this is bbc news with the latest headlines. more pressure on the government as thousands of doctors back the footballer marcus rashford's campaign for free school meals during the school holidays. after a public backlash, the welsh government says it will review its ban on supermarkets selling nonessential items during the country's two—week lockdown. ministers consider reducing the 1a days isolation period for those in contact with people who have the virus. spain's government announces a new state of emergency as it tackles the virus — a national curfew from from 11pm until 6.00 in the morning is due to come in tonight. the new well—being hubs designed to help nhs staff cope with the stress of battling covid,

as fears grow of a mental health crisis amongst health workers. lewis hamilton makes history as he breaks the record for the most formula 1 wins ever — the british driver took the title from michael schumacher at the grand prix in portugal. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we start with some breaking news. hampshire police are dealing with an ongoing incident on board a vessel, south of the isle of wight. the reporting in the last few minutes is that a ship, an oil tanker, the nave andromeda, has

reported an alert, it issued a mayday around 9am this morning. it had been due to dock in southampton at10:30am, it had been due to dock in southampton at 10:30am, it left lagos in nigeria on the 6th of october and obviously as an oil tanker it had quite a long journey, but something seems to have happened in the last hours of its journey towards southampton. a coastguard helicopter can be seen circling the ship by a website, which tracks the movements of ships around the world. hampshire police have confirmed they are dealing with what they have called an ongoing incident. there are reports that they have imposed a three mile exclusion zone around the ship whilst they establish what is actually going on on board. of course, it being an oil tanker, a huge ship, it would only be a relatively small crew needed to manage it, so if there is a problem there might not mean many people on board to deal with it and that might be one reason if they have issued a mayday alert for trying to get some outside assistance. we had reporters

gci’oss outside assistance. we had reporters across that story as we speak and we hope to hear from across that story as we speak and we hope to hearfrom one of across that story as we speak and we hope to hear from one of my collea g u es hope to hear from one of my colleagues here at the bbc during the course of the next few minutes and we will bring you the latest on that. as i say, that boat is in the solent, near the isle of wight, and the coast guard are in attendance and the police are also trying to find out what is happening. a government minister has defended the decision not to extend free school meals to disadvantaged children over the school holidays. brandon lewis said providing support through local councils was "the right way" to help struggling families during the pandemic. pressure is mounting on the government from many sides, including more than 2,000 doctors, who have signed a letter saying england should follow scotland, wales and northern ireland in further funding meals outside of term time. here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. castle beach cafe in falmouth, cornwall, and owner fiona has said she will make free lunch bags this half term for any child who would

normally get a free school meal. she says she's angry at the government's spending priorities. i know the country's under pressure, everybody‘s under pressure, but we're a wealthy country and if we've got hungry children, i think it's obscene, frankly. under scrutiny, ministers insist they are providing support for low—income families, billions extra in welfare and over £60 million via local councils, and congratulated organisations and businesses who are stepping in to help feed children this half term. i think it's complementary to what we are doing as a government. we are supportive of that, we support local authorities to do it, that's what the £63 million is there for and it's notjust £63 million, it is on top of the hundreds of millions we have put into local authorities to support those most in need. so no u—turn, no change in a word? i think we have the package in place, so people have the support they need during school holiday. estimates suggest a food voucher scheme like the one which ran over summer could cost around £20 million for half term.

in scotland and wales, provision has already been extended until easter. for england, labour says cash distributed by councils might miss some families. not every council has stepped up, which means it becomes a postcode lottery for some children so some children will benefit from sitting and living in a council where they have decided to prioritise free school meals, but other councils, for various reasons, might decide that money needs to go elsewhere. labour is promising to push for another vote on the issue before christmas and some conservative mps also want a rethink. if there is another vote brought by labour in the next few weeks in parliament, will you rebel against the government next time? yes, if there is another vote that says we need to bring the concession back for the christmas holidays, i will vote for that. on the pitch last night, marcus rashford, who won a government u—turn in the summer. campaigning against child poverty, he's built up momentum again.

where that leads, it's still playing out. jessica parker, bbc news. the welsh government has said a ban on supermarkets selling nonessential items during the country's two—week lockdown is to be reviewed later this week. more than 56,000 people have signed a petition to be allowed to buy items such as clothes and electrical goods. ministers had said they wanted to be fair to retailers ordered to close. health minister vaughan gething says the welsh government's approach aims to ensure the country's lockdown will remain short. to have an effective firebreak, we do need to reduce opportunities for people to go out and mix. and that is why we have this clarity in terms of what is essential and what not. almost all of the retailers, where people would like to go into shops, have an online offering as well. so even if you go to an entirely different retailer, there are a lot of stores that do this in any event. and online retail is permissible because it doesn't involve mixing. so we haven't cut down people's opportunity to buy goods in any form, it's about the in person activity that matters.

