hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm. police are 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 goverment says it will review its ban on supermarkets selling non—essential items during this is bbc news. the country's two week lockdown. the number killed in a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital the new well—being hubs designed kabul has risen to 24. to help nhs staff cope with the stress of battling covid, most of the dead were students. as fears grow of a mental health the islamic state group has said it crisis amongst health workers. carried out the attack in a mainly shia muslim neighbourhood. lewis hamilton makes history the un has described as he breaks the record for the most the bombing as a callous formula 1 wins ever — and senseless war crime. secunder kermani's report contains the british driver took the title from michael schumacher some flashing images.

at the grand prix in portugal. the alley outside the tuition centre was packed when that with his 92nd wind. —— win. 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. hello and welcome to bbc news. police are continuing to deal with an ongoing incident on board an oil tanker situated off the coast of the isle of wight. the suicide bomber was coming down the tanker, named in reports as the liberian—registered nave andromeda, was due to dock in southampton earlier. this gate when he was challenged by but it was reported just after nine o'clock to put out a mayday message. some of the guards and he blew himself up. you can still see some hampshire constabulary said: "we are aware and dealing of the marks left by the shrapnel in with an ongoing incident on board the wall and the impact the a vessel which is situated south explosion had. most of the residents of the isle of wight." the maritime coastguard agency said of this area for long to the shia it is assisting police and search and rescue helicopters minority who have been targeted by are at the scene. the islamic state group. still,

earlier, i spoke to the conservative mp for the isle of wight, there is defiance. i don't feel safe but i won't surrender. if the bob seely, who said the incident is being treated as ‘marine counter—terrorism'. taliban or islamic state fight with what we understand is that weapons, i will fight with my notebook, my pen and my education. i the 240—foot—long oil tanker has have faith that i will win. there has been a surge in fighting in the dropped anchor about a mile country over the past few weeks and a half, two miles off largely between the afghan the south—east coast of the island. government and the taliban. these it is pretty visible talks had started but seem to have for folks on the eastern side of the isle of wight. stalled. islamic state is much less powerful than the taliban and is not and there is talk of stowaways on the vessel and there is pa rt powerful than the taliban and is not part of those negotiations. they can some concern that the captain may still carry out deadly attacks. not be in full control, but clearly today, the young victims of this that is rumour and we don't know... latest atrocity were laid to rest. i think the authorities written on one of the placard, a are trying to ascertain what the facts are at the moment. simple question. what was my crime? local isle of wight radio was reporting that the vessel was told to continue into southampton water, which is, i understand, where it was heading, it's been seven months but ballet but the skipper decided dancers have returned to the stage he wasn't going to do that at birmingham rep theatre as doors and he was going to stay put opened to the public once again.

where he was, a mile or two off ben sidwell reports. the south—east coast of the island. excited, very excited. so, i'm assuming that there really excited, so glad to be back, has been conversations. back to the theatre. i mean, what's interesting it feels very liberating to be out now, if correct, is why the skipper did not follow instructions from the port authorities in southampton, if it and doing something normal. was them giving the instructions. yes, indeed, and as you say, that will obviously be one of the arts is a real go—to thing the questions. for me, and it'sjust is this the sort of thing that so wonderful to see it back. it's been 220 days since would end up being kind of the birmingham repertory theatre opened its doors to an audience. accelerated up the chain of command from coastguard and police up it's incredible, actually. towards whitehall? we're sort of amazed we're here. yeah, absolutely, and pretty there's something just so horrible quickly as well, simply because, as you said very concisely yourself, you have got a situation about a completely empty theatre. there's nothing so dead where you have got a vessel as an empty theatre and it's been like that for seven from nigeria, you know, months so to have life in it, that has a sort of a jihadi problem it's a wonderful feeling, actually. in some parts of the birmingham royal ballet's five the country, so there is some socially distanced shows sold out instability within that in a matter of hours. country, and the motives of the stowaways need to be pretty clearly understood. usually able to hold almost 900, it might well be that they are just illegal immigrants each performance will be watched and obviously that's a problem in itself, by fewer than 150 people. but there's no political component of this, so excited. but clearly we need to be reassured and provide reassurance there's been so many ups to the folks, not only living on and downs along the way.

