this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall, the latest headlines at 9. almost 100,000 people are catching coronavirus every day — the stark finding from senior scientists as they warn the pandemic is at a critical stage. it also suggests the national r number has increased 1.15 to 1.56. the government sticks to its strategy — calling another national lockdown a "last resort". we don't have a plan today to do a full national lockdown. we can see that there are arguments in favour of that in terms of simplicity and clarity but there are very strong arguments against it. here in nottinghamshire, tier 3 restrictions were supposed to come

into full force this morning but have been delayed for 2h hours. they will now affect the whole of the county. a national coronavirus lockdown in france and tighter restrictions in germany — europe approaches a new crisis point. two people have been killed and several people injured at an attack near a church in southern france. the suspect has been arrested. a report into the labour party's handling of accusations of anti—semitism in the party is being published this morning. and coming up... the pride of britain awards may not be having a big ceremony this year — but it's certainly going ahead. we'll be speaking to two of the winners later this hour. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the second wave of coronavirus is at a "critical stage", according to experts —

after a major study found that nearly 100,000 people in england are becoming infected every day. scientists at imperial college london are warning that action taken so far to contain the virus isn't enough and — in their words — "something has to change". the uk government says it is sticking to its regional strategy. this morning, communities secretary robertjenrick said that "a full national lockdown would be destructive to people's lives". he said that the government will do everything they can to avoid imposing blanket national measures. the react—1 study is the most up—to—date assessment of covid—19 in the country. it shows cases are rising in every age group and in every region of england. the pace of the epidemic has accelerated with the r number — the number of people each infected person passes the virus on to on average — increasing from 1.15 toi.56. and it suggests 96,000 people are now catching the virus every day. meanwhile, the whole of nottinghamshire will become the latest area in england to be put under the highest

tier of coronavirus restrictions from tomorrow. the countyjoins large parts of northern england and the midlands in tier 3. and in wales, the welsh exams regulator is recommending gcse exams be scrapped in favour of assessments next summer, while some a—level papers would remain. qualifications wales said this was the best way of ensuring fairness to pupils. the scottish government has already made a similar move. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has this report now on the most up—to—date assessment of covid—19 in england. the study tested a random sample of 85,000 people across england, whether they showed symptoms or not, to get a true picture of the spread of covid. please place it in the box. its blunt assessment is that the recent government measures introduced to curb the spread of the virus has not stopped the number of cases in england from accelerating, at least not yet. on average, infections are now

doubling every nine days. prevalence is still highest in yorkshire and the humber, where one in a0 people are estimated to be affected. on average though, just over one in 100 people are thought to be infected in england, where the r number is 1.6. but infections are increasing rapidly in the rest of the country. the highest r number is in london, 2.86. the south—east and the east of england is also above two. even though people are taking lots of measures, and there's an awful lot of thought and an awful lot of kind of intervention policy in place, we have seen a consistent pattern of the number of infections going up, and that's generating hospitalisations and deaths. then the patterns we are seeing in most recent data suggests those rates of hospitalisations and deaths, unfortunately, are likely to increase. researchers say there has to be

a change in measures or people's behaviour sooner rather than later, if further hospitalisations and deaths from covid—19 are to be avoided. pallab ghosh, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake is at westminster. this will add to the pressure, surely, jonathan, that there needs to bea surely, jonathan, that there needs to be a national response from westminster rather than a regional strategy they have been using?m certainly will. labour will say it is proof the circuit breaker lockdown they advocated should have been taken on and imposed by the government and they are calling on ministers to explain why their strategy is the right one. and they are attempting to do just that. even though reading the grim picture that this report has painted this morning, it is hard to see how something as the report ‘s authors say has to change. but the question

is what. i think it is likely we will see more areas of england moving into the very high covid alert level, tier 3 restrictions, and the impact on people's lives that comes with that. but in terms of the overall national approach, the housing and communities secretary robertjenrick the housing and communities secretary robert jenrick has the housing and communities secretary robertjenrick has been speaking on bbc breakfast this morning, saying the government is not going to change tack and it will stick to that approach of putting different parts of england under different parts of england under different levels of restrictions depending on the level of cases. we don't have a plan today to do a full national lockdown. we can see that there are arguments in favour of that in terms of simplicity and clarity but there are very strong arguments against it as well. in that it is treating all parts of the country the same, places of the country where actually the virus is relatively controlled, albeit rising. and those parts of the

country where it is very concentrated and that a full national lockdown would be destructive to people's lives and livelihoods and broader health and well— being so the government strategy remains that we will do everything we can to avoid that. that may be the case but it remains an option, albeit of last resort, it seems the prime minister determined to continue on this path of managing coronavirus and keeping the number of cases under control, also allowing the economy to function and not having to pay out huge sums of money on top of what the government has already spent, in order to keep businesses afloat and prevent mass unemployment. but, if the cases continue to rise at the level that we have seen predicted in this report, then it may be more and more difficult for him to keep that balance. jonathan, for the moment,

thank you. a little after a quarter past nine, we will be speaking to one of the authors of the imperial couege one of the authors of the imperial college study. stay with us for that. the whole of nottinghamshire will become the latest area in england to be put under the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions from tomorrow. the countyjoins large parts of northern england and the midlands in tier 3. so let's take a look at the current situation across the uk. in wales, the country is currently in a national lockdown, similar to the uk—wide restrictions in place earlier in the year. people living in northern ireland and the central belt of scotland are also experiencing tight controls — including limits on travel and household mixing. and in england there is a three tier system. more than eight—million people in the north west, the midlands and south yorkshire are already living under the toughest restrictions — and now nottinghamshire willjoin from friday. let's speak to our reporter dan johnson, who is rushcliffe this morning.

