. so over a long period of well, we've always been in lockdown time there has been a problem in recruiting women to be trained and obviously having two kids with drivers and they have set out —— set down syndrome and cerebral palsy, 825 women have applied to be trained for us it definitely gives us a bit asa 825 women have applied to be trained as a driver so far this year, and of normality back. the sign of the the whole of 2019, it was only 413.

so they say that over many, many day is... monster! isabella creates yea rs, so they say that over many, many years, there has been a shortage of women who wanted to try to train up videos with her siblings using market on, a sign language used by to do thejob. i don't know many people with learning women who wanted to try to train up to do the job. i don't know what that says, but people are looking disabilities. a new halloween sign, for work, number one, but that says, but people are looking forwork, number one, but it feels like a bit of a change. we'll have a song, and especially because we do to wait to see how many they were in it in front of a green screen it is really fun, we put all sorts of total. yes, they are seeking like a backgrounds in. people comment how lot of places a 50—50 gender split but it is one of those roles which lovely it is and how we make that they have really struggled to recruit. because traditionally it day, and that, for the rest of the has been done by men. now, tim p. i day, and that, for the rest of the day, warms my heart stop can you liked him take a lot. we have spoken to him on the programme. he is find pumpkin? ready? back in surrey, hoping to be the oldest person to reach the moon, because the european mission has been laid out stop so, and like many shops selling he was the first and best —— first halloween accessories, details at priory farm have been busy.” uk national to visit the halloween accessories, details at priory farm have been busy. i think even though people may not be doing so much on the way of international space station. we spoke to him when he came back. he trick—or—treating they will do more has spoken a lot about his stuff at home with family. it is the first real school holiday where ambitions. he says his name is still people have been able to get out and in the frame, we will not have enjoy it a bit more. so i think it is just enjoy it a bit more. so i think it isjust an europeans in the first return, enjoy it a bit more. so i think it is just an element of having but... held would he be? does it normality. in a year of uncertainty,

ta ke but... held would he be? does it take down when it might happen, how a chance to cling on to something old he would be? it would be in his familiar. tim muffett, bbc news. we 50s, if he manages to touch down on the moon in the coming years. so he would be the oldest person to do so. are casting our eyes over the the oldest person who walked on the surface was 47, that was the weather because at 646 on a saturday american alan shepherd. and as we all know, being in your 50s is not morning, stav, the picture is old at all. there is nothing, looking a bit blustery. a lot of people want to go out for some fresh nothing whatsoever old about that. air? that is right. good morning to you both. low pressure always it is 6:15am and stav has the weather for us. we were seeing earlier on, already a report is out nearby. very autumnal. that will and about are showing evidence of a bring widespread gales and heavy rain at times. it will not be lot of wind out there? completely awash. there will be some sunshine around this afternoon and it is breezy everywhere. the breezes into tomorrow. this big swell of picking up across england and wales but it is windy across scotland and cloud is a band of low pressure northern ireland with gales and some pushing across northern ireland and heavy rain. i will show you that in western scotland at the moment with a moment. i unsettled weekend. but some heavy bursts of rain there. it will not be a washout. there will that band of rain will continue to journey to the east. you will notice be some sunshine around. the satellite picture showers this on the band of rain some thin

pretty beautiful swell as you can slivers of it with some very short see. it is a deep area of low lead very heavy rain as it moves pressure to the north—west of the uk through. ahead of it it will stay and the swell is rain bearing cloud dry and cloudy until the rain already tidying into north—western arrives. it is on this rain band ireland and scotland. but of rain that the winds will be strongest. getting into western wales in the behind ita that the winds will be strongest. north—west of england. there will be behind it a clearance, some sunny spells and a few showers. a gusty the theme in the morning with that rain spreading to the east, clearing day wherever you are, particularly across the heavy rain band. you can by to sunshine and heavy showers. heavy bursts of rain on that. short see the gusts are on either side of lived as it moves through. you can that quite strong. ahead of the rain see the bright echoes there, thin band, quotes to make quite mild. lines of the moving through. it doesn't look like it will reach the temperatures will drop into the low south—east of england until into teens but you will have the sunshine this evening after dark. it will be to compensate. —— ahead of the rain windy and squally when that band of rainbows through. gusts of 40 or 50 band, quite mild. don't forget the miles an hour, more than that. not clocks go back one hour tonight as as windy behind the rain band when well. so we are really into the we get the sunshine, but still windy. 17 degrees autumn. moving out of the summer we get the sunshine, but still windy.17 degrees in the we get the sunshine, but still windy. 17 degrees in the south—east but the air calls behind it with the equinox there. into the end of the low teens for most. the band of night that rain eventually clears heavy rain gets to the south—east of east anglia in the south—east. lots

england this evening. there could be of showers around with temperatures a hang back into the first part of in the single digits for most. low pressure into part two of the the night. don't forget that tonight weekend still bringing strong winds the night. don't forget that tonight the clocks go back on our see if you and showers. there winds perhaps not are at work tomorrow night you get as strong on sunday is we will have that extra hour in bed. as we head through today. heavy showers around through the course of the night, the mostly across northern and western rain clears from the south—east. areas and some running across the lots of blustery showers in the english channel across the south north and west. as temperatures in coast there. a few eastern parts may single figures for most. not stay dry altogether. quite a bit of particularly cold because of the sunshine around if you dodge the showers. another mastery date, these wind. quite a few isobars on the are the mean wind speeds. gusts charts. another windy day. perhaps not quite as windy as we will see could be stronger. 13 or 14 degrees today was certainly the morning. lots of showers across the english channel, into western coasts, in the south, 10—11 in the north—west. not much improvement into the week. low pressure on western scotland, with spells of sunshine, the best of which in the monday may for another blustery day with sunshine and showers, more western parts of england and weather systems waiting in the scotland. a blustery day with gusts winds. unsettled heading through the probably stronger than that. temperate is a bit cooler across the board with highs of ten to around 13 week with gales, sometimes severe, through the north. thank you, stav. or 14 celsius. that is how the weekend is shaping up. low pressure it is coming up to 11 minutes to

hanging by. further sunny spells and seven. it is time for the film blustery showers on monday. very unsettled as we head through the week. very autumnal if you like. review with dark kermode. thank you very much. see you later on. it is 6.18. —— mark kermode. time now for click. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. far and away my favourite film of the week is summer of 85, the latest from francois ozon, welcome to click. hope you are ok. i the french director behind such diverse fare as sitcom, think it is time for some star under the sand and by the grace of god. power. what do you think, lara? are you up for some stardust? definitely. many rockstar or a bittersweet saga of love musician has put on the microphone and death, it's a coming—of—age tale

for a chance to be a movie star. but that moves the original setting of aidan chambers' source novel these day videogames are bigger than from southend—on—sea music and film combined. so it is no to le treport in france, surprise that some of the most where the death—obsessed alex looks back on his famous names in rock, role, and wrap relationship with the beautiful david. have appeared in gains. stormzy is one of the most successful names in with the heady energy the music industry right now. but he of an ‘80s teen pic, is going to be swapping his next gig we watch alex falling for the friend of his dreams, being swept off his from the staging lesson read to the feet by david's vibrant "live fast, virtual streets of london in a die young" attitude and then driven videogame. we met stormzy to talk to a jealous rage by the arrival of english interloper kate. about a game set in his hometown and while all this plays out how the artform has grown up. it is in flashback, it's intercut material that talks to the travel with later scenes of an apparently traumatised alex facing questions time we live in. about a terrible event for which he's being held accountable, but about which he refuses to speak. gorgeously shot on 16mm, summer of 85 has the tangible texture and grain of its retro setting, albeit filtered through a nostalgic lens that multi—award—winning rapper seems to supersaturate stormzy‘s new single rainfall has a video with a bit the image, amplifying emotions. of a difference. (music). it features the croydon musician as a video game character performing

inside an actual game. i'm about to meet stormzy in the flesh. the game he is appearing bookended by the sound in is set in the near future of the cure's in between days, london, and has themes with all its unresolved hurt of protest and resistance. and longing, summer of 85 somehow i am keen to find out combines romeo and juliet—style if he thinks this video game has any parallels with things tragedy with the thrilling evocation of youthful passion and a strong streak of black humour, that are going on in 2020. creating an accessible film that flits nimbly between rapturous love, agonising anguish and near slapstick one of the game's main themes absurdity, quite the balancing act. is about ordinary people it's in cinemas and on banding together to resist curzon home cinema now. and to fight back against an oppressive regime. do you think that is saying whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! anything about the world that we live in right now? from the sublime to the ridiculous it is very reflective of the times in the sense of, and honest thief, a preposterously yeah, we, as people, silly offering starring liam neeson, need to be coming together. do you know what i mean? who surely has better things to do than waste his time on this that captures that perfectly in the sense of like, your everyday person being more important than they realise, you know. sort of post—taken tosh. so, yeah, definitely. my girlfriend, she had nothing to do with this. i'm coming for you. a third—person action title, having recently reminded us

watchdogs legion takes place in a dystopian version of a future london, a state of his brilliance in ordinary love, controlled by corrupt corporate interests. the player can recruit and neeson is back in slumming mode as tom, the bank robber control any of the thousands with the unfortunate nickname the in—and—out bandit. of characters they encounter no, really. on london's streets. i've robbed 12 banks in seven states, made $9 million in cash. performing missions that will ultimately bring down the authoritarian regime. i want to turn myself in. when tom meets kate walsh's annie, all right, everyone! he decides to put crime behind him and go straight, stormzy plays a version of himself and in this but only after attempting to turn fictional world, he is a rapper whose message of resistance himself in to the fbi. is transmitted via a pirated video signal. he spent three days being performance captured instead he's double—crossed and at the toronto studio. finds murder added to his rap sheet. so, follow the gps, that so now tom has to run around chasing people, should take you there. punching people, shooting people, threatening people on the phone and blowing up their houses in order to prove that he's just a really whoa, whoa. nice honest guy who should be left stormz, what are you doing? alone to live a quiet life. riding recklessly. my way. perfunctorily directed by mark williams and played on the back of there... by neeson with the air of a man it is so london. waiting for his paycheque to arrive, this is straight—to—video fare that is it special being in the game somehow wound up on imax cinema that is set in london? screens, where it clearly hopes to reproduce the success it's the most. i am london. of russell crowe's actioner london is me. unhinged, which was pretty ropey, but looks like citizen kane when compared to honest thief.

like i am a proper london boy she loves me for who i am. through and through. and so, it's my city and i love it dearly. and i love herfor who she is. it is a big part of me as a man and an artist and my character. and i can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her. this is mad. kyle, i slept with ava. what? my bank is up there, literally. what do you mean "slept"? if i turn... like we sexually slept together. for people that don't know london, that's coutts and co. the same bank as her majesty the queen! while no one expected honest thief to be a critics' favourite, bro, that is me. the climb has been showered with rave reviews since making its prize—winning debut that is more me than at cannes last year, a flipping picture. and it's now in uk cinemas. this is mental! stormzy is not the only musician in a videogame, he joins a long list of other artists that include mike's in the living room. the likes of 50 cent. he got fat, right? yeah. merry christmas. and who could forget oh, my god! is that mike? he got fat. david bowie? directed by michael angelo covino, you are not the first who stars with his co—writer video game player to kyle marvin, it's a tragicomedy get your soul trapped. about a toxic friendship between two men — some efforts could be put down the benign and naive kyle to cashing in on star and the poisonous, self—obsessed mike. power to shift games. over the course of several years, we see mike destroy kyle's but sometimes as about attempts to be happy.

an artist experimenting can i just say... with the new medium. no! sleeping with the women his best friend loves, turning holidays, and there are some weddings and funerals alike into car crash disasters, all of which kyle points of convergence between the two art forms. grudgingly tolerates because, hey, they're best friends. there is a long history of music being used for protest let's go. nobody likes her! and to provoke thought about things that are going nobody likes you, mike! on in the world today. do you think that video i am the only one who likes you! games have the power to do that as well? 100 million per cent. and i don't know why cos you're loud any platform whatever way, shape or form, or whatever and obnoxious and you're an ass... mediums we use as creatives there's no doubting the technical and artists, it's a platform to speak out against injustice, eloquence with which the climb for it to be like pillars tells its misanthropic tale, of truth or whatnot. with zach kuperstein's camera especially with video games. floating between characters and set—ups in extended takes that dazzle in terms of planning and choreography. kyle, listen to me — it's your choice, but i wouldn't do it. but it's also quite an irritating story about irritating characters whose irritating foibles are meant even down to the reach of video to seem profound and insightful, games is astronomical. but are in factjust yeah, 100%. kind of irritating. i'm a bad friend. especially with the times oh, my god, mike, are you serious? we are in, anything can be like the similarly lauded chuck a platform to speak out. & buck, of which this away from games and your music put me awkwardly in mind, career, your bursaries the climb demands a huge amount

to universities like to do of audience tolerance for men behaving badly — to themselves, to each other the things that you're doing? and to the women whom the film paints in consistently unsympathetic terms, in stark contrast i feel so blessed. to the reservoirs of patience reserved for its male leads. i have so many platforms and so much reach, and i feel that it is my duty and responsibility to share what i have. like not in our lives. so there is something wrong, but he's my friend. that there is something hey... hey to you, too. that we need to think about things a little bit differently? these things are set up to address the uneven and injustices in a lot of these areas of society. not so pixie, in which olivia cooke so, there's so many other plays the titular hellraiser people of influence or artists or public figures doing these who finds herself embroiled things to try to just, to in a blood—spattered, gun—toting, drug—fuelled caper featuring armed priests, uplift those who needed a bit. hapless sidekicks and mayhem aplenty. it's way too big for you, trust me. oh, sorry, mr pablo escobar! welcome to sligo! pixie! from best—selling grime artist to glastonbury headliner, and now taking directed and written by father—and—son team barnaby on the world of games. and preston thompson and boasting an all—star cast including the south london star colm meaney, dylan moran and alec baldwin, pixie wears its inspirations

on its sleeve, with a bit of quentin tarantino here, a nod to martin mcdonagh there and a soundtrack continues to shine. by gerry diver and david holmes that juggles west of ireland western inflections with ocean's—style heist movie beats. now that sounds like a lot of fun, but the film never quite lives up while microsoft and sony are racing to be crowned to the promise of its pitch. champion in the next generation console wars. for one thing, the script is nothing nintendo has done something like as sharp as it needs to be, very nintendo and said, lacking the killer punch never mind that ultra of the superior movies high—definition gaming, to which it owes a debt. how about some augmented it's also self—consciously slick, reality racing cars? although beneath the stylish surface, there's not much this is mario kart live home circuit, which takes the best—selling nintendo game going on beyond the and turns your house overcooked zaniness. into the race track. and the way this works pretty clever. it contains a camera that streams live footage where's the money? of your living room to the nintendo switch console which you use on the plus side, cooke, as the remote control. whose impressive cv ranges from me and earl and the dying girl you can set them up around to the limehouse golem your home and whatever configuration space will allow and ready player one, you to form your racetrack. does a pretty good job of holding it the software can recognise all together, injecting some the gates as you drive much—needed heart and soul through them, creating into the proceedings. the course as you go. beautifully put, frank! you also give his cardboard barriers with arrows that you can find pixie in cinemas now. will augmented with animations. i want to play out of doors. it was too hot to do so in india. i'm obliged by law

to have you taught. then we'll need to break which are set up, and it's like the law, won't we? a regular game of mario kart. but it's all taking place frances hodgson burnett's 1911 novel of your own living room. the secret garden has inspired several movies, you can also race up to four ranging from a silent of these karts together to play production starring lila lee to agnieszka holland's multiplayer your living room superb ‘90s adaptation. if you got the space, so it will need a nintendo switch now there's a new version in cinemas and on sky cinema, console for each one. revisiting the novel's theme of the redemptive power of nature, which seems all the more relevant it goes without saying that you need a fair bit of space to set this up. but you can arrange it in these testing times. in a modest—sized living room and that is because even though on screen it looks like dixie egerickx is the recently orphaned mary, sent from india the karts are zooming around the racetrack, to live in england with her widowed in the real world, the kart is just trundling around uncle archibald, whose son colin has long been kept hidden and bedridden. the living room fairly slowly. it can also make some pretty sharp turns, so you can set it but a buried key to a magical garden up in a smaller room. unlocks healing secrets, although i think you get more bringing about change and rebirth. out of this the more space. screenwritten by the prolific there are some limitations to the software. jack thorne, whose recent credits not all the power—ups work include the aeronauts, in the way you expect radioactive and tv‘s the eddy, this update relocates the story them to a regular mario kart game. from the turn of the 20th century you cannot hold a banana to 1947, in the shadow

behind your kart to protect yourself from shells. of world war ii and partition. even though bullet bill does steer you around the track automatically, other significant changes which i think is quite include a more sympathetic impressive, it cannot detect portrait of mary's parents obstacles, and you end up and the introduction crashing quite a lot. of a ghostly climax which seemed so, the augmented reality layer doesn't handle occlusions. so it is always overlaid to me to draw inspiration on top of the camera feed. so, here the track should disappear behind the table leg, from the amazing mr blunden, one it doesn't, and that means of my favourite movies of all time. you tend to crash more than you would expect, cleaving closely to mary's although that is a part subjective point of view, of the madness and we do marc munden's update combines real locations like trebah in cornwall with cg visuals to evoke a magical crash, your character garden that may be more a product reacts on screen. the big question for all of its heroine's augmented reality applications is how much do you actually get imagination than reality. out of this once you are over that initial but we also lose a central theme moment of "this is cool"? of the novel, that it's only most of the players i know by toiling away in the garden that are still playing pokemon go mary can unlock its and have turned off the camera restorative power. effects because, even though they look cool, they ultimately add very little here the relationship to the gameplay. is much more one—sided, with the garden just magically and i think that may healing those who enter. also be the issue here. the result is a peculiar mix but, with all augmented reality of ambiable enchantment games, how is is this better and missed opportunities, than playing the console game? a likeable film, but not one that ultimately i think it is not. has the classic status of its source novel or indeed of holland's it's just different. it is a different take on mario adaptation, which for me

