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borisjohnson will urge mps today to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england, when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. he's expected to stress the government's intention to ease the new restrictions after a month. the prime minister announced on saturday that strict measures will be imposed across england from thursday. people will be told to stay at home except for specific reasons. pubs, restaurants, gyms, non—essential shops and places of worship will close. meeting indoors or in private gardens will not be allowed. but you will be able to meet one other person from another household outside in a public place. elsewhere, scotland has moved into its new five—tier system of restrictions this morning. nowhere has yet been placed into the most severe, tier 4. later today, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford will outline an exit plan from the country's nationalfirebreak — which is due to end on the 9th november. and, as mentioned, we expect the prime minister to address mps this afternoon,

to try to win over some tories who are threatening to vote against the lockdown in england. he has, though, cancelled plans to speak to business leaders this morning. the business secretary, alok sharma, will instead speak at the annual cbi conference — as concerns mount over the impact of upcoming restrictions. first, this report from jonathan blake. and so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative. after addressing the nation, boris johnson will today attempt to get mps on board with his plan for a national lockdown in england. the prime minister is expected to again point to stark warnings from scientists that unless the government acts, deaths over the winter could be twice as bad or more than during the first wave of the pandemic. he'll acknowledge labour's view that he should have acted sooner, but defend the system of regional restrictions he has pursued until now. labour's support means the plan is likely to pass when mps vote on it later this week but some conservatives are taking a stand.

if these kind of measures were being taken in any totalitarian country around the world, we would be denouncing it as a form of evil. and here, the removal of people's fundamental liberties is going almost without comment. the national lockdown will see nonessential retail closed along with pubs, bars and restaurants, except for takeaway and delivery. gyms, hairdressers and beauty salons must also shut, and only two people from different households can meet outside. after the cabinet office minister michael gove‘s admission yesterday that the lockdown could continue beyond the beginning of december, the prime minister will try to reassure mps that the end is in sight. and there will be a return to the tiered system on the 2nd of december according to the latest data and trends. let's speak to our political correspondent, chris mason, who's at downing street.

hello, chris, how are you? what is borisjohnson going hello, chris, how are you? what is boris johnson going to hello, chris, how are you? what is borisjohnson going to do today to try to persuade his own mps, who we re try to persuade his own mps, who were not convinced, that another lockdown for england is actually the way to go? good morning to you. the argument that the prime minister will make is that there is a moral and medical imperative to act now, simply because the data has been looking bleak for a while and the projections from the scientific groups that advise the prime minister, whilst there are significant margins of error and big variations in the models, they all point to a pretty bleak picture pretty imminently if nothing was to change, as far as the restrictions are concerned. but there will be arguments from both sides coming the prime minister's away later. personified by two nights of that round. sir keir starmer, the labour leader, who will say a variation of i told you so because labour have been arguing for some time, the last couple of weeks, that there should

bea couple of weeks, that there should be a so—called circuit breaker, national lockdown. that was advocated by the age group of scientists that advise the government back in mid to late september —— the sage group. there will be the counter argument made by sirgraham will be the counter argument made by sir graham brady, chair of the 1922 committee, the shop steward of conservative backbenchers. he was on the westminster our last night saying if this were a totalitarian country overseas we would denounce these measures as a kind of evil, and he says there is a reason to be sceptical about bouncing in and out of continuous lockdown is and he absolutely wants to see the government are scrutinised over what it is doing. let's get a sense this morning of the thrust of the argument coming from the heart of government. the chancellor rishi sunak has been on the today programme on radio four in the last hour. there is a range of different models and different estimates and i agree

with the prime minister that we have to be humble in the face of nature. we are dealing with a virus that has clearly moved at a pace faster than we had anticipated or feared. it is the last thing we want to do, to bring in such restrictive measures. we strove very hard to avoid being in this situation. even in the areas with currently low incidence, they i'iow with currently low incidence, they now have some of the highest rates of increase and because of the way that the nhs is constructed in some of those areas, actually the pressure on beds would manifest itself quite soon, in a matter of weeks, andl itself quite soon, in a matter of weeks, and i think when we heard all of that saw all of that from all of our scientific medical advisers, it was clear that very regrettably that, unless we took action now, and quite significant action, we would be in an unacceptable situation in just a matter of weeks. take us through the mechanics of this vote later on in the week, then, and what

will the consequences be for conservatives who do not back the prime minister? and what concern, just as a supplementary question, is there at number 10 that these disagreements within the conservative party might have consequences in terms of public compliance with new restrictions? the vote is going to come up on wednesday, there will be a pretty hearty discussion in the commons this afternoon. in terms of concerns about compliance, i think irrespective of the reservations you might hear articulated from some conservative backbenchers, there is concern within government given that we are heading in england into a second lockdown, there is a weariness around the rules and restrictions and squeezing of our liberties, about the extent to which people will be willing to comply. i think that is why we saw the prime minister at the weekend making the case that he did after the presentation from the scientists,

