good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: a second national lockdown in england to last for a month. it comes in response to fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals. i'm afraid, from thursday, the basic message is the same. stay—at—home, protect the nhs, and save lives. as infections surge, the total number of positive cases in the uk has now passed 1 million. the prevalence of this disease has been going up extremely rapidly over the last few weeks.

the furlough scheme has been extended across the uk until december to support workers who are affected by the new measures. bond, james bond. tributes to sir sean connery — for many the definitive james bond. worth the seven—month wait. england win the six nations on a thrilling last day. a bonus point victory against italy gives eddiejones‘s side the title after france and ireland fail to catch them. and it's another day of strong winds with rain at times across the uk today, but there is something quite on the horizon. join me for the details on abu breakfast. it's sunday, 1 november. our top story: england is to face a new lockdown, starting on thursday and scheduled to last a month, after borisjohnson announced he needs to take action to prevent the nhs being overwhelmed by cases of the coronavirus. under the lockdown, restaurants and pubs will close, but takeaways and deliveries will be allowed. all non—essential retail will shut,

but supermarkets are to stay open. mixing with other households inside homes or in private gardens will be banned, except for childcare and other forms of support. and unlike the first lockdown, schools, colleges, and universities will stay open. travel will be discouraged except for work. with more details, here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. drea ry dreary weather and dire warnings set the scene for what, in the end, seemed inevitable. a national lockdown for england, the prime minister said, was now the only option. we've got to be humble in the face of nature and in this country, alas, as across much of europe, the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst—case scenario faster than the reasonable worst—case scenario and so now is

the time to take action because there is no alternative. the last resort had become the only way forward , resort had become the only way forward, he argued, and, in a matter of days, tough measures would be imposed, severely limiting people's lives. we will get through this. but we must act now to contain this awesome surge. we're not going back to the full—scale lockdown of march and april, but, i'm afraid, from thursday the basic message is the same. stay—at—home, protect the nhs, and save lives. the decision marks a com plete and save lives. the decision marks a complete change in the government's approach. some had argued it should have come sooner, but yesterday acknowledged there were no easy options. the idea that there is some perfect time to act is a complete misapprehension. there is basically no perfect time and there are no good solutions. mps will vote on the plans this week. some conservatives don't want another lockdown, labour

said it would support the measures, but that ministers should have acted sooner. the lockdown will be longer, it'll be harder, and a human cost which will be very, very real. now, there's no deniau in these are necessary and i'm glad that the government has finally taken the decision that it should have taken weeks ago. this is a move boris johnson didn't want to make, but the reality of rising cases forced him to act. his hope will be that in or weeks' time, the outlook is brighter. —— four. jonathan blake, bbc news. our political correspondent helen catt is back on downing street for us this morning. helen, it was a day of fast moving developments yesterday, but as jonathan was saying in his report, we look towards this vote on wednesday. yes, the commons comes back from recess this week. we have this vote from mps on wednesday about these new measures before they come into force on thursday. now, you heard injonathan‘s beast that

that labour has said they will back this. already in their view that should have happened weeks ago. there are some conservative mps who we re there are some conservative mps who were not happy at the idea of another lockdown. they worry it is just going to be too damaging for the economy and they also worry if there is an endgame, if you like, it is not just locking down there is an endgame, if you like, it is notjust locking down temporarily for locking down‘s say, that there isa for locking down‘s say, that there is a strategy beyond that. it is worth pointing out that while we sort of got used to the idea of the government setting a lot of rules to really govern the manager of our daily lives, it is not a normal situation for a government to be able to be telling you when you can and can't leave your house and there are some mps who say or felt even before the first lockdown back in the spring that that wasn't debated or discussed enough before those rules were put in. so there is also a lot of unhappiness about how this has been dealt with among the conservative backbenchers. we have seen downing street try to bring these mps on board. yesterday they voted one of the most vital —— vocal critics, see back into downing

street with his own scientist to look at the data himself. boris johnson promised mps will be able to look at the data and ask the questions they need. there does seem to benefit from downing street to bring them on—board. the last thing that they really want is a big amount of confusion on wednesday, just hours before the restrictions come in. helen, thanks very much indeed. apologies that the sound from downing street wasn't the best. so why has the government chosen to act now? the latest figures show there were just under 22,000 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, taking the total number of uk cases to more than a million. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is just over 22,500 and 326 deaths were reported yesterday. that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week 259 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number of deaths across the uk to more than 16,500.

perhaps some of the malls significant statistics are around hospitalisations which we will look at later and pressure on the nhs —— more significant statistics. let's have a reminder of the restrictions in place in the rest of the uk. wales is around halfway through a 17—day lockdown, with people only allowed to leave their homes for limited reasons. it's currently set to finish next monday. in scotland, a new five level system of restrictions for tackling the virus will come into force on monday and first minister nicola sturgeon has urged against non—essential travel to england. northern ireland's first minister arlene foster has said the current tighter restrictions there will end, as planned, on 13 november. that's a week on friday. pubs and restaurants there are closed. schools have been shut for two weeks but they will re—open on monday. the government's furlough scheme,

which was going to end yesterday, is being extended for a month. it covers 80% of the salaries of employees who are unable to work. our business correspondent katy austin reports on what it all means for businesses and the self—employed. this was the restaurant in bournemouth in august, busy with it out to help out diners. from thursday, it will, alongside all other pubs and restaurants in england, have to close for a month and, once again, put staff on furlough. just came out of this, this last lockdown, a lot of businesses won't come out of the second lockdown. furlough will help the employees, it will not save businesses. there will need to be more grants, vat, rates. the fellow scheme had already cost £40 billion, it is difficult to telljust what the cost of this extra month will be, but again it is likely to run into the billions. for businesses in

england which are legally forced to close, there will be grants worth a two £3000. mortgage holidays for homeowners are also being extended. there hasn't been additional support announced for the self—employed above announced for the self—employed a bove two announced for the self—employed above two further winter grants from today that were previously announced. but halina, who started her ice cream business in cardiff in august last year says she is among those who haven't been entitled to any financial help so far and still won't be. all of my scheduled work was cancelled and they have lost an entire peak season because ice cream is very much a seasonal business. so it's been an incredibly worrying time for me and, of course, i don't know if or when i will be allowed to return to work properly again. more severe lockdown, something like we saw back in the first part of this year, will mean that millions of self—employed people cannot work at all. they are not going to be able to survive on the 40% figure, this being offered at the moment,

and we would urge the government to look at that very closely. a treasury spokesperson said the amount of profits covered by the self—employed grant had been increased from 20% to 40% and that unlike the fellow scheme it provided three months of support. cash furlough. katy austin, bbc news. teaching unions in england say schools urgently need new safety measures if they are to stay open through the lockdown. the national education union, which represents classroom teachers, said it would be better if schools closed again and then re—opened on what it calls a rota system. most of portugal will go into another lockdown from wednesday after a surge in coronavirus cases. people in more than two—thirds of the country, including lisbon and porto, will be required to stay at home unless they're going to work, school, or running essential errands. the measures will be reviewed in two weeks. rescue workers in turkey have been working through the night to pull survivors from the rubble of buildings which collapsed during friday's earthquake. at least 37 people have been killed,

most of them in the turkish port city of izmir, but the quake also struck the greek island of samos, where two children died. more than 800 people have been injured. this year's us presidential election is on course for a record turnout, with more than 90 million americans voting early. that's two—thirds of the total number of people who voted in 2016. with two days of campaigning left, mr biden was joined by his former boss, barack 0bama, for a rally in the crucial swing state of michigan. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a star powered rhali forjoe biden in america's industrial heartland, detroit, also home to motown. # people, keep on fighting... stevie wonder performed at the drive—in event, while barack 0bama launched another scathing attack on donald trump's record. i understand this is

a president who wants full credit for the economy inherited and get zero blame for the pandemic he ignored, but the job doesn't work that way. tweeting at the tv doesn't fix things. making stuff up doesn't make people's lives better. you have got to have a plan. mr 0bama said his former deputy would take the job seriously. joe biden criticised president trump of the amount he paid in taxes during his first year in office. $750? my lord. and remember when he was asked about why he only paid that much, it's because i'm smart, he knows how to gain the system. well, guess what, mr president, i'm coming for you! president, i'm coming for you! president trump has been campaigning in pennsylvania, where he held four events in one day. he won here in 2016 butjoe biden is ahead in the

polls. hello, pennsylvania, let's go, pennsylvania. we've got to do the same thing we did four years ago and they have a feeling, look at this, eye and feeling lucky. mr trump told the crowd he would eradicate the coronavirus and get americans back to work. we want normal, we want normal, we want normal, we want normal, we want normal, let's go back, let's go back seven months. hello, how are you doing? but with record numbers of new coronavirus cases in the us over the past week, there's no sign of this country getting back to normal anytime soon. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes joins us now. peter, whose votes in particular are the candidates chasing at this late stage? is anyone still undecided? well, that's the big question, isn't it. good morning to you. whether anyone is undecided so late in the game is

questionable. i think a lot of people decided some time ago, they might havejust people decided some time ago, they might have just not cast their votes yet. although 91 million americans have, which is an extraordinary number, it's about two—thirds, as i think you said, of the total number that voted in the 2016 election. so we really are, in terms of voter turnout, at the end of the day, looking at evidential record breaking it. the reason for that, of course, a couple of reasons, the coronavirus has encouraged people to get out early because they can and either cast their ballot in person, which has been possible to do in many which has been possible to do in ma ny states which has been possible to do in many states for several weeks now, or send in many states for several weeks now, orsend ina many states for several weeks now, or send in a postal ballot because they feel that is much safer in the times we are living through. there is an extraordinary amount of passion also and we are hearing this from both the main parties. immigrants and republicans, a lot of enthusiasm for this election and i think that reflects, again, the coronavirus, the strong feelings about that, and how president trump has responded to it or not responded to it, according to political

opinion, but also many other issues in this country as well stop it has resulted in a very polarised nation with views, very strong views held on both sides. i think that accounts for the tremendous amount of interest. the candidates are doing is focusing on those dates could make a difference. there is really just a handful of states, may be up to ten states, potentially stop those days, the swing states, those battleground states, some of which president trump, surprisingly, one in 2016 and has to hang onto if he is in with a chance of winning this election, places like michigan and wisconsin and, of course, florida, in the sunbelt, perhaps the most crucial of all because there are 29 electoral college votes that and that could make all the difference. thank you very much, peter. loads of comments coming in about the new lockdown for england. while going through their circuit breaker.

scotla nd going through their circuit breaker. scotland has been experiencing tighter restrictions. northern ireland had the four—week circuit break. 0ne says that it seems to be driven by covid safety for the over 60. we need compensating for lots of loss of income. another says we would not be in this position if the prime minister had acted stronger. he also says the uk needs to work as one. same rules and timescales as eve ryo ne one. same rules and timescales as everyone else. it is so confusing country to country, he says. we will be talking to von gatting from wales later in the show. another says by

is that the government extending further when other parts of the country is not going to get it. that is what we will be asking the the mayor of greater manchester. here's matt with a look at the weather. it was a full moon last night for halloween but not much people could do in terms of trick—or—treating. thank you, roger, good morning. the blue moon last night. some of you managed to capture it. a little bit of calm before we see more wild weather return. it is all due to this area of low pressure. it is a little bit further away, pushing towards iceland. 0ne batch of rain goes through and another one arrives. parts of

scotland, northern england. later and patchy. a dry spell, a brighter spell. some will see sunshine. the cloud rethink and is again is another wave into the weather front brings heavy rain to northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and north—west wales. a fulfilling day in scotland. it will bea fulfilling day in scotland. it will be a windy day. a little bit down on it yesterday. 60 miles per hour. 80 miles across the western areas. those means taking a while to ease. there are skies developing. allowing temperatures to drop in scotland and northern ireland to mid and single figures. with cloud and patchy rank, it could be one of the warmest november night on record. 16— 17

degrees. 0n november night on record. 16— 17 degrees. on monday, the weather front shifts out of the way. sunny spells developing. the story of sunshine and showers through monday stop showers most frequent for western parts of scotland, some heavy with hail and thunder. for all temperatures will be down on this weekend. single figures across scotla nd weekend. single figures across scotland and northern ireland. it will be a day of lighter winds across the northern half of the country but still touching 50 miles per hour across parts of wales and the south—west. for the rest of the week, this is what you are going to see. after lots of areas of low pressure, high pressure takes charge that it does look like things will improve, stay drier, less windy. colderfor improve, stay drier, less windy. colder for the week ahead with those clearer conditions and also frost by

night and the return of some fog as well. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. most of them lead on borisjohnson's lockdown announcement. the observer describes the pm's "extraordinary u—turn", highlighting accusations that government indecision and delay will cost lives and jobs. "shockdown" is how the sunday mirror describes the prime minister's announcement, citing comments by critics who say the government has been slow to act. the mail on sunday reports that cabinet ministers and conservative mps are angry at being kept in the dark about the lockdown plans and have warned the fresh restrictions will devastate the economy. it also shows a picture of the actor sir sean connery, whose death was announced yesterday. and the back page of the telegraph celebrates england's six nations victory. it also warns that a second

lockdown could devastate english sports clubs. we do know that borisjohnson was asked specifically about the premier league and elite sports and england will see them continuing. we will see what other sports come under that umbrella. if you've ever been for a night out in madrid, you'll know that the city doesn't normally come to life until very late in the evening. now its bars and restaurants must close by midnight, as spaniards, who are currently living in a national state of emergency, try to bring the virus under control, before what they expect to be a long and difficult winter, as guy hedgecoe has been finding out. in madrid's normally buzzing centre, a curfew comes into effect. the measure has been introduced across spain in an effort to stop the kind of late—night parties, gatherings,

blamed for much of the spread of covid. most important is the people who are working like in restaurants or pubs. they are having a really ha rd or pubs. they are having a really hard time. translation: people are disappointed. we feel we have done the right thing for a long time but it seems the politicians are not know which measures they want to take. by midnight, the streets of madrid are empty. it is by no means a full lock down but it is an unwelcome reminder of the severe restrictions spaniards were under earlier this year. speaking in congress, the health minister warned that a long winter is coming, during which the priority must be to protect the most vulnerable and the health system and is professionals.

