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this is bbc news, i amjane hill. the headline set 2pm. drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre before the tier 3 coronavirus measures came into force at midnight — health officials are urging people to follow the rules. i'm disappointed to see those scenes and what we really need to do is for everybody to play their part in bringing this virus down. it is a killer disease. the labour leader defends his decision to suspend jeremy corbyn over anti—semitism — saying there's no need for the party to descend into civil war. remembering the three people who died in a knife attack in nice — thousands of soldiers and police are now protecting places of worship in france.
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at least four people die and more than 100 are injured, after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of turkey, bringing down buildings in the third biggest city, izmir. after eight months, and at a cost of billions of pounds, the furlough scheme ends tomorrow — we find out what it's done for businesses: i don't think we would have survived without it because i assume my only other option would have been to make everybody redundant. and in the run up to the women's fa cup final this weekend, we talk to the player who's helped both teams get to wembley. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nottinghamshire has become the latest region to move into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions.
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before the tier 3 measures took effect at midnight, large groups of drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre. police have said those involved will be punished, and warned that anyone caught breaking the new rules will be fined. west yorkshire will move into tier 3 on monday, bringing the total number of people living in very high restrictions tojust over 11 million — almost a fifth of england's population. danjohnson is in nottingham and sent this report. st ann's, where so many have it tough, and england's strictest rules are now in place. and seven months into this pandemic, the outlook couldn't be much bleaker than simon's. people are getting lonely people are getting rather depressed. in his 60s, living with diabetes, only going out for shopping or the hospital. i'm not afraid to go out, but i am concerned. and his wife, jean, is in bed with terminal cancer.
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there's lots of things we want to do. we want to go out, to travel the country, see the things we want to be able to do. let her enjoy life. we can't. all she can do is sit in the flat. we don't seem to have any hope at the minute, it's all doom and gloom. and those who look out for people here, fearfor them, too. the old people will feel it more because a lot of them are towards the end of life as well. a lot of them have said they don't want to spend the last years of their life being confined to their flats and not seeing family. and look what was happening in nottingham city centre last night. like many people, i think i'm disappointed to see those scenes, and what we really need to do is for everybody to play their part bringing this virus down, and that extends to everybody in our communities, whether they are young or old,
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and that's the only way that we are actually going to see some very significant reductions in the virus. back in st ann's, stonebridge city farm is one of many surprises. it's a refuge for families, especially in the half term holiday. it's hard to find things to do. when you're locked in the house and you've done every activity inside that you can possibly think of. we've been to every park. i think months more of this and it's just not going to be very nice. many volunteers here, like karen, have disabilities. first time round, the lockdown was really hard. i was a bit fed up because i was in the house and i missed the farm that much. listen how much it means to be back in the kitchen. i'm learning to be independent, and coming here is really good because i'm meeting
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new people and new staff, and everyone's great. christmas is in question, but there are other celebrations to come first, and at the hindu centre they are making sure everyone gets fed. people are very frightened. some of the regular devotees at the temple we haven't seen for months and months. some of them have started to come out, but that's it, they've stopped again. how big a deal is that during diwali? of course it is, diwali is a most auspicious time of the year. soa so a month now of the toughest restrictions across the county. but then what? how will we know if it is safe for measures to be relaxed? and if life is to carry on like this, what will that do for people in the city and here in this community? how do you get it through to people? you know, it's a killer disease.
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isolate, follow the rules, they are there for a reason. as hospital beds keep filling up, the view gets more grim, and every day now, the alert levels rise, more communities, families, more people, find life is restricted again. dan johnson, bbc news, st ann's in nottingham. another area which could soon face tier 3 restrictions is tees valley in the north—east. fiona trott is in middlesbrough. discussions have been taking place between central government and the mayors and council leaders of the five local authorities here — thatis middlesbrough, stockton, darlington, hartlepool, redcar and cleveland. we understand that discussions yesterday were around what tier 3 would look like. there was a feeling from some council leaders that perhaps they didn't want the restrictions to go as far as what we have seen in nottinghamshire, for example. but we understand that today's discussions will be focused around the financial support that will be available from central government and i think that council leaders here will be...
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explained very clearly to central government that very high restrictions would have a severe impact on the local economy. take middlesbrough, for example. it has the highest rate of people claiming out of work benefits in the north—east of england, the highest rate of child poverty as well and don't forget that one month ago tougher restrictions were introduced here. this is before tier 2 was introduced and i can tell you that one month on the economic impact of that is that the hospitality trade has seen a drop in business of around 70%. council leaders, too, are also very concerned to hear are also very concerned here about people's mental health — as i have said, long—term unemployment an issue here and long term underlying health issues which make them vulnerable to catching coronavirus. tier 3 is not what they want here. council leaders understand it is necessary, though, and those discussions are continuing.
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that was fiona trott in middlesbrough. around one in 100 people had coronavirus in england last week, according to new figures from the office for national statistics. the trend across the uk is similar, with a slightly worse picture in northern ireland and a slightly better one in wales and scotland. the rise in infections is likely to put the government under pressure to introduce further measures. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports. the royal liverpool hospital is among those which have had to cancel some routine treatments to cope with the number of covid patients becoming seriously ill. there is a glimmer of hope. new daily infections in the city have fallen slightly, though they are still at a high level. as west yorkshire prepares to enter england's highest level of alert from monday, local leaders are keen to know how long they will have to stay there. we are obviously watching liverpool city region with a very keen interest. they have been in the longest, just over two weeks, which means that their review will be coming up within the next week, ten days or so. i am not clear whether they will be in a position
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to come out and what that will actually mean. this is an area that everyone is really very concerned about. it is now estimated one in 100 people in private homes in england had covid—19 in the week to last friday, with around 52,000 new infections every day, up about a half on last week's figure. in northern ireland, the office for national statistics estimates one in 80 had the virus. it was one in 120 in wales, and one in 140 in scotland. cases are still highest in the north and are growing across england, but today's figures support the trend that they have levelled off in the north—east. yet labour is continuing to put pressure on the government to go further. my concern is that the tier system is not strong enough to stop the infection rate going up and the alternative now is weeks or months of agony, frankly, in the tier system, so i do call on the prime minister to look again. if we have learnt one thing from phase one, wave one of the virus it's that
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you need to act quickly and decisively. but ministers want to stick with a targeted approach. even at the very high level, schools are being kept open, businesses have been kept open. we leave in reserve the option of taking further measures, but actually what we really need now and what i think the domestic, but also the international experience shows, is when you have got this focused approach we really need full compliance and cooperation. the epidemic is still growing. while there is hope that restrictions in some areas may be starting to slow the rise in infections, experts say the next four months will be tough. katherine da costa, bbc news. the consumer organisation, which, has warned there are big differences in the effectiveness of reusable face coverings. in tests, it found that the best performing masks blocked out more than 99% of particles and droplets that could spread the virus, matching the performance of surgical masks, but the worst only
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managed to block out 7%. the tests also revealed that almost all of the face coverings got better at filtering particles after being washed. the leader of the unite trade union, len mccluskey, has described the decision to suspend former leaderjeremy corbyn from the labour party as "wrong and unjust," but appealed to members of his union to "stay in the party". this morning sir keir starmer has again been defending the party's decision. here's our political correspondent, leila nathoo. out in the cold, for now unwelcome in the party he led just seven months ago. jeremy corbyn‘s response to a report into how anti—semitism was handled while he was in charge of labour saw him dramatically suspended. but his allies say the move threatens party unity and have called for him to be reinstated. i think it was unjust and hopefully, with discussions
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that can take place, we can resolve it and we can all move on. my message, really, to, literally, hundreds of thousands of our members, who are already expressing their anger, is to stay in the party. shame on you! yesterday's report by the equalities regulatorfound labour had broken the law in relation to how it dealt with anti—semitism and said there had been a failure of leadership on the issue. it was this statement byjeremy corbyn, that anti—semitism had been dramatically overstated by his opponents, that led to his membership being temporarily revoked. his successor says there will be an independent investigation but insisted there was no need to revisit old quarrels. it's not for me to say what process should be followed. that's for the general secretary, or what sanction is in order. i don't want a civil war in the labour party. i don't think there
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is any need for one. i want to unite the party, but i'm not going to renege on my commitment to root out anti—semitism. jeremy corbyn‘s suspension allows keir starmer to show that labour is serious about zero tolerance towards anti—semitism and that he is determined to make a clean break from the past. he's already showed his willingness to take on the labour left, its figurehead and former leader now no exception, but the full consequences of the decision will not become clearfor some time. the party's investigation into jeremy corbyn‘s comments will run its course. there is the possibility he could be expelled. that would be an explosive outcome. but for now, though, labour wants to avoid returning to the days of factional fighting. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. four people have been killed in a powerful earthquake around the turkish city of izmir. turkish authorities say 120 people have been injured. tremors from the quake,
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which had a magnitude of at least 6.6 — were felt as far away as athens and istanbul. its epicentre was in the aegean sea. turkish officials say 20 buildings have collapsed in izmir. footage from the city show people scrambling over the rubble looking for survivors. there are also reports of flooding in the city. concerned about the risk of a tsunami. we have alsojust had concerned about the risk of a tsunami. we have also just had these latest pictures in, which show flooding in the wake of this earthquake. these are the latest pictures that have just come through to us. while we look at these pictures, let's bring in our correspondent, who is following all of this. start the death toll, 0rla, because details really are coming through all the time, but bring us the latest on that and the injuries. the confirmed death toll we now have a from turkey's health minister is, as you say, for people who have lost their lives in this powerful earthquake this afternoon. and about
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120 injured. we know that searching is still going on at several collapsed buildings in various districts of izmir, which is the third—largest city of the country. some of those were filmed as the earthquake was taking place and you could actually see them shaking and there were some very distressing videos posted on social media, where you could actually see one building, a multi—story building which look like a residential building, actually coming to the ground in a heap of rubble and smoke. 0f actually coming to the ground in a heap of rubble and smoke. of course, we saw people rushing out onto the streets in fear and panic, some screaming, trying to get away. now, i have to say that the risk of earthquakes is a common thing. it is a daily reality in turkey. the country is crisscrossed by major active... and because of that people have a certain familiarity and a certain level of awareness and knowledge about what they should do when a quake happens and it is very common here to have had earthquake
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training, it is something that happens in many organisations and workplaces in turkey. in fact, we had earthquake training ourselves last year at the bbc. there is a very developed earthquake rescue service here, which is already in action in izmir, searching for survivors. yes, and we are looking at some of those pictures now, 0rla, and desperate scenes again, with collapsed buildings and people trying to find people. in terms of the tsunami warning, has that alert gone away? it is unclear for now, we know there has been an increase in the sea level and we saw pictures, as you say, of water gushing into the centre of izmir. the sea level has very visibly risen. there are also concerns that there were fishermen out at sea off the coast in the agn when the earthquake happened and some of them are unaccounted for. the deal has also emerged on local tv channels of boats literally being sucked away
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from the coast, so it would appear there has been a tsunami of some kind. whether that danger is now passed, it is not clear, but certainly what happened this afternoon was a major earthquake, enough to do very serious damage and tragically to claim lives. it is possible, of course, but that death toll may rise, as the excavations continue in the collapsed buildings. 0 rla continue in the collapsed buildings. 0rla guerin, i know you will keep us up—to—date. thank you very much. 0 rla up—to—date. thank you very much. 0rla guerin following that from istanbul and we will keep you up—to—date, of course, with any developments there, developments there, but as 0rla guerin were saying, the death toll at the moment stands at four, but as you can see from the pictures is a really grim situation people there, who are looking for anyone who might be trapped, so we are keeping you up—to—date. the time right now is to 17 pm. here are the latest headlines...
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drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre ahead of the new tier three measures coming into force across the county at midnight — health officials are urging people to follow the rules: the labour leader defends his decision to suspend jeremy corbyn over anti—semitism — saying there's no need for the party to descend into civil war. at least four people die and more than a hundred are injured — after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of turkey, bringing down buildings in the third biggest city, izmir. there is also flooding. thousands of soldiers and police are being deployed in france to protect places of worship and schools, following yesterday's knife attack in nice. three people were killed at the notre dame basilica. the 21—year—old suspect, who'd only recently entered the country, is in hospital in a critical condition after being shot by police. hugh schofield reports from paris.
