one person outside your able to meet one person outside your bubble in an outdoor space and you will be able to take children under school age. playgrounds will remain open. while we are being asked not to leave our local area, so no holidays in the uk or abroad, no overnight stays on second homes, people can do overnight stays for work reasons. workmen in the home and remembrance ceremonies? perhaps the key outstanding questions are regarding visiting people in care homes. cleaners and workmen will be allowed in your home but the government is yet to be clear whether that includes nonessential work, such as getting decorating done. there has been no detailed guidance yet on local remembrance services, but it seems likely they will only be allowed to go ahead in very limited forms. what about recreational sport? non-competitive

sport looks like it will be banned. there are a few exemptions perhaps, such as one on there are a few exemptions perhaps, such as one on one there are a few exemptions perhaps, such as one on one tennis. and the government haven't clarified where children doing team sports after school will be allowed. thank you very much. a dutch metro train was saved from disaster when it smashed through a safety barrier but was prevented from plummeting into water by a sculpture of a whale tail. the driver of the train — who was the only person on board — was unharmed in the incident which happened just after midnight near the port city of rotterdam. the front carriage was left hanging 30 feet above the water, propped up only by the giant silver—coloured sculpture, called, improbably but really, saved by the whale's tail. time for a look at the weather. here's helen williets. thank you, simon. we are replacing the wind and rain with frost and fog as we head towards the middle of the

week. it already feels more chilly out there. nice in the sunshine but chilly because the cold weather front has swept away the mild air we have been sitting in through the weekend and instead we have this rather chilly west or north westerly wind with us. the strength of the wind with us. the strength of the win over england and wales today has made it feel cooler than otherwise. quite a rash of showers coming into northern ireland, parts of north—west england, highlighted for another a0 or 50 millimetres of rain. still flood warnings in force. the temperatures today are dipping away in the south, especially as the showers combined with the strong and gusty wind. that will ease overnight and tomorrow morning. a smattering of snow for argyll and highland. some sleet over the hills in england and wales. temperatures much lower than in recent nights. feeling quite

chilly. tomorrow morning, still rain in the south which will head into eastern areas, clearing. then a day of sunny spells and showers, perhaps more sunshine around. the winds will be down on today. temperatures average for this time of year. it's because we're seeing a change in the weather pattern, low pressure is moving away high pressure is meandering in for at least two or three days. and it looks as though it will drift away by the weekend. but two or three days with dry u nsettled but two or three days with dry unsettled weather i'm sure will be welcome for many. still some weather fronts towards the north—west of scotland, still the odd shower on wednesday, but we are talking about temperatures in the sunshine and light winds getting to ten — i2 celsius. fog will become a real issue on thursday and it could be the first significant ones of the season. it doesn't clear until late

morning in some places. some frost in the mornings to contest with. we are changing ourwind in the mornings to contest with. we are changing our wind and rain for fog and frost, but some drier weather for two or three days for many others after today and tomorrow. but it could be that the rain is back with us as we head back into the weekend, is once again pressure to dominate. that's all from the bbc news at one ,so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm. this the latest from the bbc sport centre. rangers have suspended two players, jordanjones and george edmundson, for breaching covid—i9 protocols. they'll have to self—isolate for ia days, which meansjones will also miss northern ireland's euro 2020 play—off final against slovakia next week. he and edmundson attended what's

described as a "private gathering with others outside their household". the club will carry out an internal investigation. manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer said his side "didn't turn up", after their 1—0 defeat at home to arsenal. paul pogba gave away a penalty, with a needless tackle on hector bellerin and pierre emerik aubameyang scored from the spot to give arsenal their first victory at old trafford in the premier league for ia years. united are yet to win at home in the league this season and they're sixth from bottom. former midfielder roy keane was watching in his role as a pundit and he said, "i don't see guys you want to be in the trenches with, guys you can trust". solskjaer couldn't argue. these games against arsenal was a lwa ys these games against arsenal was always the fury and fears and tackles were flying. we did not have at the tempo and intensity today, i

