will be the rain will be pretty extensive, a [we 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 7a. 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.

it comes as former president barack 0bama accuses senior republicans of undermining democracy. and joe wicks completes his 24—hour charity work—out challenge, raising more than £1 million for children in need. ifeel, like, so buzzed, full of adrenaline. captain serotonin, as i say. i've got all that serotonin through me. the prime minister's most senior adviser, dominic cummings, is to leave downing street by christmas. he has been a controversial and divisive figure in westminster, and was a driving force behind brexit.

he's denied his resignation is associated with the departure of his close ally lee cain as director of communications amid internal tensions at number 10. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports on what it means for borisjohnson‘s government as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and brexit trade talks. and a warning that his report contains flash photography. it has become familiar, the prime minister's most senior adviser confronted by the press outside his home, typically dismissive of questions about his future. but that has now been settled. he will leave downing street by christmas. unconventional, confrontational and never afraid to break westminster‘s unwritten rules... how are you feeling? have you lost the power struggle, mr cummings? dominic cummings, in style and substance, has made his mark.

but after a turbulent week at number ten, he has made clear his time is up. he was always someone to shake things up, he didn't take things as before, just because they had been done that way, that they can be done any other way, which was good i think you have the challenge, to challenge the system and the way things are done. i'm not surprised, in a way, that it is ending in the way that it is. but no prime minister can afford a single adviser to become a running story, dominating his government's communications and crowding out the proper messages of the government, that they want to convey. and nobody is expensive. ——indespensable. after another senior aide to the prime minister resigned earlier this week, dominic cummings told the bbc that rumours that he too had threatened to quit were invented. but asked about claims that he could be gone by christmas,

he said his position had not changed since a blog which he wrote earlier in the year and in that, he claimed that he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020. masterminding the successful vote leave campaign was dominic cummings‘s defining achievement. it put him on the same side as borisjohnson. once in downing street, dominic cummings was hired to be the prime minister's right—hand man, brexit battles with the prime minister's right—hand man, brexit battles with parliament dominated before a landslide election win. if few month later, the pandemic and this. yesterday, i gave a full account to the prime minister of my actions... a trip to county durham during lockdown, putting dominic cummings once again at the centre of the story. it was very notable, there has not been a single mp who has come out this morning, that i have heard, anyway, who has said, lee cain should have stayed, dominic cummings should have stayed, i think there is a big chance for the prime minister to reset the way he runs number ten, to find a new chief of staff and impose a new structure that

means that the decision—making comes from the top, it is very clear, and of course, that chief of staff and all the aids should be anonymous people. we should not be talking about them. much more than a man in the shadows, dominic cummings has heavily influenced borisjohnson‘s premiership so far and his departure will leave big questions as to the nature of its future. and, jonathan has been explaining the significance of dominic cumming's decision to leave the government. it is hard to overstate the influence of dominic cummings on borisjohnson as prime minister, on the operations within number ten and on government as a whole, as a result, go back to before the election. remember, the government, going to extreme lengths to try and get its brexit legislation through, checking mps out of the party, suspending parliament as a whole, and then, in the tory party manifesto, dominic cummings personal priorities of investment in science and technology and reaching out to areas left behind, economically, taking the government's support far beyond traditional tory

areas of support. some will be sorry to see him go, but being far more vocal, today, are those who are frankly happy to see the back of him, one tory backbencher described this as an opportunity to muck out the stables and get a new team in. another tory mp said to me that dominic cummings had such disdain for those on the backbenches that he couldn't care less that he was going and he should have gone sooner. perhaps, that is getting to the heart of why all of this matters, strip out the politics and all of the backbiting for the government this week, government is about getting things done. borisjohnson‘s operation had found itself picking fights, not only with its own backbenchers, but elsewhere here at westminster on seemingly every issue, so that, i don't think there is any doubt of dominic cummings‘s departure. we will see an administration sounding, acting and behaving very differently from now on. that was at westminster and it's a noisy, an hour ago. a former treasury adviser,

who was escorted out of downing street by armed police after she was sacked by dominic cummings in august last year, has settled her claim for unfair dismissal. sonia khan, who worked for philip hammond in the treasury and was kept on by his successor sajid javid, was dismissed in a row about the alleged leaking of brexit documents. no reason was given for her dismissal. details of the financial settlement have not been released. as discussed quite a tumultuous week, and the today's departure, of dominic cummings, two people very much embedded in the world of politics, who i can speak to know about all of this, jerryjones it was an adviser to prime minister theresa may and also to much, he was a special adviser to boris johnson. he the political website can send him home. good afternoon gentlemen. sorry, joey, i missed that! good afternoon! it has been a long week

for everyone, probably for you too as well. your topline thoughts, jerryjones, first on dominic cummings going first of all, what this signal a different tone, a different approach in a number ten? yes, i think it will do, that seems to bea yes, i think it will do, that seems to be a calculated decision on the pa rt to be a calculated decision on the part of the prime is there and whoever is now advising him to do that, but what i don't really buy is this idea that you can just blithely reset, it is as though borisjohnson has a laptop, the fact that he is a la ptop has a laptop, the fact that he is a laptop that you can set off and on again, liberalism and conciliatory mood that will keep that they make eve ryo ne mood that will keep that they make everyone happy. with all the pressures piling in on him and his colleagues, and actually also, probably the toughest decision that he will have confronted yet as prime minister, crowding in on him, and whether or not he is going to be going for a deal with the european union or not, the fallout from that will be very profound. whatever he

does. there will be a chunk of his own party that will probably be unhappy, so i would say, no capably sound a bit sceptical, when people come on and say, all he has to do is just reset, a new node, everyone is happy, i will speculate that and ask yourself whether those individuals also feel that they might profit from these —— this reset and to shape and determine the dynamic of the gunmen going forward. that is fascinating, you are chuckling slightly, ten, when we use the word profit. is it straightforward? that wonderful image of tanning boris johnson off and on again, is making a valid point there? i think it is making a very valid points, and i fear i might be about to fall into his intellectual trap because i am someone his intellectual trap because i am someone who is hopeful that although this is not ideal circumstance, the government does have an opportunity for a reset and of course, it is not

going to be easy to reset the government, but what i am hoping that matt hopeful about is there was a fundamental problem with dominic cummings rain in downing street, and there was no real allowance or permission or tolerance for alternative pulses, during his reign. you either had to be with dominic cummings when you work —— but whether you are a cabinet minister or adviser, or a journalist, or he has decided that you are against him. that sort of reign of terror produced the rain that we have seen sense. good government requires honest, robust, comprehensive discussion of the challenges, we all know the country faces. that robust exchange, that dialogue, that are grown—up nurse, to use a very un—grown—up phrase, is

missing or was missing from downing street. and the prime minister has set the premise to have a chance to bea set the premise to have a chance to be a serious prime minister with a series downing street for serious times. —— that grown—upness. boris johnson may fail to write the opportunity, but he has an opportunity, but he has an opportunity that wasn't 2448 hrs ago. and that also means, don't like it wasn't collegiate, was it, jerry jones because that we've been hearing from former cabinet ministers today, even when we are in the same side as people who are the same side, but they were not saying it was collegiate, they were not allowed to get on operates as a secretary of state and is that not what it means by this being a window of opportunity? there is no doubt that dominic cummings was and is an antagonistic individual, he has made tonnes of enemies very confrontational, and taking him out

of the mix means that some of that acid committee —like, has been poured on the relationships in westminster, and that any —— and thenit westminster, and that any —— and then it can be lifted away. he did all of this in the full knowledge of the prime minister, this is not a secret, and if i take a step back, borisjohnson has secret, and if i take a step back, boris johnson has been secret, and if i take a step back, borisjohnson has been prime minister over a reasonably short time compared with some previous prime ministers and it is like a revolving door, firstly came in with this supposedly equilibria between city hall advisers and vote to leave, then it was clear that they we re leave, then it was clear that they were in... and busy tim has been, himself a victim but now we have the idea that there is potential allegra stratton, who will be leading the press strat —— my conference, the role played by his fiancee as well. ijust role played by his fiancee as well. i just feel it role played by his fiancee as well. ijust feel it is a wilful dynamic, henry viii could get away with that

because there was divine right of kings, but there is no divine right of prime ministers and and i think this will be a test for boris johnson and the scrutiny that will fall on him will mean that he will have two manage and incredible difficult period, a lot better than he has been able to in the past few months. 0h he has been able to in the past few months. oh my goodness, one full! did not a lot of people die? we are just hearing, while you are based on talking, downing street insisted i'll be no suffering of the uk's position on a post brexit trade deal, with the departure, that make the departure of dominic cummings. tim, your thoughts on that? i think thatis tim, your thoughts on that? i think that is true. i do not think a robust line on brexit is any at all. the conservative party won the last election on a very clear brexits message and they will be no retreat from that. despite all of the government has made difficulties, it is doing reasonably well in the opinion polls, at least at the

moment, and that is because it is still seen as the party that would deliver brexit. it cannot compromise on that, but when people voted for brexit, a few years ago, they of course voted to leave definitely the european union, but a lot of people who had never voted before also voted for more fundamental change in the country, they wanted, in brexit, to see the country deliver more for them. they felt that the existing setup favoured the big cities and the prosperous, and they wanted something for small towns and people who are losing theirjobs because of technological change. there has not yet been, from the party of brexit, a policy that reflects that side of the brexit vote. i thought it was very frustrating when i was adviser to borisjohnson, very frustrating when i was adviser to boris johnson, and very frustrating when i was adviser to borisjohnson, and it was never prioritised. yes, it wants to change the staff as part of this

opportunity, but let's have a party that has generally one nation that delivers for those people who in the vapour brexit, were pleading for substantial change. the conservative party still has four years of government, it still has time to get this right if it wants to. if it chooses to. 0k, sadly we are running out of time, i do just want to ask both of you, sorry, what your thoughts are about who could be the next chief of staff and what difference that individual could make a? joeyjones, you are shaking your head, but i will come first.|j haven't your head, but i will come first.” haven't the foggiest, the reality is that they are going to be a lot of former advisers to borisjohnson doing the rounds in a short period of time than a borisjohnson‘s advisers active in the building. all right,. tim montgomerie? get someone with grey hair. get someone who has been around the block once or twice. people who make the mistakes and learn from them. not people who have

only been involved in politics were people like me of people only involved injournalism. people who have really achieved something in government or in business or whatever. and don't make that person to importance, have big heavyweight capital —— cabinet ministers, build a team, that is what boris is so. fascinated to hear your perspective, thank you both. we may be discussing again, but! thank you both. we may be discussing again, but i will be letting you go now. joeyjones again, but i will be letting you go now. joey jones and again, but i will be letting you go now. joeyjones and tim montgomerie. thank you again. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister's most senior adviser — dominic cummings — says he'll leave downing street before christmas, after the turmoil of recent days. new results show that the infection rate across the uk has fallen. and peter sutcliffe has died in hospital, he was 74, he was

convicted of murdering 13 women, and the attempted murder of another seven. new figures show that the number of daily infections from coronavirus in the community in england remains at around 50,000 cases a day. yesterday saw a significant jump in the daily confirmed cases but some experts have warned against reading too much into one day's data. katharine da costa reports. while coronavirus is levelling off in some areas, the last week has seen cases continue to rise in the south, east midlands and the north east. across age groups, particularly those aged 35 and over. however, some of the younger age groups are levelling off or decreasing, and the overall picture is that we are seeing increases in covid, but at a much slower pace than we have seen in recent weeks.

one in 85 people in england had the virus in the week to the 6th of november. that remains atjust under 50,000 new cases a day. cases have risen slightly in wales, levelled off in northern ireland, while it is too soon to say whether they have slowed in scotland. it's notjust the uk in the midst of a second surge. rising cases have been seen across the continent. france has recorded more than 32,000 patients in hospital with the virus, far higher than the peak in april. the french authorities are among those warning it is too soon to start thinking about travel arrangements for christmas. here, the uk government is expected to announce plans to reduce quarantine times for travellers. we certainly do want to reduce those periods of time through sort of test to release scheme. i will be saying more, certainly on the travel part of that, very soon and i will be able to describe a system which would help to reduce the amount of time people have

to spend in quarantine as we look to get things going as we get this mass testing going, as we get the vaccine going as well. while a vaccine might be on the horizon, right now, hospitals like this one in milton keynes are working flat—out. there is still capacity here. they are currently caring for 47 covid patients. the numbers doubled in the last five days, but they're hopeful that the lockdown will help. we are concerned that if the numbers don't slow down, we will end up having to stop some of our routine work, not our urgent work. we still have capacity in our hospital to make sure we carry on with elective work, and we will do that as long as it is safe and as long as our staff are able to cope with that. while the latest estimates for the r number show it has fallen to between 1 and 1.2, government scientific advisers warn it will need to drop well below1 and stay there for a long time before we see a reverse in the number of deaths and pressure on the health service. katharine da costa, bbc news.

let's get more detail on the r number — and government scientists saying that the reproduction numberfor coronavirus, has dropped to between 1 and 1.2 across the uk. 0ur head of statistics robert cuffejoins me. always robert cuffejoins me. pleased always robert cuffe joins me. pleased to see you, robert, because always pleased to see you, robert, because you can unravel things in a way that i certainly cannot. what does this new infection rate number mean? probably better news, but not amazing news. an infection rate of 1.2 would show that the infection rate is double doubling every month, rather than every fortnight, but is still growing in the epidemic, and the best news is no growth, with an with the the r number of one. marcus lucha, some infections, and about

