this is bbc news, the latest headlines at 9: borisjohnson confirms that new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale in 2030, as part of what he's calling a "green industrial revolution". the public spending watchdog says ministers failed to uphold normal standards of transparency in the rush to secure coronavirus supplies at the start of the pandemic — the business secretary says there was huge pressure at the time. we had to do an enormous amount of work very fast to secure the ppe and that's what we did and i'm not going to apologise for the fact that, you know, quite rightly we made the effort and people were quite rightly asking us to make that effort. if you want to get in touch about the prime minister's "green industrial revolution" or about the government's handling of coronavirus, tweet me

@annita—mcveigh or use the #bbcyourquestions. doctors leaders warn hospitals will be overwhelmed with covid patients unless tough new restrictions are imposed after lockdown ends in england — amid reports of rules easing to allow families to get together over christmas. none of us want to see a situation over christmas where you've got the mixing of generations of people, grandparents mixing with grandchildren, and then finding that some of the most vulnerable in our society end up becoming infected. new figures suggest the week in which the clocks went back this autumn saw the highest levels of loneliness amidst the coronavirus pandemic. and coming up — 1966 world cup hero sir geoff hurst says he supports a ban on children heading footballs, after a number of dementia diagnoses and deaths among his former teammates.

i've always felt this without any scientific data at all over the yea rs, scientific data at all over the years, that it seemed to me a high percentage of footballers were getting dementia as opposed to the man in the street, the general public. hello and a very good morning to you. welcome to bbc news. the government is setting out plans today for a "green industrial revolution" to help the uk reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. among the announcements is that new cars and vans powered entirely by petrol or diesel will not be sold in the uk from 2030. it's hoped the ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars will speed up the transition to electric vehicles.

the scheme plans to provide investment for a range of green energy initiatives, like hydrogen for heating and producing enough offshore wind to power every home and quadrupling how much we produce. more nuclear energy is part of the government's solution. the plan is to build more small plants — which could support thousands of jobs. and new house building will have to play its part. from 2023, all homes will need to insulated so they don't require a gas boiler. this report from our environment analyst, roger harrabin. the fuel pump, on a slowjourney towards the scrapheap. from 2030, the government will ban new cars powered only by petrol and diesel. new hybrids that run on petrol and electricity will still be allowed, and people can still drive conventional cars. it's part of a plan to steady the volatile climate. planet—heating gases from modern society haven't caused the wildfires sweeping the world, but they have played a part.

more nuclear energy is part of the government's solution. the prime minister wants jobs at the giant sizewell c plant in suffolk, although there are still hurdles to overcome and no solution yet for nuclear waste. offshore wind plays a key role too, producing enough electricity to power every home by 2030, supporting up to 60,000 jobs. cities in the north—east should benefit. the government wants them to become new technology hubs for making wind turbines and creating the clean fuel hydrogen. house—building will also have to play its part. from 2023, all new homes will need to be so cosy, they don't require a gas boiler. as the new policies cut emissions, so the prime minister's road—building plans will increase emissions. critics say he should stop driving policies in the wrong direction and invest far more in putting

the nation on track for a zero emissions future. roger harrabin, bbc news. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlattjoins me. good morning. ithink good morning. i think the plan to ban new petrol and diesel car sales from 2030 is being widelyjudged as ambitious in terms of that time frame, but if we look at this plan asa frame, but if we look at this plan as a whole, is it a revolution? is ita as a whole, is it a revolution? is it a revolution? borisjohnson certainly says it is. he describes it is an invigorating attempt to kick—start a green industrial revolution. you, roger listed all the areas he is covering, investment in hydrogen, nuclear, there is electric vehicle infrastructure and batteries, carbon capture and storage, restatement for wind power, energy and homes and all that kind of stuff and there is a move in the right direction towards this net

zero future that we are now legally obliged to go towards. also, a real statement of intent from the government in the run—up to this big climate conference they will be hosting this time next year. you will not be surprised to hear, however, that the labour party and the greens say this is an ambitious enough. they point out that the 4 billion of new cash, there is 12 billion of new cash, there is 12 billion in total about 4 billion in new cash is just one 20th, 5% of the total that is being spent on the new high—speed rail links. they say could be more ambitious. it certainly could be more ambitious if you compare the plans europe has for transitioning to a low carbon economy or indeed joe biden's ma nifesto economy or indeed joe biden's manifesto pledges in america. he was talking about $2 trillion over the four years of the presidency. so definitely it is an ambitious start. as you say, the cards is certainly a very ambitious headline policy but we wa nt very ambitious headline policy but we want to see more energy behind this before we can say for certain

we are on the pathway to a low carbon economy here in britain. 0k, justin, good to get your assessment. estelle symonds is the co—founder of ev expert, which sells pre—owned and nearly new electric cars from their base in surrey. we will be examining various parts of this plan so let's begin with cars. thank you so much forjoining us cars. thank you so much forjoining us today. what do you make of this timeframe, 2030, to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, vehicles which are wholly powered by petrol or diesel? welcomer we are welcoming the announcement and the investment in renewable energy which will help. there is little point in driving a ev powered by coal. we welcome the announcement and we are ready to help customers make that transition. how much demand is there for

