former hibernian player kevin harper believes it should be a priority. at that time, there wasn't many black scottish kids that came through the ranks. for there not to be as many coming through in football, there must be, there must be an issue there. to have that steady stream of good quality players, there has to be a grassroots thing. pulling on thejersey, you know, singing the national anthem, the goosebumps. and you felt you could just cry. it's the greatest honour for any footballer. pioneers come from different beginnings and show us what can be achieved. but they're also a reminder of how far the scottish game has to go. i'm black. i'm scottish. i'm proud of who i am. jonathan mckeith, bbc news. time for a look at the weather.

beware of a weather presenter offering gifts of sunny spells! a beautiful start here in manchester but for most of us this afternoon frequent sharp showers and some of those heady with hail and thunder. we are under the influence of low pressure at the moment. plenty of isobars driving showers in from the west and this little weather front bringing more showers at the moment gci’oss bringing more showers at the moment across england and wales. we have had some sunny breaks but the showers will become more widespread going into the afternoon and the odd rumble of thunder mixed in and even some hail as well. if you dodge those showers will be lucky. the wind also this afternoon, stink widely 20, 30 miles wind also this afternoon, stink widely 20,30 miles an hour but we could see a0 on exposed coasts and temperatures subdued for the time of

year, highs of ten, 13 degrees. through this evening most of the showers fade away for a time. maybe some sharp showers in the far north—west of scotland but more rain moving into northern ireland and western fringes by the end of the night. sheltered eastern areas seeing low figures but it looks as though their estate will be wet and windy. the rain continues to move steadily north and east, the heaviest of the main across parts of wales, north—west england, the south of scotland. weather warnings for at least two or three inches of rain and the wind strengthening further as well. gusts of wind in excess of a0 miles an hour on exposed coasts but with the wind direction starting to come to a south—westerly those temperatures will be on the rise with a maximum of 16 degrees. friday should be a little quieterfor with a maximum of 16 degrees. friday should be a little quieter for most, still the potential for some heavy rain at towards the west but

generally a slightly quieter day. as we close out the month of october, good riddance i say as low pressure is replaced by another area of high pressure. plenty of wet and windy weather expected to the weekend and weather expected to the weekend and we could even see gales or severe gales and some quite heavy rain and localised flooding. a reminder of our top story... with a rise in coronavirus cases some scientists are warning more needs to be done to protect people to prevent a worse second wave. that's all from the bbc news at one — you're watching bbc news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. another super league match has been postponed after a covid outbreak

at one of the clubs. castleford tigers say they have 12 positive cases and their match at huddersfield is off on friday. but leeds rhinos could be affected — they played the tigers on monday night. the positive cases have come to light after a round of tests yesterday. catalan dragons' match against warrington had already been called off this week. another game on friday is off. salford have had to forfeit their match against warrington because they haven't got enough fit players. warrington will be awarded the 2a—0 win, although it has been referred to the rfl‘s compliance department. let's speak now to salford's director of rugby and operationsian blease. and operations, ian blease. thank you forjoining u i presume you had no option but to call it off. raise ross all this fixture pile up taking its toll. yes, it was a tough decision by the club to do this, i think we have 13 players fit out of 32. mainly due the hectic

schedule, we have played six games in 23 days, nothing covid relate add. it is injury related. from a player welfare point of view and looking after your ploy yeses we decided woe wouldn't be able the field a team properly. it was great to reach the challenge cup final, but you have agreed to go above and beyond get this season done. done. this is damaging players and you can't let that happen. no, that was at the forefront of our minds, i stood outside the physio room after monday's night's victory and watched the boys come out and had a chat with the captain and the head coach, and the director and we decided it was the best thing to do for the club, we couldn't put playerness on that pitch who weren't fit. two guys we re that pitch who weren't fit. two guys were playing on monday with broken ribs, we have a game against catalan on monday, so it was a tough decision to make as a club but i