we followed the same model the island, but also that the professional sports world southampton because this vessel was approved by government to do. was supposed to be coming into southampton this afternoon, so, so artists came back, and if you look at the computer graphics and the maps, it was circling around a few times working and divided into bubbles. and zigzagging before they decided to hold the boat, sorry, included in the 80—minute hold the vessel off the south—east performance, the world coast of the island, premiere of a new ballet, so clearly something lazuli sky, inspired by ideas is going on that's not right. of social distancing and with costumes our correspondent duncan to keep dancers apart on stage. it was absolutely lovely. kennedy at lee—on—the—solent. we've really missed it, we've really presumably trying to get a good missed being in live theatre. glimpse of what is going on there it's extremely moving being there. and picking up local intelligence about what may be happening? i found it a little overwhelming how few audience members there were. yes, there are a few more details when you go back in and you can see that it can work, coming out this evening about this i don't understand why it hasn't, why it can't go back to normal vessel, the nave andromeda, about like this everywhere. five miles off the coast of the isle a ballet for the moment to mark of wight behind me. they ship, as a return to theatre. ben sidwell, bbc news. you heard, was on route from lagos in nigeria to southampton with a cargo of oil. it was due to dock in southampton at about 10:30 this morning. at around nine o'clock, ben rich has the weather

this incident unfolded. sources have told the bbc that the board on board today has been a —— the crew on board the andromeda pretty wet weekend overall and it we re stays unsettled through the coming —— the crew on board the andromeda were are aware of stowaways on week. brisk winds, more heavy rain board. but this morning at 9am, some at times. that brings the risk of some localised flooding. it should of all of those stowaways became turn milder later in the week. this violent towards the crew. it's not evening and tonight, plenty more known how many were involved. sources told the bbc the crew then showers, especially in the west. took refuge in something called a could be some flashes of lightning, rumbles of thunder, not as many citadel, which is a safe, secure showers across eastern areas, that area on board a ship that ships have will have the lowest temperatures, as part of their infrastructure and down to two or three degrees in some ta ke refuge as part of their infrastructure and areas. sunshine and showers take refuge from things like pirates on the high seas. it's not known tomorrow, some of the showers will whether there was any kind of be heavy, the focus shifting stand—off incident between the crew eastwards. further west, and these stowaways. it's not known be heavy, the focus shifting eastwards. furtherwest, northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england have fewer showers through the numbers involved, whether there the afternoon and spells of was actually any violence. 0nce sunshine. wendy in the south, wins inside the secure room, the crew in easing across scotland, temperatures the shape contacted the coastguard, between ten and 14 degrees. heavy who then sent up not one but two rain pushing eastwards during helicopters to go out and track the tuesday, is in blustery showers on ship back. it's not known if those wednesday, but it will turn milder to the end of the week. helicopters are still out there or

whether this is an ongoing incident. what we do know is the home office are well aware of what's going on and the ministry of defence have said there is no military involvement in this incident as far as they are concerned. separately, the bbc has contacted the owners of this ship, greek shipping line, and they say this is 100% not a hijacking. it is not clear where or how those stowaways got on board, whether there was one of the mau mau or why they suddenly, in the words of this sauce, turn violent towards the crew. the ship itself is about an hourorso the crew. the ship itself is about an hour or so from docking in southampton, where it would have off—loaded its oil. it's not clear this is bbc news. yet whether it is back on route or the headlines at 6pm: if this incident of the isle of police are dealing with an ongoing wight is still unfolding. and incident aboard an oil tanker presumably, duncan, this is a off the coast of the isle of wight. relatively routine journey for oil more pressure on the government, to undergo, such a long journey and as thousands of doctors back for tankers to be in and out of the footballer marcus rashford's there on a regular basis. so the campaign for free school meals