remains definitive. kart and i think that's fine. off you go. hard to say whether this will have the same enduring that's it for this week. appeal as the traditional thanks for watching the film review. console game, but mario kart stay safe, and i'll is the best—selling game see you next week. when? of the nintendo switch, when did you sleep together? and if any franchise can take on ar mainstream, i don't know the exact dates. it is probably mario kart. ididn't... dates?! dude, slow down. you should pace yourself. ahh! that was chris turning his floor into a racetrack. how cool was that? let's go from race cars in your house to lasers in the sky. back injune, we told you that this laser maestro had been showing his appreciation to carers and nhs staff by projecting love and thanks across his home city of brighton. after a trial earlier this month, laser light city is happening this weekend in leeds. but cities under lock and local autumn light shows unable to happen, the idea here is that 25 lasers mounted on buildings around the city will put on a show a chance to cling on to something familiar. tim muffett, bbc news. that residents can see good morning. regardless of restrictions welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie on social gatherings. stayt. our headlines today: people in wales wake up to the first

full day back in lockdown. seb created all the control south yorkshire enters the highest software himself. level of covid restrictions. but this is an interactive show, meaning thousands so frustrating that we're just left of people were able to log in the lurch and nobody knows what's on to a special website and take control of the lasers. going to happen, it'sjust like, bam, you've got to close, that's it. more than 7 million people in england are now living under changing the colour, shapes and direction tier 3 regulations. of the beams which can be seen dozens of restaurants and community groups offer to give food during the holidays to children up to ten miles away. on free school meals. england footballer marcus rashford says they're the superstars of the nation. as the dark nights draw in, seb is hoping he can light up more cities, and bring a little after the longest season ever, laser sparkle to these rugby union's english champions unusual autumn evenings. will be crowned today with european we are normally talking about champions exeter looking to make it a famous double, against fireworks at this time of year. a wasps team decimated by covid—19 absentees. i would prefer a laser display any day. i always come with noise issues and other issues for animals and people. lasers all the way for us. good morning to you, and i think the that is it for the short cut of picture behind me gives a bit of a clue as to how this weekend is click. the full version is online. shaping up. it's going to be very windy. we have a deep area of low you can find the team online on pressure nearby. we will see gales for many of us, spells of heavy youtube, instagram, facebook, and twitter. thank you for watching and rain, but they will equally be some

good spells of sunshine to. join me we will see you soon. 00:30:02,995 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 bye— bye. later, i will have all the details for you. it's saturday, the 24th of october. our top story: wales begins its first full day of lockdown today, with residents only allowed to leave home for a limited number of reasons, like exercise or to buy food, and non—essential shops and businesses have been told to close. meanwhile, around 7 million people across northern england are now having to follow the country's highest level of coronavirus measures, after south yorkshire became the latest area to move into the "very high" tier 3 at midnight. our reporterjohn mcmanus takes us through the details across the uk. pulling down the shutters and hanging up the closed sign. wales has begun its first full day of national lockdown, which the cardiff government hopes will slow the spread of covid—19. all but essential businesses have closed. that means no more indoor exercise for a while.

people can no longer meet others they don't live with, either indoors or outdoors, and they're discouraged from leaving home, except to buy food and medication, provide care, or go to work. yesterday afternoon in cardiff, people made the most of the chance to grab a drink at a bar, though it wasn't long before the streets began to clear. and although supermarkets remain open, they've been told not to sell non—essential items. there is a bigger prize at stake here than whether you need to buy a candle or not. it is a straightforward matter of fairness. we are in this together here in wales. no individual and no organisation is above the effort that we are all required to make. over the border, police in gloucestershire say they are going to check that drivers heading out of wales have a good reason to be travelling. elsewhere in england, 1.4 million people in south yorkshire have moved into the highest tier three restrictions, with households barred from meeting in venues and pubs not

serving food forced to close. absolutely everything we've done complies with covid and we are covid—safe, as people are saying. the general consensus from the public is that they feel safer in a pub rather than going to a supermarket. warrington will follow south yorkshire from thursday, and coventry, stoke and slough are now under tier two rules. nottinghamshire, which is also in tier two, is in talks about whether it should move to the very highest alert level. meanwhile, the scottish government has unveiled its own five—tier alert system. restrictions will vary across the country, and all parts of the uk are now watching closely to see if any one nation has discovered the magic formula to stop covid—19 in its tracks — or at the very least find a way to live with it. john mcmanus, bbc news. in a moment we'll get the latest from our reporter tomos morgan

in caerphilly, but first let's find out more about those south yorkshire restrictions from luxmy gopal in barnsley. good morning, that's right, iam here in barnsley which has the highest coronavirus infection rate in south yorkshire, and it is actually the 10th highest in england. and that rate has been rising sharply from 335 cases per 100,000 people last week to 504, and it is not just 100,000 people last week to 504, and it is notjust here in barnsley but other parts of the region which have also seen big jumps. doncaster and rotherham. sheffield's has gone down slightly, but is still high. from today, the new restrictions may not only are pubs and bars which do not serve social meals will have to close, but also betting shops, casinos have soft play centres will have to shut as well. and gym classes will not be allowed to happen, although gyms will be allowed to stay open. and these restrictions will be reviewed within 28 days. but we have heard from a south yorkshire public, directorfor

public health, who says that he doesn't think that timeframe will be enough to bring the infection rate down. just to leave you on a more hopeful note, south yorkshire has secured £11 million of funding from the government, specifically to help run the track and trace system locally. it is hoped with the help of local knowledge that process will be able to happen more efficiently and help to bring the infection rate down more quick we in this region. 0k, down more quick we in this region. ok, luxmy gopal, thank you very much. let's have a look at the situation in wales. let's speak now to our reporter tomos morgan, who is in caerphilly for us. we have what is essentially a lockdown now in place in wales. tell us more lockdown now in place in wales. tell us more about the restrictions people are facing? so, it is very much like it was in march, really. the streets will be eerily quiet once again across the whole of wales. now, all non—essential businesses have shut. pubs, bars and restau ra nts businesses have shut. pubs, bars and restaurants have shut. gyms and leisure facilities have shut.

supermarkets remain open, essential food shops and pharmacies. the key difference, of course, asjohn mentioned in his piece is that those supermarkets will only be able to cell essential items, so, things like clothes, electric goods and toys in your local asda or tesco, they have now actually been shut off so that people cannot buy them. it has caused a bit of confusion and frustration on social media and from the retail consortium, saying that these measures have come in late in these measures have come in late in the day by the first minister and the day by the first minister and the boss government, but it has been donein the boss government, but it has been done in an effort to reduce the reason that people might want to go to the shop, to reduce the possibility that people will mix with others and potentially, of course, catch the virus. fairly, where i am this morning, was the first area in wales to go into local lockdown measures, almost two months ago, which meant no will enter the area here now. —— caerphilly. so this area has gone from local lockdown straight international lockdown. it is going to last for 17 days but the problem is that at the moment, we don't know exactly what will happen after that stop we should hear the detail later next

week. tomos, thank you. restaurants and community groups have given their support to marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children during the school holidays. the footballer said he felt "proud to be british", as dozens of businesses said they'll provide meals over october half term, after mps rejected a labour motion to extend the free school meal voucher scheme. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now. jessica, this really is gaining some momentum now, with lots of private businesses getting involved, being very public about the help they are offering? yeah, marcus rashford's campaign gathering momentum, as you say. and of course he did for a u—turn from the government back in the summer, pushing the government to extend free school meals over the summer holidays, but downing street insisting they are not going to change tack now, saying there is no change tack now, saying there is no change in policy. but as we saw yesterday from marcus rashford's twitter feed, you have yesterday from marcus rashford's twitterfeed, you have seen yesterday from marcus rashford's

twitter feed, you have seen these other organisations effectively stepping in, whether it is councils, cafes, whether it is community groups. i think that does he put more pressure on the government and conservative mps as well, and one conservative mps as well, and one conservative mp, ben bradley, has come underfire. conservative mp, ben bradley, has come under fire. he conservative mp, ben bradley, has come underfire. he is the conservative mp for mansfield. on twitter he appeared to suggest that free school meals meant in some cases money effectively was going to crack dens and brussels. now, he said his comments were taken out of context. said his comments were taken out of co ntext. h e said his comments were taken out of context. he said a minority of families are not helped by vouchers or cash and he thinks there needs to bea or cash and he thinks there needs to be a longer term, more focused support for struggling families. just imagine what is happening in other parts of the uk, in scotland they are making money available to counsel to continue free school meals until easter, it is a similar situation in wales as well, the uk government in westminster are pointing to increased welfare support for families, money they have given to councils as well, to help struggling families. now, of course, conservative mps and the government, they can point to

nuances and details within the debate, but i think there is a political risk that they could look a little bit heartless as the details get lost in the fray. jessica, thank you very much. we will be speaking to ben bradley, who jessica was talking about comedy conservative mp, and robert halton, conservative mp, and robert halton, conservative mp, and robert halton, conservative mp, offering a different side to this late in the programme. head teachers in england say they are bitterly disappointed that the number of laptops they were given to children who are self—isolating has been cut by 80%. the government says the devices will be sent to the areas of greatest need. one school says it will receive 66 computers, rather than the 332 it was promised. scotland is to enter a new five—level system of coronavirus restrictions, nicola sturgeon has confirmed. it's going to come into force from the 2nd of november. the lowest level tier of the new restrictions would allow for meetings indoors with a maximum

of 8 people from 3 households. in tier one, the rule of six from two households kicks in both indoors and outdoors. people living in tier two areas will be banned from socialising in each other‘s home. in pubs and restaurants, alcohol can only be served if accompanied by a meal. pubs in tier three areas would have to close, though restaurants may be able to stay open under strict conditions in the highest tier, non—essential shops would have to close, travel may be severely limited and, tourism will shut. but the aim is for schools to remain open. joining us now from glasgow is jason leitch, the national clinical director for the scottish government. good morning. good morning to you. how are you? not bad. can i put i thought you first, before you give us some of the details. if there were people

who were confused before, how worried were you that bringing in, making an announcement, as you have, about a five tier system, could make eyes roll and people run for cover? how worried were you that that could be an effect? i am using that language, but it is a really serious issue, isn't it, because you need people to engage, we know this, communication is important, and simplicity of message. are you worried that five tiers could make people more confused ? worried that five tiers could make people more confused? it is absolutely crucial, and i think there are some people rolling their eyes, of course. the compromise here is that the simplest thing to do is the 23rd of march, the symbols communication is lockdown, stay in your homes, don't come out except exercise. we think scotland is at a point ina exercise. we think scotland is at a point in a pandemic where we need a more regional approach. that was not true on the 23rd of march but it is true on the 23rd of march but it is true now. so let me quickly say why we have done five. the middle three

are basically the english three, roughly. give or take some nuanced differences. but the middle three, tier one, two and three, are the same as england. that allows us to align with the financial support, allows us to align across the border, but we thought we needed an aspirational layer at the bottom, number zero, the tick only if you look at our numbers, and this is not to prejudge where we are going to put people, but if you look at our numbers, the islands have been consistently much lower than the mainland, for example. and then we also thought, unfortunately at the other end, with a sombre face, we needed a slightly higher layer that looked a bit more like true lockdown from march. it is four. if we look at the area, what is called the central belt, which i think that some people across the uk is slightly confusing term, but we're talking those major conurbations, glasgow, edinburgh and a number of other places. the big strip across the centre. a significant number of people. which of those tiers, they

are under current restrictions, aren't they, which of those tiers, under the five tier system, will they fall into as it stands? so, if we had done it two weeks ago, they would have approximately have been in tier three. now, would have approximately have been in tierthree. now, it would have approximately have been in tier three. now, it is important that we do not prejudge what we are going to do this weekend into next week. there is a meeting later today, not far away, actually, with a small team of analysts, advisers, who will look at the early stages of what that allocation might look like. then there will be conversations with local government, conversations with local government, conversations with local government, conversations with central government, the first minister, the deputy first minister, about where that goes. but roughly speaking, the central belt, glasgow, edinburgh, asher and aaron, that strip across the middle with 3.5 million scots live, that would be tier three. —— ayrshire and arran. and roughly, north and south of that committee two. you brought in those restrictions in that central belt,

and missive of interest to across the uk, because we are watching what works and what doesn't work, so, you brought in those restrictions on october nine, so has it worked? well, on october nine, if you remember, i think i was in your programme the next morning, october nine we published evidence, the clinical advisors published in evidence paper, and in the paper we said the doubling time was nine days. on october nine, 1054 positives. that would mean by october the 16th, we should have had 2100 cases. we didn't. we had about 1400 cases. we have had 1400, 1700, roughly, for the past week. but would suggest the doubling time is longer. that's a good thing. the difficult thing, charlie, is that working is one thing, working quickly is entirely different. well, ifi quickly is entirely different. well, if i may... from a layperson's point

of view, and i'm listening carefully to what you are saying, it sounds like for those people who are living in those areas, which have had very stringent restrictions, the gains have been really marginal. well, it is not marginal if your parent was scheduled to be in hospital icu if they caught the virus, so let's be careful. we had 60 or 70 people in intensive care. this is a horrible disease. the problem is, charlie, we're advice with an incubation period of 7—10 days, and that of the illness phase on at least the same, usually longer. so you can't fix it ina 24—hour usually longer. so you can't fix it in a 24—hour period. if it were not a virus, sickness and diarrhoea, 12 oh incubation, you can absolutely fix it into days. you can't fix this one. you're chasing it all the time. and that is a product of the virus, not of the interventions, and that is why it is so frustrating and so difficult for those of us who are trying to advise, and my pals were

working in the intensive care unit tonight, that is nearly full up. will you be watching carefully to see if wales, who have gone into what is effectively a lockdown, will you be watching carefully to see if that works, and if it does, would you do the same? we will of course watch carefully. and we are in touch them. tuesday night, d4 advises the cmo ‘s, we talk every tuesday and we compare what we're doing in each of the four countries. we talk about the letter—size of vaccination and what is happening in sweden or new zealand or slovakia and tried to make the best advice we can for our government and our demographics. so you have to makejudgements government and our demographics. so you have to make judgements locally but you should leave them as broadly as you can. there are about 300 coronavirus scientific articles

coming out every day into my inbox. you need to take the best of all of that, try to assimilated into the best advice you can get, and send it up best advice you can get, and send it up the chain. comments you made earlier this week in relation to christmas, and i know some think it sounds like a frivolous income of the people are thinking about this already. what picture do you paint for people in scotland, which is of course what you are in control of, what picture do you paint of christmas? i don't think it is frivolous at all. i think it is really, really important. it is the principal religious and social holiday for the majority of the uk. when i was trying to do was be realistic but also encourage people that what we do now matters for eight weeks from now. what does realistic look like? i think it looks like some kind of family christmas but it will depend how well each of the four countries get the numbers down. i could have been

gentler in my use of the phrase digital christmas, but i mean you will not be flying to visit relatives, probably. you will not have large multihousehold gatherings, so you will not be having six families, perhaps, but it is the virus that is stopping us for christmas. the virus does not know it is christmas. but my final point, charlie, is that nobody can cancel christmas. not even the national clinical director scotland. it is about making it is safe as we can. think of your this morning. the national clinical director for the scottish government. with saying a little later on we will be speaking to the equivalent for wales as well about the situation there. blustery is how a lot of people are explaining the morning. good

morning, stav. we have the area of low pressure to the north—west of the country bring gales to many areas and also a band very heavy rain through today with sunshine and following. there will be five to make quite a bit of sunshine. not a complete washout. a wet windy start across northern ireland, western scotland. at the end of rain will journey eastwards through the afternoon. some very heavy rain on it as it moves through, fairly quickly. not reaching the south—east until after dusk. squally winds of the band of rain but a very windy day generally. low attendance by the band of rain but sunshine to compensate. blustery showers of the north—west of scotland. today stays windy and blustery. as we head into tomorrow, low pressure nearby. another windy day perhaps not as windy as today, showers in the southern and western areas. cooler across the board tomorrow with the highs in the low teens nauseous. see

you later, stav. it's not every day that an entire town launches a search operation for a dolphin. however, for the residents of a small fishing community in southwest ireland, that is what they've done. fungie turned up in dingle harbour almost 40 years ago, and has lived there ever since. and he's become quite the tourist attraction but his recent disappearance has left locals baffled. we're joined now by resident nuala moore, who swims in the harbour regularly. good morning to you. tell us about fungie. good morning to you from a windy south—west ireland. fungie. good morning to you from a windy south-west ireland. fungie has beenin windy south-west ireland. fungie has been in dingle harbour, as you said, for nearly 40 years. but he is more thana for nearly 40 years. but he is more than a dozen to all of us, but a memberof the than a dozen to all of us, but a member of the community, because where we swim and where we have actually congregate to make corrugated and walks, he has lived there for four decades. for us as

swimmers and townspeople he represents enormous joy. —— congregated. we have felt sadness of the community. we are hopeful that maybe he has gone out and is socialising and maybe he has gone into isolation for the covid, but we're hopeful he will return. signs are a bit ominous at the moment but we are hopeful. has he done this before? has he taken a break from the community before? you know, it isa hard the community before? you know, it is a hard want to say. a lot of the boats people will say no. i would properly say that there are times we have not seen him. but i mean who knows? we can all, i suppose, guess. i swim there frequently, practically every day in the harbour. i do a lot of long—distance swim training and you would be very, as opposed can be used to seeing his thin reaching the water or the sound of laughter. there are probably times where i have not seen him but it would be

wrong of me to say that he is not there. so whether he has or he hasn't i don't think we can say definitively yes or no but it is unusual with the activity in the harbour now with people looking for him that he has not surfaced and he has not come back to check in with us. we are hopeful that there is activity out there and i think we have to have hope. he represents an enormous amount of joy have to have hope. he represents an enormous amount ofjoy for a lot of people. and as i was saying to people, for me as a swimmer and for me in the water you hear these bursts of laughter and in a world where we don't tend to stop as much as we do, people can stand for an hour on the cliff or on the boats and waitjust hour on the cliff or on the boats and wait just to see hour on the cliff or on the boats and waitjust to see his hour on the cliff or on the boats and wait just to see his fin. hour on the cliff or on the boats and waitjust to see his fin. so from the photographs i'm sure you can see that he has this beautiful face and i do a lot of the photographsjust as face and i do a lot of the photographs just as a swimmer without an amazing camera and he just breaches and has this time a little pause at the top of the water. he is more thanjust a

dolphin for most of us, he is a presence. we are really hopeful. but we're hopeful. you know what, i am hopeful for you too. i we're hopeful. you know what, i am hopefulfor you too. i hope he does turn up. he obviously a key to dingle harbour there. keep us up to date there and take care of yourself. absolutely stunning images, are they? if you have been assuming with a dolphin like that... you saw the shops, the tourism, he is 37, they lived to around 50, so we will see. 7.33 is the time now. during the last few months, many of us have probably wished we could escape into a fantasy world. now, a new museum in oxford is letting families do just that. the story museum was due to open in april but the pandemic forced it to close — before it had even opened. today it finally throws open its doors — fiona lamdin is there for us.

