and if that's not enough, on wednesday the 28th of october at 8pm, bbc parliament will be showing thege vi re—opening the commons chamber after the war—time bombing. so, plenty to keep you occupied until we return with our daily round—ups on monday the 2nd of november. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. at least some of us are getting to see the sunshine today, but there are some heavy downpours around. good news for rainbow spotters, plenty of these pictures coming in from our weather watcher today. especially where we have most of the showers. that it was the south and the rest of the uk, closer to this area of low pressure. some of the showers heavy with hail and thunder, some to the east avoiding most of the showers, seeing the best of the centre north—east england for example. into tonight, the showers keep on coming, particularly into the west and through sudden england. —— southern england. giving some heavier downpours in places, but some in eastern areas avoiding showers and staying dry, lowest temperatures going into monday morning. for tomorrow, temperatures goi

and if that's not enough, on wednesday the 28th of october at 8pm, bbc parliament will be showing "themmons chamber after the war—time bombing. so, plenty to keep you occupied until we return with our daily round—ups on monday the 2nd of november. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello. if you are hoping to get out and about this weekend, the weather may have an impact on your plans. it is looking decidedly unsettled. it will be windy, some heavy rain at times but not all the time. some drier and brighter moments as well. low pressure in charge of the weather at the moment. quite a big low and deep low as well. a lot of white lines and isobars quashing together. it shows we will have strong winds and the strongest of those will always be in association with this band of rain. the wet and windiest weather to start saturday across the western side of the uk, the rain band will push eastwards through the day and you can see the bright green and yellow colours showing up, a short and sharp burst of really intense rainfall accompanied by really squally winds pushing eastwards

and if that's not enough on wednesday the 28th of october at 8pm, bbc parliament will be showing "thevi re—opening the commons chamber after the war—time bombing. so, plenty to keep you occupied until we return with our daily round—ups on monday the 2nd of november. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello. saturday brought some extremely wet and rather blustery weather for many parts of the uk. it was a particularly soggy end to the day in eastern and south—eastern parts of england. not quite as wet for most of us on sunday. still some heavy showers around, some blustery winds, but some sunny spells in between. you can see the speckled shower clouds here pushing in on our earlier satellite image. and it's this stripe of cloud here that brought the heavy and persistent rain for many during the first half of the weekend. that is now clearing away. low pressure still very much driving the weather, so it is going to be another windy day and that wind coming in from the west will drive a fair few showers across parts of northern ireland, western scotland, the western side of e

and if that's not enough, on wednesday the 28th of october at 8pm, bbc parliament will be showing thepening the commons chamber after the war—time bombing. so, plenty to keep you occupied until we return with our daily round—ups on monday the 2nd of november. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. i'm sure you don't need me to tell you it was a very wet weekend. persistent rain on saturday gave way to hefty showers on sunday. you can see those speckled shower clouds on our earlier satellite picture spinning around an area of low pressure. now, behind me, we have ex—hurricane epsilon, and that is going to continue to drift its way northwards. not a hurricane any more, but still an extremely deep area of low pressure. and this is going to drive further outbreaks of rain in ourdirection. some very brisk winds at times, although be thankful that the centre of the storm is staying well out to sea because gusts of wind in the centre of that storm will get quite close to 100 mph or even more. nothing that windy here, but it will be fairly blustery this week, with rain at

bbc website. you're watching the week in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. tter @bbcalicia and you can find all our programmes on the bbc iplayer, just search for parliament. why are white children from poor backgrounds the least likely to stay in education and move up the income ladder? the education committee is trying to find answers in a sometimes controversial area. they heard that those children had been overtaken by most other ethnicities on low incomes with only traveller children doing worse. the statistics for children who went on to higher educaton were stark. the figure for white british kids is, for boys, 13%,forgirls,19%, and is eclipsed by, for example, chinese kids on free school meals, 66%, for black african boys on free school meals, 51%, pakistani boys on free school meals, 42%, and so the differences are enormous. i'd really like you to be as open as possible on this because, often, people refuse to discuss it. why is this the case? why is there this under attainment by disadvantaged white working—class boys and girls compared to many othe