spain is undera health system and is professionals. spain is under a nationwide state emergency for a second time since the pandemic it. here in congress, the pandemic it. here in congress, the government is received approval to extend that measure if necessary until may next year. in recent days, most areas of the country have introduced new restrictions on the movement, tightly controlling travel in and out of regions. meanwhile, pressure on the healthcare system is building once again. doctors have been protesting. calling for more funds in better conditions. the problem is we are now very, very exhausted from the first wave and now there is a chronic increase. that is very stressful for the system. at this time of year,

spaniards mark all souls day, when they remember deceased loved ones. with over 35,000 deaths from covid—19 officially registered and many more expected in the coming months, this year? commemorations have particular residence. —— this year's. guy hedgecoe, bbc news. we should catch up with the spot. rugby was exciting yesterday. we we re rugby was exciting yesterday. we were switching between strictly and the six nations. i was kind of holding out for ireland. they started with a point ahead. it was theirs to lose and some people were saying all environment have to do is go to france and beat france... even without the french ground they are a

good team. ireland were not able to do it so england are rugby's six nations champions, finishing top of the table at the end of a delayed final day of the competition. they beat italy in rome and neither france nor ireland could catch them, as adam wild reports. a conclusion that has kept everyone waiting ina a conclusion that has kept everyone waiting in a tournament that kept eve ryo ne waiting in a tournament that kept everyone guessing. almost nine months after the start of six nations rome is where the answers would finally begin to reveal themselves. england one of six teams that could have still won it and perhaps roma fitting place. ben youngs on his 100th appearance opening the scoring. they needed to win and win well and it only took until the second half until they took charge. ben youngs's nightjust kept getting better. they also

managed the extra point. to france, they still had a chance that they needed a huge win for france. ireland never looked likely to give them that. ireland had their own ambitions. france pushed onto a victory, enough to defeat ireland but crucially not enough to catch england. by the slimmest of margins, england. by the slimmest of margins, england the champions. england, an end with waiting for. —— worth waiting for. adam wild, bbc news elsewhere, it was a land mark day for wales captain alun wynjones who won a record 149th international test cap, but he couldn't mark the milestone with victory, as scotland ran out 14—10 winners. it's the first time in 18 years scotland have won in wales. the premier league and other elite sport can continue behind closed doors during the new four—week national lockdown in england. that's according to the culture secretary 0liver dowden. however, it's not clear how

grassroots and amateur sport will be affected. last night, liverpool moved back to the top of the premier league after coming from behind to beat west ham 2—1. substitute diogojota got the winner with just five minutes to go at anfield, the third successive game he's scored in. west ham had taken an early lead, before mohamad salah levelled from the penalty spot. manchester city were 1—0 winners at sheffield united — kyle walker scoring with a long range effort against his boyhood club. sheffield united are still without a win this season and are in the relegation zone with just one point from seven games. chelsea were 3—0 winners at burnley. hakim ziyech opened the scoring for frank lampard's side. kurt zouma added a second before timo werner sealed the win. burnley are now bottom of the table and are yet to win a game this season. an extra—time penalty sent hearts into the scottish cup final as they saw off edinburgh rivals hibernian in a hampden thriller. liam boyce made it 2—1,

scoring the decsive spot kick. liam boyce made it 2—1, scoring the decisive spot kick. it was bit of a sore one for hibs — they missed a spot—kick of their own just minutes earlier. hearts reach the final for a second consecutive year. it's the women's fa cup final later with everton and manchester city competing for the trophy. it's live from wembley on bbc one, i—player and the bbc sport website. kick off is at 2:30. it's going to be an surreal occasion for chloe kelly. she began the campaign playing for everton, even featuring in the early rounds of the competition for them, but is now a manchester city player. she will get a winners medal no matter what. lewis hamilton will look to extend his record of 92 grand prix wins today, but he'll first have to find a way past mercedes team—mate, valtteri bottas, who starts on pole for this afternoon's emilia romagna grand prix. the finn edged out hamilton, with red bull's max verstappen third quickest. mercedes could win a seventh consecutive constructors' title at imola today, which is hosting

it's first race since the 2006 san marino grand prix. britain's derek chisora was beaten unanimously on points by 0leksandr usyk in their heavweight bout in london last night. victory means usyk remains the mandaory challenger for anthonyjoshua's wbo title, joshua was watching on from ringside. and before we go, take a look at this from barack 0bama, who is out on the campaign trail withjoe biden in the final few days before the us presidential election. this from michigan, where 0bama spoke. he is handed a basketball. can you make a 3—pointer first time? to paraphrase his slogan, though, yes he can. he is always the coolest man under emergency. he had plenty of time to practise, obviously. this is

brea kfast, time to practise, obviously. this is breakfast, we have the headlines coming up.

hello. this is breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. england is facing a new national lockdown, starting on thursday and lasting a month, after the prime minister boris johnson said rapidly rising coronavirus cases left him "no alternative". the prime minister previously favoured localised restrictions but said he couldn't risk the nhs being overwhelmed by a surge of covid—19 patients. labour has pledged to support the lockdown in a commons vote on wednesday, but said it should have come sooner. the government has announced that furlough payments will be extended to cover the new lockdown. the scheme — which was set up in march to help businesses pay employee wages — was due to end yesterday. mortgage payment holidays will also be extended but there has been no confirmation yet on additional

measures to help the self—employed. teaching unions in england say schools urgently need new safety measures if they are to stay open through the lockdown. the national education union, which represents classroom teachers, said it would be better if schools closed again and then re—opened on what it calls a "rota system". most of portugal will go into another lockdown from wednesday after a surge in coronavirus cases. people in more than two—thirds of the country, including lisbon and porto, will be required to stay at home unless they're going to work, school, or running essential errands. the measures will be reviewed in two weeks. rescue workers in turkey have been working through the night to pull survivors from the rubble of buildings which collapsed during friday's earthquake. at least 37 people have been killed, most of them in the turkish port city of izmir, but the quake also struck the greek island of samos, where two children died. more than 800 people have been injured. this year's us presidential election is on course for a record turnout, with more than 90 million americans voting early. that's two—thirds of the total number of people who voted in 2016.

with two days of campaigning left, mr biden was joined by his former boss, barack 0bama, for a rally in the crucial swing state of michigan. president trump addressed cheering crowds in pennsylvania. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. we didn't go trick—or—treating last night but we did go pumpkin spotting. we could have gone full moon spotting as well. you could have done. my kids went pumpkin spotting. it wasn't the weather for it yesterday for some of you. rather wild scenes during the day. things could turn quotes tell me here again. after that slightly calmer speu again. after that slightly calmer spell of full moon spotting, it is back to more wind and more rain today. the strongest across the north and north—west of scotland, ridiculously late in the day. all because of this area of low pressure. it contains remnants of

hurricane zita. it stays further away from us than we saw from the storm system yesterday but links into the next developing area of low pressure. the rain comes in two bouts, one across northern england and scotland, light and patch a further south across england and wales. clearing up in northern ireland. some sunny spells. sunny spells developed elsewhere across the country through the morning but then we link back into more cloud increasing in northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and west wales will see the way —— rain return quite widely. it comes with a risk of flooding. to the south, brighter breaks, we could see 17-18 the south, brighter breaks, we could see 17—18 the high today. all across scotla nd 17—18 the high today. all across scotland and northern ireland. here the windiest conditions. we can see winds get close to gale force at times. up to 80 mph in scotland. the winners will re— strengthen wales and south—west england, touching 60 mph. it could be travel disruption as well. here was will slowly ease down tonight, fairly breezy across the southern half of the country with lots of cloud. another mild

night with outbreaks of rain. it could be one of the mildest november night on record. the north a different story, averages down into single figures. the cool air will put southwards as it gradually clears away from east anglia in the early morning. 0utbreaks clears away from east anglia in the early morning. outbreaks of rain in the morning. then brightest guys developing for most of you. there will be showers in northern and western scotland and into the south. northern ireland, northern england, wales project 20 of showers, some will be happy with hail and thunder. parts of north—east scotland, and east anglia should be clear and dry. all of us will be clear and dry. single figure temperatures across the northern half of the tadjer and mid—teens further south. breezy across other areas with winds touching gale force, up to six mph theo bongonda. i was were scotland and northern ireland. as we go through the rest of the week upgrade lottery day on tuesday, a few showers, high pressure starting to build on. things will gradually turn a little bit drier across the country. it will tone colder with

some morning frost and fog. a big change from the wild conditions we have had. nothing quite as wild as they have seen in the last 24 hours in the philippines. let me take you to the satellite. this is the strongest storm across the globe so far this year. 140 mile winds. a catastrophic storm, probably the strongest one to reach the country since hannah had back in 2016. oral conditions there. i am sure we will be hearing more about that of the next three days. but you both. thank you. thanks very much. it is 6:36am. time for a special programme now. americans will go to the polls in just two days to elect their president — and one of the crucial battlegrounds is arizona. the bbc‘s clive myrie travelled across the vast state to see what's dividing — and occasionally uniting — some of the voters there. music: this is america by childish gambino. america isn'tjust a place. it's an idea. and the enduring power of the american dream

is that it's universal. the craving for a better life. i'm the last mohican. donald trump said the dream was dying and he'd make america great again. i know that we will win! they want to rob you of your hope. but how great is america now as trump seeks re—election? the guy in the white house right now is crazier than a loon. welcome to arizona, america's backyard with mexico and a state threatening to swing to the democrats in the presidential election after backing donald trump in 2016. here, the issues of immigration... the worst of the worst is coming to this area... ..on race... the heart of people have held on to relics of the past. ..and covid—19. people dying here in the camp? yeah. yeah, every day. gunshot

# this is america #. they all highlight america's deep divide as voters choose between two very different visions for the country's future. i've been reporting from america for almost a quarter of a century. and i've never known it so divided. left and right, republican and democrat, consensus is fleeting. and when it comes to the fiery issue of illegal immigration and what to do about it, the gap between liberals and conservatives is as wide as the rio grande. but how best to protect what it means to be american? is an impregnable barrier a good option? build the wall! the biggest beneficiary maybe

happens to be arizona. that wall, how good is the wall? it is the iconic idea of trump's america. and this... cowboys and big skies, part of the iconography of america. all right, all right, guys, 0k. bill mcdonald's ranch in arizona is just a few miles from the border with mexico. illegal immigration and drug trafficking are live issues here, yet for him, a republican, billions spent on a border wall is a waste of money. people think, well, you build a wall, you've solved a problem. they've already got saws that cut through that wall. you can do it with technology and do it just as well. it's political, he made a promise, he was determined to keep it. he thought, if he kept it, he'd get re—elected. it's the only reason he does anything. i'm not crazy about everybody that crosses the border, but i'm not crazy about everybody that already lives here either. i mean, there are good people and bad people in all stripes. you can't characterise people by where they come from.

it takes a few hours to sort the calves for sale, headed for oklahoma. they'll never see their mothers again, but that's business. activists say over 500 children remain separated from theirfamilies... building a big wall was only part of the plan. critics in congress and human rights groups claimed migrants were being treated like cattle under donald trump's zero—tolerance child separation policy to deter illegal migration. eventually, his administration was forced to change course. but secure borders are a necessity. we saw drug cartel spotters across the wall in mexico, checking if the coast is clear to send over human mules. these ones went that way, so yesterday i followed these guys... tim foley often spots them too, videoing the mules camouflaged with their backpacks of drugs.

from his remote base in southern arizona, he leads a group of armed volunteers that patrols the border. is the wall making america great again? it's making it safer. tim represents a strain of american patriotism donald trump tapped into, giving up everything he knew in san francisco to come to arizona. why are you involved? what is it about this situation that gets you angry? i didn't trust the government or the media to tell the actual truth of what was going on. some apple sauce... but what is the truth? there's another group of volunteers on the border. they're from a charity that leaves water and food supplies for people crossing overfrom mexico, asylum seekers fleeing persecution and migrant families with children reaching for a better life. they also help families find relatives who've gone missing crossing the border. so, what are the kinds of things

that you come across on the trails? many times, we find remains, skeletal remains of border crossers. you also see clothes and abandoned shoes. you know, evidence of a person's life. so, you see wedding rings... you see love letters, a lot of rosaries, a lot of bibles. we also see cosmetic products thrown in the desert, deodorant, lipsticks, and you wonder why bring those artefacts along? and it's... many times, migrants want to leave meet their loved ones with, you know, smelling good and looking presentable after a long journey. in this one area, the remains of 181 people have been found this year. you see young...

young people, old people, you see everybody. and you see the families. the families just reach out to us, desperately looking for their loved one. it's an unimaginable pain and anguish. you have the waterjugs sitting over here... 0ften, gia and tim's worlds collide. and there's one thing they both agree on. what's the tattoo? one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. it's what i see is coming, it's... it's my view of the border. there is death all around. donald trump's wall speaks to us all. like a mirror, it reflects back to us our own values. but when it comes to race, america has always failed to really look itself in the eye, to understand its shortcomings.

and after november 3rd, we're not going to rest. because no matter who wins over there or out here, we have a lot of work to do... it's hard to steer a middle course in modern america. the loudest voices... the united states will never be a socialist nation. ..force the taking of sides. black lives matter! i cannot breathe! 0n race and discrimination, the conversation is insanely partisan and painfully deep. the unfortunate roots, the dark roots of our country, the dark side of our country is really starting to show itself. and that's because of this election because there's just so much divide right now, so much divisiveness, there's a lot of tension. i believe... the election comes amid a reawakening of black activism not seen since the 1960s.