that was vaughan gething there. our correspondent in cardiff, tomos morgan, explained the welsh government's stance on the new restrictions. well, they are facing a big public outcry here. there was a huge backlash on social media over the course of the day yesterday, you know, a few hours after, or the first day after this firebreaker started. if you go into a shop like this supermarket behind me, what you will see is aisles closed, coverings over certain items. they are items that won't be able to be sold in any other shop. those are the nonessential items, really. that has been done by the welsh government because they say it has to be fair to the other businesses like toy shops, electrical shops that have had to close over this period, for business fairness. it is also to reduce the reasons that people might go to the shops, but there is a bit of confusion, too, with the welsh government today as to what will happen tomorrow. will they change their mind? well, that is still unclear at the moment. that was tomos morgan fair.

there could be a reduction in the length of time people have to self—isolate, if they've been in contact with someone who's tested positive for covid—i9. the government has confirmed it's looking at the period of self—isolation, amid criticism of the test and trace programme. writing in the sunday telegraph, the conservative mp sir bernard jenkin said a "vacuum of leadership" in test and trace is affecting how far people comply with it. catherine burns reports. right to the back of the throat, both sides by your tonsils. at the minute, if you have been in contact with someone with coronavirus you need to self—isolate for two weeks, but now confirmation that time might be shortened. there is no decision, i'm not here to make an announcement this morning. the teams are looking at this. as we are learning more about the virus and how we can manage and live with the virus, and obviously we are always assessing these. the test and trace system is not fast enough. latest figures show 15% of people tested are getting results within 2a hours. it's not getting hold of enough people. tracers are reaching about 60%

of close contacts of people who have had a positive test. and now its boss, dido harding, is being criticised by a senior tory backbencher. i do mean this as kindly as possible, she has been a tremendous asset, but the test and trace capability clearly needs to move up several gears and it's what leadership does, not who it is, that really matters. a study by king's college london found just 11% of people who had been in close contact with a positive case, and so needed to isolate for two weeks, actually fully stuck to it. the key question, though, is would it be safe to cut the time people are being asked to self—isolate for? within the 14 day period, the first seven or eight days are probably those period of most likely to become infected and therefore the use of testing could be used if someone is negative at that point to reduce the need for

them to do the full 14 days isolation. for now, this isjust an idea that's being looked at. the rules haven't changed and people are still being asked to self—isolate for two weeks. catherine burns, bbc news. let's get more on that breaking news i bought two at the top, hampshire police deal with an ongoing incident on board a vessel south of the isle of wight. let's speak to our correspondent anna o'neill. what can you tell us? it is called the now they andromeda, built in 2011,, it left lagos in nigeria earlier this month and was due to dockin earlier this month and was due to dock in southampton at about 10:30am this morning. there are unconfirmed reports there was a mayday signal from the ship about 9am. hampshire police have told us, we are aware

and dealing with an ongoing incident on board a vessel which is situated south of the isle of wight and we will provide further updates when we are ina will provide further updates when we are in a position to do so. and we can see on a website called the marine dot—com, there is a coastguard helicopter circling around the ship and we believe there isa around the ship and we believe there is a three mile exclusion zone, so those are the details we have at the moment. obviously it is going to be a developing story with the nave andromeda and we are going to keep across that. thank you very much. downing street says the chief negotiators for the uk and eu will continue post—brexit trade talks in london until wednesday. michel barnier arrived in the uk on thursday to restart negotiations with lord david frost after they stalled last week, but he was due to return home on sunday. eu sources told the bbc more talks are also planned in brussels from thursday. joining me is the deputy political editor of the daily mail, john stevens. thanks very much for coming in to talk about this, your paper

reporting on this story today. what is your understanding of why he is hanging around? is it more kind of detail to talk through or are we still talking about matters of substance that have to be resolved? yes, as you say, michel barnier is still in london, it is day four of these talks they have been happening and he has extended them until wednesday. speaking this afternoon to people on the british side of the negotiations, they are saying it is a positive thing that they have been extended, they are finally having more intensive talks. you know, since the summer the british side have been saying they wanted to step up have been saying they wanted to step up the pace of talks and wanted to start talking about the nitty—gritty across all the different areas of negotiations and they have said they are finally getting that. but they are finally getting that. but they are still saying it is not inevitable that they do get a deal, that some of these key issues that have been stumbling blocks for a long time are still being stumbling blocks, things like fishing, they say they are still quite far apart on that issue. on the question of the level playing field, this seems