2000 coronavirus that every week. through the winter. that is why the virus needs to be got to below the r number, before we start to route reversed these increases and pressures , reversed these increases and pressures, in these numbers, and the rising as objects. to say that we are seeing different approach is now in scotland and wales and northern ireland that a uk wide figure is starting to become a little bit less reliable, a little bit more meaningless. interesting, because it isa uk meaningless. interesting, because it is a uk wide figure and how useful is a uk wide figure and how useful is that? if you're watching us in different parts of the uk, actually, what is the figure that pertains to you, what should people be looking out for? the rule of thumb you might use quite broadly is in the places where the egg epidemic has made the most impact, where is the worst right now, that is where it is stabilising i'd be coming down, in the places where it has the more inroads, it is still rising, so if you look at places like northern ireland or in the north west of england, and both the figures that came out the office for national

statistics today and in the cases in hospitalisations and deaths for a while, we have been seeing may be a bit of a downward turn, but in my code is also the case in young adults and teenagers, he was shooting up, as they went to school, an inter—university, starting to see if all there as well. in the south of england, where it has been low throughout the pandemic, it is still rising and it is also rising in the over 70s and they operably the age group we are most worried about getting seriously sick, so we cannot ta ke getting seriously sick, so we cannot take the foot of the pedal necessarily, but the original picture is different and there are some bits of good news in there. thank you, robert. us officials have said this presidential election was the "most secure in american history", rejecting president donald trump's repeated claims of fraud. here's what the cybersecurty and infrastructure security agency said.

then, in clear bold font, it goes on... and ends by saying... that attempt to draw a line under theories of fraud and conspiracy comes as china has sent its congratulations to the man it now calls president—electjoe biden. the most secure election in american history. the verdict from senior us election officials. refuting the present pot may claim that it was widespread voterfraud, a present pot may claim that it was widespread voter fraud, a top committee overseen by the department of homeland security has concluded there is no case to answer. barack

0bama who campaigned alongsidejoe biden, as former deputy, has now added his voice to the growing criticism of mr trump, over his false claims of election fraud. they appear to be motivated... in part because the president does not like to lose and never admits loss. i am more troubled by the fact that other republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humouring him in this fashion. it is one more step in delegitimising that, notjust the incoming biden administration but also democracy. that is a dangerous path. senior democrats are urging the white house to acknowledgejoe biden‘s when saying that the president elect should be given access to the security briefings that mr trump gets everyday. the

unease felt at mr trump of make continuing denial of the election results has prompted the elders, a group of senior world figures, founded by nelson mandela, to condemn the present public behaviour. the tragedy is that the united states has always been a supporter of the strong advocates for democracy and for adherence to the will of the people. when the votes are counted, you accept that. and so, we do see a series for the united states, in that long to —— in the short term, but also very worrying internationally because it is of the something that autocrats and bad leaders are rejoicing in, but they are just laughing, they are saying, talking about democracy, look at united states! apart from playing golf last weekend and one official gauge meant to mike vetera ns‘ official gauge meant to mike veterans‘ day, donald trump has confined himself to the white house since the election, venting his anger through social media.

the prime minister has said that the yorkshire ripper, peter sattler has died behind bars. in the late 19705 sutcliffe terrorised northern england, he was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others. he was given 20 life sentences, after admitting his crimes in 1981. a warning — this report by danny savage contains some flashing images. he was one of the most prolific killers of the 20th century. peter sutcliffe, the yorkshire ripper. we knew that we were dealing with a monster because of what he was doing. he‘d get behind them and hit them at the back of the head, a real whack. for six years, women across a large part of northern england lived in fear. a serial killer was on the loose. no woman walking alone

at night was safe. from 1975 until 1980, 13 women were killed by sutcliffe and he tried to murder several others. went down the path on the field at the back of the house, which we later discovered was where she was found. thankfully, it was dark and we were spared discovering mum's body. richard mccann‘s mother was the first victim. he was just five years old when she died. it devastated his young life, and for a long time, he wanted revenge against sutcliffe for the murder of his 28—year—old mum. as a young teenager, i can remember with sonia, my sister, we planned — or she... ..we discussed her contacting him, befriending him, changing her name and then eventually going in to visit him. then she was going to attack him. that was the thoughts we had and that's how angry we were back then. this was in halifax, where19—year—old bank clerk josephine whitaker was killed. murder scenes were scattered across yorkshire and manchester.

i am jack. i see you are still having no luck catching me. the police inquiry was famously led down a blind alley by hoax tapes from the man dubbed wearsidejack. he sent letters and tapes taunting the investigating officers. i have the greatest respect for you, george... it led to the conclusion that peter sutcliffe wasn‘t their man. there was one young detective, and he said, "i‘ve interviewed a man today and he fits the description, the photofit description. he‘s got bushy hair, bushy beard and he‘s got the gap in his teeth, and he‘s a lorry driver." now one of the top table officers said, "is he a geordie?" "no, no." "what‘s his name?" he said, "peter sutcliffe." "now, listen boys, peter sutcliffe. .. ..peter sutcliffe is not the yorkshire ripper." so sutcliffe carried on killing,

although he was interviewed on numerous occasions. colleagues at the haulage firm where he worked knew, and used to joke about it. he was nicknamed the ripper. and he used to answer to that sometimes. so it was, you know, it's rather... ..it's rather sort of... ..it's sad now, isn't it? bizarrely, he was finally caught after being linked to a car with stolen number plates. weapons were found, and in the early 1981, he confessed. that led to these extraordinary scenes in dewsbury, as the public turned out to voice their disgust. sutcliffe was jailed for life. he murdered 13 women, but ruined the lives of many more. his death is the end of a chapter for them and their families. but they will still have to live with what happened for the rest of their lives. that report was by danny savage.

just as we‘re listening to that report, in fact, just as we‘re listening to that report, infact, i can just as we‘re listening to that report, in fact, i can tell you, a statement has just come through from the chief constable of yorkshire police and it is striking. issuing an apology to all the relatives of all such as‘s victims for the language and the tone that was used backin language and the tone that was used back in the late 70s and early 805, back in the late 705 and early 805, about the women who were attacked by peter sutcliffe. let me just reading that because it is very interesting. john robbins, issuing an apology for the language, tone and terminology that was used by senior officers at the time. he says come on behalf of west yorkshire police, i apologise for the additional distre55 west yorkshire police, i apologise for the additional distress and anxiety which was caused to all relatives by that language that was used at the time by senior officers in relation to peter sutcliffe‘s victims. such language and attitudes may have reflected wider societal attitudes of the day, but it was as

wrong then as it is now. a huge number of officers worked to identify and bring peter sutcliffe to justice. it is a shame that their ha rd to justice. it is a shame that their hard work is overshadowed by the language of those senior officers. and also the effects of still being fat felt today by surviving relatives. he adds, thankfully, those attitudes are consigned to history, our approach today is victim focused, putting them at the centre of everything we do stop i offer this heartfelt apology as chief constable, of west yorkshire police. that statement is just a throw from john robins. he is a chief constable now of the force and thatis chief constable now of the force and that is a very striking, will be listened to, for example, the interview that we ran, just at the top of the hour. with the son of the first woman she was killed by peter sutcliffe. he taught a lot —— making talked a lot a lot about the way in which his mother was talked about, the way she was denigrated, he

talked about the fact that some victims of peter sutcliffe were considered innocent victims, but that others were not. and that judgments were made about those women and how they lived their lives. he said he and his family have offered —— often often asked foran have offered —— often often asked for an apology for that it would be interesting to hear from for an apology for that it would be interesting to hearfrom him now. in light of that statement. but that statement is just through in the let us just pause and look at the daily‘s weather forecast. hello there. the early morning rain has cleared away from eastern areas and through the rest of the day, we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers. this was the scene is one of those showers passed through, and as we

look at the forecast 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 dryer parts across eastern scotland, eastern england, but many of us will see rain for eastern england, but many of us will see rainfora eastern england, but many of us will see rain for a time. wet and windy weather over the weekend, both on saturday and sunday. saturday, the rain is going to be extensive. heaviest across western areas, that is where it is going to be most persistent. dryer across england and eastern scotland at times, but it will become very windy and western england for a time as well. hello, this is bbc news. 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. reports show that the r number, the rate of infection for coronvirus, has fallen slightly

across the uk. the yorkshire ripper — peter sutcliffe — has died, he was 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women, and the attempted murder of another 7. west yorkshire police has issued an apology to the relatives of all sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time" of the investigation. senior us officials there‘s no evidence that votes were lost or changed during the presidential election. it comes as former president barack 0bama accuses senior republicans of undermining democracy. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here‘s 0lly foster. good afternoon.

such a shame we‘re not going to have a full set of home nations at the european championship next summer. but scotland are off to the european championship next year following that nail—biting penalty shootout against serbia. after missing out on ten major championships, steve clarke‘s team celebrated long into the night in belgrade after winning the play—off final. alex macleish was in charge two years ago, and gave andy robertson the captaincy. he says it important for the liverpool star to be able to perform on one of the biggest stages with his country. if you are a liverpool football club, your winning champions league, you are winning the league and other caps. and then they crave success at international level, and that is probably the ultimate for the professionals, the guys who have never quite played at a world cup or european championship. it is one that has eluded us for many years, but when you are playing top level

and winning champions league trophies and leagues, they have got to be working towards doing business in these big competitions. sojune cannot come quickly enough for scotland, group games against czech republic and croatia at hampden park — either side of a trip to wembley to face england. firstly, to congratulate steve clarke, i think he is a super buy and i‘m really pleased for him and for scotland. it has been a long time for them, so they have done really well. i think they‘ve got some very good young players coming through, a team that are improving very quickly. let‘s hope we are a full house. that would be a super occasion, although it certainly makes our life a lot more difficult. rafa nadal says he isn‘t thinking about retirement having equalled roger federer‘s record of 20 grand slam titles at the french open last month.

the spaniard is in london at the moment, ahead of the atp finals that start on sunday. i have a lot of things in my personal life to enjoy and to be happy with, so when that day arrives, i think i will know it and i will accept it, and ijust going to be ready for the next challenges in my personal life. 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 impressions from practice today is that the istanbul park circuit is very slippery, with grip, tyre issues, causing some problems for the drivers and teams. hamilton, who was about a second off the pace, will win the title as long as he doesn‘t lose more

than seven 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. the former ireland full—back geordan murphy has left his role as director of rugby at leicester tigers. it ends a 23—year association with the club where he played for 16 years before moving into coaching. he has cut his contract short by one year. that‘s all the sport for now. the masters is going on in augusta. quite a complicated leaderboard because some players are still finishing their first—round from yesterday, terrible weather at

augusta. rory mcilroy has gone backwards. justin rose on the charge at the moment and dylan fratelli is finishing his first round. go to the bbc sport website for that, but i will have an update for you in the next half hour. just to update you on one story we we re just to update you on one story we were talking about earlier in the week. a nurse accused of the murders of eight babies at hospital neonatal unit has appeared in the dock of a courtroom for the first time. lucy letby, 30, is alleged to have murdered five boys and three girls while working at the countess of chester hospital. she is also accused of the attempted

murder of five boys and five girls. all betweenjune 2015 and june 1016. she spoke only to confirm her name. france is remembering the victims of the devastating series of co—ordinated militant attacks in paris five years ago. the shootings and bombings by three groups of islamist extremists left 130 people dead and hundreds more wounded. the commemorations have been limited because of the current coronavirus restrictions nationwide. this report from paris and our correspondent hugh schofield. five years on from france‘s worst terrorist atrocity since world war ii, and it was a sombre and low—key commemoration led by the prime minister. his small delegation went from the stadium to the bars and cafes, and then to the bataclan concert hall, retracing the events of that november evening with its long roll call of the dead. stephane albertini. nick alexander.

jean—jacques amiot. baptiste chevreau. the attacks, carried out by islamist gunmen and coordinated by so—called islamic state are sharp in the memory today because of the recent resurgence ofjihadi terrorism in france. the beheading of the teacher samuel paty and the killings at a nice church two weeks ago were the work, it seems, of radicalised individuals, rather than a group. but the threat against france today is at its highest. president macron‘s robust defence of free speech and the right to publish cartoons of the prophet muhammad triggering new levels of hostility in parts of the muslim world. and coming up, a new potential source of tension. the trial of the one alleged participant in the november 2015 attacks who survived — salah abdeslam escaped from the scene and was captured in belgium four months later. in paris, he faces charges of murder in france‘s biggest

ever terrorist trial. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. senior federal and state officials responsible for election security across the united states have said there‘s no evidence that votes were lost or changed during the presidential election — as donald trump is still claiming. 0ur washington correspondent will grant joins us now. it seems a very strong statement that willie is trying to draw a line under all of this. —— that is trying. they said they had the utmost confidence that there had been no widespread electoralfraud, that there had been plenty of opportunity for misinformation but that the american people could be confident this was the most secure election in history, american

history. strong language intended to draw a line under donald trump‘s claims that there had been votes tampered with or manipulated or stolen and so on. really, i think it goes a long way to finally put that to bed, and to bring certain pressure on those republican leaders that are yet to turn out and recognises joe biden‘s that are yet to turn out and recognisesjoe biden‘s victory. barack 0bama recognisesjoe biden‘s victory. ba rack 0bama talking recognisesjoe biden‘s victory. barack 0bama talking about some of them, and we have had, for example, china effectively congratulating the president—elect. china effectively congratulating the president-elect. yes, and so that was another one of the major players that had yet to turn out in the international sphere, and a government spokesman there said we respect the choice of the american people and they congratulated president biden and kamala harris as vice president elect. these are the final pieces, if you like, in terms

of the election when being internationally recognised. there is russia still to come out. mexico, a neighbouring country, little bit odd they haven‘t responded yet, but he has his reasons for wanting to wait until the legal drama has played out a little bit further. nevertheless, it does all have the cumulative effect of making president trump looked further and further isolated in his attempts to overturn this via illegal channels. he looks more isolated, it puts more pressure on the gop. -- isolated, it puts more pressure on the gop. —— legal channels. isolated, it puts more pressure on the gop. -- legal channels. what is the gop. -- legal channels. what is the narrative in the states at the moment? would the talk be aboutjoe biden and harris and the transition tea m biden and harris and the transition team and the plans they are putting in place and what policies they might be thinking about tackling in

their first few months? is that where the focus and narrative already is? how much time is devoted to the outgoing president and his continual anger about the result, or denial about the result? when you turn on the tv in this country, it very much depends on which channel you switch on. what is interesting in that regard is that even those channels that would normally come down in favour of president trump‘s effo rts down in favour of president trump‘s efforts to deny the selection result or cast aspersions on it, even they, namely fox news, have suggested that there is no legs to this thing, that mrtrump kind of there is no legs to this thing, that mr trump kind of has to accept. they have obviously called it for a joe biden as well. in terms of the wider narrative, i have seen statistics that say upwards of 80% of republicans do now considerjoe biden to be the president—elect. 0f course, there will still be large pockets of people who will never

accept the result and they are taking the lead from the white house itself, from president trump. the likely thing, he will never accept or concede. what you will likely do when the pressure grows or the legal challenges come to nothing is say, i don‘t believe this is the case but for the good of the nation, i will no longer challenge than legally. i think that is about as much as the democrats or mr biden can expect. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister‘s most senior adviser — dominic cummings — says he‘ll leave downing street before christmas, after the turmoil of recent days. reports show that the r number, the rate of infection for coronvirus, has fallen slightly across the uk. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died, he was 74.