i know that we will win! you know, we the people... and with a third of all american voters being non—white, how will these new civil rights foot soldiers cast potentially decisive ballots as they fight for a more equal and just america? and it hurt... we tried to reform the police after rodney king... bruce franks cuts the stillness of the evening in phoenix, arizona. the light is dimming but not the memory of those beaten or killed at the hands of police officers. his words are powerful poetic rage. ..those demands today because we are not going nowhere... he was arrested in august for taking part in a peaceful civil rights march. because he's innocent... and now he needs a protest outside the courthouse after the jailing and now he leads a protest outside the courthouse after the jailing

of another protester. when we fight, we're building our legacy. fighting a battle in a war where you'll never get to see the outcome but if i continue to fight, hopefully that passes along to my five kids. and if they continue to fight, it passes along to their kids. and it get to a point where maybe we can do you think the election will change anything? i think the election has the power to change a lot of things. i'm not doing cartwheels for either candidate. but i understand that it'sjust not about the candidates. we are voting on entire administrations. so, when we talk about change, we have the chance to change what our affordable housing looks like around the united states if we get somebody like cory booker as the hud secretary rather than ben carson.

we have the idea of changing what education looks like if we get somebody like elizabeth warren in there instead of betsy devos, right? we got the chance to change what criminaljustice looks like if we put mickey mouse in there rather than barr orjeff sessions. you know, we got the ability to change a lot of these judges who are appointed federally by the president throughout the united states, who perpetuate mass incarceration, who perpetuate all the problems with the systems where we know that disparity there, we know what the folks injail look like. we know where they come from. so, those are my hopes for the election. why are you doing this?! until then, this is what must be overcome. before george floyd in 2017, there was muhammad muhaymin

here in arizona. the unarmed black man died after being held down by four police officers, one of whom put his knee on his neck, for close to eight minutes. i cannot breathe! no one was disciplined. and you're only hearing about this case now because of the controversy over george floyd. and it was in this area where he was pinned down and was clearly heard to say, "i can't breathe." he knows that his life is about to be taken from him and he knows... jazlyn is 21 and part of a new younger breed of civil rights activist spurred by the urgency of the moment. it makes me feel like my life can be taken at any given time just because i have brown skin because i'm black. just because i have brown skin, because i'm black. because since i was a little girl, i've seen the way black people in america and just all over the world are treated, it's a really unsettling state of mind to live in.

please do your research, please don't be discouraged... and that psychological distress, central to the black american experience will be tolerated no more. use your voice or your fingers for your typing to create change. that's important. not far away, a reunion. a proud father embraces a relieved son who is fresh out ofjail. his name is percy christian, he is 27. jail is a place where they want to rob you of your hope... the subject of the courthouse protest to get him freed. he served seven days arrested during a demonstration against police violence. i'm willing to do whatever it takes. i'm willing to put my life on the line to bring awareness to the issue. and that's that police brutality is real. that's that our police system is up

and designed to hold a certain group of individuals back — and that is my people. and what are the dreams of the father, a pastor having seen his son fight the same battles he fought years ago? why has it taken so long? because the hearts of people have held on to relics of the past that remind them of the system that they want it to hold onto. remind them of the system that they wanted to hold onto. recently in our nation the confederate flag became a issue again. and you ask yourself the question and this is another thing. why are there people in this nation determined to hold on to an emblem of something that represents hatred and slavery? the battle hasn't changed. but the playing field has changed,

the platform has changed, the process has changed. what has happened is that there is a denial of the reality that people of colour experience in this nation. and so, we are proud of our son. i would not be ok if he decided to shrink back. he can't shrink back now. gentle tales of african—american manhood rarely reported but they are the norm. and while both the candidates for president say they want to banish racial injustice, bruce franks says he will not wait for others to act. his own son's future is on the line. i want a lot of the things that's happened with police when you talk about police and black men,

black women, i don't want that affecting him although we know it is inevitable, right? ijust got to make sure he's equipped for it and he ready for it. i'm not fearful because i teach him how to love and what love is and how to have love for his people. while many african—americans feel marginalised, perhaps no community is more on the fringes of society than the native americans. and their battle, their trials with covid—19, the pre—eminent election issue is revealing of an america that many believe has lost its way.

in our culture, as a navajo, as a native american, it's something we're not supposed to even do to deal with death. but dealing with death is michael begay‘s calling in the worst corner of the worst country for covid—19. with covid patients we normally don't embalm, we usually just keep them in the body bag. an undertaker, he prepares bodies for burial on the navajo lands of northern arizona. numbers are going up again so we are preparing for another influx of bodies. living in the largest of the native american territories, the navajo have suffered more coronavirus deaths per head of population than any of the 50 states of the union, many hundreds of people.

there was that point when i went into our storage unit and i just saw all those bodies laying there and i knew two of them. it was a hard time for me. knowing that those people are laying there, people that i know, and they are here because of covid, it was heartbreaking. and a good friend of mine, his son died of covid. and i have known him since he was a little boy. and i got the phone call, i was talking to him on the phone and ijust told him, "i can't imagine what you're going through." i have known him since he was a child. and we both cried on the phone together.

americans say their land is blessed by god. now, it's cursed by covid—19. and there is seemingly no clear strategy to end its hold on the land. navajo nation is one of the poorest parts of america and mask mandates and curfews were introduced early in the pandemic. but the virus had already taken hold and with few health care facilities, many were left at covid's mercy. but that's the american story. that despite its untold riches, millions always a struggle. this is tent city in phoenix. thousands homeless, someone losing theirjobs due to the pandemic are now losing their lives. meet james wright. he is 62.

pity would be no more if we didn't make someone poor. social distancing is tough in tent city. # macho, macho man..#. it's tough here, too, at this trump rally. but why? thank you, thank you, what a crowd! we scrupulously kept our distance and wore masks at this gathering in tucson. but in this deeply polarised country, wearing or not wearing a face covering has become a political statement. this is chris and his family. so, do you enjoy the atmosphere at the rally yesterday? we did. but the pandemic is still out there. that didn't worry you, being

with all those people yesterday? no. it didn't bother me one bit. if donald trump said everyone should wear a mask, he is following the science, you would do it? reluctantly i would, probably. do you think it is un—american to be forced to wear a mask? i do. i think it's un—american to force anybody to do something that — there is no medical reason if you are not sick. there has been a conflict in all of us during this time and perhaps more so here in the land of the free. individualism versus collective responsibility. it is part of our culture, to take care of each other. it is always the natives that are wearing masks and you see that and a lot of non—natives are not that diligent but we as a people are.

so, this is really at the start of covid, we opened this area here. in navajo nation, they had to build a new cemetery to take all the dead. and this is one of your close friends? covid is why he is laying here. i always think it shouldn't have happened. the presidential election is above all a referendum on donald trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and arizona's vote can swing the result — it is america in miniature with extremes of landscape and temperature, poverty and wealth. and the people we encountered on ourjourney across the state represent all that is american. kindness, generosity, determination, and grit. this country's leader has a duty to represent everyone, not cherry pick and that means understanding the patchwork of cultures and ideas and ethnicities that make up

this great nation. and the sensibilities of those on the right and the left. the winner of the presidential election will be the candidate who understands that focusing on what unites rather than divides is all that really matters. guiding this country to a better shore reachable from here.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and roger johnson. 0ur headlines today: a second national lockdown

in england to last for a month. it comes in response to fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals. i'm afraid, from thursday, the basic message is the same — stay at home, protect the nhs, and save lives. as infections surge, the total number of positive cases in the uk has now passed 1 million. the prevalence of this disease has been going up extremely rapidly over the last few weeks. the furlough scheme has been extended across the uk until december to support workers who are affected by the new measures. bond, james bond. tributes to sir sean connery — the originaljames bond. good morning. "we're just getting started". england captain 0wen farrell praises his side after winning the six nations. it went down to the last day, but a bonus point victory

against italy gave england the title after france and ireland failed to catch them. and it's another day of strong winds with rain at times across the uk today, but there is something quieter on the horizon. join me for the details here on breakfast. it's sunday the 1st of november. good morning. our top story: england is to face a new lockdown, starting on thursday and scheduled to last a month,after borisjohnson announced he needs to take action to prevent the nhs being overwhelmed by cases of the coronavirus. under the lockdown, restaurants and pubs will close, but takeaways and deliveries will be allowed. all non—essential retail will shut, but supermarkets are to stay open. mixing with other households inside homes, or in private gardens, will be banned — except for childcare and other forms of support. and unlike the first lockdown, schools, colleges and universities will stay open. travel will be discouraged, except for work. with more details, here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake.

dreary weather and dire warnings set the scene for what, in the end, seemed inevitable. a national lockdown for england, the prime minister said, was now the only option. we've got to be humble in the face of nature and in this country, alas, as across much of europe, the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst—case scenario and so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative. the last resort had become the only way forward, he argued, and, in a matter of days, tough measures would be imposed, severely limiting people's lives. we will get through this. but we must act now to contain this autumn surge. we're not going back to the full—scale lockdown of march and april, but, i'm afraid, from thursday the basic message is the same — stay at home,

protect the nhs, and save lives. the decision marks a complete change in the government's approach. some had argued it should have come sooner, but yesterday acknowledged there were no easy options. the idea that there is some perfect time to act is a complete misapprehension. there is basically no perfect time and there are no good solutions. mps will vote on the plans this week. some conservatives don't want another lockdown. labour said it would support the measures, but that ministers should have acted sooner. the lockdown will be longer, it'll be harder, and there's a human cost that'll be very, very real. now, there's no denying these measures are necessary and i'm glad that the government has finally taken the decision that it should have taken weeks ago. this is a move borisjohnson didn't want to make, but the reality of rising cases forced him to act. his hope will be that

in four weeks' time, the outlook is brighter. jonathan blake, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is back on downing street for us this morning. we had the announcement from the prime minister yesterday but he has to get mps on board and there will bea to get mps on board and there will be a vote late in the week. there will, yes. mps will be back from recess and they will vote on them. as you heard thatjonathan ‘s report, labour will support these proposals which in their view should have happened weeks ago. there are some conservative mps that are really unhappy about the prospect of a second lockdown. they think it will be too destructive for the economy and they want to know what the endgame is. how do you get out it in the end? there is a lot of unhappiness there. it's worth remembering that while we might be used now to the government setting more restrictions on our daily lives, to be in a position where the government is telling you when you can and can't leave your house, that isa can and can't leave your house, that is a massive, massive deal. some mps

will so you have to make a really compelling case for that to happen. borisjohnson compelling case for that to happen. boris johnson clearly compelling case for that to happen. borisjohnson clearly believes that the case is there through that projection of the death numbers yesterday and he said it was to prevent a medical and moral disaster. in terms of convincing his mps, we saw him invite one of the leading lockdown sceptics into downing street essay with a scientist to look at the data. he has promised tory mps they can look at the data too. there is a lot of angen at the data too. there is a lot of anger, apart from lockdown itself, around the handling and communication of this. it all leads toa communication of this. it all leads to a pretty spiky few days for boris johnson. thanks, helen. so why has the government chosen to act now? the latest figures show there were just under 22,000 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, taking the total number of uk cases to more than a million. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week isjust over 22,500. and 326 deaths were sadly reported yesterday. that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week 259 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number of deaths

across the uk to more than 46,500. let's have a reminder of the restrictions in place in the rest of the uk.wales is around halfway through a 17—day lockdown, with people only allowed to leave their homes for limited reasons. it's currently set to finish next monday. in scotland, a new five level system of restrictions for tackling the virus will come into force tomorrow and first minister nicola sturgeon has urged against non—essential travel to england. northern ireland's first minister arlene foster has said the current tighter restrictions there will end, as planned, on the 13th of november. that's a week on friday. pubs and restaurants there are closed. schools have been shut for two weeks but they will re—open on monday.

a number of people seen today is not confusing you just need to know the rules where you live. if you live in whichever part of the country, know the rules where you live and don't worry about anyone else. and the tea rs worry about anyone else. and the tears around, which may help simplify things. —— tiers are out. the government's furlough scheme, which was going to end yesterday, is being extended for a month. it covers 80% of the salaries of employees who are unable to work. our business correspondent katy austin reports on what it all means for businesses and the self—employed. this was the zim braai restaurant in bournemouth in august, busy with eat out to help out diners. from thursday, it will, alongside all other pubs and restaurants in england, have to close for a month and, once again, put staff on furlough. a lot of businesses didn't — onlyjust came out of this, you know, this last lockdown. a lot of businesses won't come out of the second lockdown. furlough will help the employees, it will not save businesses. there will need to be more grants, vat, rates.