fa ct there on a regular basis. so the during the school fact this tank over suddenly holidays in england. a p pa re ntly after a public backlash, fact this tank over suddenly apparently stranded off the coast the welsh government says it must have raised quite a lot of will review its ban on supermarkets concern for people, even if they selling non—essential items didn't know, as we still don't, during the country's lockdown. what's going on? exactly right. it the new well—being hubs designed is an extremely unusual incident. there was some suggestion by one or to help nhs staff cope with the stress of battling covid, as fears grow of a mental health two media outlets, there might be crisis amongst health workers. migrants trying to get into the uk. lewis hamilton makes history not confirmed by any source we spoke to at all. how they got on board in as he breaks the record for the most formula 1 wins ever — lagos we don't know. and we don't the british driver took the title know how long the crew have known from michael schumacher at the grand prix in portugal. these stowaways were on board. that is the suggestion from the source we have been speaking to, that the crew we re have been speaking to, that the crew were aware they were on board and presumably were waiting to dock in southampton for the authorities to ta ke southampton for the authorities to take control of that. at some point, perhaps as they neared southampton, the stowaways or stowaway had other ideas and decided to take matters into their own hands. but so far as our source is concerned, they say the crew took refuge in this citadel

so the crew took refuge in this citadel so there is no suggestion from that source any of the crew have been harmed. but whether the stowaway all stowaways have been able to do anything with the ship, those details are not yet clear. duncan kennedy, thank you. rear admiral doctor chris parry is a former nato commander and former director general at the ministry of defence. thank you very much for being with us on thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. we often turn to you at times like this to help guide us through the uncertain picture of what is going on. from what information has emerged so far, what concerns you potentially about the situation? well, i was trying to interpret why it was the captain refused to go up the solent to southampton. that can only be because some of these stowaways are running loose within the ship and he doesn't want to risk it being in shallow waters. the last thing you wa nt shallow waters. the last thing you want is the ship going aground in the solent or the approaches to

portsmouth or southampton. i think he has assessed it is safer to be at anchor or at sandown until that situation sorts itself. earlier in the day, it seems to me the stowaways were told they were approaching land i needed to be in one place when that happened. they resisted and i suspect they ran all over the ship and as a result, the crew went to the citadel. that is probably unfolding now. i suspect that negotiations will be under way now to basically secure a peaceful resolution of the crisis and allow the ship to proceed. as your understanding, citadel is our security measures to protect the crew if they come under some sort of attack on board. is it automatic to assume the citadel is actually the command point of the tanker? if not, is it possible they stowaways could have control of the vessel? not really. it normally exists around

the bridge, the control centre and the bridge, the control centre and the adjacent portion behind the bridge, the accommodation area. they will have communications, food and water. the only way you could control the ship is by getting into the engine spaces. i suspect our stowaways don't have the expertise to be able to get down there and either interrupt what is a diesel engine and the steering compartment. soi engine and the steering compartment. so i suspect the captain and crew are well in charge of the ship. if as bob said, they are at anchor, it would indicate the ship has been put to anchor. my guess is theyjust have some rogue elements running around the ship and don't want to go into more shallow waters until they had secured those people. that is a really prudent thing to do. the precautionary incident applies whenever you have people in control ofa whenever you have people in control of a potentially dangerous vessel,

which an oil tanker self—evidently is. it has come from nigeria, a country which have a problem with jihadist violence. presumably, purely from a precautionary point of view, the authorities have to assume the worst rather than just say, it's likely to be, let's say, would—be asylu m likely to be, let's say, would—be asylum seekers, illegal migrants, people smugglers taking advantage of the tank and we don't have to worry about it? yes, you have to look at the full range of options. i think you plan for the worst but act on the intelligence you have got. all it takes is for one of those stowaways to say we have a bomb on the ship. that is all they have to say and then you have to adopt a precautionary incident in relation to that. the reason why i think it's been prudent for the captain not to come up channelled to southampton are near portsmouth and to await events, that seems to me a very good decision. i think time will resolve this overnight. just one last