think we have made the right one. we saw castleford with 12 positive, injuries on top. this is chaos we are only a month away from grand final, can you see that happening? what will be done? they are looking at that in the background, we knew it was going to be hectic when we agreed to do it. we had to have so many live games on sky tv. all clubs have having a good go but when players are suffering and anyone who has played the game knows what it feels like getting out of bed after super league game, it is not pleasant. rugby pluming are tough and the governing body will work out how we can get towards the back end of the season with the grand final coming. rugby league has had to have a bit ofa coming. rugby league has had to have a bit of a bail out. you mention broadcasting money, it is a fine balance you are walking between player welfare and the health of the sport, as well. yes, and obviousry

pleasing the broadcasters is foremost in our mind. we have to make shoe we fulfil our broadcasting only investigation which is what what the superleague are trying to do. excellent games are been put out and hats off to the players because they have done tremendously well with the fixture schedule. good luck with the fixture schedule. good luck with getting your players fit again. thank you. couple of rugby union lines, england will be without their scrum—half willie heinz for theirfinal six nations match against italy in rome. he has a soft tissue leg injury. alex mitchell has been called up as cover although ben youngs, the first choice number nine is expected to win his 100th cap. ireland will win the six nations title if they get a bonus point win against france. one change to the side that beat italy last week, centre robbie henshaw satrts in place of the injured garry ringrose.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. all the build up to the champions league matches tonight. i will have an update in the next hour. looking forward to it. thank you. a report has revealed that dozens of elderly patients who tested positive for covid—19 were transferred from scottish hospitals to care homes at the start of the pandemic. public health scotland said 78 patients we re health scotland said 78 patients were discharged between the 1st march and 21st april. only 650 of the total 3599 elderly patients discharged from hospital during that period have been tested. speaking at a scottish government briefing the first minister nicola sturgeon said there was no evidence the discharges led to outbreaks in care homes. we will publish tomorrow more detailed tables on what the different levels mean for children and for people who were shielding over the spring and summer. before then, though, let me take the take

then, though, let me take the take the opportunity to say thank you to the opportunity to say thank you to the political parties for the suggestions they have made and to all organisations who have talked to the scottish government in recent days welsh will continue to work closely with partners as the framework is implemented and we will don't improve and refine it when we can and particularly as our knowledge and understanding and e pence of the virus continues to evolve. but, it is probably also an opportune moments to say this and to recognise again that the position we are in right now, is really tough, and everyone is thoroughly sick of out, and that has been the case for some time, but as the nights get darker as we head into winter, and of course as our thoughts turn to christmas, i think that feeling becomes a heavier one for all of us, u nfortu nately, becomes a heavier one for all of us, unfortunately, though, however much we might like to, we can't magic covid away. there is simply no alternative to all of us working together, to stop it overwhelming

us, to stop it overwhelming our national health service, and to stop it taking lives if we possibly can. and the other thing i think it is worth remembering, not because it makes us feel all that much better but to give us a bit of perspective is we are not alone in this, scotla nd is we are not alone in this, scotland is not uniquely living through covid. in fact, many of our european neighbours right now are struggling with situations even more severe in some cases significantly more severe than the one we are currently facing. now, as i say that doesn't make what we are going through any easier, but it is a remind their is a global pandemic, it just remind their is a global pandemic, itjust happens that our generation is unfortunately the one having to live through it. we will get through it, i think that is the one thing we can be reasonably certain of, but the journey through it is and will continue to be really difficult for people and i think it is important for many to acknowledge that, and to acknowledge the very difficult sacrifices people are making and to

ta ke sacrifices people are making and to take the opportunity again to thank you for that. nicola sturgeon. the head of uk vaccine task force says there is a possibility there could bea there is a possibility there could be a vaccine roll out in the uk before christmas, but an early 2021 launch is more likely. kate bingham says she is optimistic the vaccine will be licensed soon. she has been telling our my colleague the first covid vaccines could be similar to the current flu vaccine in nature, giving a short initial boost but would need to be given regular already. they don't provide protection for more than you know, several months to a year, so, i think what we are going to end up with is something where we can manage the des, we need to stop it being lethal that is causing a global shut down, to something that is manageable, where we can both prevent infection as well as reduce