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at the basilica of notre dame the people of nice have been coming to pay homage to the victims, to contemplate, and maybe to grieve a little. translation: the hate, so much hate. please stop killing us. i can't take it any more. excuse me, i can't take this any more, i have to go work. sorry. gunfire three people were brutally knifed to death after the attacker entered the church early yesterday morning. police, who were quickly on the scene, shot and overpowered him and he is now in hospital. among the victims was a brazilian woman in her 40s. she struggled to a nearby cafe where, before dying, she said, "please tell my children i love them." the attacker is a 21—year—old tunisian man, brahim aouissaoui, who only came to france
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the day before. a month earlier he had arrived from north africa on the italian island of lampedusa and been given red cross papers. in the tunisian city of sfax his mother and brother said he was an observant muslim and went to europe to work. translation: he has been praying for about two and a half years now. he went to work and came home. he did not go out and socialise. he just used to bring coffee from work and drink it at home. translation: when we talked that night he said he just arrived in the area and it's getting very late here. he went into the city by train at 6:30am the next morning just hours before the attack. in france, the language has toughened. the interior minister gerald darmanin said the country was now at war, not with a religion, he said, but with islamist ideology. the mayor of nice said france could not expect to win this war with the laws of peacetime. but in parts of the islamic world, it's france that's
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seen as the aggressor. governments, including turkey's, have condemned the attack. but there have been more demonstrations, like here in bangladesh, against president macron‘s defence of cartoons of the prophet muhammad and his crackdown on what he calls islamist separatism. it's an anti—french climate that's extended to clear and explicit threats against france on jihadist websites and blogs. yesterday in nice those threats became real. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. bell tolls backin back in the uk... after eight months in operation, furlough — known as thejob retention scheme — comes to an end tomorrow. at the height of the coronavirus lockdown, nearly a third of the uk workforce was having part of their wages paid by the government. one area which was reliant on the scheme was crawley in sussex, home to many people who work at gatwick airport. our business correspondent emma simpson has been to crawley to find out what impact
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the scheme has had. gatwick airport dominates the landscape, and the local economy depends on it. so when the planes stopped flying, the impact was dramatic. horrendous, scary. we suddenly became just very unsure of our future. at this hotel, bookings collapsed, weddings postponed. we've got a plane just going over and we now get quite excited when we hear a plane. the owners kept things going — the furlough scheme saved them. i don't think we would have survived without it because... i assume my only other option would have been to make everybody redundant. some workers he had to let go, and he still has five on furlough. now that the new employment support scheme has been revised and improved, we're hoping that we can keep them going — it's our intention, simply because we're going to be very busy next year, as well. so we don't want to have to make any
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further redundancies. down the road in crawley, more than 40% of the workforce was on furlough in august. this town was doing pretty nicely before the pandemic — unemployment was low. but there are now more than three times as many people claiming benefits compared to this time last year — the furlough scheme couldn't save every job. chris worked as a security manager at gatwick airport and was furloughed, before being made redundant. started there when i was 18, so almost all of my adult life has been in the airport working, so it was tough. but chris used his time off to grow his new business — a comic shop — with his former colleague. they've now taken on two other ex—airport staff. we will come back from it. i think the town's strong enough to survive. yeah, absolutely. until things get back to normal. this beauty clinic used to get lots of cabin crew and holiday—makers
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through its doors. as a limited company director, melissa had to survive off her savings instead of furlough. she's found new clients now — there's just one problem. i'm really worried about another lockdown because we were the last to come back last time. so... well, because we're close contact and everything that we're doing is so close to the face, you know, it did take so long for us to come back. i just... yeah, pray — pray there's not another lockdown. an airport town trying to weather the storm, and hoping for brighter days ahead. emma simpson, bbc news, crawley. more than1 more than 1 million more than1 million people have now signed the petition started by the football marcus rashford, which calls for meal vouchers to be given to children during the school holidays. the government says it is beginning the process examining how holiday clubs could be used to
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provide additional support to families who need it. our education respondent has been to stockport to meet people who use the clubs. this holiday club in stockport is about enjoying the simple things. it is a chance to forget about coronavirus, even though the children play in bubbles. this is probably my only opportunity to be able to be outside, playing with my friends. forfamilies who outside, playing with my friends. for families who are struggling, it is also a chance to ensure their children have a good meal each day. it is very important because you know people can't afford food as much as others and it is just can't afford food as much as others and it isjust really helpful for people in the school holidays. this food has been provided by a local cafe for free. stockport council has provided free school meal vouchers for those who are eligible, but this pandemic has put pressure on many families. the one thing that a holiday club does do is we don't
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have eligibility here, so someone isn't on benefits they can still come here. this week, this project has supported 160 families. many are asking for help for the first time. the foreseeable future is not going to change. this is life as we know it and we have got to get used to it, and people... that is why these activities are helping families at home. footballer, marcus rashford, has been at the forefront of a campaign to end food poverty. more than1 million campaign to end food poverty. more than 1 million people campaign to end food poverty. more than1 million people have signed his petition. calling for children from poorerfamilies his petition. calling for children from poorer families in his petition. calling for children from poorerfamilies in england to get free school meals and holidays. the government has ruled out extending free school meals across england beyond term time, but says councils have been given an additional £60 million for families facing financial hardship and welfare support has increased by £9.3 pounds. at first you think, it won't affect us, we will be fine, then before you know it companies
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are closing down or... caroline and david have two children. david is about to be made redundant. they have had to ask for food parcels. about to be made redundant. they have had to ask for food parcelsm is tough, you feel massively embarrassed as you don't want to be that one that is asking for help, but overall i think there is nothing to be ashamed about. if you are genuinely a working family and you have worked your backsides off day m, have worked your backsides off day in, day out, please don't be embarrassed. ask for help. half term is nearly over for most children. many children have relied on holiday clu bs many children have relied on holiday clubs or packed lunches, donated by charities, businesses and some local councils, but the christmas holiday isn't far away and neither is anxiety for families struggling to put food on the table. elaine dunkley, bbc news. much more coming up dunkley, bbc news. much more coming up in the next half an hour, but we will pause right now and take a look at the weather prospects.
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hello, relatively note, but things are set to turn a lot more turbulent this weekend, deep areas of low pressure bringing spells of heavy rain and also some gales severe in places. for the rest of the day, it is the northern half of the uk that will hold on to the best of the brightness here, more clad further south and spots of light rain or drizzle. across the south and north, the wind will tend to be a fairly brisk, but through central areas it will be lighter for a while. the next area of low pressure will be moving up from the south this evening and overnight, bringing increasing cloud, outbreaks of it heavyin increasing cloud, outbreaks of it heavy in the north and west. it will introduce milder air across southern areas, to the mid teens by overnight, but a chillier night. and and clear skies. as we had to saturday, this is the area of deep low pressure that has been named storm aided by the irish met service and it is here where we are likely to see the most disruption across the republic of ireland, but also very strong winds along the irish sea coast, which could cause
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disruption. a band of heavy, squally rain pushing eastwards across the country through the course of saturday, very strong winds on that as it moves through and find it blustery showers, some sunshine, longer spells of rain continuing across the north—west of the uk and winds gusting up to 70 mph around irish sea coasts. elsewhere generally around a0 mph, maybe more than that and exposure. some sunshine around into the afternoon, those temperatures on the mild side once again. storm aided tears away, but another one hot on its heels move through for sunday, so another windy start, widespread gales, outbreaks of rain through sunday morning and that will clear through to sunshine and blustery showers, some of these heavy across western areas, merging together with longer spells of rain, and it is across the north and west where we see the strongest of the winds again. miles in the south—east, but a bit cooler further north and west. with these spells of heavy rain, and gales at the weekend, we are likely to see some disruption, so please stay
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tuned to your bbc local radio and your weather forecast. as we head into next week, look at this, being settled down as a big area of high pressure built in, bringing sunshine, but also chilly nights. hello this is bbc news. the headlines...
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drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre before the tier 3 coronavirus measures came into force at midnight — health officials have urged people to follow the rules. the labour leader defends his decision to suspend jeremy corbyn over anti—semitism — saying there's no need for labour to descend into civil war. at least four people die and more than a hundred are injured, after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of turkey — bringing down buildings and causing flooding in the third biggest city, izmir. remembering the three people who died in a knife attack in nice — thousands of soldiers and police are now protecting places of worship in france. after eight months, and at a cost of billions of pounds, the furlough scheme ends tomorrow — we find out what its done for businesses. and, in the run up to the women's fa cup final this weekend,
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we talk to the player who's helped both teams get to wembley. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. good afternoon... england scrum—half natasha hunt will miss theirfinal women's six nations game after testing positive for coronavirus. wasps‘ claudia mcdonald starts for the red roses in her place. hunt, the gloucester—hartpury captain will isolate for 10 days before spending a further week in a return—to—play programme. england are already champions going into the match against italy. they'll complete back—to—back grand slams if they win in parma. head coach simon middleton said he was relieved the game will be going ahead after two other women's six nations matches were called off due to coronavirus, and he praised hunt for the way she has dealt with the situation.
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she got a phone call to say and then off the back of that she reported that straightaway, immediately, before she left her room in the morning. the girls are really well briefed in terms of if anything happens make contact by phone immediately, don't contact anybody else in the squad, leaving the viewer any of them. she did exactly what she was asked and full credit to her. —— don't leave the room if you are in your room. premier league champions liverpool say defender virgil van dijk has had a "successful" operation on his knee ligament injury. van dijk was hurt in a challenge by everton goalkeeper jordan pickford two weeks ago. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has called it, "the best news we could get." not such good news for fabinho however. the brazilian misses tomorrow's match against west ham due to a hamstring injury. meanwhile hammers boss david moyes thinks liverpool are currently having to cope with an even bigger loss... you'd rather play liverpool without virgilvan
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you'd rather play liverpool without virgil van dyke, that's undoubtedly. the biggest thing leading up to liverpool is playing liverpool without any supporters for me. i think there support make such a difference to them so i think going up difference to them so i think going up there with no crowd behind them i think hopefully that might make a little bit of a difference as well. west ham will be without striker michail antonio for tomorrow's game at anfield. he suffered a hamstring injury in the draw against manchester city last weekend. but moyes is hopeful it's not a long—term issue, despite reports that it could be at least a month. rangers manager steven gerrard will assess alfredo morelos ahead of their trip to kilmarnock on sunday, as they look to stretch their unbeaten run to 18 games in all competitions. morelos scored the only goal in their europa league win over lech poznan last night but he took a knock to the calf during the match. victory over kilmarnock would take them nine points clear of celtic at the top of the premiership but celtic will have two games in hand — they play aberdeen in the scottish cup semi—finals this weekend. england's netballers have
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lost the second test against new zealand — and with it the series. the roses started well in hamilton, and they had a two goal lead at half—time . but the world champions came back in dominant style, winning by 5a—a7. this is a young, inexperienced england squad, including seven players with fewer than 10 international caps, and acting head coach kat ratnapala said there were massive positives to take from their performance. the third and final match is on sunday. former world champion kimi raikkonen will remain at alfa romeo for next season — which will be his 19th in formula one. raikkonen is a1 now, and this year he broke the record for the number of grand prix starts — 32a. he made his f1 debut with the team, then called sauber, in 2001 and moved back to them in 2019 after being dropped by ferrari. he said alfa romeo was like a second family.
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antonio giovinazzi will also stay with them for a third season. that's all the sport for now. more in an hour. see you later, sarah. thank you very much. it is 2a minutes to three. as we're reporting, after eight months in operation, furlough — known as thejob retention scheme — comes to an end tomorrow. at the height of the coronavirus lockdown, nearly a third of the uk workforce was having part of their wages paid by the government. so what is the knock—on effect? amrit singh is the managing director of transindus, a specialist travel company specialising in small
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group tours across asia. how have you up to now be making use of the furlough scheme? the government fella scheme has been an absolute lifeline for small and medium—sized businesses like ours, particularly in the travel industry as well as the high street travel agents. it has allowed us to retain much of our highly skilled specialist staff in place, ready for a time when recovery presents itself. oh, goodness. i know, i mean, iwant itself. oh, goodness. i know, i mean, i want to ask when the black b but we know how desperately badly the travel industry has been hit. —— i want to ask when will that be. given that the furlough scheme comes to an end tomorrow, what are you planning? tellers as well how many people you imply. we employed 20 people you imply. we employed 20 people at the start of march when everything went into lockdown. since
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then we have been virtually no lockdown situation and consequently have had no business for the last eight months and barely any bookings going forward into the next season. as far as we're concerned, we will start to use the newjob retention scheme, but it's been at a cost. we lost a huge number of our team and we are down to allow about six people. we will persevere because these are very specialist, highly valued, staff, but we don't want to lose. the industry will suffer and ultimately it will be the british public who is unable to utilise their skills in international travel and their specialist knowledge of the destinations, so we are hoping to hold onto them using what little of thejob retention to hold onto them using what little of the job retention scheme we can. but it's not an ideal situation.
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goodness. say you've had to let more than ten people go, partly because the scheme that will place fellow is not quite as generous, it doesn't pay quite as much, does it? not quite as generous, it doesn't pay quite as much, does mm requires us to pay about 20% of the salary. night, but you have got no business coming in. we have had no business coming in. we have had no business since march and we have had to pay a huge amount 100% refund from the previous year refunds as well so we are in a difficult situation and we would like to ask the chancellors to look at travel and tourism is a special case and see how we can try and rescue the industry. the industry employs some 3a,000 entrepreneurial people, predominantly women and young people, and we generate an income of some 11 billion for the uk economy,
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contributing significantly to the exchequer. and everyone needs a break right now! everyone needs a holiday. i knew, despite everything we're living so, are you getting enquiries? people still phoning you say what can i do about 2021, what do you recommend? absolutely, and we are still responding to those which is why we need to hold onto our staff. there is a huge number of enquiries, people are taking quotations and they are holding onto these pending good news from the foreign office advisories. as soon as advisories were lifted, save for europe in the summer months, there was a tremendous increase or an upsurge in travel. as the travel corridors are being closed off, that demand persists but we are unable to travel. so, you are still implying a
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few people. i mean, how, i hesitate to even ask it, but how will you keep going? are you using reserves and savings to try to keep going until such time as people can travel in the way that they used in? what you propose? we have depleted our reserves now so it is a matter of months, it is a matter of two months to see if we can continue in this way, and hope that we will get some specialist help from the chancellor to keep us going. if we don't, what will happen is the industry will decline and, ultimately, it will be the british traveller that suffers from a lack of choice and potentially prices are rising because the few multinationals that do survive will, age, not be able to provide specialist knowledge that the smallest companies can, and secondly they will be no competition. so prices are much more
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likely to increase. yes, that is a very striking thought. we wish you all the very best. good to talk to you despite the circumstances. thank you despite the circumstances. thank you very much indeed and we wish you the best. that is amrit singh, the managing director of trends indus, a specialist travel company. the travel industry in very difficult times of course —— transindus. it's 7 days into the welsh ‘firebreak‘ and this afternoon the welsh first minister, mark drakeford has announced that wales will not to return to local restrictions when the current lockdown ends. instead, there will be an introduction of what he describes as a "simple set of national rules". he also said that new legislation would be introduced to protect the test, trace and protect system and to help prevent the spread of the virus. self—isolating will become a legal requirement if asked to do so by contact tracers.
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will be a criminal offence in wales, and employers would be prevented from stopping workers from self—isolating. he also announced a new financial package for care workers and those on low incomes for if and when they are asked to self isolate. finally, today, i wanted to turn to one of the most important actions we can take, and this is for us all to follow the advice of the nhs wales test, trace, protect service if we are asked to self—isolate. we will be introducing two new schemes to support people on low incomes when they are asked to self—isolate. for some people, being asked to stay at home for two weeks can mean struggling to put food on the table because statutory sick pay is not a substitute for a week's wages. the two schemes we are announcing today will give people the financial security they need to stay at home
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when it is most important for them to do so. because of the vital work they carry out on our behalf, we will provide a top up to statutory sick pay for all social care staff, including personal assistance. they will receive their full wage if they have to take time off work because they have coronavirus or because they have been asked to self—isolate. and beyond that, there will be a £500 self—isolation support payment for people on low incomes in wales. this will be available to help people to stay at home after a positive test, or if they have been told to self—isolate by the contact tracing team. and, as well as those measures, we will strengthen the regulations.
