plaudits they are going to get. back home, the celebrations were behind closed doors. this, the lockdown reaction from one street just as the penalty was saved. cheering 22 years since we last done it, and i think what the lads did last night, i thought they were brilliant. i thought they deserved to win the game. i think everyone of them deserves great credit, stevie, them deserves great credit, stevie, the backroom staff. ijust think it is great for the whole nation. what scotla nd is great for the whole nation. what scotland achieved here in the stadium last night of course send them to a major finals for the first time ina them to a major finals for the first time in a long time, but it also provides a nation with a much—needed lift. at last, scotland are back, and just when the country it most. bbc news, in belgrade. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. let's see whether you have any good news with the weather? no pressure,

chris! i don't normally, jane, but a bit of sunshine before it turns wet and windy in time for the weekend, but some nice scenes from this weather watcher, some sunshine in west wales. xiao is never too far away and they have been affecting parts of north—west england, wales seeing a lot of showers actually. a few for northern ireland and frequent showers in western scotland where the showers continue to work in on quite a blustery wind. wind is gusting into the low 405 in the hebrides. there will be some dry weather and sunshine. the midlands, southern england, northern and eastern areas of scotland seeing some drier weather and some sunshine. the sunshine will turn hazy across england and wales later today, as this area of cloud starts today, as this area of cloud starts to work in and this area of cloud is oui’ to work in and this area of cloud is our next weather system that will be bringing some heavy rain and some strong winds, just in time for the weekend. so let's take a look at this evening's weather forecast. showers continue across western areas initially but later in the

night it will turn cloudy with rain really gathering across many parts of the country. a few areas will stay dry but across the south with strengthening southerly winds, it turns milder toward the end of the night. 13 degrees in plymouth as we head into the first part of saturday. we can looking wet and windy, as already mentioned. the area of low pressure loitering through both saturday and sunday with several weather fronts being chucked across the uk. isobars pretty tightly squeezed together. quite windy at times as well. on saturday, the wettest weather will a lwa ys saturday, the wettest weather will always be across western areas, heavy and fairly persistent outbreaks of rain here. some drier slots across parts of england and perhaps northern scotland too but very windy in wales and west in england with gales reaching 50 miles an hour, very blustery weather. but it will be mild. the wind from a south—westerly direction, so about 11 degrees in glasgow, 13 in belfast and highs of 15 in norwich, london

and highs of 15 in norwich, london and cardiff as well. low pressure still with us on sunday. the band of rain clears from eastern england quite early, but rain loitering across scotland, northern ireland, perhaps the far north of england, and the strongest winds blowing through the english channel. the south coast could get gusts of around 50 or 60 mph, so very windy across the south, plenty of heavy showers around. sunny spells but fresher air working in through the afternoon so we will start to feel a little cooler. that is the latest weather, jane. chris, thank you very much. the remainder of our top story this lunchtime... —— a reminder of oui’ this lunchtime... —— a reminder of our top story. dominic cummings, the prime minister's top adviser, to leave hisjob by christmas. had a good weekend. that good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news.

i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. the scotland manager steve clarke says he hopes they have made the nation smile again. they have qualified for next year's european championship after beating serbia on penalties last night io their play—off final in belgrade. alex mcleish was the man in charge two years ago when they qualified for the play—offs and hejoins us now. you must be a proud man. after missing out on ten major championships, what is your emotion? relief, jubilation? yeah, i think jubilation. when we talk about relief, i guess sometimes that's what scotland takes, they equalise the last minute and you think, oh no, here we go again. the extra time. fortunately, we held on to the drawer and then the penalties was

just absolutely masterful to behold. you obviously, everybody celebrating afterwards, i celebrated with my family watching it here in the house and everybody, for years and years, have now, are now living the dream and it's missed out a generation or two. they were flawless penalties as well from scotland. david marshall, the hero, he said that at 35 he thought his time would never come to go to thought his time would never come to gotoa thought his time would never come to go to a major championship. you know this group really well, alex. you gave andy roberts and his captaincy of the national team two years ago. we know he is a world—class player, he has won a lot with liverpool, an exceptional talent, but for him as an individual to be able to go and do it at one of the biggest ages now, it's just terrific. do it at one of the biggest ages now, it'sjust terrific. yeah, these are the tournaments that these guys crave, if you are liverpool football clu b crave, if you are liverpool football club then you are winning the league