electric vehicles at the moment? two of the things that are always discussed are the range, how far they can travel and also the price. well, i mean we are seeing lots of interest right now, particularly post—lockdown but actually over the last 12 months. there are now cars that are affordable with a broader range, with enough range for most families, for around £13,000 you can buy a car with a 100—120 mile range. the most uk households, that is sufficient that their day to day in their weekly commutes. but if someone their weekly commutes. but if someone wants to buy a vehicle, an electric vehicle, who does longer journeys, can you truthfully say to them that we have the sort of network of charging points around the uk right now that can allow them to drive comfortably and not worry about running out of power at some point? well, there are two types of

network we are looking at. the rapid charging network, on main motorways and that is the top ups for those longer journeys that are and that is the top ups for those longerjourneys that are outside the range of your normal life. that infrastructure is there. you are right, it is not perfect, it does need some scaling and simplification and there are some reliability issues in particular areas but it is there and it is operational. i think where we would like to see more investment and planning is in the local fast charging infrastructure, which is going to perhaps lag behind the demand for people who can't charge at home. so those who don't have off—street parking will need to be looking to that fast charging infrastructure to charge their cars once or twice a week. and possibly all homes with their own charging points? if they have off-street parking. as well as retrofitting. what we need to do, the thing with the electric car if you want to charge it when it is idle, so when

it is that the chunks of time and you are not using it, which is different to a petrol and diesel car because you feel that during your journey. we need to look at workplaces, transport hubs, lamp posts at kerb—side, parking bays, retail and entertainment leisure outlets, where you park your car for chunks of time, that is where you wa nt to chunks of time, that is where you want to be plugging into a fast charging network and top up. so lots of people will be considering on this news is it better, cheaper to keep an old petrol or diesel vehicle or to buy keep an old petrol or diesel vehicle orto buy an keep an old petrol or diesel vehicle or to buy an electric vehicle. i just wonderfrom your or to buy an electric vehicle. i just wonder from your contacts in the industry whether you feel the manufacturers are ready to sort of step in and bring enough electric vehicles to market to make this unaffordable market for most people as they decide perhaps to make a new or second hand car purchase? we have already seen enormous changes to the number of models, the range available and the pricing of electric cars just over the last

five years, really. all the manufacturers are now ready with their offerings and more supply will bring down pricing. really interesting to get your thoughts today, the co—founder of ev capnext no expert which sells preowned nearly new electric cars. very interesting to see what happens to that market now. the government's spending watchdog has accused ministers of setting aside normal standards of transparency as they scrambled to secure personal protective equipment at the start of the coronavirus crisis. the national audit office says 18 billion pounds was spent on supplies and services as the usual competitive tendering process was bypassed, with firms recommended by mps and others within whitehall given priority. andy verity reports. from the start of the pandemic to the end ofjuly, government contracts worth £18 billion were awarded at high speed, using emergency rules to bypass the normal competitive tendering process. most of the contracts

were to suppliers of personal protective equipment. the independent national audit office said even in an emergency, it remained essential to public trust for the government to document why it had chosen a particular supplier and how it had managed any potential conflicts of interest. in a sample of 20 cases, it found repeated failures to do so. in one example highlighted by the nao, a contract was awarded to the focus group organiser public first, whose owners previously worked for the cabinet 0ffice minister michael gove and alongside borisjohnson's then top adviser dominic cummings. yet the cabinet office failed to document any consideration of any potential conflicts of interest. by not keeping proper records, by not being transparent about when these contracts were awarded and what they were doing, it lays the government open to these accusations, whether they are true or not. and, certainly, this weird vip route through, where certain companies got a closer look, because they were

recommended by mps, peers... i mean, this is not something mps wanted, and yet it has happened. and the question is — did anyone know about it and put people through that route, and a lot of us would not have known there was a fast track route to recommend certain companies. the nao also confirmed that where ministers' offices, mps or health chiefs recommended suppliers, their applications were fast tracked. public first said it was hired on a pay as you go arrangement that meant it could be fired if it did not perform well. the cabinet office said it welcomed the nao's scrutiny and its recommendations for improvement, but declined to comment on the case of public first. andy verity, bbc news. we will continue with this story in just a moment but we want to bring you the news that dido harding, who heads up the test and trace effort in england, well, you can see there, she is tweeting she is self—isolating. she says in her

tweet, nothing like personal experience of your own products got this overnight. many hours of zoom ahead. she has been warned by the app which many of us have on iphone is that she needs to self—isolate after coming into contact with someone after coming into contact with someone who has tested positive with coronavirus. that news just coming into us and, of course, the prime minister, as you well know, is also self—isolating and indeed plans to deal with prime minister's questions today himself but virtually. let's return to the story about ppe. business secretary alok sharma said he does not apologise for working rapidly to secure supplies during the coronavirus crisis. and the process for awarding contracts. speaking to bbc breakfast,