in the last hour, the chief constable for west yorkshire police has issued an apology to the relatives of sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time". the lockdown forced many people back on their bikes 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. 0ur 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. a look at some of the other main stories this hour on bbc news. three men have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a shop worker in a park in north west london in a case of mistaken identity. 26—year—old kwasi mensah—ababio was shot in the head in wembley in july of last year. the three found guilty will serve a total of 81 years in jail.

a trade union which represents thousands of working in the gig economy has won a landmark victory at the high court. judges ruled that the government failed to implement eu legislation on health and safety and personal protective equipment into uk law. the independent workers union of great britain argued courier drivers were exposed to serious risk due to the lack of ppe. as with so many celebrations, diwali is very different this year. lockdown restrictions mean some of britain‘s most popular places of worship have had to organise virtual ceremonies for the festival, which symbolises new beginnings, and the triumph of good over evil, and is celebrated across the world by millions of hindus, sikhs and jains. sima kotecha reports. sisters chaya and maya, lighting candles by a statue of their hindu deity. 0m shanti, shanti, shanti.

like christmas and other religious festivals, diwali brings gifts, songs and traditional food. although the sisters are excited about its imminent arrival, they know this year won‘t be the same. we‘ve still got the light and the fireworks. but you can‘t meet up with your family and you have to do it on zoom. that‘s ok, you at least get to see them, not face to face, but still like a bit sad because we actually want to, like, maybe hug them. their grandparents live just minutes away, but aren‘t in their bubble. they talk online, and tomorrow will be no different. but there‘ll be no exchanging of food and no dancing with cousins. normally, we would dance and perform at grandpa‘s house as you saw. so we‘d dance and sing.

we do a big show! and we've practised online, we've got it all correct. and this year, perhaps, will be more poignant than usual. south asians have been disproportionately affected by coronavirus. the girls‘ grandparents lost a close friend to the virus. and so this diwali, they say, will have a somber tone. we are in close contact with his wife and of course, not very far from us, you know, being a good friend, but, of course, will be missed in that respect. that one friend we have lost. the chancellor, a practising hindu, is urging those who celebrate to stay at home, even though they may be tempted to visit relatives. i know how difficult it is. i mean, it's so difficult for us not to want to see each other like it is for everybody, especially at this time of year. but we've just got to stick with this for a couple more weeks and we're going to get through this to keep everyone safe right now.

just follow the rules. but there are those, chancellor, who have said that they‘re frustrated that the restrictions could be lifted in time for christmas but won‘t be lifted in time for diwali. what would you say to those people? well, i mean, we've had restrictions all the way through this year. there's lots of different religious and cultural celebrations that happen. we can't control the spread of the virus. the virus is doing what it's doing. we have to react to that. and that's got to be the right way to approach this. this is neasden temple. it‘s one of britain‘s most popular temples and it hosts the largest diwali and hindu new year celebrations in europe. but not this year. there‘ll be no packed car parks. there‘ll be no line of worshippers waiting to go inside. but instead, there will be virtual ceremonies for thousands of people to watch from the safety of their home. special days like this one bring the differences caused by covid into sharp and often painful focus.

sima kotecha, bbc news. joe wicks tried to keep us all fit during lockdown with his online workouts — now he‘s just completed a 24—hour work out for children in need. the fitness coach finished the challenge inside the bbc‘s headquarters with a high intensity class, joined virtually by people up and down the country. he‘s raised more than £1 million for the charity — and ended his work—out saying "i‘m off to bed." children in need tonight, of course. chris fawkes has the weather.

hello there. the early morning rain has cleared away from eastern areas and through the rest of the day, we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers. the radar picture picking up the majority of the showers across the western side of the country, and particularly for western scotland. but there will be some decent breaks between the showers. we‘ve seen some sunshine already, for example, around the north—west of wales, and into north—west england, clouds gathering there in cumbria for a time. looking at the weather, the west, a lot of cloud on the satellite picture. and this area of cloud is the next area of low pressure that is going to be swinging injust in time for the weekend, bringing all of us outbreaks of rain, and there will be some strong winds to come as well. now, heading into the evening time, further showers for scotland, across western parts of england and wales, maybe one or two sneaking into the south coast of england for a time. through the night, we will see more general outbreaks of rain spreading quite widely across most areas of the uk. temperatures overnight around five to seven celsius

across northern areas, a bit milder than that in the south — nine or 10 degrees as we head into the first part of the weekend. talking of the weekend, it is going to be an unsettled one with low pressure firmly in charge, bringing windy weather with rain at times. you can see several weather fronts moving north eastwards across the uk, tightly packed isobars at times through the weekend, bringing some strong bouts of wind as well. saturday morning, getting off to a wet start for many of us. the heaviest rain will always be across western areas of the country, the strongest winds coming through the afternoon around the irish sea coast where, across parts of wales, western england, we could see gusts of wind getting up to around 50 mph or so in places, so it will be pretty blustery. eastern areas of england and northern parts of scotland have seeing the best of the dry spells. a bit of hazy sunshine coming through at times. it will be mild, temperatures up to 15 degrees or so. sunday sees more rain at times particularly for scotland, parts of northern england and northern ireland,

rain returning to wales and south—west england as well. it‘s across the south coast we will see the strongest winds during sunday afternoon with gusts reaching around about 60 miles an hour in places, so it will be very blowy. bit more in the way of sunshine, but cooler air filtering in, temperatures through the afternoon at nine to 11 degrees. that‘s the weather.

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. reports show that the r number, the rate of infection for coronvirus, has fallen slightly across the uk. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died; he was 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women, and the attempted murder of another seven. in the last hour, the chief constable of west yorkshire police has apologised to the relatives of sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time" of their murders.

senior us officials have said there‘s no evidence that votes were lost or changed during the presidential election. it comes as former president barack 0bama accuses senior republicans of undermining democracy. 3, 2, 1, woo! and joe wicks completes his 24—hour charity workout challenge, raising more than £1 million for children in need. ifeel, like, so buzzed, full of adrenaline. captain serotonin, as i say. i‘ve got all that serotonin through me. good afternoon. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser, dominic cummings, is to leave downing street by christmas. he has been a controversial and divisive figure in westminster, and was a driving force behind

brexit. he‘s denied his resignation is associated with the departure of his close ally lee cain as director of communications amid internal tensions at number 10. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports on what it means for borisjohnson‘s government as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and brexit trade talks. and a warning that his report contains flash photography. it has become familiar, the prime is the‘s most senior adviser, confronted by the press outside his home. typically, dismissive of questions about his future, but that has now been settled. he will leave downing street by christmas. unconventional, confrontational and never afraid to break westminster‘s unwritten rules. have you lost the power struggle, mr cummings?m unwritten rules. have you lost the power struggle, mr cummings? is a style a nd

power struggle, mr cummings? is a style and substance made his mark, but after a turbulent week at number ten, he has made clear his time is up. he was always a sum who would shake things up, he did not take things just because they had been done that way. just because —— they had been done any other way, it is good to have people who challenge the system, i think, the way things are done. i'm not surprised come in are done. i'm not surprised come in a way, that it is ending the way that it is, but no prime minister can afford a single adviser to become a running story, dominating his government's communications and crowding out the proper messages that the government wants to convey. and nobody is indispensable. after another senior aide to the prime minister resigned earlier this week, dominic cummings told the bbc that rumour is he too had threatened to quit were invented, but when asked about claims he could be gone by christmas, he said his position had not changed since a blog which he

wrote earlier in the year. in that, he planned to make himself resent done dead by the end of 2020. masterminding the successful vote to leave campaign was dominic cummings‘s to finding it put him on the same side as borisjohnson. 0nce it down strict —— but once in downing street, he was hired to be the prime minister‘s right—hand man, brexit battles with parliament dominated before a landslide election election win. a few months later, the pandemic and then this. yesterday, i gave a full account to the prime minister of my actions. trip to county durham during march and put comic dominic cummings once again at the centre of the story. and put comic dominic cummings once again at the centre of the storym was very notable, there has not been a single mp that has come out this morning, that i have had, anyway, that said that lee cain and dominic cummings should have stayed. there was a big chance for the prime minister to reset the way he runs numberten, to appoint minister to reset the way he runs number ten, to appoint a new chief of staff and impose any structure that means that the decision—making comes from the top, it is very clear

and of course, that chief of staff, and of course, that chief of staff, and all of the aids should be on it and all of the aids should be on it and honest people, we should not be talking about them. much more than a man in the shadows, dominic cummings has heavily influenced boris johnson‘s premiership so far, and his departure will leave big questions about the nature of its future. let‘s get more from our political correspondent, nick adley. i suppose this will help with a change of tone? some tory mps, some 80 government, that do not make the doublet cummings‘s departure, here‘s a new era, a reset in the government operation because dominic cummings in some of his allies —— mike of his allies were seen as more of the bullish characters and government. they were not so interested in what we we re they were not so interested in what we were saying on tv or what the newspapers were saying, they were focused on getting results, they

we re focused on getting results, they were focused on making sure brexit happens in what we were saying on tv or what the newspapers were saying, they were focused on getting results, they were focused on making sure brexit happens and they thought that they were were really good at drowning out some of the noise of the daily chairman of westminster life. there are a number of tory mp5 in parliament who thought that the way that the machine was running, the close—knit circle that was around boris johnson meant the close—knit circle that was around borisjohnson meant that frankly, the prime minister wasn‘t listening to his party enough. that said, there are a lot of people in downing street who think that mr cummings and those around him were frankly geniuses, that they ran an incredibly well operated operation and that they managed to get results that others would not. they managed to deliver brexit, they managed to do to get parliament to vote it through, they managed to help boris johnson when the general election. i think it is important that although mrcummings isa think it is important that although mr cummings is a key figure in the janet street operation, it will be a big change to see him go. it is important to remember who the boss is. but as the prime minister, and ultimately, johnson who is making a lot of these final calls and

although mr cummings was sometimes a bit of a bogeyman around westminster as was often blamed for some of the things that went wrong, ultimately, borisjohnson is the man in charge of the operation and it will be up to him whether it change a significant way. and do we know whether he has his eye on someone to be chief of staff in particular? there are a number of names doing the rounds and i think one of the things that are some in government are hoping is that borisjohnson tries to bring in a chief of staff who is quite popular with tory mp5. they are definitely —— there is definitely a relationship that needs to be built with borisjohnson and some of his backpack backbenchers. there was a lot of squabble over the way that lockdown in england was announced a couple of weeks ago, a lot of this disquiet about the number of u—turns that make u—turns that have been performed in the last weeks and months, a lot of disquiet about the fact that many mp5 felt that they were being told what was going on from the centre rather than having conversations with the party leader. about the direction of

policy. quite who fills that chief of staff position, will be a poor sense, but what is also important is what happens to that at the boris johnson once to create and the reason that this matter is so much is because if borisjohnson is to back on his side, to try and build a cordial relationship, a more cordial relationship with the westminster machine, he is going to have to think about the way he approaches many of these things, he is going to have to think about those relationships. and a quick thought about brexit because we had that statement about an hour ago, downing street insisted that there will be no softening of the uk public position on talks and goodness, we have said so times, but time really is running out! it is, jane, and it is running out! it is, jane, and it is important to just flag that dominic cummings, the and also lee cain, the other by the he was quitting, they are staying until the end of the air, they will still be there when the uk departs from the

european union, from the transition period, we have really left the eu, but the transition period the end of this year, you know what i mean. i do not think the change of policy, quite frankly, the talks are so far down the line and now that they are really at that crunch points. we have said crunch point before, we have said crunch point before, we have said crunch point before, we have said it numerous times before! it really is the case this time, we have seven weeks now for a deal to be agreed and to be ratified before the transition period ends. all the signs are that some of these issues that have been sticking points for weeks now are still sticking points, there is no sign of an imminent —— imminent breakthrough and there really is going to be have to be one soon if there is a deal to be signed off by the two sides but also ratified by all of those european leaders and the european parliament. a big task! thank you, nick adley there at westminster.

