this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds. the headlines at 8pm... the prime minister defends his plans to impose a month—long lockdown on england saying it is the only way to prevent a medical and moral disaster. that would not only be a disaster for thousands of covid patients because their survival rates would fall. we would also reach a point where the nhs was no longer there for everyone. this lockdown will be longer than it needed to be, at least four weeks. it will be harder. we've just missed half—term, and the human cost will be higher. we report from liverpool — which has more covid patients in hospital than anywhere else in the uk.

people that go round saying it is a hoax, they need to get their head straight. but faced with another lockdown — businesses across england warn of potential damage. we're nervous, we don't know where it's going to end, and i think that's our biggest problem. on the eve of one the most divisive us elections ever — donald trump and joe biden travel hundreds of miles to make their final pitches to voters. and the actorjohnny depp loses his libel case against the sun newspaper over an article that called him a "wife beater". the prime minister has defended his decision to impose a month—long lockdown on england. without one — he said — hospitals could find themselves having to turn away the sick

because they were too full. he was speaking in the commons ahead of a vote on wednesday on the restrictions. he apologised to businesses who were just getting back on their feet — but insisted that now was the time to prevent a medical and moral disaster. the national lockdown across england begins on thursday morning. it's scheduled to last for four weeks. as before, the rules say you must stay at home except for specific reasons — work which cannot be done from home, childcare or education, shopping for essentials shopping for essentials, outdoor exercise, medical reasons ; and providing care ; or volunteering. you can't mix with other households in homes or private gardens. but you can meet one other person from another household in a public space. and crucially pre school children don't count — so you can take them too. pubs and restaurants must close — takeaways are allowed but alcohol can't be served. nonessentialshops, gyms, pools,

beauty salons and hairdressers also in the commons, the prime minister said he regretted the anguish the restrictions would cause but said he had no alternative. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. three days until the locks are turned. time for discussion. but the decision isn't really in doubt. after weeks of resistance, the prime minister moved to back a shut down. prime minister. but this afternoon he had to explain to parliament why the change of heart. just as first time round, his reason, stopping the nhs from collapse. let me spell out the medical and moral disaster we face. the sick would be turned away because there was no room in our hospitals. doctors and nurses could be forced to choose which patients to treat, who would live and who would die. yet only a fortnight ago, he'd mocked the idea, standing in the same place at the despatch box, that arguments from a miserable looking chancellor and many on the tory backbenches lost out.

the prime minister reluctantly accepting the case for tighter limits. these restrictions are time limited. after four weeks, on wednesday 2nd december, they will expire. but i cannot pretend that the way ahead is easy, or without painful choices for us all. remember, schools will stay open, and other parts of the uk are following different rules. this isn't exactly the same as the spring. leader of the opposition, keir starmer. but the charge the government has been too slow is familiar. at every stage the prime minister has been too slow. behind the curve. at every stage he has pushed away challenge, ignored advice, and put what he hoped would happen ahead of what is happening. at every stage he has overpromised and underdelivered. the lockdown comes with all kinds of heavy costs though, nicholas in bournemouth was made redundant first time round. just yesterday, he started his own business. obviously going into lockdown now, the industry i'm in i can still continue to work, the financial advice

sector, but it is going to make it very hard. but karen, who hopes to form a bubble with her children, is frustrated. i think it is absolutely totally nuts and wrong to do any lockdown. polling suggest most of the public, like pensionerjoe, back the plan, however reluctantly. they have to do it. we have to have a break. try and get things under control again. but the financial pain will be acute. thousands and thousands ofjobs have already gone, the government is racking up billions of borrowing trying to keep the economy afloat, extending the furlough in england and support for the self—employed. but the fear among business about what next is great. economic damage is unavoidable. gas tanks are depleted. batteries run down in so many businesses, in retail, in hospitality, our aviation sector absolutely on its knees. back in parliament, the prime minister doesn't have to worry about losing the vote that will make lockdown official,

but he hasn't won the argument on his backbenches. how many collapsed businesses and how manyjob losses he and his government believe are a price worth paying? as we drift further into an authoritarian coercive state, the only legal mechanism, the only legal mechanism left open to me is to vote against that legislation. can the prime minister demonstrate to me that the damage that will be caused to east sussex by locking down, on the economy, on liberty, on lives, livelihoods would be a lot worse were we to do nothing? doing nothing was, the prime minister finally concluded, not an option. whether this something is the right thing is a different question tonight. we would just like to bring you some breaking news from vienna. according to the police in vienna, shots have