question. i suppose it raises we have these covert threats but there is some practical question about whether the home office department for transport, the coast guard, all these different organisations, can manage something like this, complex situation like this? they will manage it because they will get down and talk but there is no doubt, and it's a good point, that we should have a single authority that is in charge of our offshore zone. i've been saying it for some time. it's absolutely ridiculous we have a plethora of agencies and ministries involved in our offshore zone. it should be controlled by a single ministry or agency in quite a lot of these liaison difficulties will go away. thank you very much. let's update you now on the latest uk coronavirus figures. he's out within the last few minutes. we have a number of new

coronavirus cases. 19,790 recorded in the last 24—hour period. that will be people who tested positive within the last 28 days. a further 151 people have died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that bring the total number of deaths across the uk to 411,896. 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 congratulate 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 may 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. 0n 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. let's speak to izzi seccombe — conservative leader of warwickshire county council and vice—chair of the local government association. thank you for being with us on the bbc news. this is a question that lots of local authorities are having to deal with. how are you dealing with are in warwickshire? we ran a voucher welfare scheme, a scheme we have had for very many years. we are going to be using that. we are going to be talking it up, ensuring that the funding goes to families and two children, but notjust those children. we want it to meet the needs of all people in warwickshire who find themselves in a really perilous situation. so that will be how we deal with it and we think it is the right thing to do. i'm

interested that you say you will dip into this fund you already have, this well established, long established fund to help people with particular needs. i suppose the kind of question that comes from that is the money that was on offer from central government not really enough to deal with the demand or your share of the money enough to deal with the demand that might be generated by this? so, i think it's worth just saying that we've had £500,000 from government to support this. we had spent 520, so we've spent all that money. we've just had some more, we had a further £65,000, which has come from defra going towards this and we will be using our own resources to add to this, next term. it's our intention and we've already committed our intention that we will carry this through to christmas and as long as

we are needing to do it because of covid. so you kind of accept the argument there is a need there and that need has to be addressed somehow. the government's view is now saying it can be addressed more effectively through local authorities like yours. i was speaking to tim lawton in the previous hour, former children's minister, and he said he understood —— people understood the simple message of free school meals, they see the logic of doing it during the pandemic. given the pandemic is going to last through the winter and beyond, will you —— you surprise the government decided as far as schools in england were concerned that they we re in england were concerned that they were going to stop doing it, having done it in the easter and summer holidays? well, our own scheme is su btly holidays? well, our own scheme is subtly different and actually, the problem with free school meals as we know there are families in our council who do not access it that could access it. for me, it's always

been about offering the whole family support because we need to help families. there are, in fact, families. there are, in fact, families without children who need this. locally, ithink families without children who need this. locally, i think we can have that perspective that looks at the need within the area and support that need. so i do support that. of course, the resources for doing it will be stretched. if we are paying money from warwickshire funds, it's not going on other things. and i suppose that will be a concern in some areas of the country. it's fine for the government say local authorities know their areas better and the need locally but it's different if you say to local authorities, you need to do this and the money provided isn't enough to cover everybody in their area, whereas the free school meals was provided centrally and really did cover everybody. it didn't cover eve ryo ne cover everybody. it didn't cover everyone because not everyone access

to it. forgive me, the money was there to cover everybody if they chose to, i didn't put it very well. you are right, and it has supported our children, certainly within warwickshire. we think this is the right way to go forward. we just need to say to all our residents and families that there is no need for children to suffer and go hungry within the next week or over the christmas period. thank you very much. the welsh government has said a ban on supermarkets selling non—essential items during the country's two week lockdown is to be reviewed later this week. more than 57,000 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's 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 that 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. vaughan gething. lloyds bank has asked its employees who are currently working from home to continue doing so until spring at the earliest. the bank said the decision was in line with government guidance. lloyds has 65,000 staff, about two thirds of whom are currently working remotely. 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—19. the government has confirmed it's looking at the period of self—isolation period 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's 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 leadership 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. 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. there will be a national curfew beginning 11pm tonight from across the country, applying until 6am every morning and could run for up to six months. 0ur 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's 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 big 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. nhs staff are being encouraged to use rooms, nicknamed wobble rooms, or well being hubs, as a safe space to help them protect their mental wellbeing as a second wave of the pandemic takes hold. health care workers, like nurses and midwives, can use these spaces to seek out quietude, or write their feelings down in a book. lauren hatcher is a children's intensive care nurse at the royal london hospital. she told me earlier about the room she uses at her hospital. it's the well—being hub and it's somewhere we can go when we come away from the craziness of what's going on and just to read