from chris whitty and patrick vallance, setting out as they see it that bleak scientific prognosis u nless that bleak scientific prognosis unless something is to change. i think the prime minister will want to acknowledge, though, that this is incredibly intensely difficult. this trade—off between lives and livelihoods and liberties. we know his instinct was to not go down this route unless it proved to be essential. he has concluded it is absolutely essential and i think he will want to acknowledge that there is something in the argument that people like sir graham brady make in any normal time, this kind of restriction on our liberties will be regarded as a intolerable. it is the group macro view of sir graham that we have become blase in accepting these restrictions without significant day bait or discussion. the key thing is that there is no

doubt that these were passed through the commons because the sir keir starmer have said that labour were back then. yes, there will be a pocket of conservative backbenchers who will be irritated and some, like sirgraham, who will who will be irritated and some, like sir graham, who will probably oppose them. the others who have their reservations but in the end confronted by the scientific evidence will reluctantly support them. the numbers either, the second lockdown for england is coming. thank you very much, chris mason in downing street. professor sir mark walport is a former government chief scientific adviser and is now a member of sage — the committee that advises the government. thank you for your time. do you think sage and the prime minister have done enough at this stage to explain the data, this cambridge university data, and the potential number of deaths daily from coronavirus on which this new lockdown for england is based? there have been very intense communication

and all the numbers are in public domain. the facing to say is of course it is that the policymakers are faced with toughest decisions any politicians have to make. the numbers are really speaking for themselves now, so we are at a quarter of the death rates, so just over 250 of the first wave of this, and into doubling times of about two weeks, that takes us up to the peak of earlier in the year. there are over 11,000 patients in our hospitals at the moment. the numbers are there, they are very clear, and i'm not sure about the argument about totalitarian states. i think if we were looking at a totalitarian state ignoring the numbers we wouldn't think much of that.|j state ignoring the numbers we wouldn't think much of that. i was going to ask you about that. what did you think of what sir graham brady had to say and you have outlined that. the numbers and the predictions, that's cambridge data. there are other predictions but the fa ct of there are other predictions but the fact of the matter is they are all very high in terms of the number of deaths. yes. the answers are art

these are projections, but the projections gets more and more reliable as the more it numbers come m, reliable as the more it numbers come in, and the numbers have been very, very consistent over a number of weeks now. the number of cases is going up. it is spreading to older and more vulnerable generations. people of all generations are susceptible to some of the non—covid like symptoms that can be debilitating for long period. u nfortu nately debilitating for long period. unfortunately the only way this action could be stopped is by preventing the virus from leaping from one person to another and that involves social distancing. from one person to another and that involves social distancinglj from one person to another and that involves social distancing. i am sure you would agree as much as the next person that a series of lockdown is is by no means ideal, and not the most effective way, perhaps, to deal with peaks and troughs, but the only way we have right now. the last lockdown was all about flattening the curve. that was the phrase we heard over and over again and certainly this lockdown

will be about, you know, cutting the numbers of deaths and stopping the nhs from being overwhelmed, but is this lockdown going to be able to achieve more than that? can it go beyond flattening the curve? well, what we need to do is get the number of cases down, so we need to get this reproduction number, this so—called r0 below one and that was achieved the first time and cases came down very well. put the brakes we re came down very well. put the brakes were taken off a bit too much, if you like, and so it was able to come back. we do need to get it down and of course one of the reasons we are doing this very aggressively is because there is the prospect of better treatments and we are already ina better treatments and we are already in a better position and that your chance of surviving if you end up in intensive care appear to be significantly better than they were before. and there is the prospect of antibody treatments and vaccines. and so it is worth that effort because we should be able to get on

top of it with additional interventions. is the 2nd of december at doable as a point exit, this new lockdown? and what needs to happen to make that work? well, the a nswer happen to make that work? well, the answer is the 2nd of december will not yield the magical situation where it has all gone away. we will not be able to return to social life as it was before coronavirus, so there will need to be measures after december, after the 2nd of december, and frankly the only way we will find out is to watch the numbers of cases and see how they change. people need to play their part, eve ryo ne people need to play their part, everyone has to be careful about their own behaviour. but in terms of government policy, health policy and the test and trace system, what needs to happen there? when the government is asked about this, the a nswer government is asked about this, the answer tends to focus on the testing, but clearly, you know, even if testing is ramped up and there is mass testing and faster testing, that does not preclude the trace

pa rt that does not preclude the trace part of the system needing to work, as well. i would like to get your thoughts on that. well, you are absolutely right. the whole point of testing is that you do something with the test result. and so obviously it is important to test people so they can bend self—isolate but it is equally important that we are then able to trace their contacts are then able to trace their co nta cts so are then able to trace their contacts so that they can be warned, as well, and also isolate for a period of time. sol as well, and also isolate for a period of time. so i think that is absolutely critical and it is the other reason for trying to get the numbers down, because we know when the numbers are very large that it is difficult for even the best test and trace systems to stay on top of it. they have had to introduce measures at a rather early a stage because they realise that their testing and tracing capacity was overwhelmed. so, do you think more needs to be done, then, to make it easierfor people to needs to be done, then, to make it easier for people to stay at home if they are found to be positive? because we see, a variety of

