hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: economic activity in the uk jumped by more than 15% over the summer months after the end of the first lockdown, but it won‘t be enough to reverse good morning. the reduction in growth caused by the pandemic. this is bbc news — turmoil at number ten. i'm annita mcveigh. the latest headlines at nine: economic activity in the uk one of the prime minister‘s closest jumped by more than 15% advisers — lee cain — quits as director of communications, over the summer months — after the end of the first lockdown amid signs of behind the scenes infighting in downing street. — but it won't be enough to reverse the reduction in growth caused a 30—year—old nurse will appear by the pandemic. in court this morning charged with murdering eight babies that recovery slowed coming into the at a hospital in chester. autumn. it's likely that slow down continued figures obtained by the bbc show given the necessary restrictions the number of suspected we've had to put in place more teenage killers has risen recently to control the spread of the virus. turmoil at number ten — to a five—year high. one of the prime minister's closest advisers, lee cain, quits and an extra bank holiday has been as director of communications, amid signs of behind the scenes announced for 2022, to mark the queen‘s platinum jubilee. in—fighting in downing street. and if you want to get in touch about any of today's stories, please do. you can tweet me @annita—mcveigh or sport, and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, here‘s mike bushell. with the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. good morning. it is a huge night for both scotland a 30—year—old nurse will appear and northern ireland — in court this morning charged with murdering eight babies with both nationsjust one match away from qualifying for next summer‘s european championships. at a hospital in chester. for scotland, figures obtained by the bbc show the number of suspected you need to go back to 1998 teenage killers has risen for the last time the men‘s side reached a major finals. to a five—year high. that was the world cup. tonight, that could all change. a win against serbia in belgrade, and an extra bank holiday has been announced for 2022, to mark and they‘ll seal a place at next summer‘s euros. the queen's platinum jubilee. i was still playing the last time scotland qualified. a very, very long time ago. so, yeah, there is definitely a generation that's missed the atmosphere and the feeling that you get with a nation when you do qualify, that proud hello. very good morning to you and feeling, so hopefully this group can deliver. there will be welcome to bbc news. economic activity in the uk jumped no fans in belgrade — over the summer months — after the end of the first lockdown — with record growth but over in belfast there

of 15.5% between july will be exactly 1,060 and september — meaning the british economy is now as northern ireland take on slovakia at windsor park. officially out of recession. that‘s how many are allowed in due however, the expansion wasn't enough to social distancing. to reverse the damage northern caused by the pandemic — ireland ended a 30 year wait and in september, growth was only for a trip to a major finals 1.1%, suggesting that the recovery by reaching euro 2016 — and could now make it has lost momentum. back to back european championships with a win later. the chancellor rishi sunak has captain steve davis says victory been giving his reaction tonight will be for the fans — to today's gdp figures, and he‘s looking forward to have here's what he said. supporters back in the stadium. i think today's figures show hopefully, that‘ll help us. we are obviously the economy was recovering over disappointed we can‘t have the summer but that recovery slowed a full house. coming into the autumn. it's likely that slow down continued given the necessary restrictions because whenever you have a game we've had to put in place more recently to control the spread of this magnitude, you of the virus, but looking forward want the fans who followed you i think there are reasons through thick and thin to be there, to be cautiously optimistic, and to try to enjoy the moment. obviously difficult times for a lot of people, a lot of people tuning in, and hopefully, as i say, we can with improvements in mass testing and welcome news on vaccines, put a smile on their face again, but also on the economic side. something to look forward to in the my priority has always been future. to protect as manyjobs as possible, off the back of what has been which is why we extended a difficult year so far. the furlough scheme all the way two other games to remind through to march, knowing you about tonight too — there was a difficult winter ahead, england play the republic of ireland and we are seeing today very welcome in a friendly while news, the creation of 20,000 job wales take on the usa. placements for young people the other big story and the kickstart scheme, today is in golf. just demonstrating that 7 months later than scheduled,

although there are hard times that the masters, tees off at noon. no one should be left the flowers of spring, have been replaced by autumn shades, and augusta national will have a very different feel over the next 4 days, without hope and opportunity. but how differently will it play? patrick gearey looks ahead for us. with me is our business presenter, one of sport‘s greatest beauties sima kotecha. yes, that improvement in a new season‘s clothes. this is autumn in augusta — a scene we rarely see. in the world‘s imagination it‘s always spring here, like it was 18 months ago for the incredible second blooming of tiger woods. imagine this without the noise, over the last three months, but more without the people. it‘s strange. but sometimes it might be better to have peace — restrictions in place before we saw particularly for those who have the second lockdown. if you think suffered failure among the azaleas. about it that the lights were rory mcilroy would have felt quite relieved to be without spectators switched off during march, april, when it all went wrong in 2011, may, and they are now firmly and he‘s happy to be heading into the one major switched back on again, but we don't he hasn‘t won...quietly. i don‘t mind this. know when they will be switched off this is... this is nice. again. to talk to me about the it‘s, you know, it feels like everything this year — economic situation i am joined by it‘s more subdued, it‘s more relaxed. it‘s sort of, just... that‘s the feel for me, anyway. the chief economist at standard obviously, bryson‘s going to be feeling a little different because, chartered bank. you know, the attention is on him. bryson is bryson dechambeau,