and to listen to music or speak to our colleagues and share experiences. how important has it been for you? i think you were working... am i right to say you work at the royal london? i do, yes. and you normally deal with very seriously ill children, but during the first wave of the pandemic, you were dealing just with covid—19 patients. yeah, that's right. i normally work in children's intensive care and from around the beginning of march, we started to work in adult intensive care to look after the covid patients. how big a shock to the system was that for you? it was a massive shock. it's a massive change going from little people to big people and, of course, the new disease of covid which we were learning as we were going through the time, so it was a really big shock to everyone. when did you get the sense that you wanted to make use of this? were their particular times of day, was itjust the kind

of relentlessness of that kind of intense working, under all the extra pressures that have come with covid, like the fact you can't even put your arm around a colleague if they're feeling stressed or even do the same for a patient or a relative. the fact that there weren't relatives there, presumably, a lot of the time. what was the trigger for you needing to use the well—being hub? it was just the need of normality i think. because of course, what we were experiencing was like nothing before so to have somewhere to go to, sort of, be 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. you have made that really interesting point because i suppose that must be the really unusual element for you is to have that time where you can look somebody in the eye, presumably with all the requirements to wear ppe, even that kind of very basic stuff must be

lost between colleagues. absolutely. i think it was a time for us all where 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 can, you know, not be in full ppe and talk to each other was a really great and actually, connected us more from a colleague point of view. we'll bejoining the we'll be joining the national news shortly. but now, the weather. hello. at least some of us are getting to see the sunshine today, but there are some heavy downpours around. again, good news, though, for rainbow spotters — plenty of these pictures coming

in from our weather watchers today, especially where we have most of the showers of course, that's towards the south west of the uk, closer to this area of low pressure, some of those showers heavy with hail and thunder, some of us to the east though avoiding most of the showers, seeing the best of sunshine in north—east england, for example. into tonight, these showers keep on coming, particularly into the west and through southern england, some merging to give some longer heavier downpours in places but there will be some of us, again, through eastern areas that avoid most of the showers, stay dry with the clearest weather and see the lowest temperatures going into monday morning. and then for tomorrow, we are still very much under the influence of the area of low pressure so there will be further showers moving through, initially towards the west but some will push on through eastwards as we go through the day, still with gusty winds but also that of sunshine here and there around these showers too. so it will be another blustery day, winds speeds, these average speeds, still costing around 30 to a0 mph in places. especially where you see some of the heavier showers. as for temperatures, mainly around ten to 1a degrees, so by the end of the week, it looks like southern areas at least will be seeing those

temperatures trending upwards once again. as we go into monday night, a lot of the showers will fade away, a gap between weather systems here. quite a chilly start for some of us on tuesday morning, perhaps a few fog patches around especially into scotland, but this deep area of low pressure well to the north—west of the uk for tuesday will be pushing these weather fronts our way. that basically means more rain, of course. that will be spreading north and east during the day, may be the far north of scotland, certainly to the northern isles, some of the heaviest rain will be into western hills and with all of that, the wind will start to pick up once again. so it will be another windy day, particularly towards the south and west. again, temperatures around ten to 1a degrees. that has gone by wednesday and then we're back to an another day of sunshine and showers. again, these will be most frequent across the south and west of the uk, some heavy with hail and thunder and accompanied by gusty winds. looking further ahead, low pressure still very much in charge for the rest of the week

and even into the weekend as well. and that does mean some wet and windy weather at times.