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we will introduce a new offence of knowingly giving false information to our ttp service, a new legal duty to self—isolate, and a duty on employers to ensure that they do not attempt to prevent an employee from following the advice to self—isolate. scotland's deputy first minister has urged people to stay at home this halloween. john swinney made the plea at the scottish government's coronavirus briefing, where he was standing in for the first minister, nicola sturgeon. it came as another 28 deaths from coronavirus were recorded in scotland, in the past 2a hours, taking the death toll there to 2,819. the final issue i want to talk about today relates to the weekend ahead and specifically to halloween. in ordinary circumstances,
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families across scotland would be out guising tomorrow night, and people of all ages would be attending halloween parties. sadly, these are not ordinary circumstances. none of us at the moment should be visiting each other‘s homes unless it is for an essential purpose, and we should all be avoiding activities that make the spread of the virus more likely. i am afraid that guising falls into that category. going door—to—door, passing sweets, touching items others have touched, all of that because the opportunity for covid to spread, and if there's one thing we know it is that this virus will take any opportunity it can to spread. so, this halloween, our advice is that you should stay at home. that does not mean, of course, that families can't have fun. children and adults can still dress up and play games, and we can still all celebrate halloween. we just need to do that in the safety of our own homes.
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that's certainly what my family will be doing. my son is already practising some fantastic impersonations and he's looking forward to getting dressed up. it won't be the same as other years, but we're still going to try to make it a very special night in our house. the parent club website has lots of great tips for having a fun halloween, so if you're looking for ideas for ideas it is worth going to www.parentclub.scot. none of us like the fact that these restrictions have to be in place, but sticking to them is important. it will help to keep us all safe, so please, stay home this halloween. don't take risks for the sake of one night. it's really not worth it. bangladesh has the second largest garment manufacturing industry in the world, which for decades fuelled europe and america's appetite for fast fashion. but as coronavirus
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spread across the globe, more than $3 billion of clothing orders were cancelled and many factories were shut. it was a devastating blow to the livelihoods of many people, like factory owner mostafiz uddin — who stands to lose everything. iam i am suffering. i know part of the suffering. but it is not that i'm the only person suffering. we are suffering, the global manufacturers are suffering because it is not happening only in bangladesh. the situation, what is happening with me, may be in one personal one single country but is it is the same in all production countries. if you go to india, if you go to pakistan or other countries, also have the same situation. i've and apparel industry and community we should make some kind of safety net where i will work as a safe and secure. they should not have suffered the way how they suffering during the pandemic
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times. that is just one factory owner with his story. as well as affecting the people who work in the industry, has coronavirus also changed the way we buy clothes and so—called ‘fast fashion‘? let‘s ask scott nova, the executive director of the worker rights consortium, which has been looking into the issue of working conditions in bangladesh. reminders of the scale of the issues. brands and retailers have created is falling global supply chains. there are more than 30 million retailers globally is selling apparel for brands in the uk in the us, more than 3 million workers in bangladesh alone, so it isa workers in bangladesh alone, so it is a massive industry in scope. do you think that the pandemic, the global pandemic, is going to result
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in some sort of seismic change around this whole industry? well, it needs to because what we‘re seeing during this pandemic is the equities that define the supply chains and the consequences laid bare. what we‘re seeing is a humanitarian catastrophe for millions of workers around on the globe, including in bangladesh due to chronically low wages in the industry for years, £100 per month in bangladesh, for example, £100 per month in bangladesh, for exa m ple, less £100 per month in bangladesh, for example, less than £a0 per month in ethiopia, garment workers have no savings, nothing to fall back on an economic crisis, so as we see massive job loss across the industry driven by the pandemic we see a crisis of hunger and homelessness on the part of garment workers. coming out of this crisis, we need a different kind of industry that sees the interests of workers, the well—being of workers is far more important than the bland street it today. and is that about the brands, wherever they are in the world, just
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accepting that they have to pay more? they have to pay better wages and if that is passed on to the customer, so be it? this is indeed where it starts. they have to pay a living wage to garment workers in most brands and retailers claim to support doing so but the problem is they have not put the money where their mouths are and as a result workers continue to be paid poverty wages but it is important to know labour is a small percentage of the retail price of the product. you could pay a living wage across the supply chain and the impact the will be 50 cents here, 70 cents fare on a shirt or pairof be 50 cents here, 70 cents fare on a shirt or pair of pants. it is not a lot for a consumer perspective but it makes a world of difference to the workers. what, if anything, can an individual purchaser do, what can we do in terms of our choices, where we do in terms of our choices, where we shop, who we choose to buy from, how much we buy? where is the individual responsibility? the adverse can see organisations that are reporting publicly on the way
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different brands and retailers that are behaving in this crisis are what consumers can do is turn away from those brands and retailers that for example are taking advantage of the crisis to push their suppliers to accept crisis to push their suppliers to a cce pt eve n crisis to push their suppliers to accept even lower prices for products, making the crisis worse for workers and they can support those brands and retailers that behave responsibly. what, someone had done that? they have actually used the crisis as an opportunity? yes, as suppliers have grown more desperate many suppliers are now. sell their goods to brands and retailers for less than it cost to actually make the products, which will drive many of them out of business, drive large numbers of workers atjobs. business, drive large numbers of workers at jobs. goodness. thank you very much. scott nova is the executive director of the workers‘ rights consortium talking to was there as you can see from the us, from washington, dc, and just a flag
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up, infact, from washington, dc, and just a flag up, in fact, you from washington, dc, and just a flag up, infact, you can see from washington, dc, and just a flag up, in fact, you can see the whole programme, our world bangladesh, up, in fact, you can see the whole programme, ourworld bangladesh, the end of fast fashion, that is on bbc news. it is on saturday night on sunday night, half past nine saturday evening and sunday evening, more investigation into fast fashion and the impact as well of coronavirus. more now on the major earthquake which has hit the aegean — with buildings damaged in the turkish resort city of izmir, home to around three million people. the quake was felt from athens to istanbul. we know that at least four people have been killed and more than 100 people had been injured. it was also felt on the greek island of samos, where manos stefanakis, editor of a local news website, joins me from now. you are on a greek island, is that correct, but you felt the quake?
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good afternoon from samos, opposite to is near. wiest felt the quake very strongly. we have not felt such a huge earthquake since the beginning of the 12th century. that time it was 6.9 in vic stijl. this afternoon it was 6.7, as you know. —— beginning of the 20th century. the good thing with samos is we don‘t have dead people, and the injured people at only five people in samos town, which is the capital of samos island, and in the second biggest town of the island, so we have only eight people who are lightly injured. the thing is, we need to stay outside our houses for the evening, that is what the scientists say, and the good news is that the weather conditions are perfect. i mean, we have high temperature, it‘s partly cloudy but it will not rain, so this will help
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for the next difficult hours because, continuously, even now that i talk to you, we can feel lighter earthquakes but continuously. so this is a good thing as this thing has progressed for the next hours, than to have no earthquakes at all. well, i‘m glad that you have not had anyone seriously injured but if you are constantly feeling tremors that must be, it must be hugely unnerving, isn‘t it? must be, it must be hugely unnerving, isn't it? it is a strange feeling and until today in our lives, in our changing lives because of coronavirus, we had our mind to put the mask on our face and all these things for protection but then something happens in our lives and gives another perspective what life means and this is a big earthquake, as we‘ve had before. some of us here in samos island. goodness, and we are seeing some images of your
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island, beautiful pictures. i mean, are people prepared ? island, beautiful pictures. i mean, are people prepared? do they know what to do in the source of circumstance? is it something that you live with, you have to learn to live with? generally, in greece, we live with? generally, in greece, we live with? generally, in greece, we live with earthquakes, we learn to live with earthquakes, we learn to live with earthquakes, but also people who are working overtime, they know what they have to do. also, pupils in schools, they know what to do, so we learn to live with earthquakes in our area and in our country. this is for sure. but, anyway, when it happens, even if you felt many, many earthquakes in the past, you can‘t send away this feeling which happens when you have a strong earthquake and you feel it inside your house in your office or wherever you are. of course. i am some sure that that is something that you can never quite get used to. really fantastic that you could speak to us about that. thank you very much. we‘re glad everyone is broadly 0k and we hope stay well.
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editor of a local news website there on samos island and he said, as you heard, still continuing after—shocks, still a continual tremor there where he is. we will keep an eye on that story and we will have more on coronavirus restrictions as well, of course. we will just pause restrictions as well, of course. we willjust pause to take a look at the weather prospects. hello there. it is going to be a very unsettled weekend. we have got a couple of deep areas of low pressure moving off the atlantic. that will bring spells of rain and gales, maybe severe gales across western areas. that is likely to cause some disruption in places. now, as we head through tonight it looks like the first of these lows will move up from the south, introducing clouds, strengthening winds, outbreaks of rain, some of which will become heavy and persistent in the north and the west. what it will also do is scoop up
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some very mild air, so by the end of the night the mid—teens celsius in the south, something a bit chillier in the north. so here it is, this deep low which has been named storm aiden by the irish met service. it is likely to bring the strongest winds to the republic of ireland, but those winds will extend across irish sea areas as well through saturday. a band of very heavy, squally rain will spread across the country through the day, some very strong winds on that. behind it brightens up a little bit, but stays wet in the north—west and those winds really will be a feature, gusting 60—70 mph on the irish sea coast. despite all that, it is going to be another fairly mild day.
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this is bbc news, i‘mjane hill. the headlines: drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre before the tier 3 coronavirus measures came into force at midnight — health officials are urging people to follow the rules. i‘m disappointed to see those scenes and what we really need to do is for everybody to play their part in bringing this virus down. the labour leader defends his decision to suspend jeremy corbyn over anti—semitism, saying there‘s no need for the party to descend into civil war. remembering the three people who died in a knife attack in nice — thousands of soldiers and police are now protecting places of worship in france. at least four people die and more than 100 are injured, after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of turkey, bringing down buildings in the third
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biggest city, izmir. we felt the earthquake quite violently. the entire house shook and my wife and i, we grabbed the baby and ran outside. after eight months, and at a cost of billions of pounds, the furlough scheme ends tomorrow — we find out what it‘s done for businesses. i don‘t think we would have survived without it because i assume my only other option would have been to make everybody redundant. and in the run—up to the women‘s fa cup final this weekend, we talk to the player who‘s helped both teams get to wembley.
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good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nottinghamshire has become the latest county to move into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. before the tier 3 measures took effect at midnight, large groups of drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre. police have said those involved will be punished, and warned that anyone caught breaking the new rules will be fined. west yorkshire will move into tier 3 on monday, bringing the total number of people living in very high restrictions tojust over 11 million — almost a fifth of england‘s population. danjohnson is in nottingham and sent this report. st ann‘s, where so many have it tough, and england‘s strictest rules are now in place. and seven months into this pandemic, the outlook couldn‘t be much bleaker than simon‘s. people are getting lonely. people are getting rather depressed. in his 60s, living
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with diabetes, only going out for shopping or the hospital. i‘m not afraid to go out, but i am concerned. and his wife, jean, is in bed with terminal cancer. there‘s lots of things we want to do. we want to go out, to travel the country, see the things we want to be able to do. let her enjoy life. we can‘t. all she can do is sit in the flat. we don't seem to have any hope at the minute, it's all doom and gloom. and those who look out for people here fear for them too. the old people will feel it more because a lot of them are towards the end of life as well. a lot of them have said they don't want to spend the last years of their life being confined to their flats and not seeing family. and look what was happening in nottingham city centre last night. like many people, i think i‘m disappointed to see those scenes, and what we really need
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to do is for everybody to play their part bringing this virus down, and that extends to everybody in our communities, whether they are young or old, and that‘s the only way that we are actually going to see some very significant reductions in the virus. back in st ann‘s, stonebridge city farm is one of many surprises. it‘s a refuge for families, especially in the half term holiday. it‘s hard to find things to do. when you‘re locked in the house and you‘ve done every activity inside that you can possibly think of. we‘ve been to every park. i think months more of this and it‘s just not going to be very nice. many volunteers here, like karen, have disabilities. first time round, the lockdown was really hard. i was a bit fed up because i was in the house and i missed the farm that much. listen how much it means to be
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back in the kitchen. i'm learning to be independent, and coming here is really good because i'm meeting new people and new staff, and everyone's great. christmas is in question, but there are other celebrations to come first, and at the hindu centre they are making sure everyone gets fed during diwali. people are very frightened. some of the regular devotees at the temple we haven‘t seen for months and months. some of them have started to come out, but that‘s it, they‘ve stopped again. how big a deal is that during diwali? of course it is, diwali is a most auspicious time of the year. so a month now of the toughest restrictions across the county. but then what? how will we know if it is safe for measures to be relaxed? and if life has to carry on like this,
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what will that do for people in the city and here in this community? how do you get it through to people? you know, it‘s a killer disease. isolate, follow the rules, they are there for a reason. as hospital beds keep filling up, the view gets more grim, and every day now, the alert levels rise, more communities, families, more people, find life is restricted again. dan johnson, bbc news, st ann‘s in nottingham. another area which could soon face tier 3 restrictions is tees valley in the north—east. fiona trott sent us this update from middlesbrough. discussions have been taking place between central government and the mayors and council leaders of the five local authorities here — thatis middlesbrough, stockton, darlington, hartlepool, redcar and cleveland. we understand that discussions yesterday were around what tier 3 would look like. there was a feeling from some council leaders that perhaps they didn‘t want the restrictions to go as far as what we have seen
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in nottinghamshire, for example. but we understand that today‘s discussions will be focused around the financial support that will be available from central government and i think that council leaders here will explain very clearly to central government that very high restrictions would have a severe impact on the local economy. take middlesbrough, for example. it has the highest rate of people claiming out of work benefits in the north—east of england, the highest rate of child poverty as well and don‘t forget that one month ago tougher restrictions were introduced here. this is before tier 2 was introduced and i can tell you that one month on the economic impact of that is that the hospitality trade has seen a drop in business of around 70%. council leaders, too, are also very concerned here about people‘s mental health — as i have said, long—term unemployment an issue here and long term underlying health issues which make them vulnerable to catching coronavirus. tier 3 is not what they want here.
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council leaders understand it is necessary, though, and those discussions are continuing. and that, fiona talking about discussions continuing, i‘m just reading that the hartlepool mp, mike hill, has been tweeting about this. he says, talks about entering tier 3 have been taking place today, as the owner was reflecting there. he says, local leaders are thrashing out a package for the tees valley region right now. mps will be informed of outcome later today, but we are moving towards tier 3. it looks like they are a number of other local council leaders and so on who are commenting on all of this, so we will try to take a look at more than this, but again that gives you a sense of the direction of travel, i think, in relation to all of that. and that particular part of england. around one in 100 people had coronavirus in england last week, according to new figures from the office for national statistics.
