trickle further east during the day but fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine for the east midlands north—east england and eastern scotland. it's blustery wherever you are — these are average speeds, some gusts widely of 30 to a0 mph, maybe 50 in the western isles of scotland, and temperatures for some a notch down on today. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: residents of south yorkshire face tighter restrictions as the region enters tier 3 rules — more than seven million people are now living under england's strictest covid alert level. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop non—essential travel as wales begins its first full day of a firebreak lockdown. marcus rashford says he is proud of the community response to his campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for deprived children has been cut by 80%. it destroyed me, it flattened me when i have seen that it has actually been cut to 13. i3 laptops

trickle further east during the day but fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine for the east midlandsshire, north—east england and eastern scotland. it's blustery wherever you are — these are average speeds, some gusts widely of 30 to a0 mph, maybe 50 in the western isles of scotland, and temperatures for some a notch down on today. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: residents of south yorkshire face tighter restrictions as the region enters tier 3 rules — more than seven million people are now living under england's strictest covid alert level. president trump casts his vote for the us election in the key state of florida, where early voting is underway. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop non—essential travel as wales begins its first full day of a ‘firebreak‘ lockdown. i voted for a guy named trump. marcus rashford says he is proud of the community response to his campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for dep

trickle further east during the day but fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine for the east midlandsshire, north—east england and eastern scotland. it's blustery wherever you are — these are average speeds, some gusts widely of 30 to a0 mph, maybe 50 in the western isles of scotland, and temperatures for some a notch down on today. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: residents of south yorkshire face tighter restrictions as the region enters tier 3 rules — more than 7 million people are now living under england's strictest covid alert level. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop non—essential travel as wales begins its first full day of a firebreak lockdown. businesses and community groups come forward to back footballer marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. more headlines at 3pm. now on bbc news, emily maitlis and jon sopel dissect the latest news and analysis from the campaign trail of the 2020 us presidential election race — in americast. i got an e—mail from an americaster who was listening

and now there are signs of an increase further south, in the midlands and east midlands, with nottinghames per 100,000 people. 0ur correspondent, dan johnson, spent the day there. in some of our biggest cities, there is fear. it's terrifying, because we don't know how long this is going to go on for. i didn't really want to come here today because they've gone up so much, but we risked it. there are appeals for more action. we have got to do something. i don't know whether we are going to go down, hopefully not a full lockdown again, like we did last time, but who knows? just the restrictions, just to get it over with, reduce the spread for a while. i mean, it's not ideal. it's not great. it's not what i would like. and calls for greater clarity. i look at what the scots are doing and that seems to be clearer messaging from the scottish government. it's the balance between public health and keeping the economy going. how long is it going to go on for if people are not taking it seriously? that's what i am worried about a lot. case numbers have soared to the fifth highest in england. this

and east midlands.of a rather more concern, the dark brown areas indicate the latest data are the way things are heating up. and dark brown clearly means things are heating up. you can see the reach of the dark brown colours is further south into a greater landmass across england. in fact, south into a greater landmass across england. infact, i received south into a greater landmass across england. in fact, i received that these slides this morning. i showed a very similar data to mps and at the house of lords on friday and the prime chart had not extended that far south. so it has changed in a matter of a few days —— in the browner chart. that is clearly of concern to me. next slide, please. one of the things that has been widely and accurately reported in the media is that our resurgence of cases this autumn has been mainly in adults aged 20—29 and that is absolutely true. these graphs are the same representations of case rates and changes in rate, but by people aged 60 and over. you can see, again, t

trickle further east during the day but fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine for the east midlandsrn scotland. it's blustery wherever you are — these are average speeds, some gusts widely of 30 to a0 mph, maybe 50 in the western isles of scotland, and temperatures for some a notch down on today. bye— bye. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at two: residents of south yorkshire face tighter restrictions as the region enters tier 3 rules — more than seven million people are now living under england's strictest covid alert level. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop nonessential travel as wales begins its first full day of a "firebreak" lockdown. and dozens of businesses and community groups come forward to back footballer marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for deprived children has