been fired in an inner—city district in the centre of austria's capital, and you can see on this map roughly where those shots have been fired in vienna. according to the vienna police, several people have been wounded, and the police, there we are, on twitter, the police say all forces have been deployed, and there are some reports we have been monitoring on the major news agencies that say there has been an attack on a synagogue. we will continue to monitor those reports and bring you updates. moving back to the uk lockdown now. let's talk to labour's justin madders, shadow health minister. mr madders, thank you very much for joining us. we know that labour called for a national lockdown two weeks ago, we have covered that extensively so i would like to move on from that. you will vote for this on from that. you will vote for this on wednesday. what about voting for a renewal after it expires on the 2nd of december? well, i think it is very premature to be talking about that, but we may well end up in the situation, if the prime minister

doesn't learn the lesson of the last few months, which is unless you fixed test and trace properly, you're going to keep having an increase in infections and we know at the moment from the most recent figures around 40% of people aren't even getting contacted by the test and tray system, and that is no way to stop the transmission of the virus. should we keep doing this month by month, or would it be simpler to tell the british people we cannot get out of some kind of lockdown or restrictions until the weather changes in the spring?|j don't weather changes in the spring?” don't think the weather is the only factor at play here. of course, we do know that the scientific advice has always been the virus is more likely to transmit in colder weather when people are more often indoors. and that is because of the weather. that is entirely because people spend more time indoors because of the weather. that's right, but there are of course mitigations that we can put in place, and obviously things to do with face coverings, social distancing, hand washing, they have all been introduced to hopefully mitigate against the worst

effects of that. but a lockdown should always be a last resort, and it is going to be longer and it is going to be harder than it needed to be because of the delay that has led us be because of the delay that has led us to where we are today, so i hope that this is successful, i hope we get the r below one on the whole of the uk, and we can actually have a little bit of a respite before christmas. you really think that, that there will be a respite before christmas? well, we have to be hopeful, we have to give people a little bit of optimism in this. certainly, the scientific advisers have said that a circuit breaker of this nature will hopefully reduce transmission rates. if it doesn't work, then clearly we would have to be reviewing matters, but this is what people have said is necessary, obviously the only regret we have is that it didn't take place much earlier on when it mattered, and it might have been more effective and quicker than we will see now. we have covered now that. a rule without enforcement is just a suggestion. then lockdown, we will all be able to meet one person

outside our households outside. would you like the police to keep monitoring and check people they see in parks, would you like neighbours to report if they see groups of people in gardens? what would labour —like from this? people in gardens? what would labour -like from this? we think people have to take responsibility for their own actions and follow the rules because they are not only putting themselves at risk they are putting themselves at risk they are putting themselves at risk they are putting the other people they are meeting at risk and there is a question about how much resource the police will be able to have to monitor this effectively. we know what the rules say, we have to communicate them effectively and consistently. we have all got to understand we have a part to play, each and everyone of us, in reducing transmission. from what can tell, this second lockdown will start without that great sense of national goodwill that people felt in march and april with singing and so on, but the uk is not alone in this. there is bitterness and other similar sized countries in mainland europe. no matter what any of these governments do, some are left—wing, some are right wing, this second lockdown appears to be an awful lot

harder than the first in many ways, regardless of government tactics. well, not every country is having to do this. we can look at some countries in the far east. i'm talking about europe, where similar climates, we are facing autumn and winter at pretty much the same time. yes, that's correct, but hopefully we won't be the worst, in terms of our record, in having the deepest recession and the highest number of deaths this time, and i hope that what we will see over the next few weeks is a real attempt to fix the test and tray system, make sure that people do buy into the fact that if they are contacted by that system that they have to self—isolate, and actually tests are turned around a lot quicker than they are at the moment, because people are waiting up moment, because people are waiting up to fouror moment, because people are waiting up to four or five days to get the results, which means everyone they have been in contact with is not able to isolate either. the median is 39 hours for drive—through centres and about 60 odd hours for home tests. justin madders, mp, thanks forjoining us.

the latest government figures show, there's been a drop in new coronavirus infections. 18,950 were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means that the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 22,739. 1,395 people have been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last thursday. and 136 deaths have been reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. it means on average in the past week, 265 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 46,853. as as we've been hearing, there's some restiveness among mps, who are concerned about the impact of lockdown on people's freedoms. but what about the public? susan michie is the director of the centre for behaviour change at university college london and she also sits on the sage government advisory committee

and independent sage. what will the public do? well, there are several things that will influence their behaviour. the first is that the evidence shows there are still very high rates of concern, and that is associated with adhering to restrictions. also, if people associate what they are doing with the outcome, then that will be also, andi the outcome, then that will be also, and i think they have had the experience of the first wave, when what everybody did was able to bring down the r, bring down transmission, and get us back to lifting the restrictions again, albeit too quickly, and that is one of the lessons that need to be learned. on the other hand, trust in the government was very high during the first wave. now about three quarters of the population don't have a high trust in the government has much handling of the pandemic. that is under minor adherents, but on the other hand again, we know that most of the public want more restrictions, or have done over the