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. confusion, rebellion and anger. we want to see this virus beaten — of course we do. but it would be nice, just nice, if this house was shown some respect! boris johnson told us to follow the rules but apologised for struggling to explain them. i cleared that matter as fast as i could. it's very clear you shouldn't mix indoors, either at home or in a hospitality setting. also in this programme, the distressing human cost of failings in the nhs. losing louis is something i'll never fully recover from. i feel his loss every day. but first: more and more of us are living under local lockdown restrictions as the pandemic goes on. borisjohnson says we are at a "critical moment" with rising numbers of cases and deaths. things are so serious he's resumed regular downing street briefings, flanked by professor chris whitty and sir patrick vallance, who became household names during lockdown. back in march, mps rushed through emergency legislation to give ministers across the uk sweeping powers

and are partnership with the bbc parliament channel. this is dennis. hi there.g. againstuccessfully one -- won against republican voter suppression, it always seems like his republicans suppressing the boat. have you ever seen evidence of the democrats trying to suppress the vote? first of all, dennis, you should be a voice actor. you have a great voice. you should consider narrating a spot. that's a good question. i think what you see right now votery don't use the word suppression so much. it's public and mostly talking about that. i think it's generally agreed -- maybe is not accurately -- accurate, but the generally leads a position that the more people who vote, the better it is marginally for democrats. democrats tend to turn out more in big elections, in andidential election years margins.e small --re political advertising it's talking around the question little bit, but i would like to bring it back -- there is a sense that has been in political thatce for a long time depressesdvertising turnout. if we can make the campaign as nasty as possible, people w

and this evening bbc parliament will have coverage of the full conference speech of adam price — plaidwho starred inz frank windsor, the actor who starred ianars, frank windsor, the actor who starred in z cars, softly softly and many other shows as well has died at the age of 92. much more on that coming up age of 92. much more on that coming up later this afternoon. first, the latest weather prospects for you with darren bett. hello there. so far we‘ve seen the worse of the weather across more southern parts of the uk, but over the weekend the wind and rain will develop more widely, and it‘s the rain that is going to be the biggest issue. some flooding is expected, some transport disruption likely, and there will be some strong winds at times too. now earlier today, we‘ve had the strongest winds around storm alex, named by the french met service. gusts of over 100mph in the north—west of france, through the channel, channel islands, 60 or 70mph. but as storm alex weakens, so the winds will gradually ease down as well — by this evening much lighter winds across the eastern side of the

now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello there, and welcome to monday in parliament.ing up, as a row continues over help for areas put under the toughest covid restrictions, matt hancock holds out hope for a coronavirus test that can give results in 15 minutes. these tests have shown real promise, and we are both buying them now and ramping up our ability to produce them at scale right here in the uk. the eu says it's willing to " i nte nsify" talks with the uk on a post brexit trade arrangement labour worries about what will happen if there is no deal. they can call it no deal, they can call it an australia deal, they can call it a narnia deal as far as i'm concerned but let's be honest about what that means, and let's be honest about how damaging it is for this country. and a former commons speaker joins the chorus of disapproval of a bill that would allow ministers to break international law. never in my parliamentary experience have i witnessed such a collapse of the people's trust in a government that promised so much and so quickly. but first, the health secreta

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now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello there, and welcome to tuesday in parliament.oming up on this programme: the government puts greater manchester into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions after talks on financial support break down. we've made a generous and extensive offer to support manchester's businesses. this offer was proportionate to the support that we've given the liverpool city region and lancashire. the prime minister pulled the plug on negotiations and then this afternoon took £38 million off the table. what a petty, vindictive, callous response in a national crisis. buta labourmp wants to know... why does this government hate greater manchester?! also on this programme: the government is heavily defeated in the lords over a bill allowing ministers to break international law. and mps demand changes to what's taught at school as they mark black history month. and yet the government has refused campaigning organisations like the black curriculum's request to see our curriculum change. the toughest level of coronavirus restrictions, tier three,