he insisted that "checks were done" in the case of a spanish businessman acting as a go—between who was reportedly given £21 million of uk taxpayers' cash. there was huge pressure to get ppe to our front workers. mr sharma, you have said that, £21 billion of public money paid to one individual? asi public money paid to one individual? as i said, my understanding is the department of health did particular checks in that case and it's worth pointing out that all public contracts are disclosed in the appropriate manner at the appropriate manner at the appropriate time. but i think, i go back to this fundamental point, just ta ke back to this fundamental point, just take yourself back to some months ago where there was huge pressure to get ppe. that's what we did. we can speak to our business correspondence

now. good morning to you. this story is causing a huge amount of concern about the procedures and processes of government, albeit at a time of crisis. absolutely. this is about the government's procurement system. there are allegations coming from this report that the government fast tracked some of the companies it had links with. it said £18 billion of public money spent on these private companies, providing things like ppe but this report today will raise many questions from the national audit office. that is the official spending watchdog. so it is credible that this has come from such an organisation. joining me to talk about the findings of this report is gareth davies, the head of the national audit office. thank you for coming on. this makes very damning reading, doesn't it, but the

government, very uncomfortable territory for readers this morning? yes, we are very careful to set out the context here, which is the extraordinary volume of ppe that needed to be procured very fast. so everyone except it wouldn't be possible to carry out their normal tender process in every case here, inviting bids and taking time to evaluate them and so on, there wasn't time for that. the question is what control is needed to replace that? we found in some cases there was a clear explanation of why a particular company had been picked and the due diligence carried out to ensure they could deliver but that wasn't the case in all of the ones we looked at. that is a really important finding because clearly for the size of contracts we are talking about, often tens of millions of pounds each, then it is critical that the government has a clear explanation of why it was picked and all of that is in the public domain. government missed its own rules on publishing these contracts in a timely way and that

lack of transparency allows all sorts of lack of transparency allows all softs of concerns lack of transparency allows all sorts of concerns to start circulating. what is your response to the business secretary, who we just had to defend the government's system ? just had to defend the government's system? he was very defensive of how it works and says there had been nothing unethical taking place here. clearly people had to move at great speed, everyone agrees with that but we do not accept it's not possible simultaneously to be clearly documenting the reasons for each contract award and then to be putting that in the public domain, in line with government's own rules. those two things didn't happen consistently. no extra time would be taken there, there would be no delays in acquiring the required equipment but those things do need to be reliably in place of public confidence is to be maintained. and gareth, what does this mean for the public? this is taxpayers money, so

somebody who is watching this interview today, how does your report impact them? well, with all of our reports, we produce factual findings of the kind we have today. those are then used by the public accounts committee, which is a cross—party accounts committee, which is a cross— party committee of accounts committee, which is a cross—party committee of mps in the house of commons and that committee uses our report to hold to account for the senior civil servants who are responsible for the areas we are reviewing. in this case, the public accounts committee will be holding a hearing in december, where they seek evidence from the civil servants who oversaw these processes. that is a chance for a public accountability process that everybody can tune in to and understand the answers given. i think there is a crucial part of the way in which government is held to account by parliament for its spending. i mean, the chair of the public accounts committee has said this could be the tip of the

iceberg. how damaging could these findings be for the government? the important thing is to act on the findings. so already some of the processes government is findings. so already some of the processes government is following, it is out of the initial incredibly pressured phase of the pandemic but we are still dealing with extreme demands on public services. so it is good that the department has tightened up the due diligence processes that were carried out on the companies. we have seen evidence of that. what we now need to see is the backlog of publication of these contracts cleared quickly, so that everything is in the public domain and then for consistent standards of documentation and transparency to be maintained from now on. thank you, gareth davies, the head of the national audit office. this is, as he says, about public trust. people wa nt to he says, about public trust. people want to see a transparent system, or some people at least that we've been speaking to want to know what steps have been taken first at there will

be many questions for the government as more people diejust the be many questions for the government as more people die just the findings from this report. sima kotecha, thank you very much, our business presenter. i will be talking to the director of the good law project who are considering taking the government to court over this. if you want to get in touch with us about this or about the industrial green revolution the prime minister is setting out a ten point plan on today or talk to us about loneliness, the report on loneliness we will be discussing soon, i will be talking to the minister for loneliness, soon, i will be talking to the ministerfor loneliness, do soon, i will be talking to the minister for loneliness, do get soon, i will be talking to the ministerfor loneliness, do get in touch with us. you can do that on twitter using the hashtag bbc your questions and we will try to read out your comments. leading doctors have warned that they don't want to see a situation where generations mix over christmas and some of the most vulnerable people in society become infected.