and other cups, then they crave success and other cups, then they crave success internationally and that is probably the ultimate further professionals. the guys who have never quite played at a world cup or european championship. it's one that has eluded us for many years, but playing a top level and winning championship trophies and leagues, then you have to be looking towards doing the business in these big competitions and that's what they've 110w competitions and that's what they've now done and that's another notch on the belt. you played it three world cups, alex. june can't come quickly enough. they will be great occasions, the czech republic and croatia at hampden but it's the little match in the middle, the trip down to wembley and i think everybody‘s keeping fingers crossed that the world spinning normally again and we get the fans back in the stadiums, because that will be a great occasion and as you know,

scotla nd great occasion and as you know, scotland brings a party to these major championships and you need the ta rta n major championships and you need the tartan army there. that's right. we wa nt to tartan army there. that's right. we want to see the fans back. let's face it, europe and the world has missed the tartan army these past few years. many years. i know that england probably, i have seen this quite a lot, but in saying that, it's great to see the old enemy back in the picture list again. and you know, the scots fans, provided they get there, and remember making my debut at wembley in 1981 and it seemed as if there was about 90,000 scotla nd fa ns seemed as if there was about 90,000 scotland fans in there. 0nly seemed as if there was about 90,000 scotland fans in there. only a fraction of england fans, such was the noise that they made. but they've waited a long time and now is the moment. many thanks indeed, alex mcleish, former scotland manager and player as well. it could be a huge weekend

for lewis hamilton, he can win a 7th formula one world title which would equal michael schumacher‘s record. it's the turkish grand prix and the early impressons from practice today is that the istanbul park circuit is very slippery, with grip causing some problems for the drivers. hamilton , who was about a second off the pace, will win the title as long as he doesn't lose more than 7 points to his mercedes teamate valterri bottas. it's going to a busy month of rugby union internationals. the first of the autumn nations cup matches is tonight in dublin as ireland face wales. they are in the same pool as england and georgia. scotland, france, italy and fiji are in the other pool. after three matches, the final round of fixtures will see the same ranked teams from the two pools face each other to decide the final standings. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.

that's bbc.co.uk/sport. the second days' play at the masters is under way. first round is still taking place because that was awful weather yesterday, so rory michael roy are still playing its first round. paul casey was the clubhouse leader on seven under. i will be back with an update in the next hour. thanks very much, ollie. you're watching bbc news. let's take a look first at this hour at some elements of the coronavirus. 56 deaths have been recorded in scotland since yesterday of people with a positive test for coronavirus. 1,228 people are in hospital with the virus. at the scottish government's coronavirus briefing, the deputy first minister, john swinney, said that three local authorities, fife, angus and perth and kinross were moving today from level 2 restrictions to level 3. the total number of positive cases recorded yesterday was 1,357.

that represents 5.7% of the total number of tests. it takes the total number of confirmed cases in scotland to 79,017. 433 of the new cases were in greater glasgow and clyde, 267 in lanarkshire, 163 in lothian, 148 in fife and 101 in tayside. the remaining 245 cases were spread across seven of the health board areas. i can also confirm that 1,228 people are currently in hospital. that is an increase of 21 from yesterday. 96 people are in intensive care, which is a decrease of two from yesterday. with immense regrets, i have to say that 56 deaths have been registered in the past 24 hours, of a patient who first tested positive over the previous 28 days.

that takes the total number of deaths under this measurement to 3,244. that figure reminds us once again of the heartbreak that has been caused by this virus. i want to send my deepest condolences to all those who have lost a loved one and assure them that they are very much in all of our thoughts. i am joined today by dr dave caesar, who is one of our deputy chief medical officers. dr caesar will be helping me to answer the questions that will follow shortly from journalists. before that, there's a few issues that i would like to provide an update about. the first is about the economic consequences of covid—19. specifically, about support for schools during the pandemic. this year, the scottish government has doubled to £20 million our flexible workplace development fund. the fund provides employers with up to £15,000 worth of college or open university training for their employees.

