brandon lewis was on the andrew marr programme this morning.d organisations that are putting these out there in the holidays to support families i think are doing a great thing for their community, i congratulate them for that and thank them for that. i've seen that in my own constituency in northern ireland, but i think it's complementary to what we're doing as a government. we are supportive of that, we support local authorities to do it, that's what the £63 million is there for and it's not just the £63 million, of course, andrew, it's on top of the hundreds of millions we've put into local authorities to support those most in need. so no sign of an imminent u—turn, but something that is doing the rounds as a possible way out for the government if they think they need a way out, views may vary on this, is because they give more money to local councils to provide more targeted support? that's what one conservative mp things can happen. let me remind you that not every council has stepped up, which means it becomes a postcode lottery for some

speaking on the andrew marr programme, mr burnham once again called for greater financial support ifurther restrictions are imposed. the cabinet office minister, michael gove, accused him of inconsistency in his approach. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. for months, people in greater manchester have been living with tighter restrictions than many parts of england. but there is uncertainty about what more they might have to endure. the region's labour—elected mayor argues pub and bar closures, which would come with putting the region into the very high covid alert level, may not make much difference and the government isn't offering enough support. what we need, andrew, is a fair financial framework if the government are going to insist on tier 3. at the moment, they are doing side deals with individual councils. that is not good enough for me. let's remember, the places they are trying to close in tier 3, pubs, bookies, gyms, these are places where people are on low wages. what we are saying is, you cannot take away their place of work and not give them support. mr

exactly what you have just relayed from the andrew marr programme. into the spring. there are about hundred and 70, hundred 80 of these projects going on but that only ten which are really making good ground and two of them are pfizer and astrazeneca, if they were, they are most likely to work but again this is the story in the mail on sunday suggest that preparation have already been made to getting moving even quicker than next spring, which would mean perhaps bypassing a few of the checks and balances which go on before these things are put out into the public domain. shyama, the sunday telegraph has a picture of donald trump voting, he said he voted for a man named trump. what is interesting they focus more on what the uk government is doing and planning, is starting to think if there is a joe biden presidency and he is not so keen on brexit, what would that mean for uk us trade deal? i think this goes back to theirvery deal? i think this goes back to their very fast endorsement of trump by boris when he came in, a big welcome to trump and biden

the andrew marr show last weekend featured interviews with the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth, the actress emelda staunton speaking about performing in life theatres again, and the prime minister. when it came to the last encounter, there was a lot to pack into a limited creative time. with only got a certain amount of time... i know, i know. and i know people are furious, and they are furious at me and the government. we must keep carrying on, a lot to talk about. on the other hand what people want to realise there is a way ahead, if we follow these... we are running out of time, we've got to move on, we've only got five minutes left. we are now nearly out of time. we need to think about this... very last question, we are overtime... tim pilling was watching that and fired off this e—mail. ann sprawls also had that question and it recorded a video for us explaining her thinking. it was clear throughout the interview from andrew's, is that there was a lot of time constraints, and he was constantly moving the agenda on. i wondered why it was felt important to show a segment on

the andrew marr show last weekend featured interviews with the shadow health secretaryjonathan with the shadow health secretary jonathan ashworth, the act was speaking about performing in life it is again —— actress. and the prime minister when it came to the last encounter which was a lot to pack into a limited period of time. crosstalk. crosstalk crosstalk. a lot to talk about. there is a lot to talk about. crosstalk crosstalk. cough -- crosstalk. we're running out of time, we have to move on, we only have minutes left. intolerable. i think that they can prosper. we need to be about this. very last question. crosstalk. tim pilling was watching out and fired off this e—mail. and sproule is also had that question and recorded a video for us, explaining her thinking. it was clear throughout that interview from andrew's comments that there we re andrew's comments that there were a lot of time constraints and he was constantly moving the agenda on. i wondered why it was felt important to show the segment on the theatre review. while i have no objections at all to that subject, it just seem