the british medical association also said the lifting of the lockdown in england must be handled better this time round to avoid a surge in covid that could overwhelm the nhs. the bma has created a blueprint with suggestions on how a new system should look, which includes replacing the "rule of six" with a two—households restriction to reduce social mixing. the government says its infection control guidance is under constant review. the chair of the bma council, dr chaand nagpaul, spoke to bbc breakfast earlier and said that the priority has to be stopping the spread of the virus now and that the next few weeks will be crucial. what we must be guided by is the safety of our nation. i think it is very ha rd safety of our nation. i think it is very hard at the moment to make predictions on what will be the case in december, which is why we are saying we need to have those measures put in place now and the public need to understand what will be expected when we exit blocked and was not none of us want to see a situation over christmas where you've got the mixing of generations, of grandparents mixing with grandchildren and then finding that some of the most vulnerable in our society and are becoming

infected. none of us want that and therefore i think it's premature to talk about that. we need to bring the infection down, that is our priority today, to try and reduce the spread by christmas. our health correspondent nick triggle is with me now. good morning. we had christmas mentioned there. we have already seen mentioned there. we have already seen this pandemic effects and very key events and religious festivals, diwali most recently, and christmas is looming. politicians want to be able to say to people you can have, if not a normal christmas, you can get together with more people than you can now. what are you hearing about plans to try to achieve that? well, there is, as you say, a clear desire to give people a little respite from the long, hard slog of fighting the pandemic. from what i understand, it's delicately balance behind the scenes and there are a lot of discussions on it. whatever is done, they want to do it on a uk wide basis, so we don't see the differences in rules between

england, scotland, wales and northern ireland that we have seen this year. but clearly, if they allow people to mix at christmas, it is going to lead to more spread of the virus and we still don't know the virus and we still don't know the impact of lockdown for step cases haven't yet started falling, although it is still early days. the other fear, although it is still early days. the otherfear, and although it is still early days. the other fear, and this although it is still early days. the otherfear, and this is something the behavioural, human behavioural experts behind the scenes are warning government is that people may well just ignore warning government is that people may welljust ignore it warning government is that people may well just ignore it and warning government is that people may welljust ignore it and get together at christmas because it is such an important time and people have been denied that sort of social contact have been denied that sort of social co nta ct for have been denied that sort of social contact for so long. the concern is if people start breaking the restrictions, that normalises it and make compliance worse for the rest of the winter. so some of the experts are saying to the government, you are better off relaxing at a little and then reintroducing it. so what is the blueprint of the bma, tell us about the plan and what it wants to see done differently coming out of this lockdown as opposed to earlier in the? along with the discussion about

christmas, a lot is being focused on what should happen once lockdown ends on the 2nd of december. we had the government advisers this week at the government advisers this week at the daily press briefing mentioning we may need to strengthen tiers to stop the british medical association i think is having its aid today and is suggesting we do need tighter restrictions than we did have. their particular concern is the rule of six, which can allow people from different households to come together in the following day you can be mixing with people from other households. what the bma wants to do is really tight and that restriction, so you are only getting together with one other household. that means if the infection does spread in a group, it's limited to those two households, whereas if you are seeing multiple different people across several days, the virus can spread much more. they think this could be a really important way of keeping the virus down over the winter. 0k, nick, thank you very

much. new figures from the office for national statistics show that this month has seen the highest levels of acute loneliness recorded in britain since the beginning of the pandemic. 11.2 million people said they were "always" or "often" lonely — up from 2.6 million in april. young people are most likely to feel isolated according to the report. elaine dunkley has more. especially caring for my mum and my little sister, itjust leaves you isolated from your friends and everyone around you. everything when you're pregnant is unknown, but to deal with a global pandemic, my mental health has suffered because of it. you know, not having my friends around. a lot of care leavers tend to be quite isolated anyway, but i think with the lockdown in place, it's more a sense of feeling trapped.

for poppy, pregnancy and becoming a parent has been a difficult journey. she is in stockport, her family are nearly 300 miles away in scotland. ijust really miss my mum. i wish i could go and see her. you know, i feel bad that she is missing out on so many things with arlo. i've been really anxious all day today. just thinking about if we're not allowed to go to scotland for christmas, what i'm going to do. you know, it willjust be me and arlo here by ourselves because my partner is working for most of december. ithink it's, you know, affected me being able to make friends.

and, it sounds like it's not really a big deal, but it absolutely is, to have peer support is sometimes more important than having a gp on the end of the phone. it's so much more thanjust being able to go for a coffee with someone, you know, it is everything. elorm is a young carer. her mum has sickle cell anaemia. shielding and extra responsibilities at home has added to the feeling of isolation. it's like you're carrying the whole world's burden on you. with college, i definitely still have to go in. it's just me being extra careful. i'm just like, no, don't touch me! i want to be extra careful. you are outside with other people but you're still isolated from them because you don't want to get too close in case you catch it and take it home, it could be dangerous. 21—year—old jaymie grew up in care. her grandfather recently passed away and she's worried that this year's

christmas gathering for care leavers will be cancelled. last year, we'd had a really nice sit—down meal with a group of us. it was like just a big family sitting down for christmas dinner. like, it was a really good atmosphere and there would usually be christmas quizzes and stuff as well and, like, we'd get given presents and stuff. a lot of care leavers may not necessarily have a family to go to. since lockdown began, young people have been the most likely age group to experience loneliness. poppy has now helped to start a walking group for parents. a simple thing, being able to go out for a walk in the park. but, you know, seeing how much it means to some people isjust... can't really describe that feeling. jaymie has nowjoined an online art group to help herfeel connected to have grandfather and his passion for painting. whenever i talked to him about art and stuff, he'd be always like, you take after me with that. which made me smile.