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the trend across the uk is similar, with a slightly worse picture in northern ireland and a slightly better one in wales and scotland. the rise in infections is likely to put the government under pressure to introduce further measures. 0ur health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports. the royal liverpool hospital is among those which have had to cancel some routine treatments to cope with the number of covid patients becoming seriously ill. there is a glimmer of hope. new daily infections in the city have fallen slightly, though they are still at a high level. as west yorkshire prepares to enter england‘s highest level of alert from monday, local leaders are keen to know how long they will have to stay there. we are obviously watching liverpool city region with a very keen interest. they have been in the longest, just over two weeks, which means that their review will be coming up within the next week, ten days or so. i am not clear whether they will be in a position to come out and what that will actually mean. this is an area that everyone is really very concerned about.
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it is now estimated one in 100 people in private homes in england had covid—19 in the week to last friday, with around 52,000 new infections every day, up about a half on last week‘s figure. in northern ireland, the office for national statistics estimates one in 80 had the virus. it was one in 120 in wales, and one in 1a0 in scotland. cases are still highest in the north and are growing across england, but today‘s figures support the trend that they have levelled off in the north—east. yet labour is continuing to put pressure on the government to go further. my concern is that the tier system is not strong enough to stop the infection rate going up and the alternative now is weeks or months of agony, frankly, in the tier system, so i do call on the prime minister to look again. if we have learnt one thing from phase one, wave one of the virus it‘s that you need to act quickly and decisively. but ministers want to stick with a targeted approach.
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even at the very high level, schools are being kept open, businesses have been kept open. we leave in reserve the option of taking further measures, but actually what we really need now and what i think the domestic, but also the international experience shows, is when you have got this focused approach we really need full compliance and cooperation. the epidemic is still growing. while there is hope that restrictions in some areas may be starting to slow the rise in infections, experts say the next four months will be tough. katherine da costa, bbc news. the consumer organisation, which, has warned there are big differences in the effectiveness of reusable face coverings. in tests, it found that the best performing masks blocked out more than 99% of particles and droplets that could spread the virus, matching the performance of surgical masks, but the worst only managed to block out 7%. the tests also revealed that almost all of the face coverings got better
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at filtering particles after being washed. lets talk more about that really powerful earthquake which has happened today. four people have been killed in a powerful earthquake around the turkish city of izmir. turkish authorities say 120 people have been injured. tremors from the quake — which had a magnitude of at least 6.6 — were felt as far away as athens and istanbul. its epicentre was in the aegean sea. turkish officials say 20 buildings have collapsed in izmir. footage from the city show people scrambling over the rubble looking for survivors. there was also concern about the risk of a tsunami and let‘s look now at these pictures showing flooding after the quake. earlier we heard from our international correspondent,
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0rla guerin, who gave us an update on the situation in izmir. the confirmed death toll we now have from turkey‘s health minister is, as you say, four people who have lost their lives in this powerful earthquake this afternoon. and about 120 injured. we know that searching is still going on at several collapsed buildings in various districts of izmir, which is the third largest city of the country. some of those buildings were filmed as the earthquake was taking place and you could actually see them shaking and there was some very distressing video posted on social media, where you could actually see one building, a multi—storey building which looked like a residential building, actually coming to the ground in a heap of rubble and smoke. of course, we saw people rushing out onto the streets in fear and panic, some screaming, trying to get away. now, i have to say that the risk of earthquakes is a common thing. it is a daily reality in turkey. the country is crisscrossed by major active...
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inaudible and because of that people have a certain familiarity and a certain level of awareness and knowledge about what they should do when a quake happens, and it is very common here to have had earthquake training, it is something that happens in many organisations and workplaces in turkey. in fact, we had earthquake training ourselves last year at the bbc. there is a very well developed earthquake rescue service here, which is already in action in izmir, searching for survivors. yes, and we are looking at some of those pictures now, 0rla, and i mean, desperate scenes again, with collapsed buildings and people trying to find people. in terms of the tsunami warning, has that alert gone away? it is unclear for now. we know there has been an increase in the sea level and we saw pictures, as you say, of water gushing into the centre of izmir. the sea level has very visibly risen. there are also concerns
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that there were fishermen out at sea off the coast in the aegean when the earthquake happened and some of them are unaccounted for. video has also emerged on local tv channels of boats literally being sucked away from the coast, so it would appear there has been a tsunami of some kind. whether that danger is now passed, it is not clear, but certainly what happened this afternoon was a major earthquake, enough to do very serious damage and tragically to claim lives. it is possible, of course, that that death toll may rise as the excavations continue in the collapsed buildings. and we‘ve been getting reports that the greek prime minister, mitsotakis, has called turkish president erdogan to offer condolences. that is following this devastating earthquake. we are hearing, ijust
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called the president to offer my condolences for the tragic loss of life as a result of that earthquake that struck both other countries. whatever our differences, these are times when our people need stand together. and reports that the two countries will work together to try to help with any relief effort, particularly they are talking about trying to get out, of course, anyone who might still be trapped in a building and we have been looking at those pictures, haven‘t we? sadly, pictures that are familiar in the aftermath of an earthquake, where there are people going through the rubble, trying to find people and assess whether people are indeed trapped underneath. we know for sure that four people have died and the authorities are saying that about 120 have been injured, and that is very distressing, isn‘t it? you can see that the hand right in the middle of your picture there and the rescue workers right on hand, one hopes on the verge of pulling them out, but very distressing to see
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that and to know that people are trapped under those collapsed buildings. as we say, this is in izmir, the third biggest city. the authorities, at the last count, believe 20 buildings had collapsed and reports that at least one of them was an apartment block. i don‘t know how many block flats were in that block per, but that is potentially, you would think, a sizeable number of people. the only slight positive from it that we can ta ke slight positive from it that we can take is from the guest that we spoke to in the last hour who is on an island where he could very much feel the tremors, but no one had died, and he said that the blessing was that the weather conditions were absolutely perfect for just the sort of rescue efforts and that at least there wasn‘t bad weather or anything hampering the rescue effort. clapping there, and i don‘t know whether that is a sign that someone has been pulled out. we are literally broadcasting these pictures to you, we are onlyjust
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seeing them ourselves. so we will keep an eye on that, but potentially 20 collapsed buildings and one imaginesa 20 collapsed buildings and one imagines a lot of people possibly trapped, but we‘ll keep you up—to—date with that. and continuing rescue effort. let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at the situation in the labour party. the leader of the unite trade union, len mccluskey, has described the decision to suspend former leaderjeremy corbyn from the labour party as "wrong and unjust," but appealed to members of his union to "stay in the party". this morning sir keir starmer has again been defending the party‘s decision. here‘s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. out in the cold, for now unwelcome in the party he led just seven months ago. jeremy corbyn‘s response to a report into how anti—semitism was handled while he was in charge of labour saw him dramatically suspended. but his allies say the move threatens party unity and have called for him to be reinstated.
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i think it was unjust and hopefully, with discussions that can take place, we can resolve it and we can all move on. my message, really, to, literally, hundreds of thousands my message, really, to literally, hundreds of thousands of our members, who are already expressing their anger, is to stay in the party. shame on you! yesterday‘s report by the equalities regulatorfound labour had broken the law in relation to how it dealt with anti—semitism and said there had been a failure of leadership on the issue. it was this statement byjeremy corbyn, that anti—semitism had been dramatically overstated by his opponents, that led to his membership being temporarily revoked. his successor says there will be an independent investigation, but insisted there was no need to revisit old quarrels. it‘s not for me to say what process should be followed. that‘s for the general secretary, or what sanction is in order. i don‘t want a civil war in the labour party.
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i don‘t think there is any need for one. i want to unite the party, but i‘m not going to renege on my commitment to root out anti—semitism. jeremy corbyn‘s suspension allows keir starmer to show that labour is serious about zero tolerance towards anti—semitism and that he is determined to make a clean break from the past. he‘s already showed his willingness to take on the labour left, its figurehead and former leader now no exception, but the full consequences of the decision will not become clearfor some time. the party‘s investigation into jeremy corbyn‘s comments will run its course. there is the possibility he could be expelled. that would be an explosive outcome. but for now, though, labour wants to avoid returning to the days of factional fighting. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. let‘s speak now to sienna rodgers, editor of the website labourlist. good afternoon. good afternoon. lots
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of talk there, you might have heard it, of people urging the party not to get into factional fighting. is itfairto to get into factional fighting. is it fair to say that is already happening? it is definitely already happening. i mean, ithink whenever people ask whether an event is going to kick off an internal war in the labour party, you sort of have to recognise that the war just labour party, you sort of have to recognise that the warjust never ends, it has been going on for a very long time now and it has peaked at various points during keir starmer‘s leadership and this is just another point where it is peaking, obviously with these suspending the former leader of the party is going to cause a lot of controversy and i think that is unavoidable. as john mcdonnell controversy and i think that is unavoidable. asjohn mcdonnell has said, an almighty row is on its way if there is no de—escalation here, but i think there are several routes towards that happening. i think eitherjeremy corbyn apologises, retracts a little bit more strongly his statement in response to the eh rc report that was published
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yesterday, or the party actually finds that either no rule has been broken byjeremy corbyn or theyjust give him a bit of a slap on the wrist by sending him a reminder of values, as it is known, of the party values, as it is known, of the party values or something like that. are there people questioning precisely why he was suspended? know it came asa why he was suspended? know it came as a result of the comments or as a result of his reaction to that ehrc report, which was so very strongly worded, but are some people still questioning that? absolutely, there are those questions going on at the moment, so last night there was a meeting of labour‘s national executive committee, that is the nec, the ruling body of the party and members from the left there were questioning the general secretary as to what exact rule had actually been broken byjeremy corbyn. neither he nor the party have confirmed what that was, so nec members are certainly from the left talking
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about whether everything was in order in terms of process, in terms of the basis on which he was suspended and some of them are seeking to overturn the decision if they get the opportunity in a couple of weeks‘ time. they get the opportunity in a couple of weeks' time. and when len mccluskey says that the suspension is wrong and unjust, but despite all that, please stay in the party, is that, please stay in the party, is that a case of he would say that, wouldn‘t he? 0r that a case of he would say that, wouldn‘t he? or is that a case of he recognises the damage that this could all cause and he is genuinely trying to keep people together?” think there is a feeling across the party that actually there has been a real missed opportunity here because the recommendations of the report actually have really broad consensus across the party. everyone now is on board with the party implementing an independent complaints process and publishing quarterly figures on anti—semitism cases, all the steps that the ehrc has recommended and they will have to enforce illegally and present an action plan on those.
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everyone is on board with them. the argument really is about the findings of the report, but it does seem like a missed opportunity because really labour should be talking about how it is going to implement these recommendations and instead it is talking about disciplinary action against the former leader, which is obviously all very factional. and so, when keir starmer and others say, we do not want civil war, there is no need for this to descend into civil war, are you saying that... that that metal needs to be grassed pretty quickly to stop that happening?” think so, yes, exactly. ithink quickly to stop that happening?” think so, yes, exactly. i think mps on the labour left have been a little bit more quiet than you might expect at this moment and i think thatis expect at this moment and i think that is because both sides actually wa nt that is because both sides actually want this to be a moment of party unity and of moving forward on the ehrc report and i think the problem with the situation is that both sides are waiting for the other side to blink. the leadership of the party and the general secretary are
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waiting forjeremy corbyn to retract his comments and apologise further for the hurt caused to thejewish community and then the side of people who are onjeremy corbyn‘s side, his allies are talking about, well, the party could just step down this process and withdraw the investigation and just say, actually, i think this was all right, let‘s move on. so both sides are kind of waiting and it is a little bit of a stalemate at the moment, but something is going to have to give. and this is all very inward looking. everything you and i have just spent the last few minutes discussing is utterly internal, inward —looking, at a time when the country is dealing with a second wave of coronavirus, when other issues should be looked at, surely, or should be talked aboutabsolutely. imean, or should be talked aboutabsolutely. i mean, obviously myjob as labourlist editor is to look at these tiny factional battles that go on within the labour party and this was a huge moment for the labour party. i mean it was found
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responsible for unlawful acts. that cannot be underestimated and that needs to be talked about in itself in order to help its relationships with the jewish in order to help its relationships with thejewish community and to help those people who have been affected by the handling of anti—semitism complaints. and at the same time, there is the coronavirus crisis, which is literally killing people, so i think everyone is frustrated that this is dominating the conversation and i think that is why one or the other side of this argument is going to have to compromise and seek a solution that actually means this doesn‘t drag on for months and months because it just can‘t, it is just not appropriate. really interesting to hear from you, thanks very much. sienna rodgers there, the editor of the website, labourlist. it is 3:26pm. whatever the time, it is time for the weather prospects as we called was that we can. let‘s get the latest details. we had ended the week on a relatively dry note, seen quite a
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lot of dry across the north of the uk, further south more clouded outbreaks of rain, think set to look a lot more tablet this weekend, deep areas of low pressure bringing spells of heavy rain and also some gales of places. the rest of the day, for the northern half of the uk will hold on to the best of the brightness, blustery showers here, more cloud and rain and drizzle further south, and the north of the winds will be fairly brisk, but through central areas is lighter for a while. for a while because the next area of low pressure will be moving up from the south this evening and overnight, bringing increasing cloud, outbreaks of rain, some of which will be heavy and in the north and west, and it will introduce much milder air seven areas, mid—teens by night night—time, chilly air to the north though with the clearer skies. saturday, this is the deep area of low pressure that has been named storm aden by the irish met service, and it is here we are likely to see the most disruption across the
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republic of ireland, also strong winds across the irish sea coasts which could also lead to disruption. heavy, squally rain, moving east through the course of saturday, very strong winds behind that as it moves through. behind it, blustery showers and sunshine, longer spells of rain continuing across the north—west of uk and these winds gusting up to set up uk and these winds gusting up to set up to 70 mph along the irish sea coast. elsewhere, a0 mph, may be more than that in exposure. we will see some turnaround into the afternoon, those temperatures in the mild side again. storm aidan clears away, but another one moves through for sunday, so again openly start, widespread gales, outbreaks of rain through sunday morning, clearing through sunday morning, clearing through tucson china blustery showers, some of which will be heavy across western areas, merging to produce longer spells of rain and merging... we will see the strongest once again. mild in the east, a little bit cooler in the north and west. with the spells of heavy rain and gales at the weekend, we are
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likely to see some disruption and you need to stay tuned to your bbc local radio and your weather forecast. as we head into next week, things settled down because a big area of high pressure will start to build on, bringing sunshine, but also chilly days and nights.