it looks just blew behind you. shirley gets more than that! what a perfect place to start a saturday morning, it certainly does. you can come and read stories here in the night safe. it has been closed for over two years but it will look very different ina over two years but it will look very different in a few hours. there are over 1001 books in the collection andl over 1001 books in the collection and i have been taking a look around. this is a magical place. in this whispering word with a flick of the wind the trees tell you a tale. my the wind the trees tell you a tale. my favourite tv is the one with the sword in it because it looks ancient and it is really cool. it makes you feel like you are really in the woods. you can step into eight storybooks in the library. here in winnie the pooh's100 acre would, you can play pooh sticks. i have

feldman into alice's robert hall. the only way out is with the golden key. if you push through the fur coats at the back of the wardrobe you will find yourself in cs lewis' narnia. next door you will find horrid henry in his bedroom.” narnia. next door you will find horrid henry in his bedroom. i like his room because it is so free and you could really be a child again here. it is so much fun. definitely the fart bed was my favourite. it brought back so many memories. the fart bed was my favourite. it brought back so many memoriesm the fart bed was my favourite. it brought back so many memories. it is magical because you are stepping into a scene which is still now only existed in a book. the love story in this enchanted library is the art of being normal, chosen by children in oxford. walking through here there are loads of authors i read it again, stories were really important to me like narnia and the snowman.

then philip pullman next door. so it feels very surreal. a lot of people now having conversations around gender identity. it is not binary, not just male gender identity. it is not binary, notjust male and female. i am proud and pleased that story musuem have included a book that explores those sorts of issues. and their parents seem just as excited. we really want to do something special and because we can't have halloween, we can't go trick—or—treating, we want to do something that is really unusual and out of the ordinary for her and this is just the bees knees. out of the ordinary for her and this isjust the bees knees. it is exceptional after staying at home and such uncertain times was at a long time. it is an amazing feeling. they have spent the last two years developing the museum and which is about to reopen when covid stopped them. financially it was pretty

catastrophic. there were a few do i die moments where on monday i did know how we would get to friday but we are here by the skin of our teeth. do you feel safe? like the bear story, we have plucky protagonists on a quest, some very godparents who have come to help, and we hope everything will be happily ever after. but is it a 600 they can only take 100. but at least they can only take 100. but at least the next chapter this story can begin. we are on the giant bed because this place is all about storytelling. you will have seen in a piece we're not wearing masks because at the moment the museum is open but once the museum is open obviously it is compulsory to wear masks inside. kim, this has been yourdream. masks inside. kim, this has been your dream. you dreamt this up to 17 years ago and in a few hours it will become a reality? it is amazing. it

is wonderful to think that children are coming back into the building that we have been creating for them for years and our that we have been creating for them foryears and ouraim that we have been creating for them for years and our aim was always to bring stories and children together. we have been populating the building with stories over the last 20 years. now we will have children coming into enjoy them in all sorts of ways, listening and reading and playing the stories in different ways. for you it is important that it is inclusive. absolutely. it is about bringing stories to children with less of them and their lives because there are so many benefits. brilliant. thank you very much. challenging times because of covid. you have had a week to get this ready? it has been hectic but we love a challenge. we are in a pandemic, people, you know, numbers are going up. how will you keep children and your visitors safe here? the beauty of working with stories is that we can use magic to help us so we have magic wands which means that children can still use our interactive 's without having to

touch everything and we have a huge building full of stories so we can keep our visitors safe on an enormous 1—way train around the building. at the moment you are restricting times and who can come and how that works? yes, so families visit in their own family bubble and they do everything within their family bubble and hopefully get to have a great time. brilliant. quickly, one last question for kim. you dreamt this idea up from your kitchen table 17 years ago and in the next couple of hours it will open. how are you feeling? rather amazed and surprised but it seems like it is finally coming true and thatis like it is finally coming true and that is because thousands of people have been wishing and helping. so they have all boarded about. thank you very much. in the next two hours the doors will reopen. we will be wearing masks but they are very excited about finally welcoming people back. you were right about getting more exciting. it absolutely delightful. thank you fiona. fiona

lamdin there. add lines coming up in a moment. —— headlines. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. wales enters lockdown today, with nonessential businesses and shops forced to close them people asked only leave home for vital reasons.

meanwhile, more than 7 million people across northern ireland are now having to follow the country's highest level of coronavirus m essa g es highest level of coronavirus messages “— highest level of coronavirus messages —— measures. dozens of businesses and community groups have given their support to marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children during the school holidays. the footballer has called them the superheroes of the nation after a labour proposal to extend the mills beyond term time in england was voted down. the government says it has provided substantial support to families facing difficulties. as yet more covid restrictions are introduced this morning the number of cases continues to rise. in the latest daily figures 224 deaths were recorded, with more that 20,000 new cases. lets' speak to our gp this moring, dr william bird. doctor bad, good morning. how are you? i am actually very well, thank you, charlie. —— dr bird. you? i am actually very well, thank you, charlie. -- dr bird. where are

you? i am in reading, in caversham, where we are not up yet, we are tier one at the moment, but down the road in slough they have gone to tier two. so we are ok but obviously numbers are rising very fast. we have been talking quite a bit about the new restrictions that are in place, wails of horses essentially inaform place, wails of horses essentially in a form of lockdown, we know strip of scotla nd in a form of lockdown, we know strip of scotland has very tight restrictions. —— wales of course essentially. at differing degrees, there are restrictions on what you can and cannot do. your liberty, essentially, and you are advised in some cases just at home and only travel if you have to. it is putting a new strain on people? ok, dr bird, can you hear me? ijust lost you then, charlie, i'm not sure what happened. let me repeat the question, sorry, this sometimes happens down these links. hopefully you can hear me now. my question was about the restrictions now in place.

we know wales is in a form of lockdown which essentially means you should not go out of your home u nless should not go out of your home unless you need to, unless you need to work or travel essentially, there are restrictions around shopping. tier three areas, as well. in a way it is stepping back to a place as a nation that we were in before, and the rings with it quite a lot of strain for people in terms of how they are feeling. yes, it does. we are seeing a lot of it. and i one of the groups of people we find really struggling are the nurses. when the —— when it goes into lockdown it means the relatives cannot be introduced to the patient and cannot speak to the patient properly because they happen to be doing it remotely. we know now from a survey that 24 nurses —— 24% of nervous —— nurses are suffering from depression, and covid is a main reason for that. so the lockdown affects them particularly. but also, anyone who has already got mental health problems, so, anxiety or depression, they are 80%, 80% of

those people say they are doing much worse because they are not getting the care, they are not getting the support from family and friends, et cetera. so we are struggling as a nation with the mental health. i think everybody, but their particular groups that are struggling a lot more, and it seems to be that if you are female, if you area to be that if you are female, if you are a low income group, with the inequalities, if you are from the main groups as well, those groups are doing protect your lovely bad, with existing problems as well. what sort of advice you give people about how to cope better? i think there is a loss you can do. some really exciting things you can do to get you through the winter. it is getting dark already. some of it is getting dark already. some of it is getting light stop 10% of people with depression or severe actually have problems with light, lack of light, sad syndrome. so getting a lot of light in your life, you can

get light machines but you canjust also get some light from normal daylight, make sure you are outdoors as much as you possibly can. that helps. the other thing, connecting to nature, we know that has an enormous impact on your mental health, exercise, making sure that you are doing at least 30 minutes to an hour every day. that boost the immune system and also gets the brain much better functioning. immune system and also gets the brain much betterfunctioning. and in fact we now realise a lot of depression is due to misinformation, diet, and anti—inflammatory diet, plant —based diet can have an impact on mental health. and you can get the overlay of acid in extraversion oil as well, the olive oil, that can really help the brain. so lots of fresh food —— fruit and vegetables. and giving, so, if you give and you are grateful for and giving, so, if you give and you are gratefulfor things, and giving, so, if you give and you are grateful for things, evidence shows you can actually get through things. so setting anything up for charity or doing anything

voluntarily. and then the final thing is making sure that you're connected to people stop so even if you are on your own, trying to do that digital connection, perhaps with a couple of old friends, and probably the one you don't want to hear is just probably the one you don't want to hear isjust rationing probably the one you don't want to hear is just rationing your news. don't listen to the news all the time stop worrying about the things that you can control, not the things you can't control. get new hobbies and learn new things. there is a whole mass of things that can be done to help you get through. if you are struggling, absolutely, you must connect with your gp. that is the best thing. you know, i think, dr bird, lots of the things you just said will chime with so many people, and as they are watching us and looking out the window and thinking, it is only just looking out the window and thinking, it is onlyjust getting light, how that thought process about going into winter. really nice to catch up here this morning. thank you. and know what, it was very nice the way he nuanced that about not watching too much news, but i think that is a real thing, especially with, you

know how people get news alerts? those things that pin? i think at the moment, if you have those on your phone and every time it things there is another story about, you know, a lockdown situation, i think it can be too much. he made a really good point, worry about the things you can control and not about the things you can't. because it is extra stress that you don't need. you know what you can do today? you can enjoy a load of sport, a load of by. can enjoy a load of sport, a load of rugby. so, the six nations, but has been delayed i don't even know for how many months? well, march. then we got the premiership rugby as well. and much people have really been excited about. yes, and exeter. it is basically rugby union really coming back and resuming and coping despite all the adversity and covid—19 interruptions, especially for wasps. in the week they were not sure if they could play this much because they had 11 players affected by covid—19 either directly or indirectly. the captain said they

we re indirectly. the captain said they were having sleepless nights waiting for alerts to come through on their various tests. so it is attributed and they are actually involved, but it has been over a year since the premiership season started stop finally today we will see that concluded. exit achieves going for a historic double as well as they take on wasps for the league title to be champions. it's just a week after exeter became champions of europe, standing in their way at twickenham later, are a wasps side who will be missing 11 players including four key ones due to covid. exeter were only promoted to the top flight ten years ago. gareth steenson was in their side that day. today he makes his final appearance. i've been very fortunate to be part ofa i've been very fortunate to be part of a lot of firsts at the club. i feel incredibly lucky. but to be involved in the first of it all as a player, it would mean everything to me. it would mean come next week, whenever the boots are hung up, that i could go very satisfied and know that there was nothing else i could do with exit achieves in terms of a player. —— exeter chiefs.

do with exit achieves in terms of a player. -- exeter chiefs. some feared it would never be completed, but seven months on the six nations finally resumes today. the first of the rearranged games sees ireland, who are one of four sides with a chance of winning the tournament, taking on italy in dublin. it is a dream come true, i think. most of the time we're very lucky that we're always being looked at, but i think this was an even bigger responsibility. we need to win the game, first and foremost. putting on a show isn't something we talked about, but putting on a good performance is something that we are very conscious of, and want to do. ireland also welcome italy, in the women's six nations later this evening live on the bbc iplayer and red button. meanwhile scotland's preparations for the six nations are going well. they scored eight tries in a 48—7 victory over georgia at murrayfield. they play wales a week today. now in football, what a night it was for patrick bamford at villa park. the leeds united striker,

got his first premier league hat—trick, all carved out with his left foot, as his side beat aston villa 3—0 and stopped their opponents going top of the table. leeds who are newly—promoted remember, are now above champions liverpool in third. it is a dream come true, i think. before the game i had a feeling i would score. probably a testament to the way the team's worked, i think without them i wouldn't have scored the goals that i have. i'll be telling my kids at some point in the future about this, and i'm sure i'll neverforget it. now, this is exactly what dr bird was speaking about. as most people are relaxing into retirement. at an age when most people are relaxing into retirement 70—year—old frank rothwell is taking on the toughest challenge of his life. he's aiming to become the oldest person to row solo for 3000 miles in the talisker alantic ocean challenge. what's more, he's new to rowing, and is hoping to raise a record amount for charity. and i went tojoin him in training off anglesey, before the travel restrictions

into wales were introduced. he'd never been in a rowing boat before this challenge, now he's trying to cross the atlantic in one, at age of 70. well, it seemed like a goodidea at age of 70. well, it seemed like a good idea down the pub, and now,/ by/ , good idea down the pub, and now,/ by/, he's got his beloved brass band music sparing him on. i've been looking for a challenge, something thatis looking for a challenge, something that is worthwhile doing, for ages. and i couldn't find anything that was actually difficult enough. and then, purely by chance, i came across this, speaking to somebody in across this, speaking to somebody in a pub and then that night i couldn't —— couldn't sleep and that was it. are you aware you are going to be facing waves that are 20 feet in this little boat? my wife has got to watch this, don't say that! but if the words got big, in the wrong direction, we've got a big irish it foot diameter, which we put indices.

that is called the sea anchor and that holds the water study. and then you can go to bed. going to bed? that is just one of the challenges. asi that is just one of the challenges. as i saw on that is just one of the challenges. asisaw ona that is just one of the challenges. as i saw on a tour of what would be frank's home for two months by the jetty earlier. staying a safe distance away. is that the toilet? that is the loo? that is the bucket and chuck it. what is great about this boat is that i have a shower. no! also, this boat has a set down kitchen. yeah? i have a cooker, or it does is boil water. freeze dried food. this one is chicken to cope with rice. that is 1000 calories, that. and finally i get a chance to go to sleep. this is where i am camping out. he wasn't going to sleep when he gave meteors to get a sense of what he will go through in the1.6 sense of what he will go through in the 1.6 million strokes that he will need to do. bend your knees and push with your legs. that's it. push with

your legs. i am banging my knuckles, banging my knees. faster, faster, faster! ok, sorry, skipper! frank has led throughs on yachts around the world before, after building up his own portable building business from scratch. he has had knee operations, thought of prostate cancer and run marathons to get here. i've been raining, around 70 miles into days, and you can't walk 70 miles in two days, but i've been rubbing it. in the darkest moments, the darkest night, the thing that has got to be motivating me is thinking about my grandchildren. and as long as i can speak to my wife, darling judith, on a daily basis, but sorts that out. now, to give frank some top tips we arranged a video call with two of the record making yorkshire rose, the oldest female crew to run across the atla ntic female crew to run across the atlantic in 2016. how are you? what a nice surprise! i've got loads of questions for you. what would you

suggest i have the christmas dinner to make it special? well, we took frank a to make it special? well, we took franka ten to make it special? well, we took frank a ten of pineapple rings, and believe you me, after eating dried food, pineapple rings were a real treat for christmas day. every penny frank raises will go to alzheimer's research, as he makes his final preparations to ghettos 3000 miles across the atlantic. this is definitely the toughest thing i have ever done. some moments but you are by yourself, it is down to you. something my dad said, he said never let anyone tell you you are too old. frank has finished his training on these shores, but apologies if you think it is too early to mention christmas but he has to think about

things like christmas dinner. he has been at sea for so long. pineapple rings. good luck to him. pineapple rings? crackers! 7.45 at the moment and here is the weather with stav. good morning, stav. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. a pretty damp area of low pressure will bring widespread gales in a band of heavy rain. but not a com plete band of heavy rain. but not a complete washout with some sunshine around particularly in the afternoon and into tomorrow. we will see a fair bit of specially across the yea rs. fair bit of specially across the years. this beautiful swell of cloud is this swell of low pressure sending strong winds and weather fronts our way. we have seen a lot of rain this morning across northern ireland, western scotland, putting into eastern scotland, western parts of england and wales. it is continuing its journey through the morning. by echoes on those rain bands indicate heavy bus arenas and continues to move to the east accompanied by strong and squally winds. ahead of it it tends to stay

dry with some brightness around across the east and south—east of england. behind it also brightens up. we should see a good deal of sunshine in scotland and northern ireland into north—west england for the afternoon but lots of showers into western scotland there. he rain eventually will reach the south—east but it will be after dark and ahead of it stays very mild, 16 or 17 degrees on the rain band. certainly bided the low teens. went into the first part of the night across the south—east. a hang back of the rain into the few hours of the early hours of night. tonight, don't forget, the clocks go back an hour. the notes are drawing in but if you're working tomorrow like me it adds an extra hour in bed so a bit of good news. rain clears from the south—east by the end of the night, lots of blustery showers to the west, temperate as 5—8 . part of the weekend, another day a fairly blustery winds, perhaps not as much

as today, and sunshine and showers. most of showers will affect northern and western areas with a few affecting the english channel and across the south coast. some central and eastern areas of england and scotla nd and eastern areas of england and scotland may stay dry altogether so you have a pretty decent day. winds will be fairly strong. these are the mean wind speeds, with gusts stronger in places. a cooler day across the board will attempt is between ten and 40 celsius. low pressure for the start of the week, another blustery day. so quite a turbulent week in fact install. very autumnal feeling with spells of strong winds and heavy rain. in between there will be spells of sunshine as well. that is how it is looking. back to you. thank you very much, stav. 7.47 the time. time now for newswatch.