and elorm is determined to help others. she is part of campaign called lonely not alone. today i'm wearing my yellow socks, we chose yellow socks as our symbol. and itjust brings me so muchjoy when i see a random person on the bus wearing yellow socks. that will make you feel more like you're definitely not alone through all this. we're now joined by baroness barran, the minister responsible for loneliness. thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. as well as a viral pandemic it seems we have a pandemic of loneliness now as a consequence of loneliness now as a consequence of coronavirus, and it looks, doesn't it, as though this is getting worse as we head into winter. i think that is right and it is something where we are really

concerned about, because as your guests who just interviewed explained there is a whole new group of people affected by loneliness who the pandemic has hit particularly hard, including, as you said, young people, young parents, those who are perhaps newly unemployed or recently bereaved. and we are planning as to how we can support all of them. why do you think this younger age group, roughly 16 up to 29 years old, are saying that they are feeling lonely than older people, and what can you do to help? the data suggests that young people have always been the age group that has felt the loneliest, which might come as a surprise to some of your viewers. there's obviously been a great deal

of disruption and uncertainty in young people's lives with school and university previously having been suspended this year and so part of what we can do to help is trying to get back to normality as quickly as possible, but the government has also supported the voluntary sector in different ways, funding a range of charities working in the area of loneliness, both directly in terms of befriending schemes and digital access, because obviously digital access, because obviously digital access is a really important element of staying connected at the moment, but also indirectly, and you gave a great example in your clip of walking groups, art groups, singing groups, all sorts of things which allow people to stay connected to one another. you said some of the most painful conversation you had this year have been with people

describing their feelings of isolation. when you talk to people telling you these things and think about the impact of covid—19, where'd you sit on the balance between restrictions and opening up to allow people to mix a little bit more, especially as we think about christmas, which we have been about today. i think where i sit is obviously those decisions about opening up or not opening up have to be led by the priority of protecting people, but where i sit is trying to think about what karro each one of us as individuals do to help. government can do things only governments can do, but loneliness is in each of our gift to make a bit ofa is in each of our gift to make a bit of a difference, so each one of us can pick up a phone, we can write a letter, we can talk to someone and

say how much they mean to us, and those little things to make a real difference, and particularly at a time when the impact of the pandemic is more uneven, time when the impact of the pandemic is more uneven, some time when the impact of the pandemic is more uneven, some people have been shielding since march, and that isa been shielding since march, and that is a very different position to those who are starting to live their lives more normally now, so we need to be really sensitive to that unevenness as well. so a focus and prioritising and keeping the virus oppressed but also looking for creative ways to stay in touch and get in touch with people. i wonder ifi get in touch with people. i wonder if i could ask you as well, and it is all interlinked, we have been talking today about the public spending watchdog criticising government ministers for, in their words, failing to uphold normal standards of transparency when it came to contracts to secure

coronavirus supplies, especially ppa. would you urge 10 downing street to do more in terms of transparency on this and explain why these contracts were awarded, and why this was not documented in every case? i think most of us feel that transparency is always important but we have to recognise that we have been working with unprecedented pressures . been working with unprecedented pressures. my focus has been on trying to raise the profile of loneliness as an issue, help people understand that there should not be a stigma about talking about it, that it a stigma about talking about it, thatitis a stigma about talking about it, that it is not their fault, and making sure that the money that we have spent with charities all around the country is getting to people who need it and really making a difference to their lives. absolutely. i'm sure you would agree though that even if there was, of course, necessarily a huge rush to secure

course, necessarily a huge rush to secure supplies in the first insta nce secure supplies in the first instance at the start of the pandemic, then afterwards they should have been time to document how these contracts were awarded. so would you encourage the government to tell us more about that? well, i think that is for colleagues in other departments who are much closer to the detail than i am to comment on. thank you very much for coming along to talk to us about loneliness and how we can try to help, but diana baron, the minister for loneliness there. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. it's going to turn colder in the north and west as we go through the course of the day because we have a cold weather front moving west to east and it's taking the rain with it, eradicating the bright start in eastern areas and we will see a few showers before the rain arrives later. the rain is ensconced across the north of scotland and in the west we will see a return to sunshine but some blustery showers with the strongest winds in the

north and west. temperatures, eight in stornoway, 15 in london. we lose the rain overnight and the rain sinks out and we have a northerly wind with snow showers, and it will be cold, but not as cold as we push toward southern counties. tomorrow will start wincing in eastern scotla nd will start wincing in eastern scotland and england and through the day a ridge of high pressure comes in and showers fade and we see a return to summer sunshine but it will be cold, a good 10 degrees lower than today in parts of scotla nd lower than today in parts of scotland and a significant wind as well. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines: borisjohnson confirms that new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale in 2030 — as part of what he's calling a "green industrial revolution" the public spending watchdog says