figures, not very encouraging on the number of people who, even if they have been told they are a contact of some positive or have tested positive, they don't isolate for a variety of reasons. well, they're absolutely does need to be support for people who are staying at home. it is no good being at home if you have no food! you need money to live on and so does michael and i think government is extremely well aware. that is exactly right, there needs to bea that is exactly right, there needs to be a whole package of public health and economic measures, if you like, that make it possible for people to do what is the right thing, which is to stay at home and isolate themselves. and to avoid a cycle of lockdown. yes, indeed. professor cert mark waugh port, very nice to talk to you, a member of sage. from thursday in england — pubs, bars, restaurants will have to close. they can still provide takeaway and delivery, but that doesn't include takeaway of alcohol. we can speak to mike hampshire, who runs nomadic beers brewery taproom in leeds.

thank you forjoining us. tell us about your business. you have been going through, gosh, a huge number of changes and different pieces of advice about what you should and shouldn't do in a very short period of time. a bit of background on the business, we are a microbrewery based in leeds. i work for the brewery, my partner who is the owner, ross, our head brewerand someone who looks after our sales. we produced cask beer predominantly, for those who don't understand what thatis,if for those who don't understand what that is, if you are to walk into a pub, it is the kind of beer you would expect to see on a hand pump. what happened in march when we went international lockdown is all of our trade disappeared overnight. we were reliant on pubs and bars being able to sell our beer. very quickly we had to turn our business around to turn our package beer into three litre and five litre pouches which we sold direct to consumers,

something we have never really done before. a complete business model change. the support was fairly limited. we were able to take advantage of the furlough scheme and then as we began to reopen injuly, we decided we were going to transform our brewery into a tap room every weekend. i would brewery isa room every weekend. i would brewery is a production facility so on thursday myself and katy dunne our rubber gloves deep clean the brewery, deep clean and get it ready for a brewery, deep clean and get it ready fora tap brewery, deep clean and get it ready for a tap room. we have seen some fairly successful, but a trade has been really down and obviously with the announcement at the weekend we will lose access to the tap room, as well and there is some confusion as to whether we will be able to do the ta keaway to whether we will be able to do the takeaway services we were able to do before. looks like we will be able to do delivery but there is a lot of questions that remain unanswered. lot of questions. i believe i'm right in saying that you are expecting to go into a higher level of restriction, so you were

preparing for that, but now, after the prime minister's announcement on saturday that a lockdown is happening, all of those preparations... i won't say they are wasted, but obviously you would not have done them if you had known there was going to beat this change in advice or this change in the system of restrictions coming in just a few days. absolutely. leeds was about to move into tear we found out over the weekend that they will bea out over the weekend that they will be a lockdown on thursday, but also we wait no longer moving into t3 for the remaining four days. pub and hospitality trade in leeds, we could have carried on training for —— trading for a few days longer than expected but people like planning to have very limited supply on thereby is going into a potential tier 3 lockdown. with a lockdown announcement thursday, everything changes again. for the brewery and for pubs, this poll question around the takeaway of alcohol thing really

needs answering. we were able to do it in the first stage of lockdown. if we are not able to do it this time around, we will look at widespread unemployment and business closures, i think. widespread unemployment and business closures, ithink. it widespread unemployment and business closures, i think. it is a vital, vital lifeline because the government have not yet given us a package that will keep us viably running. we wish you luck, as we do to all businesspeople trying to keep things running, keep things afloat. thank you very much for explaining the situation with you. mike hampshire, who runs nomadic brewing company tap room in leeds. let's get a picture of the situation across the uk — in a moment, we'll speak to chris page in belfast and tomos morgan in cardiff. first, to lorna gordon in glasgow. good morning to you. the new set of restrictions, the new tiers coming into force across scotland today. a lot of discussion about notjust how we go into restrictions but how we get out of them, as well. what is a conversation like they're

in scotland about all that? it is really interesting. as england moves into this national lockdown, scotla nd into this national lockdown, scotland has moved to a more localised five tier system. it is not the easiest system to follow, but there is a postcode checker where you can bet your postcode. i did that this morning and it told me this area is level three, the second highest level of restrictions. it is pretty tight, they are asking you not to travel outside your council area if you are in a level three area. some areas have fewer restrictions. 0rkney, shetland, the western isles, murray and the highlands our under level one restrictions. the backdrop against all of this is that the scottish government are warning that they cannot rule out a full lockdown at some later point. however, that said, there are early indications hear that the prevalence of the virus is plateauing, meaning people are still going into hospital but