the severity of symptoms, if in fact infection take place. when do you think we will get the information that we need on whether vaccines are safe and whether they work?|j that we need on whether vaccines are safe and whether they work? i wish i could give you a firm answer, what i can say is that the front running vaccines will have completed or have completed their clinical trial enrolment, so by november, we should have at least the front running vaccines which does include oxford, and the pfizer vaccine, where they will have completed the enrolment.. the two parts we don't know is whether or not there have been sufficient infections in those clinical trials to be able to statistically show that people who have received a vaccine are protected versus those whoa haven't, and of course, the holy grail question is do they work? but i have to say i am optimistic i think it is important we do manage expectations, that this is not likely to be a one and done, a silver bullet that will

put everything back to rights immediately, but i do think based on the data generated so far, we have room to be optimistic an we mustn't rush it. we need to ensure that everything is done safely and properly. and we are in a good position. the uk is vel positioned. but when realistically can people expect to be offered vaccinations in the uk? well, if the first two vaccines or either of them show they are both safe and effective i think there is a possibility that vaccine roll out will start this side of christmas. but otherwise i think it is more realistic to expect it to be early next year and who would be given them first, as a priority? that is a matter for the department of health who works with an expert committee which have the joint committee which have the joint committee of vaccination immunisations and that i advice the government on priorities, and who should get it first and they have put on their website their initial

advice of prioritisation in the absence of the final clinical data so that may change, but they have prioritised care home residents and workers, front line workers and people in their 80, then down in age order including adults with severe underlying diseases. is there not a risk in rushing tout give vaccines to people who are already vulnerable, who are old or have health issues given it has been produced fast we don't know what the long—term consequences are, like we didn't know about long covid at the beginning. isaid, didn't know about long covid at the beginning. i said, the s safety trials have not been compromised, they have not been rushed, no changes to the high standards of safety have ta ken changes to the high standards of safety have taken place in the development of these vaccine, so don't, again, i am development of these vaccine, so don't, again, lam not concerned that the safety has been compromised. we don't know what, we might be able to do initial tests on side effects but we don't know what they are in a year or five years or

ten years, do we? no, we don't. and of course we need the run those studies to see, but, that is why we, thejcb. it has recommended that the people that received the vaccines are those whoa are most at risk from infection, so, yes, we don't know what the consequences might be in five or ten years, but, the fact is, if these vulnerable people have risk of severe mortality or morbidity if they get the infection, then i think thatis they get the infection, then i think that is something that each individual person and the government and jcbi need to consider, but you need to think about, if you take the mrna vaccine, the pfizer vaccine, thatis mrna vaccine, the pfizer vaccine, that is in the body for a very short time before it is degraded, so, biologically, i think it is unlikely there will be lots of long—term consequences but we can't say that until we have run the studies and look at them. given there is that

risk, can you explain for me briefly, what the different vaccines are, because they work with different mechanism, are any of them live, you know, jabs as we know sometimes you get a reaction to the flu jab, don't you? yes, so we have the two front running vaccine, the two classes of vaccine, one is a vaccine which is a virus that gets into the cells, and gets the spike protein translated by the cells and thatis protein translated by the cells and that is how you make the protein, so there are different ways of exposing there are different ways of exposing the body to a viral covid protein, so there is a viral, one virus is the same as the oxford, that is what they are, that is a viral approach, they are, that is a viral approach, the mrna approach, instead of bringing in the genetic material with a virus, is literally injected m, with a virus, is literally injected in, so again the body makes their own protein, you could just have vaccines where you in reject the protein itself, that is what the