ministers failed to uphold normal standards of transparency in the rush to secure coronavirus supplies at the start of the pandemic — the business secretary says there was huge pressure at the time. doctors leaders warn hospitals will be overwhelmed with covid patients unless tough new restrictions are imposed after lockdown ends in england — amid reports of rules easing to allow families to get together over christmas. new figures suggest the week in which the clocks went back this autumn saw the highest levels of loneliness amidst the coronavirus pandemic. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's kathryn downes. how are you today? better than yesterday. we won't mention the technical gremlins. we start with links between dementia and football. the former england legend sir geoff hurst wants a review into the amount players head a ball

in the professional game — plus a total ban on heading for young kids. nobby stiles is one of hurst's four world cup winning team mates who's died after suffering with the disease. sir bobby charlton has also been diagnosed with dementia. last year a study found that former players are three and a half times more likely to die of the disease compared to people of the same age range in general population.. you'd spend half an hour 45 minutes practising heading a ball, swinging from the ceiling. we would play head tennis in the gym and you get onto the field and you practice what we we re the field and you practice what we were well known for at west ham, the near post crosses, near post headers from which we scored a goal in the quarterfinal in the world cup and the practice we did with that could be 20 minutes or half an hour, so an enormous amount of practice heading a ball is probably more detrimental to players than in a match. well the football association say they're working closely with the alzheimer's society and other sport governing bodies plus campaining to raise

awareness of dementia. and the professional footballer‘s association say they're funding three separate studies looking at neurodegenerative conditions and football. the premier league added they contribute £23 million a year to the pfa to help charities and research. some breaking cricket news this hour. england will visit pakistan for the first time in 16 years next 0ctober. they'll play two twenty20 matches having not toured the country since a terror attack in lahore on the sri lanka team. the two matches will take place in karachi and be preparation for the t20 world cup in india. england going to pakistan next 0ctoberfor england going to pakistan next october for the first time in 16 yea rs. the home nations are in action the nations league tonight. and will be hoping to fair better than germany who suffered their biggest competitive defeat in 89 years. they were thrashed 6—0 by spain. germany hadn't lost in over a year, but were swept aside in seville.

manchester city's ferran torres scoring a hat—trick before mikel 0yarza bal here wrapped up the win. theyjoin france in the finals with two more places still up for grabs. rafael nadal produced some incredible tennis at the atp finals in london, but was still beaten by dominic thiem. the us open champion was pushed all the way by nadal — even having to go for a ‘tweener‘ here — and although nadal had his moments, theim won two sets to love — both on tie breaks. nadal can still make the semi—finals having won one, and lost one so far. to get there he'll need to beat stefanos tsitsipas tomorrow in a winner takes all match. the defending champion beat andrey rublev 2 sets to 1, which in turn confirmed thiem's place in the semi—finals. novak djokovic is an action later

today and you can follow that and all the action on the bbc. that is all the action on the bbc. that is all sport for now. more now on the 10 point plan being announced by the government today, on how it will work towards a low carbon economy. the prime minister is expected to detail plans including reducing the number of diesel cars on the roads and plans for offshore energy production. joining us this morning to reflect on some of this is the co leader of the green party, jonathan bartley. good to have you with us. i was casting an eye over your twitter feed earlier and your response to this morning was it is not a plan, it's business as usual with wishful thinking. nothing on agriculture or public transport are nowhere near the scale or speed what is needed. you say of the house is on fire, this is like turning up late to put it out with a garden hose. is there nothing redeeming in the plan as far as you are concerned? small steps in the right direction and it's great the right direction and it's great the government is acknowledging there is an emergency and something needs to be done but you think about

the scale of the task. we need transformation at every single sector of the economy, agriculture, transport and this is only 4 billion of new spending today, amounting to a total of 12 billion and to put that in context, that's less than half the road—building budget, which is 27 billion. 12 billion is the amount that the garment uses to subsidise dirty fossil fuels every year. we should be looking at 250,000 newjobs, ten times that amount, two and a half million new jobs if we're serious about getting out of this economic situation we are in but also the necessary steps we have got to take to tackle the climate emergency. let's remember that every pound we spend will save us money in the long run. if we don't spend this money now and don't invest in the future, it will end up being far more expensive and costly all of us. let's talk about the plan to ban the sale of new fully diesel

or petrol cars by 2030 to encourage the transformation to electric vehicles. do you think the timeframe is pretty ambitious and do you see this perhaps is an entryway for the average person to think more about how they can live their lives in a greenaway? this is something certainly we have been calling for but we've also said that if we take the steps to ban new sales by 2030 it must be accompanied by serious investment in public transport and alternative ways of travel, and also cycling and walking. we have seen in the last year local authorities take important steps to reclaim space, putting in new cycle routes but you have to have new bus routes and give people alternatives to ditch the car completely. just putting in more electric vehicles where we have had petrol vehicles, it doesn't solve it. it takes as much carbon to manufacture an electric vehicle as it does to run one for a life span.

