this isn'tjust andy burnham. leader of middlesbrough council says you are using bad data. the leader of hartlepool says the government can sod off if it wants to impose more restrictions. why can't you convince northern leaders of all stripes you are doing the right thing? and can the country go forward together if you can? and jonathan van time, can i ask quickly, today's death toll is shockingly high, 241 people — is that a blip? you talked about things being baked in — is that what we will see regularly over the next few weeks? well, jason, first of all, let mejust say, weeks? well, jason, first of all, let me just say, in respect of the funding of greater manchester, obviously, we want to do more, we want, as we said, but for the sake of fairness, the deal has to be in line with the agreements we've reached with lancashire and merseyside, for instance, where we have made progress. ijust remind you that, in terms of business support, 46,700 business premises in greater manchester have received local authority

sorry, andy burnham is now appearing so we wa nt to andy burnham is now appearing so we want to hearbusinesses are on the brink of closure, and to accept any further restrictions in these circumstances would be certain to increase levels of poverty, homelessness, and hardship within our city region. let‘s be clear who is most affected bya let‘s be clear who is most affected by a tier 3 lockdown, it is people working in pubs, in bookmakers, driving taxis, people too often forgotten driving taxis, people too often fo rg otte n by driving taxis, people too often forgotten by those in power. but this city region has never walked on by and it never will. at the start of these negotiations, together with the leaders of our councils, we made a commitment to all of those people, that we would look out for them and stand up for what is right. it cannot be right to close people‘s place of work without giving them proper support, so they can look after themselves, their families, through a very challenging winter that lies ahead. so we have been clear throughout, we could only accept further re

janice, do you support andy burnham's approach?nity worker, i didn't get any support on the first lockdown. obviously, community groups, nonprofit organisations, i feel like we are the forgotten people who are at the core of supporting people with mental health and physical health, and i believe that if andy burnham is supporting manchester, which i believe he is doing, he needs to challenge the government on supporting community groups. on the first lockdown, i had no support, and if it goes on lockdown again, as and if it goes on lockdown again, as a community worker, how will i support local people who are suffering with health problems, physically and mentally, who i am doing a greatjob because they are supporting me? i need that support from the government, so either andy burnham or the government needs to start looking at the forgotten groups, which i feel i am one of them. what is it like waiting to find out if you are moving into tier 3 while these talks are going on between local leaders and national leaders? which have be

andy burnham and number 10 downing street.ked dominic used to talk us through. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has been looking at the figures around coronavirus cases in greater manchester. we know that the latest data shows that infection rates in the city of manchester itself are actually falling. across greater manchester which includes another nine boroughs, for example here in salford, those rates are rising slightly. so it is a mixed picture but it's still way off areas like derry, nottingham and liverpool. but the key thing really isn't the infection rate. the key thing is, who is getting ill and how badly they are falling ill with the virus. for example we know that if lots of otherwise fit and well students in their 20s fall ill, that doesn't have a massive impact on the health service. but if people with underlying health conditions or older people start to fall ill, that really does. last week it was reported that in liverpool, around 95% of their intensive care beds were full with covid patients. andy bu

you have some tory mps united with andy burnham. where does labour stand on this?burnham, of course, is a former cabinet minister, labour cabinet minister. he is, a one—time candidate for the labour leadership as well, we shouldn't forget. this is an issue which crosses many fault lines, notjust national versus local government, conservative versus labour, north versus south as well. many conservative mps representing constituencies in greater manchester, as you suggest, are in agreement with mr burnham that tier 3 restrictions are either not needed or, if they are to be brought in, furtherfinancial support is necessary. labour's position is, as we heard, sir keir starmer set out earlier in the week, a short, time—limited, tightening of restrictions at a national level in england is needed to slow the spread of the virus, during which time, perhaps the test and trace system could be level to more efficiently keep the virus under control and perhaps the situation would improve but, as we heard, rachel reeves, the shadow cabinet minister pressed on the andrew marr pr

