andy burnham, the mayor of manchester, there.hools, and we can speak to two parents. with me is becky strafford whose daughter is 11—year—old millie. millie has asthma and eczema and returns to school tomorrow. mum—of—three, joanna barrett in glasgow. two ofjoanna's children were in the shielding category as they have cystic fibrosis. they went back to school three weeks agos. thank you forjoining us. how are you feeling about millie going back? i think we are feeling pretty excited. it has been a long few months with millie being at home. i think she is particularly excited to get back to some kind of normality. do you have any concerns about her condition because it can be triggered by things like cleaning spray, i understand. yes, absolutely. we have done quite a lot of work with millie and the school, over the last few months and particularly over the summer, we have researched the facts rather than making assumptions. speaking with the school around processes as well because what happens with her if she was to have an asthma

the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham now says he doesn't think that is working on its own andohol in off—licences. but the government has said or england that it will not be further reviewed. and of course, there is a debate in westminster about the extent to which the state should be intervening in people's lives. but wherever that debate goes, lives. but wherever that debate o lives. but wherever that debate goes, we have certainly seen today that there are a lot more interventions being put in place. hugh pym, our health editor. some 40 universities in the united kingdom have now reported cases of coronavirus, forcing thousands of students to self—isolate as the new term begins. many students are demanding to know why they were encouraged to leave home and pay for accommodation when much of the teaching is being done online. aberystwyth university is the latest to suspend face—to—face teaching because of the pandemic. after a wave of complaints, the scottish government has now changed its guidance to allow students to return home if they wish, although the entire household

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has warned that the ten o'clock curfew on pubs, bars andin england may be doing more harm than good. students, too, are unhappy — many starting at university in lockdown and unable to get supplies. the government says it is keeping an open mind about the new regulations but has introduced fines of up to £10,000 for those who refuse to self—isolate in england. 0ur health correspondent naomi grimley reports. not in the spirit of the rules. these pictures of revellers in liverpool after the 10pm curfew have got public health experts worried, and ministers are pleading with the pa rtygoers to and ministers are pleading with the partygoers to find their sense public responsibility.” partygoers to find their sense public responsibility. i actually do hope that people who are watching, listening, today, and anyone planning a night out this week, will think, actually, no, i really get it, i realise that although it might be the fun thing to do to keep on partying, it does not mean it is the right thing to do. it is notjust liverpool. the same has h

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has described the events of the past few days as com pleteas complete chaos. the health secretary matt hancock has said given rising infection rates in bolton and here in trafford that reimposing the lockdown measures was the right thing to do. lockdown measures was the right thing to do. the latest government figures for coronavirus show there were 1,508 new confirmed cases across the uk in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases per day in the last week has been 1,404. the deaths of ten people were also reported, that's those who have died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. on average in the past week seven deaths have been announced each day. that means the total number, across the uk, is now 41,514. the number of people under 25 who are on universal credit has doubled since march. now the government has launched a £2 billion scheme aimed at helping them. under the kickstart programme, businesses will be able to offer placements with the government helping to cover the costs. our business editor simon

andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester, there.is part of the new people breaking the rules, people who think it don't apply to them, and he says lots of people, young and he says lots of people, young and old, should know better. sarah says her daughter is in glasgow so is she allowed to come and visit in the town not in restricted areas which are much she has but her last few days of holiday and booked the bus, and we have not seen her since before lockdown. sarah, i think the a nswer before lockdown. sarah, i think the answer is no because the rule is don't mix with people in other households. the scottish government, says margaret, has given clear advice about the pandemic and tha nkfully advice about the pandemic and thankfully the majority of the population have complied. i am happy to ta ke population have complied. i am happy to take personal responsibility and follow the latest advice. 14 people have gone on trial in paris, in connection with attacks in 2015 on the satirical magazine charlie hebdo and a jewish supermarket.

and here's trhe mayor of greater manchester andy burnham and here's the mayor of greater manchester andyews pro ba bly my personal feeling is that the curfews probably doing more harm than good and that it's creating a major incentive for people to carry on parting at home and that is what we are told is the main place for the virus is spread by gathering in the virus is spread by gathering in the home i think the government needs to get some urgent consideration to this. the police too have concerns. this is the chair of the staff association that represtents police in england and wales. he did not have to be a scientist to know that if you close the bars and restau ra nts know that if you close the bars and restaurants in know that if you close the bars and restau ra nts in a ny know that if you close the bars and restaurants in any given time, eve ryo ne restaurants in any given time, everyone out the door would be with the bars and restaurants completely empty but the streets are full and a handful of police officers are available like to deal with that. some people have said to me a

andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester, earlier spoke out against the idea of eating these restrictionse of heart. we do, and keir starmer was right to put the prime minister on the spot about his incompetence... problems with sound. it was one of the most embarrassing and shambolic performances by the prime minister i have seen to date, and that has put the conservatives... a lot regarded the prime minister possible could tone in responding to those families who have been bereaved i was a result of covid and his attitude to a series of other issues, and some fairly ill judged comments about the ira, which saw him being chastised not only by keir starmer bye—bye the speaker. it exemplifies the kind of incompetence we have seen this autumn, and we need more competence on health, schools, the economy and jobs and thatis schools, the economy and jobs and that is not what we are getting from this prime minister. we will speak to pete wishart from the snp in a moment, but let's pick up on prime minister's questions, and one the first thing that came up was what had happened over schools, the