new figures show that the number of daily infections from coronavirus in the community in england remains at around 50,000 cases a day. yesterday saw a significant jump in the daily confirmed cases but some experts have warned against reading too much into one day‘s data. katharine da costa reports while coronavirus is levelling off in some areas, the last week has seen cases continue to rise in the south, east midlands and the north east. across age groups, particularly those aged 35 and over. however, some of the younger age groups are levelling off or decreasing, and the overall picture is that we are seeing increases in covid, but at a much slower pace than we have seen in recent weeks. one in 85 people in england had the virus in the week to the 6th of november. that remains atjust under 50,000 new cases a day. cases have risen slightly in wales, levelled off in northern ireland, while it is too soon to say whether they have slowed in scotland.

it‘s notjust the uk in the midst of a second surge. rising cases have been seen across the continent. france has recorded more than 32,000 patients in hospital with the virus, far higher than the peak in april. the french authorities are among those warning it is too soon to start thinking about travel arrangements for christmas. here, the uk government is expected to announce plans to reduce quarantine times for travellers. we certainly do want to reduce those periods of time through sort of test to release scheme. i will be saying more, certainly on the travel part of that, very soon and i will be able to describe a system which would help to reduce the amount of time people have to spend in quarantine as we look to get things going as we get this mass testing going, as we get the vaccine going as well. while a vaccine might be on the horizon, right now, hospitals like this one in milton keynes are working flat—out. there is still capacity here. they are currently caring

for 47 covid patients. the numbers doubled in the last five days, but they‘re hopeful that the lockdown will help. we are concerned that if the numbers don‘t slow down, we will end up having to stop some of our routine work, not our urgent work. we still have capacity in our hospital to make sure we carry on with elective work, and we will do that as long as it‘s safe and as long as our staff are able to cope with that. while the latest estimates for the r number show it has fallen to between 1 and 1.2, government scientific advisers warn it will need to drop well below1 and stay there for a long time before we see a reverse in the number of deaths and pressure on the health service. katharine da costa, bbc news. covid restrictions in northern ireland were due to end at midnight, but are now being extended for another week. after days of political disagreement, the so—called ‘circuit breaker‘ lockdown will continue until 20th november.

let‘s get more detail on the ‘r‘ number — and government scientists saying that the reproduction numberfor coronavirus, has dropped to between 1 and 1.2 across the uk. 0ur head of statistics robert cuffe says it‘s better news, but still not great news. an r number of about 1.2 would imply that the epidemic is doubling roughly every month, that is the worst case, that is better than has been for a while, it has been doubling every fortnight. so, slower growth is a good thing. but it is still great in the epidemic and the best case scenario, that they describe here, is no growth in the epidemic, which means we continue to see, roughly 50,000 new cases, infections every day in homes in england, more across the uk, and about 2,000 coronavirus deaths every week. and that would be all the way through the winter and that is why the scientists are advising the government, saying, look, we need to get the r number below one for a significant spread of time before we start to reverse these increases in pressures in hospitals

and because of the rising number of beds. 0ne caveat here, really, is to say that because we are seeing different approaches now in scotland, wales and northern ireland, that a uk wide figure is starting to become a little bit less reliable, almost a bit meaningless. yes, that is interesting because it is a uk wide figure and how useful is that? if you‘re watching this in different parts of the uk, what is the actual figures that pertain to you? what should you be looking out for? there is kind of the rule of thumb that you might use quite broadly here is that in the places where the epidemic has made the most inroads, where it is the worst right now, that is where it is a stabilising may be coming down. and in the places where it had made the least inroads, it is a still rising, so if you look at places like northern ireland, or in the north west of england, in both the figures that came out from the office of national statistics, today, and in the case of hospitalisations for a while, we have been seeing, maybe a bit of a downward turn. oh, and it is also the case

for young adults and teenagers, who were shooting up, as we went to school and enter university. we were starting to see for there as well. in the south of england, where it has been low throughout the pandemic, it is still rising and is also rising in the over 705. they are probably the age group we are most worried about getting seriously sick, so, it is not like we can take the foot of the pedal necessarily, but there is some kind of different regional pictures and there are some bits of good news in there. one of britain‘s most notorious killers, peter sutcliffe, who was known as the yorkshire ripper, has died in hospital at the age of 74. sutcliffe is said to have been refusing treatment for covid—19, and had a number of other health issues. the former lorry driver was serving a whole life prison term, after being convicted of murdering 13 women between 1975 and 1980, and the attempted murder of seven others. for years, women across yorkshire and northwest england lived in fear of going out at night, as sutcliffe was interviewed nine times by police, but not arrested.

this report by danny savage contains some flashing images. he was one of the most prolific killers of the 20th century. peter sutcliffe, the yorkshire ripper. we knew that we were dealing with a monster because of what he was doing. he‘d get behind them and hit them at the back of the head, a real whack. for six years, women across a large part of northern england lived in fear — a serial killer was on the loose. no woman walking alone at night was safe. from 1975 until 1980, 13 women were killed by sutcliffe and he tried to murder several others. went down the path on the field at the back of the house, which we later discovered was where she was found. thankfully, it was dark and we were spared discovering mum's body. richard mccann‘s mother was the first victim. he was just five years old when she died. it devastated his young life, and for a long time, he wanted revenge against sutcliffe for the murder of his 28—year—old mum.

as a young teenager, i can remember with sonia, my sister, we planned — or she... ..we discussed her contacting him, befriending him, changing her name and then eventually going in to visit him. then she was going to attack him. that was the thoughts we had and that's how angry we were back then. this was in halifax, where19—year—old bank clerk josephine whitaker was killed. murder scenes were scattered across yorkshire and manchester. i'm jack. i see you are still having no luck catching me. the police inquiry was famously led down a blind alley by hoax tapes from the man dubbed wearsidejack. he sent letters and tapes taunting the investigating officers. i have the greatest respect for you, george... it led to the conclusion that peter sutcliffe wasn‘t their man. there was one young detective, and he said, "i‘ve interviewed a man today and he fits the description, the photofit description.

he‘s got bushy hair, bushy beard and he‘s got the gap in his teeth, and he‘s a lorry driver." now one of the top table officers said, "is he a geordie?" "no, no." "what‘s his name?" he said, "peter sutcliffe." "now, listen boys, peter sutcliffe. .. ..peter sutcliffe is not the yorkshire ripper." so sutcliffe carried on killing, although he was interviewed on numerous occasions. colleagues at the haulage firm where he worked knew, and used to joke about it. he was nicknamed the ripper. and he used to answer to that sometimes. so it was, you know, it's rather... ..it's rather sort of... ..it's sad now, isn't it? bizarrely, he was finally caught after being linked to a car with stolen number plates. weapons were found, and in the early 1981, he confessed. that led to these extraordinary scenes in dewsbury, as the public

turned out to voice their disgust. sutcliffe was jailed for life. he murdered 13 women, but ruined the lives of many more. his death is the end of a chapter for them and their families. but they will still have to live with what happened for the rest of their lives. in the last hour, the west yorkshire police chief constable john robins has issued an apology to the relatives of peter sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time". he says come on behalf of west yorkshire police, i apologise for the additional distress and anxiety caused to all relatives by the

language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time, in relation to peter sutcliffe‘s victims. such language and attitudes may have reflected a wider societal attitudes of the day, but it was wrong as then as it is now. a huge number of officers worked to bring peter sutcliffe to justice and it is a shame that their hard work was overshadowed by the language of senior officers that was used at the time. the effects of which is still being felt today by surviving relatives. those attitudes are now consigned to history, our approach todayis consigned to history, our approach today is the victim —based —— victim focused, putting them at the centre of everything we do. he concludes by saying, i offer this heartfelt felt apology today as the chief constable of west yorkshire police. that apology was issued in the last hour or so. that was issued to all the relatives of those were men who were

murdered by peter sutcliffe in the late 19705 and up to 1980. he was convicted as well of course of the attempted murder of a further seven women. a nurse accused of the murder of eight babies, and the attempted murder of 10, has appeared at chester crown court. 30—year—old lucy letby is accused of committing the crimes betweenjune 2015 and june 2016, while working on the neo—natal unit at the countess of chester hospital. a new system offering students university places only after their exam results are known could be introduced across the uk, to reduce the reliance on predicted grades. universities uk — which represents more than 130 insititutions — is making a series of proposals, to try to make admissions fairer. us officials have said this presidential election was the "most secure in american history",

rejecting president donald trump‘s repeated claims of fraud. here‘s what the cybersecurty and infrastructure security agency said in its statement... "right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result." then, in clear bold font, it goes on, "there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised." it ends by saying, "we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too. when you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices". that attempt to draw a line under theories of fraud and conspiracy and it comes as china has sent its congratulations to the man it now calls president—electjoe biden. here‘s our north america correspondent peter bowes.

the most secure election in american history. the verdict from senior us election officials. refuting the president‘s claim that it was widespread voter fraud, a top committee overseen by the department of homeland security has concluded there is no case to answer. barack 0bama who campaigned alongsidejoe biden, as former deputy, has now added his voice to the growing criticism of mr trump, over his false claims of election fraud. they appear to be motivated... in part because the president does not like to lose and never admits loss. i‘m more troubled by the fact that other republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humouring him in this fashion.

it is one more step in delegitimising, notjust the incoming biden administration but also democracy. that is a dangerous path. senior democrats are urging the white house to acknowledge joe biden‘s win saying that the president—elect should be given access to the security briefings that mr trump gets everyday. the unease felt at mr trump‘s continuing denial of the election results has prompted the elders, a group of senior world figures, founded by nelson mandela, to condemn the president‘s public behaviour. the tragedy is that the united states has always been a supporter of the strong advocates for democracy and for adherence to the will of the people. when the votes are counted, you accept that. and so, we do see it as serious for the united states, in the short term, but also very

worrying internationally because it is of the something that autocrats and bad leaders are rejoicing in, but they are just laughing, they are saying, talking about democracy, "look at united states!" apart from playing golf last weekend and one official engagement to mark veterans‘ day, donald trump has confined himself to the white house since the election, venting his anger through social media. and a short time ago, i spoke to our washington correspondent will grant and suggested it was striking that this statement left little room for doubt in the legality of the election. iagree, and i agree, and let‘sjust i agree, and let‘s just have a look at some of the language they use, they said that they had the utmost confidence that there had been no widespread electoralfraud, that there had been friendly —— make plenty of opportunity for misinformation but that the american people could be confident that this was the most secure election in its history, extolled me language, which iagree, is history, extolled me language, which i agree, is designed to sort of draw a line under president trump‘s

claims, that he is presented with no backing evidence, that there is somehow —— that there have been some how votes tampered with or manipulated or stolen and so on and really, it goes a long way to try it to finally put that to bed and to bring certain pressure on those republican leaders who i get to turn out and recognise joe republican leaders who i get to turn out and recognisejoe biden‘s victory. yes, and barack obama has been talking about some of them and we had for example, also china, effectively congratulating the president—elect. effectively congratulating the president-elect. yes. that was another one of the major players who had yet to turn out in the international sphere, and a government spokesperson said there that they respect the choice of the american people and have congratulated mr biden and kamala harris as his vice president elect. these are the final pieces if you like, in terms of the election when

being internationally recognised, as russia is still to come out, mexico, a neighbouring country, a bit odd that the president has yet to respond, but he had his reasons for wanting to wait until the legal drama has played out a little further. nevertheless, it now, it does all have a punitive effect of making present trump look further isolated in his attempt to overturn this by illegal channels. he looks more isolated, it puts more pressure on at the g 0p to come out collectively and say, look, this is the reality in front of us and of course, to allow the transition team to start doing their work. and what is the sort of narrative, if you like, in the states at the moment? if we were somebody watching this in america right now, if they turned on the tv, if -- america right now, if they turned on the tv, if —— would that could be about the biden and harris and the transition team and the plans they are putting in place and what policies they might be thinking about tackling in fst months? is that with a focus on the narrative

already is? how much time is devoted to the outgoing president and his continual anger about the result that denial the result? continual anger about the result that denialthe result? when continual anger about the result that denial the result? when you know, when you turn on the tv in this country, it very much depends on which channel you switch on! interesting in that regard, that even though with those channels that would normally come down in favour of president trump‘s efforts to deny this election result or cast dispersions on it, even they, namely fox news, have so that might have suggested that as there is no legs to this then, that mr trump has to accept that like they have others he called it forjoe biden to... in terms of the wider narrative, i have seen statistics that suggest that upwards of 80% of republicans do now considerjoe biden to be the president elect. but of course, there will still be large pockets of those who will never accept this result and they are taking their lead from the white house itself,

from president trump. i suppose the most likely think there is that he will never accept it, he will never concede. what he might eventually do, when the pressure grows, or the legal challenges kind of come to nothing, is say, look, i do not believe this is the case, but fought the good of the nation, i will no longer challenge the legality. i think it is about as much as the democrats or mr biden can expect. well grant there in washington. some news from the match in the last two minutes, we are hearing that a 23—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion suspicion of the murder of sergeant matt rotella. you will remember this desperately sad case, the police officer who died in a croydon custody suites in south london in september. he was shot and he was taken to hospital but sadly he was taken to hospital but sadly

he died later. you will remember all of the wonderful tribute to him. we arejust of the wonderful tribute to him. we are just hearing that a 23—year—old man has been arrested. to try to explain this, the 23—year—old was taken to hospital as well at the time because he had a contract went and his condition for some time was deemed to be critical. however, the met is telling us that his condition has since stabilised and he is no longer considers that make it is no longer considers that make it is no longer considered life—threatening, which means he was considered fit to be arrested on suspicion of murder. that is why we are just hearing the news today. this is some weeks after the incident in the custody suite. he is still in hospital, and it says, officers are having to liaise with medical teams to assess when he will be fit for interview, but a 23—year—old arrested on suspicion of murder. that is what we are just

hearing now it‘s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. the early morning rain has all cleared away from eastern areas of the uk, and what follows through the rest of the day is basically an afternoon of sunshine and showers. showers all ways frequent to western areas, and particularly so for western scotland when it is still gusty. winds in the hebrides gusting to low forties miles an hour. as we look at the forecast this evening and overnight, the cloud will gather. 0utbreaks and overnight, the cloud will gather. 0utbrea ks of and overnight, the cloud will gather. outbreaks of rain spreading across gather. outbreaks of rain spreading a cross m ost gather. outbreaks of rain spreading across most but not all parts of the country. a few dry spots across northern scotland, eastern england, but many of us will see rain for a time. in the wet and windy weather, but on saturday and sunday, the rain is going to be pretty expensive.