we saw him on the interim our programme, much more articulate —— andrew marr programme.ny change on how he is presenting?” think he's of all visits gone on. a lot of people like to say that he's out of energy, that has affected his response. tory mps complained he's not the usual self, but he is confident in his strategy. i think he knows it's one, but that's why the new york times is quite interesting because i think that actually, he speaks to tory mps, and they think he is being too cautious. i don't recognise when i've been in london, that have been really relax and ignoring all the rules. i think and ignoring all the rules. i think a lot of people are falling responsively. john, you are talking about the response where you are there. angela merkel, is she making daily announcements about this? no she's not. one of the strengths of the german system is devolution. the 16 states of germany pretty much make their own decisions, and the towns do too. what's happening is that they're learning from each other. no, she is not on the box that much. she is keeping herself in

tomorrow the prime minister will be appearing on the andrew marr show, which starts at 9am here on bbc pouring down pretty much across the country, and it will last into tomorrow morning, certainly for many western areas, it will cause further transport disruption and more local flooding. winds will also be strong in the west, as well. this is the heaviest of the rain in northern ireland and down into the south—west but also the south—east. can no longer meet up in doors with people they do not live with. this does not include bars and restau ra nts. does not include bars and restaurants. 16.8 million people or around one in four of the entire uk population are now living under some form of increased measures. it comes to 770 students test positive for the virus in the northeast of england. we will look at the situation in the northwest, here is naomi cornwell. as of midnight, and new laws of the plate here. liverpool has some of the highest infection rates in england. so, the seven areas, it is now illegal for households to meet in doors anywhere, not just in households to meet in doo

meanwhile the us infectious disease expert anthony fauci has told the bbc‘s andrew marr show a vaccinehe question is, once you have a safe and effective vaccine or more than one, how can you get it to the people who need it as quickly as possible? so the amount of doses that will be available in december will not certainly be enough to vaccinate everybody. you'll have to wait several months into 2021, but what will happen is that there's been a prioritisation set so that individuals such as health care workers will very likely get first shot at it, as will then likely people who are in the category of being at an increased risk for complications. that could start by the end of this year, the beginning — january, february, march — of next year, but when you talk about vaccinating a substantial proportion of the population so that you can have a significant impact on the dynamics of the outbreak, that very likely will not be until the second or third quarter of the year. the chairman of the south korean multinational samsung electronics, lee kun—hee has died. mr lee, who was 78, helped g

speaking on the andrew marr programme, mr burnham once again called for greater financial support ifrrespondent, jonathan blake.

yes, doctor faucher, the us medical chief was talking to andrew marr about this vaccine hope, that itf course, that has really big caveats on it, which is you know, it needs to go through rigorous testing to make sure that it is actually safe to use, having been developed so quickly, far quicker than any other vaccine. and the other thing, of course, is that it doesn't mean that everything is over, because it's going to take several months for it to roll out amid the population. the first stage will be presumably for front line workers in the most honourable. so it's really going to take some time before it has spread to the community to the extent that it could be considered an effective vaccine that would allow us to release the restrictions that we are currently under. giles, what do you make of this? yet, as rachel said, i think it will be earmarked for front line staff which is quite right. i think there are 198 vaccines currently being developed at the moment. you know, and effective one is when that seems to protect 50% of people. i think the also the other thing that rachel al

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, along with the government's michael gove, on the andrew marrmorning on bbc one. the latest government figures show there were 16,171 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is now 16,372. 822 people are being admitted to hospital on average each day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 150 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. that means on average in the past week — 117 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 43,579. it's emerged this evening that people who have been told to self—isolate through nhs test and trace could have their contact details shared with police. our correspondent jon donnison is here. concerns have been raised for perhaps reasons that are obvious over data protection? one of the department of health have said no data will be shared with the police but there are concerns this move could put people off gettin

the drum, saying be seeing as you can morning beating the drum, saying be seeing as you can and andrew marrto say, what about when you tell everyone to pour out the pub at ten o'clock at night and all borisjohnson the pub at ten o'clock at night and all boris johnson could the pub at ten o'clock at night and all borisjohnson could repeat was that he was trying to balance the economy with the moral imperative to keep us healthy, so all he could tell us, once again, was to use common sense and wash our hands and give people as much space as possible and sorry to bang my personal drum but i feel that the credibility with which we receive these messages on a handbrake turn backin these messages on a handbrake turn back in the spring with that little trip to barnard castle, for me it's a lwa ys trip to barnard castle, for me it's always been a war of diminishing returns for the prime minister whatever he says to us so we are left washing our hands and crossing oui’ left washing our hands and crossing our fingers left washing our hands and crossing ourfingers and left washing our hands and crossi