heavy, possibly thundery, chance of hail as well. 12 showers will trickle further east but for the east midlandshe way of sunshine. wherever you are, it is blustery, these are average speeds, gusts widely 30 to a0 mph, nearly 50 in the western isles, and temperatures are not down compared with today, particularly through central and eastern parts of england. into sunday evening, no great change, plenty of showers through southern england and into the west stays blustery into monday, the west stays blustery into monday, the area of low pressure just crossing the uk, because that means there will be further showers. it looks like most of them on monday will be affecting northern ireland, initially wales and west in england and through the channel coast but some will push further east through england and wales during the day. if the low is in the position we think it will be in on monday, a spell of lighter winds and dry weather for a time in scotland and no great change in the temperatures. going into tuesday, the could be some mist and fog patches to start the day, chilly start for some, a bit of

trickle further east during the day but fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine for the east midlandsry wherever you are — these are average speeds, some gusts widely of 30 to a0 mph, maybe 50 in the western isles of scotland, and temperatures for some a notch down on today. bye— bye.

these are the same graphs again, but this time for the east midlands, london and the west midlands.p in the 10—19 and 20—29, but the continuing increase in case rates in the other ages. next slide, please. and the same is true of east of england, south—east and south—west. but at much, much lower overall levels of disease than we are currently seeing in the north of england. next slide, please. again, i'm referring back to the heat maps i showed you on the 12th of october, showing that gradual warming up of disease rates in the 16—295, that then creeps through into the older age groups with a few weeks' lag as we move through the age bands and go up we move through the age bands and go up each of the blocks. that is the visual snapshot from the 12th of october. i'll now move to the new snapshot. and i think it's pretty stark. i think you can see very clearly now from these data that are just one week on how those heat maps have increased markedly, notjust in the north—east or north—west, but also in the east midlands, top left, and in yorkshire and humber, bottom right. this is most

the health ministers working alongside matt hancock, and lots of mps representing seats in the east midlands—east and north—west, and the questions we understand about precisely what the evidence base is for the kind of things the government is contemplating. 0ur things the government is contemplating. our understanding is pa rt contemplating. our understanding is part of the pitch from the government is to make their case there is at least some evidence that hospitality venues like pubs and restau ra nts hospitality venues like pubs and restaurants are a contributory factor in the spread of the virus. it is on that basis that it is likely the government will suggest some restrictions on how that sector of the economy can trade in those areas where cases are high. as we heard in my report, there is a real demand and desire in many of those northern and midland cities for precise details because it is all very well saying in a few days there will be more restrictions but if you are running a business in one of those cities or nearby areas, you wa nt those cities or nearby areas, you want prec

but for south east wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it will stay cloudy. here is where we get to see the higher temperatures. still quite windy. not as windy as it was on thursday. but overnight and into saturday, this is where the winds start to pick up once again. and we'll see more rain pushing north across the uk. ahead of its arrival in scotland, it will be quite chilly. and it does look quite stormy, then, as the weekend begins. a deep area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, so winds picking up across all areas. gales or severe gales are possible. and another band of rain sweeping east across the uk. some of this rain will be heavy, perhaps including some torrential bursts as well and really quite squally winds as it moves on through. behind it, though, you get to see the sunshine and a few showers. strong southerly winds, a few gusts here, but widely towards the north and west of the uk — 60 mph. maybe a bit more, elsewhere 50 mph. again, maybe a bit more, particularly when the heavy rain moves on through. it will be a mild start to the we

and now there are signs of an increase further south — in the midlands and east midlands — with nottinghamur correspondent dan johnson has spent the day there. in some of our biggest cities there is fear. it is terrifying because we do not know how long this is going to go on for. i didn't really want to go on for. i didn't really want to come here today because they had gone up so to come here today because they had gone up so much but we risked it. there are appeals for more action. we do have to do something. hopefully not a fill up their own but who knows? restrictions to get it over with and reduce the spread. it is not ideal. calls for greater clarity. i look at what the scots are doing and that seems to be clearer messaging from the scottish government it is the balance between public health and keeping the economy going. how long is it going to go on for if people are not taking it seriously? his numbers have surged here pushing nottingham to fifth in the country. this has been the quietest day since we openedin been the quietest day since we opened injuly. been the quietest day si