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hello, this is bbc news with jane hill. the headlines... drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre before the tier three coronavirus measures came into force at midnight — health officials are urging people to follow the rules: the labour leader defends the party‘s decision to suspend jeremy corbyn over anti—semitism — saying there‘s no need for the party to descend into civil war. at least six people die and more than 200 people are injured, after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of turkey — bringing down buildings and causing flooding in the third biggest city, izmir.
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remembering the three people who died in a knife attack in nice — thousands of soldiers and police are now protecting places of worship in france. after eight months, and at a cost of billions of pounds, the furlough scheme ends tomorrow — we find out what it‘s done for businesses. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s sarah mulkerrins. good afternoon... england will be without their scrum—half natasha hunt for their final women‘s six nations game after testing positive for coronavirus. claudia mcdonald of wasps will start in her place. hunt will isolate for ten days before spending a further week in a return—to—play programme. england are already champions going into that match against italy — they‘ll complete back—to—back grand slams if they win in parma.
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head coach simon middleton said he was relieved the game will be going ahead after the two other matches this weekend were called off due to coronavirus, and he praised hunt for the way she has dealt with the situation. she got a phone call to say, and then off the back of that she reported that in straightaway, immediately, before she left the room in the morning. the girls are really well—briefed in terms of if anything happens make contact by phone with medical staff immediately, don‘t contact anybody else in the squad, don‘t leave the room if you‘re in your room. she did exactly what she was asked and full credit to her. premier league champions liverpool say defender virgil van dijk has had a "successful" operation on his knee ligament injury. van dijk was hurt in a challenge by everton goalkeeper jordan pickford in the merseyside derby two weeks ago. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has called it, "the best news we could get." not such good news for fabinho however — the brazilian misses tomorrow‘s match against west ham due to a hamstring injury.
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meanwhile hammers boss david moyes thinks liverpool are currently having to cope with an even bigger loss... you‘d rather play liverpool without virgil van dijk, that‘s undoubtedly... the biggest thing leading up to liverpool is playing liverpool without any supporters, for me. i think their support make such a difference to them, so i think going up there with no crowd behind them, i think hopefully that might make a little bit of a difference as well. west ham will be without striker michail antonio for tomorrow‘s game at anfield. he suffered a hamstring injury in the draw against manchester city last weekend. but moyes is hopeful it‘s not a long—term issue, despite reports that it could be at least a month. england‘s netballers have lost the second test against new zealand — and with it the series. the roses started well in hamilton, and they had a two—goal lead at half—time, but the world champions came back in dominant style, winning by 5a—a7. this is a young england squad, with seven players that have fewer than 10 international caps. acting head coach kat ratnapala said there were lots of positives to take
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from their performance ahead of the third and final match on sunday. olympic champion adam peaty has been showing yet again why he‘s one of the world‘s dominant competitors in match five of the international swimming league. peaty was in action for the london roar and he took a narrow win in the 50 metres breaststroke. this competition is different to traditional swimming events. the athletes compete for one of 10 franchises rather than their country or themselves. live action from the event in budapest continues on iplayer, red button and the bbc sport website and app until a o‘clock. former world champion kimi raikkonen will remain at alfa romeo for next season — which will be his 19th in formula one. raikkonen is a1 now, and this year he broke the record for the number of grand prix starts, with 32a.
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he made his f1 debut with the team, who were then called sauber, in 2001, and moved back to them in 2019 after being dropped by ferrari. he said the team were like a second family. antonio giovinazzi will also stay with them for a third season. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. thanks, you in the next hour. sarah. see later on. more now thanks, sarah. see later on. more now coronavirus. the government says it‘s trying to avoid a second national lockdown, as millions more people in england come under the highest level of restrictions. nottinghamshire went into tier 3 at midnight, and west yorkshire will follow on monday. we‘ve had a joint statement from council leaders in the tees valley — they are saying, "we are having ongoing discussions with the government about its intention to take the tees valley into tier 3 restrictions."
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"nothing has been agreed and we anticipate further discussions on monday." "we will continue to prioritise the health and wellbeing of our residents, supporting businesses and saving jobs as we press for the best possible outcome for the tees valley." so, more talks there on monday. what should the situation be as far as scientists and specialists are concerned? joining me now is mark harris, professor of virology at the university of leeds. good afternoon. so many millions of people now interfere three or perhaps heading into it next week. from your perspective is that the right thing to do? i think it is the right thing to do? i think it is the right thing to do? i think it is the right thing to do but i think we need to go further and i think there is overwhelming support now and the scientific community and hopefully a bit more political consensus on this that we need to go into a national lockdown. i don‘t forget needs to be as dramatic and draconian as the last one but we certainly need to do more in the tier1 and tier 2
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restrictions. i think they are slowing down the spread of the coronavirus but we‘re not preventing it and still seeing large increases in the number of people infected so that clearly is not a sustainable situation for the health service, for everybody, for the economy in the long run, so i think it‘s going to be short—term pain for long—term gain and we really indeed a short national lockdown to control survivors. it is interesting that you feel it could be relatively short. what sort of timescale do you mean by that? i think if you look to countries like germany and france talking about
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a four—week lockdown i think that would be appropriate to start with. i don‘t think we could go for anything less than that. the incubation period of this virus is around two weeks so even if we went for a two—week lockdown or the circuit breaker that people have talked about i don‘t think that would be effective because people who have been infected might not even know it after two weeks and you‘ll be back to square one. four weeks would be the minimum we would try and maybe it was a case of the china national lockdown for four weeks and then quite firm for those restrictions and maybe they could then be easily little bit before christmas to allow people to have some sort of christmas. it is not going to be the customers that we had all hoped for but maybe we could at least release some of those restrictions but that is perhaps which will think thing. the hope is to get a national lockdown and see the numbers stack to reduce and then we might be in a better position.” mean, that‘s really interesting. when you say not quite as draconian as what we all live through and sort of march, april, deeming you will try to keep schools going?” of march, april, deeming you will try to keep schools going? i think schools would have to keep going, shops and businesses we hope would remain open where possible, i think the change for matches that now shops and businesses have worked really ha rd to shops and businesses have worked really hard to become poet compliant, covid secure, so that there‘s much less risk of catching there‘s much less risk of catching
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the virus when you are going to shops or business but a lot of people would still have to work from home wherever that was possible but perhaps it wouldn‘t be quite so dramatic as the restrictions we had backin dramatic as the restrictions we had back in market share in april. and a closing of hospitality? u nfortu nately, closing of hospitality? unfortunately, that is the inevitable thing that has to happen, i think. what we‘re trying to do with these restrictions is prevent people from transmitting the virus from one person to another. that‘s the way this virus transmits and to do that we have to have a strict social interactions between people and of course hospitality is one of the major places where people socially interact so i think that‘s u nfortu nately socially interact so i think that‘s unfortunately the way we have to try and prevent where we get the transmission of the virus. and of course it‘s till. it was an for the people who own those businesses, that of the people who want to go out and enjoy themselves in the pub ina out and enjoy themselves in the pub in a restaurant but unfortunately, like i say, to short—term pain for long—term gain. we really have to try and get on top of this virus at this stage because it‘s come at the numbers are becoming very, very
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scary at the moment. and if somebody is listening to you in a part of the country were really the numbers are far lower than other places, i mean, would you forgive them for feeling a bit hard done by? might think well, i‘m responsible, i live somewhere with a very low incidence, why should i feel the pain with a very low incidence, why should ifeel the pain that, well, the obvious pain and the economic pain to miss sure, i can totally appreciate that but you have to vitiate the areas that were very low now had very high incidence that i thatis now had very high incidence that i that is because we didn‘t control its will in fact those areas that have low levels of the virus perhaps have low levels of the virus perhaps have more to gain because they will never get to the stage where there isa never get to the stage where there is a large amount of virus infected people if they put in the restrictions at this stage, but, you know, there‘s, you have to look at both sides are still here, i think. and so your argument argument would be, well, from your perspective, coming down the tracks, you feel it‘s the right thing to do, the government should just get on with
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it why wait. we should have done this weeks ago and unfortunately we get into a stage where we are putting different parts of the country under different tiers and people have no consistency of message, they don‘t know whether they are going to be in tier 1, two, of the next week, when it was not going to change, how long they might be in their different tiers, and i think those rules that govern the tea is still a little confusing. there‘s still a lot of stuff that you mustn‘t do this so you shouldn‘t do that so people interpreting the rules in different ways i think if we went to a national lockdown eve ryo ne we went to a national lockdown everyone would be in the same bait and it would be much easier to control that and for people to understand the situation that they we re understand the situation that they were in. edge maybe there would be a better exit strategy as well. and maybe there would be a better exit strategy as well. we will do this for weeks and then review this for a nationwide level. very interesting day your perspective. think of your time. professor mcaleese, professor
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of virology the university of leeds. it‘s seven days into the welsh "firebreak", and this afternoon the welsh first minister, mark drakeford has announced that wales will not to return to local restrictions when the current lockdown ends. instead, there will be an introduction of what he describes as a "simple set of national rules". he also said that new legislation would be introduced to protect the test, trace and protect system and to help prevent the spread of the virus. self—isolating will become a legal requirement if asked to do so by contact tracers. giving false information to nhs contact tracers will become a criminal offence in wales, and employers would be prevented from stopping workers from self—isolating. he also announced a new financial package for care workers and those on low incomes for if and when they are asked to self isolate. finally, today, i wanted to turn to one of the most important actions we can take, and this is for us all to follow the advice of the nhs wales test, trace, protect service if we are asked to self—isolate.
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we will be introducing two new schemes to support people on low incomes when they are asked to self—isolate. for some people, being asked to stay at home for two weeks can mean struggling to put food on the table because statutory sick pay is not a substitute for a week‘s wages. the two schemes we are announcing today will give people the financial security they need to stay at home when it is most important for them to do so. because of the vital work they carry out on our behalf, we will provide a top up to statutory sick pay for all social care staff, including personal assistance. they will receive their full wage if they have to take time off work because they have coronavirus or because they have been asked to self—isolate. and beyond that, there will be a £500 self—isolation support payment for people on low
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incomes in wales. this will be available to help people to stay at home after a positive test, or if they have been told to self—isolate by the contact tracing team. and, as well as those measures, we will strengthen the regulations. we will introduce a new offence of knowingly giving false information to our ttp surveys, a new legal duty to self—isolate, and a duty on employers to ensure that they do not attempt to prevent an employee from following the advice to self—isolate.
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scotland‘s deputy first minister has urged people to stay at home this halloween. john swinney made the plea at the scottish government‘s coronavirus briefing, where he was standing in for the first minister, nicola sturgeon. it came as another 28 deaths from coronavirus were recorded in scotland, in the past 2a hours, taking the death toll there to 2,819. the final issue i want to talk about today relates to the weekend ahead and specifically to halloween. in ordinary circumstances, families across scotland would be out guising tomorrow night, and people of all ages would be attending halloween parties. sadly, these are not ordinary circumstances. none of us at the moment should be visiting each others‘ homes unless it is for an essential purpose, and we should all be avoiding activities that make the spread of the virus more likely. i am afraid that guising
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falls into that category. going door—to—door, passing sweets, touching items others have touched, all of that because the opportunity for covid to spread, and if there‘s one thing we know it is that this virus will take any opportunity it can to spread. so, this halloween, our advice is that you should stay at home. that does not mean, of course, that families can‘t have fun. children and adults can still dress up and play games, and we can still all celebrate halloween. we just need to do that in the safety of our own homes. that‘s certainly what my family will be doing. my son is already practising some fantastic impersonations and he‘s looking forward to getting dressed up. it won‘t be the same as other years, but we‘re still going to try to make it a very special night in our house. the parent club website has lots of great tips for having a fun halloween, so if you‘re looking for ideas it is worth going to www.parentclub.scot. none of us like the fact that these restrictions have to be in place, but sticking to them is important. it will help to keep us all safe,
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so please, stay home this halloween. don‘t take risks for the sake of one night. it‘s really not worth it. the scottish government has also put out new guidance on the wearing of masks in schools. the changes will affect senior secondary school pupils aged 15 to 18. from monday, those pupils in areas under tier 3 or a should wear face coverings in class. adults in all in primary and secondary schools are being told to wear face coverings when it‘s not possible to maintain physical distancing. a 1a—year—old girl has been charged with murdering a man in west sussex, police have announced. the victim died in crawley on tuesday after being found with stab wounds to the chest. the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is expected to appear before magistrates. the headlines on bbc news...
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drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre ahead of the new tier 3 measures coming into force across the county at midnight — health officials are urging people to follow the rules: the labour leader defends the party‘s decision to suspend jeremy corbyn over anti—semitism — saying there‘s no need for the party to descend into civil war. at least six people have died and more than a hundred are injured after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of turkey — bringing down buildings and causing flooding in the third biggest city, izmir. thousands of soldiers and police are being deployed in france to protect places of worship and schools, following yesterday‘s knife attack in nice. three people were killed at the notre—dame basilica. the 21—year—old suspect, who‘d only recently entered the country, is in hospital in a critical condition after being shot by police.
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hugh schofield reports from paris. at the basilica of notre dame the people of nice have been coming to pay homage to the victims, to contemplate, and maybe to grieve a little. translation: the hate, so much hate. please stop killing us. i can‘t take it any more. excuse me, i can‘t take this any more, i have to go work. sorry. gunfire three people were brutally knifed to death after the attacker entered the church early yesterday morning. police, who were quickly on the scene, shot and overpowered him and he is now in hospital. among the victims was a brazilian woman in her a0s. she struggled to a nearby cafe where, before dying, she said, "please tell my children i love them." the attacker is a 21—year—old tunisian man, brahim aouissaoui, who only came to france
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the day before. a month earlier he had arrived from north africa on the italian island of lampedusa and been given red cross papers. in the tunisian city of sfax his mother and brother said he was an observant muslim and went to europe to work. translation: he has been praying for about two and a half years now. he went to work and came home. he did not go out and socialise. he just used to bring coffee from work and drink it at home. translation: when we talked that night he said he just arrived in the area and it's getting very late here. he went into the city by train at 6:30am the next morning just hours before the attack. in france, the language has toughened. the interior minister gerald darmanin said the country was now at war, not with a religion, he said, but with islamist ideology. the mayor of nice said france could not expect to win this war
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with the laws of peacetime. but in parts of the islamic world, it‘s france that‘s seen as the aggressor. governments, including turkey‘s, have condemned the attack. but there have been more demonstrations, like here in bangladesh, against president macron‘s defence of cartoons of the prophet muhammad and his crackdown on what he calls islamist separatism. it‘s an anti—french climate that‘s extended to clear and explicit threats against france on jihadist websites and blogs. yesterday in nice those threats became real. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. bell tolls the us election campaign is entering its final weekend.