this week people in the outer areas of nottinghamshire county, especially to the north, were told they would stay in tier 2 watch at nottingham city itself and the brewers closer to the city centre would go into tier 3 from this morning. that has not happened, change of decision yesterday which means the whole county will go into tier 3, means the whole county will go into tier3, in means the whole county will go into tier 3, in fact it's been called tier 3, in fact it's been called tier 3, in fact it's been called tier 3 plus because it is tighter than anywhere else in the country, that will come into effect from tomorrow. so what do people in the north of nottinghamshire think? i went to the pub last night. they thought they had avoided tougher measures here but a change of mind means a change of rules. and the queen ‘s head will have to close. right move, says the man in charge. lam happierwe right move, says the man in charge. i am happier we are in tier 3 than we are in tier 2. reasons for that in tier2, it's we are in tier 2. reasons for that in tier 2, it's the same household, same bubble, that is hard to police. you can't, you know, if two people

walk in and say we lived together, i cannot challenge that. tier 3 restrictions were delayed for 2h hours. will now include the entire county. after concern about rising case numbers amongst older people and pressure on hospitals. case numbers amongst older people and pressure on hospitalslj case numbers amongst older people and pressure on hospitals. i think just lock it all down. everything. and i don't think it will open until next year. i think tier 3 is the right move, everyone is in the pub at the minute, i know you can only be in groups of six but when you are in the pub and everyone has had a drink, no one sticks to it, a lot of people not in a group of six. you end up in a group of 26. all mingling. all doing what you are doing. me, the best thing is to lock everything down, it should have happened months ago to be honest. we should stay in lockdown for a bit longer. in my eyes it is devastating, it's not only happening here, it's up and down the country, you know what i mean? you thought

the government would look after places like this. it's places like this that make a community, make the economy. nottinghamshire stands alone, so far, in banning alcohol sales after 9pm in shops. but here, there is still a sense of unfairness about which businesses are hit. what's the difference coming into a pub and having a pint and going into a pub having a meal and a pub and having a pint and going into a pub having a mealand a pint? there is no logic to it. i do understand why they are doing it but at the same time, it's, you know, it's upsetting. it isn'tjust pubs shut in, nottinghamshire has its own closure list, branded tier 3 plus by some. nottingham itself saw the highest case numbers in the country. now, the whole county will feel the force of the tightest restrictions. and what we saw there last night might explain to some degree why the extra restrictions are needed because even the landlord at that pub was saying he was struggling to enforce the rules to keep people

socially distant and to work out which households were together and we re which households were together and were allowed to sit close to each other. and there were people in a pub who admitted they had come over the borderfrom pub who admitted they had come over the border from south pub who admitted they had come over the borderfrom south yorkshire, a tier 3 area, to have a drink in a tier 3 area, to have a drink in a tier 2 area, that's perhaps one reason why tighter restrictions are needed but the more i move around, the more places i see and people i meet you see people who are stretching and bending the rules so that's why tier 3 restrictions in the toughest form will now apply across nottinghamshire from tomorrow morning. to take you through the list of exactly what the measures for the county will be, they are unique in some ways. closure of betting shops, car boots, auction houses, indoor entertainment and tourism venues must close, that does not include ice—skating rinks, concert halls, theatres. saunas and stea m concert halls, theatres. saunas and steam rooms will close alongside personal care business is like tattoo parlours, nail bars, tanning salons, piercing salons. also a ban on sharing smoking equipment, essentially handing around she should pipe, that., no alcohol sales

from shops after 9pm, that's happening in nottinghamshire which hasn't happened in other tier 3 areas. these measures called for by the county council officials who we re the county council officials who were just across the river, not necessarily supported by all the political leaders. earlier this morning i spoke to the leader of ashfield district council who is not entirely satisfied about the measures being imposed. i'm not a medical expert so you have to go with the science but some of it seems a little bit arbitrary to me. i've no idea why you can go to the theatre, the cinema, but you can't get your nails done and have a tattoo. to me, some of those places are the cleanest and most sanitised we got and i think if the government don't put a real set of financial packages in a lot of those businesses are going to go to the wall. you think that financial support isn't there? it's a tiny proportion. you have had money, haven't you? we will get about one and a bit million to give to businesses, that's not for the council, that's for businesses. when the first pandemic hit, we got 22 million to give to businesses. so it's a drop in the ocean. the government talked

