andy burnham, we must leave it there.let's get some more put a correction to the government pots i change in policy from the liberal democrats spokesperson for education, leila moran and thank you for joining education, leila moran and thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. what do you make of this change, was it inevitable? what a mess they have created! yes it was inevitable, it was always the right thing to do. as soon as we worked out that in essence this algorithm sanctioned by gavin williamson and borisjohnson was essentially grading our children by postcode, they were creating a system that was inherently unfair to the most disadvantaged and as soon ask scotland recognise that this was ask scotland recognise that this was a problem, they had time to change this before they've hit this mess. so i'm glad that common sense at some point seems to have entered the equation but it is already too late for some who are being told that the places that they wanted to go to at university are no longer available, universiti

andy burnham speaking to me earlier.us figures. 18 more people have died with the virus, that will be people tested positive within the last 28 days. bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 41,423. the government also said that there have been a further 1,288 lab—confirmed cases of coronavirus — bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 324,601. the governor of california has appealed for assistance from canada and australia, as hundreds of wildfires continue to spread. at least 175,000 people have been forced to flee their homes — and six people are known to have died. sophie long reports from los angeles. vast infernos blaze throughout northern california, claiming at least five lives, destroying hundreds of buildings and an area bigger than los angeles. copy, we're going in now. satellite images show the smoke cloaking most of california creating the worst air quality on the planet at a time when people are fighting a respiratory pandemic. and yet, this is political. but there are massive fires again in

i told you about margaret burnham. her father was one of the signatories on this petition, appealing to the united nations that the united states had engaged in a violation of the genocide conventions and lays out over 500 cases of race-related political violence, half of which directly into k police, all of which directly indicate police -- implicate police, as terms of a perpetrator, all in terms of protection. eleanor roosevelt was founded for stifling the consideration of the petition to the united nations. but it is a powerful document your diet encourage you to take a look at it if you're interested in studying this issue of racial violence and our failure as a country to address it. the saga of white supremacist policing continues today, if you have not noticed come in the news, i will share a few headlines with you. this is from a story in oregon, where police officers works with this alt-right militia to suppress activists on the left. a former mayor wearing his trunk hat, pardoned in 2017 by president trump a

this is the new news live from burnham the racine president alexander lukashenko ronnie's his supporters after a week of protest stuff followed last weekend's contested election the all star tarion leader asks regime loyalists to defend the country and its independence for the opposition is keeping up the pressure holding the biggest demonstration the yet in the capital minutes also coming up. could a presidential pardon be on the cards for one of america's most high profile leakers of government secrets die.

save the country on monday at the cabinet meets in i will propose a bill seeking a night election at burnham for the ballot journalist all tough was in the midst of saturday's chaotic scenes in beirut. these demonstrators were flocking to marchers square also to the lebanese parliament to express their dismay over the poor over what they say is poor handling of the lebanese government of the aftermath of tuesday's that explosion was targeted the beirut sport. all. the demonstrators are have to or have taken a very violent turn we are also hearing a lot of shots being fired in the air in addition to that there gas and now these protesters admit it doesn't seem that they're planning to leave as martyrs square and it's time soon many of them have already set up tents they say they are going to stay here until their demands are met and that was. also at the same time we know that in the district of a sheffield east of beirut protesters have managed to storm into the foreign ministry. that i have a lebanese army generals there are talks that the government officials will try to sit down with this

greater manchester's mayor, andy burnham, is resisting any new lockdown in old ham, saying it would beee—jerk" reaction. it comes as the government plans a big expansion in its random testing programme. here's our health editor hugh pym. a recent street party in greater manchester, shown by a thermal imaging camera. the local police chief said it was appalling that large gatherings were happening like this in the midst of a global pandemic. the area is still affected by local lockdown rules. and in one borough, oldham, there is speculation that the restrictions could be tightened even further. virus cases relative to the local population are amongst the highest in the uk. but community leaders say shutting down part of greater manchester wouldn't work. a local lockdown would be highly problematic in greater manchester, and i very much stand by that view. the interconnected nature of our city region, but also the fragility of the economy in parts of greater manchester, particularly the northern boroughs. right to the back of the throat, both sides by your tonsils. it might make you gag.