it is designed to help organisations to address the skills gaps. the first part of this year's fund worth £30 million was aimed at employers who pay the uk government apprenticeship levy. applications for the second stage of the fund worth £7 million will be open on monday. this time, as well as apprenticeship levy payers, it is open to small and medium businesses and it is specifically aimed at protecting jobs by helping employers adapt to the impact of covid—19. for example, at a time when so many aspects of work have moved online, the fund could help organisations to develop their employees digital skills. it can help with areas such as leadership and management training and upscaling and rescaling will also help businesses to seize new opportunities as we emerge from this crisis. for example, through language training for small companies, exploring export opportunities. i would encourage any eligible business or organisation to apply. information about how to do so can be found on the scottish funding council website.

more now on the death of one of the country's most notorious serial killers, peter sutcliffe. known as the yorkshire ripper, sutcliffe who was 74, had been suffering from covid—19 , for which he is said to have refused treatment. in the late 19705 sutcliffe terrorised northern england, murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others. he was given 20 life sentences, after admitting his crimes in 1981. richard mccann is the son of wilma mccann, who was murdered by the peter sutcliffe. earlier he told annita mcveigh how he felt hearing the news today.

i'm not celebrating, put it that way. i feel some sense of closure just because, while he was alive, i mean if we listed the amount of news stories that we've had to, the co nsta nt stories that we've had to, the constant reminders of what he did and we had it in the piecejust there with the police obviously described how the victims were hit, that's the kind of thing that shocked me, that's what we've had to endure for many years. so for me, it's for me, it's the reduction, hopefully, in press stories. the tabloid press, i'm talking about, that have really irritated me my entire life, to be fair. so to some degree, there is some closure there but i'm certainly not celebrating. in fact, i reached out to carl sutcliffe and gave him a call when i got the news to offer my condolences. gosh, many people will be absolutely amazed that you did that. that you felt able to do that. i don't know, carl sutcliffe reached out to me many years ago when he read about me, myjourney, when i wrote a book years ago. he reached out to me with compassion

and i felt the same. i know he did, obviously did, some horrendous things, but he was still his brother. so, ifelt like i wanted to call him. talk to us then, you talked about these crimes being reduced in the tabloid press to sensational headlines. let's get behind that. if we can richard, and talk about the impact on you. you were just five when your mum wilma was killed, the effect on you and your siblings, how it affected your young lives and how you developed. well, the main thing i can think about was that feeling of loss, and fear. even though i wasn't exposed to everything that was being spoken and written about, i knew what was going on and i lived in fear, especially when jane mcdonald, the fifth person to die, incidentally the first apparent

"innocent" victim according to the police, when she died, she baby—sat for us and lived seven houses away from where we lived with my mum, i thought in my little young mind, "he must have been watching all the houses and the baby—sitters." i thought he was going to kill me. so that's the main way in which it impacted on me as a young child and the shame of it all, especially because of the way some of the women were described, including my mum. embarrassment and shame and that, has to some degree, has stuck with me for many years and it's only more recently that i've started to create a life for myself and have my own family. and what was fantastic for me personally, about this morning, was it was my young son ellis who broke the news to me. so for the first time ever, i heard about something related to my mum or her killer from a family member and not a phone call from the media. the mirror once called me once

at half past 11 at night, or a journalist anyway, to tell me last year that he had a heart attack and would i comment. they woke me up. so it was nice for it to be my son to tell me, one of his friends had text him. it's really interesting listening to this and you describing the terror and fear that you felt, is a very young child and how that must have affected you psychologically as you grew up. but he managed eventually to leave all of that behind. how do you think you are unable to do that? i've just been you think you are unable to do that? i'vejust been on you think you are unable to do that? i've just been on a long personal journey of personal development. i used to lie about my mum. ijoined the army and i told them that my mum died ina the army and i told them that my mum died in a car accident because i was too ashamed of it all because i knew a lot of society, to some degree the media as well and such like, the police, looks down on some of the victims and i didn't want to have

that. regrettably now i wanted to distance myself from who i wasn't in my mum was. it wasn't until i think, the big change for me was when i eventually found the courage and 2004, i wrote my book, just a boy, after my sister stabbed her boyfriend. i thought, after my sister stabbed her boyfriend. ithought, i've had enough, i have to tell the world what we've been through. i could see the relationship between what she had done, she didn't kill him, and what happened to us, we didn't get the support, therapy and suchlike. and i thought, i have to do something. and it was writing that book and saying who i was in the liberation and, i guess, response from the public, the positive response from the public that i got that helped me realise it wasn't something i should be ashamed of and i was just like everybody else. so that was the start of that journey of coming to terms with it. that was the turning point. and of course, that sort of support, the understanding in many ways that