last few weeks, rather than fewer restrictions. so if you put all of that together, i think in general people are up for adhering to restrictions, but there is one really important restriction that i wa nt to really important restriction that i want to single out, and that is when you have symptoms, or when you are asked to isolate because you have beenin asked to isolate because you have been in contact with somebody with symptoms or who has tested positive, then you should self—isolate. data from a study that i've been involved with shows that some four fifths of the population who have symptoms say that they have left their home in the 14 days previous to that. now, this is, unless we can fix this problem, we are going to carry on transmitting the virus in our communities. professor, i am so sorry, can we look at those four out of five people, when you say they left their home, what have they said all i was doing was opening the door and going for a walk in a park? is that not allowed? yep, so what we

don't have is a detailed description of what they are actually doing, but what we do have is their reasons for leaving the home, and the predominant reasons were leaving the home for caring responsibilities outside, which does suggest they had contact with other people, for going out to get provision, which means they were going into shops, and also because they needed an income, they needed to go out to work, which again in nearly all cases is contact with other people. so the government needs to do what other countries have done, which is actually pay people to stay at home. you know, not just give people... people to stay at home. you know, notjust give people... right, there is the fellow, of course. they have been offered £500 over two weeks. not everybody gets that, —— there is the furlough. but that is below the minimum wage. what other countries are doing and what needs to happen if we are going to sort this problem is that people need to be compensated for the money they lose, so compensated for the money they lose, so they actually need to be paid to

stay at home. this is what other countries have done very successfully, and the uk really needs to pay attention to this, because our only way out of this lockdown. .. this because our only way out of this lockdown... this lockdown will buy us lockdown... this lockdown will buy us time but our only way out of it to get a really good, functioning, find the test, trace, isolate and support system, and that does mean supporting people to isolate full stop it is a big missing problem at the moment. how good are we in this country at learning new forms of behaviour, or are we to set in our ways ? behaviour, or are we to set in our ways? well, what we saw first time around was the british population we re around was the british population were amazing at adopting new forms of behaviour. when we saw what was happening in china, people were saying, well, that's china for you, the british people would never do that, imagine all of london being lockdown! just a few weeks later, we we re lockdown! just a few weeks later, we were all locking down, and people we re were all locking down, and people were overwhelmingly adhering to that, so when people see the need to

change their behaviour, they do change their behaviour, they do change their behaviour, they do change their behaviour. at the moment, sadly, there are certain narratives undermining the clear message that if we want to defeat this pandemic, we have to stop contact between people and between households, and that means adhering to these restrictions. sadly, there are people who are questioning this strategy, who are saying that other things are more important, talking about general notions of freedom, but when one is in a situation where actually the pandemic goes from one person to another, we do have to ta ke person to another, we do have to take a collective approach to it, and the huge majority of people still agree with that. professor, thank you. pleasure. well, you can find plenty more detail about england's new lockdown and what it will mean for you — on the your questions answered page on the bbc news website. the headlines on bbc news...

boris johnson asks mps to support his plan for a month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england — saying there could be twice as many deaths over the winter as we saw in the first wave — if action isn't taken. the us presidential candidates spend the last candidates spend the last full day of campaigning — crisscrossing key battle ground states. there are reports several people have been injured in the centre of the austrian capital, vienna — after an exchange of gunfire. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre... we are going to start in the premier league, where fulham have won for the first time since their return to the first time since their return to the premier league. they beat west brom 2—0 at craven cottage internet‘s early kick—off. full of much the better side, they got off to an early start with a header midway through the first half, but the standout moment, this absolute

rocket from outside the box. it is going to be well worth another look. not a bad first premier league goal for him. good win for fulham. leicester city could go second tonight with a win at leeds. they have made a good start, just over a quarter of an hour into the game, they are 1—0 quarter of an hour into the game, they arei—0 up. quarter of an hour into the game, they are 1—0 up. harvey barnes, live commentary on that match. you can follow it on the bbc sport website. the former chair of dcms select committee damian collins, and five other mps together with the former fa chair lord triesman have written to the culture secretary oliver dowden asking for outdoor youth sports to be allowed to continue despite the start of another 4 week national lockdown from thursday. they've also said elite sports should include under 18s training in elite development centres. the letter argues that, "the risks

to the spread of the coronavirus from outdoor grassroots youth sport would be minimal. there would however be clear and lasting benefits for these young people if the government could support this." it's a view echoed by ali oliver of the youth sports trust. probably the biggest issue for is what happens to sport in the long run and to lose some of these grassroots clubs supported by volunteers that are really struggling now will leave us of a generation who are inactive and unable to find their way into sport as a healthy habit for life. so there's been plenty of support for the exemption of youth and non—elite sport from the upcoming lockdown, but some in the medical profession have been more guarded in their assessment. if you could bottle the health benefits of exercise, you would have no pill more powerful than that.

