just three weeks after its last lockdown, wales announces new restrictions as covid cases rise. from friday, pubs and restaurants will be banned from serving alcohol and will have to shut after 6pm. of course we can open, but a pub with no alcohol is not a pub any more. it's as simple as that. indoor attractions such as cinemas, museums and galleries will also have to shut. the restrictions will be reviewed in three weeks time. also tonight... mass covid testing for students gets under way as new research suggests cases in england have fallen by a third during this lockdown. arcadia, the retail group behind names such as topshop, burton and dorothy perkins faces collapse within hours with little chance of a rescue deal. the biggest shake up to farming in england for 50 years —

the government plans to reward farmers for protecting the environment post brexit. and after 400 years, thanks to a conservation programme, beavers are back on exmoor, building their first dam. and coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news. we'll hear from the british doctor who helped romain grosjean escape from the burning wreckage of his car at the bahrain grand prix. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. three weeks after the end of its last lockdown, wales is to bring in new restrictions as its covid infection rate rises yet again. pubs, restaurants and cafes will be banned from serving alcohol from friday and will have to close from six in the evening.

indoor entertainment and visitor attractions, including cinemas, bingo halls, museums and galleries will also have to shut. the first minister mark drakeford said without the new restrictions there could be up to 1,700 preventable deaths over the winter. he confirmed that he will look again at travel restrictions in and out of wales after england's lockdown ends. our wales correspondent hywel grifith has the latest. eight and six, 86. as the covid numbers rise, once again businesses face shutting down. on friday, this bingo hall in cardiff, along with cinemas and bowling alleys across the country will close its doors. three and two, 32. avril normally comes here three times a week. she says it's her lifeline. the only place i feel as safe as in here is in my own home. even the shops aren't doing as well as we are. it does so much for us. i mean, i wouldn't see anybody if i didn't come to bingo.

stephen, the manager, is reeling, too. he hoped wales‘ firebreak lockdown would be his last closure of a terrible 2020. just gutted that it's happened to us yet again. this has been 22 weeks this year we've been shut and potentially another four weeks, if not longer. that's over half a year shut. in pubs and restaurants, the festive spirit will have to be alcohol free. all hospitality venues must close their doors at 6pm. it leaves nick wondering whether it's worth opening at all. of course, we can open, but a pub with no alcohol is not a pub any more. we've come through one long lockdown, through the firebreak. it doesn't seem to have worked. you've got to say from their own standards, they failed. help has been promised for hospitality. the first minister says it will be the most generous package in the uk. he insists the virus is a problem in pubs, something the industry disputes. the evidence, i'm

afraid is just there. when we get together in that way, whether it is in our own homes or in a hospitality setting, the virus thrives. and the cases rise and we end up with the position we see in wales today. but the position around wales varies a lot. here in llandudno they are in the county with the lowest case rate, just 27 per 100,000. the seaside hotels here are not being told to shut, but fear the wales wide measures will keep customers away. some people won't come if it means they are not able to go out, because it's part of the overall experience. and given the time of the year this is being imposed on us, ijust think it's a really cruel blow. this thing is very much a one size fits all approach and it's cost us dearly in the long run. this pandemic is far more than a numbers game. lives and livelihoods are always in the balance.

the gamble now is whether these measures will get the virus back under control. the welsh government insists that the lockdown a fortnight ago did work but since we've seen just how quickly case can rise again in some parts of wales at least. the first minister mark drakeford admits that measures could have been used perhaps more slowly but he rejects the idea that tears would be the a nswer the idea that tears would be the answer for the idea that tears would be the a nswer for wales the idea that tears would be the answer for wales was some local lockdowns but he has to look at what's happening elsewhere in the uk. on wednesday the english lockdown finishes, we've had a lot of tourism businesses contact us to say they do not know if they can welcome customers from over the border this week. the welsh government says it has yet to decide on the rules on who is allowed to travel in or out of the country. the prime minister is trying to win