who looks nothing like he did at the last masters — he‘s added 45le of muscle and set about smashing the world‘s golf courses apart. few can even imagine hitting the ball where he does. and without spectators, there‘s more space for him to aim at. as of this year, it‘s going to be what do you think, sarah, but what different because i‘m going to be could enfold to unfold in the coming able to hit it on certain lines where patrons would be. months, given the economic data? and ifeel like it does provide me a little bit of an advantage in that case to be able hit into those areas without thinking about it at all. need to really think about where we augusta national sees are currently. a big rebound in the itself as a sanctuary from the outside world, but the bubble can‘t economy in the third car were which keep everything out. was very positive, helped to —— the the flowers have gone, the galleries will be empty, third quarter, which was very but there will still be a story. positive, helped to an extent by and at the end of it all, there will still be a master. government support. going into the patrick geary, bbc news. fourth quarter we know some of the surveys are not so fourth quarter we know some of the surveys are not so strong, business and the confidence has fallen and you can see highlights on bbc two at coi'isuitiei’ and the confidence has fallen and 11.30. consumer confidence... that‘s all the sport for now. loss of sound russia declared victory over the coronavirus during the summer — but as the infection rate surges again, the poorer areas we are not hearing you very well, are being hit the hardest. while moscow is opening vast temporary hospitals, i'm afraid, sarah. we willjust try and claims it can manage

again. can you tell me, looking the outbreak without another lockdown, much further north they‘re ahead to the fourth quarter, how running out of beds, concerned are you and how concerned and ambulance crews are struggling do you think businesses need to be to cope with the number of calls. about this? our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. we are concerned about the fourth "tell them to stop calling for ambulances," a russian quarter, because the sentiment, as i paramedic pleads — she says there‘s no—one left here to respond. said, has deteriorated, and just back from picking up businesses are worried about what one patient with covid, the impact of the lockdown is going her team has already been to be. we already see signs of called out again. they are taking precautions, but many colleagues have fallen sick, piling even more pressure softer activity, we already know thatjobs are being lost softer activity, we already know that jobs are being lost and that unemployment is rising so it doesn't on the rest. look particularly positive for the up in kotlas, this doesn‘t look like the victory over the virus fourth quarter. we will probably get russia‘s politicians once claimed. a fall in the economy and that may a record surge in infections is now hitting remote regions like this one hard. linger on until early in the new year as well when of course we could potentially face brexit related another ambulance has just arrived disruptions. absolutely. going with medics in full ppe, so presumably more covid forward we have that brexit patients on board. and, in fact, there‘s a lot uncertainty, but there is one

stimulus, isn't there? the of activity here at this hospital. possibility of a vaccine. what a senior official recently said impact would that have on the that there were very few beds left economy? the vaccine will be very here, they‘re operating under extreme pressure, and the number positive for the economy and i think of covid patients — new cases in this region — everybody is right to be optimistic. is still rising. having said that, of course, it's going to take time before it can be these were the scenes inside recently... rolled out in scale, and that's after a sudden increase in admissions — the sick left assuming we do indeed have in corridors, even on benches. confirmation of its effectiveness when the final trials are approved. a medic says she‘s caring for 100 patients on her own. what's the timing of this? mass meanwhile, in moscow, they‘re treating covid patients on an ice rink. roll—out of the vaccine may not be really taking place until well into a giant field hospital 2021, and we have to think of the logistics as well. getting the where the screens now show films for the sick instead vaccine is out to everybody, making of the hockey scores. cases are rising here, too, sure they are kept in the right but there are far more resources. nd the chief doctor conditions. so it is positive but in is insistently upbeat. the interim social distancing will translation: we're fully prepared probably continue to be the name of for this surge in infections. the game. but government will be you can see we have plenty of reserves. i think it shows that

no excess restrictions very anxious that we don't, you or lockdown will happen. know, throw caution to the wind and end up with a much worse covid a thousand kilometres north, there‘s crisis before we can really get no lockdown in kotlas, either... ..but there are lots of facemasks. everybody vaccinated sarah hewin, this babushka does worry about getting coronavirus, thank you very much, and just but she says she needs to come out listening to that it is a huge to sell her cabbages. logistical challenge, isn't it? life here is a world away getting it from belgium over a year from the wealthy capital, but the virus doesn‘t care. in those conditions. but it should bea in those conditions. but it should be a boost to the economy and give consumers a lot more confidence so next year we are likely to see more nikolai and angelica are both health workers — angry that local officials didn‘t use the summer to prepare for this, positive results. absolutely, health and at the risks they‘re and wealth connected. thank you, taking on a minimal wage. sima kotecha, our business correspondent. let's now get translation: it makes reaction from alan soady from the your hair stand on end. i don't know where federation of small businesses. this is all going. thank you for your time. our small businesses feeling any relief from we sometimes panic about where it will end. that period of catch up in the their own town hospital has turned two floors into covid wards, economy over the summer? —— are and this second surge has onlyjust begun. small businesses feeling? there was sarah rainsford, bbc news, some relief for those who had been