the government signals no change in its policy on free school meals over half—term in england — despite mounting pressure. with families having to ration, 2,000 children's doctors call on ministers to change tack. could the isolation period for contacts of those testing positive for covid—19 be cut from two weeks to one? there's an ongoing incident on an oil tanker off the isle of wight involving stowaways. the record is broken! and lewis hamilton notches up the highest number of formula 1 victories, beating michael schumacher‘s record.

good afternoon. a government minister has defended the decision not to extend free school meals to disadvantaged children in england during half—term — which for many schools starts tomorrow. brandon lewis said providing support through local councils was "the right way to do it." pressure is mounting on the government from many sides, including from more than 2,000 paediatricians who have signed a letter saying england should follow scotland, wales and northern ireland in funding meals outside of term—time. here's our correspondent fiona trott. i'll show you what i've got in the fridge. when planning ahead still isn't enough. so this is just what i've got to last me until payday. claire is a single mum of three and she says without free school meal vouchers, this week will be a struggle. i'm really anxious because i'm just

like, "have i got enough that is going to last until i get that payment on the last day of the month when i can go and do my shopping?" you know, it is very stressful, very ha rd. there are parents like claire across the uk, and businesses who want to help. this cafe in cornwall is making free lunch bags for children — a community response to a political decision not to extend free school meals in england. it is complementary to what we are doing as a government. we are supportive of that. we support local authorities to do it — that is what the £63 million is there for, and it is notjust £63 million, of course, andrew, it is on top of hundreds of millions. but some say that's not enough. local communities stepping in, over 2000 paediatricians stepping in, signing an open letter to the government saying childhood hunger is not acceptable. it's that knowledge that what happens to you when a child affects your whole future life course, and making sure a child is well fed and well nourished is notjust about making sure they go to bed with a full tummy,

although that's important, but it's making sure they grow up to be a healthy adult who has all the same opportunities anyone else would have. and it's an investment in that child's future to make sure they have good nutrition throughout their lives. footballer marcus rashford is also putting pressure on the government. he successfully campaigned to extend free school meals earlier this year. today, more than 800,000 people have signed his petition to do the same again. some conservative mps also want a rethink. let's remember the government did this for easter, whitson and summer and no government, let alone any labour government, has done that before. given the unprecedented circumstances of the pandemic, i think we should continue that into next year. so i think the government got it wrong and that is what i said, and i voted to abstain in this case. so you are not all having a sandwich tomorrow, then? claire's family hope the government will change its position before

christmas, but like many families across england, this half—term break will be hard. fiona trott, bbc news, leeds. the two—week self—isolation period for contacts of people who test positive for covid—19 could be cut to ten days or even a week, the government has confirmed. it comes amid strong criticism of the test and trace programme from the senior conservative mp sir bernard jenkin. writing in the sunday telegraph, sir bernard said a "vacuum of leadership" in test and trace is affecting how far people comply with it. catherine burns reports. from the start, the message has been clear. if you've been in close contact with someone with coronavirus, you need to self—isolate for 1h days. isolate for 14 days... you must self—isolate... you must self—isolate. we isolate, we keep out of circulation. but now the government and its advisers are considering cutting the time frame. i know that there is work going on to look at the length of isolation. we'll be using the results from our large covid infection survey,

which goes back to people over time in order to inform those discussions. people tend to show symptoms of covid—19 around 4—6 days after being exposed. it can take up to two weeks, though. so if you want to catch as many cases as possible, then the best idea is to stick to that 14—day self—isolation period. but that only works if everybody actually sticks to the rules. and a recent study found thatjust 11% of people who were asked to self—isolate for two weeks actually did it. if the evidence shows that one has to isolate for 14 days, then yes, i would isolate for 14 days. if they can prove that you're safe after seven days, i think it would be a much better concept, especially for schoolchildren. it was quite frustrating, especially when you get to the end of that period and you think, "she's got no symptoms, none of us have got any symptoms," so it did feel a bit long. isolation isjust one part