the rate of increase has slowed right down in those figures. excuse me. there is a hope, but not a guarantee that the national lockdown can be avoided. 0k, thank you very much. let's go now to tomos in cardiff. wales's first minister, mark drakeford, will set out the new restrictions to be put in place when the country's firebreak lockdown ends a week today. micro folk concentrating on the exit strategy from all of their switches occupying our thoughts —— mark dra keford. occupying our thoughts —— mark drakeford. based occupying our thoughts —— mark dra keford. based on occupying our thoughts —— mark drakeford. based on what has been going on so far with this firebreak, it wales think that it will be able to achieve that next monday? well, i think mark drakeford said from the start, and this morning, that it will not be initially on monday the ninth when we will see whether or not the firebreak has had the desired effect which is of course to

reduce the r rates and reduce stress on the nhs. it will be at least two weeks later because there is always a delay in the figures. it will be at that point we will know whether it has worked. they have done for this two—week approach, a stricter approach, because they thought the short sharp break like this would make more of a difference. 0n the ninth, businesses that have been closed, hospitality, nonessential shops, leisure, we'll all be open and what we are hoping for today and what we will be getting today is a strategy up until christmas so the number of people that can out mix from now on until christmas and the rules on travel, what will happen in terms of people coming into wales from covid hotspots. 0f terms of people coming into wales from covid hotspots. of course england now going into a national lockdown, how will that affect wales ? lockdown, how will that affect wales? there will be a travel ban coming into wales. but what might dra keford coming into wales. but what might drakeford said this morning as they will be no going back to local restrictions in wales, —— what mark dra keford restrictions in wales, —— what mark drakeford said this morning. it will bea drakeford said this morning. it will be a national approach. there will be a basic set of national rules in wales that

will be simpler and clearer, and it will allow for something beyond what we have had during the firebreak period. but my top message to people in wales is, don't make your first question to yourself, "how far can i stretch the rules?" make the first question, "what should i do? what contribution can i make to keeping myself and others safe?" and tojudge your actions against that criteria. if we do that, then there is a way out of coronavirus that will safeguard us all. if we play it as a game in which yourjob is to think about what the rule is and see how much you can stretch it, then i'm afraid the weeks ahead will be very difficult indeed. so at the moment, people coming into wales from tier 2 and above from england, northern ireland and from the central belt of scotland are actually banned by law from coming into wales and people will be fined and turned back. it will be

interesting to see logically what one would expect today is potentially there will be a travel ban extending to the whole of england, other than for essential work reasons, childcare or at some of that valid exceptional circumstances, of course. people will be really looking forward to seeing how they will be able to mix again with friends and family. mark dra keford has again with friends and family. mark drakeford has said there will be some easing of those restrictions and people will be able to meet up socially to some degree. the hope is that this set of national restrictions today, national rules, will be able to take us all the way until christmas and the first minister here is hoping for a joint approach from the four different nations of the uk to agree upon something over the festive period, but potentially after that if the numbers increase again, the government here have said all along that there is a likelihood that there would be another short, sharp firebreak again in the new year if the figures increase again after that. 0k, thank you for that, tomos

morgan in cardiff. let's head to northern ireland, to belfast. chris page is there. good morning. schools returning in northern ireland today after an extended half term break but that is just part of the jigsaw of restrictions. 0ther restrictions are still in place. what sort of effect have they been having so far? the infection rate in northern ireland has been coming down but it is still much higher than anybody would like. 0ver down but it is still much higher than anybody would like. over a fortnight ago, the devolved parliament brought in a series of measures designed to deal with what at that time was the highest infection rate in the uk's four nations. schools shut for two weeks, usually they have one this time of year halloween half term, which was extended. pupils are now back in classrooms this morning. the hospitality sector largely close down forfour weeks, so bars

hospitality sector largely close down for four weeks, so bars and restau ra nts down for four weeks, so bars and restaurants have gone take away only that we are halfway through that period now." tech services like hairdressers, beauticians. they are shut for those four weeks. ministers have stressed this is not a lockdown. for example, nonessential shops are open, places of worship are open, gyms are open for individual training. 0n are open, gyms are open for individual training. on saturday when borisjohnson individual training. on saturday when boris johnson made individual training. on saturday when borisjohnson made his announcement by england, arlene foster tweeted that the restrictions in northern ireland would end in the middle of november, as has been planned. there are perspectives in the government at stormont. there are five parties in government. the deputy first minister has said that the measures here would be reviewed in about ten days, so there may be a bit of difference in thinking as to whether the restrictions should be extended, heightened, loosened, but the first minister arlene foster certainly saying that when it comes to the middle of this month, the

restrictions here will be relaxed again. figures are generally going in the right direction, but still virus case numbers here still in the hundreds per day, and certainly that is something that medics, politicians and businesses who have been so badly affected by all these restrictions will be hoping will be lowered in the coming days through the restrictions. thank you very much, as well. chris page in belfast. ryanair customers will not be refunded forflights in november, according to its boss, despite the uk government banning all but essential travel. michael 0'leary said if a flight was operating, passengers would not get their money back but they could change to a later flight without paying a fee. ryanair has reported an 80% slump in passenger numbers during the coronavirus crisis. prince william was unwell with covid—19 earlier this year but it was not publicly announced. palace sources have confirmed the duke of cambridge had the virus around the same time that his father