closed and were suddenly able to reopen, the government schemes arkhangelsk region. having got them over the first period of lockdown. we know from our own survey period of lockdown. we know from our own survey figures of our own members that actually this same we arejust we are just starting to get monthly period we are talking about where statistics from the nhs, which the gdb theory figures on the obviously show the impact of surface looked good, comfortable and coronavirus are not just obviously show the impact of coronavirus are notjust things like buoyant —— gdp figures. but we know nand figures, but the impact on things like elective surgery, from our own members that during waiting times for cancer treatment and so on. the first detail that has that period small business come into us in the last few seconds confidence was absolutely rock bottom, one of the lowest measures from nhs england is about waiting we've ever had, and we know also that since then there have been times. nearly 140,000 people have further restrictions in most parts of the uk, and there certainly still waited more than a year for a routine operational procedure in are in england, and that therefore there is more need forfurther england. the figure for september published by nhs england was the support to get small businesses, who have now run out of reserves, highest since september 2008. frankly, if they had any in the beginning they don't have any more, to get them through this winter obviously, that is over a year period. i know certainly from talking to owners of small pre—pandemic. but for much of this businesses it has been very much a year, we have been in this pandemic feeling of trying to keep heads and that is having an impact on above water. what specific help or further help would you like to see, waiting times for routine operations

or procedures. we are still waiting for firms from the government to forfigures for or procedures. we are still waiting help them through what continues to for figures for elective surgery and cancer treatment. bea help them through what continues to be a very, very difficult period? chris hopson is the chief certainly, the extension of the furlough scheme and the self executive of nhs providers. employed support scheme has been welcomed, but it doesn't help iam sure i am sure this does not come as a everybody by any means, and it is unlikely to be enough. first of all, surprise to see this sort of trend. to protect jobs there unlikely to be enough. first of all, to protectjobs there should be a really concerning? well, obviously reduction in thejobs to protectjobs there should be a reduction in the jobs tax, the we get to see the day—to—day employer national insurance contributions. to do that it makes operational data, so i had not seen it more affordable either to keep the full detail of today‘s figures, people injobs or even, in these but we know what is in them and they difficult times, to create new ones. they should also be an expansion of send free messages. the first is that the nhs is working incredibly the grant system in england now that ha rd to recover england is back into something that that the nhs is working incredibly hard to recover the care backlogs that were caused in the first phase looks like lockdown, certainly more of coronavirus. when you look at severe restrictions, and also the elective surgery, you will find that business rate system itself. a long we have met the very stretching outdated system. the last thing target we were set to recover elective surgery to 80% of the businesses need at the moment is an upfront businesses need at the moment is an u pfro nt cost businesses need at the moment is an previous year‘s volume. so that is upfront cost and therefore there good news. that has been quite a should be a 100% businesses rate —— business rate relief for the smaller feat to achieve that. yeah, and

businesses. beyond that, if we look trusts have been working incredibly to try to find a glimmer of hope, hard, as hard as they were in the annita, when there was the big first phase of covid. they were not downturn ten or ii just concentrating on that, they do annita, when there was the big downturn ten or 11 years ago, the economy coming out of that, the a much broader range of things so growth, to a large extent for smaller businesses and also people starting up their own business, including people who had been made yes, they are working hard and that unemployed, there is the possibility to provide the support that the same has been a great success. the second thing, once we get beyond this bit is that have just highlighted. current situation and begin to have the fact is that there are the stability of growing the economy again and recovering from all of significant backlogs here and they area this, that actually you could see a significant backlogs here and they are a concern. that means the nhs will need all the help it can get to growth in self—employment, but may be to do that the government should look at its kickstart scheme it has make sure there‘s backlogs are for younger people, to put young recovered. you said recently that people into placements, in workplaces, and think, could that be nhs leaders are most worried about, adapted? workplaces, and think, could that be adapted ? could workplaces, and think, could that be adapted? could you do an equivalent of the kickstart scheme to help people start up their own business, become and hopefully grow a i always think the phrase should be successful business and create jobs an imperfect storm rather than a perfect storm. but in late january and growth. lots of ideas and and february, with a large number of suggestions there, but of course the difference this time around compared covid patients, winter pressures,