of the test and trace system. the other elements are not without problems. it's not turning round tests quickly enough, and it's not getting through to enough close contacts of people who have tested positive. the boss, dido harding, is coming under ever—so—polite criticism by a senior tory backbencher. i do mean this as kindly as possible to her. she's 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 leadership is, that really matters. for now, cutting isolation period down isjust an idea that's being looked at. the rules haven't changed, and people are still being asked to stay at home for two weeks. catherine burns, bbc news. the welsh first minister has told the bbc there will be no change to the ban on supermarkets selling nonessential items during the country's ‘firebreak‘ lockdown. but mark drakeford said the ban would be "clarified" after supermarkets were forced to close parts of their stores selling products such

as clothes, shoes and toys. 0ur wales correspondent, tomos morgan, reports. across wales, supermarkets have had to close certain aisles, and items like toys, books and electrical goods have been covered up. it's been done because the welsh government have restricted stores from selling nonessential goods. but it's led to a public outcry over this, the first weekend of the latest lockdown. and it has led to tens of thousands signing an online position. i think it's absolutely totally ridiculous. i get the fact that they don't want to disadvantage the small, independent businesses, however i do think on this occasion they got it wrong. i applaud the welsh government for introducing this fair play scheme... welsh ministers say that this rule is a matter of fairness, to smaller businesses like this one that have been forced to shut over the next two weeks. predominantly, we sell toys. obviously supermarkets sell toys as well, and if they were allowed to sell and we weren't allowed to sell then that would

have a dramatic effect, especially during the key selling period, because we are so close to the peak selling time of christmas. this evening, first minister mark drakeford confirmed the ruling wouldn't be changed, but said there would be clarification and discretion to its implementation following a review with retailers tomorrow. if there are some anomalies that we hadn't spotted and now have the experience of this weekend then those are the things that we would aim to put right. the basic principle won't be changed? the basic principle is really important. we must stay at home, we mustn't mix with other people and we need to stick to that for the next two weeks. ever since this announcement was made, there's been confusion from big retailers, and there's been a growing sense of anger and frustration amongst many online. it seems just two days into this firebreak, and the public‘s resolve in following a more stringent set of measures is already being tested.

tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. the latest government figures show 19,790 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day, in the last week, is 21,628. 1,015 people had been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last tuesday. 151 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week, 179 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 44,896. in europe, spain has introduced a state of emergency this afternoon, and italy has also announced much tougher covid restrictions. in a moment, we'll talk to mark lowen in rome. but first let's cross to guy hedgecoe in madrid. guy, a state of emergency —

was this expected? i don't think it came as i could surprise in spain and that is partly because of the severity of the second wave of coronavirus here. spain became the second european country to surpass 1 million cases in total since the pandemic began, and been pressure from many regional governments on the central governments on the central government to take a measure like this. in practice, what it is going to mean is the introduction of cu rfew a cross to mean is the introduction of curfew across the country. also it will mean that those regional governments will be allowed to take any measures in terms of restrictions on movement, restrictions on movement, restrictions on movement, restrictions on social activity, that they deem necessary in their specific areas of the country. i think it did come as a surprise in the sense that the prime minister said he expects this state of emergency to last through until may, which gives an idea of how the

government sees the situation planning out. mark, what has been announced in italy? compared to the full closure of the first wave, this is a looser lockdown, and restaurants and bars must stop serving tables at 6pm, no takeaway service until midnight. gyms, pools, cinemas must shut. a strong recommendation people must only move around if they only need to do so. remember, italy was the first country in the world to impose a national lockdown back in march and other countries use italy as a model. britain followed exactly two weeks later but this time the government as being more cautious, mindful that the economy is already hmmfi mindful that the economy is already forecast to shrink here by 10% this year and they were protest over the weekend over tougher measures. the prime minister said over the weekend this month will be very difficult for italians with soaring cases and biting measures but he said as they out this month's sacrifice could save out this month's sacrifice could save christmas. mark lowen in rome,