the bbc‘s andrew marr asked epidemiologist professor peter horby if he agreed with that statement.tunately, i have to agree with that. the numbers are not looking good at all, we have increasing cases, increasing hospitalisations, both in the young and the elderly. we are starting to see the number of deaths increase as well. it is rather precarious point, i am afraid. it is a precarious point but we are in a better situation when it comes to treatment and how much we know about the disease presumably? there are a number of things that put us in a better situation, we have better testing and tracing capabilities and we have a much better understanding of the disease. what is great to see it appears the risk of death in hospitalised patients is coming down. it was very high at about 25 to 30% in the last way. although the data, a preliminary it looks like it is coming down. that is good news but turning back to the tipping point question, it was suggested we might be close to having to cancel or delay nonurgent operations across the nhs to stop hospitals being overwhelmed this autum

but speaking on the andrew marr programme this morning, the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham called on the government to change their approach. the places they are trying to close in tier 3, pubs, bookies, gyms, these are places where people are on low wages. and what we are saying is you cannot take away their place of work and not give them support. an 80% furlough of the kind we had back in march. think of the taxi drivers, the people who work on the doors in those pubs, many of them self—employed, 80% self—employment support scheme, this is notjust greater manchester's fight, andrew, this is everyone's concern. everyone could end up in tier 3 during the course of this winter. what i would say to everybody is, support us in this. i would ask your viewers to contact their mps to support us. it is about taking the country fairly through a very challenging winter. no indication the treasury is about to change its policy and go back to paying 80% of workers' wages as it did during the furlough scheme during the national lockdown in the early stages of the pandemic. but andy bu

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, boris johnson acknowledged the fatigue being felt by many areas ofcurrently under increased lockdown restrictions. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley said ministers are attempting to balance keeping the spread of the virus until control without doing any further damage to the uk economy. the government is reluctant to put in big national measures, instead focusing on local ones in different parts of the country. i think we got a slightly mixed message from boris johnson this morning. as you said, he was saying people should be fearless as long as they used common sense but he was also really cautious about what the next few months might look like. what we want people to do is to behave fearlessly but with common sense, fearlessly but with common sense, fearlessly but with common sense, to follow the guidance, whether national or local. get the virus down but allow us, as a country, to continue with our priorities. continue to keep kids in education, continue to keep our economy moving. and as far as we possibly can. and what i hope is that, and

watching mrjohnson on andrew marr on sunday where he spoke of the tension between the economy and thecourse we understand, he came across as someone who is indecisive, late to act and failing to find a way to steer between these two options. the result being of course that we failed in both. churchill said "trust the people". government has not done that. but if you don't do it, they stop trusting government, and that is what is happening. of course we need rules, but we need sensible ones which everyone can see and which are enforceable. lord bethell likened the debate to the sound of an elastic band being pulled as tight as it could go, but he said the bottom line was that social distancing meant putting space between ourselves and the people we love. where there was love, it puts in space. and that, my lords, is something i cannot apologise for, i cannot change it, i cannot find some form of words that transform sensible fact or in any way changes the grim realities of how we have to limit the transmission of this disease. lord bethell. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me

situation would improve but, as we heard, rachel reeves, the shadow cabinet minister pressed on the andrew marr the circuit breaker routine may have to be repeated time and again to keep the virus under control. the government could, of course, just impose this? it could. michael gove said that again this morning and the prime minister said it in his press conference earlier this week. he said, if there is no agreement, he may need to intervene and impose restrictions, which the government absolutely can do. it would create a very difficult and awkward situation politically, though, leaving the people of greater manchester perhaps wondering who, whose orders they were following, who they should be listening to and arguments about how those rules would be enforced or not, which is why we saw the police intervening earlier in the week, so it's a political headache that both sides want to avoid. a record number of shops have closed on britain's high streets during the first six months of this year as the coronarivus lockdown hit many stores hard. according to research, more than 11,000 chain store

there is a special extended andrew marr show at 9:00 tomorrow morning on bbc one.ove and labour leader sir kier starmer. that's it from me. goodnight. hello there, a very stormy when we right across the uk, stormy winds and gales across the country. a full sunday, again widespread gales, maybe not quite as windy as we have had on saturday, but there will be further heavy rain. that day's storm moving away, this new one moving in full sunday actually contains the re m na nts of full sunday actually contains the remnants of what was hurricane vito. we will start off with very windy and wet weather through the morning, could see a bit of brightness through central areas, but more rain will move into parts of northern ireland, certainly wales and the south—west, water really mounting up here, could see some minorflooding problems. another gusty day, and especially across the west of scotla nd especially across the west of scotland here, severe gales likely, with blustery spells and sunny spells. another mild day for central and southern areas, a bit cooler in the north