nova vaccine is, and then you can also have inactivated whole virus, so that is where you literally grow up so that is where you literally grow up covid—19, render it inactive and thatis up covid—19, render it inactive and that is the vaccine itself, so they are all different ways of exposing the immune system to the viral proteens, in order to elicit an immune response, we don't know which if any immune response, we don't know which ifany are immune response, we don't know which if any are going to be the most potent at stimulating the strongest immine response, or, which may provoke the longerstest lasting immune response, so that why in the uk what we have done is to build a portfolio of six different vaccines across the four different formats so we can maximise our chances of having access. vaccine that will work for everybody. it may be be that different vaccines will work for different people, so the older people's immune system is not as robust, it has got tired compared with a young person's health care worker's immune system, so it may be

we will have different vaccines for different people. that is really interesting, let me bring in some questions we have had from our viewer, we have a few here, i will rattle through them. i will start with glenys's question, she is from lemington, she she says will a vaccine help to improve the health of those suffering from long covid. ? that a good question. i think it might do, so a vaccine interfering with early infection and disease might prevent that long covid, which is thought to be some sort of immune disease. now of course we don't know enough about it but i think it might just have some benefit, but again, we need to run the experiments to see, but i think biologically it could be possible, yes. thank you. anita asks is the virus mutating and if so will the vaccine be of any use? there are lots of mutations aren't there? there aren't lot, there is one main mutation hand is

there is one main mutation hand is the predominant form of covid—19, and we haven't seen this virus mutate very rapidly, but equally the virus isn't under pressure, because we are not, we don't have drugs and vaccines at the moment trying to eliminate it. so it is possible that it will mutate further, like flu, but at the moment we haven't seen a lot of mutations, if it does mutate sufficiently far away from its current form, then we will need to drop gacss again, but again —— develop vaccines again, we are in a good position in terms of speed of being able to develop new vaccines because of the worker have put in on this pandemic. quickly, do viruses spontaneously regress? no, they will mutate across all aspects of the sequence will be mutated and then it is darwin, so survival of the

fittest, so they will mutate until they can continue to reap deuce and not get eliminated by drugs or vaccines. but this is a very long virus so i actually think that because we haven't seen a lot of mutations yet, i am hopeful this won't be a rapidly mutating virus. let me bring in a from anne. if antibody drops off what are the implications for the vaccine? so thatis implications for the vaccine? so that is a really good question. what we have seen and she is referring to this react to study which shows that neutralising the antibodies come off quickly, the reality is we do not know the rules of long lasting immunity, we know that antibodies to flu drops off but we also know that evenin flu drops off but we also know that even in the cases of flu, people that get infected have reduced symptoms of, after their vaccine, so i think where we are going to end up

is it is highly likely we need both anti—cod body does and the t—cells, antibodies bind the virus and stop then getting into cell, the t—cell mop up anybody where viruss have got into cell, they go in and eliminate the infected cells, so, just looking at antibodies is probably not the full picture and of course, you have got the, the underlying cells that make antibody does and t—cells called memory cell, fundamentally thatis called memory cell, fundamentally that is where we are going to need the look as to can we stimulate those memory b and t—cells to make sure that we can retain that recognition of the sars virus. sure that we can retain that recognition of the sars viruslj wish we had more time. i will bring you another question. how come china is using a vaccine while we are lagging behind? china has three

vaccines, two or inactivated virus and another is a viral base recktor, the enacted —— inactivated viruses arei the enacted —— inactivated viruses are i think likely to work, they are now in their big phase three clinical study, they have not report ned phase three efficacy data yet, but, they have, they have got ahead early in these, this form of vaccine, because they had the facilities to grow these nasty virus, we have invested in a vaccine company in scotland and they will produce whole inactivated viruses shortly so we will have our own form of virus like that but the two chinese vaccines are ahead on that tip of vaccine, and then they have a vaccine which is derived from the virus that causes the common flu, or the common cold, and the reason why that i think is less likely to be effective is that most people have