to bea the level playing field, this seems to be a big tension between both sides, and has been for quite a while, hasn't it? the idea that we area while, hasn't it? the idea that we are a sovereign nation and we set our own rules and the eu saying, but hang ona our own rules and the eu saying, but hang on a minute, you are right on idle doorstep and if you can undercut our businesses, as presumably they would perceive it... you are right on our doorstep. and we are not just you are right on our doorstep. and we are notjust going to give you the opportunity to do that. it seems on the basis of it a potentially unresolvable difference of opinion? yes, they are all saying what we are basically talking about the state subsidies and the eu is saying, once you have left the eu and the block, we wa nt you have left the eu and the block, we want to know more details about how much help you might give firms on your side of the channel, so that it isa on your side of the channel, so that it is a level playing field, that both companies on the continent and in the uk are competing in a fair way. but i think the trade deal that the uk has struck with japan, it looks like that they have actually helped things, that there were level

playing field clauses in there that the uk agreed to with japan and so people on the eu side are now saying, well, if you were ok to agree to that with japan, maybe you will be ok to group that with the eu. how do you read the politics of this? my presents and talking to the politicians about this over the course of this is that there is a genuine desire for a deal. everyone can see the advantages. but politically, the prime minister is worried and some around him are worried and some around him are worried that... the last thing they wa nt worried that... the last thing they want is a handshake with the resident of the european commission, whether in brussels or london, and then the kind of ghost of some of then the kind of ghost of some of the eurosceptic voices who are with the eurosceptic voices who are with the prime minister during the referendum campaign re—emerge and say, you have sold us out, this isn't the deal you promised us during the election campaign. is there to he still live, do you think, a downing street? yes, i think, a downing street? yes, i think i agree and that is why the issue about fisheries, you look at it, it is such a small part of our

economy, worth about not print 12% of the yukon me —— of the uk economy gdp, however they say that in 1973 they were sacrificed, that industry, they were sacrificed, that industry, the price of the uk going into the edd sea. someone like borisjohnson, who campaigned for brexit, he says that the reason we left the eu... we have become an independent coastal state. they can't do anything that shows they have sold out the fishing industry again and need to show that they are doing something different. therefore they need to show that the fishing quotas aren't the same as they are at the moment, that french vessels won't have the same access to our waters as they do now. john stevens, deputy political editor of the daily mail and i know you are going to be writing on the subject throughout the week, as i guess you have been all year. thanks very much. the headlines on bbc news...

it is 3:15pm. hampshire police say they're dealing with an ongoing incident aboard a tanker near the coast of the isle of wight. more pressure on the government as thousands of doctors back the footballer marcus rashford's campaign for free school meals during the school holidays. after a public backlash, the welsh government says it will review its ban on supermarkets selling nonessential items sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn. we are not talking about the rugby, as we would perhaps have hoped to be talking about a few days ago, but we have got a lot of excitement with formula 1? yes, it is going to be a busy day ahead, but certainly lewis hamilton putting his name on the record books again, which is where we are going to start. lewis hamilton has entered the record breaks once again after winning his 92nd grand prix in portugal, more than any other driver.

it was another dominant race from the world champion and his team, mercedes. he now stands alone on race wins, having been tied with michael schumacher. and he's in line to pull level with the seven—time world champion — this win increases his lead at the top of the drivers‘ championship, and in line for another world title. let's get some reaction. our f1 reporterjennie gow, who has paused the recording of the 5 live chequered flag podcast to speak to us. jennie, he beat schumacher‘s record of most poles. he's now beaten his record of most formula one victories. well, he just keeps going well, hejust keeps going on and on, doesn't he, and putting his name on the record books? yes, it is the next step and it is only a matter of time. he is equalling michael schumacher's record of championship titles and the next year if he goes oi'i titles and the next year if he goes on and is continues to be as dominant as he has been so far, that will be him beating michael schumacher's all—time championship titles as well, so where the record stop, this is a debate we were just