the furlough scheme had already cost £40 billion. it's difficult to tell just yet what the cost of this extra month will be, but, again, it's likely to run into the billions. for businesses in england which are legally forced to close, there will be grants worth a two £3000. mortgage holidays for homeowners are also being extended. there hasn't been additional support announced for the self—employed above two further winter grants from today that were previously announced. but helena, who started her ice cream business in cardiff in august last year, says she's among those who haven't been entitled to any financial help so far and still won't be. all of my scheduled work was cancelled and i've lost an entire peak season because ice cream is very much a seasonal business. so it's been an incredibly worrying time for me and, of course, i don't know if or when i'll be allowed to return to work properly again. a more severe lockdown,

something like we saw back in the first part of this year, will mean that millions of self—employed people cannot work at all. they are not going to be able to survive on the 40% figure that's being offered at the moment, and we would urge the government to look at that very closely. a treasury spokesperson said the amount of profits covered by the self—employed grant had been increased from 20% to 40% and that unlike the furlough scheme it provided three months of support. katy austin, bbc news. teaching unions in england say schools urgently need new safety measures if they are to stay open through the lockdown. the national education union, which represents classroom teachers, said it would be better if schools closed again and then re—opened on what it calls a rota system. this year's us presidential election is on course for a record turnout, with more than 90 million americans voting early. that's two—thirds of the total number of people who voted in 2016. with two days of campaigning left, president trump addressed cheering crowds in pennsylvania, whilejoe biden was joined by his former boss, barack 0bama,

for a rally in the crucial swing state of michigan. and it is 11 minutes past seven. timeframe bit of weather. it has been blustery out and about the country. there was a moon to shed a bit of light on things yesterday, matt. there was. a little sense of calm amongst a stormy weekend for some. thank you, rachel. good morning to you. lumen for last night. it was the second of the month. you don't forget two full in one month. as i said, come before wet and windy weather arrives for today. heavy rain across the country into the start of the morning. winds continue to strengthen throughout as well. that could cause travel disruption later, particularly to the north and west of scotland. it is due to this area of low pressure that can change the remnants of

hurricane zita. storm aidan was with us yesterday and is now towards iceland. it links to was another weather system. while we have rain at the moment extensively across scotland, northern england, patchy rain and drizzle for england and wales, things turning dry for a time but more rain waiting in the winds. sunshine will develop through the morning and some sunshine will continue across eastern areas of the afternoon. lots of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern west wales, this is where we will see the weather is whether through the day. tickly in the hills. minorflooding possible. miles with breaks in the cloud was east anglia the south—east, 17—18 may be high. fresher than yesterday to the north and west. it is here we see some of the strongest of the winds. anyone of us can see winds at gale force today. 70—8 e—mail gusts into the evening across the islands of scotland. up to 60 mild per hour towards the south—west. windy in the southern areas, cloud and further outbreaks of rain. that will keep the temperatures up. one of the

mildest november night on record we expect, 16 degrees potentially in london and the south—east into the morning. colderfurther north london and the south—east into the morning. colder further north as winds fall lighter. into monday with cold air across scotland and northern ireland to be. that will push south and east as the weather front clears. 20 of cloud, rain, drizzle across east anglia the south—east the start of monday morning before the sunshine arose and think stay dry into the afternoon. elsewhere, sunshine and showers on monday. showers most frequent in western and southern ireland, northern ireland, northern england, through wales, could be happy with hail and thunder. all of us cooler than we have seen this weekend. around 8—9 the highs across scotland and northern ireland, maybe 13 in the south—east corner. as across southern areas with strong swings will be on monday, touching up to 50 mph in places. as we go through the rest of the week and looks like things are going to come down, high pressure eventually pushes its way in. after one area of low pressure after another we will see winds slowly

start to ease through the first part of next week. more of you will become dry. but through the week it will become colder and we will see the other side of autumn with a return of overnight frost and also some morning dense fog patches. a change from the wild and windy weather of the change from the wild and windy weather of the weekend. change from the wild and windy weather of the weekend. rachel, roger, backed you both. looks like proper autumnal, winter weather on the way. the other side of autumn from this one. natasic. thank you. a glimpse of blue sky. we will take that definitely, this morning. throughout today's programme we're bringing you reaction to the new national lockdown for england, which is due to start on thursday, after a commons vote on wednesday. we're joined now by the conservative mp chris green, who resigned from his government post last month in protest over local lockdown measures.

do you think the prime minister had any other choice given the numbers of the scientists were presenting him? you need to look at the balance. covid is serious and we need to react. it can impact physical and mental health during a lockdown. also on the economy. we also have to think about education, not just the disruption also have to think about education, notjust the disruption but in the coming six months, there will be additional destruction and this is a rolling programme and also this is... chris green, i am sorry to interrupt it but your sound quality

is not great. i wonder if you could move a bit closer to your laptop or whatever it is you're using so we can hear what you are saying. i got the sense of your reservations but when you look in particular at the hospitalisation rate causing great concern at the moment, right across the modelling, from the more extreme to the less extreme, they are talking about the nhs being overwhelmed. nurses and doctors will have to make decisions about whether to treat covid patient and not covid patient. given you note to three was not working in bolton, was that any choice other than to lockdown completely? the liverpool and it was

already working. it was only just introduce i had not had time to fail. we are hearing projections in terms of the wider health concerns. since the pandemic peak months ago, the national health service understands covid better than before and is in a far better position to protect it so i am concerned sometimes about the projections into the future because they have not had a great record. we will have to leave it that and we will talk to a scientist later on about the numbers around this. we can give some context into different grass we saw yesterday. we are going to speak to someone from the labour party and hopefully the sound quality will be better.

labour leader sir keir starmer has indicated his party will support the lockdown measures in a commons vote on wednesday, although he said the government should have imposed one sooner. let's speak now to the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth. thank you for your time. did the prime minister have any other options? no, he did not. he should have done it sooner. he's expert scientists advised him to do it on the 21st of september. we looked at the 21st of september. we looked at the evidence and offered to work with him in the national interest and introduce a short time—limited circuit break back in early october. he doctors back. he said it was not a sensible policy and ridiculed us. meanwhile, death rates continue to climb. hospital beds continue to feel, ventilation beds continue to get worryingly built up as well and the prime minister has now been forced to act. we are pleased that he has currently acted but i am just so sad that we have had weeks of

debtorfrom the prime minister which has made people have lost their lives and become critically ill. from an economic point of view, you welcome the fact that the fellow scheme has been extended for a month? —— furlough. scheme has been extended for a month? -- furlough. ten days ago we we re month? -- furlough. ten days ago we were having an argument to extend the furlough scheme in parts of the north and i am pleased that they have now been swayed by our arguments. why it did not happen in manchester earlier is quite insulting. we also need a package to make sure that those who need mental health get it. i understand that lockdown is not easy at all and they have huge implications, mental

health implications but given where we are in the virus, it is necessary now to have a lockdown. is it a strict enough lockdown? we know this time that schools and colleges and universities will remain open. time that schools and colleges and universities will remain openlj think we need to keep our children in school. the long—term problems of keeping children out of school, for the personal development and health, i think children not being in school has devastating consequences and the long—term for children so it is right we keep them in school. when sir keir starmer cold for two week circuit break at the beginning of 0ctober, were going to use that school half term. boris johnson rejected that advisedly should have excepted it because it would have been easy have done that lockdown.

do you think a month will be long enough to bring the rates down in england? the rates will start coming down now when the lockdown comes in because that is how lockdown is work but the government will have to review this. —— lockdown. we will have to see. what would you do, obviously the economy will take another strong hit, notwithstanding the measures like furlough in place. we have to support businesses, cover wages, support people with their rent and mortgages to get through this... presumably you would welcome the measures? they are important measures but we cannot waste these

four weeks. a lockdown buys you time. when we come out of this lockdown we have to have a better track and tracing system. we have seen stories four weeks and weeks of the system has not worked properly. the have to fix that. there are new testing, we have universities across the country developing new testing techniques which are really effective. we need to roll those out so more people can get tested on a regular basis so we have to use these four weeks, it buys this time so when we come out, it can protect us from the months ahead. you will support the government in trying to achieve that? we are all in this together. we have a national interest in ensuring this work which is why we supported lockdown. it should have been done sooner. boris johnson should have accepted the

advice of the scientists in september, rejected our advice in 0ctober september, rejected our advice in october but we are we are and we have to support this lockdown and the government have to use this time wisely to fix the test and tracing. thank you for talking to us this morning, jonathan ashworth. it was another tough day for business yesterday as the prime minister announced that non—essential shops and services in england will have to close from thursday, as they did during the first lockdown. but at the same time, he extended the furlough scheme, which was due to end yesterday, until december. let's speak to two business owners now. richard strongman owns a wholesale food supplier and femi latif runs a beauty salon. i wonder how you are both feeling as we move into this second lock down. good morning. it is a bit of a devastating blow yesterday, actually. i think we saw it coming

but it is obviously a bit of a body blow for the hospitality industry and that in turn affects us as a wholesaler. we depend on hospitality for around 80% of our trade and the other 20% is care homes and hospitals, schools and we need the hospitality tray to help balance off our cost base that we can continue to support the public sector account that we have. this is a big body blow. obviously, we welcome the extension of the furlough scheme although if i am honest with you, for the hospitality and wholesale sectors, i believe you need to go to the end of the first quarter, april 2021 to give us a fighting chance. you the furlough scheme needs to be extended beyond the beginning of december? i would definitely agree because i am just so pleased that

they have extended it but we need they have extended it but we need the extension. it is true of hospitality and business like yours, every month is not the same. moving up every month is not the same. moving up to december, it is the busiest time. have your stuff been anxious about the prospect of another lockdown? we had the numbers lockdown? we had the numbers lockdown anyway and we have been anxious. we have been open since mid september and we kind of got into the swing of the new normal and so eve ryo ne the swing of the new normal and so everyone is very anxious but we're trying to keep positive and to keep the business going as well as we can. are you confident you will be able to keep the business going? with the furlough and i am hoping there will be some local grants available, keeping our fingers

crossed, we are an established business, we have been in business for over 30 years so i am really hoping we can at least stay on sta ble hoping we can at least stay on stable ground. richard, your business is a wholesale food business. how difficult has it been for you so far and how worried are you for the next four weeks?m for you so far and how worried are you for the next four weeks? it has been incredibly hard, actually. when the first lockdown came around, we lost 85% of our trade overnight. we started offering a home delivery service quickly which helped a little bit. we were kind of hoping we would be waiting and holding position, really, waiting for some kind of government support aimed at wholesale but that has not been forthcoming. while the government has forthcoming. while the government ha s offe re d forthcoming. while the government has offered rents relative to retail and to retail multiples, the supermarkets, and the hospitality

sector, it is not extended that relief to wholesalers. re— mobilising, we have had to put people on furlough and have had to make some redundancies and once the lockdown happened, it was incredibly hard. we're just getting back to speak now and we have now been dealt another hit. with brexit in the background, we really need british businesses to be robust during the period of the next few months. do you see any long—term impact on the supply change as a result of these disruptions? absolutely. as a result of the lockdown, a lot of manufacturing has stopped production. a lot of things became unavailable in fact and they are just starting to come through now. we're going to have a lot of problems as we look at brexit and we are in the process of stock build

preparation for brexit but we by products with note trade facility so it is absolutely impossible to plan and knowing what to do. we wish you well. thank you for talking to us, richard strongman and femi latif, we wish you and your staff well. we will talk to one of the members of sage involved in the modelling and all the drafts we were watching yesterday. and also an extended edition of the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9 o'clock this morning. let's find out what he has in store. andrew, plenty to talk about today. it is an extraordinarily interesting and fascinating morning. i'm going to bejoint and fascinating morning. i'm going to be joint cabinet and fascinating morning. i'm going to bejoint cabinet minister and fascinating morning. i'm going to be joint cabinet minister michael gove, and leader of the opposition sir keir starmer and a senior

government adviser and claremont bone, france's. .. europe government adviser and claremont bone, france's... europe ministerto talk about the terrorist attack, coronavirus and brexit. a very busy hour and coronavirus and brexit. a very busy hourand a coronavirus and brexit. a very busy hour and a bit. you're watching bbc breakfast. coming up in the next half—hour: we'll talk to the actor brian cox about the life and career of the fellow scot who inspired him to take up acting — sir sean connery. stay with us, headlines coming up.

hello. this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. england is set to go into a second lockdown on thursday as the number of coronavirus infections continue to rise. the prime minister made the announcement after seeing new data which shows covid—19 is spreading faster and wider than was feared even in the official ‘worst—case scenario' prediction. mike tildesely is part of the group which tries to predict how the virus will spread. he joins us from coventry.