thank you, and also thank you to guy in madrid. police are investigating an incident on board an oil tanker — the nave andromeda — in waters off the isle of wight. it's thought stowaways may be causing problems for the crew of the liberian—registered vessel, which is positioned south of ventnor. duncan kennedy is in lee—on—the—solent for us this evening. duncan? well, reeta, the nave andromeda was en route from lagos in nigeria to behind me here with a cargo of oil. sources have told the bbc the crew we re sources have told the bbc the crew were aware there were stowaways on board. about nine o'clock this morning, apparently these stowaways, it is not clear how many, became violent towards the crew. the crew then took shelter in a secure area on board the ship which they can lock up, and it is from there they alerted the authorities. the coast guard sent out two search and rescue helicopters. it is not clear what assistance they were able to give. the home office say they are aware

of the situation and are monitoring it. the ministry of defence have told us currently there is no military involvement. the greek owners of the ship say it is 100% not a terrorist incident, but exactly what is going on there at the minute remains unclear. duncan, thank you very much. with all the sport now, here's jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. hello, reeta. we start with an incredible achievement by lewis hamilton, beating the record of all time wins in formula 1. he took victory in the portuguese grand prix, making that his 92nd win. joe wilson was watching. always thinking, always winning. for lewis hamilton and formula 1 this circuit in portugal was new. lewis hamilton and formula 1 this circuit in portugalwas new. lights out and away we go! the start was familiar. from pole position, hamilton led, but within seconds... he was second. team—mate valtteri bottas was in front. this is hamilton's view, in pursuit, watching, hunting, passing. started

on pole, back into the lead. watching, hunting, passing. started on pole, back into the leadm watching, hunting, passing. started on pole, back into the lead. it took a little vile, but that was the race. hamilton has the best team, they have the best driver. simple. his 92nd victory. the record is broken! statistics prove who is best but they are only part of it. the new history of formula 1 has just been written by maurice hamilton, no relation, who said lewis has taken the sport into new territory. relation, who said lewis has taken the sport into new territorym relation, who said lewis has taken the sport into new territory. it is not —— he is not afraid to use his public platform and to speak and speak his mind. people might not agree but he doesn't mind, he just wants to get it out there. i think he will be remembered as the first grand prix driver who has been willing to stand up and speak about matters outside racing. thousands where they are to watch hamilton win. 0nly where they are to watch hamilton win. only one of them really mattered. now the top of the world. it all began with just him and his dad. joe wilson, bbc news. he skipped school to watch professional cycling,

now tao geoghegan hart has become only the second british man to win the giro d'italia. the londoner finished 39 seconds ahead of his nearest rival. chris froome is the only other brit to win it. geoghegan hart said he couldn't have imagined victory in his wildest dreams. top of the table everton have dropped points after their first defeat this season. they lost 2—0 at southampton, and lost a player when lucas digne was sent off. maz farookhi has more. how to explain a season so far of sometime puzzling scorelines? the reason for everton's brilliant start are simple to distinguish. dominic calvert—lewin is one of england's inform strikers, and hammers rodrigues the driving force in midfield behind him, but ——james rodriguez. but james ward—prowse highlighted their weakness at the back. jordan pickford's decision making in the everton goal has been in the spotlight recently but there was little he could do about southampton's second from che adams. deflection rather than power getting the better of him. aspirations of a

comeback for the visitors were over when they were reduced to ten men. referee kevin friend judging this from digne on kyle walker—peters a straight red. mac. their unbeaten start to the season is at an end, with their influential forward barely touching the ball or match. the explanation for this scoreline perhaps easier to pinpoint. bbc news. —— barely touching the ball all match. rangers are six points clear at the top of scottish premiership after their 2—0 win over livingston. celtic could only draw at pittodrie in a six—goal thriller. they were 3—2 up when aberdeen got a penalty in added time. lewis ferguson made it 3—3. there's more on the bbc sport website, including the cancellation of england women's friendly against germany because of a postive coronavirus test, and england women rugby have just won the six nations. that's it from me. thank you, jane. that's it. 00:52:53,523 --> 2147483052:03:11,477 we're back with the late news 2147483052:03:11,477 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 at ten now on bbc one it's time