it wasn't just andy burnham made on andy burnham rejected it.burnham that rejected the offer of 60 million, collectively it was the ten council leaders and andy burnham. if you look at the pictures from the press conference, five of us were stood behind him because we supported his position. £60 million was not enough and it remains not enough. i'm not about to sell out my colleagues, sell—out businesses and individuals that will be hit hard by tier 3 for an insufficient amount of money. you are not going to pick up the phone to the housing secretary?” are not going to pick up the phone to the housing secretary? i am not going to break ranks with my collea g u es going to break ranks with my colleagues across greater manchester who are united in my position that £60 million is not sufficient to support people who are affected by tier 3 during the period of lockdown. from a business point of view, businesses that have been in limbo for ten days, just waiting, what financial help will be available to them from friday? businesses have been in limbo

said that andy burnham needs to give therem manchester and andy burnham is pulling up the drawbridgeing and tracing and forjobs and businesses. that's right. we would be supporting that. but we cannot have a situation where andy burnham is effectively saying unless you give us what we want we will not do the right thing which is following the new rules which will protect the very people of manchester that he is elected to represent. labour wants to see a 2-3 week short national lockdown. there isa week short national lockdown. there is a bit ofa week short national lockdown. there is a bit of a circular argument going on with the politics of this at the moment. on the one hand you have andy burnham saying that the government appears to be willing to impose restrictions on my region that it impose restrictions on my region thatitis impose restrictions on my region that it is not willing to impose across the country because it thinks it will be too damaging. on the other you have the government saying that andy burnham is objecting to restrictions in greater manchester that labour woul

we can't have a situation where andy burnham is effectively saying, unless you give us what we want, we are not going to do the right thing in terms of following the new rules which will protect the very people of manchester he was elected to represent. "damaging to public health" — a warning from scientists as the standoff between regional leaders and ministers over covid restrictions intensifies. it comes as more than half of england's population will be living under high or very high alert restrictions from midnight tonight. what do you think about the new restrictions in your area and the impact they could have? do get in touch with me... details on screen below. hundreds of thousands of hospitality jobs will below. hundreds of thousands of hospitalityjobs will be at risk as a result of the new restrictions, according to the industry trade body. joe biden accuses his rival donald trump of panicking in his handling of the coronavirus pandemic as the pair take part in separate tv events. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. tensions are growing between local le

while the metro reports andy burnham is asking that mps are allowed to vote on extra funding for anyinto tier 3 in order to prevent "economic disaster". according to the financial times, europe's economy is sliding towards a double—dip recession, with economists warning that rising coronavirus infections and fresh government restrictions on people's movement are likely to cut short the region's recent recovery. and the daily mail says borisjohnson is on a collision course with the church over brexit as the uk's five anglican archbishops warn that controversial legislation would set a "disastrous precedent" and undermine britain's standing in the world. let's look at the times this addition. millions in it for manchester to buy off corona result. could be 100 million according to some estimates because the government desperately wants them to government desperately wants them to go into tier 3 willingly. it does and there is the issue there because of the moment there is unholiness and what makes it more complicated for the government and the story saysis for the government and the st

who is the gambler. 0ther andy burnham who is the gambler. saying that the government lowballed greater manchester and andy burnham says that people in manchester face a winter of hardship and that is on the cover unless they get this funding. and asking for a breakdown of why he needed all of this money and they could not give an answer or and they could not give an answer or a breakdown. there was another face on this card of the joker and a breakdown. there was another face on this card of thejoker and i cannot work out who it is. it is in such small picture, i was at the look at it upside down. listening to answer, but i'm going to be focusing on the picture. you know who this, please tell me. there he is your view of that from page?” please tell me. there he is your view of that from page? i think it is matt hancock the health secretary. looking down at his face in comments, yes, it's a really striking front page, not surprised. the papers kind of delicates colours to the manchester mass. a taking a step back from some of these political

the fundamental incoherence and the position of andy burnham in the position of andy burnham is that actually, the virus is not spreading at a rate that merits these restrictions. and then he is saying, but actually, i will have them if i have the money. if he were being truly concerned about public health, he would say, let's have these restrictions now. the other thing is the earlier we have the restrictions, in those areas where there is high instance, the better for the economy of those areas, because we stop the infection spreading in a way which will do further damage to the economy as well as to public health. this row continues to play out in public. it is worth noting though that it is not quite as simple as the government versus the mayor of greater manchester. there are a number of conservative mps representing constituencies in that region who are also holding out against the specific restrictions the government may want to impose and also agree that extra financial support is needed. now, brexit, michael gove was talking about that as well this morning. time is running o