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. coming up... reporting in a time of real disagreement over covid, how can the bbc get the balance right between public information and holding the government to account? we will be speaking to the health editor for bbc news hugh pym. sometimes political coverage on bbc news is accused of being too focused on westminster, but this week elected regional leaders from around the uk feature prominently on air, most notably andy burnham, the former labour cabinet minister and now mayor of greater manchester. and here is the mayorfinding out scraps of information during his own press co nfe re nce . it's going to be £20 million only, and they are going to try and pick off individual councils. booing news that did not go down well here. it's brutal, to be honest.

isn't it? this is no way to run the country in a national crisis. it isn't. this is not right. appearances like that prompted this call to our phone line. you are giving too much time to andy burnham and labour up north. they obviously want to have a north—south divide and you are stirring this up in their favour. try to be a little more impartial if you can. that sense that too much airtime has been devoted to criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic has been expressed to us more widely over the past few weeks. linda bryce recorded this video for us summing up the thoughts of many viewers. i'm heartbroken with your continual negative coverage of the covid—19 crisis. the latest news have been very difficult to accept, that we are all going to have six months of quite severe restrictions, but every time we have a broadcast

the bbc line—up a series of people to criticise and condemn everything that this government or the scientists have tried to do. if you were more supportive as well as critical we would become more confident. i got to a stage now where i never watch your news unless absolutely necessary, and i've resorted to other channels. not that they are a lot better, but they don't continually try and upset a whole nation. linda bryce there. and geoff cooling e—mailed us this week with this.

butjulie coyne had a different perspective writing on thursday... well, the health editor for bbc news, hugh pym, has scarcely been off our screens over the past few months and a couple of weeks ago he won this year's charles wheeler award for outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. and hejoins me now. the public mood around covid is really changed since march, hasn't it? genuine disagreement nationwide about lockdown measures and i wonder if you think there are dangers for the bbc in putting those views on airas they might

discourage compliance. there did seem to be much more national consensus about lockdown measures in march, april and may. and that seems very different now understandably when people have lost jobs and their businesses have been affected, and they are getting pretty fed up with the situation. i think we have a duty to reflect different shades of opinion on bbc news, and we are certainly not shy of using interviewees who might be critical of aspects of government policy, if they are credible witnesses. for example, the great barrington declaration, those were academics who challenged lockdown. doctor gupta and doctor hannigan from oxford university were among those who signed them, and carl hannigan, we have used on challenging some of the government figures. it is a big debate here, and we are reflecting all shades of opinion and what can be quite a polarising situation.

i want to ask a bit more about that, because with the debate so polarised the bbc is in a really tricky position. if you portray the official policy you run the risk of being seen as a mouthpiece for the government and if you highlight the opposite view the audience complain, and they do complain, that they are becoming confused and cynical. can you give an insight into your approach as a bbcjournalist and how much coverage to give each side? borisjohnson himself said at his most recent press briefing that there were two ends of this debate in the spectrum. one was that we had to go for tougher lockdown measures than with the government was proposing at the moment in england, that is, and the other end of the spectrum is that any form of restrictions even now, never mind more, was unacceptable because it was damaging people's liberties and damaging people's well—being. so the whole debate is extremely complex.

i think we have a duty to report what experts are saying, including the chief medical officers and chief scientific adviser. look at the data that's presented and say this is what the experts are saying. and then to provide as much analysis and context as possible. the most, kind of, common complaint that we have received about the bbc‘s coverage of covid is that it seems to relentlessly negative. and it's always emphasising what has gone wrong with government response. is the inevitable with such a grim story, or given that we all know there are real worries about people's mental health and well—being, do you have a responsibility to seek out more positive news stories around covid? well, i think we have a duty to present the facts and the statistics as they are. and some of our audiences are telling us they like to have the data presented and analysed, even if that can make it rather gloomy reading if the daily reported death figures are going up,

the daily cases are going up and so on. even if every night people might, in some quarters, get a little tired of it. we are doing positive stories as well about advances being made slowly towards a vaccine and towards more drug therapies. but also what the nhs is now doing in terms of non—covid work, bringing patients back into hospitals for treatment that has been postponed. there's obviously a large backlog. so i think we are trying to show what is happening both gloomy and maybe a bit more optimistic. you talked about the importance of facts and statistics. they are inevitably a big part of reporting covid, but again we get a lot of complaints from viewers who feel they are bombarded with statistics and numbers. not always put into the context of more testing. when you say look at the number of positive covid tests, how do you approach reporting statistics like that?

i think every time we have reported tests and cases we have made the point that you can test more and get more positive cases, but there's a positivity rate. so if the rate of infections as a percentage of all tests goes up, you know there's a problem. so we have tried very hard to give that context with both live interviews on news bulletins and analysis pieces, as well as here are the latest stats. we appreciate it's difficult. sometimes people may feel there's just too much of it. we are trying to take that on board, but equally there are others who if we stopped doing it with state you are trying to hide something, it's always been there all the way through this pandemic. now you have been health editor for i think, about six years, but you have been in journalism for about 30. more than 30 i think. have you ever had a story quite like this covid pandemic?

well, i was involved in covering the banking crisis back in 2007 to 2009, and that was the most extraordinarily huge story at the time. i thought there would never be anything like that. this is much, much bigger because this is global, it affects lives literally, it affects nations health in all different countries. so nothing quite like this before, but i always have to remind myself that we are observers as journalists. there is an astonishing work being done by the nhs and social care, and i can only take my hat off to them and many others in key worker sectors. and many others who have had a very difficult time. so i think ourjob is comparatively easy with regard to all of those people who are having a difficult time sometimes. hugh pym, thank you so much. finally, let's return to the north of england where we started. this week so the retirement of harry gration, who started on bbc radio leeds in 1978. and presented his last addition of look north on wednesday. the day before his 70th birthday.

this yorkshire institution spoke to simon mccoy on the news channel. people tune into us because they trust us, and it's that trusted news service that we give every single day, and the figures have been remarkable as a result of that. i'm so proud, and i mean it genuinely, iam privileged to have presented regional news programmes for so many years. later, he revealed to viewers that he had prepared for his broadcasts by listening to opera, and he brought an example along with him. this is my ditty. forgive the singing, but i'm going to do my best. # welcome to look north, we've got the news and sport. # throw in some weather too. # that's the cheapest we can do. among those paying tribute was rory stanbridge who posted this...

and jon maxwell added... thank you for all your comments this week, if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on the bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, e—mail. .. or you can find us on twitter... and use the hashtag newswatchbbc. you can call us... and do have a look at our website. that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. people in wales wake up to the first full day back in lockdown — south yorkshire enters the highest level of covid restrictions. so frustrating that we're just left in the lurch and nobody knows what's going to happen, it'sjust like bam, you've got to close, that's it. more than seven million people in england are now living under tier 3 regulations. dozens of restaurants and community groups offer to give food during the holidays to children on free school meals — england footballer marcus rashford says they're the superstars of the nation. aston villa going top of the premier league, with a 3—0 win that puts them third... on a night patrick bamford says

he will never forget. good morning to you. i think the picture behind me gives a bit of a clue how this weekend is shaping up. it's going to be very windy, we have a deep area of low pressure nearby, we will see gales for many of us, spells of heavy rain, but there will equally be some good spells of sunshine too. join me later, i'll have all the details for you. it's saturday the 24th of october. our top story. wales begins its first full day of lockdown today. non—essential shops and businesses have been forced to close and people are being asked to only leave home for a limited number of reasons, such as taking exercise or to buy food. meanwhile, around seven million people across northern england are now having to follow the country's highest level of coronavirus measures, after south yorkshire became the latest area to move into tier 3. let's get the latest now from our reporter luxmy gopal in barnsley. ba rnsley barnsley one of these places which has moved up, the restrictions have changedle. tell us more.

absolutely, yes, so the stallholders at barnsley market be mind me are setting up their stalls fors the first morning of trade since these new restrictions came into force today. they are told me this morning that they fear that they may be indirectly affected by the tier 3 restriction, autumn though they are allowed to open they are worried the impact will be lower foot fall and less busy town centre, the businesses that will be directly affected will be pubs and bars u nless affected will be pubs and bars unless they serve meals, betting shops, casinos and soft play centres will have to close. and gym, while they are allowed to stay open won't be allowed to run classes and the reason for the of thor tier 3 restrictions is because of the increasing infection rate here in south yorkshire, places like doncaster and rotherham, who are seen big jumps in infection rate an here in barnsley, the coronavirus infection rate is the tenth highest

in england, so1.4 infection rate is the tenth highest in england, so 1.4 million people across south yorkshire are under these new tougher restrictions today and they are not the only ones because warrington is also going to because warrington is also going to be moved to tier 3 next week, plus there are parts of nottinghamshire, including nottingham that may well be moved on to tier 3. three. loke —— loked lead rears in talks with the government in coming weeks and its expected leader in the north east will have discussions about the possibility of moving to tier 3, more than seven million people in england are under the of thor level of coronavirus restrictions but that number is set to rise. thank you. restaurants and community groups have given their support to marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children during the school holidays. the footballer said he felt "proud to be british", as dozens of businesses said they'll provide meals over october half term, after mps rejected a labour motion to extend the free school meal voucher scheme. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now. jessica, this has really gained momentum.

good morning. pub, private companies offering help publicly. we saw a strea m offering help publicly. we saw a stream of offering help publicly. we saw a strea m of exa m ples offering help publicly. we saw a stream of examples on marcus rash for‘s twitterfeed yesterday of councils, community group, as you say, private companies saying they would step in after the government ruled out extending free school meals beyond term time. marcus rashford force add u—turn in the summer, the government said it would extend them over the summer holidays but i think there is a danger here for the government, that as people rally round and there is this sense ofa rally round and there is this sense of a dunkirk spirit that ministers aren't seen to be part of that, there is pressure on the government and conservative mps, and one particular conservative mp who has come under pressure is ben bradley, he is the mp for mansfield. he on twitter appeared to suggest free school meals meant in some cases money going to crack dens and brothels, now he said his comments

we re brothels, now he said his comments were taken out of context, he was saying that free school meals don't help a minority of particularly hard—pressed help a minority of particularly ha rd—pressed families help a minority of particularly hard—pressed families and there needs to be morpho cuss on targeted long—term support. to mention what is happening in other parts of the uk, because we are talking about england. in scotland money is made available until easter, in northern ireland they are ex stepping it to cover the hallowe'en break, the government in westminster say they have increased welfare support, they have increased welfare support, they have given over £60 million to councils to help struggling families soi councils to help struggling families so i think they are trying to talk about the different detail, the nuances of this debate, but there is a risk they could look callous because yes, there are nuances, the details but they could get lost in the fray of this debate. ok. we will be talking to ben bradley later on in this programme and robert halfon too.

ecologists have criticised plans to move ancient woodland in warwickshire, to make way for hs2 — describing developers of the new high speed rail line, want to relocate the habitat— as our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshal explains. this tree is part of an ancient wood london and that has been cut down because it? the way of hs2. it belongs to penny, she takes us through a bit of the wood that isn't being affect by the high speed line. she says this is what it looked like in the spring. this is what it is like now. it is like a kick in the somme mac. it is is a bit... alarming. it is alarming. but you know, just got to keep calm and go along with it. ancient woodlands are at least 400 years old. they are rich in life but there are only

fragments left, only 2% of land in the uk. hsz fragments left, only 2% of land in the uk. hs2 said it would trans locate ones in the way of the line, which essentially means moving the habitat. so the train will be will coming from london in that direction, those trees will go, and it will be running at top speed right in front of me, and on up to birmingham. they showed what it looks like after part of an an shipped wood was cut down these are tree species is, this is where ancient woodland soils have been trans located from the donor site to receptor site here and they have been trans located here and put back in the same way. parliament approved the scheme, but the problem is trans location has never really been done before, with such a complex ecosystem.” never really been done before, with such a complex ecosystem. i think an ancient woodland is like a can turner masterpiece and trans location is like ripping up that and

throwing bits of it somewhere else, and there is some semblance of the ancient woodland there but it is not quite the ancient woodland we had before with all its beautiful complexity. in fact, h52 now acknowledge that the evidence is limited. they say they are planting seven million new trees as part of a green corridor. the question is, does it make up for this loss? headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for deprived children, who're self isolating, has been cut by 80%. the government says the devices will be sent to the areas of greatest need, and should be reallocated as pupils return to class. one school says it will receive 66 computers, rather than the 332 it was promised.

as we've been hearing this morning — life for over 3 million people in wales, will be very different from today — as the country begins 16 days of national lockdown. restrictions have been imposed to try to slow the rise of coronavirus cases. our correspondent tomos morgan is in caerphilly for us this morning. so thomas, people are saying this is effectively the equivalent of a lockdown, so just give us a sense of what that means in practise and how people have responded ? what that means in practise and how people have responded? let me give you a bit of the background, so caerphilly was one of the first, well the first area local authority in wales that back in september that was put under national local lockdown measures and that meant that nobody could leave or enter this area, that was done because the ratios were quite high. until yesterday almost 80% of the welsh population were under those rule, nobody could mix between halted, if they lived in those areas under local lockdowns and again, they couldn't leave their area without a good reason and nobody should be

coming in. that was all done because the rates are increasing across the country, however that doesn't seem to have been enough to deter the spread of the virus and it was increasing across the country even in those areas where there were there was no lockdown measures in place, a national lockdown and a return similar to what we saw back in march. return similar to what we saw back in march. seven months since march but the streets of wales will seem eerily quiet once again for the next two weeks. the firebreak is another short, sharp full lockdown — stay at home the message once again, with only essential businesses remaining open. but while supermarkets like this one can sell food and medicines, nonessential goods will not be sold this time, a decision by the welsh government that's been branded as confusing by some retailers. all the usual things you'd expect

to see in a supermarket and i'm sure that's replicated up and down the country, so not only are we possibly are not allowed to sell them going forward, it's how we would go about doing that. we need clear communication and it's not there. it's similar to the rest of the process so far through covid, it's put the legislation out and then the detail after. the first minister mark drakeford's conclusion to limit what can be bought has been done in an effort to reduce the reasons people would need to head to the shops, mix with others and potentially catch the virus. it's going to be awful because i can't go nowhere. i live on my own so i can't go anywhere and i don't know what i'm going to do yet. nothing, i suppose. as far as i'm concerned forget it. nobody's going to take any notice of it. you've just got to ride the wave and get through it. i still believe the government have done the best they can but they shouldn't have had a full lockdown, great britain, from march till september, they should have waited

because they knew it would get worse. over a month of local restrictions resulted in 80% of the welsh population being under regional lockdowns, but that hasn't been enough, and even though areas like ceredigion have seen very low transmission rates, the entire country will now need to follow the rules. despite few cases in nurseries, garden centres will also be closing. ditto gyms, a source of frustration from those who use training as a form of escape and a way to improve their mental health. i'd been a member of this gym now for around six years and i find it beneficial for my mental health anyway and obviously in these sort of times you need all the help you can get so the mental side, health side, it's notjust physical for me coming to do the exercise, it's actually obviously the mental side of things as well. economists have warned that the firebreak or circuit breaker could cost the welsh economy £500 million. i'd been a member of this gym now

for around six years and i find it when you're together all the time, that obviously puts strain on any family but trying to run our business as well and keep the kids happy, keep them safe, it's tough, it's been really tough. the aim of this national approach is to slow the spread of coronavirus and reduce the impact on the health service and as autumn turns to winter the welsh government say these stringent measures are being made to ensure the public can have as normal a christmas as possible, in what feels like it's becoming a never—ending cycle. i know it is only what 8.15 in the morning, and you are only in caerphilly which is one town, but is there a sense of it feeling different somehow, does it feel and sound different? well, it feeljust as it did back in march really, i saw some shots of my colleagues who