had colds, and therefore most people have antibodies against that particular vector. you are watching been news. this week the at—year—old from cheadle has finally been discharged and given a special send off. after seven long months fighting covid—19, this was the moments psi was finally able to leave hospital. thanks everyone his doctors an nurses forming a guard of honour. now back at home, he is full of gratitude for those who cared for him. thank you. it is not enough. they really saved my life, basically. it hasn't been an easy journey, he spent four months in an

induced coma and months fighting fit enough to get discharged. induced coma and months fighting fit enough to get dischargedlj induced coma and months fighting fit enough to get discharged. i never thought for a minute than i would catch it. get that close to not coming back. he had no prior health conditions and feels strongly people should scotland underestimating the virus. it is amazing that how some of the people even now, they think of the people even now, they think of it as a just a cold or a flu or whatever. his brother has been supporting and praying for him throughout. he wasn't the only one excited for the big home coming though. you're home! 0h, excited for the big home coming though. you're home! oh, look. his neighbours lined the street to welcome him back. all the neighbours were out applauding him. encouragement, you know, showing him how much it means to everyone and he was touched. he

was really emotional himself. to everyone and he was touched. he was really emotional himselfm to everyone and he was touched. he was really emotional himself. it a long road ahead for him as his lungs have been damaged by the disease but finally being able to come home with his family round him is a major milestone. there's no place like home, so yeah, relieved. finally hallowe'en is fast approaching and if you wonder how to achieve social distanced strick or —— trick of treating, a mother in ark can saw has come up with a candy chute to ensure sweets can be delivered safely. it is pipes and connector, a remote control door bell and bucket and the transaction is... is entirely contactless. as will be her social life. let us look at the weather.

we we will started the day with beautiful sunshine as you can see in huddersfield, but when the showers come, they mean business, there has been heavy ones so far across east sussex and some of the showers today could be with hail and thunder as well. so, hope you didn't get caught in that first thing. we are under this area of low pressure throughout the day. plenty of isobars and wrapped round that low driving the showers in from the west, and this weather front enhancing showers to longer spells of rain through this afternoon, most of the frequent showers will be further best west but they will drift inland. sheltered areases may stay brighter but there could be thunder hail and blustery with it. gusts of wind in excess of 30mph, maybe a0—50 on exposed west faces coast, with a combination of the wind and shower, u nfortu nately combination of the wind and shower, unfortunately it is not feeling great out there. i did say we would

get everything thrown atjust through the course of the day. the showers should tend to ease, for a time before more heavy and persistent rain pushes in from the west. here not as cool but with clearer skies in the far north east, we could see low single figures first thing on thursday. thursday, more wet and windy weather to come, the wind direction changes more to a south—westerly so that will drive in milderair south—westerly so that will drive in milder air across the country, that said, there is quite a lot of rain the look out for thursday, moving north and east and the rain further north and east and the rain further north and east and the rain further north and west really will be heavy for a north and west really will be heavy fora time, north and west really will be heavy for a time, weather warnings are in force here so gusts of winds in excess of a0, possibly 50mph the further west you are but look at the temperatures peaking at 15 or 16. as we move temperatures peaking at 15 or 16. as we move out of the thursday, into friday, that rain eases away, a slightly quieter day across the country, but not for long, the weekend looks decidedly unsettled with one area of low pressure moving

through, just going to be replaced by another, so the weekend looks likely to be wet and very windy at times, we could see gales or severe galeser into the far north—west, so whatever your plans here is a brief summary of what to expect. that's it. take care.

speak the headlines... new warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus with predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. is quite plausible by the end of next month that could be 500 deaths a day. the whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow affecting more than1 million people across the county. at one covid hotspot in northern ireland a fall in cases after restrictions were introduced: but a warning. we are all in this together. if all of us are not in together, lives will be lost. i can see as soon as the lockdown happened, the hospital admissions did come down. france and germany are expected

to announce new measures as cases