but it is the south—west and east midlands also seeing their testing figures last week more than doubler way you look at, there are going to be questions to answer, here. nick eardley is in westminster. embarrassing for the government, and with potentially serious practical consequences too? it doesn't do much more confidence in the system. track and trace is a central part of the government strategy to suppress the virus in england. it is supposed to, if the ministers‘ plans were working, give everybody an idea of where the virus is spreading but also tell people who may be spreading it or who may have come into contact, that they are not supposed to leave the house. there is a realisation in government that the system isn‘t world beating, as was promised. at the moment, it needs to do better. there is also that practical, real—world impact that practical, real—world impact that this glitch will have, which is that this glitch will have, which is that potentially thousands of people who should have been at home, who could be spreading the virus, were not contacted by the nhs for severa

we've been hearing, several areas in yorkshire and the humber, as well as parts of the west and east midlandsevening that west yorkshire is to come under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions — that's tier 3 — from monday. our correspondent alison freeman is in leeds tonight. it was in a statement released this afternoon that the leaders of the five councils which make up west yorkshire said they had reluctantly agreed to this move into the third tier because infection levels had reached a critical level. there were concerns about the economic impact this move would have on the area but ina this move would have on the area but in a news conference it was announced that £59 million of government funding had been secured, 1:6 government funding had been secured, 46 of which will go to supporting local businesses, and the rest will go on local businesses, and the rest will goona local businesses, and the rest will go on a local track and trace system, so on monday people living in west yorkshire will not be allowed to meet outdoors in hospitality venues or private gardens and businesses

we heard earlier, several areas in yorkshire and the humber, as well as parts of the west and east midlandsis to come under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions — that‘s tier 3 — from sunday. —— from monday. 0ur correspondent corinne wheatley is in leeds for us tonight. tell us what has led to this. yes, we have been waiting all week to hear what will happen in west yorkshire after south yorkshire moved into the highest level of restrictions, tier 3, and it felt like it was a question of when and not if the same thing that happened in west yorkshire and in the last few minutes the leader of leeds city council has confirmed west yorkshire will move into tier 3, the highest level of restrictions, from one minute past midnight on monday. she described this as a very difficult decision and said this is a significant moment for leeds in west yorkshire. 0nly getting the detail about how tier 3 will be applied because it has varied slightly from one area in the gone to another but they said the usual tear to another but they said the usual territory restrictions would apply in regards to

but for south east wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it will stay cloudy. the higher temperatures. still quite windy. not as windy as it was on thursday. but overnight and into saturday, this is where the winds start to pick up once again. and we'll see more rain pushing north across the uk. ahead of its arrival in scotland, it will be quite chilly. and it does look quite stormy, then, as the weekend begins. a deep area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, so winds picking up across all areas. gales or severe gales are possible. and another band of rain sweeping east across the uk. some of this rain will be heavy, perhaps including some torrential bursts as well and really quite squally winds as it moves on through. behind it, though, you get to see the sunshine and a few showers. strong southerly winds, a few gusts here, but widely towards the north and west of the uk — 60 mph. maybe a bit more, elsewhere 50 mph. again, maybe a bit more, particularly when the heavy rain moves on through. it will be a mild start to the weekend for what it's worth. i

but for south east wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it will stay cloudy.her temperatures. still quite windy. not as windy as it was on thursday. but overnight and into saturday, this is where the winds start to pick up once again. and we'll see more rain pushing north across the uk. ahead of its arrival in scotland, it will be quite chilly. and it does look quite stormy, then, as the weekend begins. a deep area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, so winds picking up across all areas. gales or severe gales are possible. and another band of rain sweeping east across the uk. some of this rain will be heavy, perhaps including some torrential bursts as well and really quite squally winds as it moves on through. behind it, though, you get to see the sunshine and a few showers. strong southerly winds, a few gusts here, but widely towards the north and west of the uk — 60 mph. maybe a bit more, elsewhere 50 mph. again, maybe a bit more, particularly when the heavy rain moves on through. it will be a mild start to the weekend for what it's worth. it's stil