mike, the advice you give feeds into sage which advised the government. my sage which advised the government. my guess you are speaking to us in a personal capacity this morning, do you think the prime minister had any alternative than to do what he is doing now in england? well, i think i will say it's pretty clear, sadly, that the system that was in place, this tiered system, the early data was suggested wasn't bringing the letter r number less than one even in the tier three areas. the real concern was if there wasn't more action taken we would find ourselves in the next 4— six weeks where most of the country would have advanced into tier two or tier three. it is important to state there is no ideal policy at this point. any policy we put in place is damaging from one perspective or another. so this kind of lockdown is by no means an ideal

strategy, but i think it was really clear more action wasn't taken we we re clear more action wasn't taken we were going to start to see hospitalisations go up and sadly that's go up and a really consenting way as we approach the winter months. when you say it's not ideal, was of the best available strategy to follow now? i would say is probably the best of a whole bunch of nonideal strategies, shall we say, we know lockdown is economically damaging and affects people's mental health and well—being, but the real concern was if we didn't take action, as i said, we will start to see the nhs coming under real threat and that was the real concern. so at least one thing is that if this measures put in for a short period of time, which of course they understand it will be, you can argue whether forex is a short period of time, of course, a fixed term, then hopefully we can get people to buy into that, we can get people to buy into that, we can get adherence levels as high as possible because the key thing now is we need to bring me letter r number below one so we can hopefully

have some levels of relaxation as we start to approach the festive season. is four long enough? well, it really depends how severe we are in terms of how we managed to bring the r number below one. that is crucial. i would said the big uncertainty here is what is going to happen with schools and universities because we know they are remaining open. i've personally feel, and i have said all along when they have done media interviews, that we should do everything we can to keep children in school as long as possible and i do absolutely stand by that. but that is a big uncertainty, with schools and universities remaining open we're not quite sure how much we will be able to bring the are level down. hopefully if adherence is high enough elsewhere we will get a below one and that four weeks will be sufficient to buy us some time. the key thing now is, of course, we need to use that time effectively. we need to start building up test and traces so we can get that working as effectively as possible when the circuit breaker is lifted. some of the modelling that you did suggested

perhaps as many as 4000 deaths a day, which is way, way higher than during the first wave. was that a realistic worst—case or were you just extrapolating to something that, in all likelihood, would not have happened. i will say, the thing with his realistic worst—case scenarios, they are never meant as addictions. they always meant as scenarios to allow the nhs to prepare and allow the government to prepare and allow the government to prepare for a worst—case scenario. of course, what is concerning as if we go back and we look at what has happened, our trajectory in the last few weeks, and how that compares with the worst—case scenarios, it was really concerning. the cases we re was really concerning. the cases were rising in a way that was exceeding those predictions. so it's very difficult to say if we had done nothing whether we would have got to those figures as we were approaching early december, but i think it was pretty clear that cases were rising,

hospitalisations were rising, and debts, sadly, were rising. so action was needed. and when you remodel?” will say, these models are being involved all the time. obviously we're getting more in every day. and, of course, as we get in more data the model predictions become more robust. it's really important that as more up—to—date data become available we keep rerunning our models and we keep using them to provide advice regarding what the next steps will be in order to try to control the disease. the government has always said it is following the signs. having said that, some of the scientific advice backin that, some of the scientific advice back in september was to institute a circuit breaker. should this have been done sooner? what i will say is it isa been done sooner? what i will say is it is a key tenet of infectious diseases, if you know that you need to induce —— produce a control policy it will be most effective if you do it as soon as possible. —— introduced. so as we were seeing cases rising in a concerning weight

there was a big push to say we need to do some kind of circuit breaker now. that is the key thing. in a way what you need to do is you need to act slightly before it becomes a really significant problem, particularly with covid because we know the slide, we know there are about 14 days before we start to see evidence of any control policy working. ina evidence of any control policy working. in a way, the sooner the better. i don't want to look back and say they should have done it earlier. at least this measure is in place now and what we need to do now is ensure we get high levels of adherence from the public so that the measure that will be a place in the measure that will be a place in the coming days really does have an effect. mike tildesely, thank you very much for talking to us this morning. we are talking of course about england. that's where this lockdown is. because the wealth government, northern ireland, scotla nd government, northern ireland, scotland have their own particular plans at the moment. the welsh government has said it won't change its coronavirus plans — that's in response to yesterday's announcement for a lockdown in england. wales is halfway through its own two—week lockdown, the so—called firebreak, with restrictions set to end next monday.

the welsh health minister vaughan gething joins us now from cardiff. good morning. can ijust ask you first of all is there any indication that your fire break is actually working, having an impact, yet? no, we have been really clear that we would not see the impacts on figures until we get to the end of the fire break period and beyond it as well, to really see if it has worked in reducing the r number. much as you have just heard from your contributor. there is lag between intervening and when you see action ta ke intervening and when you see action take place. that should not you have an input on the number of new cases after the fire break and is we will then see a period of time after that then see a period of time after that the impact on the death rates. u nfortu nately, we the impact on the death rates. unfortunately, we do expect to see high numbers of new cases being confirmed and a little beyond. even more sadly we expect to see the death numbers continue to rise for some time as well. given that that's the case, is it going to feel

slightly strange when england is in this relatively strict lockdown period now for wales to come out of their own fire break after just two weeks? is there any sense you might rethink that? no, we have been really clear. we were clear at the outset, there is a large amount of mistrust present in what governments are doing. we were very clear that a short and deep fire break would have an impact that we would see after the fire break ends. we committed that the fire break would end on monday the ninth of november and it will do. as you'vejust monday the ninth of november and it will do. as you've just heard, acting earlier rather than later is acting earlier rather than later is a better approach. that's what we chose to do because we saw the same sort of grafts in wales that patrick bell is outlined yesterday with increasing curve going into significant exponential growth and thatis significant exponential growth and that is why we chose to act. for us, we do need to understand what the choices in england mean, especially around fellow because, of course,

some businesses will have choices about letting workers go before the change ina about letting workers go before the change in a fellow policy —— fellow. we need to know what that will mean for welsh businesses and workers. many welsh businesses rely on trade with other groups, customers, and companies in england. a guess that is true in many parts of the uk as well, other areas that have been subject to tier three restrictions a nyway subject to tier three restrictions anyway will be making similar arguments —— i guess. in terms of that, then, you must get some reassurance from the extension of the furlough scheme that it will be of help to people and businesses in wales. we welcome the fact that furlough has been extended. it is disappointing that wendy wells fire break disappointing that wendy wells fire b rea k syste m disappointing that wendy wells fire break system was introduced and there were conversations with the uk treasury we were told it was impossible to increase, extend, or change the way the financial support was working. the decision in england has now been made and out has had a

consequence for the whole uk in the treasury is prepared just forjobs and businesses. so we were told things won't possible, it is now clear that they are. that's good news for welsh businesses for now but there is that period of uncertainty. all of this is about saving lives and livelihoods. which is why we chose to act earlier, because we could see the exponential growth needs to be interrupted. what i hope the decision in england will do and every part of the uk, and obviously so here in wales, is to change the nature of our public debates around the significance of the threat of coronavirus and the reality we can all play our part and need to play our part to reduce the harm that is causing and i hope the sharp and diverse of rhetoric will calm down between ourselves and political opponents. crosstalk. i want come back to that. you will be well aware of some of the scepticism around the debate about how the virus to be managed at the moment. it was interesting to hear

mike talk about adherence levels and it was absolutely key. if people are not going to stick to the rules. what has it been like in wales? have you carry the public with you? yes, we have had data and conversations with police forces showing high levels of support for the way the measures are being introduced and the way people are behaving. we can also see from some of the data we have published and made available publicly that people are significantly reducing their journeys and their movements, so the stay—at—home message here in wales has been effect and has been widely supported. i'm really grateful to every member of the public who has been doing their part to support not just the fire break but this great national effort we are engaged in to try to contain and control the damage that coronavirus is causing crosstalk. will you be telling people not to cross the border with england in a week's time when you're fire break ends? well, yes, i think the english decision means that travel isn't

going to be normal. so travel for work only and travel for those specific reasons like healthcare, travel in both directions across the england — wales border. but the restrictions as we understand it will mean that normal travel won't be possible into england because of their four week decision. can i ask you, time is against us, crosstalk. they do want to ask you about co—ordination across the united kingdom, which i know you have been calling for, particularly as we head towards christmas. you get a strong indication, the prime minister reference to sa, you get there —— strong indication there will be a uk wide procedure in place concerning travel around the whole uk? well, it would be preferable for all four governments to say we want to have this conversation publicly but to have it, of course, directly with each other. we understand that there is likely to be more engagement and we do look forward to that. even if we do look forward to that. even if

we disagree on matters, we can take a much better decision in serving the public and understanding if there is a difference and trying to reach us, in a position as possible. i think that is what people expect and that is what we have been calling for some time, as you have heard. thank you very much. vaughan gething, the welsh minister for health and social services. let's catch up on the spot. talking by let's catch up on the spot. talking rugby and a dramatic finale to a rather delayed six nations. rugby and a dramatic finale to a rather delayed six nationsm rugby and a dramatic finale to a rather delayed six nations. it was both the wait for england at least. —— worth the wait. after a seven—month wait, england have won this year's six nations championship, their third title in five years, in what proved to be an exciting final day, with three countries still in with a chance of lifting the title. england put the pressure on ireland and france with a bonus point victory over italy. they achieved that with tom curry

running in the all important fourth try in a 34 —5 victory in rome. that meant ireland needed a bonus point victory against france if they were to take the title; while france needed to win by 31 points to be in with a chance of snatching the tournament from england. france did get the bonus point victory, 35—27, but it wasn't enough and it was england who were crowned champions on points difference. the squad were watching on from rome and say there's more to come. we have all been here, we have been in camp working hard to improve and hopefully you will see that when we get out on the field. it feels like we're getting started. we have four new caps today, jamie got his 50th, ben got his 100th. we have a blend of experience and youth to drive us forward. being involved in training over the past few weeks is shown that for us and looking forward to what is in front of us as well. elsewhere, it was a land mark day

for wales captain alun wynjones who won a record 149th international test cap, but he couldn't mark the milestone with a victory, as scotland ran out 14—10 winners. it's the first time in 18 years scotland have won in wales. the premier league and other elite sport can continue behind closed doors during the new four—week national lockdown in england, according to the culture secretary oliver dowden. however, it's not clear how grassroots and amateur sport will be affected. last night, liverpool moved back to the top of the premier league after coming from behind to beat west ham 2—1. substitute diogojota got the winner with just five minutes to go at anfield, the third successive game he's scored in. west ham had taken an early lead, before mohamad salah levelled from the penalty spot. manchester city and chelsea also won yesterday. there was a scottish cup semi—final thriller as championship side hearts scored an added time penalty winner against edinburgh rivals hibs. liam boyce scoring the decisive spot kick to make it 2—1. that came just a few minutes after hibs had missed a penalty of their own.

hearts through to the final for a second consecutive year. everton and manchester city go head to head in the women's fa cup final at wembley this afternoon. it's going to be a surreal occasion for chloe kelly. she signed for city in the summer having already played for everton in the early rounds of the competition last season, but the covid break means she's not cup—tied for the delayed final. lewis hamilton will look to extend his record of 92 grand prix wins today, but first he'll have to find a way past mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas, who starts on pole for this afternoon's emilia romagna grand prix. the finn edged out hamilton, with red bull's max verstappen third quickest. mercedes could win a seventh consecutive constructors' title at imola today, which is hosting it's first race in 14 years. britain's derek chisora was beaten unanimously on points by 0leksandr usyk in their heavyweight bout in london last night.

victory means usyk remains the mandatory challenger for anthonyjoshua's wbo title, who was watching ringside. and despite going toe to toe for 12 rounds in the ring, chisora and usyk shared a post—match takeaway after the fight. i would imagine, iwould imagine, after all i would imagine, after all that grilled chicken, that berger would have tasted good. we're remembering sir sean connery this morning. his death, at the age of 90, was announced yesterday. in a moment we will speak to two actors who knew him well but first let's take a moment to look back at his extraordinary career.

bond. james bond. a martini, shaken not stirred. it may be your last. do you expect me to talk?” not stirred. it may be your last. do you expect me to talk? i expect you to die. are you fishing? no, i am just looking. i have hardly ashamed forgetting you killed instead of getting you home like you deserve to. can you forgive me? if he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. to. can you forgive me? if he pulls a knife, you pulla gun. he to. can you forgive me? if he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. he sends one of yours to the hospital, you sent one of his to the mould. that is the chicago way. ——to the morgue.

i must be dreaming. well, i am pleased to say we are joined now by valerie leon, who starred in two james bond films, the spy who loved me with roger moore, and in never say never again with sir sean connery, and by the actor brian cox who is in new york this morning. welcome to you both. like many of us, you knew him well but grew up watching him?” like many of us, you knew him well but grew up watching him? i did not know sean well, one was in awe of him. i met him on several occasions. it may be quite specious because it could be quite taciturn. —— speechless. you thought, wow. but

for the people of scotland, he was such an icon. he represented a kind of independent man because in the 50s and 60s is when he came out. he represented so much and meant so much, particularly to the people of my country. valerie, you appeared in james bond films with him. what was he like to work with? first of all, it was a privilege to work with him and very special, really. my girlfriends thought it was the best movie of my career. particularly because i had a bed scene with him

as well. he was very much a perfectionist, an extraordinary man. fa ntastically perfectionist, an extraordinary man. fantastically handsome man. he really was. i suppose he was one of scotland's best exports. tell us about his background and upbringing. he came from fountain bridge in edinburgh. famously a milkman before becoming an actor and competed for mr universe but he was also a coffin polisher. he did everything. he delivered the milk, polished the coffins. they used to say about sean that he is pure fountain bridge. he

was acknowledged his roots and was faithful and that is what made him so unique and that is why people identified with him and saw him as an icon because he did represent working—class men of scotland. the other thing about sean that people forget is that, james bond was the icing on the cake, but he had played so many roles on television. i remember seeing him in the age of kings, and also his debut, taking overforjack palance, kings, and also his debut, taking over forjack palance, a kings, and also his debut, taking overforjack palance, a real kings, and also his debut, taking over forjack palance, a real heavy weight. this was all before james bond. the other work that sean indeed, his acting was incredibly good. he was a marvellous actor. particularly when i think of the man

who would be king. a wonderful performance or the heel, which is my favourite performers. —— sean. performance or the heel, which is my favourite performers. -- sean. he was not trained as an actor. that was not trained as an actor. that was the other great thing about him. he did not come via the usual path but he was a tremendous autodidact. he wanted to let everything, he wa nted he wanted to let everything, he wanted to study shakespeare. he got so involved, for instance, after goldfinger, he absolutely, apparently, he took lsd because he was under such stress and there was a famous scot psychiatrist, ronnie lang, and he gave him a tap of lsd and he had a very bad reaction to it. it didn't deal with his stress.