about levelling up in the north, they actually need to put their money where their mouth is. there are high case numbers across the county, even though in the city the county, even though in the city the numbers have dipped after being at the top of the national table a couple of weeks ago. i think a cce pta nce couple of weeks ago. i think acceptance that things need to be brought back under control in nottinghamshire but although the cou nty nottinghamshire but although the county may now be unified in the measures it is going to face, there isn't necessarily unity right across the political leadership as you heard. dan johnson, thank you. breaking news from france, reports from the southern french city of nice, saying at least two people have been killed, several people reported to be injured in an knife attack near a church. police have shot and arrested the attacker and the mayor of the city says he believes it was a terrorist attack. hugh schofield can't join believes it was a terrorist attack. hugh schofield can'tjoin us now. tell us what you know. this was

about an hour tell us what you know. this was aboutan hourand tell us what you know. this was about an hour and a quarter ago. the man went into a basilica in the centre of are nice and he had a knife of some kind and he attacked people, it seems he started the attack inside the church and we are told now there are certainly, officially two people dead, immediate reports of a third death. police quickly at the scene, right in the city centre, they would not have been far away, shots were fired either in or near the church. the man was injured, wounded. taken into custody. that's all we know so far. there has been a crisis meeting called at the interior ministry, the prime minister hasjust called at the interior ministry, the prime minister has just left the national assembly for a debate was on about covid to attend this emergency meeting. the context is all here, the context of this is the

stage one, two, three and so on stage one, two, three and so on stage of the prophet mohammed cartoons affair, in the context of threats and ministers against france issued from all over the islamist world, if you like it, clearly this is something people fear. the government was afraid it would happen. we had the attack and murder two weeks ago of the teacher, it looks on the base of it that it might be linked. while we've been talking, reuters news agency saying local french police confirmed three people are feared to have died from the knife attack. what will this mean for the city of nice in terms of security? every city in the country has got tight security now. nice isa country has got tight security now. nice is a city which suffered in its own terrible way on bastille day in

2016, a terrorist attack with the rampaging laurie down the seafront which killed 70, 80 people, it's like any other city, got a very mixed population but so does every city in france nowadays. this will raise questions about the security of churches. 0n the face of it, what looks like is happening, after the threats issued from various groups and the criticism of france, attacks from various governments in the middle east, after the charlie hebdo affair, the writer publications to publish cartoons of the prophet mohammed if they so wish, the result of heightening tensions, there have been threats issued against france and it looks like, this is certainly the working theory, once again, an individual has used the means available to him, and knife, to attack french people. and if that is

the case, we are entering really, we are entering our war of symbols, blood, churches being the target because they are the equivalent of mosques in the mind of the islamist, then obviously that raises all sorts of issues about the security of churches. it's a very, very worrying development indeed. for the moment, hugh schofield, in paris, thank you. staying with france... france will enter a second national lockdown tomorrow — lasting until at least the end of november. under the new measures non—essential businesses, such as restaurants and bars, will close, but schools and factories will remain open. president emmanuel macron said none of the coronavirus measures taken so far had worked. german chancellor angela merkel said the country will enter a four—week lockdown from next week. the emergency restrictions are less severe than in france, but includes the closure of restaurants, gyms and theatres. mrs merkel said she believed the measures could slow down infections and ensure hospitals can

continue to cope. experts at imperial college london behind the analysis of the second wave of the endemic has reached a critical stage with infections doubling every nine days and they wa nt doubling every nine days and they want something will need to change soon. to bring the virus under control. professor steven riley is one of the authors of the react—1 study, and hejoins me now. thank you forjoining us, tell us about your study and what you believe it gives us a more accurate picture than we have had so far. what we've done since early in the spring and through the summer is we select our large random group from the population in england, send eve ryo ne the population in england, send everyone a letter, asking them to ta ke everyone a letter, asking them to take part and we send them a swab whether they have symptoms or not.

lots of peoplejoining in, over 850,000 people have taken part across the whole round of the study. then we test those to see if there is coronavirus on the swab. that gives us a picture of, it's independent of... all the different behaviours that contribute to people going to test and trace and things like that so it's a slightly less biased way of looking what is going on in the population. you said you we re on in the population. you said you were disappointed when the data started coming in, why? in our last set of results we saw are turning down in the r number, we saw, the number of infections not going down but the right it was growing had gone down a little so i was hoping we would see a continuation of that trend and in some regions of the country there was evidence of a slowing down but overall, across the whole of england, what we actually found was a slight increase, not a

huge increase but definitely an increase, rather than staying the same or a decrease and that was disappointing for me. you say you think there needs to be a change in approach by the government in england, to what? i think it's important we distinguish a little bit between government policy and the overall effect of what is going on because what we measure is the combined effect of the policy and the way people comply and the way people feel and behave so the main point we are making is collectively, we need buy in to an objective of reducing the amount of infection stop and whether we do that through better compliance with the current regional tiered policy which you know, these results are a little bit early to see in tier 3 or whether there is a more uniform approach across the whole country. we are not saying which of those is right because we don't know. we don't want