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though more than 80 million americans have already cast their vote, donald trump and joe biden are still travelling to key states like florida that could swing the result in their favour. peter bowes has the latest from the campaign trail. back in his home state again, and another push for votes in florida. donald trump narrowly won here in 2016, but the democrats have gained ground and the race withjoe biden is neck and neck. we are going to win four more years in the white house. applause. and we are going on to win a record share of the hispanic—american vote. you see what‘s happening? the president attracts large crowds, but with little social distancing and few masks. donald trump is confident he can defy the opinion polls by focusing on the economy rather than the coronavirus. this is historic prosperity. another major tax cut to go along with the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. and record job growth. and joe biden‘s plan is to deliver punishing lockdowns. he‘s going to lock you down!
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forjoe biden, there is no issue more important than taking control of the virus. he‘s also been campaigning in florida, but with smaller drive—in audiences and a tone that mocks the president‘s approach to covid—19. donald trump has waved the white flag, abandoned our families and surrendered to this virus, but the american people never give up! we nevergive in! and we surely don't cower. and neither will i. donald trumpjust had a super spreader event here again, spreading more than just coronavirus. he is spreading division and discord. in this divided nation, the coronavirus pandemic is not only polarising, but getting much worse. the country has just
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recorded its highest number of new cases in a single day since the outbreak began, and tensions are running high. with many people nervous about the outcome of the election and the possibility of civil unrest, the retail giant walmart has decided to take guns off its store shelves, although they will still be available to buy. a spokesman said... the final four days of the campaign will see donald trump and joe biden making repeat visits to the handful of states which will decide the election. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. in the last few minutes, its been announced the england world cup—winner nobby stiles has died aged 78 after a long illnessandy andy swiss looks back at this life.
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he was one of sport‘s more unlikely heroes. i have never seen nobby stiles like this before. thatjig of the night and thatjoyous day in 1966 inches nobby stiles place in footballing folklore but his talent has been a long time in the making. from his early years growing up in manchester three to a debut in england‘s school boys at 16 and in 19 60 manchester united came calling. for a lifelong fan it was a dream come true. i used to walk over the bridge when i was a kid and be there and also with my brother when i got over and imagine that the tan i was going to announce that they we re i was going to announce that they were a player sure and would know that styles come and get change. so to go down there and what can i
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become a part of manchester united is unbelievable. —— and walk down there and become a part of manchester united. it was his defensive steel that marks him out. he took the art of tough tackling sometimes to extremes, but his fea rlessness sometimes to extremes, but his fearlessness brought him to england‘s attention. in 1965, he was called up by sir alf ramsey and in february 1966 he scored his first and only international goal. a few months later, he was part of the tea m months later, he was part of the team hoping to take england to world cup glory. in the game against france, his late tackle which was an opponent out of the game pointed because for him to be dropped. the manager struck by him though and styles brave enough and brilliant challenges what helped england to become champions. the image of him dancing round wembley, trophy on one hand, false teeth and then the other, is when he, like everyone
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else, could neverforget. other, is when he, like everyone else, could never forget. it's nice because people remember you for it and they say oh, yeah, i remember and they say oh, yeah, i remember and then they pass it onto the children whatever and then i‘m saying it is nice because teeth are no teeth it doesn‘t matter. it was a total enjoyment which i was doing. two years later came another career highlight as he helped manchester united to united to win the european cup but after retiring as a player his fortunes change dramatically. his attempt at management with west brom proved unsuccessful and he never enjoyed the pictures his achievements deserved, ultimately selling his medals to raise money for his family. indeed, he was one of the last of the 1966 team to be formally honoured, finally receiving an mbe in 2000. but while others may have attracted more headlines, few inspired as much affection as nobby stiles, the man who‘s pure euphoria at once captured a country‘s
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imagination. nobby stiles, who has died at the age of 78. i will leave you with a look at the weather prospects now. hello there. it is going to be a very unsettled weekend. we have got a couple of deep areas of low pressure moving off the atlantic. that will bring spells of rain and gales, maybe severe gales across western areas. that is likely to cause some disruption in places. now, as we head through tonight it looks like the first of these lows will move up from the south, introducing clouds, strengthening winds, outbreaks of rain, some of which will become heavy and persistent in the north and the west. what it will also do is scoop up some very mild air, so by the end of the night the mid—teens celsius in the south, something a bit chillier in the north. so here it is, this deep low which has been named storm aiden by the irish met service. it is likely to bring the strongest winds to the republic of
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ireland, but those winds will extend across irish sea areas as well through saturday. a band of very heavy, squally rain will spread across the
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this is bbc news. the headlines: nobby stiles, a member of the england team who won the 1966 world cup, has died at the age of 78, after a long illness. drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre before the tier 3 coronavirus measures came into force at midnight — health officials are urging people to follow the rules. i‘m disappointed to see those scenes and what we really need to do is for everybody to play their part in bringing this virus down. the labour leader defends his party‘s decision to suspend jeremy corbyn over anti—semitism, saying there‘s no need for the party to descend into civil war. remembering the three people who died in a knife attack in nice —
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thousands of soldiers and police are now protecting places of worship in france. at least four people die and more than 100 are injured, after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of turkey, bringing down buildings in the third biggest city, izmir. we felt the earthquake quite violently. the entire house shook and my wife and i, we grabbed the baby and ran outside. after eight months, and at a cost of billions of pounds, the furlough scheme ends tomorrow — we find out what it‘s done for businesses. i don‘t think we would have survived without it because i assume my only other option would have been to make everybody redundant.
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hello and welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes, it‘s been announced the england world cup winner nobby stiles has died aged 78 after a long illness. he played over 300 games for manchester united and was renowned for his tough—tackling and ball winning qualities. and he was at the heart of englands 1966 world cup team. andy swiss looks back at his life. he was one of sport‘s more unlikely heroes. the world cup winner with the toothless grin and the dancing feet. i have never seen nobby stiles like this before. thatjig of delight and thatjoyous day in
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1966 inches nobby stiles place in footballing folklore. but his talent had been a long time in the making. from his early glasgow, manchester, to his debut here. for a lifelong fan, it was a dream come true. i used to walk over the bridge at old trafford when i was a kid and be there, and also my brother when we got older, and imagine that the tannoy was going to announce that there was a player short and would nobby stiles come and get changed? i would imagine it, soi and get changed? i would imagine it, so i would go down there... and this could be the next one! nobby stiles on it now and can you get a shot? he gets it! while nobby stiles certainly had his attacking qualities, it was defensive this steel that marked him out. he took the art of tough tackling sometimes to extremes. but his fearlessness brought him to england‘s attention stopped in 1965, he was called up
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and in february 1966 he scored his first and only international goal. as nobby stiles scored!l first and only international goal. as nobby stiles scored! a few months later, he was part of a team hoping to ta ke later, he was part of a team hoping to take england to world cup glory. in the game against france, his late tackle, which put an opponent out of the game, prompted calls for him to be dropped. the manager stuck by him, though, and nobby stiles‘s brave and often brilliant challengers helped england to become champions. the image of him dancing around wembley, trophy on one hand, false teeth in the other, is one he, like everyone else, could never forget. it is nice because people remembered you for it. they say, oh, yeah, i remember your dance, remembered you for it. they say, oh, yeah, i rememberyour dance, deposit onto their children, and it is nice because teeth noted, it doesn‘t matter, it was just the total enjoyment, which i was doing. two yea rs enjoyment, which i was doing. two years later, came another career highlight, as he helped manchester united to win the european cup. but after retiring as a player, his
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fortu nes after retiring as a player, his fortunes changed dramatically. his attempt at management with preston and west brom proved unsuccessful and west brom proved unsuccessful and nobby stiles never enjoyed the riches his achievements deserved, ultimately selling his medals to raise money for his family. indeed, he was on the last of the 1966 team to be formally honoured, finally receiving an mbe in 2000. but while others may have attracted more headlines, few inspired as much affection as nobby stiles, the man whose pure euphoria once captured a country‘s imagination. that report from andy swiss on the death of nobby stiles. he has died at the age of 78 after a long illness. nottinghamshire has become the latest county to move into england‘s highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. before the tier 3 measures took effect at midnight, large groups of drinkers gathered in nottingham city centre. police have said those involved will be punished,
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and warned that anyone caught breaking the new rules will be fined. west yorkshire will move into tier 3 on monday, bringing the total number of people living in very high restrictions tojust over 11 million — almost a fifth of england‘s population. danjohnson is in nottingham and sent this report. st ann‘s, where so many have it tough, and england‘s strictest rules are now in place. and seven months into this pandemic, the outlook couldn‘t be much bleaker than simon‘s. people are getting lonely. people are getting rather depressed. in his 60s, living with diabetes, only going out for shopping or the hospital. i‘m not afraid to go out, but i am concerned. and his wife, jean, is in bed with terminal cancer. there‘s lots of things we want to do. we want to go out, to travel the country, see the things
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the country, seize the things we want to be able to do. let her enjoy life. we can‘t. all she can do is sit in the flat. we don't seem to have any hope at the minute, it's all doom and gloom. and those who look out for people here fear for them too. the old people will feel it more because a lot of them are towards the end of life as well. a lot of them have said they don't want to spend the last years of their life being confined to their flats and not seeing family. and look what was happening in nottingham city centre last night. like many people, i think i‘m disappointed to see those scenes, and what we really need to do is for everybody to play their part bringing this virus down, and that extends to everybody in our communities, whether they are young or old, and that‘s the only way that we are actually going to see some very significant reductions in the virus.
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back in st ann‘s, stonebridge city farm is one of many surprises. it‘s a refuge for families, especially in the half term holiday. it‘s hard to find things to do. when you‘re locked in the house and you‘ve done every activity inside that you can possibly think of. we‘ve been to every park. i think months more of this and it‘s just not going to be very nice. many volunteers here, like karen, have disabilities. first time round, the lockdown was really hard. i was a bit fed up because i was in the house and i missed the farm that much. so listen how much it means to be back in the kitchen. i'm learning to be independent, and coming here is really good because i'm meeting new people and new staff, and everyone's great. christmas is in question, but there are other celebrations to come first,
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and at the hindu centre they are making sure everyone gets fed during diwali. people are very frightened. some of the regular devotees at the temple we haven‘t seen for months and months. some of them have started to come out, but that‘s it, they‘ve stopped again. how big a deal is that during diwali? of course it is, diwali is a most auspicious time of the year. so a month now of the toughest restrictions across the county. but then what? how will we know if it is safe for measures to be relaxed? and if life has to carry on like this, what will that do for people in the city and here in this community? how do you get it through to people? you know, it‘s a killer disease. isolate, follow the rules, they are there for a reason. as hospital beds keep filling up, the view gets more grim, and every day now, the alert levels rise, more communities, families,
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more people, find life is restricted again. dan johnson, bbc news, st ann‘s in nottingham. another area which could soon face tier 3 restrictions is tees valley in the north—east. fiona trott sent us this update from middlesbrough. discussions have been taking place between central government and the mayors and council leaders of the five local authorities here — thatis middlesbrough, stockton, darlington, hartlepool, redcar and cleveland. we understand that discussions yesterday were around what tier 3 would look like. there was a feeling from some council leaders that perhaps they didn‘t want the restrictions to go as far as what we have seen in nottinghamshire, for example. but we understand that today‘s discussions will be focused around the financial support that will be available from central government and i think that council leaders here will explain very clearly to central government that very high restrictions would have a severe impact on the local economy.