anthony fauci they are talking to andrew marr on sunday morning.rking from home, to continue doing so until spring at the earliest. the bank said the decision was in line with government guidance. lloyds has 65,000 staff, about two thirds of whom are currently working remotely. lee kun—hee, the chairman of the south korean tech giant, samsung electronics, has died aged 78. mr lee helped transform his family's small noodle trading business into the world's largest producer of smartphones and memory chips. with an estimated net worth of £16 billion, he was south korea's richest person. he had spent more than six years in hospital, following a heart attack. that was in 2014. the number killed in a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul, on saturday, has risen to 2a — most of the dead were students at a private education centre. the islamic state group has said it carried out the attack in the predominately shia muslim neighbourhood. the un has described the bombing as a callous and senseless war crime. secunder kermani reports. the alley outs

speaking on the andrew marr programme, the epidemiologist professor peter horby was asked if he agreedase in cases, in hospitalisations, both in younger adults but also in the elderly and those most at risk, and we are seeing the numbers of deaths increase as well, so it really is a rather precarious point, i'm afraid. it's a precarious point, but we are ina it's a precarious point, but we are in a better situation when it comes to treatment and how much we know about the disease, presumably? there's a number of things that put us there's a number of things that put us in there's a number of things that put usina there's a number of things that put us in a better situation. we have much better testing and tracing capabilities and a better understanding of the disease. the risk of death in hospitalised patients is coming down. it was an about 25, 30% in the last wave, pretty high, and although the data is preliminary, it looks as though it is coming down below 20%, and that's a really positive piece of news. it is good news, but on the tipping point question, it has been suggested we mi

the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9:00. good morning, andrew. a big morning.athan ashworth and by the wonderful actress imelda staunton, who has good news from the world of the arts. you don‘t often hear that. all that at nine o‘clock. it‘s the london marathon today, but this year with a difference. 45,000 people from around the world will take part in the race virtually for the first time because of the pandemic. one of those is our very own louise. she‘s completing the 26.2 miles in cheshire and has roped in a familiar face to run with her. good morning! it is looking... good morning. it is looking mediterranean. the sun is beating down, the sunscreen is essential. so, the last time, very good morning to you and thank you for coming to see us, the last time we run together we were in the media and it was much hotter than this, wasn‘t it? so the weather is looking not fantastic. what is so amazing about this virtual marathon is that we are at the top of a hill and we have three people behind us, look, katie, julia and claire. they are also running the virtual

the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9am this morning. what's on the programme today, andrew?urnham, the rebel mayor of greater manchester and to his colleague on the labour front bench, manchester and to his colleague on the labourfront bench, rachel reeves. an interesting behavioural scientist who talks about wavy obey some rules and not other rules, that's loosely yardley. and a have the wonderful dawn french, comedian and writer. a very busy hour at nine o'clock. please do join and writer. a very busy hour at nine o'clock. please dojoin me if you possibly can. thanks, andrew, we will be there. and some sport news.” and some sport news. i was looking forward to andrew marr. i love a bit of dawn french. yesterday was spent mainly watching by, yesterday was spent mainly watching rugby, glittering piece from both codes. the final of the challenge cup, the final of the european cup. exeter chiefs have been crowned european champions for the first time. they beat the french side racing 92, in the champions cup final in bristol and it's a title that caps off a remarkable transfor

and at 9am we will have the andrew marr show. andrew, good morning, another busy so, i imagine. here i am talking to the wells health minister, brandon lewis and to sir ian dimon, the uk's top statistician. maybe it will help us a nswer statistician. maybe it will help us answer the simple question of what is going on? that is one way of putting it. see you later. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello to you. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news atjust after 7:30am. the government is facing mounting pressure over its decision not to extend its meal vouchers scheme for vulnerable children during the school holidays. more than 2000 doctors, including many leading paediatricians, have written an open letter to the prime minister calling for him to reverse the decision. the government says a further £1 billion has been made available to local councils to support low income families. the welsh government has said it will review its ban on supermarkets selling non—essential items following call