to knee jerk because we don't know. we don't want to kneejerk suggest because we don't know. we don't want to knee jerk suggest specific results but the point we are making is collectively, we have to bring about change, the virus, through its impact on our hospital system, is going to force us to change our behaviour and that's not what we want. we want to do it before the virus makes us do it. you've also i believe said you think the phrase lockdown is inhibiting us a little bit. why? what should we call it instead ? bit. why? what should we call it instead? in march, we had a massive response, are really coherent, strong response, we all changed our behaviour. it was very costly socially, economically but it did do what we needed it to do and i don't think we need quite that severe right now, what we need is really strong buy in to either the existing policy or something slightly more uniform. what i have seen in the last 6—8 weeks is whenever we start talking about lockdown, we go into

this kind of circular conversation about how bad it is, which it is, nobody wants it at all, but we seem to not acknowledge that the virus is still growing in the background and the hospitals are still under threat. so i think the discussion we get when we start using the word lockdown is not that productive. so how, well, is it inevitable, you cannot have degrees of inevitability, really. is it inevitable you think there will have to be some sort of firebreak, as they are calling it in wales, short, sharp shock, maybe not even that short? we are seeing around europe, yesterday and today, there seems to bea yesterday and today, there seems to be a move to a more uniform, national policy to be sure that they can get levels of infection down and i think the evidence we are presenting today probably suggests if something more uniform is going to be tried at some point, there is an argument for doing it sooner rather than later but we can't

pretend the national attitude to lockdown, the national attitude to controlling this is the same today as it was in march. from a scientific point of view, its people's attitudes that change the way they behave and that's what brings the virus under control so we have to acknowledge that the country feels differently and we need to get a really clear, agreed objective to bring levels of infection down. professor, thank you for your time. a report into the labour party's handling of accusations of anti—semitism in the party is being published this morning. the equality and human rights commission has been looking at labour's disciplinary processes and response to complaints since may last year. leader sir keir starmer, has said tackling the issue and rebuilding trust with thejewish community is a top priority for him. let's speak now to lord mann, former labour mp and now independent adviser to the government on anti—semitism. and also ella rose from the jewish labour movement which is an organisation made up of labour members who support the jewish community.

welcome to you both. ella, firstly, you spoke to panorama in the past about your experience of anti—semitic abuse, i'm sure it was our long and painful process for you. some it up for us, if you would. speaking to panorama was one of the hardest things i've ever had to do. ijoined the labour party because i believe the labour movement is the way for progressive society to change the world for the better and i never expected to be confronted with anti—semitism let alone the waves and waves of anti—semitism i did encounter. i shouldn't have to fear for my mental health going to labour party meetings, be screened at at conferences or walked into meetings where i was trying to explain anti—semitism to constituencies around the country to be confronted with people with preprepared lists of anti—semitic questions for me. the level of anti—semitism and misogyny entwined with and it has had this huge impact on my mental

health i never should have had to experience. what is the impact on going for you? these things don't just go away. when you go through that amount of anti—semitism it's not something that changes overnight, it's had a huge impact on who i am as overnight, it's had a huge impact on whoiam asa overnight, it's had a huge impact on who i am as a person and how i see the world. i hope and pray that today marks a real sea change of how the labour party deals with anti—semitism and going forward i could once again be really proud to tell people i am a member of the labour party because i believe it will change the world. john mann, how did the labour party leadership at the time react to you when you raised your complaints and concerns about anti—semitism? raised your complaints and concerns about anti-semitism? they did nothing, specifically, i repeatedly asked jeremy corbyn to act. before it became the big issue in the national news. i asked him to act. and show leadership. and he refused to do so. and so, i hope, i hope

keirstarmer to do so. and so, i hope, i hope keir starmer will accept everything in this report and go beyond it. in putting some normality back into our politics were jewish people are properly and fully included. in them. rather than pushed out. and i hope jeremy corbyn will take ownership of this and accept that his failure of leadership has led to this terrible day of shame for us all. did you raise the issue of the abuse that your family in particular, john mann, received? and if so, what was the reaction from the party leaders? horrific stuff thrown at my staff and my family. who are not elected in the way that i was. and every party leader, every

senior politician, most of parliament, came up to me, including some ofjeremy corbyn 's key supporters to empathise, to see how we were, jeremy corbyn never said a word to me on it. despite the fact i raised to his face in parliamentary meetings, on several occasions, the fa ct meetings, on several occasions, the fact that my staff and my family we re fact that my staff and my family were being directly targeted. to me, he was never a leader and there is no greater sign of leadership than he was incapable of that empathy and he was incapable of that empathy and he was incapable of that empathy and he was incapable ofjust doing the normal things of stepping in and giving a lead and i mean, his time has gone, thankfully. i look forward to his imminent retirement. but it is the test of leadership now for keir starmer. he sorts out the labour party and if he does, the jewish community can return to