can agree with that absolutely. and i was disappointed with our first—half performance. the second half, i think we were better. but u nfortu nately, half, i think we were better. but unfortunately, they got the penalty and wejust unfortunately, they got the penalty and we just could not produce a response. after gareth bale scored tottenham's winner in their 2—1 victory over brighton, managerjose mourinho said he'd be checking the real madrid website, to see if there was any comment. bale arrived back at spurs on a season—long loan from the spanish side in september after he fell out of favour with manager zinedine zidane and received heavy criticism from the fans. his first goal since he returned took tottenham up to second in the table. of course, i am very pleased with him and please, especially for him because he deserves that, he deserves that. i am going to, when i have five minutes, i am going to

look at the madrid website to see what they say. yet more super league matches have been cancelled, putting the rest of the regular season in further doubt. and it's castleford tigers involved again. four more of their players have tested positive for covid—i9, so their games against leeds rhinos on friday and salford red devils next monday are off. the match scheduled for last friday against huddersfield was also cancelled after 13 castleford players were ruled out with coronavirus. they'll have two more rounds of testing this week. despite standing on the brink of a record equalling seventh world title, lewis hamilton says there's ‘no guarantee' he will race in formula one next season. with team prinicpal toto wolf expected to step back from the day to day running at mercedes, hamilton said he understood wanting to pull back a little bit and give more time to family. hamilton is out of contract next

season but can equal michael schumacher‘s record at the next race in turkey. calls are growing for grassroots sport and youth sport to be made exempt from england's second nationwide lockdown from thursday. outdoor and indoor team sport is expected to cease with the only ongarnsied exercise for children likely to come in school. chief executive of the youth sport trust ali 0liver says the impact will be far reaching. probably the biggest issue for the grassroot site is what happens to the community spirit in the long run and to lose some of the grassroots clu bs, and to lose some of the grassroots clubs, supported by —— community sport. it will leave us with a legacy of a generation heard an active and unable then to find their way into sport as a habit, a healthy habit for life. —— a generation who are on active. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, including confirmation that all this weekend's fa cup first—round ties will go ahead,

despite the new lockdown restrictions, but golf and tennis are trying to make a case for both to still be permitted outdoors. i'll be back with more later. thank you very much. the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, has been outlining his government's plans for coronavirus restrictions once the welsh firebreak lockdown ends next week. speaking at news conference in cardiff this lunchtime, mr drakeford said a "cautious" approach will be used to relax measures and urged everyone to follow the new rules. during the firebreak, it has only been possible to see the people you live with within your own home. now, as a result of the firebreak and all we have done, we can do more. we all want our homes to be welcoming places, but we also want them to be safe places. one of the most common misconceptions about coronavirus is that we catch it from people that we do not know. in fact, we are more likely

to catch it from and pass it on to the people we are in closest contact with every day. these are our families or loved ones and the people we live with. as from monday the 9th november, two households in wales will be able to join together to form a bubble or extended household. to help keep everybody as safe as possible at home, only people from your own household or that extended household will be able to meet in your own home. now, the rules around meeting people are perhaps the most difficult that we have to consider and that is why we ask people to think about what they should do, rather than simply what they can do. and we know that changing the rules to allow two households to join together and to meet at home, which will be very valuable

for many, many households in wales, does not reflect the family dynamics of many people and it does not enable friends and young people to meet. beyond november the 9th, there will be new arrangements to meet indoors in other settings such as pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants. but because all these places will now be closed in england, we are having to think further about how the hospitality sector in wales can operate in these new circumstances. and that consideration will continue into this afternoon. in relation to organised activity, up to 15 people will be able to meet together to take part in an indoors activity and up to 30 in outdoors activities provided

of course, as ever, that all social distancing, hand hygiene and other covid safety measures are followed. as from the 9th of november, schools will reopen in full, working from home will become even more important, and all business premises which have been shut since the 23rd of october will be able to reopen again on monday of next week. local authority services will resume, reflecting local circumstances, and places of worship will be able to reopen. there will be no travel restrictions inside but during the month—long lockdown in england, travel will not be permitted outside wales without a reasonable excuse. mark drakeford. today scotland has been placed under