tonight here in greater manchester beat mayor andy burnham has announced his intention to try and enlistsi was and fire officers to help boost the numbers are people who are in christ. but these issues have been coming from right across the region. we have spoken to people in lancashire, warrington, merseyside, all of them expressing the frustration around their inability to book a test quickly. as we've heard, the demand for tests has gone up over the last couple of weeks. but does that account for the problems — some would say crisis — in the testing regime across the uk? 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has been taking a close look at how the testing system works. long waits and frustration for people in southend queueing at a walk—in virus testing centre today — further evidence of the immense strain on the whole system. i dropped my daughter off with my granddaughter, she was about 350 people behind all these, to be told that they cannot get tested because they don't have enough. they only had enough tests to do about 150 people. beth, who lives in surrey, has been trying repeatedly sin

andy burnham told journalists... and of course all of this is becoming intensely political.st because the government itself has been struggling to remember them all. no, i don‘t know the answer to that question but i‘m sure we can find out the answer. ijust don‘t have the details of those seven areas. it is six in a home, or six in hospitality, but as i understand it, not six outside. you are a flagship programme when it comes to serious news. it is not a quiz show. the prime minister later apologised for providing incorrect information about the restrictions, saying he misspoke. and today during prime minister‘s questions, he defended the current restrictions. mr speaker, if the prime minister doesn't understand the rules and his own council leaders are complaining about mixed messages, how does the prime minister expect the rest of the country to understand and follow the rules? mr speaker, i actually think the people in this country do understand and overwhelmingly do follow the rules and that is in spite of the efforts of the leader of the opposition continually to try t

about forty universities around the uk have now reported andy burnham is the mayor of great manchesterfor being with us. it certainly should be looked at again. i think we need urgent review of the evidence of police forces across the board. especially in greater manchester on saturday night with people can gather pumps and into the supermarkets and shops in one of the biggest problems is it creates incentives for more social gatherings and what we are told by the experts is that that is the big reason, the big place where more transmission of the virus takes place. so, it will feel to me that the curfew will be operating in contradiction to preventing social gatherings in the home and that is the point that the government has to address. what is your alternativeyou're not going to have that curfew, are you going to shut down the pubs and restaurants are together and all that might entail for the hospitality sectors that is already on sneeze? -- already on its needs. bars can create a more regulated environment for people to be in an social distance. those places have really implemente

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, said the system's struggles have come at the worst possible is if testing fails everything else fails with it. without good testing there is no tracing, no isolating and this will mean we cannot have any effective control of the virus, and it comes at the worst possible time. i think we have two or three weeks to fix these things and if we don't, the worry is we will never regain control as we go into the rest of the autumn and winter. the health secretary has said there will be prioritisation of tests for people with acute clinical need and those in social care settings. but nhs leaders have called for health workers to be near the top of that list as well as demand for tests continues to outstrip supply. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is at westminster. it jonathan blake, is at westminster. is still going to weeks it is still going to take a few weeks to sort this, it would appear. yes, that is matt hancock said yesterday and with that there was an admission that this is a problem and admission that this is a problem and a prob

yes, previously we heard from andy burnham, and there has to be recognition that local public healthroblems than those that are more distant to the outbreaks. it is centralisation versus outbreaks. it is centralisation versus local models, again. peter, would you agree that we are now unavoidably going to see more of these tighter restrictions, local lockdown is, whatever you choose to call them, as a way of averting the sort of pique that we saw earlier? unfortunately, i think that is right. we are seeing cases rise to a concerning degree across the country. the idea is to tackle things in some of the hotspots and prevent that kind of exponential growth that we saw back in march. unfortunately, we can expect to see more measures like this imposing weeks to come. let's get interviewer questions, i hope for those of you who have been questions about restrictions, that gives some hint of what is to come. we will be dealing with questions later on bbc news. charlie asks, with a heavy dose of irony, how does a curfew reduce the spread of covid—19? does the virus only spread during the ni

and on the ten o'clock curfew, the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has been questioning whetherweekend people clustering together when they were thrown out of the pubs and restau ra nts thrown out of the pubs and restaurants at ten o'clock. so he is calling for a potential rethink on that. i think that view will be shared by some conservative mps as well, and earlier, the care minister, helen whately, was asks about that and she said the new measures were simply taking some time to bed in. she was also asked, of course, about the scale of the fines being imposed on people and she said this is all really about greater clarity. while the majority of people have been following the rules, we know that not everybody has, and that is why we have been seeing the increase in the rates again, and it is really clear, really simple, whether it is the rule of six, or if you have symptoms, get positive, isolate, get contacted by test and trace, you need to self—isolate, this is really clear. on the 10pm curfew, the mayor of greater manchester was on the radio this morning saying that he thou