now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello there, and welcome to monday in parliament. coming up in the next half hour, the prime minister confirms a new three—tier system for coronavirus restrictions in england. areas under the toughest rules will see pubs, bars and betting shops close. this is the narrow path we have to tread between the social and economic trauma of a full lockdown and the massive human and indeed economic cost of an uncontained epidemic. the labour leader backs the moves, but wonders if they'll be enough. i'm now deeply sceptical that the government has actually got a plan to get control of this virus, to protectjobs or regain public trust. also on this programme, questions in the lords about the effect of covid on black and minority ethnic workers. there has been a petition of 140,000 people calling for a proper covid race equality strategy. but first, boris johnson has announced new restrictions to curb the rapidly rising number of coronavirus cases. the prime minister told mps that every area of england would be placed into "medium", "high" or "v

now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament.s agree emergency powers to tackle coronavirus, the speaker lays down the law to ministers. i want the government to rebuild the trust with this house and not with the contempt that it has shown. —— and not treat it with the contempt that it has shown. boris johnson dismisses claims of confusion about new rules in parts of england. i cleared that matter up as fast as i could. it is very clear that you shouldn't mix indoors either at home or in a hospitality setting and you should avoid socialising outdoors. and is this the future of immigration policy? sending asylum seekers 5000 miles from the uk to an island 1000 miles off the coast of africa. all that to come, and more. but first, the speaker of the commons has launched a stinging attack on the government over what he said was the "totally unsatisfactory" way it has introduced emergency measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. in an unusual statement to mps, sir lindsay hoyle accused ministers of treating parliament with "contem

now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament hello again, and welcome to tuesday in parliament, as conservativearn ministers over lockdown rules. if we do not rethink the 10pm curfew, we could see bars, pubs, restaurants and breweries will call last orders for the final time. will the government back britain's boozers and breweries? mps debate how to tackle the horror of gang killings. in the last two months alone, i have had to speak to three inconsolable mothers who have lost their children as a result of knife crime. and should statues of controversial figures from our past be taken down? we know more about colston since he's been pulled down when he was there. to tell the truth, people don't know that colston didn't even live in bristol more than nine years. but first, labour has said that financial support must be provided "hand in hand" to communities facing local lockdown restrictions. the shadow chancellor, anneliese dodds, warned that what she called the government's failure to implement a functioning test, trace and isolate system had "profound economic consequences" putting businesse

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she may face a fine and could be suspended from parliament. now on bbc news: our world.lligan travels across europe to see how people are getting on their bikes and asks if the surge in cycling is the start of a much bigger change in the way we travel. from the bubonic plague to tubercular doses, pandemics have historically changed the way our cities are designed, and the coronavirus has been no different. coronavirus is a moment in which every policymaker can make a u—turn. lockdown made our capital is quieter, greener, and we've seen wildlife blossoming like never before. it's like a paradise for me now. you can see, maybe, tens of thousands of bicycles everywhere. we are travelling around europe, meeting the people who are trying to implement the biggest changes in cities we've seen in decades. three months ago, here, you had a lot of cars in this path, 0k? now it is for b i cycles. this path, 0k? now it is for bicycles. but this rapid shift towards pedal power has created a problem. ijust went towards pedal power has created a problem. i just went there and it was em

covering of those proceedings continues on bbc parliament channel but for now we say goodbye to viewersand... this will be provided for businesses who are not required to close but are struggling nonetheless. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. good afternoon. this is a big intervention. a recognition from the chancellor and the government that the existing scheme, or that scheme that was due to kick in at the beginning of next month and has been revised before it even had contact with reality, created perverse incentives. it was almost in the interests of english regions, considering in his discussions with government to be in tier 2 or tier 3, to go for tier 3 because the support package was better. even though the restrictions and dampening down of economic activity was so much greater. an acknowledgement from rishi sunak that tier 2, the middle tier, whilst it does not impose as severe in restrictions as tier 3 does as far as closure in large chunks of hospitality, it clearly has, we know it has a massive effect on demand. it puts people off wanting to go out