a new coronavirus tier system across its council areas. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says the country has a decision to face, as the uk government's furlough scheme funding is only available during the month that england is in lockdown. the position, as it is in so many countries across the world, remains very fragile and, obviously, we remain concerned about the rise in hospital and intensive care admissions, so we'd be wrong to say that we have no concerns about the next few weeks. clearly that would not be correct. we still face a lot of uncertainty, as all countries do. that is why i made clear last week when i set out the levels that would apply initially that we might yet have to go further and that we cannot rule out — and shouldn't rule out — a move to level four for all or parts of the country. and while that decision would never be easy, there is no doubt that the availability of a more extensive furlough scheme of the kind that the prime minister announced on saturday would make it slightly less difficult

because workers would have more of their wages paid. so the decision we have to weigh up in coming days this one — should we take the opportunity of more generous financial support to step harder on the brakes now to try to drive infection rates down faster and more firmly? the potential benefit of that would be suppressing the virus further and faster at a time when financial support is available and possibly — i don't want to overstate this, but possibly opening up a bit more breathing space over the christmas period. now ideally, we would assess the impact of the current restrictions for a bit longer before making that decision and, at the very least, wait until our next scheduled review point which is due next tuesday, a week tomorrow. but here's the dilemma we face, and it is important that i am open with you about it — at this stage, the indication is that the more generous furlough scheme is only going to be available for the next month during the period of england's lockdown.

now we continue to press the case that it should be available to devolved administrations whenever it is needed and i think most reasonable people would think that is the fair position and i, with colleagues in the welsh and northern irish governments, have pressed that point very firmly at the cobra meeting which has just concluded. but we cannot put off vital decisions while we have a debate with the treasury because the virus does not stop spreading while we do that. that is why i hope we get absolute clarity on that point from the treasury today because it matters to our decision—making here in scotland. nicola sturgeon. more now on the month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england starting on thursday. the government has made it clear that nurseries, schools, colleges and universities will remain open. but education unions are already concerned about the impact the virus is continuing to have on attendance — both for pupils and staff. earlier my colleague rebecca jones

spoke tojulie mcculloch, who's director of policy at the association of school and college leaders which represents headteachers. present 20,000 school and college leaders around the uk and our view is that we do need to prioritise keeping schools and colleges open as much as we possibly can. we know that the consequences of closing schools in the spring and summer term were dire, both in terms of keeping education going, but also in terms of children's welfare and well—being. 0ur terms of children's welfare and well—being. our view is that the government is right to prioritise keeping schools open over other services as much as they can. but we also need to be really mindful of the impact, obviously, on that of the impact, obviously, on that of the spread of the virus and on the children and staff in our schools. there is also a difference, isn't there, between primary and secondary schools? it does seem that there is less of a rate of for want of a better is worth, in primary schools

but. should secondary schooljust carry on questioning we think there is definitely an argument for looking at possibly bring any rotor system and secondary schools. you're absolutely right that the spread in secondary schools seem to be much greater than at primary. and in the government has made good contingency planning, they have already been sing, sing for several weeks now, that if we get into a position where —— saying. if we get into a profession of high prevalence of the virus, they could have pupils in for a fortnight, half of them and then have him for the next fortnight. that is something that we think the government should be seriously looking at here. we do not think it is an all or nothing situation, school is completely open or closed. we think there might be some more nuanced approaches that could be taken. have you cemented that approach to government and, if so, what sort of response have you had? —— submitted. we are in regular discussions with the government. the