he certainly lived the life and became such a strong voice for scottish independence. some people we re scottish independence. some people were slightly critical of that, given that he faced himself outside of scotla nd given that he faced himself outside of scotland for the greater part of his latter years stopped to think that we can the argument? no, i do not think that at all. i think the fa ct not think that at all. i think the fact is even though i spent a lot of time in scotland but it means more the older i get. i think sean had every reason, i think at one time he was certainly thinking of certainly backin was certainly thinking of certainly back in scotland but it was difficult for him because he was so well—known, it would be very difficult for him to keep his privacy. he was also a private man. that would have been doubly hard if he was living in scotland and also it was a different time. you know,

he represented so much for people andi he represented so much for people and i think it was hard for him that he could not be that all the time. he liked the golf so he spent quite a lot of time in scotland. i think it isa a lot of time in scotland. i think it is a little unfair and also the fa ct it is a little unfair and also the fact that he was international. he travelled a great deal. he ended up living in the bahamas. i don't think thatis living in the bahamas. i don't think that is fair because he was a great ambassadorfor that is fair because he was a great ambassador for scotland. no question about that. there is a marvellous documentary film that he made which you made in the 60s which was about the shipyards and he was very much working—class and that is where he came from and he always acknowledge

that. valerie, you had a unique insight into the james bond well because you appeared with roger mott when he was playing james bond. it is an age—old debate who was the best james bond. —— is an age—old debate who was the bestjames bond. —— roger moore. sean connery it was the archetypal bond? he was the definitive bond. sean really made james bond and james bond made him incredibly famous. he was actor in every respect but that made him so famous but he did not really care for that fame so much. i was in the bahamas and he was always been disturbed by fans which he did not care for at all. it did not have much patient

for them. he made all. it did not have much patient forthem. he made some all. it did not have much patient for them. he made some wonderful films in addition to the bond films. you mentioned he was a perfectionist, how did that manifest itself onset? everything had to be just right. there were several problems with never say never again and it was an atmosphere at the time. we're going back to 1983, a long time ago, but he was a perfectionist and when people used to say, who do you prefer, sean or roger. roger was a lot of fun and sean was the perfectionist. roger would do totally unscripted things which would never happen with sean you talk about almost being intimidated by him. he never lost the physical presence he started out with in his early career. he was

huge. he walked into a room and he created space around him, literally. he had such presence. he really did. i remember the first time i saw him, and myjob was dropped. he was astonishing. his masculinity. and what valerie says is right, he had this perfectionism. he had the four—minute rule. if he does not start in four minutes on the set, i go back to my trailer. he was quite tough in that way. but in this business you have to be. thank you for staying up so late in new york. you canjustify for staying up so late in new york. you can justify raising for staying up so late in new york. you canjustify raising a single mild given it is that time. thank

you and also thank you to valerie for sharing memories of the great sean connery. have a great day.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. our headlines today... a second national lockdown in england to last for a month — it comes in response to fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals i'm afraid from thursday, the basic message is the same. stay at home, protect the nhs, and save lives. as infections surge, the total number of positive cases in the uk has now passed one million.

the prevalence of this disease has been going up extremely rapidly over the last few weeks. the furlough scheme has been extended across the uk until december — to support workers who are affected by the new measures. bond. james bond. tributes to sir sean connery — the originaljames bond. "we're just getting started". england captain owen farrell praises his side after winning the six nations. it went down to the last day, but a bonus point victory against italy gave england the title after france and ireland failed to catch them. plus, another day a very strong winds across part of the country, some rain at times, but is there a glimpse of something brighter on the horizon? join me for the details. it's sunday the first of november. our top story. england is to face a new lockdown — starting on thursday and scheduled to last a month —

after borisjohnson announced he needs to take action to prevent the nhs being overwhelmed by cases of the coronavirus. under the lockdown, restaurants and pubs will close — but takeaways and deliveries will be allowed. all non—essential retail will shut, but supermarkets are to stay open. mixing with other households inside homes, or in private gardens, will be banned — except for childcare and other forms of support. and unlike the first lockdown — schools, colleges and universities will stay open. travel will be discouraged — except for work. with more details, here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. dreary weather and dire warnings set the scene for what in the end the end seemed inevitable. a national lockdown for england, the prime minister said, was now the only option. we've got to be humble in the face of nature. and in this country, alas, as across much of europe, the virus is spreading even faster

than the reasonable worst case scenario. and so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative. the last resort had become the only way forward, he argued, and in a matter of days, tough measures would be imposed, severely limiting people's lives. we will get through this but we must act now to contain this autumn surge. we are not going back to the full lockdown of march and april but i'm afraid, from thursday, the basic message is the same. stay at home, protect the nhs, and save lives. the decision marks a complete change in the government's approach. some had argued it should have come sooner but yesterday, acknowledged there were no easy options. the idea that there is some perfect time to act is a complete misapprehension. there is basically no perfect time

and there are no good solutions. mps will vote on the plans this week. some conservatives don't want another lockdown, labour said it would support the measures but ministers should have acted sooner. the prime minister has been forced to act. we are pleased he finally acted but i am so sad we've had weeks of dither from the prime minister. which has meant people have lost their lives. people have become seriously ill. he should have acted sooner. this is a move borisjohnson did not want to make but the reality of rising cases forced him to act. his hope will be that in four weeks' time, the outlook is brighter. jonathan blake, bbc news. our political correspondent helen catt is back on downing street for us this morning. helen, good morning and thank you for talking to us. a day of fast developments yesterday but as jonathan said, a vote to come on the

plans of the prime minister. yes, mps back from recess this week, we heard in jonathan ‘s mps back from recess this week, we heard injonathan ‘s piece that labour plan to support this, they think it should have happened weeks ago but there are some conservative mps who are very unhappy at a second lockdown. they think it's just going to be too destructive for the economy and they want to know what the sort of end game is, how do we get out of this. and it's worth remembering while we have got used to the government putting more restrictions on our everyday lives, it isa restrictions on our everyday lives, it is a huge thing for a government to be saying when you can and cannot leave your own home and some mps will say you need to make a really compelling case to bring in restrictions like that. and we know from the press conference yesterday that borisjohnson, however relu cta ntly, that borisjohnson, however reluctantly, thinks that case has now been made through those figures, the projected number of debts, through the possibility of overwhelming the nhs. in terms of bringing mps onside with that, one conservative mp yesterday said they

had found the case of four underwhelming, in terms of bringing them on board downing street invited one of the leading lockdown sceptic voices, one of those mps into downing street yesterday with his own scientist to look at the data and a message sent to tory mps last night, boris johnson promised and a message sent to tory mps last night, borisjohnson promised they to be able to see all the data and have all the briefings to scientists that they need but it's notjust about lockdown on the principle of lockdown that is causing concern on conservative backbenchers. there is considerable anger about how downing street is handling this. i think it's all going to lead to quite a spiky few days for borisjohnson. helen, thank you. so why has the government chosen to act now? the latest figures show there were just under 22,000 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period — taking the total number of uk cases to more than a million. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week isjust over 22,500. and 326 deaths were sadly reported yesterday.

that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week — 259 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number of deaths across the uk to more than 46,500. let's have a reminder of the restrictions in place in the rest of the uk. if is going into this new lockdown on thursday. —— england going into. wales is around halfway through a 17—day lockdown — with people only allowed to leave their homes for limited reasons. it's currently set to finish next monday. in scotland, a new "five—level" system of restrictions for tackling the virus will come into force tomorrow — and first minister nicola sturgeon has urged against non—essential travel to england. northern ireland's first minister arlene foster has said the current tighter restrictions there will end — as planned — on the 13th of november. that's a week on friday. pubs and restaurants there are closed.

schools have been shut for two weeks but they will re—open on monday. the government's furlough scheme — which was going to end yesterday — is being extended for a month. it covers 80 per cent of the salaries of employees who are unable to work. our business correspondent katy austin reports on what it all means for businesses and the self—employed. this was the zim braai restaurant in bournemouth in august, busy with eat out to help out diners. from thursday, it will, alongside all other pubs and restaurants in england, have to close for a month and, once again, put staff on furlough. a lot of businesses didn't — onlyjust came out of this, you know, this last lockdown. a lot of businesses won't come out of the second lockdown. furlough will help the employees, it will not save businesses. there will need to be more grants, vat, rates. the furlough scheme had already cost £40 billion. it's difficult to tell just yet what the cost of this extra month

will be, but, again, it's likely to run into the billions. for businesses in england which are legally forced to close, there will be grants worth up to £3000. mortgage holidays for homeowners are also being extended. there hasn't been additional support announced for the self—employed above two further winter grants from today that were previously announced. but helena, who started her ice cream business in cardiff in august last year, says she's among those who haven't been entitled to any financial help so far and still won't be. all of my scheduled work was cancelled and i've lost an entire peak season because ice cream is very much a seasonal business. so it's been an incredibly worrying time for me and, of course, i don't know if or when i'll be allowed to return to work properly again. a more severe lockdown, something like we saw back in the first part of this year, will mean that millions of self—employed people cannot work at all. they are not going to be able

to survive on the 40% figure that's being offered at the moment, and we would urge the government to look at that very closely. a treasury spokesperson said the amount of profits covered by the self—employed grant had been increased from 20% to 40% and that unlike the furlough scheme it provided three months of support. katy austin, bbc news. most of portugal will go into another lockdown from wednesday after a surge in coronavirus cases. people in more than two—thirds of the country — including lisbon and porto — will be required to stay at home unless they're going to work, school, or running essential errands. the measures will be reviewed in two weeks. at least two people have been stabbed to death and five more wounded in the canadian city of quebec. police told people to remain indoors after the attack near parliament hill in the historic old quebec neighbourhood on saturday night. a man in his mid 20s was arrested. rescue workers in turkey have been working through the night to pull survivors from the rubble

of buildings which collapsed during friday's earthquake. at least 37 people have been killed — most of them in the turkish port city of izmir — but the quake also struck the greek island of samos, where two children died. more than 800 people have been injured. it isa it is a big week in the united states, of course. this year's us presidential election is on course for a record turnout, with more than 90—million americans voting early. that's two—thirds of the total number of people who voted in 2016. with two days of campaigning left, mr biden was joined by his former boss, barack 0bama, for a rally in the crucial swing state of michigan. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a star powered rally forjoe biden in america's industrial heartland, detroit — also home to motown. # people, keep on learning... stevie wonder performed at the drive—in event, while barack 0bama launched another scathing attack on donald trump's record.

i understand this is a president who wants full credit for the economy he inherited and get zero blame for the pandemic he ignored, but thejob doesn't work that way. tweeting at the tv doesn't fix things. making stuff up doesn't make people's lives better. you've got to have a plan. mr 0bama said his former deputy would take the job seriously. joe biden criticised president trump over the amount he paid in taxes during his first year in office. $750 7 my lord. and remember when he was asked about why he only paid that much? "it's because i'm smart." he knew how to game the system. well, guess what, mr president, i'm coming for you! president trump has been campaigning in pennsylvania, where he held four events in one day. he won here in 2016 butjoe biden

is ahead in the polls. hello, pennsylvania. let's go, pennsylvania. cheering. we've got to do the same thing we did four years ago and i have a feeling, look at this, i have a feeling we're going to do it. mr trump told the crowd he would eradicate the coronavirus and get americans back to work. we want normal, we want normal, we want normal, let's go back, go back seven months. hello, how are you doing? but with record numbers of new coronavirus cases in the us over the past week, there's no sign of this country getting back to normal anytime soon. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. going to be a busy week in the united states. busy week all around and actually, the weather has been very busy this weekend but particularly in the philippines. looking brutal, matt taylor, at the

moment. thank you, rachel, it is particularly brutal. these are some pictures coming out of the country which has been hit by the strongest tropical storm of the year so far. this typhoon striking the country, made landfall during the night our time and has produced winds of 140 miles an hour, massive extent of a storm, strongest storm to hit the country we think since 2016. going to cause all sorts of problems, it will move into the south china sea shortly and could strengthen again, we will keep a close eye on that. let's get back to our weather, that puts it into some sort of perspective but it's another day of strong winds and rain in the uk at times but a little bit of brightness developing through this morning. the big picture shows an area of low pressure to the north—west containing the remnants of hurricane zita, for enough away not to cause

much of an impact, just some rain at the moment especially across scotla nd the moment especially across scotland and eastern england, patchy rain and drizzle across many areas but we have something drier before more rain gathers in the west. we should see guys brightening this morning, most of you seen some sunshine, western areas day in fairly cloudy and into the afternoon the rain becomes extensive across northern ireland, southern scotland, north and west wales, northern england, some a bit heavier over the hills, could cause minorflooding later. cooler day across scotland, ready mild in the south and east, wind wise, any one of us could see twins touching gale force at times and later in the day wells could see winds touching 60 miles an hour, more especially to the north and west of scotland, a maximum of 80 miles an hour expected. winds are strengthening later across the north west of england, are bricks of rain across the central parts of the country, pushing south and east. it means england and wales is incredibly mild, close to a record—breaking mild night for

november across the south—east. cooler for scotland and northern ireland. one or two spots could see frost, big contrast to start monday, cooler air pushing south as the school front works its way into the near continent, taking away the early rain across the south—east and leaving sunny skies. elsewhere a story of sunshine and showers through monday, some showers could be heavy and thundery especially across parts of southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north and west wales and for all of us, a fresher day tomorrow, around eight or 9 degrees at best for scotla nd eight or 9 degrees at best for scotland and northern ireland. few degrees lower than will be seen. across the south, the chill added to by the wind gusts, touching 50 miles an hourat times by the wind gusts, touching 50 miles an hour at times in the south and south—west. going through monday and into next week, signs of something a little bit brighter on the horizon! going to leave you with a little bit of positivity, this area of high pressure, we haven't seen this for some time, it means while things will be colder with overnight frost

and fog, at least rachel and roger, it should be dry for most of the time. back to you both. thank you. we will take that. the national lockdown for england means an end to the "three—tiered" system of medium, high and very high levels of coronavirus restrictions. for now. for now. the first area to be classed as tier 3 — and face the toughest restrictions — was liverpool, whose mayor joe anderson joins us now. good morning tea and thank you for joining us. the first time i have spoken to you since the death of your brother so my condolences to your brother so my condolences to you and your family. what do you think of the announcement of this lockdown? is it something you welcome? i know you said you had the day you would be happy with tougher restrictions. i greet it with a mixed view of emotions. there is clear confusions as to why the prime ministerand clear confusions as to why the prime minister and this government never

