of thursday morning. so starting off quiete west to east so another spell moves west to east so another spell of heavy rain and strong wind through into friday. that clears and as part of that effort, 176 newly trained sniffer dogs east on friday and further heavy are being sent to some of the uk's showers and thunderstorms moved in most notorious prisons. but the scale of the behind that from the north—west. challenge is stark. in fact, according to the ministry temperatures a little cooler than we ofjustice, there were 267 started the week with but looking ahead towards the weekend it will be prisoner—on—prisoner assaults per 1000 prisoners in england ahead towards the weekend it will be a c0 nveyor ahead towards the weekend it will be and wales in 2019 to 20. a conveyor belt of more in the way of low pressure. sell several fronts meanwhile, over the last several years, discoveries moving through and that sets us up of contraband like alcohol, mobile phones, drugs, weapons for a fairly unsettled picture and tobacco have all increased. through the weekend. that's all from the bbc news at one the mount prison in hertfordshire — so it's goodbye from me — is one of ten prisons and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s where the new sniffer dogs are set to be deployed, and dogs news teams where you are. are already an essential part of prison life here. the dogs are the first line of security in a jail. monty is my passive dog and he's found large quantities hello, i'm jane dougall of cannabis, tobacco, heroin. with your latest sports news. there have been calls for more diversity at the top of the fa, following the resignation every visitor to the prison is searched with a passive of chairman greg clarke detection dog like monty. after he used outdated and offensive comments in a parliamentary select

we'd like you tojust come forward please. committee hearing. thank you. however, some within the game fear that clarke leaving won't change anything. former manchester city defender, nedum 0nouha, worries that the attitude displayed here, prison staff demonstrate how the searches are carried out. every visitor is checked methodically for contra band, by clarke doesn't stop with him. and nobody is granted entry until dog and handler are satisfied. who is to say that he is notjust a meanwhile, so—called active dogs common, a common person within the are used to search cells for signs of illicit activity, fa. so they say the right things in as prisoners devise ever more some ways but still do not sophisticated methods of evading detection, understand the bigger picture. of all of the things that have been ranging from the use of airtight containers to posting drug said and provided, all the soaked paper into prison. information provided to them, all the stories told, on the, they say so the dogs are absolutely critical to trying to stop that drugs trade in prison. that they support them, but they use the newly trained dogs will bring language that holds people back. the total number working across the prison estate to over they will need to take a good look at themselves if this was the leader 800, and may prove crucial of the whole of the fa. in the government's effort to turn the tide on prison security. attention now turns to who the fa john 0wen, bbc news. will appoint as clarke's successor. iffy 0noura — the professional footballers‘ association's time for a look at the weather. equalities executive, hopes those from bame here's sarah keith lucas. backgrounds are given an equal opportunity in the process — just weeks after the launch of the fa's diversity code. all change with the weather this

armistice day. we started the week with high pressure for many but things are turning much more no one wants to be transported or u nsettled. parachuted into a role, theyjust things are turning much more unsettled. this is a picture earlier wa nt to parachuted into a role, theyjust want to have that opportunity to get on in wrexham, some blue sky around in front of people and present their but for most of us today a lot of case, show their case in the best cloud around and turning man 01’ case, show their case in the best man or woman for the job. it is an increasingly windy from the west opportunity for people who have not with some heavy downpours on the had that opportunity before so let's cards especially across western and see what happens and it is nearly a north—western parts of the uk. that chance for the fa to stick to the is due to this active weather front code that we set up only two weeks which has been coming in from the atlantic. the wind will be strung ago. the azaleas might not be in full bloom, but this time tomorrow, through the remainder of today. the final men's major of the year still mild with temperatures around will be underway. 12, 14 the masters has been rescheduled still mild with temperatures around from the spring to the autumn 12, 1a degrees. some hazy sunshine and the first round that starts tomorrow lunchtime won't look too different to the practice rounds because, of course, in the south east. but the wind is a no spectators are allowed in due feature of the weather especially to coronavirus restrictions. england's tommy fleetwood says it's around exposed irish sea coasts with gusts of 50, 60 miles an hourfor a bound to affect the players. time combined with that heavy rain. particularly heavy in northern majors are different, but at the ireland and the west of scotland. we same time, there is always a sort of