normality politics, in other words, rather than voting on anti—semitism as mostjewish people did, they will vote on their views on the nhs, the economy, taxation, free school meals. like everybody else. and it will be very good for the country. the return to that normality in our politics. you won't have seen it, ella, you were nodding very enthusiastically with that list that john mann set out so what do you wa nt john mann set out so what do you want from this report from the equality and human rights commission? it sounds really cliched but i just want change. commission? it sounds really cliched but ijust want change. you know. i look at the scores of pieces, me and my peers in the community that we sent over the years and we have no faith in the system that it was going to deal with it so i want to know when i put in a complaint, someone has been anti—semitic or home of demo, public, i want to know that something is different and i wa nt to that something is different and i want to know the culture has changed, i want to know i can walk

into a labour party meeting and debate those things and i can talk about the government response to covid or free school meals without being screamed at because i am jewish. it is not that much to ask. i think that leadership has to come from the i think today is not the end of this, thisjourney from the i think today is not the end of this, this journey we from the i think today is not the end of this, thisjourney we have been on but it is the beginning of the end, i hope. john mann, what do you expect keir starmer to do, meaningfully? it was one thing to have recommendations made by the commission, it's another thing to know how to enact them and really make them work within the party. he is getting lots of detail and advice and that will be important but it's the overall approach that he takes but can you imagine, my wife and daughter threatened with rape in the middle of this, my staff, we had the police repeatedly involved, and as labour party members, in the midst

of this, the labour party leader does nothing about it, says nothing. just being a normal leader would be great for sir keir starmer. to say to the jewish community, i am going to the jewish community, i am going to sort this, i have the power to sort it and i will sort it, that is leadership. and the detail will be important. but it's the overall message that he gives today that is so crucial. that he will not tolerate anti—semitism in the labour party and that young party members such as ella, now, who i'm listening to, or the elderly couple who wept, voted labour all their life and wept in the polling station in north london when they did not vote labour at this time, gives them the message that the labour party is a party for you, that you will be welcome back and if you stay or come back to the

labour party or vote labour again, you will be part of us, in the same way everyone else is and we will not, in any way, discriminate against you and that those that do, will be thrown out of the party and done so unceremoniously and quickly. and those who sit on the fence or apologise or excuse them, they will be given no space in the labour party either. that is the leadership that i expect today from keir starmer and the country will be watching. because this is actually, ironically, his power, he can't change the country, he does not run it but he can change the labour party because he runs the labour party. john mann, ella rose, thank you forjoining us. the report from the equality and human rights commission is published this morning and we expect sir keir

starmer to hold a press conference to respond to it at 11 o'clock and we will go to that live on bbc news. some breaking news, bobby ball, one half of the comedy duo cannon and ball, has died at the age of 76. his manager has said he tested positive for covid—19. he is best known as the partner of tommy cannon in that comedy duo but was more recently seen playing the father of leeds in the comedy series not going out. bobby ball, dying at the age of 76. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. it's another wet and windy day ahead of us. if you haven't got the rain already, it won't be far away, because it's been pushing steadily from the west towards the north—east, eradicating the sunny start across the north—east of scotland and leaving behind it a lot of cloud, some patchy rain and drizzle with limited brightness. these black circles indicate the gusts of wind, so particularly gusty in the west and also the south. but it's a mild day, milder than yesterday, 10—15 degrees.

through this evening and overnight we say goodbye to the first weather front bearing that rain, but there is a second one bringing in more rain and still gusty winds. there will be some clearer skies, still some showers around, and it will be an unseasonably mild night with temperatures falling no lower than about 9 degrees. tomorrow, then, we see the rain turn more showery across scotland. the second band of rain pushes southwards, and in between we will also see a return to some sunshine. but temperatures will go down in the north through the day, but we could see an 18 in the south. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... three people have been killed and several others injured a knife near a church in nice in france, in what is believed to be a terror attack. the suspect has been arrested.

almost 100,000 people are catching coronavirus every day in england, a stark finding from senior scientists say they warn the pandemic is a technical stage. the study also suggests the national r number has increased to 1.56. the government is sticking to its strategy calling a national lock down a last resort. a national lock down a last resort. a national coronavirus lock them in france and tighter restrictions on germany as europe approaches a new crisis point. a report into the labour party's crisis point. a report into the labour pa rty‘s handling crisis point. a report into the labour party's handling of anti—semitism in the party is being published this morning. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning... we'll start with the champions league and a brilliant night for manchester united's marcus rashford. he came off the bench to score a hat trick in the space ofjust 16 minutes as united beat rb leipzig 5—0. all in all, it was a great night for both english clubs,

with chelsea beating russian side krasnador 4—0 — but it's man of the moment rashford that everyone's talking about, as andy swiss reports. the perfect performance... from the front pages to the back pages, you can't keep marcus rashford out of the headlines. his manchester united team were soon ahead against leipzig, a first champions league goal for mason greenwood, stilljust 19, but with composure beyond his years. but after the break, off the bench, enter rashford with stunning results. his first was initially ruled out for offside, but replays showed he was on. cue the celebration. barely a minute later, guess what? a second for rashford and united were out of sight. after an anthony martial penalty, rashford duly completed a remarkable hat—trick. an unforgettable night for him and a 5—0 win for united. in russia, meanwhile, just look at this. more than 10,000 home fans cheering