we re saw some shots of my colleagues who were out last night in the centre of cardiff, the capital and it was com pletely cardiff, the capital and it was completely devoid of any public life there, empty streets, central cardiff, which usual times on a friday night would have been absolutely packed with people going to the bars and restaurants, as you say it is only fairly early on a saturday morning here, but there is nobody out and about, there is one bus, there is nobody on it, very few ca rs bus, there is nobody on it, very few cars travelling around here. when this comes to an end, there are questions as to what will happen, what will be the approach by the welsh government as we finish this fire break, they have said there won't be a return to local lockdown measures italy be a national approach for the whole of wales because well, to some extents the local lockdowns weren't enough to curb the spread of the virus in those areas, that didn't have those local measures in force, but, what we are still unclear about at the moment is whether that means there will be a phased easing, re—opening

of businesses, nonessential retail after this two weeks, will we bah the back to how things were previously last week? or will it be a completely new model going forward ? as a completely new model going forward? as vaughan gething the health minister might tell you later on, the whole idea behind this is, of course, to make sure that people can have as normal christmas as possible, coming into the winter period, i suppose the question is, if the virus comes up again how many more times will we have to go back into this fire break circuit breaker measure to cut the circuit and keep the virus at controllable levels going on into next year. thank you. thank you. let's get more on these restrictions. we're joined now by the health minister for wales, vaughan gething. good morning. thank you forjoining us. so, look, 17 day lockdown in total, what evidence do you need to show people in wales that this has

worked? well, we set out from the outset that at the end of a fire break we won't have see the reduction in hospital admissions or transmission rates or critical care beds, that will come afterwards, and thatis beds, that will come afterwards, and that is because there is a lag of at least two to three weeks before you see the direct impact of that. but it is important for the fire break to come to an end because we think there scientific evidence we have had endorsed by the chief medical officer, this will reduce the r number, the intensity of transmission below one, and that gives us the opportunity to have a national vet. we want to have a more sustainable pattern to get to us the end of year, now, we set out the model of evidence we have got, what the differing ranges would be, including doing nothing as well as taking this measure and having a different way of living together after the fire break ends. so, you would have heard our reporter there, thomas morgan saying one of the

question being asked, is when you come out of lockdown after the 17 day period why will it be a national strategy and not a local strategy approached? well, our local restrictions have made a difference and ina restrictions have made a difference and in a paper published on monday it set out they had made a difference to slowing the rate of increase but we saw an increase in all of those area, and there is only one counselty out of 22 in wales that isn't below our 50 threshold for action, so we have seen restrictions can can make a difference to a point. so... so we are looking to have a set of national meshes that it will be easierfor people to national meshes that it will be easier for people to understand and follow. —— measures. easier for people to understand and follow. -- measures. so do you believe the regional approach is conning? —— confusing? believe the regional approach is conning? -- confusing? it got us to

a point, when you had smaller numbers the that was easier, as we expand into two thirds and then nearly three—quarters of parts of the country being covered, it got more confusing about what was the national message and what was the local one, we have listened to what the public have been telling us, and so we do think that a clearer set of national measure, given the spread across the whole of wales as well, will be simpler and will get a greater level of buy in from the public. i don't know if you say yesterday's figures but across wales the rate yesterday was 156.8 in 100,000, we would have said that was high. we do think it requires a national set of rules for everyone to understand where they are and for eve ryo ne to understand where they are and for everyone to understand how we need to live together if we are going to save lives and livelihoods. there has been crith, plaid cymru has wa nts has been crith, plaid cymru has wants the government to publish plans on how systems will work to halt the spread of the virus, so how

test, track and trace will be improved during the two week, using this opportunity to improve that system, this opportunity to improve that syste m , ca n this opportunity to improve that system, can that be guaranteed? yes minister also meet to look at things for what comes beyond the fire break. one of the things we are going to take the opportunity to improve track and trace, local authorities working together with the national health service recruiting more contact tracer, we need to look at the specialist end where environmental health officers is and consultants in communicable disease work together at that end as well as the larger one, it is still the case contact tracing in wales is effective, it is doing a good job. what is an effective number? for test and trace in terms of percentages of those contact and who respond? so test trace protect last week in wales, got to about 88% of contacts, and that is a significant

difference compared to across the border in england, what we recognise is as there is more pressure coming under the system, the two weeks will give us an opportunity to recruit more people to give us more confidence and more robustness, as we are seeing the picture grow across the country, so we want to do it not just where across the country, so we want to do it notjust where we see it come under one but looking moving into the rest of the winter period, that should mean if we can advice people properly and help them to isolate because we are bringing in support payments as well, we think that will be effective because it's the lack of isolation where people are waiting for results and turn round times are important, when we have them to practically help and support them to practically help and support them to practically help and support them to isolate and we contact them ona them to isolate and we contact them on a regular basis during isolation period to support them at that time as well. economists are warning this lockdown may cost the welsh economy more than £500 million, what is an a cce pta ble more than £500 million, what is an acceptable cost? well, you will have seen it isn't just

acceptable cost? well, you will have seen it isn'tjust about acceptable cost? well, you will have seen it isn't just about the acceptable cost? well, you will have seen it isn'tjust about the cost of... problem with sound apologies, we lost your line there, would you mine starting your answer again, please? yes, sorry, it is not just about the direct cost within the fire break where we know there will be a challenge and a loss of economic activity, itself is about saving a greater loss if we need toe have longer deeper and more sustained measures, as ever there is balance in what we are doing, and again, that is in a scientific paper and there are other bodies that recognise a longer deeper period of intervention is more damaging for the economy. we recognise that period leading up to the end of the year is significant for the economy, as well, and in acting now, we are both arresting what we know will be harm coming into a hospital system, arresting the number of debts with could expect, giving us a better opportunity to have a national... that will be good for the economy.

what does christmas look like in wales for families? we can't give that certainty, and the reason we can't give that certainty is that you and i know and all the viewers know we living with significant uncertainty in the here and now, it can take off very quickly, if we don't have a recognised and understandable set of rules for us all to behave, so we want to be able to get the to christmas with people able to see each other but we have to look at how we are with the virus, whether we are able to suppress it after the fire break, in gives us the best chance of doing that, but, if! gives us the best chance of doing that, but, if i were to tell you what christmas looks like today i would be making it up. i would be giving people false hope, we should not be doing that, trust between the public, the health minister service and ministers making decisions is hugely important, that is why we published so much information, that is why we don't give outlandish

proms when asked to forecast the future, i would proms when asked to forecast the future, iwould be proms when asked to forecast the future, i would be rather be up front about that rather than giving a misleading prom. that is why the m essa g es a misleading prom. that is why the messages about how we choose to live our lives are so important, to save lives to avoid harm and here to to keep wales safe. thank you for your time with us this morning. thank you for your time with us this morning. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. everywhere we have looked, it seems to be windy or wet. it is a windy weekend, the winds are continuing to pick up across england and wales, it has been a windy and wet start to northern ireland and scotland, and thatis northern ireland and scotland, and that is how it will be throughout the weekend, i think tomorrow, and through the this afternoon we should see a bit of sunshine round as well despite the wind. it looks beautiful in the satellite picture, this huge swirl is this area of low pressure to the west of the british isles, it is sending the weather front out, it

has been wet, northern ireland, western scotland, heavy rain there, it is pushing on into eastern scotland, western england and wales, who here it will be turning windier and wetter, bright echoes in that rain band, some areas will have shortlived heavy rain as that band of rain moves through, quite quickly, it will be gusty, the winds strong on the band of rain but a breezy mainly dry day for the south—east and east anglia bar the odd shower and behind it it will brighten up. a windy day for all, these are the gusts, particularly strong like i mentioned where we have that band of heavy rain, ahead of the rain band it will be mild, 16,17 of the rain band it will be mild, 16, 17 degrees east anglia and the south—east. elsewhere 11 to 14 celsius so feeling fresher as the rain moves through. the first parts of the night it turns wetter in the stiffed, a hang back of rain there, elsewhere it will be blustery, with plenty of shower, some could be heavy with hail and thunder. don't forget tonight the clocks go back

one hour, so those night also be drawing in. now by the end of the night the rain should clear from the south—east but elsewhere it stays blustery, lots of heavy showers round, hailand blustery, lots of heavy showers round, hail and thunder, temperatures four to seven or eight degrees will be typical values, that weather front clears away. so again, it will be another blustery one, may be not as windy as what we will see today and sunshine and shower, most of the showers in north and west, a few of them in the south—west running along the south coast through the channel there and some could be again on the heavy may be thundery side. some good spells of sunshine in central and eastern areas and another windy day, values could be high when you get the occasional gusts, a cooler day across the board e temperatures of ten to 14 across the sifted. . low pressure still with us, the same one over the weekend but it will be weakening as it moves across the country on monday, another waiting in the wings there, so a pretty

u nsettled in the wings there, so a pretty unsettled week, very autumnal, spells of rain and gales followed by sunshine and showers, the temperatures sometimes on the mild side in the south, cooler further north. charlie and naga. thank you. the murder of 10—year old damilola taylor shocked the nation, but for one of his childhood friends it's taken almost 20 years to come to terms with what happened. in a new documentary, damilola: the boy next door yinka bokinni returns to the estate where she once lived, and explores the lasting impact of his death. let's take a look. damilola taylor was my neighbour and my friend. we called him dami. we lived in a close knit community, where everyone knew each other. the emotional thing about damilola and losing him was his age, and i rememberjust the community being devastated by that. dami's death affected all of us.

within months, the estate was demolished and all of the families were moved out and resettled across the country. us kids never saw each other again. i cried for years after i moved. my heart couldn't settle. for 20 years we never even talked about damilola. it was like we all grew up holding on to a painful secret. but i'm 30 now, and ready to go back to try to remember my friend and understand how his death had such a devastating impact on all of us. and yinka joins us now. good morning. wings there, so a pretty unsettled week, very autumnal, spells of rain and gales followed by sunshine and showers, the temperatures sometimes on the mild side in the south, cooler further north. charlie and naga. thank you. people will get a sense from that bit we have seen of the documentary of your connection with damilola. just tell us a little bit first you area just tell us a little bit first you are a successful dj just now and broadcaster, what was it about this

moment in your life that meant you thought this was the time to go back to what clearly is a very difficult time for you and a community as a whole? well, good morning. thank you for having me on today. i think 20 yea rs for having me on today. i think 20 years is a long time, you know, this happened when i was a child, when we we re happened when i was a child, when we were all children, and i think that it is very safe to say that the name damilola taylor rings true and rings a bell for so many people in the uk, we are in different positions to what we were 20 years ago, my life couldn't be any, it couldn't be more different to what it was 20 years ago, and it is, it is a time where i think that his tory, the way he lived —— his story, it is time to tell that side of it, if you know what i mean. you said that there was a sense thats it wasn't spoken about, so you too, you were tone at

that time, what are your recollections of how it was felt within yourfamily recollections of how it was felt within your family t and other families who were there?” within your family t and other families who were there? i think that my mum and my parents, like they did their best, i think they physically wanted us to move from the situation, the as states was being knocked down and we moved away and then it was just kind of put undefer neath the carpet, it was stuck in a cupboard and now i am unpacking it 20 years later, if i think back to be that time and the confusion and the grief that i felt, i now, having done this documentary, having filmed this, having gone through this experience, now feel as though i've only just through this experience, now feel as though i've onlyjust started unpacking it, coming to terms with what happened, because it was traumatic and even though it wasn't direct family member, it was someone i was really close to, and i think when you are a kid, i had never experienced death like that before, i was experienced death like that before, iwasa experienced death like that before, i was a child, and i think maybe an

aunt passed away, a few years before but not in a violent manner and not children had never died around me, but i children had never died around me, butii children had never died around me, but i i this was it was assumed we we re but i i this was it was assumed we were used to it because of the violence and reputation of the area, within the film i go back and look into that and just try and understand why we didn't speak about it for so long and why it is important to actually have these conversations and come to terms with the grief and the trauma that has happened to so many kids growing up new council estates. it's interesting you allude to the impression of the area that was given where you grew up in that something you talk about in this documentary. why is that so important? it was labelled a sink estate and they were probably inaccurate descriptions of the families who lived there in the community it was. it's so crazy because i'm from peckham, i tell

people i'm from packing, i have only mentioned to in passing over the yea rs mentioned to in passing over the years because it's so painful but when i tell people i am from peckham, in rooms and interviews, it's like i'm a rose that grew from concrete and thatjust isn't the case, there are many people doing as well as i'm doing or better, from my blog alone we havejohn boyega, so many people who have come from the same soil as me and done amazing so while i understand bad things have happened and especially now having researched some of the connotations of pack from the 19905 are definitely true, more things can be true then that at the same time because clearly there is one side of it but all as people come from the same po5tcode it but all as people come from the same postcode and look what we are

doing. you speak to to's father in the documentary and when we talk about 20 years since something so awful happened, there is an inclination, a tendency that perhaps bad and painful memories are brought up, there was almost an onu5 bad and painful memories are brought up, there was almost an onus on you with this to make sure something positive comes out of it. how keen was de manila taylor's father to ta ke was de manila taylor's father to take part in this? he was the first person we spoke to because i had never met him before. when dami passed away we were told to keep our distance from the taylor family and we respected that so 20 years later i had these thoughts and feelings andi i had these thoughts and feelings and i was really nervous to speak to uncle richard and i call him uncle because we are nigerian because

that's what we do for elders. in meeting him i had to make sure he 5aid meeting him i had to make sure he said yes and gave his ble55ing meeting him i had to make sure he said yes and gave his blessing and was happy for us to go down this journey and i'm glad he was because if he wasn't i'm not sure this film would have happened, i was very vocal about that to my director and the team. when i met him i was blown away by his warmth and openness and the 5parkle in his eyes because i didn't lose a son, i lost a friend and then moved away so his grief i5 so momentous and mine is nothing compared to his and the fact he was so open and willing to listen to my silly childhood stories and give me stories of his own made me feel this i5 stories of his own made me feel this is the right time to do with and maybe i am the right person to tell the story because i'm notjust a reporter, these are my family and friends and the area that made me, there is an area of care i have that

i'm not sure other people would.” think a lot of people watching will be drawn to you and your narrative at such an important time so thank you for talking to us this morning and the film is damilola the boy next door. and that will be shown on channel 4. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. the time isjust

coming up to 8:35am. yesterday, marcu5 rashford told us on breakfast he would take criticism from mp5 "all day long" if it meant things started to improve for young people in need. he was speaking after ministers rejected his call to extend free school meal vouchers for children in england during the holidays. since the vote, he's been inundated with messages from businesses and councils promising to offer food to families this half term. businesses and community groups across the country have said they will help feed children during the october holidays. meanwhile a number of local english councils say they will cover the costs of free school meals. last night, the footballer tweeted to thank the "superstars of the nation" who wrapped their arms around their community "to catch children as they fell." we're joined now by fruit and veg stall owners warren o'connor and andrew aston — they‘ re offering their support to families over half term. very good morning to you. can you tell us what it is you're going to be doing, how are you reacting to

this? long story short, myself and andrew came up with the idea that because of the government's decision to withhold free school meals for children during the half term break, we decided to do something about it so the long and short of it is we are opening one of our stalls on a monday, which is at the halfway house in rickmansworth, we will be there from 8am, anyone who needs fruit or veg for their children for the half term week, we will give it away for free. it's something we feel strongly about and we want to make something positive out of a very negative situation. today we are in borehamwood market, on the high street, we are taking donations to help fund this project, we will self—funded on monday out of our own pockets but fortunately we have had about £1200 worth of donations from

the public so far so what we plan to do is go back to the halfway house on wednesday and do the same thing again so on monday and wednesday we will be at the halfway house in rickmansworth and if we get more funding we will be there thursday and if we get more funding we will be back on friday. good morning, andrew. tell us more about how the conversation came about because you work on a stall, early mornings and long arms, wended conversation start? you are seeing the conversation play out and you saw the mp5' about. conversation play out and you saw the mps' about. how did that conversation start? it was over a couple of beers in the pub and we decided these kids shouldn't go hungry, not in eight european country where there is so much money and wealth about so we are going to try our hardest we will work for

nothing and make sure these kids get fed. their plight to marcus rashford, he's an absolute legend in our eyes and the more people can give to us, the more fruit and veg we can give out. we are funding everything from monday but we have already had £1200 already so the more people give, the more we can give out. we are in borehamwood, if anyone wants to give any donations, we will happily do it and we will be at the market from two—way sunday night so let's get these kids fed —— two—way m. night so let's get these kids fed —— two-way m. warren, what's good on the stock this morning. we have a few nice bits and pieces, all freshly out of the market so one of our favourites is a freshly out of the market so one of ourfavourites is a nice bit of

pineapple, and it is more of a ba na na pineapple, and it is more of a banana man and you can see by his figure he's used to his five a day asa minimum. figure he's used to his five a day as a minimum. and people out at the market have given us a donation, we have a biggleswade cheer. yes, our friends in gts. warren and andrew, thank you for taking time out from the business of running a stall, interesting to hear what you're doing. let's talk to the mp for mansfield, ben bradley, and robert halfon. ben bradley, you voted against debt free school meals extension, you have been resisting the calls from the labour party and from your own mp5, what do you think when you see members of the public using their businesses saying let's