but for south east wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it will stay cloudy.temperatures. still quite windy. not as windy as it was on thursday. but overnight and into saturday, this is where the winds start to pick up once again. and we'll see more rain pushing north across the uk. ahead of its arrival in scotland, it will be quite chilly. and it does look quite stormy, then, as the weekend begins. a deep area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, so winds picking up across all areas. gales or severe gales are possible. and another band of rain sweeping east across the uk. some of this rain will be heavy, perhaps including some torrential bursts as well and really quite squally winds as it moves on through. behind it, though, you get to see the sunshine and a few showers. strong southerly winds, a few gusts here, but widely towards the north and west of the uk — 60 mph. maybe a bit more, elsewhere 50 mph. again, maybe a bit more, particularly when the heavy rain moves on through. it will be a mild start to the weekend, for what it's worth. it's still l

but for south east wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it will stay cloudy. of rain at times, although actually here is where we get to see the higher temperatures. still quite windy. not as windy as it was on thursday. but overnight and into saturday, this is where the winds start to pick up once again. and we'll see more rain pushing north across the uk. ahead of its arrival in scotland, it will be quite chilly. and it does look quite stormy, then, as the weekend begins. a deep area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, so winds picking up across all areas. gales or severe gales are possible. and another band of rain sweeping east across the uk. some of this rain will be heavy, perhaps including some torrential bursts as well and really quite squally winds as it moves on through. behind it, though, you get to see the sunshine and a few showers. strong southerly winds, a few gusts here, but widely towards the north and west of the uk, 60 mph. maybe a bit more, elsewhere 50 mph. again, maybe a bit more, particularly when the heavy rain moves on through

but for south east wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it will stay cloudy.eaks of rain at times, although actually here is where we get to see the higher temperatures. still quite windy. not as windy as it was on thursday. but overnight and into saturday, this is where the winds start to pick up once again. and we'll see more rain pushing north across the uk. ahead of its arrival in scotland, it will be quite chilly. and it does look quite stormy, then, as the weekend begins. a deep area of low pressure to the north west of the uk, so winds picking up across all areas. gales or severe gales are possible. and another band of rain sweeping east across the uk. some of this rain will be heavy, perhaps including some torrential bursts as well and really quite squally winds as it moves on through. behind it, though, you get to see the sunshine and a few showers. strong southerly winds, a few gusts here, but widely towards the north and west of the uk — 60 mph. maybe a bit more, elsewhere 50 mph. again, maybe a bit more, particularly when the heavy rain moves on th

through parts of east anglia, the midlands, north—west wales and north—west england, lifting throughng some sunny spells in southern england and wales on sunday afternoon, with some rain edging towards northern ireland and north—west scotland to end sunday. as for these weather fronts, some gathering as we go into the start of next week, bringing a big change in the weather pattern from what we have now, and this sums up what we can expect next week in a selection of locations, it shows along with a lot of rain coming our way, some of that could be heavy, and the wind, picking up too. that's next week. let's enjoy the weekend. a reminder of our top story... lancashire becomes the second region in england after liverpool to be put in the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. and at four o'clock this afternoon, the prime minister will be holding a news conference on the coronavirus restrictions, along with senior scientific advisers. you can watch that live on bbc one and the bbc news channel. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin

but for south east wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it will stay cloudy.e windy. not as windy as it was on thursday. but overnight and into saturday, this is where the winds start to pick up once again. and we'll see more rain pushing north across the uk. ahead of its arrival in scotland, it will be quite chilly. and it does look quite stormy, then, as the weekend begins. a deep area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, so winds picking up across all areas. gales or severe gales are possible. and another band of rain sweeping east across the uk. some of this rain will be heavy, perhaps including some torrential bursts as well and really quite squally winds as it moves on through. behind it, though, you get to see the sunshine and a few showers. strong southerly winds, a few gusts here, but widely towards the north and west of the uk — 60 mph. maybe a bit more, elsewhere 50 mph. again, maybe a bit more, particularly when the heavy rain moves on through. it will be a mild start to the weekend for what it's worth. it's still looking windy on sunday, p