andy burnham reflecting the views of other mayors in the reaching and several even some conservativeeeting this morning with the health minister and according to the reader of oldham council it did not get off to a flying start... the health minister said we would do this with you or without you and it will happen and not a great start to a meeting when you're looking for cooperation when you're looking for the cooperation of those mps and mayors in the northwest region. a passionate plea from andy burnham and they are being described as being used as canaries and a coal mine and the principal objections we re twofold, mine and the principal objections were twofold, one that it will not work and he claims that one of the government's chief medical adviser said it won't work and secondly the financial package that accompanies it is simply inadequate and you can't expect people on minimum wage to accept 60% of what they are before if the government is not putting up enough financial aid. the government can impose this on the region if they wish to. on the other hand andy burnham has sa

is a very sombre looking andy burnham on the guardian.d perhaps the same question to you about that £5 million from a political point of view. when we're looking at is cut in the government have just paid the extra 5 million to get this over with? the other way of looking at is of the regions will then say they more. only £5 million isa then say they more. only £5 million is a lot of money to an ordinary person but in government terms it's really very little. politically it so really very little. politically it so important for the government because liverpool city region and lancashire already in tier 3 lockdowns and they effectively went down without too much of a fight all said to the show in recent days. at the government is keyed to have its £8 per capita for the it was to keep that broadly the same across each area the lockdowns. now it appeared to act favourably to greater manchester which one hand to think many people would understand but on the other £5 million is not very much for the government to give, why would they not do th

but andy burnham is clear he wants more financial support for his region.nment has been arguing against that. michael gove, the chancellor for the duchy of lancaster, again this morning saying that andy burnham's argument is incoherent, pointing out that he does not accept the restrictions are needed or make sense, but would happily accept them if the government offers up enough money. he is suggesting a deal can be done, comparing the greater manchester situation to neighbouring lancashire and the liverpool city region, which have accepted a package of financial support from the government and agreed to stricter restrictions being put in place. here is what michael gove had to say. the fundamental incoherence in the position of andy burnham is that on the one hand, as i say, he says, actually, the virus is not spreading at a rate that merits these restrictions. and then he is saying, but actually, i will have them if i have the money. if he were being truly concerned about public health, he would say, let's have these restrictions now. the other thing is t

one of the things that like andy burnham the things that like andy burnham the joining the things thatthern cities. they are all saying that the chatis cities. they are all saying that the chat is as package of support has got to be much more generous, it has got to be much more generous, it has got to be more than the two thirds that they are offering, otherwise it is going to be impossible for people to follow the restrictions on their work because they will not be able to survive financially. they are venting their fury also acts not been consulted by governments and seeing the approach has got to change now because otherwise people are going to enter incredibly hard times. people are going to their savings and have gone through them and they have not been able to do so, the self—employed have not been factored in to support and they are suggesting mps try to table some sort of vote to reject this current package from the chancellor and the government and require government to return with a new package of measures so that people can afford to follow the restrictions that are suppose

he said cases here were doubling every nine days but, this morning, andy burnham told the bbc — andy of greater manchester — that was an exaggeration, so exactly what is going on here in manchester? if we look at some figures, first, since the beginning of september, we can see the infection rate in the city of manchester on this chart, the blue line, rose sharply for the first few weeks to exactly around the same time that thousands of students returned to the city at the start of university year but, in the days leading up to the 10th of october, it's declined. over the same period, the wider region of greater manchester, which is the line in red, including nine other boroughs, again saw a steady rise, a few peaks and troughs, but then it showed signs of levelling off in recent weeks. and if we look now at infection rates in manchester for the week ending the 12th of october, manchester was running at a58 infections per 100,000 people. in comparison, nottingham was at 880, while derry and strabane in northern ireland was at more than 1,000. but in many ways, it's not the number of