exercise is fantastic on so many levels, and we all love it, but the problem is that along with it goes all of the overhead of contact with your friends, contact on the bus to get to the match, contact in the sporting venue, contact among the fans who come to see people play or watch a motor racing event or horse racing for example. all of these things are chains of transmission, they are opportunities for the virus to spread and it isjust unfortunate that you have to do, in order to gain control of it, interrupt that chain of transmission and that often means ringing down the reason we often like to get together to watch sport, or as competitors, to see how good we are against the opposition. toronto wolfpack will not be allowed back into rugby league's super league next season. the clubs voted against their return by eight votes to four, with one abstention. toronto, who climbed from league one into the top tier within just three seasons of starting up, resigned from the 2020 competition injuly, after former owner david argyle

withdrew, stating he could no longer fund the club. there was one match in the super league this aftenoon. salford red devils are up to eighth in the table after coming from behind to beat catalans dragons 42—24. salford's match against castleford tigers next monday has been called off after more covid cases in the castleford camp. their match against leeds rhinos on friday has also been cancelled after four more players tested positive. 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. that's all the sport for now. don't forget there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from all three of this evening's games in rugby union's pro 14. that's bbc.co.uk/sport ican i can see at the moment leicester have scored a second goal at leeds united. that is all of your support for now. —— all of your support. to

bring you up—to—date with the story we broke earlier about a shooting in vienna, a police officer has been shot and seriously injured in central vienna according to the press association. another report from the austrian press association says one suspect has been arrested, quoting austria's interior ministry. it's set to be one of the most extraordinary us presidential elections in history. donald trump and joe biden are making last ditch attempts today to woo undecided voters. if there are any still out there. but more than 93 million americans have already cast their ballots in early voting — an unprecedented number as our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. american's pandemic president is fighting for his political life, holding rallies that flout the rules of social distancing, drawing crowds of largely maskless supporters,

who he believes will make a mockery of the polls. chanting in florida they chanted "fire fauci!" a taunt directed at anthony fauci, america's top coronavirus expert. don't tell anybody, but let me wait till a little bit after the election. the biden campaign has tried to make the road to the white house as safe a journey as possible. holding drive—in rallies where mask wearing is compulsory. whether or not you observe the covid protocols has become a marker of your politics. this has been such a surreal presidential election. one in which the method of campaigning has actually become a campaign issue in itself. biden events are nowhere near as crowded as the rallies for trump. but that is precisely the point. joe biden is the candidate

of a very different america. hello, philadelphia! he has tried to turn this into the coronavirus election. a referendum on donald trump's mishandling of a viral onslaught that has killed more than 230,000 americans. to beat the virus, we've first got to beat donald trump! cheering he is the virus! but it's not just the health of america he is seeking to rehabilitate. he says he is trying to save its soul. we choose hope over fear! we choose unity over division! we choose science over fiction! and yes, we choose truth over lies! covid, covid, covid, covid! rarely in us history have two presidential candidates been so politically distanced. seeking to become the leader of a disunited country,

polarised even further by this pandemic. nick bryant, bbc news, philadelphia. in the last hour, joe biden has revealed that he'll spend election day campaigning in pennsylvania — and that's one of the states that will be under the closest focus tomorrow night. it's a so—called swing state where the republican and democrat parties are finely balanced — although joe biden does appear to have an edge in the polling there. it was won by donald trump in 2016, but byjust 1.2 percentage points over hillary clinton. the state accounts for 20 votes in the electoral college — only california, new york, texas and florida have more. its two big cities — philadephia and pittsburgh — tend to vote heavily for the democrats, but its large rural vote leans strongly towards the republicans. it's part of america's rust belt — where the decline of heavy industry and mining proved to be fertile ground for donald trump

four years ago. both candidates know how important this state is, and both are campaigning there today. in a moment we'll hear from president trump — but first here's joe biden. it is time to unite this country. on the one hand, we are facing the biggest threat to who we are, what we believe, in our lifetimes, but on the other hand, our future's never been more promising. i've said it many times, i'm more optimistic about america's future today than when i got elected as a 29—year—old kid at the senate. here's why. we are better positioned than any nation in the world to lead the 21st century. with your vote, we will continue to cut your taxes, cut regulations, support our great police, support our magnificent military, protect your second

amendment, defend religious liberty and ensure more products are proudly stamped with that beautiful phrase, made in the usa, right? more and more. we can speak now to our correspondent will grant. give us a sense of this final full day of the campaign. yes, well, you heard in nick's report there, and you can see from the two clips, the two presidential candidates, just how divisive this election is, perhaps the most divisive in modern us history, isn't it? clearly they are not letting up any of the energy in these final few hours. president trump has focused on pennsylvania and north carolina, wisconsin, and will go twice to michigan, where he rounds out his campaign with an appearance with his vice president mike pence, and joe biden will be