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take middlesbrough, for example. it has the highest rate of people claiming out of work benefits in the north—east of england, the highest rate of child poverty as well and don‘t forget that one month ago tougher restrictions were introduced here. this is before tier 2 was introduced and i can tell you that one month on the economic impact of that is that the hospitality trade has seen a drop in business of around 70%. council leaders, too, are also very concerned here about people‘s mental health — as i have said, long—term unemployment an issue here and long term underlying health issues which make them vulnerable to catching coronavirus. tier 3 is not what they want here. council leaders understand it is necessary, though, and those discussions are continuing. fiona trott there in middlesbrough. let‘s return to the death nobby stiles — death of nobby stiles —
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the england 1966 world cup winner. reaction already coming in, even though that news has only been announced in the last few minutes. this is from the england football team,... all our thoughts are with his loved ones. and gary lineker, former england player, of course, and bbc presenter, has said this... let‘s speak to our sports correspondent, john watson. john, it is very sad news. can you give us a sense the role and how important it was that he played in the 1966 world cup winning team? well, it was a very key position
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that he played, rebecca. let‘s not forget in the heart of england‘s midfield, he was a real go getter, someone who would retrieve the ball, a very important role and obviously played it off to others to try to score the goals, which of course went on to see england win the world cup in1966, and went on to see england win the world cup in 1966, and it was perhaps the role he played in the semifinals against portugal as well. he shackled the one of the most talented players of his generation, one of the most talented players of all time and essentially nullified his threat in their semifinal, which saw england to go onto the final, where of course they beat germany in emphatic fashion at wembley. so he was a really key member of that world cup winning team and let‘s not forget, one of only very few english players to have ever actually won a world cup and european cup as well, as he did domestically with his beloved manchester united, two years later. it just goes beloved manchester united, two years later. itjust goes to show the sort of achievement he did both on the
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field, sadly not quite off it, as we heard in andy‘s report, when he moved into coaching and attempts at management it didn‘t quite live up to those expectations, which of course we saw him fulfil so brilliantly on the field of play. he was taken on by sir alex ferguson at manchester united to look after one of the youth teams when he took over at the club, but it will be one those moments on the field for which he will be remembered, those incredible scenes, as we have seen, in1966, incredible scenes, as we have seen, in 1966, that moment where he was dancing jubilantly on the field at wembley with the world cup trophy aloft. and yes, as you say, you can‘t underestimate what a part he played, really, in that team, anchoring back midfield and really laying the foundation, the bedrock with which the team was built upon and allowing those forward players to go on and get the goals, which they did, of course, and to win that incredible world cup in 1966. john, i guess it is inevitable that for
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his role in that team that he is best remembered, but i think it is worth saying that he enjoyed a very long and successful career at manchester united, didn‘t they? long and successful career at manchester united, didn't they? yes, he did, he won the league title two times, won the european cup, as i say, in 1968, and he had a brilliant career on the field. despite, perhaps, not winning a huge number of england caps in his career, he really was a proud mancunian through and through. we know he was born in manchester and went on to represent manchester and went on to represent manchester united, winning so many trophies in his time there and he was a brilliant player. he anchored that midfield for manchester united, just as he did for england and it is, as! just as he did for england and it is, as i say, testament to his career and his achievements to win that european cup in 1968 and of course the world cup as well two yea rs course the world cup as well two years previously. so few players have ever really achieved that and i think he will be remembered for that
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brilliance, those brilliant moments that he produced on the field of play and those two crowning moments, both domestically with that european cup for manchester united and internationally as well with england in 1966. a brilliant career and he will be fondly remembered. as you say, some of those tributes coming through from gary lineker and we heard in andy‘s report there are a little bit earlier on. andy burnham as well, the manchester mayor, the mayor of greater manchester saying he was, a proud mancunian and he will be fondly remembered for those achievements on the field. yes, very sad news obviously with his passing today. absolutely. john, thank you so much for that. john watson there at the bbc sport centre. around one in 100 people had coronavirus in england last week, according to new figures from the office for national statistics. the trend across the uk is similar, with a slightly worse picture in northern ireland and a slightly better one in wales and scotland. the rise in infections is likely to put the government under pressure
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to introduce further measures. 0ur health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports. the royal liverpool hospital is among those which have had to cancel some routine treatments to cope with the number of covid patients becoming seriously ill. there is a glimmer of hope. new daily infections in the city have fallen slightly, though they are still at a high level. as west yorkshire prepares to enter england‘s highest level of alert from monday, local leaders are keen to know how long they will have to stay there. we are obviously watching liverpool city region with a very keen interest. they have been in the longest, just over two weeks, which means that their review will be coming up within the next week, ten days or so. i am not clear whether they will be in a position to come out and what that will actually mean. this is an area that everyone is really very concerned about. it is now estimated one in 100 people in private homes in england had covid—19 in the week to last friday, with around 52,000 new infections every day, up about a half
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on last week‘s figure. in northern ireland, the office for national statistics estimates one in 80 had the virus. it was one in 120 in wales, and one in 1a0 in scotland. cases are still highest in the north and are growing across england, but today‘s figures support the trend that they have levelled off in the north—east. yet labour is continuing to put pressure on the government to go further. my concern is that the tier system is not strong enough to stop the infection rate going up and the alternative now is weeks or months of agony, frankly, in the tier system, so i do call on the prime minister to look again. if we have learnt one thing from phase one, wave one of the virus it‘s that you need to act quickly and decisively. but ministers want to stick with a targeted approach. even at the very high level, schools are being kept open, businesses are being kept open. we leave in reserve the option of taking further measures, but actually
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what we really need now and what i think the domestic, but also the international experience shows, is when you have got this focused approach we really need full compliance and cooperation. the epidemic is still growing. while there is hope that restrictions in some areas may be starting to slow the rise in infections, experts say the next four months will be tough. katherine da costa, bbc news. the latest figures for the r number for coronavirus in the uk are out. the uk has reported 27a deaths. that is within 28 days of a positive test. to put that into context, 27a on thursday, today, i beg your pardon. 280 on thursday. and in terms of the number of cases, they have gone up from 23,065 on thursday
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to 2a,a05 today. so those are the latest figures. we were hearing that report from catherine there, the latest figures for the r number four coronavirus in the uk are also out and catherine is here with us. it feels like a flurry, frankly, of figures, what are they telling us? u nfortu nately figures, what are they telling us? unfortunately they paint a gloomy picture. the epidemic is still growing and cases are still highest in the north, but they have grown rapidly in the south and if we look at two reliable sets of data, we had figures from the imperial college london yesterday and we have had the 0ffice london yesterday and we have had the office for national statistics today. yesterday the estimates were 100,000 cases a day, in england today 0ns estimates a week to last friday there were 52,000. they are both estimates, based on different sets of calculations. the best guess is that we have got around 50,000 new daily infections. in contrast,
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the nhs test entry system is picking up, as you said, 2a,a00 roughly, more than 20,000 cases a day full stop so the rise has been seen in all age groups in almost every region in england, so future hospital admissions and deaths are baked in. we will see rises in the coming weeks. we are currently seeing about 1000 new hospital admissions every day. that is doubling roughly every fortnight. it is still below where we were at the peak when we saw about 3000 a day, but there is a glimmer of hope in the north—east. the data suggests that new cases are slowing there, but they are still high and we‘re not saying cases come down to manageable levels. cases are still rising sharply in places like the north—west, yorkshire and humber. today, the estimated r number, so thatis today, the estimated r number, so that is how many people infected, one how many people and infected person passes onto, that is 1.1 or
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1.3. it is slightly down on last week, but anything over one means the virus is going. the government‘s chief medical and scientific advisers, chris whitty and patrick vallance, both warned that the highest alert level in england wouldn‘t be enough to bring the r number down. today chris whitty tweeted that deaths and pressure on the nhs are increasing and sage, because that was back advisory committee, dies a two—week circuit breaker back in september to try to buy time to fix the test and trace system. labour wanted that in place over half term. we have seen wales has currently got a short fire breaker has currently got a short fire brea ker system has currently got a short fire breaker system in place. northern ireland and scotland have got their own controls in place, but the government is still sticking to a targeted approach for england in an effort to try to balance lives with the economy, but experts say the longer you leave it the harder it is to turn things around, meaning that the government may still be forced into a lockdown to protect the nhs, but then it would have to be in place for longer because you would be starting it at a much higher
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level and we have seen france and germany announced their own lockdown is. the bad news is we are in a critical position and it is only 0ctober. we have got it tough for longer because you would be starting it at longer because you would be starting itata longer because you would be starting it at a much higher level and we have seen france and germany announced their own knock—downs. have seen france and germany announced their own knock-downs. the bad news is we are in a critical position and it is only 0ctober. we have got a tough four months ahead. 0k, thank you very much for that. catherine de costa, a health correspondent. thousands of soldiers and police are being deployed in france to protect places of worship and schools, following yesterday‘s knife attack in nice. three people were killed at the notre—dame basilica. the 21—year—old suspect, who‘d only recently entered the country, is in hospital in a critical condition after being shot by police. hugh schofield reports from paris. at the basilica of notre dame the people of nice have been coming to pay homage to the victims, to contemplate, and maybe to grieve a little. translation: the hate, so much hate. please stop killing us. i can‘t take it any more. excuse me, i can‘t take this any more, i have to go work. sorry.
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gunfire three people were brutally knifed to death after the attacker entered the church early yesterday morning. police, who were quickly on the scene, shot and overpowered him and he is now in hospital. among the victims was a brazilian woman in her a0s. she struggled to a nearby cafe where, before dying, she said, "please tell my children i love them." the attacker is a 21—year—old tunisian man, brahim aouissaoui, who only came to france the day before. a month earlier he had arrived from north africa on the italian island of lampedusa and been given red cross papers. in the tunisian city of sfax his mother and brother said he was an observant muslim and went to europe to work. translation: he has been praying for about two and a half years now. he went to work and came home. he did not go out and socialise. he just used to bring coffee from work and drink it at home.
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translation: when we talked that night he said he just arrived in the area and it's getting very late here. he went into the city by train at 6:30am the next morning just hours before the attack. in france, the language has toughened. the interior minister, gerald darmanin, said the country was now at war, not with a religion, he said, but with islamist ideology. the mayor of nice said france could not expect to win this war with the laws of peacetime. but in parts of the islamic world, it‘s france that‘s seen as the aggressor. governments, including turkey‘s, have condemned the attack. but there have been more demonstrations, like here in bangladesh, against president macron‘s defence of cartoons of the prophet muhammad and his crackdown on what he calls islamist separatism. it‘s an anti—french climate that‘s extended to clear and explicit threats against france on jihadist websites and blogs. yesterday in nice those
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threats became real. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. bell tolls claude moniquet is a former french intelligence officer and president of the european strategic intelligence and security center, he joins me now. a very warm welcome to bbc news, thank you. i wonder if you can help us, if you would, make sense of this attack in the sense that this is a man who had onlyjust arrived in france. how did it happen? yes, this is one of the problems of this case, we know nothing, actually, about this man because he came, as your journalist said, he came in italy blocked approximately a month ago. he arrived in france two days ago or three days ago. he arrived in nice two hours before committing those
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crimes. so this man has no past in france. he has no past in europe. and we rely on the other authorities do know something about his past. for the moment we don‘t know who he is, we don‘t know if he has radicalised or not. if you ask about his past, we have absolutely no clue to understand what has happened yesterday morning. i understand. france is, of course, already on the highest level of security alert, so what are the kind of measures it can ta ke to what are the kind of measures it can take to prevent this kind of attack happening again? it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to prevent this kind of attack. you can, by intelligence, you can prevent attack organised by small groups or of course larger groups because you can tap the phones, you
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can survey them, you can follow them, you maybe have some adjunct in the... in the circle of criminals. but when you face a man who is alone and when you face a man who is alone and when you face a man who is alone and has no past in your country, you have absolutely no means to know if he will do something or if he will prepare something. the only clue we have, may be, is that since yesterday night a man in his a0s is in police custody for interrogation because we know, the police know he met the other suspect just a day before the attack, so they try to understand if this man was a involved in the attack and maybe he gave him some order to do it, but actually it is quite impossible to prove in this kind of isolated act. yes, that makes sense. i do want to ask you about president macron‘s use
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of language. he said the islamic world is in crisis. he said, he intends to liberate french islam. are you concerned in any way about the language that is being used? that it perhaps gives the impression orb creates a perception that france is somehow at war with islam and that they could be more attacks as a result? i don't think so. i think that the president and even the italian minister with very clear. france is not at all with at war with islam. france is at war with people exploiting the religion, exploiting islam for political reasons and of course forjihadist reasons. france is at war with extremists, not the religion. this was clearly stated by the president, it was clearly stated for years by all the french authorities. we have noissue all the french authorities. we have no issue with islam. in france, we had an issue with people exploiting and using their religion for
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political reasons and trying, of course, to organise terrorist attacks of these kinds of things. claude moniquet, we must leave it there, but there are good to hear your thoughts and insights. thank you. thank you. let‘s return to the death of england world cup winning footballer nobby stiles. et‘s look back on nobby stiles‘ career with viv anderson — who played for manchester united from 1987 to 1991. so good a view to join us here so good a view tojoin us here on bbc news. i want to know how you first met nobby stiles.” bbc news. i want to know how you first met nobby stiles. i want to say straightaway it is bad news. i knew he wasn‘t in the best of health, but my condolences go to his family and friends. he was a lovely man. how i first met him, i came from arsenal to manchester united and he was working at that stage with the youth team and it was a lovely, hot sunny day and we started pre—season training and nobby stiles
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was over the other side with his floppy hat on on a really hot day, nearly 80 degrees, and he had his floppy hat on and pointed his finger and is pushing people about and i said, because i had had to watch the world cup final only a couple of weeks before and i said that boy over there terrorised the germans on that afternoon. i watched him over there giving instructions to young lads, i thought he was great. and what did you learn from him? he was a very simple man, he was buried... he had an opinion on things, but he was a very nice and sincere man. he was a very nice and sincere man. he was nice to be around and his knowledge of football was second to none and the things he was passionate about the young lads was great. as we are talking, i have seen a tweet, which is from manchester united. i am just going to read it, if you willjust bear with us. it says, we are extremely
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saddened to learn of the passing of nobby stiles mbe. an integral part of our first ever european cup winning side, nobby stiles was a titan of the club‘s history, cherished for his heart and personality on and off the pitch. he will be sorely missed by us all. and in many ways, viv anderson, that tweet echoing some of the things you have already said. you have given us an insight into what he was like as an insight into what he was like as a coach, but give us a sense of how he was viewed at the club because he was so integral to that european winning team, wasn‘t a? was so integral to that european winning team, wasn't a? they were in awe of him. everybody around the football clu b awe of him. everybody around the football club was in awe of him, of what he achieved for manchester united and england at the time. he was a fantastic player. if you ever get a chance to watch the 1966 world cup again, see how tirelessly he worked in the midfield. he is one of those unsung heroes that every football tea m those unsung heroes that every football team needs, you know, he
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doesn‘t get the limelight all the time, but he was integral the part of manchester united and england. and remember, he got that manchester united team as a 17—year—old and if you ever read his book he had the worst eyes in the world. we couldn‘t see the ball half the time and then contact lenses came in and he was a little bit better, but he was a fabulous, fabulous man and as i said earlier, he will be sadly missed. yes, absolutely. did he ever talk about that world cup winning day? no, he was one those people who kept things to himself, really. he wouldn‘t share those memories, they we re wouldn‘t share those memories, they were kept really to himself. he never, and i wouldn‘t —— i would be asking about those, what is this like and whatever, but ijust think he was a very private person, especially about memories like that. you said you watch the game, and i just wondered as you are a professional footballer can you give us an insight into the skill and
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what it was he brought to the game and the team? his actual work rate was phenomenal on that day. the germans must‘ve kept on thinking, where does he keep on coming from because he kept on robbing the ball off them. he was one of those destroyers that every team needs and he had gone about the park and it is a big pitch at wembley, i have played there many times and the amount of mileage you must have covered in that day was phenomenal and to at the end and for anybody who remembers him skipping around wembley stadium was actually absolutely fantastic. as you say, he was a great footballer, but best of all he was a lovely, lovely man. and thatis all he was a lovely, lovely man. and that is a lovely way to remember him. viv anderson, thank you so much for joining him. viv anderson, thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. ido i do have all been hearing, the tributes are pouring into the world cup leader nobby stiles who we know
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will know has been put there has died at the age of 78, part of the england team who became national heroes after meeting with germany at wembley. it said that he passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family after a long illness and he also predicted that manchester united side which became the first english clu b to side which became the first english club to win the european cup to the girls later. let‘s bring in alex, former manchester united go mate, tea m former manchester united go mate, team mate as well, thank you for joining us. asa as a great pal of mine and his family have always kept in touch with me about how he was doing but
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obviously the worst thing has happened and it is a sad day not only for me as a team—mate of his foot for the whole world in football. how will you remember him, alex? well, when ijoined the club obviously who had won the world cup, pa rt obviously who had won the world cup, part of the team in 1996, september. he was a happy lad. we called him happy. that was his nickname. 0ther people he didn‘t show that on the pitch, in the dressing room and the training and wherever we were in the world he, you know, he made us laugh and he kept us going. he was one of those sorts of guys. i can remember him in that way most of all but because he was fun to be around and on the pitch he was diplomatic, you know, it was not all about winning a game and he was a bit of a jekyll and hyde, really, if you think about it, when he went on the pitch he saw
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the change and he had a job to do and he done it so well. yeah, he was such a ferocious, tough tackler, wasn‘t he? such a ferocious, tough tackler, wasn't he? he might've been late a few times but he away with it. because there will be lots of people watching who do remember him so vividly but there will be younger fa ns vividly but there will be younger fans around, you know, england in the uk who want to remember him on the uk who want to remember him on the pitch they just the uk who want to remember him on the pitch theyjust describe what kind of player he was.” the pitch theyjust describe what kind of player he was. i think the great thing about it was the best statement really that came at the time because he was our manager and a lot of people didn‘t seem to think that nobby would ever be a professional footballer but my word, he was probably one of the greatest source of half backs and markers in the game in respect of, look, you know, doing a man for manjob on somebody and winning the goal and 0k. he done hisjob to perfection and, you know, ijust listened there, that was his claim to fame,
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really. he kept everybody going on their toes. and, of course manchester united was his boyhood club. you know, he has such a connection with manchester as well. you know, i know that the mayor of greater manchester at the moment has been you know, passing on his condolences as well. how big of a figure was he within that community? well, he was... it‘s something about him that you just couldn‘t come a source of, way up, really, because, you know, in the dressing room he was meticulous in everything he did, before the game, you know, when you get ready for a game and everybody has, every player has superstitions and nobby wood, when that bell went and nobby wood, when that bell went and we went out, he was immaculate. but he always did something i could never understand and i got to be honest, i never really asked him about it but directly we ran on the pitch and got over the touchline he would stop, bend down, he would undo his boot laces and then do them up
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then off he would go, right, i am ready for you. that‘s was how he was obviously giving again, we all make mistakes, i made mistakes and he would let me have it, you know, he would let me have it, you know, he would tell me, and afterwards, after the half—time it was happening in the half—time it was happening in the first half or even the second half of the game he come up and say, i‘m sorry al, you know, i had to speak my mind at the time at the time and the best thing about it, i never did it again, you know, that was him. what about his performance on the pitch, you know, in terms of the memorable will. i know a lot has been spoken about that semifinal in the world cup against portugal and martin but for you, do you have one particular memory of a big performance them on the pitch? i think you know, i can go back to the european cup final and the team talking into the tunnel was, you
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know mac use a beer for 90 minutes andi know mac use a beer for 90 minutes and i think at the time —— to mark use abo for 90 minutes and at the time he got done first 96 minutes and kept us in the game, to be honest but after the game, you know, he came up and apologise to me for letting him go so, you know, that was a historic moment for me, nobby stiles, the great nobby stiles. yeah, absolutely, and, you know, when you think of that team as well and all the achievements, particularly such a golden era, you look back on it and think wow, to have been playing in that time alongside all those must have been a real privilege as well? well, it was, it was. when ijoined the club in 66 after the world cup, you know, we had three european football is a year, obviously, bobby and denis law and george best and they were a
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world cup winner, another world cup winner, nobby stiles, i mean, it was a fantastic time around and i got to say, obviously, around the teams in that era, they all had great powers as well and, you know, some of them have sadly passed away during this horrible time we‘re in. have sadly passed away during this horrible time we're in. and i think that may well be a picture just behind your shoulder that is it? yeah, actually, ithink behind your shoulder that is it? yeah, actually, i think of my right shoulder that is a picture of the winning team of 68 which i have had all sound, which is quite nice, really. wonderful memories. thank you so much, alex, forjoining us. my you so much, alex, forjoining us. my pleasure, sarah. really appreciate that. former manchester united goalkeeper reflecting on the news that has broken in the last hour, one of the world cup winners with england in 1976 nobby stiles has died. lots more on the bbc sport website and we will have lots more on the spot bulletins here on the bbc‘s channel over the course of the day.