get these kids fed because they think the party in power isn't? it's great that they are doing it, there's been a false characterisation this week partly because comes from government hasn't been good but we all want to help, it's just been a question of how and from where? government put 9 billion quid to support vulnerable people since march and things like increasing universal credit and extending eligibility and rolling out more free school meals. it wasn't a bout of do we or do we not help kids, we have put £1 billion into local government this week to help target vulnerable families and help target vulnerable families and help more directly those most in need. not everything has to come from central government, i think marcus's campaign has been brilliant in rallying around communities who also have a role to play in supporting people. you talk about

the communication around the government and we are in an age of social media and need to be careful about what is put on social media and you will note from the reaction to one of your posts on twitter when you alluded to, and i will quote the reaction you made to one of your quotes, reply said £20 cash direct toa quotes, reply said £20 cash direct to a crack den and brothel sounds like the way forward, after a tweet which said one child lives in a crack den and another in a brothel, these are the kids that need our help, he replied to this reply saying that's what free school meal vouchers in the summer effectively dead. would you like to explain what you meant by that? it's been taken out of context, i was making the point that kids who live in chaotic situations, giving them an unrestricted voucher to spend on whatever isn't helpful but we need to wrap our arms as a society around

those families, that is why the government has given that money to local government because there are working with schools to find those families to help them in a more holistic way than a meal vouchers. you also said in a tweet that the head teacher, you invited someone to have a discussion with you and said cani have a discussion with you and said can i invite, even invited marcus rashford to one of the country's most deprived schools to discuss with the head who agrees with me and a government at that school responded to your tweet saying u nfortu nately for responded to your tweet saying unfortunately for you i am a governor at that school and i have spoken to the head and i can assure you our view is that the kids need free school meal vouchers. i ask you to correct this and not give false impressions of a school which fights tooth and nail for their kids.” have no wish to draw any of my local

schools into an argument, indeed might well commit you did by inviting marcus rashford to come to a school. i would like marcus rashford to come to that school, my point is that the state can add to what is happening in our communities to help vulnerable people by doing what it's doing and doing more of it in terms of targeting the most vulnerable kids. i don't think we should nationalise the work that is happening in a positive way in our communities. we can add to it in a different way and it's not the case the government isn't helping or that it has turned a blind eye, i was talking about a different route to get that funding to vulnerable people. you talk about the communication around the story and how much money is needed for this and whether or not this government

is willing to pay for children who are hungry and people look at exa m ples are hungry and people look at examples like mp5, you are allowed to eat and drink alcohol in parliamentary restaurants, they are not subsidised but they run at a loss and we pay for that so we are paying for that but you don't want to provide extra money for free school meals. i don't think it's a fair comparison, there are lots of stories going around about mp5 getting food budgets and that's not true, the parliamentary estate isn't there for mp5 but for thousands of staff of which mp5 are a small proportion including visitors. it's not a case of one rule for us, and the point i'm making is we put 9 billion quid into supporting the most vulnerable families over the last nine months, we can do more and we have put another billion pounds

out of... can you do enough? at the moment a private company say they are seeing hungry children, the government isn't feeding them so we will instead. i don't think there is any such thing as enough, there will a lwa ys any such thing as enough, there will always be people who need help and people who say it's not enough. i don't think it's a bad thing that communities are supporting people in need, i think that shows the strength of british communities and british business. it's the reason they're doing it that's not a good thing, it's because the government won't do it. i keep repeating it's not we won't do it, we have given a huge amount more funding and free school meals would cost to local government for them to target the kids. that is a shame, ben bradley, i apologise, we have lost your line.

i apologise, we have lost your line. i apologise, we have lost your line. i apologise, we cannot hear you. ben bradley, the mp for nottinghamshire. let's pick up with robert halfon, conservative mp and chair of the education select committee. i hope you heard what ben bradley was saying. he looked at the evidence, he is also a conservative mp, the two of you came to different conclusions because you voted in favour of the extension of free school meals from ben bradley makes the case there that there is no need for nationalisation of these meals or duplication. what is he seeing that you are not? i don't have a monopoly of benevolence on combating, iam monopoly of benevolence on combating, i am glad that i want to combating, i am glad that i want to combat it, we just have different views about how these problems should be solved. during the

coronavirus pandemic we now that over 30% of families have had a significant drop of income. we have 1.4 million children on free school meals and a food foundation site this has risen by 900,000 over the past six months or so. unemployment is set to rise by 13%, meaning another 360,000 families could face food insecurity so the reason i supported the extension of free school meals was because we are in an emergency situation and need to do everything to help struggling families with the cost of living and i have seen it in harlow, food tonnage at my local food bank has doubled over the past year alone in terms of what food has been given out and i accept that the free

school meals isn't the only answer to this and i was only supporting this extension in the holidays while we have the coronavirus epidemic but i want the government to sit down with people like marcus rashford, the business task force he has set up the business task force he has set up that has some of the largest food companies in the land on that task force and work at a long—term plan including rolling out breakfast clu bs a cross including rolling out breakfast clubs across the country which increase educational attainment by up increase educational attainment by up to two months according to the institute for fiscal studies, rolling out holiday activity programmes where kids can go into school and do sport and academic activities but learn at the same time. have you got any indication from your connection in the party, you say you would like the government to sit down, the only indication we have had publicly from ministers is that the vote has happened and they are secure in the

stands that the system in place is sufficient, so have you any indication that there was some kind of change going on, maybe because a fruit and veg, to fruit and veg traders, a cafe somehow, a ground swell, do you think those actions by people responding to this will have any bearing on the government's position? i hope so. where i do agree with ben is that we should celebrate the fact that businesses are doing this and a fruit and veg company that you highlighted in your clip, but we also need to have support from the government and i'm not even asking for more money from the treasury, i understand there are big constraints on the public purse but the treasury raced through the sugar levy over £340 million a year

and that money should be used to combat child food hunger. i'm sorry, we are tight for time and i apologise for interrupting, but do you think if the prime minister borisjohnson sat down with marcus rashford, this is what marcus rashford, this is what marcus rashford has said he would like to do, do you think that would convince him to change his mind?” do, do you think that would convince him to change his mind? i think the prime minister should sit down with marcus rashford and the task force and people like henry dimbleby, i think it's a no—brainer and it may be they don't agree with everything marcus rashford is proposing that it would give us a chance to come up with a long—term plan to combat child food hunger. we appreciate your time child food hunger. we appreciate yourtime andi child food hunger. we appreciate your time and i apologise for pushing things on. thank you, robert halfon, chair of the education select committee.

you were a big fan of sport, yeah? you were a big fan of sport, yeah? you have been to watch the rugby and the olympics and commonwealth games, isn't it amazing that feeling being ina isn't it amazing that feeling being in a crowd? we cannot do that at the moment. can you imagine watching a by moment. can you imagine watching a rugby match in the cinema? a live by rugby match in the cinema? a live rugby match in the cinema? a live rugby match because it will happen with football. that is the controversy. charlie's expression says it all, that's why a lot of fans are scratching their heads. a story that has got a lot of people talking this morning. however some west ham fans will be able to watch their game at a local cinema.. and it's a decision that's angered west ham boss david moyes..

we need another capacity, . go and watch a game in the cinema, indoors, people closer to you — why can we not be sitting out in open air doing it? maybe there's other reasons for it, maybe it's the travelling on the tube, coming on the bus, people who go to the pubs but if that is the case, please come out and give us an explanation why you think we can't do that. and just to add in the championship — at some grounds including norwich later some fans will be allowed in, to watch the game on a tv screen — indoors — and just metres away from the pitch. the view of the pitch will be blocked off. interesting. in an hour, i'll be getting the thoughts of the malcolm clarke, the chair of the football supporters association on this, and also a topic for dan walker on football focus — he's not behind a screen but is on our big screen. there he is! full version. hi, dan.

how tempted will fans be to peek behind the curtains? it's such a bizarre story, this concept. it is, and i think notjust football fa ns concept. it is, and i think notjust football fans but sport fans will be scratching their heads as to how this is allowed to happen. it's baby steps back to work we would all like to get two, one of the things people have missed during the pandemic is that more of a sporting crowd, whatever your favourite might be an david moyes highlighted some of the issues, he thought it could be to do with travel and congestion, those may be some of the reasons but farm look at what's been happening in europe this week, there have been fa ns europe this week, there have been fans are loud and i wonder why it cannot happen here so we had oliver dowden, the miniature for culture, media and sport on the full ten days ago, i asked media and sport on the full ten days ago, iasked him media and sport on the full ten days ago, i asked him that question and he said it wasn't the right time to look at this. when that time might be, who knows, but fans of all

sports will scratch their heads at that. we will talk about that on focus and we will mention a result you like, eight leeds 3—0 win over aston villa, at hat trick for patrick, patrick ba mford aston villa, at hat trick for patrick, patrick bamford was brilliant and villa could have continued their start to the season and gone top but leeds are up to third, i watched a clip earlier on brea kfast of third, i watched a clip earlier on breakfast of ba mford third, i watched a clip earlier on breakfast of bamford saying afterwards he will eventually tell his children about that hat—trick so a great start to the season and on the programme we will talk about that and also hear from one of newcastle's creative stars, takeover talks for them over the summer and then no takeover, rumours of pusha you teen out coming in for steve bruce, we have harry winks for spurs who says spurs players have not talked about being up against west

ham and then coming up to drop with that incredible deal at the and josie mourinho hasn't yet spoken to players about that. vivian made a mark has scored 52 goals in 50 games and rachel yankey will reflect on that and then there is a lovely piece work mark has been to see neil warnock, his 1002nd game in charge, 16 clubs and he has survived a bout of coronavirus, have a look. you're looking good. how challenging was it for you, just how rough did you feel? i was all right. i didn't really think i had got anything when they told me i was positive, a few days later started becoming tired, then i lost my taste and my smell. ithought, oh, no. i weren't too bothered about football then if i'm honest that first week but the second, once i recovered i have been fine since.

no signs of leaving the dock at any time soon. also mike will reflect on the 80th birthday of palais, —— pele, some people say he's the best footballer ever but if you look at his record as we will today there are very his record as we will today there are very few who compare to pele so lots to reflect on from midday. great stuff, we will look forward to seeing some of those great goals. it's been over a year in the making and even this week premiership rugby finalists wasps were having sleepless nights, about whether due to covid, they would be able to play, but finally the premiership season will be concluded today, with wasps up against exeter chiefs going for a historic double. just a week after they became champions of europe, now they have domestic glory in their sights. standing in their way at twickenham later will be a wasps side who are missing 11 players, including four key ones,

due to covid. we cannot understate the emotion that has gone with it. it's the pinnacle of the domestic competition in this country. you work so hard to get there, to have it taken away when you feel everything is out of your control is pretty hard to take but it will make it even more special when it comes to the weekend. the longest six nations in history will finally reach its conclusion this month, 273 days after the tournament began on 1st february. the first of the re—arranged games today sees ireland — who are one of four sides with a chance of winning the tournament — taking on italy in dublin. ireland also welcome italy in the women's six nations later this evening live on the bbc iplayer and red button. meanwhile scotland's preperations for the six nations are going well. they scored eight tries in a 48—7 victory over georgia at murrayfield. they play wales a week today. england's final match is next

weekend against italy but dealt a blow by the fact that warm up match against the barbarians has been called off because the likes of chris robshaw, one of 12 players who went out for a meal, breaking covid regulations and they couldn't find enough replacements so that warm up match tomorrow is. it's a complex picture, if you were eight sport fan, where we are in the competition, the six nations recommencing, it's so odd. you think is it a new season? no, it's the resumption of last season which began in september 2019, but you have to check the calendar and remind yourself which paradox we are and ifindi and ifind i have no concept of time any more, you can say something happened six months ago and it could feel like a year ago last month. everything is very discombobulated.

the clocks go back tonight and for any other sporting occasions, it will be a blustery and wet day. how do you persuade your pet dog there is an extra or in bed? i started thinking how can i get up one or later? and feel for the parents with young kids. matt was not looking forward to it. thanks, mike. we have the headlines coming up injust a moment.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. people in wales wake up to the first full day back in lockdown — south yorkshire enters the highest level of covid restrictions. more than seven million people in england are now living under tier 3 regulations. dozens of restaurants and community groups offer to give food during the holidays to children on free school meals — england footballer marcus rashford says they're the superstars of the nation. iam in i am in the whispering wood where with a flick of the wand, the trees will tell you a tale. yes, the story museum in oxford has been shut for two years, it opens in the next half an hour, and will be live. ? sport crowds are still being kept out the stands in english football but fans can watch games on tvs at grandads or at the cinema. i will speak to the chair of the football

supporters association sat 9.30. good morning to you. i think the picture behind me gives a bit of a clue how this weekend is shaping up. it's going to be very windy, we have a deep area of low pressure nearby, we will see gales for many of us, spells of heavy rain, but there will equally be some good spells of sunshine too. join me later, i'll have all the details for you. it's saturday 24th october. our top story. wales begins its first full day of lockdown today. nonessential shops and businesses have been forced to close, and people are being asked to only leave home for a limited number of reasons, such as taking exercise or to buy food. meanwhile around seven million people across northern england are now having to follow the country's highest level of coronavirus measures, after south yorkshire became the latest area to move into tier 3. in a moment we'l speak to luxmy gopal in barnsley. first, tomos morgan is in caerphilly. ounds or at the cinema. i will speak to the chair of the football

supporters association sat 9.30. very good morning to you, so wales is waking up to a new kind of lockdown today. tell us about the measures and how they have been received. so it is called a fire break which will be a two week short sharp lockdown, as has been described by the welsh government. up described by the welsh government. up until yesterday, at 6.00 when it came into force, 80% of the population in wales, were under local lockdown measures. that meant that nobody should be leaving or entering the areas, that was banned by law, from now on there will be no mixing anywhere in the country within different household, all nonessential shop also be closed. the schools are close, primaries will re—open next week but the high schools will only fully rope at the end of this two week period. the welsh government have said that this, the local lockdown approach

wasn't quite enough and as the rates we re wasn't quite enough and as the rates were increasing the health minister told this programme they had to take further action. we think a clear ceredase of national measures given the spread across the whole of wales will be much simply and we will get a better level of buy in from the public, across wales the rate yesterday was 156.8 in100,000, across wales the rate yesterday was 156.8 in 100,000, only a few week ashen we would have said that was very high, requiring intervention, thatis very high, requiring intervention, that is the national rate and we think it requires a national set of rules for everyone to understand where they are and for everyone to understand how we need to live to save lives and to save livelihoods. at the moment we don't know what the plan will be after this fire break, but here is a few things we do know, there won't be a return to local lockdown measures in wales as the health minister said, there will be a new national approach across the country, all of the population will

have to follow a certain set of rules, we don't know yet, though, is whether businesses will rope in phased, just as they did after the march lockdown, what will it mean for mixing in households, what it will mean for families, these are questions that still need answers and it is something the public will wa nt to and it is something the public will want to know, they will want to know lockdown won't continue indefinitely for the foreseeable future. thank you. let's get the latest now from our reporter luxmy gopal in barnsley. morning, that right here behind me at barnsley market is opening as usual because they are still allowed to trade as normal under the new tier 3 restrictions but they total me earlier they are worried about the wider impact of these tier restrictions affecting them as well. one of the market stallholders told me that actually, since wednesday he has seen a drop in foot fall,

wednesday they announced the tier 3 measures would be brought in, and businesses that are affected more directly are pubs and bars which will have to close unless they serve substantial meal, also closing in south yorkshire are betting shops, casino, soft play centre, gyms will be able to stay open but won't be allowed to run class, the reason for the measures is the increase in coronavirus infection rate here, in south yorkshire, in doncaster and in rotherham, the rate hasjumped quite a bit. sheffield has gone down slightly but is still high, here in ba rnsley slightly but is still high, here in barnsley the infection rate is the tenth highest in england and the ba rnsley tenth highest in england and the barnsley mp danjarvis said the number of people with covid in hospitals over the past ten days had doubled in the region, so you can see why they have brought in these restriction, they will be reviewed in 28 days but one south yorkshire direct forfor in 28 days but one south yorkshire direct for for public health said he doesn't think it will be enough to bring the rate of infections low

enough, but to leave you on a more hopeful note the region has secured £11 plea of government funding specifically to help local leaders run the track and trace process, it is hoped with local knowledge that process ca n is hoped with local knowledge that process can be done more efficiently and can help to bring the coronavirus infection rate in this region down more quickly too. thank you very much. restaurants and community groups have given their support to marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children during the school holidays. the footballer said he felt "proud to be british", as dozens of businesses said they'll provide meals over october half term, after mp5 rejected a labour motion to extend the free school meal voucher scheme. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now. jessica, this has really gained momentum. the vote happened, and mp5 made that decision, but since then, quite a lot has happened hasn't it and this morning we are hearing about more and more local authorities but individuals, businesses, who are

making their own minds up about what is the appropriate action. yes, stepping in to provide food for disadvantaged children after the government has pretty much dug its heels in in terms of the issue of whether to extend free school meals into the holiday, marcus rashford has been running the campaign for a while and force add u—turn in the summer but at the moment the government are not changing its mind and asa government are not changing its mind and as a result they are feeling the heat, and conservative mp5 are feeling the heat as well, and one of them, ben bradley made some comments on twitter that have come under fire, he appeared to suggest free school meals meant in some cases money going to crack dens and brothel, you asked him about that short time ago. there are kids who live in really chaotic situations, really difficult lives, where giving them an unrestricted voucher to spend on whatever isn't helpful. the point i am making is we need to wrap our arms as a society round those

family, that is why government has given that money to local government because they are best placed working with social service, to school, to be able to find those families to target them to help them, in a more kind of holistic way, than meal voucher as. so he was saying his commences were taken out of context, to mention what is happening in different parts of the united kingdom, in scotland they are making money available to councils to continue free schools until easter, similar situation in wales, northern ireland they are extending the scheme to cover the hallowe'en break. what should happen in england, well, there is a different point of view from another conservative mp, the khmer of the education select committee, robert halfon. i think that the prime minister should sit down with marcus rashford and the task force and other people like henry dimbleby, i think it is a no—brainer and it may be they don't agree with everything that marcus rashford is proposing but it would give us a chance to come up with a long—term plan, to combat child food hunger once again.