focusing, he has only been to ohio and he will be finishing in pennsylvania, so they are clearly not going to let it about this last minute with just hours left to go, and a bit of stardust injoe biden's campaign with lady gaga appearing on stage to round things out full stop joe biden has lady gaga, donald trump has the music of the village quesne people. donald trump has repeated his desire that vote counting should stop after election day, something that has never happened before in any presidential race in the country's history. can you explain his tactic, please? well, certainly if you were to listen to his critics they would suggest this is all about voter suppression in essence, that somehow he is trying to squeeze the vote, prevent votes from being counted, because early votes tend to favour the democrats. but let's take harris cou nty the democrats. but let's take harris county in texas for example, there they have used drive—in voting stations, and i heard the republicans‘s stations, and i heard the republica ns's lawyer for that state

saying the reason they were focusing on these drive—in stations is because they are so extraordinary, it is so rare, it has never been used before and why should anything that has never been used before be employed on this occasion? of course, those organisers of those voting stations, these drive—in voting stations, these drive—in voting stations, these drive—in voting stations, would point to the fa ct voting stations, would point to the fact this is such a rare election, coming on the backdrop of covid—19 and the global pandemic and the terrible extent of the pandemic in the us. so these are the two visions that nick so clearly played out in his report, two visions of america and the two responses to the coronavirus pandemic. since 1896, a concession from the defeated candidate to the winner has been pa rt candidate to the winner has been part of traditions, the time when the defeated man ranks up there win and says you won, i back out. do we have to prepare for no concession this time round? i think if we could

say anything about this election it would be to expect, you know, the unexpected, which i know is a cliche, but it has been so rare, so divisive, so polarised. there has certainly been reports out over the weekend that the trump campaign is planning to come out and declare victory the moment it looks like they are on course for 270 electoral couege they are on course for 270 electoral college votes, the magic number that either candidate needs to be declared president. the campaign later came out and said that wasn't true, that of course they would respect the norms, but i think there will be lawyers on both sides have been prepared, the legal challenges will doubtlessly be made in a variety of states, and of course different states do different things, when it comes to counting. pennsylvania, for example, all of the polls must close before the vote count begins. florida has already started counting the many, many thousands, millions of votes that have orally been cast. so this will bea have orally been cast. so this will be a bit ofa have orally been cast. so this will be a bit of a mixed picture. a long night and be a bit of a mixed picture. a long nightand a be a bit of a mixed picture. a long night and a long few days. but

really now we are entering the final hours. the voting begins and we get down to the actual cut and thrust, after a ll down to the actual cut and thrust, after all of this campaigning, all of this money pumped into it, and as i say, such a polarised, polemic campaign. thank you so much. mclean you can join us tomorrow night from 11.30pm for our us election special results programme on bbc one and the bbc news channel, and you can follow all the expert analysis online as the results come in. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. good evening. it's still pretty windy out there, especially across england and wales and those winds are driving and lots of showers notjust in lots of showers notjust across england and wales but further north as well and that process will continue through this evening and overnight.

some wettish weather as you can see across parts of northern ireland moving into scotland across northern england just adding to the issues that we've seen with flooding here. there are still numerous flood warnings in force. some snow as that moves northwards into parts of scotland through the night, we could even see some sleetiness in the south from this area of rain moving in. so, it's a colder start to tuesday morning, a chillier night, some wet weather still with us across southern and eastern areas, the rain breaking up to showers in the north. so a day of sunny spells and showers, quite a brisk wind but a notch down notably across england and wales. so, some sunshine between those showers helping temperatures to about ten or 11 degrees but some sharp showers with hail and thunder potentially in the north — but for the rest of the week, high pressure bringing instead frost and fog.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. boris johnson asks mps to support his plan for a month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england — saying there could be twice as many deaths over the winter as we saw in the first wave — if action isn't taken. that would not only be a disaster

for thousands of covid patients because their survival rates would fall. we would also reach a point where the nhs was no longer there for everyone. this lockdown will be longer than it needed to be, at least four weeks. it will be harder. we've just missed half—term, and the human cost will be higher. facing another lockdown — businesses across england say the potential damage is ‘immense' the us presidential candidates spend the last day of campaigning — criss—crossing key battleground states. there are reports of a police officer being shot and seriously injured in the the centre of the austrian capital, vienna — one suspect has been arrested. borisjohnson has warned that without a lockdown — hospitals could find themselves in a situation where they're having to turn away sick people because they're too full. the part of england that has the highest number of covid patients

right now is liverpool. our medical editor fergus walsh has this special report. this is what happens when a city loses its grip on coronavirus. i've never experienced pressure that's been even remotely like this. i'm 58 now and i'm looking after patients my age, or even younger than me. after patients my age, the nhs risks failing the patients it's there to serve. it is very depressing, if you're out there, if you need a new hip, if you're in pain, you can't walk, we can't help you right now. the covid intensive care unit at the royal liverpool hospital is at full stretch. she's not synchronising. medical teams work non—stop to help patients struggling for breath. like douglas, who is 73, a former bus driver and crane operator. i was doing ok, and then