having on the pod cast, who knows! and we know so much about the quality that he possesses, the ability of his team and the car, but you can't take anything away from this achievement really, can you? know, and absolutely as you look at all those drivers who have won multiple races, they have always had to have the situation right for them at the time, being in the most dominant car but it is about getting yourself into that car that is the ha rd pa rt yourself into that car that is the hard part and you have got to show a degree of winning mentality very early on. that is what lewis hamilton did. think back to 2007 canada, when he won his first formula 1 race. my word, yes, very long way since then! he has and when you look at some of the names on that list of grand prix victories, michael schumacher of course, it just goes to show the company he is keeping to top that list. looking at it now, 92, you just wonder how many more he can go on and win! yes, i listen to him talking this morning, saying he is there for it for next year, he definitely wants to be up for it, but it doesn't see himself

going on forever. so we wonder how long that means, doesn't mean three years left in the sport or will he just keep on breaking records and setting new records for the next generation of formula 1 drivers? it is going to be fascinating to watch where he wants to go next. and of course, more reaction on the pod cast of yours. we can of course listen to that. thank you so much for joining listen to that. thank you so much forjoining us, reflecting on lewis hamilton's achievement, beating michael schumacher‘s record today. a dramatic late penalty earned aberdeen a point against celtic in the scottish premiership. lewis ferguson kept his nerve two minutes into stoppage time to level things at 3—3. the two sides meet again next week in the scottish cup. celtic came into this off the back of two straight defeats. they now trail the league leaders rangers by three points. rangers can extend their lead at the top to six points if they beat livingston this afternoon. that game at ibrox kicked off about 15 minutes ago.

you can see that ranges are leading by 2—0 at the moment. three games in the premier league and southampton are 2—0 up at home to leaders everton. james ward—prowse and che adams with the goals in the first half. wolves and newcastle kick off in just over an hour's time. awinfor a win for either of them would move them into the top four, and itjust goes to show how unpredictable the season has been so far. arsenal and leicester are the late game. that kicks off at 7:15pm. and all eyes on the british rider tao geoghegan hart, who goes into the final stage of the giro d'italia tied for first place. victory in today's time trial over jai hindley will hand him a maiden grand tour win. and just the sceond british rider to win the race. he's out on course now. we will have a result in the next ten or 15 minutes or so. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.

we will of course keep you updated on that result when we are with you againa bit on that result when we are with you again a bit later on this afternoon. and then there is the website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. that's it from me, back to you. thank you very much. spain's prime minister has announced a new state of emergency across the country in an attempt to control the spread of coronavirus. regions will be given powers to take their own decisions on health matters, including whether to introduce curfews. our correspondent guy hedgecoe sent this update from madrid. well, shaun, he has confirmed the use of this state of emergency. it is the same legal mechanism that he used earlier in the year for that very strict lockdown that the country had, but he has said that this time round, it is not going to be a strict, full lockdown for the country, that what he is doing is putting, as you say, putting a certain amount of power in the hands of spain's 17

regional administrations for them to decide what is appropriate and what is not. he wants to see that curfew introduced across the country, between 11pm and 6am. that has been a concern, late night parties have been a big concern for the spanish government when it comes to contagion. also, he wants to see restrictions on movement between one region and another. that has been another major problem when it comes to infections. he also said that this state of emergency will last through until may of next year, so i think that came as something of a surprise, the fact there was going to be such a long term state of emergency. presumably, making that announcement he must be pretty confident that he has got the political backing in the parliament in madrid to actually get this through because he has had one confrontation already with the regional government in madrid, he has got the opposition pp party — or pe'pe — saying, "we don't like this because of the "economic damage and we should be

allowed to do things that are "strictly at a regional level." so he must be quite confident to say, "look, "this will be a state of "emergency and it is going to last for six months"? yes, that's right. i mean, he has acknowledged that he can only introduce the state of emergency for two weeks initially, then after that he has to go to parliament to get approval for an extension and obviously this is a very long extension. now, as you pointed out there, earlier in the year when he was... he extended the state of emergency during a lockdown every two weeks and he did it in a very gradual way, and then it became increasingly vitriolic, the political debate, as he tried to persuade parliament to extend it again and again. clearly, he wants to avoid doing that this time, but sanchez does seem to be confident he can get support from parliament. he says he has spoken to opposition leader, pablo casado, of the popular party already today, had a very cordial conversation with him, but

we still don't know for sure whether the other parties will back this. that was guy hedgecoe in madrid. the number killed in a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul has risen to 2a — most of the dead were students at a private education centre. the islamic state group has said it carried out the attack in the predominately shia muslim neighbourhood. the un has described the bombing as a callous and senseless war crime. secunder kermani reports. the alley outside the tuition centre was packed when the suicide bomber struck. fear, panic and shock amongst the students. like this 18—year—old, many were preparing for their university entrance exam next year. translation: i was walking towards the centre when there was a huge bang. i fell unconscious. when i woke up, i saw my classmates and friends wounded and lying on the ground. everyone was crying.