prince charles was self—isolating. jon donnison reports. prince william appearing on itv‘s pride of britain awards last night. you've had it in your own family as well? yeah, my father had it very early on. it turns out it wasn't just his father who was infected. the prince made no mention that he had also fallen ill with covid—19 last spring, but paid tribute to nhs workers. the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic has reminded us as a nation of how much we owe to the thousands of nhs workers who have gone far beyond the call of duty this year. kensington palace is giving no official comment or confirmation but a palace source told the bbc that a story in today's sun newspaper that the prince had shown symptoms of covid—19 around a week into the national lockdown last spring is accurate. i'm catherine and this is william next to me.

at the time, prince william continued to carry out a number of official engagements using video conferencing. news of his father's covid—19 infection was made public. at the time he was photographed self—isolating in scotland. but it may be that, given the national mood last spring, there was no desire to add further alarm by revealing prince william's condition. jon donnison, bbc news. the award—winning journalist, robert fisk, has died at the age of 7a, following a suspected stroke at his home in dublin. he was best known for his work as a middle—east correspondent, during three decades with the independent newspaper. robert fisk was one of the few western journalists to interview 0sama bin laden johnny depp is due to find out later this morning whether he's won his libel case against the sun. the hollywood actor is suing the newspaper's publisher and its executive editor, dan wootton, over a 2018 article which claimed he had

assaulted his ex—wife amber heard, which he denies. the case has been heard at the high court in london — and we'll bring you the details live here on bbc news — it's due at 10 o'clock. time is 9:31am. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. after quite a mild start to the day across central and eastern parts of england, the temperature is going down, as this weather front swoops down and clears the south—east. and we've got another weather front coming in behind which is going to enhance the showers, one look at the isobars tells you it's going to be another windy or blustery day, depending on where you are. in between all those showers, there will be some dry conditions, some sunshine, the showers will merge across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and north wales to give some longer spells of rain. and these black circles indicate the strength of the wind gusts we are expecting through the course of the afternoon. temperatures nine to about 1k degrees.

we started this morning between 15 and 18 in the south, those temperatures dipping by quite a few degrees. 0vernight, a band of rain pushes north eastwards across scotland and northern england and we've got another one coming in across southern counties. that will clear to the east through tuesday, and then we are back into drier conditions with a few showers. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month. scotland's new five—tier system of restrictions comes into force — with edinburgh, glasgow and the central belt facing controls on alcohol sales and restaurant opening times. and new restrictions for wales — later today the first minister will set out his plans for when the country's firebreak

lockdown ends next monday. it's emerged prince william had coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic in april, around the same time as his father. donald trump and joe biden head to crucial swing states to campaign, as the us election campaign enters its final stage. the hollywood actor, johnny depp, will find out later today whether he's won his libel case against the sun. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally nugent. lovely to see you. good morning. what do you have for us? good morning. manchester united's paul pogba admitted he made a "stupid mistake", giving away the penalty that handed victory to arsenal at old trafford, with a needless challenge on hector bellerin. and pierre emerik aubameyang scored from the spot — that's arsenal's first premier league away win over united for 1h years.

tottenham are up to second — gareth bale with the winner in a 2—1victory over brighton — that's his first goal since he returned to the club. rangers beat kilmarnock 1—0 to move nine points clear of celtic in the scottish premiership — james tavernier scoring from the penalty spot. celtic have two games in hand, though. thanks largely to their scottish cup run. they beat aberdeen 2—0 to set up a meeting with hearts in next month's final. manchester city beat everton 3—1 at wembley, to lift the women's fa cup for the third time. it was a terrific match — 1—1 after 90 minutes — and in extra time, georgia stanway and janine beckie scored to give city the trophy. it was always tight, obviously, when they get back to scoring 1—1, still felt comfortable and still felt that with half an hour in extra time if we keep

sticking to our principles, we'd be ok. sometimes it doesn't happen, sometimes you have to go to penalties and it can go either way. but, yeah, just super proud of the players. itjust gives us a real platform of confidence and belief to go on and achieve more. he's become acccustomed to history making. and lewis hamilton has a record equalling seventh world title in his sights, following victory at the emilia romagna grand prix at imola. the number seven significant for his team mercedes. hamilton's win securing them a seventh consecutive constructors title. a landmark in the sport — as adam wild reports. this was formula 1's return to italy's famed imola circuit, a fitting place for lewis hamilton, who at every corner this season makes a little more history. as he races towards another world title, the team surrounding him are setting records of their own. it's lights out and away we go! mercedes entirely dominant, although it was their other driver, valtteri bottas, who started out front. but the strength of the team is in