i suddenly went down hill. the sealed plastic hood he is wearing enables oxygen to flow into his lungs under pressure. it's a bit claustrophobic but it's doing the job. that's all that matters to me. he takes a dim view of those who down play the seriousness of coronavirus. all these people that go round saying it's a hoax, and, you know, it'sjust like a bit of a bad cold and whatnot and everything, they need to get their heads straight, because i have never ever ever been so ill in all my born days. this is an absolute crippler. staff sickness levels are three times normal. critical care now depends on nurses redeployed from theatres. and on others, like marie, who have come out of retirement. a lot of the nhs is working on good

will, and unfortunately people are starting to get tired and exhausted now, so i don't know how much longer good will on its own is going to run us. along the corridor another intensive care unit, this reserved for non—covid patients. it's full. i'm going to be struggling to look after patients who need intensive care who do not have coronavirus. in the past week, around ten critically ill patients have had to be transferred between hospitals in the region, in the search for a bed. we're hanging by a thread. it's quite tight, each time a new patient comes into the emergency department, we have to reshuffle, we all feel that pressure 2a/7. this is winter plus plus plus. people are right to say these are pressures that occur every winter, but this time it's just a lot worse. the trust isn't helped by its ageing buildings. a new hospital was meant to open three years ago to replace the royal,

and is still not finished. its other big hospital, aintree university, serves the north of the city. in both, nearly all non—urgent surgery has been cancelled. the staff are needed in critical care. normally at this time of day, all of these operating theatres would be busy, and there would be a patient on this operating table having an operation. last month, nine urgent cancer operations had to be postponed, some at the last minute, because there were no intensive care beds available. of course it's devastating for the patient themselves, if they've come into hospital expecting to have a potentially life—saving cancer operation, and the morning of the operation they are told the operation can't go ahead, and that's devastating for the patient and for the staff looking after the patient. those cancellations are the exception. most cancer care is continuing as normal, much of it at this

new centre behind the royal. david has lung cancer. this is his first round of chemotherapy. none of his treatment has been affected by coronavirus. just been very fast, and all my appointments, none cancelled, everything's gone to plan. and there has been progress with covid—19. the chances of surviving have improved, ventilators are used more sparingly. there are some proven drug treatments. but sometimes it's hard to focus on the positives, when the patients just keep coming. what we have seen here in liverpool should serve as a wanting to other cities, other communities, across the uk. but unless we keep coronavirus in check, then the nhs will come under extreme pressure. the prime minister says a lockdown in england is needed to prevent

a medical and moral disaster. and those on the front line are pleading with the public to follow the rules. the message is if you don't listen to us, if you don't adhere to those restriction, you will harm your friends, you will harm your family, your neighbours and you might even harm yourself. the nhs is about people, its staff and the patients it serves. it is a cradle to grave service, for the beginning and end of life. for people like harry king, and his wife and carer diane. hello, sweetie. you look nice and comfy, don't you? harry is 75. he has late stage alzheimer's disease and covid—19. one cruel condition compounded by another. everybody loves harry king, don't they? yeah.

diane brings in old photos, harry in his 20s in the army. memories of a happy life. that's right, the army, that's right. he's been a fantastic husband, dad, grandad. it's hard. very hard. been married nearly 50 years injanuary. but we've done a lot of things that we've enjoyed. i think the virus has done it to him, because his alzheimer's was not this bad when he came in. he keeps asking can he go home, but we can't because of the oxygen. michael's coming to see you soon, isn't he. the couple's two grown up children have been to hospital, to say a final farewell to their dad. lovely, aren't you. one family among the many thousands who face loss and grief in this time of coronavirus.

more now on those reports of the shooting in the centre of vienna. our correspondent bethany bell who is normally based in vienna happens to be in rome at the moment. she is watching events from there. bethany, bring us up today, please. well, we understand from the police there is this major incident going on in the centre of vienna. they say there was an exchange of fire and that this happened in an area quite close to the cities synagogue. the head of the cities synagogue. the head of the jewish community in the cities synagogue. the head of thejewish community in austria has said on twitter that it is not clear whether the synagogue was the target of the shots. he said that it was closed at the time of the shooting. but he is advised all members of the jewish community to stay at home.