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has said decisions on restrictions should not be "imposeduncil described the move as "premature" after his area saw a slight increase in coronavirus infection rates in recent days. the health secretary matt hancock said he has every faith residents would play their part by following local rules. cases of coronavirus are rising across many parts of europe. after getting control of the pandemic following the initial wave of infections, spain is now struggling to prevent another increase. it's the first european country to pass a00,000 infections, as our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. aaah! a new testing campaign run by the local government and aiming to identify asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus gets under way in a clinic in madrid. many areas of spain, such as catalonia and the basque country, have seen a resurgence of covid—i9 this summer. the people waiting to be tested here in the capital are aware that in recent days their city has been more affected than any other. there is a lot of people that are asymptomatic, so we

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has said decisions on restrictions should not be "imposeddescribed the move as "premature" after his area saw a slight increase in coronavirus infection rates in recent days. the health secretary matt hancock said he has every faith residents would play their part by following local rules. several european countries are re—imposing travel restrictions and increasing safety measures as they try to tackle a surge in new coronavirus infections. there was a 15% pick up in the number of cases in europe this week, compared to the previous seven—day period. the higest rise in cases was in italy. they've doubled, with more than 1,000 new cases on average per day. the average number of daily cases in france now stands at 4,000 — which is a 45% rise. and after getting control of the pandemic after its initial wave of infections spain is now struggling to control a rise in cases. it's become the first european country to pass 400,000 infections, as our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. aaah! a new testing campaign run by the local governm

andy burnham, mayor of manchester, thank you for your time this morning. 8:a3am.he pandemic. we are just happy that we can play again, and that's how we have to approach the whole season. the time is still uncertain for all of us, not only in football but in football, as well, the situation is not sorted where we are all living in, and so we should not deal with it like it is sorted. we have to show responsibility for a lot of people in the world, in the countries, and in the club. the women's community shield returns this afternoon for the first time in 12 years. manchester city against chelsea takes place at wembley ahead of the men's match and will be the first professional women's football to be played since lockdown. despite not playing competitively for nearly six months, chelsea boss emma hayes says her team are ready to go. the players are training on a regular basis, in both environments, with top places on a daily basis. we have had the opportunity to play in preseason games, both in—house and against opponents. i think it has come at a really, really go

andy burnham, we appreciate your time this morning.ty choices rejected. it knocks the self—confidence as well. the impact being felt largely and widely. next week is gcse results and we will watch with interest to see how that unfolds as well. the time is 8:25pm. —— 8:25am. today's commemorations today are centred on the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire, where john maguire is for us this morning. commemorations are happening this morning to mark the 75th anniversary of vj day — the day world war two ended with victory overjapan. there is a very different feeling here at the national memorial arboretum, different to the centre of, think of remembrance day and think of armistice day and the type of commemorations that take place there. there is a different feeling that because of the trees and the landscaping but also the type of memorials as well, various memorials representing all aspects of the armed forces and uniformed service. armed forces and uniformed service. a section of the railway, the sleepers on the actual lines

andy burnham does not think so. he thinks people should be given full pay for this. thank you.l on the southern coast of the united states, battering parts of louisiana and texas with winds exceeding 150 miles—an—hour. officials are expecting a storm surge, which they describe as "un—survivable". more than half a million people have been told to leave their homes. simonjones reports. residents in a rush to make their properties safe and then get out of harm's way. a sign of what's to come. the wind whipping up in texas, heralding the arrival of laura, a category four hurricane, expected to bring winds of 170 miles an hour and a wall of water that could be two storeys high. it's going to be real bad. we are leaving. we don't want to go, i don't want to go, but my children want to go. 0thers though have decided to stay put. all we can do is hope for the best and prepare for the worst. so sticking it out and just going to see what happens. satellite images show what has already happened. laura has undergone a remarkable transformation. the national hurricane centre is predicting a