could have some flooding in dumfries energy that you get from the crowds, even from a monday that just & galloway and up towards the western isles. rain and squally wind energy that you get from the crowds, even from a monday thatjust isn't there. at the same time, it is a pushing east overnight. most of the major and they career defining weeks heavy rain just clearing away so, you know, it does not really towards the east in the early hours 00:03:17,948 --> 2147483051:38:24,717 of thursday morning. so starting off 2147483051:38:24,717 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 quieter make that much difference, but i do think there is an energy that comes of crowds, especially at majors. the masters isn't the only significant golf tournament starting tomorrow, the saudi ladies international is the first women's event to be held in the country. and the only arab professional on the ladies‘ european tour says saudi arabia is making "improvements". that's despite criticisms from human rights organisations that the country is trying to "sportswash" its reputation. moroccan professional maha haddioui believes it's a huge step forward. you can always come in where you go anywhere else, you can decide to look at the flaws or decide to look at what is getting better, what is improving and usually, by looking at what is improving, this is where you

keep improving. i mean, it is always about looking at the glass half empty or half—full and to me is half full definitely. fly half duncan weir will make his first start for scotland since march 2016 in their autumn nations cup opener in italy. injuries to finn russell and adam hastings has led to his re—call to the starting 15, having also featured in the six nations earlier this year. stuart mcinally, sam johnson and duhan van der merwe also return. that's it, more on the bbc sport website including news from wales on flankerjustin tipuric who will return for their game against ireland, having recovered from tonsilitis, whilst alun wynjones will win a record—extending 150th cap. more on that at bbc.co.uk/sport. see later, thank for that. a total of 4856 people have died in scotland with confirmed or suspected coronavirus, according to the national records of scotland. the figures show 206 deaths relating

to covid—19 were registered between november 2nd and 8th, up 38 from the previous week. despite this, though, first minister nicola sturgeon said the tougher coronavirus restrictions imposed in scotland have "very significa ntly" slowed the spread of coronavirus. here is more of what she said at the daily press breifing. the fact is, the measures that we have adopted in recent weeks and the sacrifices all of you and people across the country have been making have been having an effect. there's no doubt, when we look at the data over the past few weeks, that these measures have slowed, very significantly, the rate at which cases were increasing, and that is really good news. i said yesterday that if the rate of increase in new cases that we had seen at the end of september into the early part of october had continued, we would now be reporting somewhere in the region of 3,000 cases every day. clearly, as you can see, that is not the case, so everybody should be under no

doubt that these measures and these sacrifices have had an effect and they will have saved lives. that said, and i said this yesterday in parliament as well, we cannot yet be sure that we are seeing a significant and sustained fall in the number of cases. we are certainly seeing a flattening off and in some areas we've seen signs of a reduction, but we need to see cases come down overall because i've set out before why it would not be a good position to go into the depths of winter with cases at the level they are atjust now, even if that level is quite stable. so it's for that reason, we adopted a very cautious approach yesterday when we carried out the first review of the allocation of levels of restriction to different local authority areas. only two substantive changes were made, although they are big changes, and each of them affects three local authority areas, although different local authority areas.