however, sadly, we've seen big optics this week in the east didn't west midlands and the beginnings of virus accelerating or is there a slowdown in the rate of growth overall? where are we? i'd have to say that with the exception of the north—east, acceleration... it's clear that the r number is above one and that we are seeing week on week increase, exponential increases in prevalence. the exception is the north—east, where, and please don't let me make you think that things are let me make you think that things a re really let me make you think that things are really going down but there does appear to be are really going down but there does appearto bea are really going down but there does appear to be a flattening of the curve. but still at a relatively high level. i think there was some sign ofa high level. i think there was some sign of a slowdown in your last survey. it was slowing slightly. but looking back over the last few weeks, what is the trend? upwards and sadly, steeply upwards. increasingly, that increases across the country. as i say, for the first week, really, this w

you step across the border and you're in the east midlands.nto com pletely doesn't neatly split up into completely unconnected regions. you've got to understand that when you taken this approach. and the national approach with proper economics support would be the better... economics support would be the better... if you want to edit these astons, you must take control of this page asim and shabana razzaq run kidsaurus play centre in stockport — which reopened its doorsjust three weeks ago. thank you forjoining us. you just reopened. you're now going to have to shut down again. it's absolutely devastating hearing this on the news today. honestly, it's broken my heart. i have no words. ijust don't know what to say. every where else i believe some places, some play centres a re believe some places, some play centres are still open. u nfortu nately centres are still open. unfortunately there saint manchester we re unfortunately there saint manchester were going to have to close. do you understand the logic for closing down soft play area in tier

and now there are signs of an increase further south, in the midlands and east midlands with nottinghamrrespondent, dan johnson has spent the day there. in some of our biggest cities there is fear. it is terrifying because we do not know how long this is going to go on for. i didn't really want to come here today because they had gone up so much but we risked it. there are appeals for more action. we do have to do something. hopefully not a fill up their own but who knows? —— hopefully — — hopefully not —— hopefully not a full lockdown like we did last time, but who knows. restrictions to get it over with and reduce the spread. it is not ideal. it's not what i would like. calls for greater clarity. i look at what the scots are doing and that seems to be clearer messaging from the scottish government it is the balance between public health and keeping the economy going. how long is it going to go on for if people are not taking it seriously? that's what i'm worried about a lot. case numbers have surged here pushing nottingham to fifth in the country. this has been the quietest day since

england and wales, early friday morning before pushing east and notice the rain does weaken significantly and there might be areas across the midlandsst with perhaps patches of rain here and there to ta ke us through the afternoon. it is an improving weather story because for most of the north—west of the uk we will see sunny weather with just a few showers, mainly confined to the west coast of scotland through friday afternoon. the wind starts to pick up as we head through friday night with areas rain beginning to spread in and that really is what is on the menu for saturday. a very gusty day with some heavy rain moving east and sunshine and showers will then follow for many of us as we head into the afternoon. here is the band of rain and notice some gusty winds to start for scotland and northern ireland but it's actually on and ahead of the weather front that the wind will get really strong for a time across wales and across england and it will be quite a short lived, squally band of rain, so intense downpours and strong gusts, strong enough to bring down tree branches and we could see localised disruption out and about, the weat

southern counties which could cause minor flooding, that will push northwards and across the midlands, eastnglia and wales through the day allowing brighter skies to develop. brighter skies throughout for some in scotland and northern ireland. let's play the day through. if few showers to the north and west initially, they will depart, lots of sunshine through the afternoon, light winds. after a bright start with fog patches in northern england, it will cloud over later. rain may reach liverpool, manchester and sheffield by the tandy days out. where you have this in general cloud and rain, it will be a rather cool day. over the weekend, and rain, it will be a rather cool day. overthe weekend, stamm and rain, it will be a rather cool day. over the weekend, stamm alex pushes back into france, low pressure develops, that will have a bigger and wider impact across the country. saturday, rain to begin with across england producing flooding risks. then into scotland and wales. staying dry into the west of northern ireland until later. the strongest of the winds will be across wales in the south—w

just yesterday, manchester airport group, which also runs stansted and east midlands airports, said morer testing. uk arrivals would get a test and only have to self—isolate for a short time if they were virus—free. yesterday, the government said it was setting up a task force to look into the issue. but, crucially, any testing would be private. so paid for by passengers, meaning quarantine would remain for anyone who can't pay. what are the applications for the industry? —— implications. karen dee is the head of the airport 0perators association, and joins me now from south london. good to see you. setting up essentially a plan for testing. we will get the results in november. south korea have been testing at airport since march. do you trust this is a genuine step forward? yeah. i think it is a welcome first step but it isjust that. as you said in your report, it is something the industry has been calling on for some time. we think testing could offer some public health benefits over and above the kind of quarantine puzzle we have. but it's very clear to us within the industry that unl