the strategy as well as the speed, and when others made their stops, hamilton just kept going, leaving all the other drivers and the drama behind. max verstappen crashing out started a chaotic few moments. britain's george russell inexplicably losing control behind the safety car, and even in the pits the problems persisted. but for hamilton, no such issues leading home a mercedes 1—2, and yet more history. seven consecutive constructors' championships for mercedes! what an incredible achievement! another win for hamilton, another title for mercedes — formula 1's unstoppable force. adam wild, bbc news. and england's women's completed back—to—back six nations grand slam victories, after thrashing italy 54—0 in parma. the red roses were already champions and they were determined to stay unbeaten, scoring eight tries against the italians, including this from emily scarrett. they also have a week off, before playing two tests against france as the countdown

to the 2021 world cup continues. british cyclist hugh carthy enjoyed the biggest win of his career at the vuelta a espana. he won stage 12 in the spanish mountains, to move up to third place overall. it's his first stage victory at one of cycling's grand tours. carthy is 32 seconds behind leader richard carapaz. english golfer callum shinkwin said he was in shock after winning his first title at the cyprus 0pen. it went to a play—off against finland's kalle samoya — and shinkwin birdied the first extra hole. he said it was "a bit of a shock" but it felt great. you are up—to—date. now, on bbc news, time for your questions answered.

and now on the bbc news channel, it's time for your questions answered — and you've been sending in plenty of questions about the planned four—week lockdown across england. to answer all your questions, we'rejoined by — dr sarah pitt, a virologist from the university of brighton and i'm alsojoined by professor alan maryon—davis, honorary professor of public health at kings college london. you are both very welcome and thank you for your time. quite a lot of questions to get through. mike asks, why are schools not closing, seeing as children can spread the virus as well? big topic of discussion. it is. from a virological point of view it would be better to close schools because the virus will take any opportunity to be transmitted from person to person that you give it. people going to school, parents taking their children to school, all those opportunities, all those

present opportunities for virus transmission however, of course, there are other things to consider which is children ‘s education and children ‘s mental health and i think what the government has decided to try and do is keep schools open and limit the movement of people in other areas in order to kind of prioritise schools education for non—virological reasons. but your question is absolutely right from a virus point of view. it would be better but from the rest of life point of view, it is a balance. it will be interesting because we had this separation, different approach to education settings and other settings, we did not have that in the first lockdown. schools were closed. it is going to be interesting to see this time round what difference that makes to trying to bring the virus numbers down and how much in effect, schools are actually contributing to that.|j

actually contributing to that.” mean, also, the other thing is we know much more about the virus than we did in march and april and schools everywhere have put in measures to reduce the transmission of the virus within the buildings and people are at lot more aware of it now. schools are doing a huge amount, aren't they? that's right. i think it's probably, on balance, it's right to try and keep schools open but we willjust have to see how it goes, i think. open but we willjust have to see how it goes, ithink. professor alan, this question asking how many people will be allowed to attend a funeral due to be held in this lockdown? the answer to that is as before, really, 30 people and that doesn't include the funeral staff or the officiating prayer leader or whoever so it's reallyjust guest

and that is 30. the funeral itself, if there is a subsequent event, then thatis if there is a subsequent event, then that is restricted to 15 people, that is restricted to 15 people, thatis that is restricted to 15 people, that is really the same as before across all of the three tiers so what is happening in the lockdown that will start on the fifth, it is the same as it was before. 0bviously, the same as it was before. obviously, the most difficult of scenarios, people are still being asked to abide by the social distancing regulations, aren't they, and to keep all of those in mind? very much so. it depends on the setting, really. it's very important social distancing measures are still in place, sanitising, being careful, all of that is very much a part of it. lewis asks i work in education and came under the extremely vulnerable category in march when i had a letter telling me to shield so what is the guidance now? a lot of

people shielding earlier in the year, very keen to be absolutely sure what the guidance is this time around. well, the guidance at the moment is that you should work from home if it is at all possible and reduce your contacts with people outside your home or your household, sorry, and your support bubble, as far as possible and take and proceed with extreme caution. it is saying on the government website that they are going to actually issue guidance, extra, new guidance, relating to whatever is going to come into force on thursday, today. sol come into force on thursday, today. so i imagine it would be something similarto so i imagine it would be something similar to that and if you are extremely vulnerable in the category, you will probably get a letter from your gp or you category, you will probably get a letterfrom your gp or you might wa nt to letterfrom your gp or you might want to get some guidance from your gp or perhaps ring your surgery and find out what it is that they are

advising you to do but i think the guidance, it hasn't been updated, so i cannot give you fully up to date advice, apart from the fact that i would advise everybody to proceed with extreme caution and whatever you're doing at the moment, keep doing that and might be asked to do a bit more and talk to your employer, if it is about at work thing and talk to your family if it is about a home thing. just be really, really careful. as you say, there may be some more detail on that later for people. who were shielding earlier in the year. this question from sarah. i have three grandchildren from two different families and i help out with childcare taking them to and from school. can i still do this? you can be ina school. can i still do this? you can be in a social bubble with one of those families if you are a single

aduu those families if you are a single adult but not both. and that's according to the current rules. as faras we according to the current rules. as far as we know that will continue, we are awaiting further guidance. ideally, according to the current rules, you are in a single bubble with one of those families and you should not keep swapping bubbles. the whole purpose of all of this is to prevent loss of contact with lots of different people. aren't there are exemptions for childcare? of different people. aren't there are exemptions for childcare ?m depends how you define childcare, because it is a caring situation, there is some flexibility around the rose but it's all about interpretation, common sense. again, it isa interpretation, common sense. again, it is a question of waiting for the guidelines but strictly speaking, if you are in a social bubble, that is one set of rules and caring, emerges in with that, in rather vague way.”