wasn't there at the time your mother wasn't there at the time your mother was murdered, when you publish the book and certainly now, hopefully you are surrounded by that understanding and surrounded by that support and her play that helps you at times like this. you'll like it has, and for the past 16 years, that has, and for the past 16 years, that has been there and because of some of the work i do, yeah, it's there all the time. often, i havejust had all the time. often, i havejust had a message on linkedln from somebody, i will hearfrom a message on linkedln from somebody, i will hear from people, a message on linkedln from somebody, i will hearfrom people, i often get asked to share my story at events and suchlike, resilience and suchlike. i get stories... ten years ago, somebody heard my story and he was helped by me or how him hearing about how i dealt with my adversity, shall we say, and every one of those m essa g es shall we say, and every one of those messages i getjust means that my mums death wasn't in vain. some good did come out of it and, yet. how would you like people to remember

your mum? well, not in the way she was described by the police. i wa nted was described by the police. i wanted to be remembered as the mother of four children, the daughter of her parents, the brother and sister. she was a family woman who, through no fault of her own, was going through adversity and had made some bad decisions, some risky decisions. but you pay for those decisions. but you pay for those decisions with her life. i will say one thing before i go and i'm using this, if you don't mind, as an opportunity to ask west yorkshire police to once and for all, on world kindness day, to do what i believe is the right thing and well overdue is the right thing and well overdue is to apologise to the families who are still around, for the way in which they describe some of the women as innocent and inferring that some were women as innocent and inferring that some were not innocent, including my mum. i would some were not innocent, including my mum. iwould invite some were not innocent, including my mum. i would invite them to make that apology. what without apology mean to you on the other families? well, it would mean... they were

innocent. it would, i guess, set the record straight and, for example, my children who go to school, my books are in their school library, so their friends are in their school library, so theirfriends are are in their school library, so their friends are reading about, sorry my books as well as other books about peter sutcliffe, they are going to read about how the world thought of their grandma. i wa nt world thought of their grandma. i want that putting right, we want that putting right. i wrote to west yorkshire police months ago in behalf of a number of children who lost their monster peter sutcliffe. i won't say who they were because it's in confidence. —— who lost their mother to peter sutcliffe. i would invite west yorkshire police to make that apology. richard mccann speaking to us this morning. his mother was the first woman to be murdered by peter sutcliffe. richard mccann speaking about his mother and his family. it's nine minutes before

two. let's talk a bit about lockdown and the changes it has brought. it has forced many people back on their bikes. for the first time, and now councils in england are set to receive more funding for cycle lanes and socially—distanced pavements. the department for transport is giving them a further £175 million of funding initially announced in may, but many motorists say some of the new lanes are causing more harm than good. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. more road space for cyclists... i feel really safe, and i never did beforehand, so, yeah, i love it. i'm new to cycling. for me it's brilliant because i wouldn't go on the roads. ..but less room for motorists. we got too many people driving cars, driving cabs, driving lorries. we're not even back in any sort of major recovery yet — god knows what it's going to be like when everybody does come back. the prime minister is passionate about cycling. his advisers are on a crusade to get councils to take really radical steps. but in places, it hasn't been a complete success. here in welwyn garden city,

cyclists now have an entire lane. it's going to cause chaos at rush hour in the town. so do i think it was good? yes and no. this is a great example — a main link down into the town centre in a place where most people get around in a bus or by car. and, as you can see, half of this road now is dedicated to cyclists. when the pandemic hit, the government decided to revolutionise our roads. it does cause a lot of traffic at the traffic lights. if anything, the only cyclists that i have seen over the bridge since it's been put up have been cycling on the pavement! and councils like hertfordshire have been competing for government funding. i personally think it's a very positive thing — a, for road safety.