this was the scene today. the suicide bomber was approaching the entrance when he was challenged by a guard and blew himself up. most of the residents of this area belong to afghanistan's shia minority, and they've been repeatedly targeted in brutal attacks like this by the islamic state group. two years ago, more than a0 students were killed in another suicide bombing on a tuition centre not farfrom here. is is much less powerful than the taliban, but it's carried out dozens of deadly attacks in recent years. there's also been an upsurge in fighting between the afghan government and the taliban in recent weeks, despite the start of peace talks. is are not part of those discussions, which in any case seem to be making little progress. for now, whether it's through suicide attacks, roadside bombs or being caught in the crossfire, ordinary afghans are dying while simply trying to live their everyday lives. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul.

nhs staff are using so—called wobble rooms, or well being hubs, set aside to help protect their mental wellbeing, as the number of covid—19 cases rise during the second wave of the pandemic. health care workers like nurses and midwives can seek quiet or write their feelings down in a book, or even read jokes. lauren hatcher is a children's intensive care nurse at the royal london hospital. she has made use ofjust such a well—being hub. what they call a general hospital? as it got a name or is itjust that place where people can sneak off to when they desperately need a break from the pressures of the ward? yeah, it is the well—being hub and it is somewhere that we can go when we sort of come away from the craziness of what is going on and just to read

and listen to music or speak to our collea g u es and listen to music or speak to our colleagues and share experiences. how important has been for you? i think were working, at the royal london? i do. and enormously with very seriously ill children, but during the first wave of the pandemic werejust during the first wave of the pandemic were just dealing with covid—19 patients? pandemic were just dealing with covid-19 patients? that's right, so i normally work with children in intensive care and from around the beginning of march we started to work in adult intensive care to look after the covid—19 patients. work in adult intensive care to look after the covid-19 patients. how big after the covid-19 patients. how big a shock to the system was that for you? it was a massive shock. it is a massive change, going from little people do big people and of course the new disease of coded, covid—19 mack which was a really big shock at the time, so is a really difficult time for everyone. when did you get the sense that you wanted to make use of this? where their particular

times of day or was itjust the kind of relentlessness of that kind of intense working and all the extra pressures that have come with covid—19, likely that you can't even put an covid—19, likely that you can't even putan arm covid—19, likely that you can't even put an arm around a colleague if they are feeling distressed or even do the same for a patient or a relative. that, they weren't relatives there, presumably, a lot of the time. what was the trigger for you needing to use the well—being hub? for you needing to use the well-being hub? i think it wasjust that need of normality. so what we we re that need of normality. so what we were experiencing was like nothing before, so to have somewhere to go to sort of able to just relax, close our eyes, read a book, listen to some music and talk to colleagues without being in full ppe was a massive relief. that is a really interesting point because i suppose that must be the really unusual element for you, is to have that

time where you can look someone in the eye because presumably with all the eye because presumably with all the requirements to wear ppe, even thatis the requirements to wear ppe, even that is very basic stuff must be lost between colleagues? absolutely. i think it was a time for us all when we were quite disconnected from our friends when we were quite disconnected from ourfriends and when we were quite disconnected from our friends and family because you know, it was really difficult for us to explain what we were going through and difficult for them to understand, so to have this place where we could, you know, not be in full ppe and talk to each other was really great and actually connected us really great and actually connected us more, really great and actually connected us more, you really great and actually connected us more, you know, from a colleague point of view. lauren hatcher, thank you very much for speaking to us about that and about the well being hubs full stop i hope you don't need it too often, but it is good to know that when you do need it it is there. thanks very much. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, some some sunshine around today, but heavy showers as well,

particularly into the south and west of the uk, some with hail and thunder. gusty winds as well, plenty more showers to come into tonight as well, merging at times with western scotland into longer, heavier downpours. there will be some to the east, avoid most of the showers and stay dry with clearer weather here, we will see some of the lower temperatures going into monday morning. low pressure close by tomorrow morning will be another day of sunshine and showers. these initially into the west, but notice how they do track east during the day. again, the chance of seeing some hail and thunder, but not a wash—out. there will be some sunny spells before and after the showers, still with those fairly gusty winds as well. average speeds will be getting the gusts around 30 to a0 miles per hour, especially as those showers move through. temperatures around ten to 1a degrees across the uk, now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. turning milder to the south later in the week but a fairly wet and at times windy week to come. goodbye. now on bbc news, it's time for global questions