first of all, from friday — and this reflects the very low number of cases on the islands — people in 0rkney, shetland and the western isles will be able to meet in each other‘s homes, something that the rest of us have not been able to do, are still not able to do, and nobody in scotland has been able to do for some time. there will be limits, of course — no more than six people can meet from no more than two households. and this is an important point, people who are going to or are returning to the islands after being on the mainland should not mix in other people's houses for a period after they return. we will issue some guidance on that latter point later in the week. unfortunately, household meetings are not yet allowed in the two other level 1 local authority areas, moray and highland, except for essential purposes like providing care, but the case numbers in these areas, although relatively low compared to other parts of scotland, have been volatile and seen a slight increase in recent days, so we want to be very cautious

before easing restrictions there. the second change i announced yesterday is that fife, angus and perth and kinross will, from friday, move from level two to level three. that change wasn't made lightly, but it reflects the fact that case numbers in all three of these areas have been increasing really quite sharply in recent days and we believe that the best way of handling that increase is to introduce tighter restrictions now to try to get it under control before the situation deteriorates any further. and hopefully this move to level three will have an impact and fife, angus and perth and kinross will be able to return to level two before too long. there are several other local authority areas that we're paying very close attention to. for example, for those currently in level three there are several areas, particularly in the west of scotland, where either the increase in cases has stabilised, but at a stubbornly high level, or where numbers

are currently rising at a rate that is causing us concern. so we've concluded that it is not necessary at this stage to move any of these areas into level four, but clearly that's an option we cannot rule out and we'll be monitoring these areas very closely in the days ahead. mass testing of students at welsh universities will be rolled in time for the christmas holidays. in person teaching is to end by the 8th december to allow anyone testing positive to self—isolate for 1h days. it follows a similar plan to test all students at universities in england. the welsh education minister kirsty williams revealed more details at a briefing earlier: christmas and the winter holidays are an important time for many families and it is especially important if you're living away from home. christmas may be one of the few times in any year when you can spend time with the people closest to you. we have been working closely with the university sector to agree

a set of principles that will allow all students living in term time accommodation to travel home for the holidays if they wish to do so at the end of the current term. to make this possible, we have agreed three measures to enable welsh universities to manage this movement at the end of term as safely as possible. firstly, universities will conclude the majority of in—person teaching in the week leading up to the 8th of december. there will, of course, be some exceptions, such as medical students and trainee teachers on placements. we are asking students who are planning to travel to make arrangements to move from their term—time accommodation by the 9th of december at the latest. secondly, we are working with universities to sign up to a new asymptomatic mass testing pilot to explore the use of new lateral flow devices. these tests enable quicker results and can test large numbers of people.

large numbers of people, finding cases faster, reducing the cases of transmission in the community, including university staff who work tirelessly to support the sector at this time. we are working with universities to roll out the pilot before the end of term and we would encourage students and staff if they want to to sign up for the asymptomatic testing to give added reassurance around returning home and spending time with loved ones at the end of term. thirdly, we will be asking students who wish to return home to follow a simple set of guidelines. these will help students consider what they should do and allow them to take actions based on their individual circumstances. students, indeed all of us, must first and foremost follow welsh government guidelines. let me be clear, no one should travel if they have symptoms, a positive test or if they have been asked to self—isolate by a contact tracer.

of course, many people from wales will be studying at universities elsewhere in the united kingdom. over the last few weeks and months, i have worked with my counterparts in other governments to coordinate our approaches. i am sure that families across wales will welcome the announcement by other governments to ensure that welsh students studying in other parts of the united kingdom can return home safely. we will also be communicating directly with those of our students outside of wales to welcome them home and remind them about how they can keep themselves safe when they do so. i am also greatly encouraged that we are seeing a steady decline in cases at university. evidence shows transmission is not taking place in teaching and learning environments and universities are operating covid secure campuses. 0ur universities have also agreed to develop a phased exit from campus and university towns to reduce pressure on public transport and travel infrastructure.

the need to balance people's rights and support their well—being with the desire to protect our families, friends and communities from the risk of infection remains very challenging. i am grateful to our universities for their staff and their students for their very positive engagement on these difficult issues. doctors in the indian capital delhi have told the bbc they're fearful of a medical emergency, as covid cases rise rapidly in the city. as the country enters it's festival season with millions marking religious occasions such the hindu festval of diwali, markets have been packed, and social distancing has been lax. rajini vaidya nathan reports from delhi. the big fat indian wedding has been slimmed down. numbers can run into the thousands, but in times of covid, rules in delhi only allow for up to 200 guests. as india's peak marriage season begins, cases are rising.