is andy burnham right?ognise that those on the lowest income are fighting this extraordinary challenge. and that's unlikely to change in the nearfuture. so we both agree that government has an absolute response ability to make sure that those people are properly supported. both of us wanted to see the furlough scheme being above the 80% rate. the government decided for their own reasons not to do that. locally what we are looking at is how we can intelligently deploy our limited resources, combined with what we've been able to secure from national government to get out and support our businesses as quickly as possible. so we are on the case with that. but the government must reflect on the fact that they were elected on a commitment to level up and to northern england. we have a comprehensive spending review take place in the not so distant future. we need to see that longer—term support coming in from the chancellor. that will be the real test of leveling up, whether we get the investment into the north th

andy burnham, the just to remind you, we are waiting to hear from andy burnham, the mayor andy burnham and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s jane dougall. no pressure! i will try to be as entertaining as andy burnham might be. clubs in the english football league are meeting to decide if they‘ll accept a bailout from the premier league worth £50 million. the offer will help teams in league‘s one and two, but not the championship. it comes after clubs in the top flight unanimously rejected the more radical changes proposed by project big picture. here‘s our football reporter simon stone. there was too much nuance in terms of voting rights and the way the league would be structured in favour of the six biggest clubs in the league, for the rest of the premier league to act. but what they do understand is that at the efl level, especially leagues one and two, there is an acute need for finance. so they made this £50 million offer. it is in the form of a grant and a loan. that is now being discussed today. my understanding is that the chairman of the efl and the chief e

i know that andy burnham, asi similar challenges.e've got to ensure there is parity between different parts of the country we are working with, so the financial packages are very broadly similar between what we've been able to offer in merseyside, lancashire and south yorkshire, and that is the fairand and south yorkshire, and that is the fair and proportionate approach we will take with other parts of the country who unfortunately have two consider tier 3. with south yorkshire, have you been negotiating with the mayor or local councils? we have worked with both. the local council leaders in the end nominated their mayor danjarvis to be our principal interlocutor and that made sense. in other parts of the country we have worked with a combination. in greater manchester i worked very productively with the council leaders there, people like sir richard leese, the long—standing leader of manchester city council and the leader of bolton council. my door is always open to council leaders in greater manchester and other parts of the countr

the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has continued to clash with the government overkdown restrictions for the region. mr burnham wants greater financial support if the strictest measures are imposed and he accused borisjohnson of exaggerating the severity of coronavirus in the area. his words were echoed by the senior conservative mp sir graham brady, whose constituency is in the region. the cabinet office minister michael gove accused mr burnham of inconsistency in his approach. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. waiting for work and waiting to find out what's coming next for greater manchester. taxi driverjohn says, for months, the tighter rules here compared to many other parts of the country have meant fewer passengers. he's worried about the possibility of even more restrictions. we need help up in the north. if you want to bring these things in, you know, we need financial backing otherwise it is going to be even worse again. this has been going on for a long time now and nothing seems to be resolved. i know covid is not going to disappear overnig

not just labour mps, matt hancock having heard what andy burnham said when outside westminster insteadop playing party politics. well, maybe he did not know this for conservative mps ina group not know this for conservative mps in a group as well but it's not party politics, it's a broad consists of of opinion among splitter configures the northwest that this proposed idea for that region simply won't work and is not properly funded. that leads us on quite nothing to the daily telegraph which reached the image of the queen we will come onto that later. the main headline the premise are pushed towards a national lockdown. the following from what you are saying thenis following from what you are saying then is that the direction that you feel the prime minister is going to be heading towards? certainly under increasing pressure to do that. wales is doing that and so is northern ireland or similar measures anyway. i've been talking about this to friends and i'm reluctantly coming around to the opinion that that possibly is the answer. as i said or indicated tier two or northwest simply ha

here's andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester. he's not happy...are willing to sacrifice jobs and businesses here to try save them elsewhere. greater manchester, the liverpool city region, and lancashire are being set up as the canaries in the coal mine for and experimental, regional lockdown strategy as an attempt to prevent the expense of what is truly needed. strong old stuff, isn't it, laura and adam, and that real sense that this regional strategy from the government as far as england is concerned, which we've heard was coming for quite well, actually now playing out, and seeing those tensions and seeing the awkwardness about what the government does when it's running up against as strong a resistance as that from greater manchester? that's right, and it's not just party political. matt hancock said earlier, "0h, its party political." implication — the northern mayors ijust trying to stir up trouble because they don't like the tories. that's not the case. there are some tory mps, including some very senior ones, who are upset notjust about the