responded to sage on the 21st of septemberand responded to sage on the 21st of september and acted them. relief that it september and acted them. relief thatitis september and acted them. relief that it is finally being done but real contempt has been shown from this government to the people who advised sage and leaders like me and others who were calling for it six or seven weeks ago so others who were calling for it six or seven weeks ago so i think there is now a crisis of confidence in relation to this government and their ability to actually manage this. it's clear to me the government made a choice to put people's health and the health concerns of the nation second and listen to tory right—wing mps, people arguing about the economy because the result of that, it's very clear that thousands of people have died and i have to say, it's the first time ever that i also question sage and the competence of sage. i heard one of the officials yesterday saying there was no right time to implement this measure, this

lockdown measure and yet, six weeks ago, they called for it so i think there is now a crisis of confidence among people in the country are saying to themselves, how is this being managed? it's always been a difficult balancing act for the government weighing health considerations against economic considerations, it's a political balancing act which is very difficult for them but i wonder, with the support the liverpool city region had been promised going into tier 3, obviously that is not happening, everybody is in the same boat, what happens to that financial support? do you not perceive it? it's interesting, yesterday, they announced the furlough scheme would return at 80% but, you know, andy burnham, steve rotherham, leaders in the north, myself included, have been calling for this, that's the point about contempt, they dismissed the call for the furlough scheme to be introduced in tier 3 but now, all ofa

be introduced in tier 3 but now, all of a sudden, found the 80% furlough scheme for a tear for our national lockdown. that funding, the 80% furlough will kick in and the support that we've been promised to do better track and testing system has been guaranteed so we will demand that funding is given to us but it is absolutely crucial that leadership is shown now by this government, not only to make sure that we bring the virus under control but we help local authorities, local government, actually support and work with them enabling us to concentrate on that and we are having conversations with the government about how we can actually target and better test to support the people in this city and try to bring the virus done quite quickly. a couple of people we have spoken to this morning so it's really important during this four week period that the issues over test and trace are addressed. do you

expect liverpool to have some kind ofa expect liverpool to have some kind of a role in trying to do that? first and foremost we welcome that, i welcome that. it's absolutely essential that we try to help and support in particular, hospitals, ca re support in particular, hospitals, care homes, and indeed workplaces, to actually test quickly and get speedily back the responses of whether tests are positive or negative, that's crucial to finding this virus so we welcome that. we are having conversations with government about how they can help do that here in liverpool because i wa nt do that here in liverpool because i want to use every tool available to us to make sure we actually do bring this virus back under control as quickly as we can, especially heading towards christmas. we are concerned, still, that the virus is growing here in the city of liverpool, concerned still that our hospitals are being overwhelmed. you

know, we've had 70 odd people here in the last three days who have died of covid in our hospitals and that is something we are desperately keen to work with our hospital officials here to actually reduce. just a final quick thought, if you could, on the regionalised approach, the whack a mole approach, whatever you wa nt to whack a mole approach, whatever you want to call it. obviously that goes on hold forfour want to call it. obviously that goes on hold for four weeks want to call it. obviously that goes on hold forfour weeks but want to call it. obviously that goes on hold for four weeks but would you return —— welcome a return to that if rates of infection in liverpool are still bad come the start of december? roger, we have to listen to our health experts and the scientists and that's the frustrating thing for me is that we haven't done that. the government has said we are listening to them andl has said we are listening to them and i and then completely ignored them in september but we have to listen, to respond, health trumps the economy, we have to fight to save people's lives, that's the most

important thing to do so. i won't rule out any measures in liverpool that protect people's lives and protect people's livelihoods as well, that's why we have called for government to support furlough. it's not something that can't be solved and get the balance right, we believe you can get the balance right between protecting the health of the nation and protecting the health and well— being of the nation and protecting the health and well—being of the economy as well. we believe you can get that right but the government has ignored that advice and completely, now, i've got a situation where chaos reigns. this information was leaked on friday evening. businesses and other people are just totally confused by it all. and see a mess. joe anderson, the mayor of liverpool, thank you for talking to us. fair to say, still lots of questions about the second lockdown in england and we don't have all the a nswer to in england and we don't have all the answer to the questions you're asking is, questions around churches

open for worship. for private prayer, not necessarily services. people asking whether tradespeople can come into their homes to do, we think that's ok, clearly they cannot do their work in any other location. someone asked about golf courses earlier, they will close. what if you are going away? staying in a hotel? somewhere else, in another pa rt hotel? somewhere else, in another part of the uk this week, do you have to get on by thursday night? we don't know the answers to that. i think one of the key thing is, you will still be able to meet other people outdoors but it is a one—on—one rule, it is not the rule of six outdoor. you can't walk a dog with a friend socially distance but thatis with a friend socially distance but that is it. as we tried to get our heads round this, what is the impact on business? we can talk now to helen dickinson, chief executive of the british retail consortium. i know you have great concerns about nonessential retail and how they will this period. it is a real nightmare in the lead up to christmas. almost an arbitrary line

denying customers access to what is, sort of, essential to them because i'm sure what is essential to you and me of something different and i think the thing that my inbox is full of this morning as a lot of retailers really disappointed because of all the investment and resource and time and effort that they put in, ensuring there's doors are safe and in fact a sage report recently showed closing nonessential retail would have minimal impact on transmission of the virus thanks to all that effort. it's notjust what happens in the shops, is it? and you can see it now over the next few weeks, potentially, crowds of people onto public transport, milling around in shopping centres and then going into shops and assault the kind of movement that takes place around those sorts of commercial areas that is potentially problematic. to a lesser degree,

much more recently, what we have seen is its local, community shops and high streets so ones that are much closer to our homes that have been the places that we go in order to shop, as opposed to getting on public transport and going into urban centres. that's already seeing a big fall in trade. and i think what we will still be able to do, just coming back to some of your questions, some shops will remain open, all shops will be able to offer click and collect because i think that is an important thing, again, coming back to places that are local to you and being able to get a ccess are local to you and being able to get access to the things that you need. all of online will remain open. i've no doubt that every retail business will ensure that they are complying with the rules and playing their part but we should not be under any illusion of the sort of economic consequences of, backin sort of economic consequences of, back in april and may, we lost £1.6

billion of sales every week through nonessential store closures and obviously, you know, christmas trading period, that is going to be, that number will be even bigger. worried for consequences forjobs. the next few weeks will heavily favour those businesses who can operate online and many small high street businesses that we mentioned in local sort of towns, and so on, have been agile enough to develop an online side of things so it's very much going to be down to the kind of agility within businesses themselves, isn't it? which we have seen a lot of in the last few months. we've seen more innovation, so many people in the industry, we've seen more in six months then we've seen more in six months then we have seen in six years stop i mean, it's been amazing how a whole industry has pivoted to be able to deliver for us industry has pivoted to be able to deliverfor us all at this industry has pivoted to be able to deliver for us all at this horrible, crazy time. but i think, though, again, we need to recognise that there is a difference in terms of

volume of activity between the last quarter of a year and the second quarter of a year and the second quarter of a year. we are in the peak part of retail trading, both over the golden quarter is due to be called around christmas, so a lot of that online capacity in warehouses, distribution centres, through lorries and vans and people, has been taken up during the course of the summer and early autumn so the ability to ramp it up much further because a big part of the industry is closed, is going to be that much more difficult over the course of the coming few weeks. logistics are obviously complicated and can i finally ask about furlough? the fact there has been so much to and fro over the scheme and adjustments to it, have you any idea how manyjobs may have been lost that perhaps could have been retained? if we had known that ultimately, this furlough scheme would come back in full? it's

really ha rd to scheme would come back in full? it's really hard to answer that question because the data lacks so much, the actual activity. back in the summer, there were a million people in retail out of just over 3 there were a million people in retail out ofjust over 3 million people who were on furlough. there is data that suggests at least 100,000 to 200,000 permanentjobs had been lost, that is sad for those individuals, while it's great that the furlough scheme has been extended, staff costs unfortunately aren't the only cost of business and therefore accompany ‘s ability to survive in the current environment, if trade is curtailed, becomes that much more difficult and therefore i think, we will see morejob losses. thank you so much, helen dickinson

from the british retail consortium. it's almost half past eight, good morning if you havejoined us. coronavirus not only an issue here, it's an issue in many parts of the world, and spain, for example, places like madrid, a place that doesn't normally come to life until late in the evening, facing a bit of a change. now its bars and restaurants must close by midnight, as spaniards — who are currently living in a national state of emergency — try to bring the virus under control, before what they expect to be a long and difficult winter, as guy hedgecoe has been finding out. in madrid's normally buzzing centre, a curfew comes into effect. the measure has been introduced across spain, in an effort to stop the kind of late—night parties and gatherings which have been blamed for much of the spread of covid. it's clearly has had an impact on our lives. but most important is the people that are working, like in restaurants or pubs or whatever. they are having a really hard time. translation: people are disappointed.

we feel as if we have done the right thing for a long time but it seems as if the politicians do not know which measures they want to take. bell tolls. by midnight, the streets of madrid are empty. it is by no means a full lockdown, but it is an unwelcome reminder of the severe restrictions spaniards were under earlier this year. speaking in congress, the health minister, salvador illa, warned that a long winter is coming, during which the priorities must be to protect the most vulnerable and the health system and its professionals. spain is under a nationwide state of emergency for the second time since the pandemic hit. here in congress, the government has just received approval to extend that measure if necessary until may of next year. in recent days, most areas of the country have introduced

new restrictions on movement, tightly controlling travel in and out of regions. meanwhile, pressure on the healthcare system is building once again. doctors have been protesting, calling for more funds and better working conditions. the problem is we are now very, very exhausted from the first wave and now there is a chronic increase, slowly but steadily, increase in the covid patients. that is very stressful for all the system. at this time of year, spaniards mark all souls day, when they remember deceased loved ones. with over 35,000 deaths from covid—19 officially registered and many more expected in the coming months, this year's commemorations have particular resonance. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid.

that is the situation in spain. as we know, england is facing a second national lockdown from thursday — but scotland is still pressing ahead with its launch of a five—level nicola sturgeon has told people not to travel to or from england except for "essential purposes". for more on this, we can now speak to the snp's leader at westminster, ian blackford. we have the fire break in wales and northern ireland and england in lockdown, does it feel like the five levels in scotland, i appreciate large parts of the country have been in lockdown, does it feel piece meal in comparison? no, the reverse, we know sage said in september there was a turning point and what the scottish government has done and what the devolved administrations have done is put in place measures and we are beginning to see encouraging signs in scotland that

the growth of the virus is beginning to slow down and it is important that we have got the five tier system that you have referenced coming into effect tomorrow. and its important that people do abide by the restrictions that are placed on them, because at the end of day it is about public health and keeping people safe, keeping the rate of virus under control as much as we can, protecting the nhs, and saving lives. i think what you have seen in england with boris johnson lives. i think what you have seen in england with borisjohnson and his government is quite frankly that he has been too slow to react and now you have the measures in place at a time when the virus is at serious levels in parts of england. i think one of the things that is important is that the government in london is saying that people should not travel out of the affected areas. that is important, but we need to know what the details of that are, what we don't want are the scenes we saw in paris, where people left the cities to go to rural areas. we need to know it will be enforced properly

and we don't see transmission from the higher affected area to other parts of the uk. can i ask about the new five tiers for scotland, are you expecting an announcement tomorrow, or can you give us any information that any particular areas will be put into the highest tier? the first minister announced the tiering mechanisms last week and there will bea mechanisms last week and there will be a review that will take place over the course of the coming days and of course the government in edinburgh will continue to look at this on a daily basis. but we are content with the measures that have been put in place. there are of course areas of scotland where we have concern and we want to make sure that the nhs is not overwhelmed. as the first minister said last week, it was a finely balanced decision not to put lanarkshire into tier 4. but we will continue tolike look at that base odden the science. while it is a health emergency, we need to make sure we take our responsibilities on

the economic front as well and when all the devolved administrations have been asking for an extension of furlough scheme back into september, we only heard yesterday, the day the furlough scheme was ending, it was to be extended by a month. this is no at good enough. this government is not accepting its responsibility. the furlough scheme is going to be place for a further month, but it needs to be in place for as long as we need it to give certainty to individuals, workers, to businesses and communities and we need to i this about those that have not been included, the three million people that are not getting support from the government. it is about time that the chancellor and the prime minister accepted their responsibilities. those decisions are enormous in terms of kind of economic burden it places the country under for many years to come and it is always... easy i think for people to sit back and say, why didn't you stump up the cash, when

you're not the person responsible for working out where that cash is going to come from. hang on a second. because i think that has to be challenged. we are closing businesses down as a consequence of the health situation that we are in, through no fault of businesses or workers and we need to make sure there is capacity in the economy as we build back, we will pay a higher price if people end up unemployed. if we can keep businesses going so they can come out of crisis when it is safe, that is the best advantage of the economy in the longer term and it is about doing the right thing and recognises the responsibilities that we have to people and that is something that the prime minister and the chancellor don't seem to get. can you tell me in terms of sage modelling that we saw yesterday, that applied to england and the concern about pressure on hospitals, is scotland following a similar trajectory in terms of capacity

potentially being overwhelmed ? trajectory in terms of capacity potentially being overwhelmed? that has been looked at carefully in each of the health board areas. i have the data for the last week. but it is important that we do take preventative measures early enough so the nhs is not overwhelmed. so we're not overwhelmed by covid patients, but also making sure the nhs can continue to function effectively through the winter. we will continue to review this and what you see is the public in scotla nd what you see is the public in scotland have faith and trust in our first minister, nicola sturgeon, taking the right actions at the right time to keep people safe. on a separate subject, we have been reflecting on the life of sir sean connery. some described him as the

greatest ever scotsman, what are your thoughts op his passing?‘ greatest ever scotsman, what are your thoughts op his passing? a guy who came from humble begins in edinburgh with skye roots. he is a legend in scotland and someone that graced the world stage and we are very proud of his achievements and someone we will miss and someone who was a strong advocate for the country that he came in and a great supporter of scottish independence. we will miss sean badly and our thoughts and prayers are with his family. thank you. we will talk more about the life of sir sean connery before 9. now the sport with jane. we should say a great win for scotland. the first time they had won on wales' soil in 18 years and also you know... it didn't mean

anything, but scotland finished fourth. no wooden spoon! after the longest six nations in the history of the tournament, england finished top of the table as the champions. they're due to fly home from rome today and will be presented with the trophy later. england beat italy with a bonus point win and neither france nor ireland could catch them, as adam wild reports. a conclusion that has kept everyone waiting in a tournament that kept everyone guessing. almost nine months after the start of this year's six nations, rome is where the answers would finally begin to reveal themselves. england one of three teams who could have still won it, and rome, perhaps, a fitting place for england's own centurion — ben youngs on his 100th appearance opening the scoring. for their part, england needed to win and win well, so it took until the second half before they really took charge. youngs's memorable nightjust got better. and when tom curry crossed

for england's fourth, they had the all—important bonus point. now, would it be enough? to paris then, where both france and ireland still had hope of beating england to the title. france needed a huge win and, despite an early try, ireland never looked likely to give them that. they had their own ambitions. but while this robbie henshaw score offered hope, france pushed onto to a deserved victory — enough to defeat ireland but crucially not enough to catch england. six nations champions by the slimmest of margins. the tournament that made everyone wait, for england, the end worth waiting for. adam wild, bbc news. elsewhere, it was a land mark day for wales captain alun wynjones who won a record 149th international test cap, but he couldn't mark the milestone with a victory, as scotland ran out 14—10 winners. it's the first time in 18 years scotland have won in wales.