the country's wealthy are still finding ways to celebrate safely. all the guests which have been invited here, all my staff and the people who are working for us, they all have the covid test done before coming to this function. because they've tested negative, they are easily hugging each other. they are getting close to each other and they can enjoy the small, intimate wedding. these scenes are far from intimate. as millions prepare to celebrate the hindu festival of diwali, shoppers have been thronging at some of delhi's markets. the fabric of this nation is built on social connections. at this quieter market we visited, there was no appetite for a second lockdown, even as cases climb. it's very cloudy outside, so we are all a little tensed, whether to go or not. but it's ok, we should have fun. it's a festival. with cases rising, do you think there should be a lockdown? no, there should not be a lockdown anymore now,

because there are a number of cases which are getting recoveries increased. people are already tired of all this. people want to get out of their home. this is the time when we can step out. but shoppers aren't stepping out like they usually do. traders told me they're struggling this diwali. this woman's been making puppets all her life, a craft handed down through generations, but never before has a generation had to deal with coronavirus. for us poor people, there is no diwali, she tells me. we've gone bankrupt. we've been suffering for the last eight months. we can't afford food or clothes. there's no safety net for millions of this nation's poor. and that's why so far the government has resisted a second national lockdown. but the balance between protecting people from hardship and protecting their health comes at a price. covid cases are rising at record levels in delhi. icu beds are fast running out and pollution—related illnesses are also fuelling the demand.

doctors have told the bbc india's capital is heading towards a medical emergency. i am extremely, extremely worried right now. it's a horrible time. icus are full. if the numbers increase substantially, i shudder to think what will happen and how we will manage those cases. with diwali around the corner, prayers that the worst isn't to come. this temple has security guards to enforce social distancing. but doctors warn that if indians don't remain vigilant this festival season, celebrations could be short—lived. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. prince charles, the duchess of cornwall and the prime minister have joined those attending a special armistice day service at westminster abbey. it was held to commemorate 100 years since the burial of the unknown warrior whose remains are interred there. commemorations have also been held at the edinburgh gardens of remembrance,

cardiff national war memorial, belfast belfast city hall and national arboretum in staffordshire. at 11 o'clock a two—minute silence was held, followed by lance sergeant stuart laing from the 1st battalion welsh guards performing the last post. music: last post 0ur correspondent sarah campbell is outside westminster abbey with more. well, this really was the culmination of remembrance week. the service was attended by prince charles, the duchess of cornwall, as well as leading figures from the armed forces, the prime minister, sir keir starmer and others.

and westminster abbey had to obtain special permission to allow the ceremony to go ahead, of course, as we are during lockdown, far fewer people than there normally would be. but an important centenary, the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior. i'm very pleased to say that one of those who took part in the ceremonyjoins me now. colour sergeantjohnson beharry, of course, recipient of the victoria cross. tell me, you read a prayer, how was it to be involved in this ceremony? perhaps different to other big events that you've been involved with before because of the pandemic? this service was completely different to all the services i've been to at westminster abbey. but every service i go to, i always feel like it's the first one. that's how special it is to me. but most of all, the congregation was a lot smaller this time. it was very, very emotional. for me, i was sitting there listening to all the reading

i'm thinking, reflecting on the unknown warrior, reflecting on my time in iraq in 2004, on my regiment, on my colleagues who didn't come back and myself, how badly wounded i was, but sitting here today listening to the service and showing my support for those who didn't make it back. i wonder, as a serving member of the armed forces, what it is about the story of the unknown warrior, this unidentified body that was brought back from france and buried in the abbey, what part of that story resonates with you as a serviceman? it's very, very important, the unknown warrior. why? the thousands and thousands and thousands of men died and their bodies were so badly decomposed that the family didn't receive a body back to actually mourn over,