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament.k when borisjohnson faces mutiny in the ranks. if lockdown measures are the answer, why aren't they working? the worst in society is the government enjoying its powers a little bit too much. labour say there is one man to blame. the prime minister ignores the warning signs, hurtles towards a car crash, then looks in the rear mirror and says, "what's all that about?" also in this programme: mps reflect on the harrowing consequences of gang violence. in the last two months alone, i've had to speak to three inconsolable mothers who've lost their children as a result of knife crime. but first: some parts of england face more restrictions to suppress coronavirus. we could hear more details as soon as monday but ministers are facing anger from conservative mps over the existing rules. more than a dozen tory mps rebelled in a retrospective vote on the rule of six limit on gatherings and spoke out against the 10pm early closing time for pubs and restaurants. the health minister, helen whatley,

you need some relief from the wet weather, you can binge watch past episodes of the day in parliament on the bbce former cabinet minister has accused the government of trying to rush through a bill which would protect undercover operatives from prosecution if they are forced to break the law on operations. the government hopes the covert human intelligence sources criminal conduct bill will complete its journey through the commons in a single day next week. the last time the government rushed a security bill through in this way, i and others had to challenge it in the court of law. the government lost and had to rewrite the bill. we don't want to do that again. so what can we do, mr speaker, to ensure that these profound issues are properly debated before we allow the government to break our laws whenever it chooses? but when the debate on the bill began, a minister tried to re—assure mps. i know that there are concerns about the bill somehow providing a licence to kill or commit torture. let me be clear that there are upper limits to the activity that could be authorised under this bill, and th

now on bbc news, it is wednesday in parliament. hello there and welcome to wednesday in parliament.g up in the next half hour, labour says parts of england face prolonged agony with no clear route out of coronavirus restrictions. i really think the prime minister's crossed a rubicon here, not just with the miserly way that he's treated greater manchester but the grubby take—it—or—leave—it way these local deals are being done. he stands up and attacks the economic consequences of the measures that we're obliged to take across some parts of the country when he wants to turn the lights out with a full national lockdown. also on this programme, labour calls on the government to continue providing free meals for children in england during the school holidays. they don't stop being hungry just because the school bell rings for the end of term. and peers give their verdict on the uk/eu trade talks. but first, the prime minister has confirmed that greater manchester will get £60 million of extra funding to support business when the region moves into the highest tier of covid restrictions on

nick ea rd ley, to quit parliament altogether. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster.at the number of people testing positive for coronavirus is slightly lower than yesterday, with 6,914 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 6,260. and as new cases have climbed, so have daily hospital admissions, with 373 people being admitted on average each day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 59 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test — again slightly lower than yesterday. that means on average in the past week, 43 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,202. a major study suggests that the rate at which the coronavirus is spreading in england may be slowing down — that's after the last few weeks of rapid growth. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been taking a detailed look at the numbers. this is a huge enterprise. every month, 150,000 people fro

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bbc news, liverpool. a british member of parliament who breached covid—19 restrictions is facing calls to resign.cottish national party travelled to london from scotland by train with coronavirus symptoms and made the returnjourney after testing positive. she has apologised and reported herself to the police and been suspended from her party. scotland's leader, nicola sturgeon, called her behaviour "utterly indefensible." amazon has announced that 19,816 employees tested positive for covid—19 in 2020. the figures, which equate to 1.44% of the tech giant's total us front line staff, were revealed in a blog on the company's website on thursday. the disclosure has long been sought by labour rights advocates who have criticised amazon's decision not to close warehouses with outbreaks. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the us model chrissy teigen opens up about the loss of her baby during pregnancy. we'll hearfrom one campaigner about how her comments could help thousands of other women going through the same ordeal. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin sa

bbc news, liverpool. a british member of parliament who breached covid—i9 restrictions is facing calls to resign.ravelled to london from scotland by train with coronavirus symptoms and made the returnjourney after testing positive. she has apologised and reported herself to the police and been suspended from her party. scotland's leader, nicola sturgeon, called her behaviour "utterly indefensible." amazon has announced that nearly 20,000 employees tested positive for covid—i9 in 2020. the figures, which equate to i.aa% of the tech giant's total us front line staff, were revealed in a blog on the company's website on thursday. the disclosure has long been sought by labour rights advocates who have criticised amazon's decision not to close warehouses with outbreaks. whales are threatening to scupper europe's largest joint military exercise due to take place in scotland this weekend. a pod of northern bottlenose wales has been stuck in gare loch in argyll for a few weeks now. on thursday, a flotilla of small boats and marine experts tried to entice them out — but to no avail. there's concern that th