support for the introduction of three tiers of restrictions in england from wednesday, as he tries to head off a rebellion by his own mps. he's acknowledged that many people think they're in the wrong tier but insists the restrictions are necessary to slow the spread of coronavirus. the government has published an economic impact assessment of the tiered system in a bid to persuade tory mps to vote for it tomorrow. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the outline of the world after coronavirus slowly emerging but not clear to see yet. before the national restriction stayed in england on wednesday mps will vote ona england on wednesday mps will vote on a new set of rules. while boris johnson was looking to what is next ata johnson was looking to what is next at a vaccine maker in wales he had to defend the new proposed regime. we cannot afford to let it out of control again so the tiering system is tough but it is designed to be tough and to keep it under control. that means no attempt to nights like

this at the restaurant in manchester here even though the team have worked here —— have worked hard to make it safe. you can see these perspex screens. from wednesday it will be stuck in a tighter set of restrictions in tier 2 like most of the north of england, the sixth set of different rules that they've coped with since march. it has been a roller—coaster, constant stop start with the rules are changing, what were not allowed to do. we have been punished even though we stick to everything they throw at us. what has it been like for you? we are in limbo. beckett was one of the firm is pushing with the labour leadership for more cash support for the hospitality businesses who have closed their doors but the treasury are still crunching the numbers. same old thing, restrictions being put in place but the financial package not ready to go with it, exactly the same. 0ne package not ready to go with it, exactly the same. one of my main

criticisms of this government is they have been slow in their decision—making but they‘ re they have been slow in their decision—making but they're not learning lessons. but look this commitment is still struggling to get their own mps on side for the publishing some details of the possible effects of the new system will have on health and wealth but one senior tory privately told me it was weak and cobbled together. my underlying fear is that if you put restrictions on people in areas where they think they are not needed and they will be more inclined to ignore them. number ten is giving mps more detailed to try to use its powers of persuasion to get as many of them on—site as possible but in the main the argument has not changed for days. ministers believe it is just too soon to roll back restrictions everywhere. but there will be stiff resistance in parliament tomorrow but unless something very strange happens between now and the vote, england will be carved up into different categories from the middle of this

week. remember there are different rules in scotland, wales and northern ireland. but a patchwork of restrictions is almost inevitably coming for england with or without the backing of some unhappy tory mps. the latest government figures show there were 12,330 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is now 14,778. there were 1,481 people admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last friday. and 205 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week — 460 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 58,1148. a major study has suggested coronavirus infections in england have fallen

by about a third during lockdown. research by imperial college and ipsos mori found some of the areas worst—hit by the virus — such as the north west — have seen the biggest improvements but cases remain relatively high. but the health secretary says the data shows the country can't take its "foot off the pedaljust yet". 0ur health editor hugh pym has more. swab the back of your throat, your tonsil region, about three times. a massive programme of rapid result testing for students is under way at many uk universities, part of the plan to get them safely home for the festive break. two negative results and they're urged to head straight home. if positive, there's still time to self—isolate for ten days and then get back for the holiday period. i think it was a really important thing for a lot of students in uni to kind of lobby for the fact that students need a breakaway from university overwinter break, and i'm really glad that they're getting it. i think the take—up shows that students are such active parts of our communities.

testing for students is voluntary and is not available to every student at every university, so how effective can that programme be? i think it will make a good difference, a good positive difference, but as i say, we haven't made it mandatory because that brings in all sorts of other considerations and we think that it is therefore best done on a voluntary basis. with more than a million students in england likely to be on the move, there have been concerns about the potential spread of the virus, though there was news today that infections were receding. the latest survey of virus case rates in england by imperial college london suggests there has been a decline of 30% since the end of october, just before the lockdown. the biggest falls were seen in the north—east of england, down 62%, and the north—west, down 57%. there was a fall of 35% in the yorkshire and humber region and other parts of england also saw a decline, apart from

the east and west midlands, where there was little change. everyone wants to know what further progress can be made, but questions are also being asked about how we got to where we are in this pandemic. we need to put health at the top of our agenda. the uk's covid death rate remains higher than many others, and dame sally davies, former government chief medical adviser, told me that underlying health problems left people here more vulnerable to the virus. i think our poor public health, whether it's deprivation, overweight or other chronic illnesses, alongside crowding in urban areas, have led to a much increased death rate over what we could have had if we had a healthier basic population and less deprivation. ministers say community testing with rapid results offers a way forward, but there are continuing questions about how realistic this might be