especially if you're riding with children, etc. i was driving along here the other day, and this old woman clearly did not know that she wasn't meant to be driving in the cycle lane, and she was driving along it on her own, as well. so i think for people like her, it's not a good thing. people are not going to go shopping on their cycle. it'sjust not going to happen. this is muddled thinking. this is a war on the motorist. and, frankly, if you want to look at this politically, it's a vote—loser. but in parts of our biggest cities, the cycling experience really has improved. this liverpool councillor got back on her bike during lockdown. the reason i'm really passionate about this is because it's completely changed how i travel. so ordinarily i would have just popped into my car for a shortjourney. now i willjump on my bike. some pop—up cycle lanes like this one are being removed,

but if many more people cycle, it will cut congestion, improve air quality and our health as we peddle along. tom burridge, bbc news. today marks 40 years since the launch of children in need, and although the fundraising events might be a bit different this year, the donations are still vital. all this week we've been looking at some of ways the money is being used to help people. ffion and cole lost their dad just over a year ago. john maguire has been to meet them and find out how one charity has been supporting them. i like coming out here cos it's my dad's favourite place to go. chris used to love coming up here as a child, and he used to walk up here and used to run the route regular because he lived in abertridwr and he wanted to come up here with the kids.

it's been just over a year since chris morgan — a husband and father — took his own life. we'd scattered his ashes up here for us to have a walk to remember him so we can go somewhere where he enjoyed to be. sharon, coel and ffion have had to cope with their sudden and tragic loss, as the world around them contracted and locked down. it's been difficult with lockdown. we've... we haven't had a family around as much as we could, so it'sjust been the three of us, really. one of the hardest aspects since chris' death has been those special occasions, such as birthdays and christmas. what are they like? mm...they‘re ok. we usually go to his grave. cos you go through a period where everything you see — normality is there, and it's just in grasp. and then you get a first, and then it puts you right back to where you were and where the children were with their birthdays. obviously, they were going on all right and then it's their birthday

and their dad's not there. and it's christmas, and their dad's not there. it's... it was difficult for them. what about the page that talks about the things that you liked doing with dad? what did you like? we liked playing on the playstation. 0n the playstation. elaine robinson is from the unicorn service. supported by money from children in need, it's part of st david's hospice care and works with bereaved children. elaine has been helping ffion and coel. these memory books encourage the children to open up and to talk about their dad. it says, "if i could whisper something to dad now, what would it be?" i said, "you're amazing and i love you and i miss you." ah. i was very upset, but then she helped me and i'm happier. and how does she help you? well, as you seen, we done the remembrance book, and we just talk about my feelings and stuff like that. we talk about happy times,

sad times — like, a mix between all of them. a person who knows what it's like... they know what it feels like to be sad for someone to die. you can't undo this experience. you can't rub it out and pretend it hasn't happened. being able to talk about it and being very open about how they're feeling, about what's happened, helps them learn to process it, maybe, and helps them to find ways of coping with it. and that's hopefully what the service and the support helps us to do. they've come on amazingly, compared to where they were and circumstances that we found ourselves in. they've come on in leaps and bounds with the counselling, and they've opened up more. coel, whereas he was quite insular to begin with — he wouldn't talk to anybody, was very, very quiet — whereas now he's back to his happy,

bubbly little self. nothing can bring chris back, but the support the family is receiving is helping them to cope with life after his death. john maguire, bbc news, caerphilly. the rain is cleared away from eastern areas of the uk and what follows through the rest of the day, an afternoon of sunshine and showers. the showers most frequent across western areas, showers. the showers most frequent across western areas, particularly the western scotland, still quite gusty, wins in the hebrides gusting the low 405. that was this evening, one of those showers pass through, we look at the fork at this evening and overnight, the cloud will gather, we will see outbreaks of rain spreading across most but not all parts of the country, a few dry spots across the midlands, eastern scotla nd spots across the midlands, eastern scotland and eastern england, but many others will see rain for a time. as we head into the weekend, wet and windy weather both on

saturday and sunday. on saturday, the rain will be pretty extensive, a lwa ys the rain will be pretty extensive, always heaviest across western areas, that's where it will be most persistent. some dry spots across eastern england and northern scotla nd eastern england and northern scotland at times but most of us will see rain and it will become very windy in western england and wales for a time as well. this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines... the prime minister's most senior adviser — dominic cummings — says he'll leave downing street before christmas, after the turmoil of recent days. new figures show that around 50,000 people a day are being infected with coronavirus in england. closure for some — the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died in hospital at the age of 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women and the attempted murder of another seven. senior us officials say there's no evidence that votes were lost or changed during the presidential election.