heaviest across western areas. dryer across eastern england and northern scotla nd across 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. hello, this is bbc news. we will talk about some of the day‘s other stories in the next few minutes, including the death of peter sutcliffe, i will be talking toa peter sutcliffe, i will be talking to a criminologist about that case and we will be talking about dominic cummings‘s departure from downing street as well. for now, we will catch up with the sports news. a terrible shame for a northern ireland not to qualify for the euros last night. but what a night for the pa rton last night. but what a night for the parton army. after missing out on 10 major championships, steve clarke‘s team celebrated long into the night in belgrade keeper david marshall the hero with a penalty save,

after they had been flawless with all five of their spotkicks. manchester united‘s scott mctominay was one of the takers and spoke to us today, looking ahead to the euros where they‘ll be in a group with england, czech republic and croatia. we don‘tjust we don‘t just want to we don‘tjust want to turn up to the euros and it is a party. we are happy to be there and all the best of it. we don‘t want to go there and not win football matches and play well and not do yourselfjustice. we don‘t want that, we don‘t want the party circus, when you turn up everybody is having a good time. we wa nt to everybody is having a good time. we want to go there and get points and do well in the group. if we get through, we get through. if we don‘t, we can look back and say we did it. a big goal. that is the goal and ambition, you can‘t get too high in football. the england women‘s friendly against norway next month has been cancelled due to travel restrictions in the scandinvian country. it‘s the second successive match

the lionnesses have had called off, with their game against germany last month cancelled after a member of england‘s backroom staff tested positive for covid—19. liverpool forward mohammed salah has tested positive for covid—19 while on international duty with egypt. he was due to face togo tomorrow in an african cup of nations qualifier. the egyprian federation say he has no symptoms and the rest of their squad returned negative results. it‘s unclear how long he‘ll have to self—isolate for. liverpool‘s next match is on the 21st of this month rafa nadal has backed andy murray to return to competing at the top level of tennis, if he can remain injury free. murray has been dogged by injury in recent years, even announcing his plans to retire at the australian open in 2019.

he‘s underwent hip surgery and returned to grand slam tennis at the us open earlier this year. he if he is injury free, then he has an amazing talent that will help him get back to that top level. 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 impressions 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 seven 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. the former ireland full—back geordan murphy has left his role as director of rugby at leicester tigers. it ends a 23—year association with the club where he played for 16 years before moving into coaching. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. it is day two of the masters, but a lot of players have been playing the same first—round because it was terrible weather yesterday at augusta. paul casey was the clubhouse leader, and he has been joined at the top now byjustin johnson and dylan fratelli from south africa. it is changing all the

time. a very tightly the bird. justin rose is on a bit of a child as well. —— leaderboard. rory mcilroy going backwards somewhat, but no doubt it will change. one of britain‘s most notorious killers, peter sutcliffe, who was known as the yorkshire ripper and was convicted of the murder of 13 women between 1975 and 1980 has died in hospital. he was also convicted of the attempted murder of another seven women. the chief constable of west yorkshire police has this afternoon apologised for the additional distress and anxiety which was caused by the tone of the language used by senior officers at the time about the women attacked by sutcliffe. we can speak now to louise wattis, who is a criminologist at teesside university — she has researched and written

about the case. i know that as part of your research for your book, you spoke to a lot of women that lived in the areas that we re women that lived in the areas that were haunted by this man at the time. just explain some of the things they said to you, their experiences and the fear that was around at that time. indeed, i did, and certainly my research highlights the dominant narrative around fear related to this case, this climate of fear, the way that such an intense fear pervaded. those areas closest to where the murders had taken place and, indeed, more widely as the murders did progress and it appeared that the police were powerless to catch this man. women did talk about being under siege, being obsessed with this case and

kind of the invasion of everyday life of these murders. you know, the fa ct life of these murders. you know, the fact that people‘s shifts were changed at work, people were getting picked up from work to keep them safe if they were doing evening shifts. roadblocks, constant police presence, also the presence of the take. i don‘t know if you are aware of the hoax type that was sent in by a man that was claiming to be the killer, that was the basis of a police case —— tape. it was played at pubs, clubs, football matches, people could ring and listen to it. asa people could ring and listen to it. as a result of things like this, the ripper meth and the presence of the ripper, it felt like it was everywhere and you can get away from it -- everywhere and you can get away from it —— ripper myth. everywhere and you can get away from it -- ripper myth. it is overwhelming, even listening to what

you are saying all of these years later. particularly for younger viewers that might know less about this case, you describe police roadblocks. that is an extraordinary way for people to have to live. just remind us what police said two women at that time. whether announcements are saying, don‘t be on your own? when students were murdered, stu d e nts when students were murdered, students were warned not to go out alone at night, at all, and this was kind of the dominant message for women, to stay in, keep yourself safe. but i remember reading some old archive articles from the daily mirror saying don‘t talk about things like sex in public so as not to provoke maybe if the killer was in your presence, really strange things, putting the onus on women and the responsibility on women to

keep themselves safe because of the threat of this killer in their midst. that is so striking, isn't it was and the way that a lot of the women who were attacked were portrayed, some of these women were sex workers, some of them. be language around that, the tone, the attitudes of the time, it is so interesting that the chief constable of west yorkshire police has, this afternoon, apologised for some of the language that was used. afternoon, apologised for some of the language that was usedm afternoon, apologised for some of the language that was used. it is interesting but it is just a shame it has taken so long and it has taken for this man to die for this apology because some of the language was abhorrent. i can remember when i first read the statement from one of the officers leading the investigation following the murder of jane mcdonald that wasn‘t connected to prostitution, but the association was that because she lived in the red light area, she had been mistaken for a sex worker. at

the press conference, one of the officers leading the investigation talked about the ripper hates prostitutes. we as a society hate prostitutes. we as a society hate prostitutes. it was almost as though he was kind of... he said, many people hate prostitutes, it was almost as though he was justifying the actions of the killer, which was truly abhorrent. that was another finding of my research. the indifference towards victims connected to prostitution. and, indeed, any woman who was seen as not respectable, just not given the same attention as the case progressed, and his last five victims weren‘t connected to sex work, they won‘t attacked in red light areas, so there was such a different tone and these victims we re different tone and these victims were treated differently by the police and the media. but it kind of

makes me angry that it has taken until today, because the attitudes of the police towards those victims, that complete indifference and misogyny for women associated with sex work, just abhorrent, really. and the murders were carried out between 1975 and 1980. people saying, that was the attitudes of the time, the 705 were still very sexist. how much confidence do you have as a criminologist and as someone who‘s research is in this field that really vast changes have been made? not that all of his victims were insects work, but... we need to make that clear, because that kind of propagates that myth of a man that was targeting sex

workers. —— were in sex work. there was a police... the suffolk murders? cases that were handled more sensitively. but still abhorrent things about young women in newspapers. if we think more generally about the way in which the female victims of male violence are scrutinised in regards to their respectability, in regards to their sexual propriety, think about the victims of grooming, think about the victims of grooming, think about the victims of grooming, think about the victims of child sexual exploitation ina way victims of child sexual exploitation in a way that, for such a long time, they were not regarded as victims, not listened to. look at the conviction rate of sexual violence for rape at an all—time low because of the way in which that crime,

often the idea that if a crime has been committed, it is often based uponjudgments been committed, it is often based upon judgments around women‘s behaviour and women‘s so pulled respectability. when this finally came to court in 1991,... some of those missed because of the attitudes and assumptions that were made throughout the investigation was i don‘t think there was that much acknowledgement at that time. 0bviously, much acknowledgement at that time. obviously, you had the inquiry and report, and that kind of focused on the resource issue and the fact that, you know, things were different than. police didn‘t have the same resources, forensics, the same kind of advanced it equipment. and i think the police do deserve some measure of sympathy in regards

to what they were faced with, but at the same time, i think those attitudes can be connected to the failings of the certain aspects of the investigation. probably the strongest example is the fact that the first victim was attacked, tracey brown who was a schoolgirl. there were several victims prior to her, and she was never acknowledged because she was a 14—year—old schoolgirl. she was attacked in the countryside on the outskirts of halifax. 0r countryside on the outskirts of halifax. or it might have been keighley, sorry. and because she didn‘t fit that victim profile of the woman linked to prostitution or the woman linked to prostitution or the woman linked to prostitution or the woman not being respectable, because she might have had a drink or two, she was dismissed, but fortu nately or two, she was dismissed, but fortunately tracey brown gave a really accurate description of the killer, as did several other victims

who survived. and asjohn smith said this morning on woman‘s hour, women‘s voices were not listened to during this case. it is very good to talk to you and learn from your expertise. thank you for your time. louise wattis who is a criminologist at teesside university. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister‘s most senior adviser — dominic cummings — says he‘ll leave downing street before christmas, after the turmoil of recent days. reports show that the r number, the rate of infection for coronvirus, has fallen slightly across the uk. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died. he was 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women, and the attempted murder of another seven. more now on the departure of dominic cummings from downing street after an eventful 16 months

at the heart of the british government. mr cummings, who is borisjohnson‘s closest adviser has helped the uk prime minister win a general election and deliver on his brexit promise. however, he has made a number of enemies along the way. i‘ve been discussing what impact his departure could have with two former downing street advisers — joeyjones, who was a special adviser for theresa may, and tim montgomerie, who worked for boris johnson in the past. that seems to be a calculated decision on the part of the prime minister and whoever is now advising him to do that. what i don‘t really buy is this idea that you can just blithely reset. it‘s as though borisjohnson‘s a sort of laptop — you turn him off, turn him on again and suddenly it is all sweetness and light, liberalism, and a sort of conciliatory mood that will keep everybody happy. and yet, with all the same sorts of pressures piling in on him and his colleagues and, actually, also, probably

the toughest decision that he will have confronted yet as a prime minister crowding in on him — whether or not he‘s going to go for a deal with the european union or not. i mean, the fallout from that will be very profound. whatever he does, there will be a chunk of his own party that will probably be unhappy. so i would say — and i know it probably sounds a bit sceptical when people come on and say, "all you have to do is reset, new mood, everybody is happy" — i would speculate, ask yourself whether those individuals also feel that they might profit from this reset and be able to shape and determine the dynamic of the government going forward. 0k. that is all fascinating. tim, you were chuckling slightly when thejoey used the word profit. is it straightforward ? that wonderful image of turning it off and turning it on again, isjoey making a valid point there?

i thinkjoey is making a very valid point, and i fear i might be about to fall into his intellectual trap, because i am someone who is hopeful that — although this isn't an ideal circumstance — the government does have an opportunity for a reset, and, of course, it is not going to be easy to reset the government. but what i am hopeful about is... there was a fundamental problem with dom cummings's reign in downing street, and that was that there was no real allowance or permission or tolerance for alternative voices. you either had to be with dominic cummings when you were a cabinet minister or an adviser or a journalist, or he decided that you were against him. and that sort of reign of terror produced the reign of error we have seen since. good government requires honest,

robust, comprehensive discussion of the challenges we all know the country faces, and that robust exchange, that dialogue, that grown—upness, to use a very un—grown—up phrase, is missing or was missing from downing street. and the prime minister has an opportunity to become a serious prime minister with a serious downing street for serious times. and he may fail to rise to the opportunity, but he does have an opportunity. that wasn't evident 24, 48 hours ago. it wasn‘t collegiate, joeyjones, was it? we‘ve been hearing from former cabinet ministers today, even people that were on the same side as those departing, in terms of brexit, saying it wasn‘t collegiate, secretaries of state were not

allowed to get on and operate as a secretary of state. isn‘t that what tim means by this is a window of opportunity? there is no doubt that dominic cummings was and is an antagonistic individual. he‘s made tonnes and tonnes of enemies, very confrontational, and taking him out of the mix means that some of that acid, if you like, that has been poured on relationships in westminster can, you know, be lifted away. but he did all of this in the full knowledge of the prime minister. it is not as though this was any secret. as with so many celebrations, divali is very different this year. lockdown restrictions mean some of britain‘s most popular places of worship have had to organise virtual ceremonies for the festival which symbolises new beginnings, and the triumph of good over evil, and is celebrated across the world by millions of hindus, sikhs and jains. sima kotecha reports.

sisters chaya and maya, lighting candles by a statue of their hindu deity. 0m shanti, shanti, shanti. like christmas and other religious festivals, diwali brings gifts, songs and traditional food. although the sisters are excited about its imminent arrival, they know this year won‘t be the same. we‘ve still got the lights and the fireworks. but you can‘t meet up with your family and you have to do it on zoom. that‘s ok, you at least get to see them, not face to face, but still like a bit sad because we actually want to like, maybe hug them. their grandparents live just minutes away, but aren‘t in their bubble. they talk online, and tomorrow will be no different. but there‘ll be no exchanging of food and no dancing with cousins.