given the resources and staffing required to deliver it. hugh pym, bbc news. the government says it will wait for the results of a review by the police service of northern ireland before deciding if there should be a public inquiry into the murder of pat finucane. mr finucane, a 39—year—old solicitor who represented both republicans and loyalists during the troubles, was shot dead in his family home in north belfast in 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries. a review commissioned by the government found agents of the state had been involved. sir philip green's retail empire arcadia, which includes topshop, burton and dorothy perkins, could face collapse within hours. it would put 13,000 jobs at risk. the group had been seeking extra cash to help it plug the gap from lost sales during the pandemic. adding to the uncertainty facing arcadia staff is an estimated 350 million pound hole in the company's pension fund which has 10,000 members.

lets go to our business editor simon jack who's outside topshop in central london, a last—minute rescue deal is not looking likely... ido i do not think there is any prospect of that in the next couple of hours when we expect it to collapse as you say into administration. the truth is this is a crisis here is the crisis years in the making. 0nce is this is a crisis here is the crisis years in the making. once the beating heart of fashion retail in the uk it has failed to adapt to this big structural shift to online retail, nimble arrivals have stolen its customers and that gave it underlying health issues leaving it vulnerable to the brutal onslaught of the pandemic. as you say 13,000 employees face an uncertain future, 450 stores, 350 concessions within stores. it is expected that stores will be open on wednesday in england when they are allowed, they were open today in scotland. the administrators want to sell off

christmas stock and hopefully some parts of the business. tonight sir philip green is on his luxury yacht in monaco, he knows that this is a sad state of affairs but that is a cold comfort to the employees with christmas around the corner and unemployment rising who think this could not have come at a worse time. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening: less than three weeks after its last lockdown, new restrictions in wales mean pubs and restaurants can open but can't serve alcohol. coming up... how one pastor in burnley is helping some of the poorest in his community during the pandemic. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... renewed calls for football to improve their concussion protocols. it follows a clash of heads at arsenal that fractured one player's skull but the other played on until half—time. it's being called the most significant change to farming and land management in england

in more than 50 years — and its driven by brexit. under the old eu system farmers have been paid based on how much land they farmed. the more land they farmed, the more money they got. now, under new government plans, they'll have to earn their subsidies by protecting the environment, reducing the use of antibiotics, planting new woods and improving animal welfare. the national farmers' union says it's still waiting for details of how the scheme will work in practice. jon kay reports from devon. there has been farming on dartmoor for thousands of years. but soon it could look less like this and more like this. farmers like mark will get subsidies for what they do to manage the countryside like copper sink, rather than the amount of land they use. it makes sense, and where land isn't particularly productive from a farming point of view, why not leave it to nature, let it get

untidy. nature doesn't like things tidy, so leaving it a bit rough and ready will bring in wildlife. brexit means out goes the common agricultural policy, and in comes the environmental land management system which could mean mark's farm will have fewer animals in future, but more trees, meadows and wetlands. take this pond mark has created on his farm to hold water, to reduce flooding and encourage local wildlife. now, under the to reduce flooding and encourage localwildlife. now, underthe eu scheme, he would have lost money because he cannot form this bit any more, but under the new scheme, he will be rewarded for doing things like there will be incentives for farming sustainably, grants to help space for nature and grants to help farmers buy new equipment. as he pla nts farmers buy new equipment. as he plants oak trees for the future, mark might be embracing the new scheme, but other land owners are

less enthusiastic. predicting upheaval, with some farmers expected to quit. brexit is a game changer and we will be exposed to far greater competition on the market place. we will need to look at what the impact of that is on farming businesses as we progress through transition. the common agricultural policy was often criticised for being overly complicated. but with just a few weeks to go, back on dartmoor, mark still has lots of questions about how the new scheme will work. how important is it for you that you get the clarity now for the future? it is important, so we can plant what we are doing over the next decade, because these changes will take time. nothing happens on land very quickly. it is not clear yet how these changes will affect the public. at the moment, just over half the food we buy in the uk is home grown. will there be an impact on prices? will the other nations follow england's scheme? this is just the start of our new future.