north—west, the north—east but then as you could see from the graphs, starting to encroach on the east midlands other places also. although the worst of it at the moment is in cities such as liverpool and manchester, they feel this is not just an issue for the north of england and so that is why later on at half past three in the house of commons we will hear from the prime minister about what those restrictions will be or the broad parameter of that. now, which area itself sits is a little bit more complicated. going back to what happened the first time around as well, there were simplicity and the fa ct we well, there were simplicity and the fact we were all in it together and that has been a very different picture with the localised lockdowns and criticism of a lack of clarity over that. what can you tell us about what we are likely to hear later on with the three tier system and how it would operate and how areas would know where they are going to be locked down? areas would know where they are going to be locked down7m areas would know where they are going to be locked down? it was in orde

the north—east, the south—west, yorkshire and the humber and the east midlands also saw their testingup 824 cases. a bigger rise in the north—east and in london, there was a big rise. 2295 cases, just under 100% increase. these figures very uncomfortable for the government, how that glitch happened and also what it means because when you look at the statistics showing that the highest number of missed cases was in areas that are already under strict lockdown, it is going to lead to questions as to why that has been so and whether there will need to be a new strategy to get those cases under control. this breakdown just through and it is indicating that the north—west has the largest number, 16,000 cases —— of those 60,000 cases that were not added to the official tallies last week. demand for new cars has fallen to a 21 year low. industry figures for last month show thatjust over 328,000 were registered in the uk in september — down four—point—four % on the same month last year. it is the weakest september performance since 1999, when the system of releasing two number plates per year

we've got some patches of rain working across from southwest england into the midlands, east anglia,ing some wet weather to northern ireland. that's moving into scotland, western parts of england and wales early friday morning, before pushing eastwards. notice, though, the rain band does we can significantly. there might be some areas across the midlands that escaped the rain band altogether. —— does weaken significantly. same is true across east anglia and the southeast, with just perhaps a few patches of rain here and there to take us through the afternoon. it is improving weather story, though, because for most of the northwest of the uk, we'll see some sunnier weather with just a few showers, mainly confined to the west coast of scotland through friday afternoon. the winds then start to pick up as we head through friday night. areas of rain begin to spread in and that really is what's on the menu for saturday. a very gusty day with some heavy rain moving its way eastwards. sunshine and showers will then follow for many of us as we head into the afternoon. here is our band of rain

into east anglia and the midlands into east anglia and theill come in from the west bringing rain to northern ireland, south—west scotland, wales and south—west england. after a dry start in the east tomorrow, the rain will romp across all areas with gusty winds, still some cloud behind it and patchy light rain and drizzle. and a warning that into the weekend, it looks to be pretty windy and wet and for some, there will be some severe gales to watch out for. thank you, the queen of all knowledge, well done again! as if! this is from someone who hates quizzes! it is 11 minutes past eight. the last few months of the year traditionally bring with them times to celebrate and get together with family and friends. but this year, many cultural and religious celebrations have been hampered by coronavirus restrictions. each november, the city of leicester hosts one of the largest diwali celebrations in the uk. geeta pendse has been to find out how the festival of lights will be different this year. the lights are up, but the hindu, sikh and jain festi

we've got some patches of rain working across from southwest england into the midlands, east anglia,t weather to northern ireland. that's moving into scotland, western parts of england and wales early friday morning, before pushing eastwards. notice, though, the rain band does weaken significantly. there might be some areas across the midlands that escape the rain band altogether. same is true across east anglia and the southeast, with just perhaps a few patches of rain here and there to take us through the afternoon. it is an improving weather story, though, because for most of the northwest of the uk, we'll see some sunnier weather with just a few showers, mainly confined to the west coast of scotland through friday afternoon. the winds then start to pick up as we head through friday night. areas of rain begin to spread in and that really is what's on the menu for saturday. a very gusty day with some heavy rain moving its way eastwards. sunshine and showers will then follow for many of us as we head into the afternoon. here is our band of rain. notice some pretty gusty winds to sta