normally, we would dance and perform at grandpa‘s house, as you saw. so we‘d dance and sing. we do a big show! and we've practised online — we've got it all correct. and this year, perhaps, will be more poignant than usual. south asians have been disproportionately affected by coronavirus. the girl‘s grandparents lost a close friend to the virus. and so this diwali, they say, will have a somber tone. we are in close contact with his wife and of course, not very far from us, you know, being a good friend, but, of course, will be missed in that respect. that one friend we have lost. the chancellor, a practising hindu, is urging those who celebrate to stay at home, even though they may be tempted to visit relatives. i know how difficult it is. i mean, it's so difficult for us not to want to see each other like it is for everybody, especially at this time of year.

but we've just got to stick with this for a couple more weeks and we're going to get through this to keep everyone safe right now. just follow the rules but there are those, chancellor, who have said that they‘re frustrated that the restrictions could be lifted in time for christmas but won‘t be lifted in time for diwali. what would you say to those people? well, i mean, we've had restrictions all the way through this year. there's lots of different religious and cultural celebrations that happen. we can't control the spread of the virus. the virus is doing what it's doing. we have to react to that. and that's got to be the right way to approach this. this is neasden temple. it‘s one of britain‘s most popular temples and it hosts the largest diwali and hindu new year celebrations in europe. but not this year. there‘ll be no packed car parks. there‘ll be no line of worshippers waiting to go inside. but instead, there will be virtual ceremonies for thousands of people to watch from the safety of their home. special days like this one bring

the differences caused by covid into sharp and often painful focus. sima kotecha, bbc news. joe wicks has been keeping everyone fit during lockdown — after the success of his pe withjoe. and he‘s nowjust completed a live 24 hour work out for children in need. the fitness coach finished the challenge inside the bbc‘s headquarters with a high intensity class, joined virtually by people up and down the country. he raised over a million pounds for the charity and ended his work—out saying "i‘m off to bed." chris fawkes has the weather.

the early morning has cleared away from eastern areas and through the rest of today, we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers. the radar picture picking up the majority of showers across the western side of the country, and particularly for western scotland. decent breaks between the showers and we have seen some sunshine already, for example, for the north—west of wales. north—west england, clouds gathering there in cumbria for a time. looking at the weather to our west, a lot of cloud on the satellite picture and this area of cloud is our next area of low pressure that is going to be swinging injust in time for low pressure that is going to be swinging in just in time for the weekend bringing all of us outbreaks of rain, and strong winds too, as well. heading into evening, further showers for scotland across western parts of england and wales as well, maybe one or two sneaking into the south coast of england. through the night, general outbreaks of rain spreading widely to most areas of the uk. temperatures around five to

seven celsius across northern areas. in the south, milder at nine or 10 degrees into the first part of the weekend. talking of the weekend, it will be an unsettled one with low pressure firmly in charge bringing windy weather with rain at times. several weather fronts moving north—east words and tightly packed isobars at times to the weekend, bringing strong bouts of wind as well. saturday morning, getting off toa well. saturday morning, getting off to a wet start. the heaviest rain across western areas of the country, and the strongest winds coming through the afternoon around the irish sea coast, where across parts of wales and western england, gusts of wales and western england, gusts of wind could be getting up to 50 miles an hourorso of wind could be getting up to 50 miles an hour or so in places. could be pretty blustery. eastern areas of england are northern parts of scotla nd england are northern parts of scotland seen the best of drier spells, with hazy sunshine coming through at times. it will be mild, temperatures up to 15 degrees or so. more rain at times on sunday, particularly across scotland, parts of england and northern ireland.

rain returning to wales and parts of england. across the south coast, strongest winds on sunday afternoon with gusts reaching about 60 miles an hour in places, so it will be very blow. more in the way of sunshine, but cooler wind, very blow. more in the way of sunshine, but coolerwind, air filtering in. temperatures nine or 10 degrees. that is your mother.

this is bbc news. i‘m martine croxall. the headlines at 4pm... reports show that the r number, the rate of infection for coronvirus, has fallen slightly across the uk. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser — dominic cummings — says he‘ll leave downing street before christmas, after the turmoil of recent days. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died — he was 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women, and the attempted murder of another seven. the chief constable of west yorkshire police has, this afternoon, apologised to the relatives of sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time" of their murders. senior us officials have said there‘s no evidence that votes were lost or changed during the presidential election. it comes as former president barack 0bama accuses senior republicans

of undermining democracy. 3, 2, 1, woo! and joe wicks completes his 24—hour charity workout challenge, raising more than £1 million for children in need. ifeel, like, so buzzed, full of adrenaline. captain serotonin, as i say. i‘ve got all that serotonin through me. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new figures show that the number of daily infections from coronavirus in the community in england remains at around 50,000 cases a day. yesterday saw a significant jump in the daily confirmed cases but some experts have warned against reading too much into one day‘s data. katharine da costa reports.

while coronavirus is levelling off in some areas, the last week has seen cases continue to rise in the south, east midlands and the north east. across age groups, particularly those aged 35 and over. however, some of the younger age groups are levelling off or decreasing, and the overall picture is that we are seeing increases in covid, but at a much slower pace than we have seen in recent weeks. one in 85 people in england had the virus in the week to the 6th of november. that remains atjust under 50,000 new cases a day. cases have risen slightly in wales, levelled off in northern ireland, while it is too soon to say whether they have slowed in scotland. it‘s notjust the uk in the midst of a second surge. rising cases have been seen across the continent. france has recorded more than 32,000

patients in hospital with the virus, far higher than the peak in april. the french authorities are among those warning it is too soon to start thinking about travel arrangements for christmas. here, the uk government is expected to announce plans to reduce quarantine times for travellers. we certainly do want to reduce those periods of time through sort of test—to—release scheme. i will be saying more, certainly on the travel part of that, very soon and i will be able to describe a system which would help to reduce the amount of time that people have to spend in quarantine as we look to get things going, as we get this mass testing going, as we get the vaccine going as well. while a vaccine might be on the horizon, right now, hospitals like this one in milton keynes are working flat—out. there is still capacity here. they are currently caring for 47 covid patients. the numbers doubled in the last five days, but they‘re hopeful that the lockdown will help. we are concerned that if the numbers don‘t slow down,

we will end up having to stop some of our routine work, not our urgent work. we still have capacity in our hospital to make sure we carry on with elective work, and we will do that as long as it‘s safe and as long as our staff are able to cope with that. while the latest estimates for the r number show it has fallen to between 1 and 1.2, government scientific advisers warn it will need to drop well below1 and stay there for a long time before we see a reverse in the number of deaths and pressure on the health service. katharine da costa, bbc news. let‘s get more detail on the ‘r‘ number — and government scientists saying that the reproduction numberfor coronavirus, has dropped to between 1 and 1.2 across the uk. 0ur head of statistics robert cuffe says it‘s better news, but still not great news. an r number of about 1.2 would imply that the epidemic is doubling roughly every month, that is the worst case, that is better than has been

for a while, it has been doubling every fortnight. so, slower growth is a good thing. but it is still growth in the epidemic and the best case scenario, that they describe here, is no growth in the epidemic, which means we continue to see, roughly 50,000 new cases, infections every day in homes in england, more across the uk, and about 2,000 coronavirus deaths every week. and that would be all the way through the winter and that is why the scientists are advising the government, saying, look, we need to get the r number below1 for a significant spread of time before we start to reverse these increases in pressures before in hospitals and because of the rising number of beds. 0ne caveat here, really, is to say that because we are seeing different approaches now in scotland, wales and northern ireland, that a uk wide figure is starting to become a little bit less reliable, almost a bit meaningless. covid restrictions in northern ireland were due to end at midnight — but are now being extended for another week. after days of political disagreement, the so called ‘circuit breaker‘ lockdown will continue

until 20th november. there will then be a partial reopening of some businesses, including hairdressers and some parts of the the hospitality sector. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser, dominic cummings, is to leave downing street by christmas. he has been a controversial and divisive figure in westminster, and was a driving force behind brexit. he‘s denied his resignation is associated with the departure of his close ally lee cain as director of communications amid internal tensions at number 10. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports on what it means for borisjohnson‘s government as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and brexit trade talks. and a warning that his report contains flash photography. it has become familiar, the prime minister‘s most senior adviser confronted by the press outside his home, typically dismissive of questions about his future. but that has now been settled. he will leave downing street by christmas. unconventional, confrontational and never afraid to break westminster‘s unwritten rules... how are you feeling? have you lost the power

struggle, mr cummings? dominic cummings, in style and substance, has made his mark. but after a turbulent week at number ten, he has made clear his time is up. he was always someone to shake things up, he didn‘t take things as before, just because they had been done that way, that they couldn‘t be done any other way, which was good. i think you have to challenge the system and the way things are done. i'm not surprised, in a way, that it is ending in the way that it is. but no prime minister can afford a single adviser to become a running story, dominating his government's communications and crowding out the proper messages of the government, that they want to convey. and nobody is indespensable. after another senior aide to the prime minister resigned earlier this week, dominic cummings told the bbc that

rumours that he too had threatened to quit were invented. but asked about claims that he could be gone by christmas, he said his position had not changed since a blog which he wrote earlier in the year. in that, he claimed that he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020. masterminding the successful vote leave campaign was dominic cummings‘s defining achievement. it put him on the same side as borisjohnson. once in downing street, dominic cummings was hired to be the prime minister‘s right—hand man, brexit battles with the prime ——with parliament dominated before a landslide election win. a few months later, the pandemic and this. yesterday, i gave a full account to the prime minister of my actions... a trip to county durham during lockdown, putting dominic cummings once again at the centre of the story. it was very notable, there has not been a single mp who has come out this morning,

that i have heard, anyway, who has said, lee cain should have stayed, dominic cummings should have stayed, i think there is a big chance for the prime minister to reset the way he runs number ten, to find a new chief of staff and impose a new structure that means that the decision—making comes from the top, it is very clear, and of course, that chief of staff and all the aides should be anonymous people. we should not be talking about them. much more than a man in the shadows, dominic cummings has heavily influenced borisjohnson‘s premiership so far and his departure will leave big questions as to the nature of its future. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. and one of the many colourful quotes that i have read from sink and serves as an egg, is that this is a opportunity to up mac at the sta bles. opportunity to up mac at the stables. there is no doubt that tories in the parliament will be celebrating dominic cummings‘s departure, some of them were deeply uncomfortable with the style of boris johnson‘s uncomfortable with the style of borisjohnson‘s government, uncomfortable with the style of boris johnson‘s government, to uncomfortable with the style of borisjohnson‘s government, to be honest, some of them went limply —— might deeply mdf that a small group of advisers who were brexiteers had

borisjohnson put ‘5 year, when many mp5 felt that they had been frozen out of the process. that said, there are some, particularly in downing street, still in downing street, who idolised mr cummings, who thought he was a brilliant strategist, who thought he was a great communicator, who thought that he did a lot with that number ten operation, getting brexit done, helping borisjohnson when the general election, for example. i do not think there is any do nothing that this is not a big moment in his premiership, but the big question is whether it changes the way that mrjohnson‘s team operates. i think there will be some changes, and i think potentially, downing street will be less confrontational with parliaments, potentially with the media. but it is worth bearing in mind that at the heart of all of this, the man who really is in charge, who is sailing the ship, is borisjohnson. it will be up to him exactly what direction he takes next. what difference might

it make, though? if dominic cummings is on his way out, notjust yet, but there is this trade deal that they are still trying to get through with the eu. how might the approach to that be different? i have got to say, iam that be different? i have got to say, i am sceptical that that will change for a couple of reasons. remember, dominic cummings, only became the —— dominic cummings and lee cain, who announces that departure yesterday, they will both be that of the end of the air, they will be there until praxis, if you like, done. 0nce will be there until praxis, if you like, done. once the trade agreement is reached or not reach, and the transition period and in the uk is com pletely transition period and in the uk is completely out of the european union. it also worth that is also worth bearing in mind that we are near the end of the process, the talks are continuing in london today, we are expecting them to continue next week as well, but i have the semi times but time really is running out now. we have a matter of weeks to agree a deal, to get it signed out loud, to get it ratified in the uk and with the european capital and of course in the european parliament as well. i do

not think things will necessarily change in terms of what they are looking for in terms of that brexit deal on trade, but the bigger question is does it lead to a change of strategy? there are those in the conservative party, those in government as well, who think that borisjohnson has to basically reset his approach to governing, it has to look more at creating a consensus, getting parliaments on side, getting the public on side. and also winning people over through the media, rather than saying, look, this is our strategy, like it or lump it. that may well change in the new year, but as i say, remember, the man at the top is the prime minister. he is staying put and potentially, this is all up to him. nick, thank you. the department of health and hang it telling us that in the last 24—hour period today, 376 people died with a

positive test in the last 28 days. that was for covid—19. in that same 24 hour period come across the uk, 27,000 301 people tested positive for coronavirus. —— 20 7301. -- 27,301. one of britain‘s most notorious killers, peter sutcliffe, who was known as the yorkshire ripper, has died in hospital at the age of 74. sutcliffe is said to have refused treatment for covid—19, and had a number of other health issues. the former lorry driver was serving a whole life prison term, after being convicted of murdering 13 women between 1975 and 1980 and the attempted murder of seven others. for years, women across yorkshire and northwest england lived in fear of going out at night, as sutcliffe was interviewed nine times by police but not arrested. this report by danny savage contains some flashing images. he was one of the most prolific

killers of the 20th century. peter sutcliffe, the yorkshire ripper. we knew that we were dealing with a monster because of what he was doing. he would get behind them and hit them at the back of the head, with a real whack. hit them at the back of the head, with a realwhack. for hit them at the back of the head, with a real whack. for six years, women across a large part of northern england lived in fear, as a serial killer was on the loose. no woman, walking alone at night, was safe. from 1975 until 1980, 13 women we re safe. from 1975 until 1980, 13 women were killed by less and he tried to murder several others.” were killed by less and he tried to murder several others. i went down the path at the back of the house, which we later discovered was where she was found, but thankfully it was dark and that was where they discovered man‘s bossi. dark and that was where they discovered man's bossi. which can's mother was the first victim, he was just five when he died. it devastated his young life and for a long time, he wanted revenge against sutcliffe for the murder of his 28—year—old mother. sutcliffe for the murder of his 28-year-old mother. as a young teenager, i can remember with my sister, sonia, we planned, all we discussed contact —— we discussed