jon kay, bbc news, devon. the government has acknowledged that the pandemic has hit vulnerable groups and those living in deprived areas the hardest. official figures show the overall death rate between april and june this year in england in the most deprived areas was nearly double that of the least deprived. many of these areas have also experienced the largest cuts to local authority funding. our special correspondent ed thomas has spent time with those on the front line in burnley, where people are facing rising mental health issues and unemployment. i love the poor. because i know i am the poor. and as long as i breathe, i'll serve the poor. no need to push, there's plenty! you see all these people? they have children. hungry children. remain social distancing all we are going to get in trouble. it's hard to keep your distance when you're cold and hungry. politicians say that it was a leveler, this coronavirus. it's a lie — because if you're poor,

you've got no chance. it's really hard to get food for myself because i haven't got much money on me and i can't go out anywhere. couple of days' food would mean everything to us. we will have no fighting. every time you get any money, it disappears as fast as you've got it. with coronavirus as well, with reduction in wages, it's not easy to cope. so this means you can eat? yes, yeah. you can eat and it helps out wherever you're stuck. has anyone got a chocolate one? i think they've all got chocolate in, brother! and all this is laid on by pastor mick. the needs massive, absolutely colossal. this is the church i represent. the level of need here in burnley at the moment is, i think, unprecedented, and it's upsetting. we've got some bread as well, yeah? for too many, the legacy of coronavirus is not only sickness but desperation. visited a family who had no carpet, who had no settee, who had no gas,

who had no electric. they had no food. and it broke my heart because nobody cared for them. they fell through the crack. i go into houses and i sometimes have children ripping the bags open to get the food as i'm carrying them through the door. and it's not all right, like. that's not all right. and it wasn't as bad as that before the virus. the biggest part of coronavirus has been the loneliness. most days, pastor mick helps people like viv. she's 55. i keep trying to force myself to eat. i'd stopped eating for about a week. ijust ended up collapsing on my bathroom floor. living in isolation became too much.

itjust brought it all back. i've lost my husband, i've buried two of my babies. i've gave birth to them and all i wanted them to do were cry — and they didn't cry. yeah. no mother has to go through that. the coronavirus brought all this... yeah, it's brought every moment back to me. when you collapsed, what went through your mind? just, "let me go". like, you know, my number must be up. i thought my time were up. and pastor mick says he's hearing more and more of these stories. we're trying to... the unfairness of health deprivation. i feel angry — because people aren't listening. what has coronavirus meant for your care? it's stopped it. i'm supposed to have a blood test done once a month for my cancer count.

nobody has been and done it. it's been six months. i don't want to be a drain on the system that's already dying — because i'm already dying. i can't do nothing to help. i've just got to sit back and watch it. there's not many people who lose a child. and there's even less that lose two. the first lady of our food bank, she broke down. her daughter had killed herself. you have to try and find words. without their support, what would have happened to you? me? i'd probably be where my daughter is now, up there. i probably would have took my own life if it weren't for him. together, they're the hope for thousands through this crisis. do you know, it's... you carry people's burdens.

you try to tell them that it's all right. it's so upsetting. that report from ed thomas. the family of a nine—year—old girl who died of an asthma attack has accused the london borough where she lived of acting at "glacial pace" over air pollution. ella kissi—debrah, who lived in lewisham, died in february 2013. she had made 27 visits to hospital over the previous three years after having seizures and problems breathing. a previous inquest in 2014 found she died of acute respiratory failure — but today's fresh inquest will examine new evidence suggesting her death could have been linked to unlawful levels of air pollution. the former technical manager of the insulation maker kingspan whose product was used on parts of grenfell tower has apologised for reacting to queries about fire safety by swearing and threatening to sue a customer.