he is saying free school meals should be provided during the extended pandemic. the government say they have given 60 million to help struggle family, they have upped the amount available in terms of welfare support so there are different details to this debate. i think the political risk for the government is they could look heartless, with all the details and nuances yes, but they can get lost in the fray of the debate. thank you jessica. thank you jessica. headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for deprived children, who're self isolating, has been cut by 80%. the government says the devices will be sent to the areas of greatest need, and should be re—allocated as pupils return to class. one school says it will receive 66 computers, rather than the 332 it was promised. residents living in a small fishing village in ireland are worried about the welfare of its resident dolphin after it suddenly disappeared.

fungie has lived in dingle harbour for almost 40 years — and has become a main attraction bringing tourists to the town. a full search operation was launched to find him but after two weeks there's been no sign of him. we spoke to an open water swimmer who, the dolphin would be right next to her in the bay, she is saying very usual for to her in the bay, she is saying very usualfor him to her in the bay, she is saying very usual for him not to be seen for this long. i hope he is found. i hope he is found. let's get back to our top story now, and millions of people across the country are today facing tougher coronavirus measures. the whole of wales has entered a lockdown for the next 16 days — to try to slow the spread of the disease. in england, the four council areas in south yorkshire entered tier 3 at midnight.

theyjoin greater manchester and the liverpool city region in england's highest tier, meaning more than 7.3 million people are now living under the toughest restrictions. a new five tier system of restrictions has been announced in scotland, starting from november 2nd. the lockdown in wales will mean that people can only leave home for food or exercise, to provide care, and in some cases to work. hospitality venues must close, along with gyms, libraries and hair salons. with so many new restrictions in place, it's not surprising that researchers from university college london say that nearly half the public in england don't fully understand the rules. let's try and get some answers for you now. we're joined by the virologist dr chris smith, and by dr lisa ackerley, who's an adviser to the royal society for public health. we welcome your expertise this morning. so we have a few questions we want

to run past you, this one is, i we are going to pass this to your lisa first, this is a question from emma. and she asks, in tier 2, or three, cani and she asks, in tier 2, or three, can i enter someone's house if i am visiting for a service, such as an at home hair dresser, or beautician? well, the answer is at the moment you can, but always make sure that you can, but always make sure that you keep up—to—date with the latest guidance because it is changing all the time. and as a beautician, you need to follow your industry's covid secure guidance, which means that you need to have a conversation really before you go in where the person, to make sure that you are behaving in a covid secure way, you are wearing the right protective clothing and you have a face covering on, and a visor, and you have a conversation so that everyone is comfortable with what is going to happen and that you don't end own ten doorstep feeling embarrassed talking about hand washing and sanitising so i think it is better to have that conversation before you

get there. that is the same really for anybody who comes to the house, it might be tradespeople or estate agent, whatever, they have got a list of rules and it is best to have a chat before they turn up to make shoe you are happy, the householder and they are happen i yes as well. 0k. and they are happen i yes as well. ok. chris, keith hill wans to know, his areas has moved into tier 3, can igoona his areas has moved into tier 3, can i go on a half—term break? it is advised against but not illegal. i am concerned i won't be able to get am concerned i won't be able to get a refund ? am concerned i won't be able to get a refund? if you are in tier 3 area, the guidance suggests you shouldn't be travelling outside your tier 3 areas and you certainly shouldn't stay overnight outside your tier 3 area, stay overnight outside your tier 3 area , you stay overnight outside your tier 3 area, you can still travel for work, study, to visit people in your social bubble etc, so you shouldn't be travelling outside tier 3, it is advised, i am be travelling outside tier 3, it is advised, lam not be travelling outside tier 3, it is advised, i am not sure be travelling outside tier 3, it is advised, lam not sure if be travelling outside tier 3, it is advised, i am not sure if that means the government can say legally you can't, but at the end of the day, the place you are travelling to might say that, because it is at the

december krishan of the business that will be put yauping in your holiday, that if they decide they don't want to accept a person from say a tier don't want to accept a person from saya tier3 don't want to accept a person from say a tier 3 area, they can rightfully say we are not going to let you stay here, so it may be worth check checking with them first, in terms of getting refunds, the government have said you should check, this is the typical thing, you should check with your travel op ray, to the person who are making the booking on what the terms and conditions were at the time you made the books, there may be well be provision for this sort of eventuality, written into whatever agreement you signed up to. briefly, chris, if you are in tier 3 can you go on a break in your area thatis can you go on a break in your area that is on tier 3? yes, you can, you shouldn't travel outside your area, because this is all about limiting the spread of the virus, and you ta ke the spread of the virus, and you take with you, the risk of the area in which you begin your travel, so if you started in a high risk area you would be going where ever you we nt you would be going where ever you went taking that risk with you, so if you stay within your area it is

ha rd if you stay within your area it is hard to argue you are increasing the risk any more in that area. lisa, this is for you, were you going to say something? i was going to add some time holiday companies will offer a postpone. rather than a refund, and so you know you may not lose your money because i think the worry is because it is not a legal requirement, holiday companies may not give you a refund but they may be happy to give you a postponement and put it into a safer time may be next year. this one maybe lice, ties in who what chris explained from john scott who says my sister and brother live in neighbours but different tier 3 zones, can they meet up anywhere? well, obviously they are both in high risk area, so that means you almost double the risk of them infecting each other, so it is betterfor them not to travel from one area to another, but if they do they can meet outside, so thatis,itis

if they do they can meet outside, so that is, it is possible for people to meet outside, but again, if that happen, you need to risk assess what you are doing and think, is it necessary , you are doing and think, is it necessary, is it putting anyone else at risk and if you have say for example a picnic keep your picnic items separate and keep your distance because even though you may meet up, it is better to be as far apart as possible. lisa, i tell you what is merging from that and i don't know about this anecdotally people having conversation, where they are saying, if i am in tier 1, cani they are saying, if i am in tier 1, can i go to tier 2? if my friend is in tier2, can can i go to tier 2? if my friend is in tier 2, can they come to me and i am in tier3? in tier 2, can they come to me and i am in tier 3? is there, in tier 2, can they come to me and i am in tier3? is there, i in tier 2, can they come to me and i am in tier 3? is there, i think chris alluded to that moment ago, is there a broad brush principle that will help people steer through that? it is where ever you are, if you, you know, the law of the highest tier will apply, if you are mixing people from different tier, so i think bear that in mind but look at websites so if for example you were

going to hospitality, look at uk hospitality, they have a fantastic table that explains what goes on in the different tier, age uk have a great table as well and some faqs on their site. so always, if you are going to do something i would check because things are changing so much. this is advice i give to environmental practitioner, things change every day. and things have changed already of course, wales in its first full day of a 17 day lockdown period, and chris, alan wa nts to lockdown period, and chris, alan wants to ask, can i go from surrey, in england, to a funeral in wales? yes, and just referring to that previous point, really useful rule of thumb about anything to do with travel or your tier risk across anywhere in the country, is that you inherit the risk of the tier you are in when you start yourjourney or start your day. so if you are in a tier 2 areas, even if you travel to a tier1 area you are still tier 2,

and that applies across the board, so it is a useful way to make it easy to remember, back to the question about funerals, at the moment, because wales is in this fire break, it is a mini lockdown, all essential travel, all but essential travel is banned. and no—one should be entering wales, from anywhere else in the uk, except under certain circumstances, and there are what are called reasonable excuses and reasonable excuses include things like working, but also they include o going to funerals and if you are challenged by somebody then you can just say look i am going to this funeral and it is legitimate to do that. iam mindful it is legitimate to do that. i am mindful how difficult it is for people to follow these things soly split this last question, this is from linda who says, maybe chris you can take the first part. why are some areas in discussions to move from tier 2, to tier 3 even though cases are going down? do you wan the teal with that bit first? an tash

trilimit has been set any terms of how many cases there need to be in orderfor us tojudge how many cases there need to be in order for us to judge an area to move from tier1 to tier 2 and further evidence that it needs to be in tier3, but further evidence that it needs to be in tier 3, but this is based on a range of different parameter, and indicator, and if for example, an argument could be made for why a particular jurisdiction argument could be made for why a particularjurisdiction may have a very high level, but does not need to go into tier 3, if an argument can be made for that, for example if you had a university and a massive outbreak in a university but you knew why that happened, where it has happened and there were going to be no more repercussions and it was going to be over in a week or so it would be senseless to say let us put the entire area into a higher tier because we can account for why chose cases exist and we know steps have been taken to stop it further. informed judgmentses are being made rather than arbitrary limits in these circumstances. i try to split

that but i think chris has answered the second part of that question about why is it some areas have hiring rates per—100,000 not in the highest level or in a higher level of restrictions? yes, and think one of restrictions? yes, and think one of the things to remember is what we need to do, whatever the rules are, obviously we need to follow the those but we need to think about whether we need to go beyond that, and look at our actual individual risks so if you can have six people if your home, think about, you know, those six people may have been mixing with another six people at some point, another five people, and you are inviting, you you know you could be inviting a whole crowd in even though you have only have six, the virus you, you can't see it, we may be transmitting it without having symptoms or mightjust before transmit bfrg we have symptoms so we need to really think carefully about our own vulnerability and the vulnerability of other people who we are visiting and make a risk assessment as we are going along, which maybe beyond what is a legal

requirement. really good to talk to both of you. chris, lisa, thank you so much. and ta ke chris, lisa, thank you so much. and take care of yourselves as well. we are doing this all the time, trying to get the answers because through is confusion out there but we are trying to clear it up p you might be thinking i would like to go out for a walk, to enjoy a bit of weather, for staffordshire, what is it going to be like. paint a picture char of what you will be wearing if you go out for a walk today. what will stav be wearing today? it will be waterproofs and some thermal pants although it won't be too cold in the south—east but the winds will be a feature today and tomorrow so take care if you are walking southern and western koerks huge waves will be crashing up on shore, all because of this deep area of low pressure winding up in the atlantic. it looks pret into the satellite picture but it is weather

front is throwing out in all direction, heavy rain and it is wet in northern ireland, western scotland, very wet in north—west england into parts of wales too. and flecks of rain getting into midlands and central and southern areas too, generally the eastern side will stay dry until we reach this evening, so some brightness here, the winds will continue to pick up, as this rain moves eastwards there will be heavy shortlived bursts of rain so be aware of that once it arrives but it will move through quickly, strong gusty winds, behind it will be a mixture of sunshine and showers through the afternoon for scotland and northern ireland, still windy here with the strongest of the winds round that rain band, in the south—east, very mild for a time ahead of the rain band, 16, 17 degree, further west, though, low teens celsius and it will feel cooler because of the wind but you will have the sunshine, as we move into the first part of tonight that rain reaches the eastern side of england, takes a while before it

clears away, lots of showers moving into the north and west, also, what is taking place tonight is the clocks go back one hour so the night also be drawing in unfortunately, a very autumnal feel to things, including the weather as well, which will continue to be windy, with lots of showers across the west of the country by the end of the night. low fresh with us for part two of the weekend, anchored to the north—west. quite a few isobars on the charts so another blustery day, not as windy as today, and we should see a bit of sunshine round though, that won't feel too bad, in eastern scotland and eastern england. lots of showers in the western coast. there will be heavy with hail and thunder. these are the mean wind speeds, gusts will be higher than these suggest but not feeling tooed babu generally speaking tomorrow it will be cooler than what it was today, especially in the south—east. ten to 14 celsius. low pressure still with us on into monday, a fairly windy away,

sunshine and showers and another air you've o low pressure which waiting in the wing, the rest of the week looks tush 11 will feel autumnal with spells of wind and rain. mild in the south, cooler in the north. an unsettled week to come up all you need is the appropriate clothing. that is all you need. are you one of those people who spends halloween with the lights off, avoiding the dreaded knock that means trick or treaters are at the door? this year you might not have to worry, as the pandemic means people are looking for ways to mark the spookiest night of the year in a more socially distanced way. do you avoid trick or treaters? no, kids love that doing that, be this year it is going to be different. isn't it? tim, tim muffett has been toa pumpkin

isn't it? tim, tim muffett has been to a pumpkin farm where they are preparing for a different hallowe'en. one week to go and this year it seems hallowe'en has taken on new significance. wow. it is cheering the children up because of the covid virus, the pandemic. it has been a difficult yearfor virus, the pandemic. it has been a difficult year for everybody, but this is fantastic. i think it is really nice time to do family and have a little fun and i think this year's especially is going to be different but we need to try and have that fun kind of vibe. requirery farm in redhill in surrey, and even with social distancing, pumpkin picking has proved incredibly popular. things are changing so fast we don't know what will happen in two months' time so if we can enjoy the moment, and have fun for hallowe'en, and hope that christmas isn't cancelled this year. can't keep up with demand, so many people want to see us, we are getting inquiries injuly about hallowe'en which is the earliest we

have known it. we made the decision in may to plant. probably 20-30,000 pumpkins in this field and the next one. hallowe'en has been huge in america for many years, here, it has been getting bigger and bigger, it is thought in the uk we typically spend round £400 million on it, each year. what do you think of hallowe'en? i think it's good. because you can, before the coronavirus you could go to trick or treating and trick or treating you can get sweets, and then they go if your bag. this year might be different. yes, we can all be in a different. yes, we can all be in a different room and we could have all a bucket of sweets and each one of us can go and get collect the sweets and we could give sweets to each other. genius, you have solved hallowe'en. for the evans family from bridgend, hallowe'en is the highlight of the year. hallowe'en to us is our favourite holiday.

highlight of the year. hallowe'en to us is ourfavourite holiday. i actually think we prefer it to christmas, it is something to look forward to, being in lockdown, especially in wales we, obviously having, so for us, it gifs people something kind of a bit of normality back. monster. isabella creates videos using makaton, a sign language used by many people with learning disabilities. maybe a song, a hallowe'en sign. it is really fun in front of a green screen. the comments how longley it is and how we have made their day and that for the rest of the day... i have made people smile. can you sign pumpkin. ready? back in surrey and like many

shops selling hallowe'en accessories the tills have been busy.” shops selling hallowe'en accessories the tills have been busy. i think even though people may not be doing so much this way of trick or tweeting they do more stuff as a family. it is the first real school holiday where people have been able to get out and enjoy it a bit more, soi to get out and enjoy it a bit more, so i think it isjust an element to get out and enjoy it a bit more, so i think it is just an element of having normality. in a year of uncertainty a chance to cling on to something familiar. matt is taking over with saturday kitchen later. wondering talking about hallowe'en what is your trick or treat costume, do you need one? what do you mean, do i need one! funny enough i don't have one, i think it is a bit odd for me to be dressing up, it is is a bit like horrorfilm, dressing up, it is is a bit like horror film, really. the dressing up, it is is a bit like horrorfilm, really. the kids, the kids used to, they are 17 and 18, so that are a bit old. i like

hallowe'en, we have a special next week, just so you know. pumpkins? pumpkin, scary things, all the hallowe'en business.” pumpkin, scary things, all the hallowe'en business. i shalli let you go. today, it is like i don't know. today's show our special guest isa commit know. today's show our special guest is a commit cumbrian, a writer and actor —— comedian, i am glad she has dropped by. it is sara pascoe.” actor —— comedian, i am glad she has dropped by. it is sara pascoe. i am very excited. you have lots 0 going on at the moment, we can talk about about that later on. let talks about food heaven or hell. what is your idea? my favourite things are creamy, avocado, coconut mying, iam a desserts vegan, i like, the stuff they make out of chickpea water, thatis they make out of chickpea water, that is heaven. hell, i like most vegeta bles that is heaven. hell, i like most vegetables but aubergine is the worst of the vegetables. it is worst, everyone agrees it is the worst, everyone agrees it is the worst of the vegetables. literally

everyone. yes i did a vote it is the worst, i am everyone. yes i did a vote it is the worst, iam not everyone. yes i did a vote it is the worst, i am not great with chilli. all right, there you go, quite a list, two great chefs here as well, anna, how are you? very good. thanks for asking. what is on the menu today? i am going to make a special vegan risotto that isjam packed with flavour, so even people who aren't vegans would eat this and feel like you know it is superdelicious. freddie looking very cool superdelicious. freddie looking very cool, short half in, short half out. that's how i roll. i'm doing some hummus and flatbread with purple sprouting broccoli, some roast pumpkin and then herb and pomegranate for dressing. ollie has restarted the drinks trolley, haven't you? we will have vegan winds today. is that a small car.

it's part of my halloween costume, i will drive this later. don't forget to vote for what sarah gets to eat later. go to the website. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. time now for a summary of this morning's main news. wales begins its first full day of lockdown today. non—essential shops and businesses have been forced to close and people are being asked to only leave home for a limited number of reasons, such as taking exercise or to buy food.