parliament. sara smith, bbc news,.rus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 6,273. over the past week, on average, 372 people have been admitted to hospital every day. this number doesn't include scotland. 66 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week, 47 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,268. the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, says westminster‘s incompetent handling of the pandemic has made the issue of welsh independence more pressing. mr price was speaking at his party's first ever digital conference on friday to spell out his vision for wales under a plaid cymru government were it to come out on top in the election next may. mr price set out five priorities for tackling covid—19 in wales, and called on the welsh government to do more. so what do we need to do? what what id

parliament. jessica parker there. the headlines on bbc news...gland's top level of restrictions. local leaders in sheffield call for an exit plan. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop nonessential travel as wales begins its first full day of a ‘firebreak‘ lockdown. marcus rashford says he is proud of the community response to his campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for deprived children has been cut by 80%. the government says the devices will be sent to the areas of greatest need. 0ne school says it will receive 13 computers, rather than the 61 it was promised. we got an e—mail at six o'clock last night from the lovely guys at the dfe, at the start of half term which has been the most challenging half term probably on education record, celebrating the fact that the government secured another 100,000 laptops but they were changing the way they're allocating them. so, excitedly i logged o

bbc news. let's talk about the restrictions that nicola sturgeon announced in the scottish parliament first ofeasures a couple of weeks ago. what has gone wrong that has made you think you need to impose additional restrictions? we have been saying it for some time, seeing it a level of covid infections rising in scotland and we published data today from our chief medical officer which indicated that if the current pattern of increased carries on, it is likely that we would be back by the end of october at the levels that we were at in march and quite clearly we cannot allow that to happen. so we offered up measures a couple weeks ago to stop visiting from household to household in scotland. today we have taken steps which we accept will be difficult to restrict the opening of pubs and restau ra nts restrict the opening of pubs and restaurants indeed and much of the central belt, they will close for the next 16 days starting on friday and there will be much more restricted scotland and the rest of scotla nd restricted scotland and the rest of scotland to try to get the virus under control. why

parliament. jessica parker, thank you. the headlines on bbc news...ents in wales begin a 17—day lockdown and south yorkshire comes under tier 3 rules. countries across europe take action as infections surge, with some imposing more social limitations than during the first wave of the pandemic. as us coronavirus cases hit a new daily record — democratic presidential candidate joe biden makes his pledge to provide free vaccine for all — but president trump accuses him of overstating the crisis. headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for deprived children has been cut by 80%. the government says the devices will be sent to the areas of greatest need. 0ne school says it will receive 66 computers, rather than the 332 it was promised. chris dyson — headteacher at parklands school in leeds. his allocation has also been cut similarly dramatically and he joins me now. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. first of all, how many computers were you expecting and when did you find out how

the french parliament has denounced the killing as an "atrocious terror attack". gareth barlow, bbcur top story now. our correspondent lucy williamson is at the scene in northern paris and sent us this update. the horror of this attack is really at odds with this quiet, sleepy, small suburb. the victim was a teacher at the local middle school behind me. he was attacked this afternoon by a man with a large knife who decapitated him and then posted an image on social media, before being confronted and shot dead by police. now, police sources have confirmed to us tonight that they believe the attacker may have been an 18—year—old chechen man and that the motive may have been a lesson given by the victim to pupils at his school here — it was reportedly a lesson on freedom of speech, and he showed them cartoons of the prophet muhammad, the same cartoons we think that were reprinted by the satirical magazine, charlie hebdo. now, the police said they are searching the house of the presumed attacker, the suspect that they shot dead earlier today. and president macron has been here at this s

bbc news. well, one mp who's raised this in parliament is kerry mccarthy, the labour mp for bristol east, whereed housing? if you have people in care homes, the care quality commission regulates that. these are vulnerable people. but yet there is no regulation, there is no good reason why it should not be regulated. i certainly think it should. i've got a ten minute rule bill coming forward next month that will seek to regulate this sector. you have obviously been involved with what happened at wick house, now new management. rachel told us about shuttleworth hostel in london which told us it meets all laws governing temporary hostels. yet a decomposing body was found there, having been there for several days? how do you react to that? these are places where there is an in enhanced rate of housing benefit, you cannot tell me they are properly supporting residents if they don't notice someone has been dead for several days, in this case it sounds considerably longer so there not support there, there's all sorts of reports of abuse, enforcement, people cannot pay their rent, and is like drug deal