on krasnodar against chelsea. and although the visitors in pink won an early penalty, jorginho spluttered from the spot. it was an early let—off which the krasnodar keeper clearly enjoyed. but fair to say he didn't enjoy this. callum hudson—0doi putting chelsea ahead. through the goalkeeper and in! to the delight of at least one fan, but to the dismay of safonov, not his finest moment. after the break chelsea cruised clear, a penalty from timo werner before ziyech put the result beyond doubt. it was all too easy in the end, christian pulisic rounding off a 4—0 win. it might have been a long trip, but it was certainly worth it. andy swiss, bbc news. so marcus rashford really is grabbing the headlines with his efforts on and off the field, but his manager is urging him to take things one day at a time. now is not the time to think about

how many goals you're going to end up how many goals you're going to end up with. as long as you concentrate and focus on the nextjob at hand, training tomorrow. he only played 30 minutes, so it's one step at a time. if you get too far ahead of yourself, that's just going to make yourself, that's just going to make you lose focus. i think marcus has shown he can keep focusing on what's important both on and off the pitch at the moment. this weekend's women's six nations game between ireland and france has been called off — due to an outbreak of coronavirus within the french camp. ireland have been told to prepare for a training camp this weekend instead. it's not clear whether france will forfeit the match or if it will be postponed until december to coincide with italy and scotland's meeting. british and irish lions coach warren gatland says some england players could potentially miss out on a place in the squad for next summers tour to south africa because of selection issues. england players won't be allowed to feature in the lions warm up game againstjapan injune,

because their clubs won't release them outside the engish premiership's official international window. i promise you that we'll be taking the best players available, the best possible squad, but the only downside of that is that if you end up downside of that is that if you end up with a situation where you don't have english players available to you for a couple of weeks and you end up with a 50—50 call, and one player is available to you for two weeks of preparation and another one isn't, that may be the difference between someone getting selected and someone not being selected. that's all the sport for now. more from us throughout the day but that's all from me for now.

a major study says nearly 100,000 people in england are catching coronavirus every day. experts at the imperial college london, behind the imperial college london, behind the analysis, says the second wave of the pandemic has reached a critical stage with infections doubling every nine days. they want something needs to change soon to bring the virus under control. doctor simon clarke is an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading and we can speak to him now. thank you for joining us. what are your conclusions them, having heard the results of this study from imperial couege? results of this study from imperial college? my conclusions are there has been an acceleration in the growth rate in most parts of england. not everywhere. some places that have moved up into tier 2, particularly in the north—east, appear not to have grown their numbers of infections quite so far, so that suggests an early movement on those things, an early adjustment

of the tiers, can have an effect. we don't really need to sit like rabbits in the headlights of tier 2, tier 3, sorry, or circuit breakers. we can actually act beforehand, and when we get an indication of a problem developing perhaps we should. scientifically you might be correct, but the politics and economics of this, the sheer impact of people trapped in a tier 3 area? yes, i acknowledge those, absolutely, but i am a scientist, and you got me on to talk about science, so that's where i'm coming from. i completely accept there are bala nces to from. i completely accept there are balances to be made, but if you want to talk about moving from tier1 to tier 2, that's a better thing to do in the short term than waiting to have to move an area up into tier 3 because that's potentially what we are talking about and that's where the real economic damage will be done. so i think there is an

economic and political argument for acting sooner rather than later as well. how likely is it, do you think, that we will need a national lockdown at some point?|j think, that we will need a national lockdown at some point? i don't know about a full national lockdown. it isa about a full national lockdown. it is a distinct possibility, but there is a distinct possibility, but there is also the chance we will end up there by default, i suspect not everywhere, but nearly everywhere being moved up into tier 3. i think that's the way it'll probably go, but it's a deteriorating situation, certainly, and we will be in quite a different place, i think, by the time we get to christmas and new year, so it could happen. when you look at what is happening in other parts of europe, how wise would we be to do what france is doing, for example? that's another argument. i'm not sure how well this to be to the infection is across france. it's something we will look at, and

similarly in germany. germany has a federal set up where they will complain loudly if they don't really have a problem about having restrictions forced on them if they think it is necessary. we will see how that goes. just because other countries do things in a certain way don't mean we have to follow them. it doesn't necessarily mean they are doing it right. simon clarke from the university of reading, thank you. september saw british employers planning redundancies at close to a record level as the second wave of coronavirus took its toll onjobs. data released to the bbc after a freedom of information request shows that more than 1700 employers notified the government of plans to cut 20 or more posts. that's close to the peak levels seen in june and july. september saw an increased number of restrictions as a second wave of covid—19 infections took hold. for more i'm nowjoined by our business reporter, ben king. tell us more about where these figures have come from. whenever an