we've got some patches of rain working across from southwest england into the midlands, east anglia,e wet weather to northern ireland. that's moving into scotland, western parts of england and wales early friday morning, before pushing eastwards. notice, though, the rain band does weaken significantly. there might be some areas across the midlands that escaped the rain band altogether. same is true across east anglia and the southeast, with just perhaps a few patches of rain here and there to take us through the afternoon. it is an improving weather story, though, because for most of the northwest of the uk, we'll see some sunnier weather with just a few showers, mainly confined to the west coast of scotland through friday afternoon. the winds then start to pick up as we head through friday night. areas of rain begin to spread in and that really is what's on the menu for saturday. a very gusty day with some heavy rain moving its way eastwards. sunshine and showers will then follow for many of us as we head into the afternoon. here is our band of rain. notice some pretty gusty winds t

it will turn lighter as it pushes towards the north—east of england and midland and away from the south—westt night, spreading into the west. this time it will come with stronger winds, which could touch 70 mph in the western isles of scotland overnight. all will see strong winds this weekend. be wary, there could be travel problems with branches down and minor damage. strongest winds will be on saturday for meny. this rain moving eastwards but will stay heavier longer. parts of england and wales will see bursts of rain and the brighter colours indicate short, intense bursts, where we see the strongest of the wims, up to 60 mph. widely seeing winters touching gale force across the uk. temperatures up to 18 in the south—east before the rain arrives later. around 10—11 in the north and west and feeling fresher on sunday. saturday, in the evening very wet. the rain will clear. with low pressure close by, sunday another windy day particularly to the north and west where we see the showers most frequent. sunday, sunshine and hit and miss showers. showers in southern and western areas. some easter

moving into resting areas and less obvious reign already across south west england spread to the midlands and eastess even as well for that brain at a time that sums up the weather as we get into friday morning. voters are our main band of rain. we can significantly across england and wales is up which is easily becomes lighter and catchier. probably some bits of pieces of rain in parts of east england into the afternoon. further north and west it's an improving weather picture with the weather becoming much funnier —— i was becoming much funnier —— i was becoming confined to western areas of scotland. there is more rain on the way through friday night and at the way through friday night and at the end of rain will be pushing right the way across on saturday accompanied by some very gusty winds that could bring some localised disruption. that's your brother. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump and joe biden are just three hours away from their last presidential debate, with new rules to stop them talking over each other. i'm laura tre

, thick enough for the odd shower in parts of northern ireland and also through parts of east anglia, the midlands we will keep quite a lot of cloud through the day, especially in the east. some clearer spells towards the west. through this evening and tonight, then, the cloud thickens across the uk, working its way in from the north, so with more cloud than we had last night, temperatures won‘t feel quite as low. still quite a chilly start to saturday morning with overnight lows of about four to 9 degrees. through the day tomorrow, a similar day to what we‘ve got today. still a lot of cloud around, some brighter spells, that northerly wind bringing perhaps one or two more showers across northern parts of scotland and temperatures between about nine to 13 degrees. and temperatures between about nine bye for now. and temperatures between about nine hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... talks with regional leaders over tighter coronavirus restrictions continue, says the foreign secretary — as he accuses manchester‘s mayor of holding the government over a barrel. "damaging to

we've got some patches of rain working across from southwest england into the midlands, east anglia,l, and then this more general area of rain that's bringing some wet weather to northern ireland. that's moving into scotland, western parts of england and wales early friday morning, before pushing eastwards. notice, though, the rain band does weaken significantly. there might be some areas across the midlands that escaped the rain band altogether. same is true across east anglia and the southeast, with just perhaps a few patches of rain here and there to take us through the afternoon. it is an improving weather story, though, because for most of the northwest of the uk, we'll see some sunnier weather with just a few showers, mainly confined to the west coast of scotland through friday afternoon. the winds then start to pick up as we head through friday night. areas of rain begin to spread in and that really is what's on the menu for saturday. a very gusty day with some heavy rain moving its way eastwards. sunshine and showers will then follow for many of us as we head into the afterno