and we are really seeing that this week with regional leaders like andy burnham and national leaderswest minister again and again. it's interesting that it didn't feel this way in march and april, did it was my daisy, let's look at the guardian obviously it hasn't had time on this addition to update the government with high noon ultimatum. it talks about england going it alone. as jack said there, we are going it alone. as jack said there, we a re really going it alone. as jack said there, we are really looking at a fascinating contest from in power in the uk between the central government and mayors as you mention andy burnham. just wondering, if borisjohnson doesn't pose these tier 3 lockdowns on manchester who would enforce it? that's the problem. who would enforce it, who would care, what with the penalties be? i really agree with what jack was saying about the regions beginning to creak at the seams. 0ur rep at the seams. we had already seen some of this with brexit. brexit and covid now seem to be jostling for the same problems, if you like. we've seen pose recently in scotland

one thing i think, i can say with real conviction is throughout this, i've spoken to andy burnham and with him and other leaders and senior officers from across the system of greater manchester, as well as several meetings and calls with the home secretary and one with the prime minister. and everyone has agreed on the necessity for enforcement of the regulations in place. everybody recognises that some of those are pretty tricky, and the police have had some really difficult decisions to make in dealing with those relations, but we have tried. we have tried to be proportionate in greater manchester. in the first period of lockdown, we were one of the lowest enforcing areas in the country because we saw huge amounts of compliance from people right across greater manchester. since we've had the local restrictions in place for around about ten weeks, we have ended up enforcing more and we've issued 563 notices in that period, because there is a hard core of people that just want to disobey the rules. acutally, we get a lot of people trying their absolute hardest here to comply, what are

it comes as the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, rejected plans for his area to move to theough the tiers include london, essex and york, which will move from medium to high alert from midnight. people will no longer be able to mix indoors with other households. from six o'clock tonight, pubs and restaurants in northern ireland will close for the next four weeks. and bbc news has been told that a limited "circuit—breaker lockdown" for wales could be announced in the next few days, to curb the rise in covid cases. the welsh government say no decisions have been made. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is at westminster. eddie looking like it is going to be announced in lancashire which is a tory led council. —— a deal. announced in lancashire which is a tory led council. -- a deal. talks picked up against this morning and we descend at an agreement has now been reached. we made them feel that it does not include closing gyms, leisure centres and hairdressers. there is a slight difference now with liverpool which is currently in the only place in that highest tier of covid

andy the things that like andy burnham the things that like andy burnham the joining the things that like andy burnham thejoining mayors of the things that like andy burnham the joining mayors of northern cities. they are all saying that the chatis cities. they are all saying that the chat is a's package of support has got to be much more generous, it has got to be much more generous, it has got to be more than the two thirds that they are offering, otherwise it is going to be impossible for people to follow the restrictions on their work because they will not be able to survive financially. they are venting their fury also acts not been consulted by governments and seeing the approach has got to change now because otherwise people are going to enter incredibly hard times. people are going to their savings and have gone through them and they have not been able to do so, the self—employed have not been factored in to support and they are suggesting mps try to table some sort of vote to reject this current package from the chancellor and the government and require government to return

andy burnham and boris johnson, johnson is that it was between andy burnham and borisjohnson, the mayor side of the negotiations, what greater manchester have been asking for is something in line with the kind of fun —— financial support offered to lancashire and to the liverpool city region, which has already moved into tier 3 restrictions. they are looking for around £75 million in financial support. i don't think there will necessarily get some of the other thing is looking for, as to sight of more scientific evidence as to why pubs and bars should close. the key argument from andy burnham that people on lower income should not be abandoned if there is a protected —— protracted lockdown, he was wanting something like a hardship fund for greater manchester. it doesn't seem to me that they are too far apart in terms of the total amount of money available. certainly, the prime minister's own involvement would suggest that the government is looking for a deal rather looking for imposition. nevertheless, if that isn't forthcoming, the prime minister will be addressing the nation again at