employer wants to make 20 or more positions redundant, they have to notify the government. that data is normally not published, but we used a series of freedom of information requests a series of freedom of information req u ests to a series of freedom of information requests to get that data released. it has shown a very interesting picture of how the labour market has responded to the coronavirus pandemic. the good thing about the information is that it's an early indicator, firms at the beginning of the process, so it tells you what is happening two or three months before the office for national statistics, which have only just the office for national statistics, which have onlyjust started to show an increase. what do the figures tell us about the end of the government fellow scheme? in june and july we saw nearly 18,000 employers in those two months make almost 150,000 people employers in those two months make almost 150 , 000 people unemployed, some of the highest figures in those numbers recorded since 2006. that could show employers getting ready

for the end of the furlough scheme due to finish on 31st october, because the process of doing these redundancies takes a few months. in september we saw another increase. we have seen the number of firms making redundancies up close to the peak level of 1700 employers. that suggests that maybe firms are responding to the deteriorating economic picture and to the rise in coronavirus cases and letting go of some staff. ben king, for the moment, thank you. despite not being a live event due to the coronavirus restrictions, this year's pride of britain awards is still going ahead, with a special programme being broadcast this weekend. now in its 21st year, the awards — which are nominated by the public — celebrate the achievements of individuals who have gone above and beyond to help others. we can talk now to two of this year's winners. the green—fingered 93—year—old dena murphy, who works for three hours a day on her allotment in manchester... a bit rude to mention her age, but i

hope she will forgive us! and 11—year—old emmie narayn—nicholas, who is in remission after completing treatment for leukaemia last year. she and her family launched their own kitchen to feed seriously ill children. welcome to you both, and congratulations. first of all, can you tell us a little bit, dena, about your work and what you have been rewarded this way? first of all, i'm not 93, i'm 92! that's extremely rude of us, then!|j all, i'm not 93, i'm 92! that's extremely rude of us, then! i don't mind, iget extremely rude of us, then! i don't mind, i get all sorts of things. i have always grown food and flowers. icame have always grown food and flowers. i came from a country background so it was the normal thing to do. right from a very early age, three years old, my father gave me a packet of seeds for my birthday, my 0ctober birthday, yesterday, actually, so it

was a wet script, if you want to put it that way. but he took me out into the back and put a drill with his stick into the ground and i sprinkled in the seeds and childlike, i don't remember doing it, but i remember the end product. a p pa re ntly it, but i remember the end product. apparently i went out every day, like children do, to see if there was sprouting, and then properly forgot them. the following year he took me out... we are struggling to hear you at the moment. emmie, surely you had enough on your plate, you were really poorly, and tha nkfully you were really poorly, and thankfully got better, that's wonderful news and we are glad to hear it. tell me about the kitchen that you run. we run a kitchen for

parents of children at manchester children's hospital. we do it because when i was in hospital my mum was really lucky that she could stay with me, but a lot of people came and brought us food and stuff we could have to eat. but then i could see that not many other parents, they weren't as fortunate as us parents, they weren't as fortunate as us and didn't have people coming to give them food, maybe because they lived far away or because they didn't know the area they were in. so it supporting people who have probably got family a long way away. what sort of things do you give them? we used to give them... prior to covid we used to do a monthly session at the ronald mcdonald house across from the children's hospital and give them a free three course meal, things like soup and curry and rice, puddings or salad or quiche.

now we do a friday night takeaway so we use local businesses to provide a friday night takeaway for families in the children's hospital, and also snack bags. and you are emmie's mum, eve, and you are involved in that. and we can go back to dena, in manchester, who was 92 yesterday. and i believe you now help young offenders through your community allotment to get their lives back on track through gardening. why do you think gardening is so effective in helping people turn their lives around? it's a contradiction in terms, this. it's something you have to concentrate on, but you can do... humans have been gardening for probably a million years in one form or another. to most people it'sjust an ordinary thing, they automatically take to it. but i

think, secondly, and to quote one of the guys, you can meditate on here, it is so quiet and peaceful. because all they are surrounded by our birds singing, trees, plants growing, colours, and somebody, who if necessary , colours, and somebody, who if necessary, can colours, and somebody, who if necessary, ca n swear colours, and somebody, who if necessary, can swear like a trooper and tell them off, which they go into fits of laughter over. but i think most people handle offenders with such kid gloves in case they upset them, or they fly into a rage. i don't, and i've never had any trouble with anyone over the years. in fact, the opposite. they bring me biscuits and cake, notes from their kids and little paintings. i've never had any trouble, and great success , never had any trouble, and great success, i'm told. it sounds like it, you have won this incredible

award. emmie and eve, what has it been like to be recognised in this way for what you've done? it was really shocking because when i thought of the idea, i thought we would get a couple of parents, we would get a couple of parents, we would do it once a month, get a couple of parents, no one will really know about it, but it's been kind of the opposite! it's wonderful that we got a chance to talk to you before we see the programme. dena, emmie and eve, thank you for speaking to us and for sharing your stories this morning. thank you, goodbye. thank you. we can return to breaking news coming out of nice in the south of france. french police say three people have been killed in a knife