so having the unknown warrior gave a sense of purpose to the family. and we heard all the stories of the thousands and thousands of people who visit the unknown warrior, who visit the cenotaph on that day. so it's really, really important that the unknown warrior did happen. they come to mark those who didn't come back. now, you said a prayer as part of the service, and your prayer relates particularly to what we're going through at the moment, the pandemic. i've got the words here — for all those who place themselves at risk for the protection of others, for her majesty's armed forces, the emergency service, for health care and all essential workers who are supporting us through the pandemic. rememberance has been very different this year, changed by the pandemic. lots of people perhaps in our thoughts this year, like health care workers

who wouldn't normally be. i mean, yes, we remember ourfallen today, but the support we get through this pandemic from the nation i think needs to be recognized. just tell me, what was the atmosphere like in there? it must be slightly more nerve—racking because there were so few people present? i think i would be the wrong person to ask about nerves. i never get nervous, but... there were no nerves for me. it was just a reflection. thank you very much forjoining us and for telling us what it was like to be involved in that service. well, as you said there, as was the case at the cenotaph on sunday, it has been a very different remembrance week. it has been socially distanced. the public hasn't been allowed to attend. veterans, by and large, haven't been able to attend. and although the services this year have all been very powerful, i think everyone hoping that by this time next year, things

will be back to normal. back to you. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. this week started on a mild and fairly settled note. we had some mist and some fog around. but today is a transition day to something much more unsettled. many of us got a lot of cloud around in the skies, some outbreaks of rain around, too. so an unsettled picture notjust today, but for the next few days really as well. it's going to be turning particularly windy later today with some heavy rain, especially in the north and the west. and that's all courtesy of this weather front that's been working its way in from the west already. a real squeeze in those isobars as well, showing that things are going to turn increasingly windy. still quite mild out there — temperatures about 12 to 15 degrees. but the rain will be particularly heavy across parts of northern ireland, western scotland, too, where there's likely to be some flooding for the likes of dumfries and galloway up towards the western isles. gusts of wind also feature — 50, perhaps 60 mile per hour gusts, particularly around these exposed irish sea coast. and into this evening and overnight,

this band of rain with its squally winds works eastwards across the uk, so we're all going to be seeing some wet weather overnight and those gusty winds may well be rattling some windows. the wind and rain just lingering in the east through the early hours of thursday morning, followed by clearer skies and just a few showers heading in from the west. but it's going to be a frost—free night with temperatures down into single figures for many of us — around about seven to nine degrees. now heading through the day on thursday, a brief ridge of higher pressure and then we're going to be seeing the next weather front moving in from the atlantic later in the day, so actually, not a bad day on thursday. a bit of a window of less windy weather, certainly, some sunshine around, but the cloud building from the west through the day and the rain working in across northern ireland and western scotland during the course of the afternoon. temperatures a little bit cooler than recent days — between about ten to 13 degrees. through thursday night and into friday, then, that weather front gets a move on, moving its way eastward, so another spell of quite windy weather with some showery rain through thursday night and into friday as well. during friday, it looks like that

weather front clears away with sunshine and showers moving in from the north—west as well. a little bit cooler than it has been recently, but still mild enough for the time of year, about nine to 13 degrees. and looking towards the weekend, and that unsettled theme certainly continues. several more areas of low pressure lining up from the atlantic. lots of isobars on the map as well, so things are looking pretty unsettled through much of the week ahead, some heavy showers through the weekend, bye—bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: plans are outlined to get students home for the holidays — with many set to be offered rapid result covid tests, and allocated travel slots for them to leave. i do truly think this is the key. i think the students, not only in leicester, but across the country, are in a real predicament right now. reassurance from government scientists that we're ready to move if a vaccine gets approval — but no guarantees over when things get back to normal. together we stand! together we stand. no dissenting voices — all of hong kong's pro—democracy lawmakers resign — after beijing disqualified four of their colleagues. music: last post.

as armistice day is marked across the country...