that's been the call we've also heard by the police are urging people to stay away from the centre of town. reports in austria media including the austrian press agency say one policeman has been badly injured and that there has been one arrest. and also on twitter the police have spoken of several injuries. at the moment details are still coming in. and the police deployment in the centre of vienna is still ongoing. you know vienna, of course, very well. what is security generally like in the centre of the city? there is usually a strong security outside the main synagogue in the centre of vienna. the police of course are in the centre quite a lot. but this kind of major shooting event, as it seems to be from the details that we have at

the moment, the few details, is something more unusual for vienna. although there have been incidences of shootings in the past few years. thank you so much. let's return to the situation here particularly the situation in liverpool. let's return to the situation here particularly the liverpool. joining me now is the landlady of the sandon pub and hotel, in liverpool. the 120 bed accomodation, is next to liverpool football club's anfield stadium. kate stewart is with us. you are at home at the moment, kate. you would normally be serving customers and looking after things in the hotel and bar in a normal year. how is tier 3 and this lockdown affecting you and your business? it's abysmal. there is just no way to describe because it's bad. the hospitality sector is in dire straits. the premiership matches are still going

on but of course they are behind closed doors. i imagine that doesn't help you at all. not. i spoke to die—hard liverpool help you at all. not. i spoke to die—ha rd liverpool fans and help you at all. not. i spoke to die—hard liverpool fans and they told me they've just in the game and it's become apparent that football is nothing without the fans. to walk around and see the streets day, the pubs day, nobody there it's just heartbreaking. what about your staff? my staff, i've tried to keep their spirits up and everything else from the beginning. i made a pledge that i wouldn't make anyone redundant. that was back in march. i never envision is this going on for so long and not having any light at the end of the tunnel. i have kept the end of the tunnel. i have kept the pledge, i haven't made anyone redundant but the morale is so bad right now. this is women who depend on thesejobs. who need right now. this is women who depend on these jobs. who need that money who know what income they've got coming in every month and every penny is accounted for. i can't let them in the face and tell them what can you be happening in the next few

months. i've lost business i understand people are saying liverpool, we are in high numbers, the highest in the country. but last month the government were asking as the eat out to help her. they wanted people to congregate in restaurants and now they are saying, got to close the hospitality sector that's been their scapegoat for so much of this coronavirus it's been unbelievable. tell me about the structure of an normal day of such a thing exist for the moment how you get through each day now.” thing exist for the moment how you get through each day now. i suffered really bad with depression in the first one because i have gone from not having enough minute in the day to go and have nothing to do except look after my children. out of organising sometimes we will have two football matches in a week. so that's 10,000 two football matches in a week. so that's10,000 people come into the complex and 1—week. we do the hospitality for the club and the hotel rooms would be follow. from going to organising something like

that, 150 staff to having nothing in your life is a major bit. it's like wow, what happened to you? i have nothing to do. that really had a bad implication on my own mental health. and my staff as well. everyone is like, what's nextthere was a little bit a light at the tent end of the tunnel and somebody could say to us in three months‘ time you will be backin in three months‘ time you will be back in business or you can start. there is not. we‘re going into a second lockdown liverpool will be in tier 3 longer. is it going to work was not the first lockdown hasn‘t worked. and we got christmas coming out. people are going to congregate at christmas. human beings are social butterflies we like coming together and i think you‘ve got to have a big fight on our hands to keep people separated at the christmas period. thank you so much for talking to us. a new five—level system of coronavirus restrictions has come into effect in scotland.

no part of scotland has been placed in the highest tier, but the central belt including glasgow & edinburgh will be in level three of the new system — with pubs and restaurants closing at 6pm, and no alcohol sold. the highlands and the island communities are among those will be in level1 with more relaxed rules. our scotland editor sarah smith has the details. the wok is hot for the first time in weeks. this glasgow restaurant reopened today, as even under level three restrictions, they can serve food before six, but no alcohol. on balance i think i would rather be open than closed. we make most of our revenue in the evenings, and a significant proportion of it from drinks sales. so to be open until 6pm with no drinks sales is still going to be a struggle. they probably won‘t turn a profit, but want to try to save jobs. unsure exactly what support scottish businesses will get from the government in future. as the furlough scheme has now been extended through november across the whole of the uk, the big question here

is what happens if scotland goes into a tighter lockdown at a later date? will the chancellor pay for scottish workers to be furloughed then? nicola sturgeon says it is a dilemma. should she lock down scotland now, just because treasury funding is currently available? if we know that furlough is available without limit of time, we might still ultimately have to act. but we could give ourselves a bit more time to assess the situation and so not take decisions too quickly that will involve more restrictions on people before we've had the opportunity to assess the current situation. in the last hour the prime minister appeared to tell the scottish tory leader that furlough funds would be available to scotland as and when they need it. of course it is available to them and that applies notjust now but in the future as well. in paisley, volunteers are trying to spread a little happiness.

