significant stages including shakespeare's globe, newcastle theatre royal and birmingham hippodrome. dan bates is the chief executive of sheffield theatres which includes the sheffield crucible and is one of the organisations to have been awarded funding. i spoke to him earlier. so to wake up to knowing that we have got, received, just over £2.2 million from the government's culture recovery fund is absolutely fantastic news. so that will enable us — we have started to reopen very slowly, and this will enable us to, kind of, grow and sustain us now through till march, the end of march. what does it mean in terms of people, when they do get the opportunity to come into your venues, how different that experience has been for those who've been coming back, as you say, to some of the events you've been holding already? yes, we've been working really hard with sheffield city council and public health england and the dcms, actually, and trying to work out about a safe way of opening theatres. we've been doing this now for a few weeks now in sheffield, and, yeah,

shakespeare's globe, newcastle theatre royal and birmingham hippodrome are among the latest venues toeive emergency cash from the government's one and a half billion pound culture recovery fund. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. millions of people across the uk are experiencing their first full day of tighter coronavirus restrictions. a so—called firebreak lockdown began in wales last night. south yorkshire moved into england's top level, tier 3, just after midnight leading to the closure of those pubs and bars not serving meals. the labour mayor of sheffield city region said the government must outline a "clear and transparent" exit strategy from the highest tier of covid restrictions. john mcmanus reports. in england, 1.4 million people in south yorkshire have moved into the highest tier 3 restrictions, with households barred from meeting in venues and pubs not serving food forced to close. absolutely everything we have done complies with covid and we are covid—safe, as people are saying. the general consensus from the public is that they feel safer in a pub rather than going

shakespeare's globe, newcastle theatre royal and birmingham hippodrome are among the latest venues tove emergency cash from the government's £1.5 billion culture recovery fund. and at 5:30, nick bryant explores how president trump has changed the presidency and the united states. hello, and welcome to bbc news. millions of people across the uk are experiencing their first full day of tighter coronavirus restrictions. a so—called firebreak lockdown has began in wales, which will last until the 9th of november. 1.4 million people in south yorkshire have moved into england's top level — tier 3 — leading to the closure of pubs and bars unless they serve meals. residents of coventry, stoke & slough now face tier 2 restrictions due to rising infection rates — whilst nottinghamshire is in talks about moving to tier 3. earlier i spoke to councillor shaffaq mohammed, who leads the lib dems on sheffield city council. he said he wanted clarity for sheffield's residents. look, i think sheffield's been in a very difficult place for the last two weeks in terms of high infection rates. clearly somet

to put on ten shows across the country, including at the theatre royal in newcastle and the birmingham hippodromelot of theatres were looking at a very difficult future when thinking they wouldn't be able to do pantomime at all. and so this national lottery scheme now gives them a lifeline. the enterprise isn't without risk, it's possible audiences won't come or theatres might have to close again. but for those involved, it's a chance worth taking to provide a bit of christmas cheer to end a dismal year. # i'm still standing...# will gompertz, bbc news. we tried to end with smile. that is it from the team on this week. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. you are watching bbc news. the last in the last few minutes the quenn's birthday honours list has been released and it features hundreds of people who who went above and beyond during the covid—19 crisis. high profile figures being honoured include footballer marcus rashford, who has been made an mbe after his efforts to ensure children in need received meals across the summer during the pandemic. body coach joe wicks is also being m

shakespeare's globe, newcastle theatre royal and birmingham hippodrome are among the latest venues to cash from the government's one and a half billion pound culture recovery fund. now on bbc news, his election to the presidency, decided by fewer than 80,000 votes, was the biggest political upset of a generation. four years on, donald trump's impact has been seismic. i, donald john trump. do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute. the office of president of the united states. within the first 2a hours of taking the solemn oath of office, it became clear that donald trump would change the presidency more than the presidency would change him. there was a dystopian language at his inaugural address. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. there was the argument about the size of the inaugural crowd. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period. both in person and around the globe. the press secretary gave alternative facts to that. alternative facts are not facts. they are falsehoods. the president and first lady of the united states wi

shakespeare's globe, newcastle theatre royal and birmingham hippodrome are among the latest venues tofrom the government's £1.5 billion culture recovery fund. more headlines at lipm. now on bbc news it's time for click. this week. fact—checking the presidential contenders. stormzy taking us through a ride on his hometown. and chris takes us through a ride through his kitchen. welcome to click. i hope you're well. as we head into autumn, the world has some pretty big milestones ahead of us. in the short term, the us election. the election of the moment always feels like the biggest yet. but this comes at the time when trust in politics and politicians is at a real low. the final presidential debate has now taken place and the idea is that these debates should tell voters about the candidates' policies, and help them to make an informed decision at the ballot box. but as well as becoming big, mudslinging, shouty arguments, the rallies and debates have also been riddled with untruths. we live in a time when disinformation is dividing and entrenching us, to the point where it is threateni

to protect some of the nation's most significant stages including newcastle theatre royal, birmingham hippodromed of trustees for sha kespeare's globe — she said she was delighted and grateful to have been awarded 2.98 million pounds. (sot even though we've been really prudent, we'd trimmed our costs dramatically — well, not trimmed, we'd cut them dramatically — we had basically chomped through our reserves, and we were basically in a desperate state. so it really is vital, and i can't say how much of lifeline it is, because, essentially, we are going to have to think long and hard about how we prepare to reopen in due course when we can open, because we don't have state funding. and i don't think many people realised that before we started to make our case to the dcms, that we are independently funded. if we don't open, we don't have any revenue, so as soon as lockdown hit, that was it. that was the end of our revenue. so it's been a very tough time for us. margaret casey—heyford from sha kespeare's globe. during the last few months, many of us have probably wished we could escape into a fantas

to put on ten shows across the country including at the theatre royal in newcastle and the birmingham hippodromey wouldn't be able to do pantomime at all. and so this national lottery scheme now gives them a lifeline. the enterprise isn't without risk, it's possible audiences won't come or theatres might have to close again. but for those involved, it's a chance worth taking to provide a bit of christmas cheer to end a dismal year. will gompertz, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith lucas. the weather has certainly taken a colder turn today with a mix of autumnal sunshine and heavy downpours. this was the picture a little bit earlier this afternoon. into the weekend we keep that colder feel to the weather some sunshine around but quite a lot of blustery downpours as well. through the rest of this evening and overnight we have high pressure to the west, low pressure in the east end that is going on more showers in a north—westerly direction so we have had more persistent rain on the south putting away and then clear skies and showers rattling through. the rain will be most

to put on ten shows across the country including at the theatre royal in newcastle and the birmingham hippodrome them a lifeline. the enterprise isn't without risk, it's possible audiences won't come or theatres might have to close again. but for those involved, it's a chance worth taking to provide a bit of christmas cheer to end a dismal year. will gompertz, bbc news. the late beatle star and musical starjohn lennon would've in celebrating his 80th birthday today. and tributes have been pouring in including from his band mate sir paul mccartney. who shared these pictures on twitter. of the both of them writing together marking the day with many tributes have been coming in from around the world as well. this is bbc news. good evening. during friday, much of the uk had a bit of a drop in temperature and we have seen a real mix of sunshine, some blue sky but also some heavy downpours, too. that of course is the recipe for lots of rainbows that we've seen out there today. this one comes from one of our weather watchers near swansea. and as we head through the course of the weekend, that theme sti