to the last big economic slump is staff sickness and backlogs, what is that the uk wasn't entering into, going to be the best way as we head well, the end of the transition into those months to deal with those period, the brexit transition period, the brexit transition period, with a trade deal still not concerns? i know this is not done, and we can't separate out, can universally popular, but that is why we have been arguing for the we, the economic recovery from the with economic concerns around the importance of a national lockdown. end of this transition period? what if you want the nhs to look after more do you need on that, details on the patients we see overwinter if you want the nhs to look after the patients we see over winter when we are at our most stretched, if you what's happening with brexit, to to deal with covid patients coming enable small businesses to actually in and if you want us to those care plan properly for the months and yea rs plan properly for the months and backlogs, the bit you can control is years ahead? yeah, ithink the number of covid patients. you years ahead? yeah, i think you're right. it certainly adds to the uncertainty can‘t stop people having heart attacks or strokes or slipping on around at the moment. what small theice attacks or strokes or slipping on the ice and breaking their restore businesses really need is a hip, but you can control the flow of pro—business deal with the eu and covid patients. i recognise there one that is good for small are trade—offs and i recognise it is businesses, not just one that is good for small businesses, notjust larger ones. we difficult, but if you want the nhs had a commitment from the government to have a small business chapter in to treat everybody, including there and we need to see what that recovering those 140,000 people who looks like. for example, if you are have been waiting more than 52 weeks ina looks like. for example, if you are in a small firm with maybe 10—20 for care, it is vital that we employees, but you want to be control the flow of covid patients exporting into the eu, what you

haven't got the capacity to do, coming to hospital. and it is vital unlike may be a big multinational, that everybody who is watching this you haven't got teams of experts and programme follows those lockdown rules. you know the political so on to deal with cumbersome arguments that there have been over customs arrangements, which are not the use of data leading into this only expensive, but there's a lot of paperwork as well. there will be current lockdown in england. are you costs for small businesses in telling us from the coalface of adapting to whatever the new relationship with the eu is, deal or hospitals around england that there no deal, and also in adapting to isa hospitals around england that there is a deep worry that beds in make use of any new trade deals there are around the world, and i hospitals may be overwhelmed if think to support small businesses there is a further action? we have are doing that and help them meet the cost so they can take advantage of whatever opportunities there are the government should look at said that the perfect storm is the bringing in what they are calling combination of those care backlogs transition vouchers, really a to recover, winter pressures, the voucher worth, say, £3000, small need to look after covid patients, business could use to meet the cost plus what we haven‘t talked about, of whatever it needs to adapt. it the fact that our staff are might be as we are looking at trade incredibly tired and we are seeing deals elsewhere in the world, significant rates of sickness something as simple as translating absence in areas of high covid their website into foreign languages spread, and the next bit is that to try and make the best use of hospitals are between 10% and 30% that, because we know that only capacity down because we are having about 20% of small businesses to separate out covid and non—covid currently export, and another 20%

patients to keep everybody safe. told first night with the right that is why we call it a perfect support, opportunities and storm and it is why we have been confidence they would start arguing that a national lockdown to exporting —— another 20% told us see those hospital admissions start to drop is so important. so if the that with the right support. alan numbers that should buy the 2nd of soady, from the federation of small december, when this lockdown are businesses, thank you very much. supposed to end, you would be one of the prime minister's closest arguing as nhs providers that the advisers has quit amid an internal measures should extend further?” power struggle inside downing street. lee cain will leave his role didn‘tan measures should extend further?” didn‘t an interview for the sunday of director of communications times last weekend where i said at the end of the year, specifically that if the numbers despite being offered the role of borisjohnson's chief of staff. hadn‘t come down by the 2nd of mr cain has worked with the prime december, you can see why nhs minister for several years, and previously worked alongside leaders would be arguing that if we dominic cummings for the vote leave campaign. mr cummings is not expected wa nt leaders would be arguing that if we to leave his role as boris want the nhs to treat the full range johnson's top adviser. of patients, we are going to have to our political correspondent chris mason carry on with tough measures. there is at downing street. is an underlying logic here which we let's get more. good morning, chris. are in danger of forgetting, which internal power struggles are all is, the more social contact there very well, but frankly a lot of people are not going to be impressed is, the more social contact there is, the more we get the spread of with this, they are going to be the disease. but the good news is saying, look, there's a pandemic, the economy etc, to sort out. does that the vaccines that are coming whatever is happening behind that are one of a potential triple set of door really matter, chris? yeah,

things that will help us. we know the therapeutic drugs are good morning to you, annita. a fair significantly improving outcomes, point, isn't it, because this is a and we also know that rapid very public outbreak of office turnaround testing, as seen from the politics, albeit in the most example of slovakia, they tested every person in the country and political office in the land, behind that door? and this involves a bloke identified who was potentially you've probably never heard of covid—positive. those three things losing a job you probably didn't together, in the spring, we think know he had, so why does it matter? it matters because of who is running will make a difference. but we have to get over the hump of winter first the country, who are the influential and the one thing we cannot have is voices around the prime minister, large numbers of covid patients coming into hospital so that if who get face time in front of the people do trip on the ice, if we prime minister. a chance to drop thoughts directly into his ear. what have got people whose care backlogs we need to recover, we need to deal the last few days have exposed, the with everybody and the only way we tensions within downing street can do that is if we keep the number around that. the irony was here was of covid patients down. thank you the prime minister attempting to for your time, chris hobson from nhs restore some order to his operation, and there has been criticisms in terms of the government's handling providers. just to recap, we only of the pandemic and in particular have the waiting times figures in so its communications around the far. we are also waiting for figures pandemic. lee cain, director of