it cheers somebody up, you know, brings a smile to somebody's face. it‘s been over six weeks since people could visit each other‘s homes in scotland. instead, house plants are being delivered to the elderly, who fear another knockdown. it would be dreadful, wouldn‘t it? different rules for different countries, but the leaders of all four uk nations say they will work together to try and find a joint approach to christmas. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. with me now is eric frey — who works for the news organisation der standard in vienna eric, thanks so much forjoining me. can you tell us what happened, please? there is still a lot we don‘t know. we know there was a shooting that started at the main synagogue in vienna. several perpetrators were using guns and

shooting from there into various bars and restaurants. this is a dense going out area. and then the police, they were running away and chased by the police. there are several people injured and the interior minister says several people dead. probably passerby. perhaps some of the policeman guarding the synagogue. this is not confirmed. large part of the city is closed off, people are told to stay at home or stay in the place where you are. there are hundreds of peoples now in bars and restaurants sitting inside and not able to come out. there‘s a report also as a hostage taking in another part of town. at this is still unconfirmed. can you tell us more about the synagogue in that area which may have been the target? the synagogue

isa have been the target? the synagogue is a 19th—century synagogue. the main synagogue of vienna. which actually survived the nazi. because it surrounded by apartment buildings. so it could never be burnt out. there are lots, it was closed that evening. there were no services and also the offices of the jewish community arrived there. they we re jewish community arrived there. they were also close. if it was an attack against a synagogue itself, probably the attackers were frustrated because they couldn‘t get in and couldn‘t find anyone. apparently, if this is the case theyjust went on a rampage afterwards. perhaps in a moment... ijust want rampage afterwards. perhaps in a moment... i just want to update rampage afterwards. perhaps in a moment... ijust want to update our view is that you said in your first a nswer view is that you said in your first answer but just to view is that you said in your first answer butjust to repeat, according to the interior minister, and this isa to the interior minister, and this is a report quoted on the reuters news agency there are injured and

probably people killed in the vienna shooting. that‘s what use that as well. how busy was the city?m shooting. that‘s what use that as well. how busy was the city? it was a very busy night because the lockdown will start at midnight tonight. as of tomorrow there is a cu rfew tonight. as of tomorrow there is a curfew at eight p:m.. so lots of people decided to go out tonight, to enjoy a balmy evening. very full and a perfect target for someone trying to cause as much havoc as possible. for our viewers who don‘t always follow events in austria, where there any known threats by any groups or individuals that the police were worried about in recent weeks or months? not in the way that could anyway be linked to this

attack incident. there was an attack ona attack incident. there was an attack on a synagogue south of vienna. but asa on a synagogue south of vienna. but as a two was a soul attacker that wasn‘t really organised or anything it is using a piece of steel and causing damage to the place. and threatening the president of the synagogue. but otherwise, the police, we don‘t know of anything that they were aware of any kind of serious threats. and building on that, vienna does not have experience with this kind of shooting in recent years? no, no. there was an attack on the same synagogue in 1981, the early 80s with several people were killed outside. but this was at the time,

palestinian radical terrorists. but in recent years, nothing of the kind had happened. just to reiterate to our terrace, the vienna shootings is believed to have been committed by several people. that is according to the austrian interior minister who said that to tv in austria. it looks like this might have been carried out by several people. i would imagine, are police looking in many places? do you know of the police deployment in vienna? yes, massive deployment in vienna? yes, massive deployment of policeman. the city is closed off and there are hundreds of policeman around. it seems they are still looking out for perpetrators who are still at large. so there is a warning to the citizens and inhabitants, stay at home, stay safe

and don‘t go out on the street. inhabitants, stay at home, stay safe and don't go out on the street. just to add to that, we seen the police and on twitter, you‘re probably monitoring the same social media feeds that we are that public transport is no longer stopping in central vienna. so i would imagine at the moment everyone‘s attention in the city is focused on this. absolutely, absolutely. suddenly no one talks about covid anymore. it is all about what is happening here. for two hours now there has been co nsta nt for two hours now there has been constant social media feeds, phone calls people are trying to find out are myfamily calls people are trying to find out are my family and children save? there are lots of people out on the street right now, people are still in theatre which is still open tonight. so everyone is really worried. just to recap there‘s been a

shooting in vienna several people have been injured will bring you more as we have it. been injured will bring you more as we have it. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. good evening. still windy out there especially between england and wales but further north as well. that process will continue through this evening and overnight. whitish weather really as you can see across parts of northern ireland moving into scotla nd of northern ireland moving into scotland across northern england. just adding to the issues that we‘ve seen with sliding here. there are still numerous flood warnings. snow as it moves northwards into scotland through the night. could see sleet in the south in this area of rain moving in. it is a colder start to tuesday morning. a chillier night for that wet weather still with us across southern and eastern areas. rain breaking up to shower in the north. a day of sunny spells and showers. quite a notch down notably across england and wales. some sunshine between those showers helping temperatures to about ten or 11 degrees. sharp showers with pale

and thunder potentially in the north. but the rest of the week high—pressure bringing instead of frost and fog.

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