local leaders, including the mayor andy burnham, want a minimum of £75 million in financial support froml government if the area is put into the very high alert level. that would mean shutting many pubs and big restrictions on households mixing. without agreement, all eyes are now on the prime minister borisjohnson, who's hosting a briefing in downing street later this afternoon. our correspondent dan johnson is in manchester. done? yes, some people will say this isa done? yes, some people will say this is a failure of politics that there has been no agreement and an unacceptable delay in the meantime which may well have put more lives at risk, but there is a lot at steak here and there was agreement that extra measures in some form have been needed for the city but also is a major sticking points as to what they should be and what sort of package should come with them. that midday deadline has been and gone and people still do not have an answer. this city has been waiting for an agreement under the restrictions that has eluded politicians and left people wondering what is to come and w

there is a lot of anger, from people such as andy burnham, who presides over greater manchester, which was open mouth that so 3, who said he was open mouth that so much help is being given to tier 2as so much help is being given to tier 2 as well when his area was in that position for weeks and months and no help was given, so there is real tension emerging between tier 3 and tier2as tension emerging between tier 3 and tier 2 as well as the tensions there experiencing because of the restrictions placed on them. and also in the telegraph, the split between the financial side of this and detest and trace, but the telegraph here is talking also about rishi sunak but also that this is in order to avoid a national lockdown, according to the prime minister, something that some of the country do want to see. we are seeing a really split country. yeah, we absolutely... this shift to local and then regional restrictions and then seeing the scottish, welsh and northern irish governments go off in different directions as well, has created huge amounts of tension. i did the government has oddly de

certainly, andy burnham's site in this had made him clear that they will not make any further commentclear. on one level, that might seem like the tedious running commentary on the logistics of a negotiation, and it is, toa logistics of a negotiation, and it is, to a point, but also of these two sides cannot agree on the timing ofa two sides cannot agree on the timing of a phone call between them when there are such important issues at sta ke there are such important issues at stake here, which could have huge consequences, not least for the people of greater manchester and what restrictions they might find himself under, but also the continued spread of coronavirus. i think it does demonstrate a bit of a breakdown in communication, may be a breakdown in communication, may be a breakdown in communication, may be a breakdown in trust between downing street and andy burnham, possibly a bit of negotiating tactics going on between the two sides as well. jonathan blake, our political correspondent. the restrictions are having an serious impact on the hospitality industry, with three quarte

let's take it to a vote, andy burnham coleman for a vote in the commons to break the impasse, he said you get extra funding if you are automatically put into tier 3, the most serious restrictions? well, i think what has been made very clear re ce ntly think what has been made very clear recently is that we are not going to be able to have a sustained recovery without tackling the virus and we are not going to be able to tackle the virus without adequate economic support, so i think andy burnham is right to point out that it is not reasonable to think entire swathes of the country can go into what is effectively a form of lockdown without providing what we have had over the past couple of months which is been support for workers and support for businesses. 0bviously the furlough scheme is coming to an end and tapering off into the job support scheme with the job retention bonus happening next year, but it is not the same level of support. the same thing is happening, not so much in that news, but the support provided to businesses, especially small businesses, especially small business

i think andy burnham has done a greatjob sticking up for the people of manchester.ary. someone needs to listen to the people and so why not manchester? for ten days the politicians have been deadlocked. the labour mayor of greater manchester said he would accept a support package of £65 million. the government offered 60, there was no agreement. and this was andy burnham finding out the news during his own press conference yesterday. it will be £20 million only and they will try to pick off individual councils. booing it is brutal, to be honest. this is no way to run the country in a national crisis. in a strongly worded letter some conservative mps from greater manchester said mr burnham was putting his ego before his responsibility to those he represents and accused him of putting hundreds of thousands of people in jeopardy. this putting hundreds of thousands of people injeopardy. this lunchtime in the commons the prime minister confirmed the 60 million package would be distributed. yesterday, the mayor of greater manchester was offered a further £60 million, whic

but andy burnham has made it very clear that he will not roll over, in his words, the first sign of aorkshire as well. they say that the government is pressing them for a rapid agreement, but they are not going to be bounced into agreeing to going to be bounced into agreeing to going into tier 3 at this stage. i think these difficult negotiations which the government have is partly a consequence of this local and regional approach which boris johnson has taken. that means you have to get into lots and lots of protracted negotiations, rather than having a full—scale, nationwide lockdown, such as wales. iain, thank you very much. schools in northern ireland are closed for two weeks from today as new restrictions come into force. meanwhile, in the south, the irish government is set to tighten coronavirus restrictions — including shutting down most of the retail sector for several weeks. ministers are meeting in dublin this afternoon, with an announcement expected this evening. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has more. schools weren't meant to be still and silent this week, but half