announcement over the weekend was a surprise to many people, it was not the timing that the government was anticipating so i think there is a bit of catch—up going there, but we have been in discussions with the department for education this morning and are raising the comments and concerns weary of saving from oui’ and concerns weary of saving from our members and putting those suggestions are to government. you mention are comments on consent remembers and we have heard concerns from the unions, who are perhaps a bit more concerned about attendance, the number of secondary pupils who are getting a bite is on the safety of staff as well. what do you say to them? yes, be absolutely share those concerns. we also represent school leaders so we have a responsibility to represent her members' views as well and what we're hearing from them is that we need to get that balance right. we need to keep children in school if we possibly can, but we need to make sure we have all of those safety measures in

place and prepare to move to a different situation if we need to, like rotors for example. we also know that one of the thing school beaters are singular clearly is that they need more financial support —— school leaders, need more financial support to put the safety measures in and they're not getting it from government at the moment. they are spending thousands of pounds to make sure they have got hand sanitiser and all the sorts of measures that they need to put in place, they're spending a lot of money and supplies up spending a lot of money and supplies up at the moment, for example, where staff need to self—isolate. 0ne up at the moment, for example, where staff need to self—isolate. one of the things we are calling for a very strongly is please let's make sure we give our schools and colleges the money that they need in order to keep those premises as safe as they possibly can and keep schools open. julie mcculloch they are of the association of school and college leaders. the headlines on bbc news... 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. as business in england face more restrictions the cbi describes a second lockdown as a "real body blow" for firms. actorjohnny depp has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife—beater". hollywood actorjohnny depp has lost his libel action against the sun newspaper after a high court judge ruled that the newspaper's claim in 2018 that he had assaulted his ex—wife amber heard was "substa ntially true". earlier my colleague rebecca jones spoke to media expert and lawyer david banks. i think it was a fairly comprehensive vindication of the actions of the sun in publishing and the testimony given by amber heard and others, which to the judge's mind proved the truth of the allegations. truth is a difficult defense for publishers. the burden is on the publisher to prove the truth, as your correspondent helen justjust said.

as your correspondent helenjust said. and that means that the starting point for the court is that they don't believe or they believe that the allegations made were untrue, so publishers have got a mountain to climb. it's a really hard defence, but the sun have managed to mount that defence successfully, bringing the evidence, which thejudge has said has been substantially proven. i take your point that actually it's a big mountain to climb for the publisher, but nonetheless, johnny depp must have taken quite a risk here to try to prove that he was not a wife—beater. why would he take that risk, do you think, given the, you know, the risks involved? what's going through a claimant's mind is difficult to discern. he will have been advised of the risks involved of going to the high court in a libel action. and we've seen countless libel actions like this where skeletons have come tumbling out of the closet, you know,

when people give evidence and stand up in the high court, so he will have been aware and will have been advised of this, but nevertheless has taken the decision to go to court. one can only assume that he felt the allegation made of abuse, of wife—beating was sufficiently serious that he felt he had to clear his name and to leave it unchallenged would be more damaging. now, i think we see in retrospect that that might not have been the wisest decision. but clearly he's up for the fight, as we see from the statement that's been issued today. the statement said at the judgment is so flawed that it would be ridiculous for mr depp not to appeal this decision. i surprised would you be if he did or did not? well if a claimant wants to spend money on an appeal and they feel that they have

grounds, they can do that. i think that thejudgment grounds, they can do that. i think that the judgment is a fairly comprehensive and if you look at any number of accounts that mrjustice nicholl refers to, the 12 of the number of accounts that mrjustice nicholl refers to, the i2 of the ia cou nts nicholl refers to, the i2 of the ia counts of being brought saying that they have been proven, you know, one has to wonder at the wisdom, but clearly mr depp and his legal team feel that the counter evidence that they have brought is sufficient to outweigh that. and go to appeal. you're talking about a massive investment in legal fees again in any appeal hearing so it is a very substantial step to take. sometimes announcements are made of an intent to impale in cases which in the fullness of time, once careful consideration has been given to her judgment don't actually come to pass —— intend to appeal. so it may well