attack close to the basilica of notre dame, the church in central nice. police have opened a murder enquiry. they are now confirming that one of those people who died was beheaded. witnesses say the attacker shouted god is great in arabic. the attacker has been shot by police and arrested. the mayor of the city has said this was a terrorist attack, and he has confirmed president emmanuel macron will visit the city after an emergency meeting in paris. that emergency meeting in paris. that emergency meeting in paris. that emergency meeting had originally been called to discuss the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. it is less than two weeks since a militant islamist beheaded a teacher, samuel paty, near to paris, after he had shown his class cartoons of the prophet muhammad that had been

published by satirical magazine charlie abdo. the french anti—terror prosecutors have now opened a murder enquiry as a result of the deaths of these three people. we understand these three people. we understand the person beheaded was a woman. emmanuel macron is on his way, as we have said, to the southern city to speak to the mayor there. a little bit more about what he has been saying, he has said, the suspected knife attacker was shot by police while being detained. he is on his way to hospital and he is still alive. we understand one of the people killed inside the church was a church warden. that's what the mayor of nice is saying. he went on to say, enough is enough. it is now time for france to exonerate itself

from the laws of peace in order to definitively wipe out islamic fascism from our territory. he said the victims had been killed in a horrible way. he went on to say, their methods match without doubt those used against brave teacher samuel paty, referring to his murder in the suburb of paris earlier this month. looking at what else has been said, police are armed at the scene, according to the reuters news agency, with automatic weapons, and they have put up a security cordon around the church. it is on one of the city's main thoroughfares, a busy shopping street, and reporters have said ambulances and fire service vehicles were also at the scene. we don't know, of course,

whether there is any connection between this attack and these deaths, the murders in nice today, whether they are connected at all with the charlie hebdo cartoons which many muslims consider to be blasphemous because they depict the prophet muhammad. the french officials, since samuel paty died, have reasserted their right to display cartoons in the name of free speech. many ordinary citizens across france have thrown their weight behind that declaration. the images have actually been displayed more widely because of the expression of free speech marches that have been held in solidarity with samuel paty, the teacher who was killed. but it has, though, prompted an outpouring of protest and anger in parts of the muslim

world, and the french leader, emmanuel macron, has been accused by some governments in muslim countries in particular, of pursuing what they regard as an anti—islam agenda. let's recap, we are now told french police are saying that three people have been killed in a knife attack in the southern city of nice, and one of them was the cathedral's ca reta ker. one of them was the cathedral's caretaker. 0ne one of them was the cathedral's caretaker. one of the people who died, we understand, was a woman, who was beheaded. witnesses say the attacker shouted, god is great, in arabic. he was then shot by police and arrested. according to the mayor of the city, he is on his way to hospital to be treated, but he is still alive. we will have much more on this developing story from nice

in the hours ahead here on bbc news. stay with us for that. now the weather forecast with carol kirkwood. hello again. it's going to be another wet and windy day. if you don't have the rain where you are, it's not far away. we've got low pressure dominating our weather and it is bringing in the wet and windy conditions. but one thing you will notice is, it's going to be milder today than it was yesterday, and tomorrow too, for many of us it will be milder. now, here's the low pressure, with its attendant fronts, producing the rain, and look at all those isobars on the charts. so, gusty winds today, particularly in the west and the south, this rain continuing to migrate north—eastwards, eradicating the sunny but cold start across the far north—east of scotland. behind the band of rain, we see a return to a lot of cloud, some patchier rain and a few showers and some drizzle as well. but the focus will be on the wind behind the rain, because you can see the gusts, as indicated by the black circles. gusty winds inland, but the strongest will be over

exposure in the west and also in the south. temperatures, ten to about 15, maybe 16 in belfast, so a bit milder than it was yesterday. this evening and overnight, off goes the first band of rain, but we do have the second band. still gusty winds. there will be some breaks in the cloud and still a few showers knocking around as well. but it's going to be an unseasonably mild night. these temperatures you could expect by day at this time of year rather than at night. tomorrow, the rain in scotland are increasingly turning showering. increasingly turning showery. most of it will eventually fade. the rain in england and wales pushes southwards, taking this cloud with it. behind it, we see brighter skies develop with some sunshine, but it's also going to turn a bit cooler through the afternoon in the north, and still mild in the south. in fact, somewhere in the south could well hit 18 degrees. more likely in the south—east. as we head through friday and into the weekend, low pressure really dominates the weather. look at the number of isobars in the charts. we are looking at some windy conditions and also some rain. we will start on saturday with some brightness

in the east but it won't last. all this rain in the west will push across us through the day. windy conditions wherever you are. again, gusts represented by the black circles. we could even have severe gales across the north of scotland. that could well lead to some disruption. although temperatures of ten to 16 in the south.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. three people have been killed and several others injured in a knife attack near a church in nice, france in what's believed to be a terror attack. the suspect has been arrested. almost 100,000 people are catching coronavirus every day in the england — the stark finding from senior scientists as they warn the pandemic is at a critical stage. the study also suggests the national r number has increased to 1.56. the government sticks to its strategy — calling another national lockdown a "last resort". we don't have a plan today to do a full national lockdown. we can see that there are arguments in favour of that in terms of simplicity and clarity but there are very strong