so we need to look at efficient transport infrastructure, leaving a tin box parked by the writer 95% of the time and using it for a small time is not efficient resource use. we have to think more efficiently in the future. the green party are setting out what you call five principles to be followed, to quote you, to make the ten point plan worth the paper it is printed on. can you summarise what the five tests a re ? can you summarise what the five tests are? we cannot go through every one in huge detail but perhaps you can give us the broader detail of what they are. the broad thrust is that we have got to completely reconfigure the economy, that is the bottom line. we need to run out those industries that are in decline, those dirty, polluting industries that have a limited shelf life but also create newjobs so people can be safeguarded and transitioned and made secure for the future and underpinning it we need a basic income which means no one will

lose out in those transitions we need to make. itjust has to be bigger, bolder and something that touches every area of life if we are going to take the necessary action in the timeframe in the short window we have. 0k, jonathan bartley, thank you very much for your time this morning. let mejust read out a couple of your comments that you have made about the prime minister's ten point plan for what he is calling a green industrial revolution. jeffrey green says hydrogen cars are a better option than electric cars and nobody will change their daily car habits by waiting longer than necessary. a couple more here, kate has, has never worked out what all the petrol and existing cars are going to be dealt with? and just one more on this from tony bassi, who says if government want to ban petrol and diesel cars that it must fit free electric charges in every home and

charging sockets must be standard on every car and this will need to be a world agreement. thank you for those comments. do get in touch with me on twitter. jeremy corbyn has been reinstated as a member of the labour party. mr corbyn was suspended three weeks ago for saying the scale of anti—semitism within labour had been "overstated" in a report by the equalities and human rights commission. he issued a statement saying he regretted any "pain" caused. earlier this morning, the labour leader sir keir starmer was asked about jeremy corbyn's reinstatement. good morning. good morning. what is your reaction tojeremy corbyn being reinstated? i put a statement out last night. will you be restoring the whip? i put a statement out last night, thank you. the labour leader there, as he left the house this morning. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. for anyone who did not see the statement, bring us up to speed, and

on the broader reaction to this within the party. what are people saying? predictably, jeremy corbyn's reinstatement to the labour party has divided the crowd, as his suspension did in the first place. his supporters say this is the right way forward, that he has clarified his comments and this is good for party unity but critics in the party, including jewish groups and jewish mps, i say that this is now an illustration of white labour‘s complaints process needs to be overhauled and that he should have apologised and say how can labour claim to have zero tolerance on anti—semitism ifjeremy corbyn is backin anti—semitism ifjeremy corbyn is back in the party. it's worth stressing that the process that jeremy corbyn was subject to was independent of the labour leader, sir keir starmer, although he did backjeremy corbyn's suspension, a decision taken by the general secretary. but keir starmer now has a difficult decision to make himself, which is whether to restore jeremy corbyn as a labour mp. there

has been some internal party debate going on this morning about whether that should be an automatic right because he's been brought back into the party as a member he should automatically be sitting as a labour mp once again, but certainly the labour party, officially, and sir keir starmer‘s office believe that's not the case and this is a separate decision that keir starmer has to make, but it's very tricky for him to put himself at the centre of, because either outcome, whether jeremy corbyn does not end up sitting as a labour mp, that will be hugely inflammatory to supporters on the left of the party, and equally, if he is reinstated, then those who are his critics, and jewish groups, will be dismayed to see that in their eyes sir keir starmer is not trying to draw a definitive line under the toxic issue of anti—semitism which dogged the party for all of those years. thank you very much.

more than two million people in scotland will be placed under the nation's toughest lockdown rules from friday. pubs, restaurants and non—essential shops will have to close but schools will remain open. 0ur correspondent james cook reports. here we go again. lockdown, take two. from friday, more than 2 million people in scotland will be living in level four. in this restaurant, they're not angry, they're not surprised, but they are concerned. it's the busiest time of the year. you know, this is when we take, we probably make a lot of profit and then that sees us through the quieter months, kind of keeps the business afloat and not having it is going to be really difficult. are you worried about the survivability of the business? yeah, of course. every time this happens, it's going to be harder and harder to reopen because, yeah, no money is coming in, cash flow, it'sjust, it's awful. it's very stressful. but is eating out really to blame for the rise in covid cases?

for some business leaders, scepticism simmers. they want to see the science behind the decision. and the staff in the kitchen, well, they're worried about theirjobs. when you see other businesses closing, i guess you must be worried? it's worrying, yeah. just hoping it's not you, but you don't want it to be anyone else either. i've got a lot of friends that work in the industry as well. some of them aren't going back to work, so it's quite scary. for staff in the hospitality industry, we've seen how greatly it's really affected us. with a lot of places that are closing or currently not opening, it's kind of waiting to see, it feels like what will happen, what won't happen, and it'sjust keeping our own morale up to say, we are now in lockdown, 0k, we must do this or deciding as a business what's the best route for everyone to go down. life for the diners is about to change as well. from friday night, it will be illegal for them to leave glasgow without good reason. i guess on the run—up to christmas it's important so families can hopefully see each other at christmas. it's a shame for businesses