on waits for cancer treatment and communications, has the job of chief elective surgery. nhs england says of staff, but —— had wanted the job of staff, but —— had wanted the job of chief of staff but that provoked nearly 140,000 people have waited a hell of an backlash behind that more than a year for a routine door, from other conservative mps operation or procedure. that figure for september was the highest since within the government. let's hear from a cabinet minister before we september 2008. the total waiting dissect some of the personality is list is now 4.35 million. so important behind that door. robertjenrick, the communities new research from the debt secretary, has been out and about charity stepchange suggests the number of people affected broadly trying to convince first night there is nothing to see here, by the coronavirus who are in severe guv. let's take a watch... —— trying debt has doubled since march to 1.2 million, to convince us. and they warn another a member of the prime minister's 3 million people are at risk. household borrowing and arrears team has chosen to leave, a highly valued member attributable to coronavirus have of the prime minister's team, soared to over £10 billion and the prime minister has expressed since the start of the pandemic, regret and said that he was someone an increase of 66% since may. who he had the greatest respect for, we can talk now to the chief executive but the government is getting of stepchange, phil andrew. on with all the things that matter to the public. tell us a bit more about the people, the personalities involved in all of this, and why there is this you say there are two groups of disagreement over lee cain? let's people who are being affected by covid—19 when it comes to their start with the man of the moment finances. tell us about them. at this morning, lee cain himself. by

step change, we are enormously busy the way, he turned up for work this at the moment. we are seeing two morning and you may have thought, specific groups of people, those we would normally expect to see, young wfh, why not work from home this morning? but he did turn up, i'll be at knitting and round the back people, those who are renters, rather than in front of the cameras. single parents etc. what we are seeing which is new is a group of during the 2010 general election even dressed up as the mirror people who in march just had no thought that they would be in chicken, chase david cameron around, significant amounts of financial worked for vote leave and has been difficulty. if you add that group of at the prime minister's side ever since his stint as foreign people onto the more normal group of secretary, then on the backbenches when he was beginning to plot his people onto the more normal group of people that we would see coming in, route to the top of the conservative party, that he followed boris it is an unprecedented amount of johnson into downing street as demand. the challenge we have is, if director of munication. who else is pivotal in that behind—the—scenes we are at £10 billion of tea m pivotal in that behind—the—scenes team around the prime minister? dominic cummings, another one of coronavirus—related personal debt at the moment, furlough is still on. those advisors you are not meant to have heard of, but he was in the news back earlier on in the pandemic payment deferrals are still running. with that whole business of the trip we are in a position where brexit to county durham, and testing his hasn‘t made itself clear to us yet eyesight on a jaunt to barnyard in terms of what will happen in

council. by all accounts he couldn't january. i wish i could have better believe his eyes last night when all of this was blowing up —— barnard news, but it is not looking good for the new year. how helpful have those castle. talk that he himself might safety nets been, things like walk the plank, but he is still very payment holidays and the furlough much in there as an adviser to the prime minister. who else can we talk scheme? it's fair to say that we are might tell you about? the former bbc pleased with what the government has journalist, guardianjournalist, might tell you about? the former bbc done, but that has been a crisis journalist, guardian journalist, itv journalist, guardian journalist, itv journalist, has worked in the treasury for rishi sunak, the reaction, which to be fair, was what chancellor, and we understand she was needed. now we need the was not keen on the idea of lee cain becoming chief of staff. but unlike mrcain, she was government to look at a longer term becoming chief of staff. but unlike mr cain, she was keen on coming out strategy. there are three or four into the street this morning, sitting on the back of a parked car things which need to be made more and feeling the need for a bit of permanent to make this work. there fresh air right in front of the snappers. down came the window and has been a temporary uplift in thatis snappers. down came the window and that is a picture you will no doubt universal credit by £20. that needs see on social media, in the media to be made permanent. there are a and on websites in the next few days. another name to mention. whole group of people who have fallen through the cracks where carrie symons, the prime minister's individual assistance packages from fiance. but she is an influential the government haven‘t helped. there voice in downing street, notjust is therefore a need for a more because of the fact she is due shortly to marry the prime minister, generalfund which is therefore a need for a more general fund which allows us to help