andy burnham was speaking as the government prepares to publish details of how it will limit access tots as the system struggles to cope with demand. greg mckenzie reports. the signs are clear, the testing system is struggling to cope with reports that some in desperation are turning up at accident and emergency seeking coronavirus tests. it is led to this warning in bolton which currently has the highest infection rate in england. please, do not attend the hospital here if you think you have covid—19. unless you are seriously unwell, for example if you have difficulty breathing or if you have difficulty breathing or if you have difficulty breathing or if you have been sent here from a consultation with a gp. the government says there are more tests being done in the uk than in most european countries and it wants to double the number by october. but with the health and secretary matt hancock admitting the current crisis would take weeks to fix, many who need one are finding it difficult to get a test now. a care worker, i came in on sunday and i can't go to work. i tried online, came

we had andy burnham recently in manchester saying national government should but out, it is up to usa needs to be there and so there has to be local authority and community buying to ensure local lockdown terror successful. local lockdown, is this the way other countries are going as well? i heard the world health 0rganization commending the uk for the way we are doing it and they see thatis the way we are doing it and they see that is the right way ahead. there are several international examples of local lockdown is, germany, italy, melbourne is currently under quite a strict lockdown as well and they are seeing case numbers drop and community transmission decline, so there is evidence of a local lockdown being effective. what is your general view of what is happening with coronavirus in the uk? how do you read it as an ep —— epidemiologist? what is your sense of how it is going? we have seen an improvement from the peak in march, but recently with restrictions relaxing and pubs and restaurants and hospitality sector opening up, we are seeing an increase in cases that are going slig

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has warned the ten o'clock curfew on pubs, bars and restaurantsay be doing more harm than good. students, too, are unhappy — many starting at university in lockdown — and unable to get supplies. the government says it's keeping an open mind about the new regulations in england — which mean that anyone who tests positive for coronavirus — or has been told they've been in contact with someone who has — now has a legal duty to stay at home. under the new rules anyone required to self—isolate, who doesn't, will be fined £1,000, rising to a maximum fine of £10,000 for repeat offenders or serious breaches. around four million people on low incomes who can't work, and are losing income whilst self—isolating, will be eligible for a £500 payment. the government hopes the measures will reduce the spread of covid—i9 as our health correspondent naomi grimley reports. not in the spirit of the rules, these pictures of revellers in liverpool after the 10pm curfew have got public health experts worried and ministers are pleading with the pa rtygoers to and minist

the region's mayor, andy burnham, said the government's decision—making was complete chaos.t dominic hughes reports from altrincham. at the common ground cafe in altrincham, customers are trying to process the off—again, on—again lockdown regulations. for students katherine, olivia and catrina, it's a bit of a mess. when i left the house to come and meet these two, on my phone to say that there's been a change around, the against russia. the kremlin‘s reaction, poison - him? no reaction, poison what poison. no poison was found in alexei navalny‘s body. we hear this thing time and time when russia is accused of doing something under vladimir putin the default reaction is to deny it and try to confuse and muddy the waters. we saw in in salisbury and accusations . russian meddling in american election. - a denial the american election. but a denial isn't being to convince angela merkel or president macron, but does russia care? increasingly i get the impression that russia doesn't care what the west thinks about it. thank you. the number of people under 25 who are on universal

earlier, the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, called the decision to loosen the restrictionsd "illogical." the most recent data from the department shows. there were 66.6 cases of the virus per 100,000 people in bolton on the 30th august. that's up from 18.9 cases per 100,000 people between the 17th and 23rd of august. it's a similar story in trafford — 36.8 cases per 100,000 on 30th august. up from 17.8 cases per 100,000 between the 17th 23rd of august. our health correspondent dominic hughes is in trafford and gave us this update. simon, it was a brief respite for residents from bolton and trafford from these restrictions that were put in over two households are meeting in homes or gardens. they we re meeting in homes or gardens. they were put in place towards the end of july. those restrictions were lifted at midnightand july. those restrictions were lifted at midnight and a little over 12 hours later, they were put back in place. when the announcement was made these restrictions were going to be lifted on friday, councillors at trafford town hall wrote to the government a

in the level of infection rates over the last few days" earlier the mayor of greater manchester andy burnhamtions in the areas concerned illogical. the most recent data from the department of health shows there were 66.6 cases of the virus per 100,000 people in bolton on the 30th august. that's up from 18.9 cases per 100,000 people between the 17th and 23rd of august. it's a similar story in trafford, 36.8 cases per 100,000 on 30th august up from 17.8 cases per 100,000 between the 17th 23rd of august. earlier i spoke to labour leader of trafford council, andrew western, he says he shares the frustration of people in the area. it has been a very confusing few days for us in trafford. clearly, we want these restrictions lifted as quickly as possible, but it's about when it is safe to do so and we had recommended we left the restrictions in place for another week or two in trafford if we could see evidence of a downward trend in positive cases, but we have not seen that over the past week and we have more than doubled in our rate of positive cases. so really, in terms of where we are at now, i