he says this is an ongoing issue, so not rectified as the prime minister said on andrew marr, when willst software? held on a excel spreadsheet, not specialist software ? he held on a excel spreadsheet, not specialist software? he likes to boast of his background in software developing, so did he sign off this system, was he aware of it? the department of health is responsible for pillow to testing data, his department is the data controller so he is ultimately responsible for this mess, a mess that is made up of the fragmented system is passing data back and forth between his department, phd and outsourcing companies like serco and deloitte and it is costing us £12 billion, mr speaker. surely now is the time to not renew serco a's contract and instead give responsibility and resources to nhs labs and local public health teams to deliver testing and tracing, mr speaker? now he says the data does not impact on decisions that have been made about local restrictions, but areas already under restrictions, like bury, manchester, newcastle and liverpool have seen increases as a result of this

the andrew marr show will be here on bbc one at 9am, let's find out what he's got in store this morningo the communities secretary robert jenrick. join me if you can at nine. look forward to it, andrew, many thanks. it is just approaching 8.30. you are watching at breakfast. more on the new coronavirus was touch and is coming up. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. talks on further coronavirus restrictions for the worst—hit parts of england will take place today. the government and local leaders will discuss the measures, ahead of an expected announcement on the new rules tomorrow. but council leaders and mayors say the help offered to those no longer able to work because of the restrictions is inadequate. let's speak now to jamie driscoll, who is the labour mayor for the north of tyne combined authority. good authority. to see you. the papers are full of good to see you. the papers are full of speculation this morning about what tomorrow might bring. what do you know for certain? we have spoke with government officials. we asked very specifically will we be mo

i was worried yesterday when i saw one of my colleagues and andrew marr saying that if we have to do. we really have to get a grip on this and i want the welsh government to come forward with a plan, a strategy how we're going tackle this. thank you forjoining me. leaders in manchester do not know the full details. after constructive talks yesterday, some leaders think this could be the government's attempt before it imposes new restrictions anyway. this is a city that's been on the edge for days now. people know new restrictions are coming, but they're still not clear exactly when or what they'll mean. if they want to put us into tier 3, they need to make sure they provide the money, the 80% furlough for the people and businesses so they don't collapse. for me, i think we should keep it as it is at this current moment in time. get the economy back up and running, an absolutely massive must for me, definitely. you don't want to see extra restrictions? no way, no. i'm from australia and they've had really tough restrictions. my family are still in lockdown over there and their cases a

even when he was talking to andrew marr on sunday he said it would be inappropriate for him to approachthe election. pounding the streets in the middle of winter, prodding leaflets through the letterbox and into the jaws of dogs save this country from socialism and when this party at the biggest election victory in a generation. i was going to say how great it is to be here in birmingham, but the fact is that we are not in birmingham. this is not a conference hall and, alas, i cannot see any of you in front of me. there is no one to clap or heckle. i don't know about you, but i have had more than enough of this disease that attacks not only human beings but so many of the greatest things about our country. our pubs, our clubs, our country. our pubs, our clubs, our football, our theatre, and our country. our pubs, our clubs, ourfootball, our theatre, and all the gossip eight gregariousness and love of human contact that drives the creativity of our economy. and soi the creativity of our economy. and so i want to thank you all for zooming in and i can tell you that your government is work

complained of the: and rachel edwards asked: we put those points to bbc news and they told us: the andrew marr time... johnson: on, on, on, on, i know, i know... crosstalk. ..and i know people are furious and they're furious... can ijump in? ..and they're furious with me and they're furious with the government... they are. and yes it could have been better... crosstalk. ok, we're must keep carrying on... ..and we're going to get a lot better... ..there's a lot to talk to you about. but on the other hand... crosstalk. looking at, sorry, i have to stop you there... but on the other hand... crosstalk. let me just stop you... ..i think what people want to realise... let me just stop you there... ..is that there is a way... we have to move on, we've only got five minutes left. crosstalk. ..impossible or in, or in, or intolerable, i think we can prosper. sure, ok. crosstalk. we need to think about this. very last question, we're on, we're overtime. crosstalk. cast any dispersion on... tim pilling was watching that and fired off this e—mail. ann sproules also had that question and recorded a video fo