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sarah, thank for that. at least six people have been killed and more than 200 people have injured in a powerful earthquake around the turkish city of izmir. tremours from the quake — which had a magnitude of at least six—point—six — were felt as far away as athens and istanbul. its epicentre was in the aegean sea. turkish officials say 20 buildings have collapsed in izmir. footage from the city shows people scrambling over the rubble looking for survivors. there was also concern about the risk of a tsunami and lets look now at these pictures showing flooding after the quake. you can see the people, as we were saying, scrambling over the building and earlier we heard from our international correspondent, 0rla, who gave us an update on the situation. we know that searching is still going on at several
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collapsed buildings in various districts of izmir, which is the third largest city of the country. some of those buildings were filmed as the earthquake was taking place and you could actually see them shaking and there was some very distressing video posted on social media, where you could actually see one building, a multi—storey building which looked like a residential building, actually coming to the ground in a heap of rubble and smoke. of course, we saw people rushing out onto the streets in fear and panic, some screaming, trying to get away. now, i have to say that the risk of earthquakes is a common thing. it is a daily reality in turkey. the country is crisscrossed by major active... inaudible and because of that people have a certain familiarity and a certain level of awareness and knowledge about what they should do when a quake happens, and it is very common here to have had earthquake training, it is something that happens in many organisations and workplaces in turkey. in fact, we had earthquake training ourselves last year at the bbc. there is a very well developed earthquake rescue service here, which is already
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in action in izmir, searching for survivors. yes, and we are looking at some of those pictures now, 0rla, and i mean, desperate scenes again, with collapsed buildings and people the leader of the unite trade union len mccluskey has described the decision to suspend former leaderjeremy corbyn from the labour party as "wrong and unjust," but appealed to members of his union to "stay in the party". this morning sir keir starmer has again been defending the party‘s decision. here‘s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. out in the cold, for now unwelcome in the party he led just seven months ago. jeremy corbyn‘s response to a report into how anti—semitism was handled while he was in charge of labour saw him dramatically suspended. but his allies say the move threatens party unity and have called for him to be reinstated. i think it was unjust and hopefully, with discussions that can take place, we can resolve it and we can all move on.
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my message, really, to, literally, hundreds of thousands of our members, who are already expressing their anger, is to stay in the party. shame on you! yesterday‘s report by the equalities regulatorfound labour had broken the law in relation to how it dealt with anti—semitism and said there had been a failure of leadership on the issue. it was this statement byjeremy corbyn, that anti—semitism had been dramatically overstated by his opponents, that led to his membership being temporarily revoked. his successor says there will be an independent investigation but insisted there was no need to revisit old quarrels. it‘s not for me to say what process should be followed. that‘s for the general secretary, or what sanction is in order. i don‘t want a civil war in the labour party. i don‘t think there is any need for one. i want to unite the party but i‘m not going to renege on my commitment
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to root out anti—semitism. jeremy corbyn‘s suspension allows keir starmer to show that labour is serious about zero tolerance towards anti—semitism and that he is determined to make a clean break from the past. he‘s already showed his willingness to take on the labour left, its figurehead and former leader now no exception, but the full consequences of the decision will not become clearfor some time. the party‘s investigation into jeremy corbyn‘s comments will run its course. there is the possibility he could be expelled. that would be an explosive outcome. but for now, though, labour wants to avoid returning to the days of factional fighting. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. the us election campaign is entering its final weekend. though more than 80 million americans have already cast their vote, donald trump and joe biden are still travelling to key states like florida that could swing the result in their favour. peter bowes has the latest from the campaign trail. back in his home state
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again, and another push for votes in florida. donald trump narrowly won here in 2016, but the democrats have gained ground and the race withjoe biden is neck and neck. we are going to win four more years in the white house. applause. and we are going on to win a record share of the hispanic—american vote. you see what‘s happening? the president attracts large crowds, but with little social distancing and few masks. donald trump is confident he can defy the opinion polls by focusing on the economy rather than the coronavirus. this is historic prosperity. another major tax cut to go along with the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. and record job growth. and joe biden‘s plan is to deliver punishing lockdowns. he‘s going to lock you down!
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forjoe biden, there is no issue more important than taking control of the virus. he‘s also been campaigning in florida, but with smaller drive—in audiences and a tone that mocks the president‘s approach to covid—19. donald trump has waved the white flag, abandoned our families and surrendered to this virus, but the american people never give up! we nevergive in! and we surely don't cower. and neither will i. donald trumpjust had a super spreader event here again, spreading more than just coronavirus. he is spreading division and discord. in this divided nation, the coronavirus pandemic is not only polarising, but getting much worse. the country has just recorded its highest number of new cases in a single day since the outbreak began, and tensions are running high.
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with many people nervous about the outcome of the election and the possibility of civil unrest, the retail giant walmart has decided to take guns off its store shelves, although they will still be available to buy. a spokesman said... the final four days of the campaign will see donald trump and joe biden making repeat visits to the handful of states which will decide the election. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. as part of our coverage of the us election, we are tracking how the candidates are faring in the national polls, and as you can seejoe biden is currently ahead with 51% you can find all the details on our website — bbc.com/news — or you can downlod the bbc news app.
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i want to bring you the latest news from turkey. you will remember that there has been a powerful earthquake around the turkish city of a smear. the turkish authorities are now reporting that 12 people are known to have died, 12 people at least have been killed. we know also that more than 200 people have been injured and these pictures into us here from is near eye giving you a sense of the damage and destruction that has happened there. we know that has happened there. we know that the quake had a magnitude of at least 6.6 and was felt as far away as athens and istanbul. its epicentre was in the eg in c and that gives you a sense, you can see where turkey is, and izmir. —— its
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epicentre was in the aegean sea. there were also reports that some felt the quake and the greek island of quick. in east izmir officials say at least 20 buildings have collapsed and this footage from the city is shown us some of those people being rescued but also people scrambling over the rubble looking, we can only assume, for survivors. but, as i say, that, the turkish authorities are now saying that at least 12 people have died and there are now the reporting that a00 people have been injured in this earthquake around the turkish city of izmir, the third largest city in turkey. across europe, stricter measures are coming into force to deal with the second wave of coronavirus. in paris there were huge traffic jams as people tried
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to leave the city before the latest lockdown began. and politicians in some other countries are calling for even tighter restrictions — including in one of the worst hit, belgium — from where our europe correspondent gavin lee reports. the exodus from paris last night. those who could afford to leaving to spend a second lockdown elsewhere. in the city small groups of protesters gathered, angry at the stay—at—home ruling and some prepared to disobey the measures. translation: we don't want to be locked down. we are sick of the curfew and everything. we understand that it‘s for the disease but we shouldn‘t get carried away. from midnight tonight we all have to stay at home. it‘s too much. i‘m not going to, i‘m going to stay here. for the next month across france, only essential businesses will be open and people will have to fill out forms to leave home for basic needs. here in belgium a second lockdown is also expected to be announced
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in the coming hours. in just a few hours the high streets of brussels and elsewhere across the country are due to close. the government is meeting now to decide on the severity of the new lockdown. for the size of its population, belgium has the worst infection rate in europe. a quarter of people being tested are positive for covid—19, and there are more people in hospital now than at any point during the first wave. in germany, europe‘s biggest economy has been the best equipped to cope during the pandemic, with a much larger health care system. but now a partial lockdown will begin there on monday. bars, restaurants, sports centres closing. the chancellor angela merkel saying it was the only way to prevent a health emergency. translation: for the coming times i wish for one thing, that we all show solidarity and empathy to one another and with one another. this is the only way we will get through this historical crisis.
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this will be hard, it will be four long, difficult months, but it will end. it has now come to light that a new strain of the virus, first linked to farm workers in spain, accounts for the majority of new cases around europe. scientists tracking the pathogen suggest people returning from summer holidays in spain played a key role in its spread. it then seems that the virus was able to move into the local population and spread around spain, as people were eager to visit friends and family after the long lockdown. when travel then picked up over the summer the variant was able to jump into other countries. leaders across the eu met online last night to work out how to handle the second wave. the eu commission president ursula von der leyen urged europeans not to travel around the continent, a far cry from the summer when travel was encouraged to help the struggling tourism sector. after the decrease of the first wave, during summer we obviously have relaxed some measures too rapidly.
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for the next month large parts of europe will be in hibernation state. if people can stick to it and the covid rate falls, the hope is to allow small gatherings again by christmas. gavin lee, bbc news, brussels. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. we have ended the week on a relatively fine note, we‘ve seen quite a bit of dry weather across the north of the uk, further south more cloud with outbreaks of rain. we‘re going to see deep areas of low pressure bringing spells of heavy rain and also some gales, severe in places. for the rest of the day, to the northern half of the uk which will hold on to the best of the brightness, a few blustery showers here, more cloud and light rain and drizzle further south.
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across the south and the north the winds will be fairly brisk, but through central areas they will be lighterfor a while. for a while because the next area of low pressure will be moving up from the south this evening and overnight, bringing increasing cloud, outbreaks of rain, some of it will turn out to be heavy in the north and west, and it will introduce much milder air across southern areas, mid—teens by the end of the night. a chillier night for the north of scotland under those clearer skies. as we head into saturday, this is the deep area of low pressure that has been named storm aidan by the irish met service, and it is here we are likely to see the most destruction across the republic of ireland, also strong winds across the irish sea coasts, which could also cause some disruption. a band of heavy, squally rain, moving east through the course of saturday, very strong winds on that as it moves through. behind it, blustery showers and sunshine, longer spells of rain continuing across the north—west of the uk and these winds gusting up to 70 mph along the irish sea coast. elsewhere, a0—a5 mph,
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maybe more than that in exposure. elsewhere, generally around a0—a5 mph, maybe even more than that in exposure. we will see sunshine around into the afternoon, those temperatures on the mild side again. storm aidan clears away, but another one hot on its heels moves through for sunday, so again another very windy start, widespread gales, outbreaks of rain through sunday morning, clearing through to sunshine and blustery showers, some of which will be heavy across western areas, merging to produce longer spells of rain. and it is across the north and the west where we will see the strongest winds once again. mild in the south—east, but a little bit cooler in the north and west. with these spells of heavy rain and gales at the weekend, we are likely to see some disruption, so stay tuned to your bbc local radio and your weather forecast. as we head into next week, have a look at this. things settle down because a big area of high pressure will start to build in, bringing sunshine, but
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this is bbc news. the headlines: nobby stiles, a member of the england team who won the 1966 world cup, has died at the age of 78 after a long illness. 11 million people in england will be living under the most severe covid restrictions by next week — nottinghamshire moves into tier 3, west yorkshire prepares to follow suit. the labour leader defends his party‘s decision to suspend jeremy corbyn over anti—semitism, saying there‘s no need for the party to descend into civil war. remembering the three people who died in a knife attack in nice — thousands of soldiers and police are now protecting places of worship in france.

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