that she contacted him, defending him, changing her name, and then eventually going to visit him and then she was going to attack him. those of the conversations and thoughts that we had. that was how angry we were back then. this was in halifax, where19—year—old bank clerkjosephine whitaker was halifax, where19—year—old bank clerk josephine whitaker was killed. magazines were scattered across yorkshire and manchester.” magazines were scattered across yorkshire and manchester. i am jack. i see you have no luck catching me. the police enquiry is famously led down a blind alley from hoax tapes dubbed wearside jack. he down a blind alley from hoax tapes dubbed wearsidejack. he sent letters a nd dubbed wearsidejack. he sent letters and tapes once the investigating officers.” letters and tapes once the investigating officers. i have the greatest respect for you, george... led to the conclusion that peter sutcliffe wasn‘t their man. led to the conclusion that peter sutcliffe wasn't their man. there was one young detective, he said that he had interviewed a man today that he had interviewed a man today that make that today, and that he fitted the description, the photofit description, that he had bushy hair, a bushy beard and the gap in his teeth and he is a lorry driver. 0ne

of the top table officers said, is your geordie? the reply was no. they asked his name. it was peter sutcliffe. now, listen boys, the top table officers had, peter sutcliffe is not the yorkshire ripper. sutcliffe carried on killing. although he was interviewed on numerous occasions. colleagues at the haulage firm where he worked new and used to joke about it. he was nicknamed the wrapper. and he is the answer is that sometimes, so it was rather... it was rather sort of don't like it is sad now, isn't it? bizarrely, he was finally caught after being linked to a scar with still a number plates, and weapons we re still a number plates, and weapons were found and in early 1981, he confessed. that then led to these extra ordinary scenes in dewsbury, as the public turned out to voice their disgust. sutcliffe was jailed

for life. he murdered 13 women, but ruined the lives of many more. his death is the end of a chapter —— chapter for them and their families, but they will still have to live with what happened for the rest of their lives. west yorkshire police chief constablejohn robins has issued an apology to the relatives of peter sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time". mr robins said: "such language and attitudes may have reflected wider societal attitudes of the day, but it was as wrong then as it is now." a huge number of officers worked to identify and bring peter sutcliffe tojustice and it is a shame that their hard work was overshadowed by the language of senior officers used at the time, the effect of which is still felt today by surviving relatives. "thankfully, those attitudes are consigned to history and our approach today is wholly victim focused,

putting them at the centre of everything we do." he added: "i offer this heartfelt apology today as the chief constable of west yorkshire police." the headlines on bbc news... the r number, the rate of infection for coronvirus, has fallen slightly across the uk to between 1 and 1.2. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser — dominic cummings — says he‘ll leave downing street before christmas, after the turmoil of recent days. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died — he was 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women, and the attempted murder of another seven. a nurse accused of the murder of eight babies, and the attempted murder of 10, has appeared at chester crown court. 30—year—old lucy letby is accused of committing the crimes betweenjune 2015 and june 2016, while working on the neo—natal unit at the countess of chester hospital. a new system offering students

university places only after their exam results are known could be introduced across the uk, to reduce the reliance on predicted grades. universities uk — which represents more than 130 insititutions — is making a series of proposals, to try to make admissions fairer. a 23—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of sergeant matt ratana. the met police officer was shot dead at croydon custody centre in september as he prepared to search a handcuffed suspect. metropolitan police commissioner said that she said it was an important milestone and hope that it would bring comfort to matt ratana‘s family. us officials have said this presidential election was the "most secure in american history", rejecting president donald trump‘s repeated claims of fraud. here‘s what the cybersecurty and infrastructure security agency said in its statement... "right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior

to finalizing the result". then, in clear, bold font, it goes on: "there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised." and it ends by saying, "we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too. when you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices". that attempt to draw a line under theories of fraud and conspiracy comes as china has sent its congratulations to the man it now calls president—electjoe biden. here‘s our north america correspondent peter bowes. the most secure election in american history. the verdict from senior us election officials. refuting the president‘s claims that there was widespread voterfraud, a top committee, overseen by the department of homeland security, has concluded there is no case to answer.

barack 0bama, who campaigned alongsidejoe biden, as former deputy, has now added his voice to the growing criticism of mr trump, over his false claims of election fraud. they appear to be motivated... in part because the president does not like to lose and never admits loss. i‘m more troubled by the fact that other republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humouring him in this fashion. it is one more step in delegitimising, notjust the incoming biden administration but democracy generally. that is a dangerous path. senior democrats are urging the white house to acknowledge joe biden‘s win saying that the president—elect should be given access to the security briefings that mr trump gets everyday. the unease felt at mr trump‘s continuing denial of the election

results has prompted the elders, a group of senior world figures, founded by nelson mandela, to condemn the president‘s behaviour. the tragedy is that the united states has always been the supporter, the strong advocate for democracy and for adherence to the will of the people. when the votes are counted, you accept that. and so, we do see it as serious for the united states, in the short term, but also very worrying internationally because it is obviously something that autocrats and bad leaders are rejoicing in, but they are just laughing, they are saying, "who talks about democracy? look at united states!" apart from playing golf last weekend and one official engagement to mark veterans‘ day, donald trump has confined himself to the white house since the election, venting his anger through social media. 0ur washington correspondent,

will grant joins us now. all of these messages that there is nothing wrong with the way that the election was conducted. what impression is that making a president tran and his administration. ? they have a curative effect, you would think that one after another, coming in, not from part and officials, once at the other, but respected agencies in charge of cyber security, individuals whose does make you have worked on vote after vote after vote, saying that there is nothing wrong, saying that there is no evidence of ride widespread electoral fraud, that the american people can have utmost confidence in that result. it has got to have an effect, one would think, if not present tran himself if that then accepts that lay on his inner circle, that might begin to think that the time is coming to admit defeat and accept thatjoe biden has one. i do nothing that is about to happen, i think that president trump is going to consider is both necessary , is going to consider is both

necessary, at most it might get a point when the legal challenges have gone far nothing to say, look, i do not accept this but i‘m not take a further. in terms of the leaves that joe biden has, how do the numbers stack up now? and is large and growing, he has just stack up now? and is large and growing, he hasjust taken stack up now? and is large and growing, he has just taken as 11 electoral college result boats in arizona, there is a handful of states are still going through the crossing of the teeth and adopting of the eyes of the recount, and it looks like they will not be undone by these legal charges being brought by these legal charges being brought bya tramp. by these legal charges being brought by a tramp. it does look like the writing is very clearly on the wall. we have countries around the world, including china now, recognising, as recognising joe biden as the president elect, even at the white house we don‘t. the messes that sends out globally is fascinating. i think, as i say, when key leaders, republican leaders, begin to start calling forjoe biden to get the security briefings, then we will see the fact that the operation of

government mayjust continue with our present tran. what could presidents trump the doing of used his administration, beyond these legal challenges and between now and the new year when the other non—operations will take place?” think the anything that really stands out is the coronavirus numbers in this country. they are shocking. there has been more than 153,000 cases in the past 24 hours, 919 deaths from john hopkins university‘s number, there is an extremely worrying worrying situation and instead, the president is still focusing on these tweets, repeating his unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud. i think the majority of the american people would rather he focused on that in a time he has left in office instead of the legal challenge that does not hold up. well, for the moment, thank you very much. well, in washington. france is remembering the victims of the devastating series of co—ordinated militant attacks

in paris five years ago. the shootings and bombings by three groups of islamist extremists left 130 people dead and hundreds more wounded. the commemoration ceremonies have been limited because of the current coronavirus restrictions nationwide. this report from paris and our correspondent hugh schofield. five years on from france‘s worst terrorist atrocity since world war ii, and it was a sombre and low—key commemoration led by the prime minister. his small delegation went from the stadium to the bars and cafes, and then to the bataclan concert hall, retracing the events of that november evening with its long roll call of the dead. stephane albertini. nick alexander. jean—jacques amiot. baptiste chevreau. the attacks, carried out by islamist gunmen and coordinated by so—called islamic state, are sharp in the memory today because of the recent resurgence ofjihadi terrorism in france. the beheading of the teacher

samuel paty and the killings at a nice church two weeks ago were the work, it seems, of radicalised individuals, rather than a group. but the threat against france today is at its highest. president macron‘s robust defence of free speech and the right to publish cartoons of the prophet muhammad triggering new levels of hostility in parts of the muslim world. and coming up, a new potential source of tension. the trial of the one alleged participant in the november 2015 attacks who survived — salah abdeslam escaped from the scene and was captured in belgium four months later. in paris, he faces charges of murder in france‘s biggest ever terrorist trial. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with chris. hi there. the early morning rain has cleared away from recent errors of the uk and what follows for the rest of the day, is basically an afternoon

sunshine and showers. you can see the showers are most frequent across western areas, particularly so though for western scotland where it is still quite gusty. the wins in the hebrides are about 40 miles an hour. that was the scenes at humberside in cumbria as the showers pass through and if we look at the forecast for tonight the cloud gathers and the outbreaks of rain spread across most but not all parts of the country. they could be some dry spots across the midlands, eastern spot scotland and eastern england, but most of us will see rainfora time. england, but most of us will see rain for a time. as we head into the weekend, we‘re looking at wet and windy bad weather, both on saturday and sunday. 0n windy bad weather, both on saturday and sunday. on saturday, the rains are going to be pretty extensive, heaviest across western areas, persistent as well, and some dry spots across eastern england and northern scotland at times, but most of us will see rain, and it be very windy in western england and wales.

hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines... the r number, the rate of infection for coronvirus, has fallen slightly across the uk to between 1 and 1.2. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser — dominic cummings — says he‘ll leave downing street before christmas, after the turmoil of recent days. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died. he was 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women, and the attempted murder of another 7. the chief constable of west yorkshire police has this afternoon apologised to the relatives of sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time" of their murders. senior us officials there‘s no evidence that votes were lost or changed during the presidential election. it comes as former president barack 0bama accuses senior republicans of undermining democracy.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s 0lly foster. the scotland manager steve clarke says they hopes they‘ve put a smile on the nation, the england boss gareth southgate says it‘s going to be a humdinger of a game when they play each other at wembley nextjune — that‘s after scotland qualified for the european championship next year following that penalty shoot out against serbia. after missing out on 10 major championships, scotland celebrated long into the night in belgrade after winning the play—off final. alex macleish was in charge two years ago, and gave andy robertson the captaincy, he says it important for the liverpool star to be able to perform on one of the biggest stages with his country if stages with his country you are liverpool football c and if you are liverpool football club and you are winning the league is, the cuts, they claim success at international level and that is

probably the ultimate for the professional, the guys that have never quite played at a world cup or european championships. it is one that has eluded us for many, many yea rs, that has eluded us for many, many years, but when you are playing top level and winning champions league trophies and leaks, they have got to be working towards doing the business in these big competitions. —— leagues. the england women‘s friendly against norway next month has been postponed due to travel restrictions in the scandinvian country. it‘s the second successive match the lionnesses have had called off, with their game against germany last month cancelled after a member of england‘s backroom staff tested positive for covid—19. liverpool forward mohammed salah has tested positive for covid—19 while on international duty with egypt. he was due to face togo tomorrow in an african cup of nations qualifier. the egyprian federation say he has no symptoms and the rest of their squad returned negative results. it‘s unclear how long he‘ll have to self—isolate for.

liverpool‘s next match 21st of this month. rafa nadal says he isn‘t thinking about retirement, having equalled roger federer‘s record of 20 grand slam titles at the french open last month. the spaniard is in london at the moment, ahead of the atp finals that start on sunday. i have a lot of things in my personal life to enjoy and be happy with, so when that day arrives, i think i will know it and i will acce pt think i will know it and i will accept it, and i'mjust think i will know it and i will accept it, and i'm just going to be ready for the next challenge is in my personal life. 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 impressions from practice today is that the istanbul park circuit is very slippery, with grip causing

some problems for the drivers. hamilton said he had problems with his tyres. 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. rugby union‘s autumn nations cup starts tonight in dublin with ireland against wales, but france against fiji on sunday is off. the fijians returned 6 positive covid tests last week, one more on tuesday and four more cases have come to light in the camp. the match can‘t be rescheduled and the outcome of the game will be decided by the tournament committee on monday. fiji‘s next pool game on the 21st against italy could also be injeopardy. expect france to get those points, but it is such a desperate shame for fiji because they were sort of the star attractions to this competition. without them, you have kind of just competition. without them, you have kind ofjust got a six nations

light, a six nations without the history and tradition of the travelling fans. if you throw the likes of fiji into the next, it gives the tournament a whole new dimension, so it is a desperate pity that they are not able to play against france tomorrow. let us hope that they can keep the outbreak under control and they can fulfil that fixture against italy next weekend, but it is the worst possible start for the tournament. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you can get the latest from the masters. it was delayed for seven months. paul casey, the englishman, was the overnight leader but has now dropped off the lead and hasn‘t started his second round yet. dustin johnson has moved up to ten under par into his second round. i will have an update for you in the next hour or so as well. relatives of women killed by the yorkshire ripper — peter sutcliffe — have spoken of their hope to move forward following his death.