philip heath, who still works for the company, apologised for his language and for responding to a legitimate fire inquiry that they were ‘getting me confused with someone who gives a damn". he denied his approach reflected a ‘cultu re' within kingspan at the time. nhs and social care workers in scotland will receive a one—off £500 payment as a "thank you" for their work during the pandemic. during a speech to the snp's online conference, first minister nicola sturgeon also announced plans for a 100—million pound fund to help families and children on low—incomes. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. good morning and a very warm welcome to you all... a virtual conference with contributors from all over the country... michael, you do still need to unmute yourself. ..and some of the usual online issues. the gremlins vanish by the time the snp leader appeared from home with some big spending promises. so i can announce today that

on behalf of us all, the scottish government will give every full—time nhs and adult social care worker £500 as a one—off thank you payment for their extraordinary service. and a challenge to the uk government to waive the income tax on this payment. please allow our health and care heroes to keep every penny of scotland's thank you to them. do not take any of it away in tax. the snp have already promised a free school meals to all primary pupils during term time and holidays if they win the next election. now, a winterfund to help families this year. it will provide a cash grant of £100 for every family with children in receipt of free school meals. the money will be paid before christmas and families can use it for whatever will help them through the winter. that could be food, new shoes or a winter coat for the kids. cheering and applause. we are only six months away

from the next elections for the scottish parliament. at the heart of the snp's campaign will be their demand for another vote on scottish independence. and in that election i will seek your authority, no one else's, for a legal independence referendum to be held in the early part of the new parliament. the prime minister has already made it clear, he will not allow another referendum. nicola sturgeon's insistent he cannot say no if she's just won a convincing election victory. this could be a fundamental argument about the very future of the uk. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. the singer, rita 0ra, has apologised for having a party in a restaurant in london on saturday to celebrate her 30th birthday, in breach of england's lockdown. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito is outside the restaurant now — what did else did rita 0ra say? an apology for a serious and

inexcusable error of judgment. rita 0ra was celebrating her 30th birthday on saturday evening this restau ra nt. birthday on saturday evening this restaurant. it is said, although not confirmed, there were up to 30 people here. just after nine o'clock, police arrived. today rita 0ra issued a statement saying the gathering of the small group of friends was a spur of the moment decision which he now deeply regrets. given the restrictions, i realise how irresponsible these actions were and i take full responsibility. she said she will pay any fine imposed but meanwhile number ten says it is important eve ryo ne number ten says it is important everyone sticks to the rules and that very definitely include celebrities. now it's only taken 400 years — but beavers have built theirfirst dam on exmoor. resettled from scotland down to somerset in january, they've certainly made themselves at home. hidden wildlife cameras have captured them hard at work during the night to build the dam which has help create a n insta nt wetla nd area on the holnicote estate. the beavers are the first to be

released into the wild by the national trust in its 125—year history as part of a river restoration project. time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. it has been another grey day for many, but at least you could see more than 100 has also. the mist and fog having been rained out of the atmosphere. the radar picture taking up atmosphere. the radar picture taking up an atmosphere. the radar picture taking up an area atmosphere. the radar picture taking up an area of rain. this is working across birmingham at the moment. ten minutes of rain but that is the cold front working south at the moment and behind it the skies have been much sunnier across scotland and north—east england, although there have been a few showers here. 0vernight, the area of rain pushes across wales, southern england and east anglia before clearing. it turns cold for cold enough for patches of frost. tomorrow, we get off toa patches of frost. tomorrow, we get off to a decent, sunny start across east wales, most of england and

perhaps eastern scotland. we will have the cold northerly winds diving southwards on temperatures on the east coast struggling. 5 degrees in places. it does turn milder but with the cloud it will be drizzly and mist and hill fog patches forming over a high ground as well. for the middle part of the week on wednesday, we see a cold front pushed southwards and eastwards across the uk and the air gets progressively colder from then on through the rest of the week. a lot of cloud for england and wales with patches of rain sliding southwards and eastwards, brightening up with sunshine and blustery showers but it is starting to turn colder. temperatures five or six celsius across scotland. but it will get even colder than that through thursday and friday, with those temperatures struggling there will be plenty of showers around, longer outbreaks of rain across england and wales with a colder air arriving by friday. with temperatures this low it will be cold enough for seeing a bit of snow, particularly over the high hills by the end of the week.