guess if you can reduce the contacts, trying to do so. really interesting question, sarah, a high proportion of deaths in the bame community compared to overall deaths so what has been undertaken to try and prevent a similar situation now? research has been undergoing to try and prevent this, but has this research translated into practical advice applications this time around? i don't know the answer to that for sure but what i do know is, as you say, we know a lot more about that now and we know potentially that now and we know potentially thatis that now and we know potentially that is a risk and we don't exactly know why but we do know that it is an observable think that we have seen so i would say, talk to your employers and be very careful. i think my answer is going to be the

same to the individual person, would be the same as i've given just previously, which is talk to your employers if it is a work thing and talk to your family if it is our home thing and be extremely careful, proceed with extreme caution. everybody now is aware that that is a potential risk so we want to try and minimise the transmission of the virus from person to person so that nobody catches the virus, let alone anyone who is more likely to get sick and end up in hospital. wejust don't want anybody to be in a position at all, as far as we can possibly avoid it. especially if you are inajob possibly avoid it. especially if you are in a job which brings you into contact with a high number of people, if you have any kind of health factors that may predispose you to the risk from covid. i am going to try and get through some more questions and hopefully these are relatively short answer so we can get through as many as possible. samantha asks our driving lessons

and tests still allowed ? samantha asks our driving lessons and tests still allowed? they are if you are an essential worker is the answer but not if you are not! short answer, best to avoid driving lessons and tests unless you are an essential worker and you do need to drive that car. question via twitter with no name but why is golf band, it is an outdoor sport laid in a wide—open space with maximum social distancing? yes, i think the answer to this is not about being in the golf course, it's about travelling to the golf course, potentially going, booking in with somebody, going, booking in with somebody, going through a reception area, all of the things that i was saying about schools, it's giving the opportunity for people to come into closer contact than they otherwise might do and that is giving the opportunity for the virus to transmit so it is not necessarily about being out on the course, it's all the things that have to happen before you get to that point and i think that will be why.”

before you get to that point and i think that will be why. i think we can squeeze in just one more think that will be why. i think we can squeeze injust one more briefly with you, alan, lots of questions from people in the category of travelling around the country. rachel asking i am staying in a holiday cottage in the lake district, going to return home on saturday but can i stay in the cottage until then and paul asks if he is allowed to drive an hour away to pick up his new puppy on saturday? my advice to the person staying in the lake district is it's probably best to get back home from their before saturday. quick answer, that is. i could go on about that. as faras that is. i could go on about that. as far as the puppy is concerned, picking up a new puppy is not essential so that is probably not allowed. how do you define essential? it is probably best to get the puppy delivered to you rather than you go and lift it. but that still involves someone going on a journey. but that is a delivery

and that is allowed. it is all a bit vague. you need to keep an eye on what the rules are, they change from day to day. really good to get your thoughts and advice, both of you. thank you both. and thank you to you, as ever, for sending in all of those questions. i do hope that has helped. the us presidential election enters its final day of campaigning, with both president trump and joe biden appealing to voters in crucial battleground states. the scale of early voting has been unprecedented with more than 93 million americans having cast their ballots already. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal reports from florida. this is the most important election of our lifetime. it is crunch time. president trump and joe biden have been making a push in the midwestern states and if those swing states are crucial, then florida is critical.

music plays. donald trump needs more than their love. he needs their votes. to become president it requires 270 points from the electoral college system and florida has 29 upforgrabs. without this state, the path back to the white house looks near impossible. more than eight million residents here have already voted. this is the last day of in—person early voting here in florida and at this polling station there are donald trump supporters on one side and joe biden supporters on the other, with no—one meeting in the middle. and that sums up what it is like to be in a swing state. people love the guy because they think he is like us, a regular person and not a politician. he is a liar. he wants power, that is it.

he does not care about the community. and some say donald trump is trying to portray his rival, joe biden, in a way that plays on the fears of many latino voters. trump administration needs something to grab onto because they record is terrible. so one of the biggest ways to scare cubans and venezuelans is by fear mongering them into talking about communism and socialism. my entire family is voting for donald trump. my entire family. i am one of the few in my family who is not voting for trump, who is voting forjoe biden. florida has been problematic in delivering election results. officials tell us they are ready this time. if that is true, then on election night florida will give us an early sense of which man is on track to become the next president. inactivity levels amongst people living with long—term health conditions rose

by 11% during lockdown. however, a virtual dance team made up of people living with at least one health condition, has shown just what can be achieved, even when you are physically apart. the dance squad, who had been rehearsing on zoom togetherfor 10 weeks, decided to put on an emotional virtual dance performance for their friends and family.