and social interactions, but i guess it's quite necessary. travel hasn't caused a massive rise in infections, so it seems to be people are sacrificing a lot, for not much benefit. it's quite difficult to swallow in that sense. gyms are being hit hard as well. they must close, again, a blow for owner and clients. i don't think we can put a price on what sport, leisure, the arts does for people's mental health. it's huge. when we returned after lockdown, two of our people got to the top of the stairs and burst into tears, they were overcome with being back. small shops like this one already struggle against online giants. and shutting now could be catastrophic. the next six weeks are usually our busiest. we've got queues of people outside wanting to do their christmas shopping because we do have restricted numbers in here. so already, we are impacted by not

having the normal numbers in. so, for having the shop closed, it'sjust going to have a disastrous effect. and the idea of the state banning haircuts again has put this barber on edge. rubbish, total rubbish. i mean, ijust don't understand this. i mean, why lock us down? it's not been proven that any hairdressers or any barbershops have caused a problem. and theyjust seem to be picking on us all the time. so scotland heads into a tough winter. this shutdown is supposed to save lives, but that doesn't make it easy. james cook, bbc news, glasgow. the beano has produced a one—off version for adults — for the first time in it's history — to reflect the pandemic. it'll see dennis the menace's parents look back at zoom quizzes, home—schooling and toilet roll shortages and will feature prime minister boris

johnson, sir tom moore, i am joined now by mike stirling who is the editorial director of beano. fantastic backdrop and i'm liking the reference with the stripy shirt. very dennis the menace. lots of people will have read the beano as a child and think that this is just what we need for this year. tell us more about how you came up with the idea of the special edition for adults. thanks for a lovely welcome and you have summarised it so well. we speak to kids all the time when we make the beano because we have to do and we have to find and connect with kids and we kept asking them how they were feeling during this terrible year, how they were coping with not seeing their friends, their grandparents, maybe being off school, and what started to come through it was the kids being worried about grown—ups and how grown—ups were feeling and one

little boy said, it would be amazing if you could do a beano for grown—ups to give them a laugh and cheer them up and it gave us a thought, and i would have loved to have done a big john lewis style advert telling everybody that subscriptions are half price this christmas, but instead we stuck to what we know best and we did a comic. i love that story about the origin this —— of this. tell us more about what is in it and who is in it? it's an 8-page pull-out, and like you say, it summarises that this year that if you did not find anything to laugh about, you would cry, we have summarised some of the crazy things like people stockpiling toilet rolls, i told mark —— we have a snowman built out of discarded toilet rolls. marcus rashford is one of the stars of the story and does some amazing football skills with a christmas pudding. we are showing some of the images from the special

edition as you talk to us. brilliant. and the other superstars on the issue are greta thunberg, who won the beano power award for our readers and also captain sir tom moore, like marcus rashford, he has wowed them, and these people are very much on santa's nice list in beano town. the beano town kids u nfortu nately a re beano town. the beano town kids unfortunately are on the naughty list. i was thinking, unfortunately are on the naughty list. iwas thinking, nice list, naughty list. who was on that? the beano kids are on the naughty list and wilbur brown. the mayor of beano town, the authority figure. beano has always had a tradition of poking fun at people in authority without fear or favour, fun at people in authority without fear orfavour, so he catches it because he's trying to spoil christmas with his nefarious schemes, but then his mate, prime

minister borisjohnson, schemes, but then his mate, prime minister boris johnson, parachutes into the square. this is the type of public appearance that the prime minister is famous for. he has his friend and ally dominic cummings to control the optics of the situation, but it all goes a bit wrong. you know what, i think this is going to become essential reading, mike. and i think lots of people will be rushing out to buy this or get it. not rushing out, because of the sea there are restrictions to abide by, but definitely trying to get their hands on this, and you are right, we do need a laugh. mike, pleasure to talk to you. editorial director of the beano. thank you very much. thank you very much. now a look at the weather forecast. it's going to turn colder in the north and west as we go through the course of the day because we have a cold weather front which is moving west to east and is taking the rain

with it, eradicating the bright start in eastern areas and we will see a few showers before the rain arrives later. the rain is ensconced across the north of scotland and in the west we will see a return to sunshine but some blustery showers, the strongest winds in the north and west. temperatures eight in stornoway and 15 in london. we lose the rain overnight and the rain in northern scotland sinks south and we have a northerly wind with snow showers across shetland and even down to sea level and on the hills in scotland where it will be cold, but not as cold as we push towards southern counties. tomorrow will start windy in eastern scotland and eastern england and through the day asa eastern england and through the day as a ridge of high pressure builds it will settle down and many other showers will fade and we will see a return to some sunshine, but it will be cold, a good 10 degrees colder than today and a significant wind chill as well.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk prime minister borisjohnson confirms that new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale in 2030, as part of what he's calling a "green industrial revolution". president trump fires his top cyber security official, chris krebs, for rejecting claims of fraud in the us presidential election. the uk's public spending watchdog says ministers failed to uphold normal standards of transparency in the rush to secure coronavirus supplies at the start of the pandemic — the business secretary says there was huge pressure at the time. we had to do an enormous amount of work very fast to secure the ppe and that's what we did and i'm not going to apologise for the fact that, you know, quite rightly we made the effort and people