be that things might change. in due course, but we can only look forward to the appeal hearing and more evidence or a recounting of the evidence or a recounting of the evidence beforejudges in the evidence or a recounting of the evidence before judges in the appeal court. david banks. a group of nuns in the south of england has found unlikely success with a chart—topping debut album. for these women who live a monastic life — seeing very few outsiders and only leaving the grounds for medical appointments — their new—found fame has come as quite a shock! clare casey reports. singing. in tough times, music speaks louder than ever, and it seems the collective voices of the poor clares have unwittingly tapped into a market of people in need of spiritual healing. back in a pre—covid existence, decca music executives approached

the community of enclosed sisters with an idea for an album — blending their plain chant with a 2ist—century chilled—out vibe, perfectly designed for headphone—wearing masses looking for a moment of escape. the group of women took a vote and decided it could be fun. when we received this request, about decca, for this album, we thought that it was a good adventure for all of us to live this together, as a community, and it brings a lot ofjoy and energy to the community. liturgy is part of our life. it's part of our prayer, really. fortunately, all but one of the recording sessions was completed before england's first lockdown hit, and the composers had enough material to make the album. we love singing, we love music. and when it's a good

sound, it's even better. unlike most girlgroups, it wasn't fame and money these singers were hoping for, but to bring a touch of calm to people's lives. clare casey, bbc news. unlike most girlgroups? unlike most girl groups? i am not sure she gets away with that. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello, as we head towards midweek, we'll replace the autumnal wind and rain for fog and frost. in fact the feel has already changed. this cold weather front swept away the mild air that's been enveloping the uk for the last few days. behind it, a chillier west northwesterly wind, but equally, quite a number of showers as well. in fact, it's really looking pretty blustery out there still, particularly for england and wales driving in these showers. some rather wet weather highlighted for north—western england, where we could see another a0 or 50 millimeters of rain throughout the rest of today, so potentially further flooding and obviously a hazard on the roads.

it looks quite wet to end the day for parts of northern ireland. that'll all move northwards as well. either side of that — showers. and as this moves north into scotland through the night, there could be a smattering of snow for argyll, for the highlands. and we've got a more organised band of rain potentially running in across the southern half of england and wales, and that could also give a smattering of sleet over the welsh mountains and the moors. so it is going to be significantly chillier tonight compared with the nightjust gone. and that's really a theme for the coming week. that rain's with us across eastern england for the first half of the day, then it clears away. sunny spells and scattered showers follow, mostly in the north and west, and here they could be heavy with some hail and thunder. and temperatures — well, they're back down to where they should be for this time of year, but clearly today it's felt chillier because the wind. the wind is a notch down tomorrow. and that wind continues to ease, then, through wednesday as high pressure drifts in off the atlantic. but it's going to meander its way eastwards. by the weekend, it will be starting to move away once again, but for two or three days, the weather does look

a little quieter. there'll still be a few showers around on wednesday and a bit of a breeze, but gradually that breeze is easing off, the weatherfronts become confined to the north. after a frosty start, temperatures still get back around to where they should be for this time of year, between ten and i2 degrees celsius. then as we go through into thursday, here on thursday, we are going to have some potentialfog problems by that stage. the air stagnating at this time of year. it takes a while for that fog to clear away. once it does so, again some sunshine coming through, but probably some low cloud, too. so that's something we're going to inherit later this week as well, is early morning fog and frost, but at least the wind and rain, for a time, is easing away, but as i say, it's just a fleeting glimpse of high pressure for two or three days before it drifts away and low pressure once again returns. the warnings are on the website.

this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... borisjohnson prepares to ask mps to support his plan for a month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england. the new restrictions are due to come into force this thursday. we'll be getting the latest from westminster, where some tory mps say they will vote against the government. facing another lockdown — businesses across england say the potential damage is "immense". we are nervous, we don't know where it's going to end and i think that's our biggest problem. his hollywood reputation in tatters: johnny depp loses his libel action against the sun newspaper, over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". the presidential candidates spend the last day of campaigning crisscrossing the key battle ground states. and coming up — what a catch! the metro train that was saved from disaster, by a giant sculpture of a whale's tail.