talking to us about that now are ellie finnigan — one of the performers in the group — and dance teacher katie mason. thank you both so much forjoining us. that was absolutely wonderful to see. ellie, starting with you, what did that mean to you, the rehearsals, being able to take part ina rehearsals, being able to take part in a performance and what reaction did you get from friends and family? being able to take part in the classes over the initial lockdown really, really helped with my mental health, it was one of the highlights of the week and it was an amazing group of people. the reaction from my friends and family has been,

just, really inspiring. it's something that is really amazing to do, especially when there are restrictions on the normal activities that i would be doing and, yes, it's something that has been absolutely amazing. to be able to show despite long—term health conditions and disabilities, you are able to be active at home and these virtual connections that we have got today really, really help with that. you mentioned mental health, you've talked about mental health, well—being, you've also been dealing with chemotherapy, i know, for cancer. you've been struggling with lots of health issues. what difference do you think being able to do this activity has made to all of that? it's meant that i feel

normal, in a way, to be able to pa rta ke normal, in a way, to be able to partake in an activity like this and i'm able to, a certain extent, to put my health conditions aside but katie is such an amazing teacher in terms of adapting things for various bits that i am unable to do, for example, because of my previous surgery from breast cancer reconstruction. i have not got our full range of movement in terms of my arms so it was great to have things adapted and to know that i am not comparing myself to anybody else. we all love to dance, don't we? it is good for the soul, whatever way that takes place so let's turn to katie, the dance teacher and i know you specialise in classes for people with restricted

mobility, long—term health conditions. you must be incredibly proud of that bunch of women who took part in the performance? i'm so proud! i did not know any of these ladies before any of this project happened. we just created such a magical bond over the ten weeks on zoom. we had fun every week, dancing and to go from not knowing each other to, you know, this stressful time, creating this choreography, some of it was my material, some of it was theirs that they created, we pulled it together and performed it to family and friends over this digital platform, very inspiring. i loved every single minute of it and i was loved every single minute of it and iwas so, loved every single minute of it and i was so, so proud of what they achieved over that whole journey. i was so, so proud of what they achieved over that whole journeym was great. this is all feeding into a bigger campaign called we are undefeatable, tell us about that. the campaign is made up of 15 different charities to promote how

we can stay physically active during this time, so there was another virtual team that took place which was walking football, we had the dance element, people love to dance, what better way to bring people together than tojust what better way to bring people together than to just do it via dancing? the idea is, the website has loads of different activities on it that you can, you can log on, do at home, wherever you may be, five minutes to 15 minutes, sessions for an hour, to keep you physically active, mentally well and i think this is such a hard time, you are stuck at home, for your mental health. so i think it's really important to try and keep moving and we are undefeatable are doing a great campaign to advertise physical and mental well— being. great campaign to advertise physical and mentalwell-being. absolutely, finally, ellie, coming back to you, what would you say to anybody who is

feeling down, it may be feeling that they cannot do what they would like to be doing, they are at home. what would you say to them, what encouragement would you give?” would say it is really important to do what you can and also to be kind to yourself. if one day you can only do something forfive to yourself. if one day you can only do something for five minutes, then thatis do something for five minutes, then that is just amazing. some of the videos that katie has put up online artful routines, but do not compare yourself to anybody else, just do what you can, i think that is important, to be kind to ourselves, especially at this time. and that is a really powerful message and i can see it is a really emotional thing for you, ellie, but see it is a really emotional thing foryou, ellie, but you see it is a really emotional thing for you, ellie, but you have done fa ntastically well for you, ellie, but you have done fantastically well explaining it and putting it into words. ellie and

katie, thank you both so much. we are undefeatable campaign, if you wa nt to are undefeatable campaign, if you want to look that up. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood it isa it is a mile started the day across central and eastern parts of england, temperatures going down as this weather front swoops down and clears the south—east. we have another weather front coming in which will enhance showers, one look at the isobars tells you it is another windy artistry date depending on for you are. in between the showers there are dry conditions, sunshine, some of the showers merging across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england, to give longer spells of rain. these black circles indicating the strength of the wind gust. temperatures nine to about 1k degrees. we started this morning between 15 and 18 in the south, those temperatures dipping by quite a few degrees. 0vernight, a band of rain pushes north eastwards across scotland

and northern england and we've got another one coming in across southern counties. that will clear to the east through tuesday, and then we are back into drier conditions with a few showers. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england, when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month. the government's intention to ease if you want to get in touch about the new restrictions coming in in england, or any of today's other stories, do get in touch. the hollywood actorjohnny depp will find out later today whether he's won his libel case against the sun newspaper. donald trump and joe biden head to crucial swing states to campaign, as the us election campaign enters its final stage.