moving its way northwards and across east anglia, the midlands and wales through the day before brighteninge northern half of the country tomorrow because here, that frost, bright start, the cloud in north and west scotland, western and northern ireland with a few showers will gradually break up. lots of sunshine through the day, cloud increasing in northern england later. we could see some rain from storm alex arrive around liverpool, into parts of manchester, sheffield area as we end the afternoon. but where there's this contrasting weather north and south, temperatures 12—15 on the cool side. now as storm alex fizzles out, pushing its way southwards through the weekend, another bigger area of low pressure takes over, and this‘ll have a wider impact across the country. a thoroughly wet start to saturday across england and wales, bright towards the north and west, but rain spread across scotland. wind strengthens here, strongest of the winds on saturday across wales, southwest england and the channel islands again with a potential for damage and disruption. some parts of northern ireland m

southern counties which could cause minor flooding, that will push northwards and across the midlands, eastbrighter skies throughout for some in scotland and northern ireland. let's play the day through. if few showers to

so that's parts of the north west, yorkshire, the north east and the midlands.mshire, south yorkshire, parts of cheshire and a small area of the peak district are among new areas put into tier two. the highest level is tier 3, at very high risk, there'll be no mixing of household anywhere indoors or in private gardens. pubs and bars will be closed unless they serve what's being called a substantial meal. liverpool city region is the first to be placed under tier three. in the rest of the uk, a decision will be made or new lockdown measures in wales and the next few days. in northern ireland, health officials are calling for decisive action. scotland's nicola sturgeon says she will draw up her own tiered framework towards the end of the month. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg.? standby. we cannot see clearly what is ahead. at the prime minister is, relu cta ntly, is ahead. at the prime minister is, reluctantly, marking the way to a tighter phase. the lectern is back in its place, despite repeated rule changes, coronavirus is not in retreat. the number

the rain moves northwards across the rest of wales, the midlands and east anglia during the day.nd it's windy with those strong easterly winds gusting on the south coast, perhaps nearer 60 mph at times, especially the coast of south—west england, nearer70 mph in the channel islands. now, for scotland and northern ireland, well, there are a few showery bursts of rain in north—west scotland to the west of northern ireland to start the day. that will slowly fade, staying damp in shetland, but much of scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and a dry afternoon after a chilly start. a chilly start in northern england, a few fog patches around. cloud increasing from the south. the further south you are in northern england, you could see some rain edging in during the afternoon. highs of around 12—16 degrees — that will make for a warmer day in northern scotland then we had on thursday. so, still some rain and brisk winds into england and wales overnight and into saturday morning. if anything, these north—easterly winds will start to strengthen a bit further as the night goes on. sl

lot of cloud at the moment with patches of rain working across from south—west england into the midlands, eastral area of rain which is bringing wet weather to northern ireland and that is moving into scotland, western parts of england and wales early friday morning before pushing easter. notice the rain band weakened significantly and there might be some areas across the that escaping altogether. the same is true across east anglia and the southeast with perhaps a few patches of rain here and there to ta ke patches of rain here and there to take us through the afternoon. it is an improving weather story because promote of the north—west of the uk we will see sunny weather and a few showers, mainly confined to the west coast of scotland scotla nd the west coast of scotland scotland through friday afternoon. the wind starts to pick up as we head through friday night with areas of rain beginning to spreading and that is what is on the menu for saturday, a very gusty day with some heavy rain moving east and sunshine and showers will then follow for many of us as we head into the afternoon. here i

moving its way northwards and across east anglia, the midlands and wales through the day before brightening half of the country tomorrow because here, that frost, bright start, the cloud in north and west scotland, western and northern ireland with a few showers will gradually break up. lots of sunshine through the day, cloud increasing in northern england later. we could see some rain from storm alex arrive around liverpool, into parts of manchester, sheffield area as we end the afternoon. but where there's this contrasting weather north and south, temperatures 12—15 , on the cool side. now as storm alex fizzles out, pushing its way southwards through the weekend, another bigger area of low pressure takes over, and this‘ll have a wider impact across the country. a thoroughly wet start to saturday across england and wales, bright towards the north and west, but rain spread across scotland. wind strengthens here, strongest of the winds on saturday across wales, southwest england and the channel islands again with a potential for damage and disruption. some parts of northern ireland may stay