but also because she used to be those people. maybe we need to look director of communications for the ata conservative party so she is very those people. maybe we need to look at a new form of low interest loading scheme from the treasury, plugged into conservative politics, has, you know, phone number that because —— a loan scheme, because of many conservative mps will have an see as an alternative way rather high cost credit is often not than the more conventional channels available. in the final thing i of getting messages and views into would say is that we have to deal downing street, and our with bailiff enforcement in this understanding is she wasn't particularly keen on lee cain environment. some measures have been becoming chief of staff either even taken environment. some measures have been ta ken recently, but environment. some measures have been taken recently, but when that starts though fiance had offered mr cain back up in earnest, the bailiff that exactjob. though fiance had offered mr cain that exact job. lee though fiance had offered mr cain that exactjob. lee cain goes from industry is not properly regulated director of communications to being offered the job of chief of staff, and the ministry ofjustice have to deal with that. that is a specific to resigning from downing street, all in the space of 2a hours or so, plan of action, phil. i guess you and all indicative of the swirling are saying that you can provide the concerns and anger and rows they have been at the heart of downing providers that make you can‘t expect the providers who are giving payment street, at the heart of how we are holidays to do that for much longer. governed, in the last 48 hours or we don‘t expect the furlough scheme so. governed, in the last 48 hours or so. chris, thank you very much, to go beyond the end of the chris mason. outside number ten. financial year when it has already been extended. so you are looking at a former nurse will appear in court later today charged

with eight counts of murder — a cliff edge approaching, aren‘t and ten counts of attempted murder. you? we are, and as well as the 30—year—old lucy letby was rearrested on tuesday as part government having to do what i have of an investigation which began in 2017 into baby deaths talked about, there are two other at a hospital in chester. elements here. there is an element of personal accountability here. if you as an individual are in she's due to appear at warrington magistrates‘ court later today. difficulty, what tends to happen in mark edwardson has been the uk is that people wait and bury in warrington for us this morning... their head in the sand. if you are lucy letby is charged with eight in financial difficulty, don‘t wait. cou nts lucy letby is charged with eight counts of murder and ten of don‘t be embarrassed. go and get attempted murder following investigations into baby deaths at help. there are several debt advice charities like stepchange where you the countess of chester hospital. whilst that hospital is in england, can get help. in the uk, you never it's in western cheshire, it also serves parts of north wales as well. need to pay for debt advice. within now, the actual investigation has been carried out by cheshire police, stepchange, we are getting ready for and it started around about three that. we have had a lot of new debt advisers to assist. we are also and it started around about three and a half years ago. they say that lucy letby was responsible for the seeing that new cohort of deaths of eight babies, and what individuals with a need for they are describing as ten incidents temporary help, people who are just of nonfatal collapses at the in trouble for six, nine or 12 neonatal unit at the countess of months. so we have launched a new chester hospital over a 12 month

period between june product called covid payment plan, chester hospital over a 12 month period betweenjune of chester hospital over a 12 month and that will help people who are period between june of 2015 and june of 2016. just in temporary financial difficulty. for landrieu, chief now, ms letby was originally executive of stepchange, the debt arrested back in 2018 and bailed. charity. —— phil andrew. that happened again last year, and this week, on tuesday in fact, she the number of teenage was rea rrested, homicide suspects has risen this week, on tuesday in fact, she was rearrested, effectively arrested to a five—year high, for the third time, and last night according to figures obtained by the bbc. the findings are part of a bbc news she was charged with those eight project which has identified 100 murders and ten counts of attempted people responsible for the first 100 killings of 2019. murder. cheshire police say they are data from half of the uk‘s supporting the families of the police forces shows that babies involved. they are getting more than a quarter support from specialist officers and of the killers were teenagers. and almost two thirds of the killers being kept up—to—date with were influenced by drugs proceedings. lucy letby, who is 30 or alcohol. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. and from hereford was charged last armed police, show your hands! night, remanded in custody, and as show your hands! you say she is expected to answer those charges here at warrington police move in on a violent magistrates‘ court later today. drug gang in kent. those charges here at warrington magistrates' court later today. mark edwards and reporting. —— edwardson. listen to me! going through the conservatory... in london, officers chase two murder suspects. we tracked the first 100 killings of 2019 to create a picture of who the killers were. the headlines on bbc news...

the uk economy has bounced back from recession — nearly all were male. but shockingly, over with record growth of 15.5% a quarter were teenagers. betweenjuly and september — louai ali was just 16. but it won‘t be enough to reverse the damage caused by the pandemic. turmoil at number ten. one of the prime minister‘s closest he boxed for england juniors advisers — lee cain — quits as director of communications, and had a bright future, amid signs of behind the scenes but he couldn‘t contain his violence infighting in downing street. a 30—year—old nurse will appear to the ring. in court this morning charged with murdering eight babies ali bought a knife off the internet and murdered a college student at a hospital in chester. in birmingham in front of a crowd. it was all over within a minute. the irish prime minister has called on the uk government to "knuckle another stabbing by another 16—year—old days later, also in birmingham. down" and agree a deal with the eu on post—brexit trade. in an interview with the bbc, adam muhammad was walking micheal martin warned that failure to reach an agreement with fellow student hazrat umar. would be "very damaging all round." shortly afterwards he turned it comes as the uk and the eu enter on hazrat, leaving him for dead. the final stage of negotiations and his family, including his ahead of the december 31st deadline. uncle, a former senior prosecutor, are devastated. the final stage of negotiations europe does want a deal and is anxious that we get a deal hazrat was one of these people who because it‘s the sensible thing to do. warmed the room when he walked in. we all represent people. he was cheerful, joyful, we‘ve all had a very significant adored by his own family shock to our economic system and extended family. because of covid—i9. the last thing we need now across all of our respective my family‘s grief is repeated,