andy burnham raised concerns about the financial package on offer.ill be forced to close and wages will be paid two thirds of these sellin but andy burnham says if you are on the minimum wage that‘s not enough and heaving support should go back to the kind of levels we saw in the first national lockdown. meanwhile we have heard lancashire is set to move into tier 3, the tightest set of restrictions, joining liverpool but some peculiarities are rising because tier 3 is supposed to be a basic level and then there is a negotiation over a tailored approach for different areas. for example, what you get in merseyside, gyms are shutting but soft play and car—boot sales can continue whereas in lancashire, gyms are staying open but soft play and car—boot sales are closing and joe anderson, the mayor of liverpool city, has said to date he is seeking urgent clarification as to why gyms in liverpool are having to close when they are not in lancashire. yes, it is hard to keep up. we will be back with you a little later but thank you very much. it appears that wa

you are giving too much time to andy burnham and labour up north.e a north—south divide and you are stirring this up in their favour. try to be a little more impartial if you can. that sense that too much airtime has been devoted to criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic has been expressed to us more widely over the past few weeks. linda bryce recorded this video for us summing up the thoughts of many viewers. i'm heartbroken with your continual negative coverage of the covid—19 crisis. the latest news has been very difficult to accept, that we are all going to have six months of quite severe restrictions, but every time we have a broadcast, the bbc

andy burnham will be at 7:30am.he whole country will face the highest level of restrictions for the next six weeks. measures to ban households mixing and to close non—essential businesses will come into effect at midnight on wednesday, following a surge in cases over the last fortnight. the prime minister, micheal martin, said tightening the rules now meant life might be more normal by christmas. there's a warning from the charity representing carers that many are exhausted and desperate for extra help, after providing more support for their family member during the pandemic. nearly two thirds of those who responded to a survey by carers uk say they're worried about the prospect of further restrictions over the winter. the government says it recognises the vital role played by unpaid carers. our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has more. let me just stand up. the start of another long day for elaine kenyon and her partner, ian gore. he has multiple sclerosis and needs constant support. he used to spend fiv

the mayor, andy burnham, has been demanding greaterfinancial support for companies and workers who'd be hit if the government imposed the highest restrictions. downing street said a phone call between the two sides had been arranged for tomorrow morning, but mr burnham's aides said that was not the case. it comes as more than 28 million people in england have spent their first day under tighter measures. lancashire hasjoined liverpool in tier 3 — the very high alert level — while a four—week "circuit breaker" has begun in northern ireland, meaning all hospitality venues are now closed, except to provide take—aways. and london and essex are among eight parts of england to be banned from mixing indoors with other households. prosecutors in france say a history teacher who was murdered in an apparent islamist terror attack was identified to his killer by school pupils. samuel paty, who was a7, was targeted on the outskirts of paris yesterday. he'd received threats after recently showing his students caricatures of the prophet muhammad. nine people have been arrested, including the fathe

of magister should be extremely proud of someone who is standing up and fighting for them. —— andy burnhamlocal lockdowns seem to be arbitrary. the 3—tier system is totally confusing. you have got different rules applying under the same system and i think he's right. it is all about the government saying we are playing two thirds of people's wages. if that is two thirds of the minimum wage, then clearly it is not enough people to live on. and nobody is going to be able to say to their landlord i can only pay two thirds of the rent this month or two thirds of the fuel bill. so it is an absolute and as nigel said this is a real test of anybody poss met leadership i'm afraid it's found a borisjohnson sadly wanting. it is about balancing the economy and it is about balancing public health. but it would be far better since we have managed to completely screw it up over the managed to completely screw it up overthe summerto managed to completely screw it up over the summer to actually have a lock down to try and reset, maybe we will even get track and trace working, who knows? because that seems