the serial killer was serving a whole life tariff for murdering 13 women and attacking at least seven others. these are the names and faces of the women he killed. wilma mccann, emily jackson, irene richardson, patricia atkinson, jayne mcdonald, jean jordan, yvonne pearson, helen rytka, vera millward, josephine whittaker, barbara leach, marguerite walls, jacqueline hill. we are nowjoined by christa ackroyd, who was then a young journalist in halifax, one of the few women to report on the story at the time. you had to battle to get that story out and to be able to report on it. this was the ultimate crime against women. women were being murdered and yet it was largely reported on and, indeed, almost entirely investigated

by man, and when i found myself in the terrible position of being in this very middle—class area and looking out to be missed to see the body of what we later found out was to be 19—year—old building society clerkjosephine whittaker, i went back home saying, this is too close to home, we want to reported. even after i walked into the press conference, somebody sniggered, what we doing letting her in, that was the atmosphere of the time. women we re the atmosphere of the time. women were so isolated, but indeed, the crime isolated us. what we were immediately told than was after josephine whitaker and the famous decision to divide the women into

innocent and the other being non—innocent, we were told that nobody was safe and the only thing we could do was to lock ourselves behind closed doors, and that is what many of us did. but women decided to take matters into their own hand and reclaim public space?” continued to work. i went out and felt it was my duty to talk to those who lived mostly in fear, not to focus on the gruesome and terrible nature of the crimes being committed but the women who had been lost and the women who literally had been told, look at your husband, look at your father, look at your brother, your father, look at your brother, you might be shielding this killer. the influence was on us, but women we re the influence was on us, but women were soon starting to become angry. there were marches, marches around universities. two university stu d e nts universities. two university students were to die. there was

graffiti on shops, marches and demonstrations outside films showing films of violence against women, and one by one, womenjoined together to say that we will not be beaten, and thatis say that we will not be beaten, and that is what i want us to remember. the strength, the resilience of those whose lives he devastated and the families he left behind. the women that he attacked and left with appalling injuries, the strength to continue is what we must focus on. you are still in touch with the women and the families of the victims as well. what are they saying today? i didn't feel it was my place to ring them. this is there a moment and they will reflect on it as, indeed, i am a moment and they will reflect on it as, indeed, iam reflecting on a moment and they will reflect on it as, indeed, i am reflecting on it now, a time to get rid of the image that everybody has seen of peter sutcliffe and to bring to the four

the images of those who died. having said that, i know that it is kind of strange that we are so shocked, that it has brought it all back, the memories of looking over our shoulders and living in fear and terror of this unknown man who was stalking our streets. although we knew this day would come, i think many of us have been unprepared for the impact his death has had. ijust hope it gives them pleasure. the words of west yorkshire police today to say that they apologise for the tone and the language used about these women, as far as i am concerned, has come 40 years to late. they could have grasped that and realise that it is the women we should be looking at, not the man himself, 40 years ago. he hurt, upset, division, the comments that we re

upset, division, the comments that were made at the time, that‘s something that all of us will be talking about today. the police also said that the attitude to the way that they approached an investigation like this has changed enormously, but it is more victim focused. would you agree? i would agree it is more victim focused. the victim statements that were read out in courtand victim statements that were read out in court and are read out in court is now very family reclaim somebody who has died at the hands of a criminal as being the focus, as they should be, of our attention. having said that, i would have to ask how many times was what a woman was wearing part of the discussion. where she was, had she had a drink was thinking of rape cases, too often watch the woman was doing and not what the perpetrator was doing is too much to the fore. we need to bring to the fore women who, to

some, ijust grainy little images, side by side, linked by this evil crime. we have to use them as an example to say we must not continue with this attitude, we must not continue with some of the judgmental attitudes that still sadly remain today. you only have to look at the prosecution and conviction rate for rape in this country, which is appallingly low. picking you up on that last point, how do you think attitudes have changed in the way violence against women is portrayed in the media? we are obviously part of that, because in using that word, violence against women, it should be, surely, violence by men against women. itjust takes me back again like i said to a time when women we re like i said to a time when women were told if we went out, it was almost ourfault if were told if we went out, it was almost our fault if we became the next victim. but i want to focus on

strengths today. i want to focus on things that have prompted me to do the work i have done for 40 years to realise that behind the headlines is a somebody with a story to tell. i wa nt to a somebody with a story to tell. i want to just tell you one story. i remember this person became a dear friend of mine and i did the eulogy of herfuneral a friend of mine and i did the eulogy of her funeral a few years ago. a survivor, that is how she described herself, not a victim of peter sutcliffe. and i remember the time when the then home secretary decided once and for all that this man would never be eligible for parole, and i rang her, as i did on many occasions, and we talked about it, and she said, from this day, i will never have to meet him in a street, i will never have to look over my shoulders wondering if he is coming back, if i had to look him in the eye as i did that night when he hit me and attacked me. and from this

day on, i never want to mention his name. iam day on, i never want to mention his name. i am a day on, i never want to mention his name. | am a survivor. day on, i never want to mention his name. i am a survivor. it is done. we must move on. our name. i am a survivor. it is done. we must move on. 0urfocus name. i am a survivor. it is done. we must move on. our focus should name. i am a survivor. it is done. we must move on. 0urfocus should be on those women, and also other women, women who never achieved what they were able, desperate to achieve. women who decided not to go to university because they were frightened. never then to university because they were frightened. neverthen had to university because they were frightened. never then had the confidence at that time to go out and do all that they should have done, and particularly 13 women, 13 women if you deserved to be loved and to live a life and had ambition and to live a life and had ambition and had dreams, that was taken away from theirfamilies, and had dreams, that was taken away from their families, and and had dreams, that was taken away from theirfamilies, and it was taken away from them. but must a lwa ys taken away from them. but must always be our focus, taken away from them. but must always be ourfocus, not taken away from them. but must always be our focus, not this evil man. thank you very much for talking to us about those women.

negotiations for a post—brexit trade deal between the uk and eu are expected to continue next week as the deadline draws nearer. the two sides resumed talks in london this week, with a uk government source saying they were in the "final stage". but big gaps still remain, such as on fishing access, with the uk source describing the eu‘s position as "wholly unrealistic". so, to discuss where we are with the negotiations and the possibility of the uk reaching a trade deal by the end of the year — we can speak now to dr michael gasiorek, who is a fellow of the uk trade policy 0bservatory at sussex university. we touched on some of those stubborn obstacles. expand on them, if you would. what is getting in the way of this deal? more or less there are three things getting in the way. first of all, both sides would like to get to a deal. the uk would like

to get to a deal. the uk would like to get to a deal. the uk would like to get to a deal, the eu are keen on a deal and probably means more to the uk economically than it does to the uk economically than it does to the eu, but there are some important stumbling blocks. the uk want as much independence as possible from the eu to assert its sovereignty and so on but while maximising from the eu market, the eu wants a deal but is worried about the uk engaging in policies which might give the uk more of a competitive advantage in the eu. so the key stumbling blocks around all of that are first of all fisheries. fisheries is less of an aggregate overall economic issue because, in particularfor the uk, the fishing industry is a very small proportion of economic activity, gdp and so on. that is more of a political and sovereignty issue. but fisheries is problematic for both sides. the next issue is to do what is commonly called the level playing field, and this is all about making

sure that not one country or one side gets a competitive advantage over the other, for example, environmental, social standards or through more generous state aid. 0ver through more generous state aid. over this issue of state aid, which the eu is quite concerned about. it wa nts the eu is quite concerned about. it wants the uk to give it greater clarity over the state aid policy it is going to have, and its standards to do with environmental labour and social standards in line with eu standards so that in future the eu doesn‘t end up with the competitive advantage... even if you get to an agreement, imagining the eu and uk, if they arrive at an agreement, what happens if either party breaks an agreement or one side thinks the other is breaking part of that agreement? how do you deal with dispute resolution? that is also one of the sticky points in

negotiations. how much do you think the uk‘s collective mind will be focused by the fact thatjoe biden is heading for the white house and he is less inclined to agree with a trade deal in the uk if there is any suggestion that the integrity of the island of ireland is going to be compromised? i think that has been made clear, as he said, i am irish, and anything that threatens that peace process will not be viewed well. the internal market bill which the government introduced in september which gave the british government and the possibility to essentially break international law, to break part of that agreement with regards to that northern ireland protocol is problematic for america, so that is one reason thatjoe biden is proper began to make it more difficult to get an agreement between the uk and the us, but

generally i expect that the biden administration is not going to be promoting free trade agreements so strongly to the extent that it is going to focus its attention on europe, it is going to be more to try and negotiate with the eu and build negotiations with the eu. thank you very much for your time. the headlines on bbc news... the r number, the rate of infection for coronvirus, has fallen slightly across the uk to between 1 and 1.2. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser — dominic cummings — says he‘ll leave downing street before christmas, after the turmoil of recent days. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died — he was 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women and the attempted murder of another seven. as with so many celebrations, diwali is very different this year.

the lockdown 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. 0ur 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.

as with so many celebrations, diwali is very different this year. lockdown restrictions mean some of britain‘s most popular places of worship have had to organise virtual ceremonies for the festival which symbolises new beginnings, and the triumph of good over evil, and is celebrated across the world by millions of hindus, sikhs and jains. sima kotecha reports. sisters chaya and maya, lighting candles by a statue of their hindu deity. 0m shanti, shanti, shanti. like christmas and other religious festivals, diwali brings gifts, songs and traditional food. although the sisters are excited about its imminent arrival, they know this year won‘t

be the same. we‘ve still got the lights and the fireworks. but you can‘t meet up with your family and friends, and you have to do it on zoom. that‘s ok — you at least get to see them, not face to face, but still like a bit sad because we actually want to, like, maybe hug them. their grandparents live just minutes away, but aren‘t in their bubble. they talk online, and tomorrow will be no different. but there‘ll be no exchanging of food and no dancing with cousins. normally, we would dance and perform at grandpa‘s house, as you saw. so we‘d dance and sing. we do a big show! and we've practised all night, we've got it all correct. and this year, perhaps, will be more poignant than usual. south asians have been disproportionately affected by coronavirus. the girls‘ grandparents lost a close friend to the virus. and so this diwali, they say, will have a somber tone.

we are in close contact with his wife and of course, not very far from us, you know, being a good friend, but, of course, will be missed in that respect. that one friend we have lost. the chancellor, a practising hindu, is urging those who celebrate to stay at home, even though they may be tempted to visit relatives. i know how difficult it is. i mean, it's so difficult for us not to want to see each other like it is for everybody, especially at this time of year. but we've just got to stick with this for a couple more weeks and we're going to get through this to keep everyone safe right now. just follow the rules but there are those, chancellor, who have said that they‘re frustrated that the restrictions could be lifted in time for christmas but won‘t be lifted in time for diwali. what would you say to those people? well, i mean, we've had restrictions all the way through this year. there's lots of different religious and cultural celebrations that happen. we can't control the spread of the virus. the virus is doing what it's doing.

we have to react to that. and that's got to be the right way to approach this. this is neasden temple. it‘s one of britain‘s most popular temples and it hosts the largest diwali and hindu new year celebrations in europe. but not this year. there‘ll be no packed car parks. there‘ll be no line of worshippers waiting to go inside. but instead, there will be virtual ceremonies for thousands of people to watch from the safety of their home. special days like this one bring the differences caused by covid into sharp and often painful focus. sima kotecha, bbc news. hello there. the early morning rain has cleared away from eastern areas and,

through the rest of today, we‘re looking at a day, really, of sunshine and showers. the radar picture picking up the majority of the showers across the western side of the country, and particularly for western scotland. but there will be some decent breaks between the showers. we have seen some sunshine already, for example, in the north—west of wales around the llyn peninsula. and into north—west england, the clouds gathering there in cumbria for a time. looking at the weatherjust to our west, we have got a lot of cloud on our satellite picture and this area of cloud is our next area of low pressure that‘s going to be swinging injust in time for the weekend, bringing all of us outbreaks of rain. there will be some strong winds to come as well. heading into the evening time, further showers for scotland across western parts of england and wales, maybe one or two sneaking into the south coast of england for a time. through the night, we will see more general outbreaks of rain spreading quite widely across most areas of the uk. temperatures overnight around five to seven celsius across northern areas, a bit milder than that in the south — nine or 10 degrees as we head into the first part of the weekend. talking of the weekend, it is going to be an unsettled one with low pressure firmly in charge, bringing windy weather with rain at times.

you can see several weather fronts moving north—eastwards across the uk, tightly packed isobars at times through the weekend, bringing some strong bouts of wind as well. saturday morning, getting off to a wet start for many of us. the heaviest rain will always be across western areas of the country, the strongest winds coming through the afternoon around the irish sea coast where, across parts of wales, western england, we could see gusts of wind getting up to around 50 mph or so in places, so it will be pretty blustery. eastern areas of england and northern parts of scotland have seeing the best of the dryer spells. a bit of hazy sunshine coming through at times. it will be mild, temperatures up to 15 degrees or so. sunday sees more rain at times particularly for scotland, parts of northern england and northern ireland, rain returning to wales and south—west england as well. it‘s across the south coast that we‘ll see the strongest winds during sunday afternoon with gusts reaching around about 60 miles an hour in places, so it will be very blowy. bit more in the way of sunshine, but cooler air filtering in, temperatures through the afternoon at nine to 11 degrees. that‘s your weather.

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this is bbc news. the headlines... the education secretary signals a radical shake—up of the university applications system in england, telling bbc news he wants students to receive offers only once they know their exam results. the r number, the rate of infection for coronavirus, has fallen slightly across the uk to between 1 and 1.2. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser, dominic cummings, says he‘ll leave downing street before christmas after the political turmoil of recent days. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died, aged 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women and the attempted murder of another seven. the chief constable of west yorkshire police has this afternoon apologised to the relatives of sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by