meanwhile around seven million people across northern england are now having to follow the country's highest level of coronavirus measures, after south yorkshire became the latest area to move into tier 3 at midnight. dozens of businesses and community groups have given their support to marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children during the school holidays. the footballer has called them the "superheroes of the nation", after a labour proposal to extend the meals beyond term time in england was voted down. the government says it has provided substantial support to families facing difficulties. headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for deprived children has been cut by 80%. the government says the devices will be sent to the areas of greatest need. one school says it will receive 66 computers, rather than the 332 it was promised. plans to scrap tax—free shopping at airports could cause "wholly unnecessary job losses" in the aviation sector,

according to a group of mp5. from january, shops at airports will no longer be able to sell items like perfumes and electronics to international passengers. the cross—party future of aviation group has urged the chancellor to reverse the decision. the treasury said the lower prices were not consistently passed on to consumers. those are the main stories this morning. mike has the sport for us now. you are talking about how one can watch the sport you love. we know that stadiums are not on, very small numbers, so what are the alternatives? a small step to give fans a better experience is to allow them to watch in small groups experience is to allow them to watch in smallgroups in experience is to allow them to watch in small groups in cinemas or even in hospitality suites at grounds, but not on the pitch so the argument is in line with thinking about restau ra nts a nd is in line with thinking about restaurants and pubs opening still that if you book a table with your household bubble, you can do it

safely and maybe it's the same thinking, it's easier to control if it's in a cinema or in a hospitality group where the ground where fans might be more tempted to mingle, it certainly has fans talking about this. if you're in a household bubble, often parents or kids enjoy doing that, that is that think they enjoy doing together so perhaps that is a chance for them to keep those traditions alive. you could argue why notjust do it at home but it's a step in the right direction. west ham boss david moyes is calling for answers from government ministers. games are of course taking place without any crowds due to the pandemic. i don't think we need 1000 people backin i don't think we need 1000 people back in the ground but we need a

good percentage of capacity, 25 or 30%. you can go and watch a game in the cinema, indoors, people closer to you — why can we not be sitting out in open air doing it? maybe there's other reasons for it, maybe it's the travelling on the tube, coming on the bus, people who go to the pubs but if that is the case, please come out and give us an explanation why you think we can't do that. there will be some fans in some grounds later. but not as you'd imagine. they are actually at the ground is in some of the championship games. screens at norwich and hull. their view of the pitch — which will be just metres away — will be blocked off, at hull, the stream of the match will be slightly delayed. the chair of the football supporters association, malcolm clarke, has said the situation is "inconsistent and illogical" and hejoins us now from south manchester. thanks for your time, malcolm. the

government say they are simply following the scientific advice, that it's safer to do this in cinemas and hospitality suites. we agree with david moyes that it's difficult to see any logic behind us. take norwich city, they were one of the test grounds that allowed fa ns of the test grounds that allowed fans infora of the test grounds that allowed fans in for a game against preston a few weeks ago. i have seen the video, everything was done perfectly with temperature testing, sanitising, socially distance queueing and it was a success. now they cannot allow fans in but they can go into the same ground inside in the stand, have a meal and a pint, but not watch the game the other side of the curtain and it seems totally illogical. as fans we need our social networks, we need our friendships need our social networks, we need ourfriendships and need our social networks, we need our friendships and it's need our social networks, we need ourfriendships and it's part need our social networks, we need our friendships and it's part of the routine and while health is obviously the most important thing, this particular ruling seems

illogical. but it's a time when covid—19 cases are rising across the uk so surely the government argued now is not the time to ease restrictions of sporting grounds and if the scientific advice says it is easier to do this in controlled areas like a cinema, surely we have two follow that. the sports ground safety authority produced a 90 page document on how to do it safely in a football ground and safety officers have worked with them to produce these schemes as they did at norwich and i'm sure they can be followed, there is no reason they cannot be followed in a football ground if they can be followed in a cinema or a resta u ra nt they can be followed in a cinema or a restaurant or anywhere else and it feels like discrimination against football supporters and if there is a factual reason as david moyes said that we are not aware of, that the government tell us but at the moment it appears inconsistent. personally

ifind it it appears inconsistent. personally i find it extremely difficult to sit on the ground enjoying a meal watching the game on tv and knowing just the other side of the curtain there was a real game. it's a very bizarre situation. they will have to say at norwich, don't be tempted to peek behind the curtain but it's a time of greater restrictions so isn't this a positive step in the right direction, the fact some fans can at least go to the grounds or the cinema nearby, it's better than nothing? yes, obviously fans who cannot go to the games want to have the chance to watch them. in the premier league they are being charged an exorbitant amount but thatis charged an exorbitant amount but that is a different issue, but what you would need is credibility in the regulations and this applies not just to football, if people cannot see the reasons behind... vacancy

illogicality is and inconsistencies, then they do not have faith in them. we will have to leave it there, sorry about the break—up on the line but thank you for your thoughts, i'm sure it will get football fans talking across the day. wherever you are watching, you still get nervous watching your team play. at an age when most people are relaxing into retirement, 70—year—old frank rothwell is taking on the toughest challenge of his life. he's aiming to become the oldest person to row solo, 3000 miles across the atlantic in an organised challenge race. and yet he's new to rowing. he hopes to raise a record amount for charity, and i went tojoin him in training off anglesey. before the travel restrictions into wales were introduced. he'd never been in a rowing boat before this challenge — now he's trying to cross the atlantic in one at the age of 70.

well, it seemed like a good idea down the pub, and now, stroke by stroke, he's got his beloved brass band music spurring him on. i'd been looking for a challenge, something that's worthwhile doing for ages and i couldn't find anything that was actually difficult enough and then purely by chance i came across this through speaking to somebody in a pub and then that night i couldn't sleep and that was it. are you aware that you will be facing waves that are 20 foot high in this little boat? my wife's going to watch this! don't say that! but if the waves got big, i'm the wrong direction so we have a big parachute, ten foot diameter, which we put in the sea so that's called a sea anchor and that holds it steady and then i can go to bed. going to bed — that's just one of the challenges, as i've seen on a tour of what will be frank's

home for over two months by the jetty earlier. maintain a safe distance away. look at that, is that the toilet? that's the bucket and chuck it but also, what's unique about this boat is i've got a shower. no, no! also, this boat has a sit—down kitchen. i have a cooker, but all it does is boil water. freeze—dried food. this one is chicken tikka and that's1000 calories. and finally when i get a good chance to go to sleep, it's like camping out. he wasn't going to sleep when he gave me the oars to get a sense of what he will go through in the 1.6 million strokes he estimates he will need to do. bend your knees, push with your legs. that's it, that was a good stroke. push with your legs. i'm finding i'm banging knuckles, my knees on the oars. faster, faster! ok, sorry, skipper!

frank has led crews on yachts around the world before. after leaving school at 14 and building up his own portable building business from scratch, he's had knee operations, fought off prostate cancer, run marathons to get here. i've been training, i've been doing 70 miles in two days and you can't walk 70 miles in two days and i've been rowing it in half a tonne of boat. in the darkest moments of the darkest night, the thing that will be motivating me is thinking about my grandchildren. and as long as i can speak to my wife, darling judith on a daily basis, that sorts that out. to give frank some top tips we arranged a video call with two of the record—breaking yorkshire rowers, the oldest all—female crew to row across the atlantic in 2016. how are you? what a nice surprise. i've got loads of questions for you. what would you suggest i have for christmas dinner to make it special? we took, frank, a tin of pineapple rings and believe you me,

after eating dried food, pineapple rings were a real treat for christmas day. every penny frank raises will go to alzheimer's research as he makes his final preparations to go those 3000 miles across the atlantic. this is definitely the toughest thing i've ever dreamt up. it's in them moments that you're by yourself, it's down to you. something my dad said, he said never let anybody tell you you're too old. there he goes, so the boat is now on its way to the canaries ahead of the start of the race in december. frank will do some other training before hejoins the will do some other training before he joins the boat and launches off, thinking about his christmas dinner, you have to think about things like that when you will be on your own at sea for so long. if he has a cracker

he will have to pull it by himself. idid he will have to pull it by himself. i did suggest that to him. he is quite a character. he plays gags on you, i am sure he will play them on himself when he is on his own. his playlist has the brass band music, also adele, cilla black, amy winehouse and lots of audio bouts. i hope he doesn't count the strokes, 1.6 million, imagine if he loses count halfway. it was about a week and a half ago. before the weather changed. it's a bit different now. yes, very different, blustery, there is rain, you will have to wrap up warm. good morning, staff. yes, it will be a blustery weekend, we have low pressure moving off the atla ntic we have low pressure moving off the atlantic but we start off with a bit of brightness in southern and

eastern parts, it will stay dry in much of the south—east until after dark and it will be mild, rain pushing into western areas, northern ireland and western scotland, turning wet here and in wales and it will be unsettled as we go into next week low pressure bringing strong winds and lots of showers. the hook ofairunder winds and lots of showers. the hook of air under pressure chart shows this low pressure system and its active front pushing in, that is bringing the rain to western areas, heavy rain for western scotland moving into eastern scotland and western england and wales, one or two light spots of rain ahead of it but the eastern side of england will stay dry until later. as this rain moves stay dry until later. as this rain m oves a cross stay dry until later. as this rain moves across england and wales there could be some heavy bursts, pretty torrential as it sweeps in from the west and stronger winds with it, behind that skies brighten up this afternoon for scotland and northern ireland but there will be showers

and it will remain windy. dry, windy in the south—east where it will be mild, but elsewhere the low to mid teens celsius. that then sweeps across the east and south—east of england overnight, heavy bursts of rain, takesa england overnight, heavy bursts of rain, takes a while until it clears from the south—east, lots of showers pushing into western areas and some will be heavy and temperatures from five to 10 degrees. tomorrow low pressure still nearby, still lots of isobars on the chart indicating strong south—westerly winds, lots of showers blown into southern and western codes and these may be heavy with hail and thunder but the further east you are, the better chance to stay dry so eastern scotla nd chance to stay dry so eastern scotland and north—east england, generally east of the pennines not a bad afternoon and it will be cooler, temperatures from ten to 15 celsius. next week we see a series of low

pressure systems of the atlantic so quite a lot of unsettled weather throughout the week with spells of wind, gales and heavy rain but there will be some sunshine as well. enjoy the rest of your weekend. perhaps you don't want to be outside today, perhaps you want to immerse yourself, if you read a story you are transported away. a lot of places you can go to have been shot recently but it has been a problem but the story museum which was meant to close in april, finally throwing its doors open. view not london has been there. fiona lamdin is there for us. the museum has now opened, there are

visitors are amongst the trees hence we are now wearing masks but earlier i took a look around and you will see them that none of us had to wear masks. this is a magical place. in this whispering wood with a flick of the wand the trees tell you a tale. my favourite tree is the one with a sword in it because it looks ancient and it's really cool. it makes you feel like you're really in a wood. next you can step into eight storybooks in the enchanted library. here in winnie the pooh's100 acre wood you can play poohsticks. i've now fallen down into alice's rabbit hole but the only way out is with the golden key. and if you push through the fur coats at the back of the wardrobe you will find yourself in cs lewis's narnia. and next door you will find horrid henry in his bedroom. i like this room because it's so free and you can really be a child again here.

oh, it's so much fun. definitely the fart bed is my favourite, definitely brought back so many memories of when i used to read horrid henry. it's magical because you're stepping into a scene that until now has existed in your head and on the pages of a book. alongside the classics, the last story in this enchanted library, the art of being normal, was chosen by children in oxford. so walking through here there's loads of authors i read as a kid, stories that were important to me like narnia and snowman and then i've got philip pullman next door and then there's my book, which feels very surreal. i think a lot of young people now are having conversations about gender identity. it's not binary any more, it's not male and female and i feel really proud and pleased that the story museum have incorporated a room and a book that explores those sorts of issues.

and their parents seem just as excited. so we really want to do something special and because we cannot have halloween, we can't go trick or treating, we want there to be something that's really unusual and out of the ordinary for her and this is just the bee's knees. it's such a relief after such uncertain times, staying home for very, very long, it's an amazing feeling. they have spent the last two years redeveloping the museum and were just about to reopen when covid stopped them. financially it was pretty catastrophic, i can't say there weren't several do or die moments where i got to a monday to a monday and thought, not sure how we will get to friday but we are here by the skin of our teeth. do you feel safe now? we will get there. like the best story there has been some jeopardy but we have got some plucky protagonists, they're very clear on their quest, we have had a couple of fairy godparents step out of the wings to help us on our way and we are heading

towards a happy ever after. but takings will still be down. instead of 600 they can now only take 100, but at least the next chapter of this story can finally begin. many of you will be familiar with winnie the witch and the illustrations by corky paul. you have been involved with the museum from the beginning. tell us why it's so important. it's such an important thing because you walked off the street and into this incredible environment which is so stimulating for your imagination and it gives children free rain to use their imagination to be in this environment, it's a great asset to the city having the story museum and i've been involved with it since it was a concept and here we are, very exciting. we will come back to you

ina exciting. we will come back to you in a moment but the challenges of opening a museum during this pandemic and sophie can tell us about it. it was only a couple of weeks ago you realised you could open. less than two weeks ago we heard we had secured funding through the cultural recovery front and then it was all systems go out so we could open as quickly as we could. we had thought about how we could keep everyone safe and still make sure they have fun so we introduced things like a magic wand so you can use the interactive is without touching, you can follow a higher's footprints to keep you on your one—way trail and use the old hand sanitiser from the times of king arthur. and keeping everyone in theirfamily arthur. and keeping everyone in their family bubbles. we changed our ticketing so families book for their family bubble exclusively so they will go around in that and play in our spaces. let's come and meet the

first family bubble, the first visitors in and they are the eastern family. you haven't had a huge look around yet but starting with you, what have you light so far? from the pictures i have seen it looks incredible and it's great how they have managed to make the interactive exhibits work with coronavirus. what about you, matilda ? exhibits work with coronavirus. what about you, matilda? icy the pictures andi about you, matilda? icy the pictures and i think narnia looks brilliant and i think narnia looks brilliant and it's very creative. narnia is amazing, i have had a look and that's definitely my highlight of the museum. mum, we chatted to other pa rents the museum. mum, we chatted to other parents but it's been hard for everyone, it's been a hard six months so what have you liked not having the normal things you can do with children? it's been challenging

and different families have coped in different ways, we don't have much outdoor space at home so it's so exciting and for the museum finally, we have watched its progress but to finally come somewhere like this and have some fun. one of the challenges, we must let you get in and enjoy your visit. most of us won't be able to come here today because we don't live near oxford so i thought on this grey and damp saturday, what better way to finish, we might all appreciate a little story so we will go and korky is going to read to us. this is from winnie around the world. winnie was choosing her books from the library. winnie was choosing, wilberjust liked looking at the pictures. winnie looked at a book with

pictures of animals. look at these g i raffes , pictures of animals. look at these giraffes, i have always wanted to see one in the wild! then when he had an excellent idea. let's fly around the world and visit the animals in the books. meow! said wilber. i hope they don't eat me, he thought, and when he borrowed the book, flew home... i liked the sound of that, they were just warming up there. a lot of people will be very happy to have some part to go with so many places closed. all of that looks fabulous but the bit ofjoy which many parents will resonate with, the little child twanging on mum's mask. and she carried on regardless. it was just annoying, i imagine. from monday there will be a brand new show to enjoy right

after us here on bbc one. morning live will be hosted by kym marsh and gethinjones. they'll be joined by a team of presenters giving expert advice on everything from saving money to the latest health issues. let's talk to gethin and find out about it. this new programme, you are taking over from about it. this new programme, you are taking overfrom us on about it. this new programme, you are taking over from us on monday. why do you need it now, what is it about? i wasjust chatting to my pa rents about? i wasjust chatting to my parents and my sister this morning and wales have just gone into this second lockdown so maybe the timing of morning live is perfect. there we re of morning live is perfect. there were plans to do it before but the pandemic has sped up the process and it feels like one massive whatsapp group were people at home or at the heart of the conversation, you were doing an item earlier on the rules, every day there seem to be different

rules so it's nice to bring those experts and who have become rundown faces during lockdown, people we trust to talk about it but maybe not just the virus, other things going on in the world and trying to have a smile and a bit of fun because we seem to forget that a lot at the moment. there we were seconds ago watching mum having her mask to wind, the elastic by her little boy. you have done a lot of live telly and your programme is live, things happen which is part of the reason people love watching live tv because stuff happens. and it feels immediate, i enjoyed doing the one show and you really felt that immediate engagement from people, that live event and neither will put money on me doing something wrong this week. i already have. we are

just doing tv and trying to do our bestjob and i felt privileged to go to work at the moment, my sister works in the covid ward, my mum and dad are shelling so i felt lucky to go to work, i feel safe doing it and kym and i have the same sense of humourand kym and i have the same sense of humour and speaking of that i have involved my mum in the film next week and my nephew has autism, it will be a lot of fun along the way. i'm a bit disappointed nobody has walked in that door, i've been waiting for someone to burst in behind you and have it go wrong but it has all gone smoothly, as i'm sure it will on monday. good luck and at some point next week we will be handing to you. look forward to seeing you.

morning live starts this monday at 9.15 on bbc one. that's all from us this morning. have a good day.

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