economies is a second major shock. as your survey found, dozens and dozens of times over every year. with the government planning higher sentences for teenage killers, his view? that was the irish prime minister, punish them, yes, try micheal martin. and to deter other people, but also at the back of the judge‘s mind must be the view that this pro—democracy lawmakers in hong kong have formally person can still make tendered their resignations a contribution to society once from the legislative council in a press conference. they are finally released. the 15 opposition members have resigned in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues for backing independence. the dismissals were made possible by new security our 100 killings project has laws imposed by china. highlighted the factors there has been international which lead to murder — condemnation of the chinese drugs, alcohol, domestic violence and young people government, with the us threatening living violent lives. to impose new sanctions. nathaniel levy is a youth advocate and director the chairman of hong kong‘s of inspired futures — a charity which works democratic party, wu chi—wai, with young people in london. said the so—called "one country two systems" form of government, under which hong kong was allowed a degree of freedom after it was returned to china, is now effectively over. looking at that report, so many the separation of power is a very lives destroyed by violence. what do constitutional power that common you think is behind this rise in the number of teenage killers?|j people can enjoy to check you think is behind this rise in the number of teenage killers? i think there are a number of factors. there and balance the government acts of

today and the days after. is trauma for young people. we have we lost our check and balance power found over the last couple of years that these murders are mixed with and all the constitutional powers trauma, with mental health, with in hong kong all rests alcohol abuse. and what we are in the chief executive‘s hands. and we all know that. finding between these factors are the chief executive of hong kong, that they are instigated by the because of the constitutional arrangements, is basically a puppet for the central government. so today and the days after, online and digital world. what is it is the end of one country, two systems. happening is that young people, let‘s speak to our china while they are murdering and taking correspondent steve mcdonell, each other‘s lives, they don‘t look who‘s in the capital beijing. at the immediate impact of their hello, steve. does this mean the behaviour. you know all about the legislative council now has any dissenting voices left, or as the impact, because your brother robert was stabbed and killed in 2004 when hong kong opposition effectively entirely outside that body now? he was just was stabbed and killed in 2004 when he wasjust16. was stabbed and killed in 2004 when he was just 16. tell us about the well, there are one or two my impact on your family independent members, but apart from he was just 16. tell us about the impact on yourfamily and he was just 16. tell us about the impact on your family and why you that the rest of the members of the think that message about the impact legislative council are all in the of this violence has isn‘t getting probation camp, and it's the first

across? losing my brother was time since the hong kong handover we had no effective opposition at all devastating. i also lost my cousin, inside that many parliament. the crucial thing is not so much that alex smith, in 2019. what was these four members were sacked, or surprising was that the murderers even that all the rest of the had this callousness, this lack of culpability or responsibility. it pro—democracy block quit. the most crucial thing is there has been a didn‘tjust change to the way in which that culpability or responsibility. it didn‘t just impact my family, culpability or responsibility. it didn‘tjust impact my family, but the whole community, loads of people place is governed. beijing has who had known my brother and my cousin were deeply traumatised by empowered its surrogates in the hong it. the young people themselves have kong administration, especially carrie lam, to effectively dismiss a history of traumatic impacts that have gone on through their life that any opposition politician deemed to asa have gone on through their life that as a society, we haven‘t been able be insufficiently loyal to the to address in the correct way. how motherland. i imagine any politician in the windward —— world would love does society respond to what you to have that power, get rid of have identified as some of the anyone in the opposition they like, along the lines ofjust being able causes driving this increase in the to say, you are showing insufficient number of teenage killers? and tell loyalty to our programme, our city, us number of teenage killers? and tell us about what inspired futures does to help the situation.” out loyalty to our programme, our city, our country. for that reason,

members of the pro—democracy block us about what inspired futures does to help the situation. i think we a lwa ys to help the situation. i think we always seem to put a plaster on it. think that is no longer tenable institution. what you had in terms we are quite reactive instead of being proactive. there are loads of of the separation of powers in that preventions and interventions. when city was the limit is very fast we look at youth services, they are disappearing, and in terms of this entirely stretched. community new power, for example carrie lam centres have been closing down. we was able to sack those initial four haven‘t got youth support. and now members of the democratic block, without the courts having anything with covid, it is going to be to do with it, so in the future it exacerbated. with inspired futures, is hard to say whether or not anybody at all in the pro—democracy we go to the root cause of the issue camp will even bother standing for by going on the ground and speaking that institution. steve, on that with those young people and point actually, if i mayjust encouraging them and being a voice interrupt, what happens to those to offer guidance. without support, positions? either lawmakers who resigned going to be replaced? there be elections as such, which would be they are making their own decisions enjoying a confidence among the wider community in hong kong? —— are which are sometimes the worst decisions of their life. it is the lawmakers who resigned. wider community in hong kong? —— are the lawmakers who resignedlj wider community in hong kong? —— are the lawmakers who resigned. i don't absolutely about early intervention, think they will fill those positions isn‘t it? until next september when they are absolutely about early intervention, supposed to be an election anyway.