the businesses of manchester suffer or not surprisingly putting the blame squarely on the mayor andy burnhamwa nt to burnham. but the government does not want to do is encourage other people to up their demands, all those other areas of england in discussion, they do not want to get into this bidding war. but i think beyond this row of the money it is important to remember that millions more people in england will be living under very tough restrictions by friday and i think that they will expect politicians of all parties to work together to give them certainty and of course to work in the best interests. figures suggest bolton has the fastest rising number of coronavirus cases in greater manchester. it has been under some of the toughest covid restrictions — and now it goes into tier 3. our north of england correspondent, danny savage is in bolton and has been talking to people there. putting the political row aside the aim of these tiers we restrictions of course is to bring down the infection rate, to have fewer cases of coronavirus going round in the community. there's been a public cam

the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has accused borisjohnson of exaggerating the severity of coronavirus in the region, as the row continues over whether to put the area into the highest tier of restrictions. speaking on the andrew marr programme, mr burnham once again called for greater financial support if further 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 ideas pop and club closures, which would put the region into the high -- which would put the region into the high —— very high covert allow level, isn't enough. what we need, andrew, is a fair, financial framework of 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 the

going to take you to a press conference by northern city leaders including steve rotherham and andy burnhamnow, both steve and dan do have to leave the press conference likely early today, so when i come round to media questions, i am going to start with colleagues from the liverpool and sheffield city region is and then we will move onto other collea g u es then we will move onto other colleagues on the call. because we have got a lot of media on today, i am going to ask you to limit your question to a single question and if we have time at the end of the press conference, i will come round for follow—ups. i will try to get you all again if possible. i think that is probably the housekeeping apart from any colleagues who are not on mute, if you please could, and i will ask andy to kick off the press conference. thank you very much indeed, kevin, and thank you to all our colleagues from the media. forjoining us this afternoon. i want to preface everything i'm going to say by firstly making clear that for all of us firstly making clear that for all of us the health of our residents comes fir

but a treasury minister said andy burnham wanted manchester to be a special case.d differently to liverpool and lancashire, but also he was changing the purpose of the business support payments from one which was directed at supporting businesses into tier 3 areas to one which was about changes to our welfare provision across the entire united kingdom. but a labour mp from another city region said there weren't negotiations. there is a financial package which the government has decided upon, which has been offered to all areas which have been offered to tier 3 status. it's take—it—or—leave—it, there's no extra money going to be negotiated. that's exactly what leaders in south yorkshire have said — lots of civil servants in the room, telling us what we can't have. conservative mps accused labour of playing political games. i know the honourable member thinks this is a good crisis which the labour party should exploit, and i know she speaks for a lot of her front bench colleagues when she says that. you just see it in the "support, u—turn, oppose" approach that's cha

but the mayor, andy burnham, wanted £5 million more and refused the offer, saying it wasn't enough.ater, boris johnson went ahead and imposed the toughest restrictions, saying "not to act now" would put the lives of manchester's residents "at risk". but from midnight on thursday, all pubs and bars that do not serve substantial meals will have to close. there'll be no household mixing anywhere indoors or in private gardens. casinos and betting shops will shut. the region will receive £22 million to help with test and trace among other things. but talks are expected to resume with the government and local leaders about how much more will be given as an economic support package for businesses. the government's offer of £60 million is still on the table. first tonight, our deputy political editor, vicki young. for more than a week, the politicians have argued and for businesses that has meant uncertainty and anxiety. today, chris's worst fears became reality as his pub in wigan has got to close. we sort of knew it coming. it's bad news for the business and a struggle, but good news to f

we have this unseemly dispute between central government and local mayors about what andy burnham andovernment selective use of statistics and beer for the government over the last day or so saying that hospitals in the greater manchester area are near to bursting. and capacity is almost full. in retaliation coming out of manchester city saying that yes, the capacity is about 87% but that is normal for this time of year. there is nothing out of the ordinary. there prepared for covid—19 cases. so, you can see people hurling statistics around and hurling abuse around andl statistics around and hurling abuse around and i feel terribly sorry for the people in greater manchester wondering what on earth they're going to do tomorrow. are they going to follow the government guidelines, are they going to follow andy burnham who many of them believe has the best interest at heart, both financially and medically. it is interesting, the manchester news, given the deadline of noon on tuesday, until three restrictions, manchester evening news, that will be a fantastically important story. let‘s jus