the premier league and other elite sport can continue behind closed doors during the new four—week national lockdown in england, according to the culture secretary oliver dowden. however, it's not clear how grassroots and amateur sport will be affected. last night, champions liverpool went top of the premier league after coming from behind to beat west ham 2—1. substitute diogojota got the winner with just five minutes to go at anfield. west ham had taken an early lead, before mohamad salah levelled from the penalty spot. manchester city and chelsea also won yesterday. there was a scottish cup semi—final thriller as championship side hearts scored an added time penalty winner against edinburgh rivals hibs. liam boyce scoring the decisive spot kick to make it 2—1. that came just a few minutes after hibs had missed a penalty of their own. hearts will face either aberdeen or celtic in the final. originally due to be played in may but delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, today sees the women's fa cup final between everton

and manchester city at wembley. it'll be a surreal occasion for chloe kelly. she signed for city in the summer having already played for everton in the early rounds of the competition last season, but the covid break means she's not cup—tied for this afternoon's final. lewis hamilton will look to extend his record of 92 grand prix wins today, but first he'll have to find a way past mercedes team mate valtteri bottas, who starts on pole for this afternoon's emilia romagna grand prix. the finn edged out hamilton, with red bull's max verstappen third quickest. mercedes could win a seventh consecutive constructors' title at imola today. britain's derek chisora was beaten unanimously on points by 0leksandr usyk in their heavweight bout in london last night. victory means usyk remains the mandatory challenger for anthonyjoshua's wbo title, who was watching ringside. and, despite going toe to toe for 12 rounds in the ring, chisora and usyk shared a post—match

takeaway after the fight. look at thatjuicy burger, are you thinking about it? you are. it's a bit early. i couldn't have a burger at quarter to 9. i could! it is approaching a quarter to 9. are you heading off to read the news for andrew marr now? in a moment. let's return to our main story this morning and the news that england is facing a second national lockdown, which will start on thursday and last for a month. we can get a view on this from one of our regular breakfast gps, doctor william bird. thank you for talking to us. what do you think of the decision to bring in is in four week long doc in england? —— in is in four week long doc in england ? —— lockdown in is in four week long doc in england? —— lockdown in england?” do feel it is inevitable, the

numbers were starting to climb up and we were starting to see it relentlessly moving, despite the regional lockdowns, because i see every day all the consequences of lockdowns, the mental health, the problems with the nhs is having, i felt we could try and avoid it if possible and keep it local. but this virus has moved forward and there was no choice really that had to be made, it had to be done, whether it could have been done earlier or now, i don't know. but i think now there was nothing else they could do. we we re was nothing else they could do. we were told the decision is in order to relieve pressure on the nhs, is that something, i appreciate a gp different from being in a hospital, is it something you can see that pressure starting to build? yes, very slightly. i'm in reading. reading had reasonably low. across berkshire, although we were in the old fashioned tier 1, it was already

100 per 100,000. so old fashioned tier 1, it was already 100 per100,000. so it old fashioned tier 1, it was already 100 per 100,000. so it was climbing fast. i was on shift last night and again today and we are starting to see the numbers coming in. i work in the hospital at the weekends and we are starting to see it. it is climbing. my colleagues in leeds and manchester, who i know, are saying it isa manchester, who i know, are saying it is a different story, where the icus in the nhs are starting to fill up icus in the nhs are starting to fill up and the hospital beds are filling up. it was coming south, but it was already there. we have seen this incredible surge and very quickly as well from this great kind of peer wrod in august and september —— period in august and september. the second wave has been predicted since july. what reassurance can you give to people obviously during the first wave most other procedures in hospitals were paused, not all of

them, i know cancer treatment carried on, what reassurance can you give people that gps will stay open and hopefully hospitals will continue to provide other care?” know and i think people are worried and infact know and i think people are worried and in fact those who have got a long—term condition like diabetes or they have mental health problem, i think they're worried they won't see their own doctor. a huge number of gps are not seeing patients regularly. some hardly see patients face to face. i think that needs to be standardised, you can't long—term condition like diabetes or they have mental health problem, i think they're worried they won't see their own doctor. a huge number of gps are not seeing patients regularly. some hardly see patients face to face. i think that needs to be standardised, you can't examine a patient on the phone and look at their abdominal pain ortheir phone and look at their abdominal pain or their mental health problems. how can you standardise? gps are all separate entities. yes and gps have been under huge

pressure. i can understand why there is this discrepancy between practices. it is based on the practices. it is based on the practice system. i think there should be stronger local guidance and it should be local not national, it should be local guidance up to the ccg or the primary care network that they have a standard of delivering the best care and making the practice safe. so if you don't have the practice safe and you have got covid coming in, that will be a problem, if you don't see some patients who have got perhaps conditions that should be seen face to face, that is another problem. it is getting that balance in between. i think local autonomy on understanding a strategy across the practice is important. a final brief thought if you could, are you optimistic that we will be able to get on top of the virus in england this is time? yes, totally. i think one of the things we were worried about was back injuly when

one of the things we were worried about was back in july when people we re about was back in july when people were planning for the winter was whether flu would be a big were planning for the winter was whetherflu would be a big problem. and we have seen in australia that it is ridiculously low, it has been fantastic, normally there would be up fantastic, normally there would be up to about 27,000 admissions. it was down in the hundreds. what happens in australia happens in the uk. that is going to be one thing. the other thing of course is we have got a much better organisation than we had before and the virus will pass through and it will come through, so by the time we get to the january, february and particularly february, we will hopefully be over this wave. i think we can and the nhs is much better prepared. we have the nightingale hospitals as well. but it is going to be tough and we have all got to keep our mental health right, keen our immunity right, through diet and that daily walk and all of the things we can do the boost the immunity, to sleep and keep friends

together online. if you have a strong immune system, you're going to have the virus less than if you are overweight, no exercise, wrong dietand are overweight, no exercise, wrong diet and very concerned. thank you very much. dr william bird giving us his view on the latest situation with coronavirus. now a final look at the weather. matt with those pictures from 0ban yesterday. yes a stormy day in scotland yesterday. there is more to come in the north—west of scotland this afternoon and tonight. all of us will see gusting winds and more rain around. one approaching from the south west that ties into this low pressure. the impacts will be

reasonably limited. but still close enough. we have had rain this morning. you notice how the bulk is shifting into the north sea. patchy rain or drizzle. the skies will brighten for a time this morning. some sunshine coming out. the best in the east. but the cloud rolls backin in the east. but the cloud rolls back in and northern ireland and southern scotland and north wales will be the wettest spots. particularly on the hills of northern england. 18 possible. another mild day. a cooler day compared to yesterday in scotland and northern ireland and the winds touching gales force just about anywhere. maybe up to 80mph in the north west of scotland in the afternoon. north—west england could see some strong winds tonight as the front see some strong winds tonight as the fro nt m oves see some strong winds tonight as the front moves south and east. a very mild night, one of the mildest

november nights on record around 16 degrees in the south—east. a colder start in scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england as temperatures back into single figures and that cooler air will push behind this front, which starts across east anglia and the south—east on monday morning with cloud and rain. it will brighten up. the rest of the day dry. tomorrow, a story of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy. that area from scotla nd of the showers heavy. that area from scotland scotland, northern ireland and northern wales we will see the most frequent showers. all of us it will be a cooler day than we have seen. not as windy tomorrow in the north. still a breeze. seen. not as windy tomorrow in the north. stilla breeze. furthersouth winds could still touch 60mph for a time. but at least through the rest of the week it does turn quieter with sunshine, but also some chilly nights. a lot of people will be glad to see the end of the rain.

the next time you get dragged into that classic debate about who is the bestjames bond, then you might like to know that sir roger moore, pierce brosnan and daniel craig all give the same answer — sir sean connery. we are remembering sir sean this morning after his death — at the age of 90 — was announced yesterday. let's have a quick look back at his extraordinary career. bond. james bond. a martini, shaken not stirred. tell me, miss trench, do you play any other games? choose your next witticism carefully, mr bond. it may be your last. do you expect me to talk? no, mr bond, i expect you to die. looking for shells? no, i'm just looking. you've asked for this.

i'm heartily ashamed for getting you killed instead of going home, rich, like you deserve to. on account of me being so bleeding high and mighty. can you forgive me? want to get capone? here's how you get him. he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. that's the chicago way. and that's how you get capone. archive: he's the idol of every woman... who are you? bond. james bond. i'm all yours. my name is pussy galore. i must be dreaming! the film criticjason solomons joins us from london this morning. thank you for talking us to this morning. we spoke a little earlier to brian cox, the actor, one of his

costa rs from to brian cox, the actor, one of his costars from one of bond films. he was an amazing actor. what fun to make that montage, you see that and you know why you love movies. bond turned so many people on to cinema. i think turned so many people on to cinema. ithink i'm turned so many people on to cinema. i think i'm a film critic because of bond and the way sean connery says bond, james bond. it has everything, car chases, danger and wit, and sean connery embodied all of that and all those bonds who paid tribute to him last night saying he is the greatest. they wouldn't have a job without him in a way. he is the boss of them all. it is an interesting point about the importance of bond. with the pandemic, we heard about cinemas not staying open, because the bond film, the latest film, has been delayed. they have been such an

incredible franchise, a lot of that is down to sean connery and how he fashioned that role? it is. you mentioned that debate about who is the best bond. that debate gets each generation talking. it is vital getting three generation of cinema going, maybe four, my grandfather and my father watched them and i watch them with my kids. we are passing on a great british tradition of watching movies, that is why they we re of watching movies, that is why they were worried about bond being able to save cinema and him not being around. it is looking a good idea that they didn't put bond out in november. it wouldn't see the screens. you need bond to save you. it has always been that way. we expect him to save us, we don't expect him to save us, we don't expect him to die. it is always sad when sean connery goes. with look around and think it can come to us all. there is a flaw, a mortality in

the fact that sean connery has passed, it means bond has a flaw and he can pass. but what we hold together is watching those movies together is watching those movies together over the years and they would on on christmas day. morcambe and wise and the bond is part of the fabric of british life and a lot of thatis fabric of british life and a lot of that is to do with sean connery. there was more to him than just james bond. brian cox said he was just a big presence, when sean connery came into a room, there was an aura. i have connery came into a room, there was an aura. | have seen connery came into a room, there was an aura. i have seen it. he was a patron of the edinburgh film festival, which i used to cover and i would see him and meet him up there a couple of times over the yea rs there a couple of times over the years and i have seen him in a small departure lounge in berlin at the european film awards. i saw a

drunken stag party say, it is james bond and he suffered that, but he shot them a look and drunk as they were, they were never going to try theirjames bond impersonation on him again. he could do that. but he had a warmth. he would allow it and he knew how important that role was to him and his career and everyone can doa to him and his career and everyone can do a sean connery impersonation. that is what everyone tries to do. that is what everyone tries to do. that is what everyone tries to do. that is an extraordinary thing and very few people all over the world that can attempt the impersonation of one guy and he knew it and he was proud of it and pleased with it. he ended up doing sean connery in the other movies. he was bond, but he was coronavirus whether herself a submarine captain ora was coronavirus whether herself a submarine captain or a monk or a man in nepal. he is a very strong way of being yourself on screen and yet disappearing into movie. he was a skilled actor. and not trained and

from humble beginnings. thank you for talking to us. we are grateful to you. that's all from breakfast today. dan and louise will be with you from six o'clock tomorrow. enjoy the rest of your weekend.

this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm shaun ley. our top stories... a senior government minister warns the second national lockdown in england could last more than a month amid fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals. the most powerful storm of the year typhoon goni strikes the philippines, bringing wind speeds of up to 225 kilometres an hour. donald trump and joe biden each make a last bid for votes in swing states that could be key to winning the white house. and spain braces itself for a long winter — a week after its goverment announced a six—month state of emergency.