isn't it? yes. that is the root cause. we have to look beyond the in the previous september, they were supposed to have an election and it actual incident of the murder or the was delayed by a year, so already violence and look beforehand at what is driving these young people to the sitting group of members are make these rash, crazy decisions sort of filling those seats until that are ruining their lives. next september when the election happens again and that is when there nathaniel, thank you for talking to will be another election, but under us. nathaniel, thank you for talking to us. nathaniel levy, the director of the new arrangements carrie lam can the charity inspired futures. disqualify people from standing, for a four day bank holiday is scheduled forjune 2022 example. she has already ruled out to celebrate the queen‘s 70 years certain key members of the on the throne. pro—democracy camp, and so i think ministers are promising to mark the platinum jubilee with what they describe as a "spectacular, in the general community there, the once—in—a—generation" show. vast majority of whom voted for the no british monarch has celebrated pro—democracy camp in the most a platinum jubilee before. re ce nt pro—democracy camp in the most recent council elections, i'm not now it‘s time for a look sure how much faith they would have a nap process at all, and they may at the weather with carol kirkwood. not even turn out to vote. bear in mind that the legco was only ever half elected and the other half has we still have a fair bit of cloud always been appointed by a stacked and rain to move away from eastern probation committee to ensure that

areas through the next few hours. it the pro—democracy camp can never will take its time to clear gain control of that institution. shetland, but we will hang onto that steve, thank you very much, steve cloud in the afternoon. as it moves mcdonnell in beijing for us. away, brighter conditions will come behind with sunshine, but the cloud is already gathering in the west, us president—electjoe biden has producing patchy rain and drizzle. begun forming his new administration by appointing ron klain later again, we will see rain as his white house chief of staff. mr klain served in a similar returned to western areas with role for mr biden when strengthening winds. this evening, he was vice—president. meanwhile, the top election official that rain will advance towards the in the state of georgia has said south and east, with cloud building there‘ll be a manual recount of all paper ballots cast ahead of it. gusty winds around it. there in the presidential election — because the margin is so close. some showers could be sundry in the but he says there is no sign of widespread fraud. our north america correspondent, north—west, and cool and clear skies peter bowes, told us more in western scotland and northern about mr biden‘s new chief of staff. ireland. tomorrow, that band of rain continues to push on to the near he is a long time washington insider continent, leaving drier conditions and it is, as you say, a key appointment, often described with sunshine behind. still gusty winds across the north west. here as the gatekeeper for the president. the chief of staff is the person who determines who‘s in the meeting at important meetings. he‘s the person who will call also, the risk of showers, with highs of 14. the president in the middle of the night if there is a crisis. and he does have a lot of experience as a chief of staff with mr biden

in his vice—president role. he was in charge of the ebola response under president obama and also vice—president gore back in the clinton era. so a lot of experience in washington and clearly a key position as mr biden manoeuvres himself during these difficult times still to go in the next few weeks into the presidency. i think he‘s certainly seen as a safe pair of hands because of his experience in similar positions in terms of dealing with people in very high office. he clearly knows his way around the white house and he‘s been involved in administration is at times of crisis as well. so all of those things together, it seems at least on paper that he has the credentials and experience to deal with the situation that this is bbc news with the latest he‘s facing now. headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a boost to the uk economy after the end of the first lockdown — but it won‘t be enough to reverse the reduction in growth caused by the pandemic. economic activity in the uk jumped by more than 15% over the summer months, peter bowes. but the september figures suggest a man‘s been arrested the recovery is losing momentum.

after after a car crashed into a police station that recovery slowed coming into the autumn. in north london last night. it's likely that slow down continued given the necessary restrictions footage posted on social media we've had to put in place more shows a vehicle partially embedded recently to control the spread of the virus. in the entrance of the station in edmonton. moments later the 45—year—old apparently poured liquid turmoil at number ten — onto the road and set it alight. one of the prime minister‘s closest police say the incident is not advisers, lee cain, quits as director of communications, amid signs of behind the scenes being treated as terror—related. you‘re watching bbc news. in—fighting in downing street. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. and if you want to get in touch about any of hello again. we still have a fair bit of cloud and some rain to move away from eastern areas to the next few hours. it will take its time, really, to clear shetland, but we will hang onto that cloud into the afternoon. as it moves away, some brighter conditions in behind, some sunshine, but cloud already gathering in the west producing some patchy rain and also some drizzle. later again we will see some rain return to western areas with strengthening winds. through this evening and overnight, that rain will advance steadily towards the south and east with cloud building

ahead. gusty winds around, some showers which could be thundery in the north—west and cooler under clear skies in western scotland and northern ireland, the temperature plummets holding up elsewhere. tomorrow that band of rain continues to push away into the near continent with drying —— the temperatures holding up elsewhere. the risk of some thunder as well in those heavy 00:30:24,687 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 showers with highs of 14.