customers in the area of shadow ridge and burnham street were affected. the water departmentel deploy backup generators to pump water. >>> park rangers because base of extreme fire danger by a combination of wipds, low humidity and high temperatures the park will not be able to open. this applies to all visitors, hikers, bikers, campers and cars. the park will remain close until the fire danger improves, which could be several days. and in one of the warmest part of the bay area rolling blackouts are exactly what small businesss do do not need right now. restaurant owner lisa ahmad says customers have been dining on the patio of her cafe despite 105 degree heat. but she's worried. business is down 20% because of covid-19. rolling blankets this weekend she says would be catastrophic for her bottom line. >> anything that needs refrigeration you are going to lose. and it is going cost, you know, $10,000 plus very easily. in just the drop of a hat. >> just for a day. >> yeah. absolutely. >> ten k. >> oh easily. just the meat alone. >> parts of al maeda county

customers in the area of shadow ridge and burnham streets were affected. >>> in the east bay mt. diablo state park will be closed today. because of extreme fire danger because of a combination of winds, low humidity and high temperatures the park will not be able to open. this includes hikers, bikers, campers and cars. the park will remain closed until conditions improve which could be several days. >>> a restaurant owner says customers have been dining on the patio of her cafe despite 105 degr business is down 20% already because of covid-19 and that rolling black outs this weekend would be catastrophic for her bottom line. >> anything that needs refrigeration you're going to lose and it's going to cost, you know, $10,000 plus very easily just in the drop of a hat. >> 10k? >> oh, easily, just the meat alone. >> parts of alameda county were hit with outages and fortunately the power did stay on at ahmad's cafe where they hosted this small celebration for pakistan independence day. california's operator is monitoring energy use. it closed in on the maximum capacity of over 48,000

customers in the area of shadow ridge and burnham streets were affected. the water department employed back up generators to pump water. because of extreme fire danger created by a combination of winds, low humidity and high temperatures the park will not be able to open. the supply tuesday all visitors including hikers, bikers, campers and cars. the park will remain closed unl danger improves which could be several days. in one of the warmest parts of the bay area rolling black outs is exactly what small businesses do not need right now. restaurant owner lisa customers have been dining at the patio but she's worried. rolling black outs this weekend this weekend would be catastrophic for her bottom line. >> anything that needs refrigeration you're going to lose and it's going to cost 10,0 ps ryas just for a day. >> 10k? >> just the meat alone. >> parts of alameda county were hit with outages but fortunately the power stayed on at cafe. california system operators were monitoring energy use and last night the state closed in on the maximum available capacit

the burnham inside might uterus so that like i haven't had. in two years.ybe three years something like that . speech of then eventually will just go into menopause. sometimes they just like float inside of you pretty. samantha: i don't know if i stopped producing eggs. angela: actually, you actually come out as a baby with all of the eggs you will ever have. this is wild. so then they like mature so there's a limited number of eggs so i feel like i know i'm on my last few eggs. like i'm not like i'm 42 affiliate my. it's got sort of weird now. and so, i was curious about that. and the thing to go back to his in your right about this the book. it was very angry as i was reading this because you are like, i don't want to take this thing out. not having children. and of created a source of shame. discomfort is terrible to me know what you do to get out. c1 it was so manageable. i'm a health hazard really my home because i am just him, like the call of the shining elevator scene. all of the time and again, i don't know enough to be like confidently but that wa

including canadian professor jordan peterson german politician alice videl and former trump advisor steve burnham the government promised to enforce freedom of speech but the general secretary of the university and college union claimed that the old latest findings were false and academic freedom is not under threat well for more on all of this i'm now joined by professor of social policy at the university entry heenan very good to see you today is freedom of speech at risk. well i think it's important to say that academic freedom is at the heart of our universities particularly the heart of u.k. universities and something that has deeply value back down next so i think reports of its demise are exaggerated it's always good to have a sense check on it but i mean quite frankly i think this report is hocus pocus there for you conclusions and try to produce the evidence to support those sold out of questions about their methodology out questions about their sample i have questions about why they had so many retired academics included in their sample so actually in terms of academics mark i think tha

year, for all pupils to return, that is something that was stressed by the mayor of manchester andy burnhamwith the government that it has to be a top priority to get kids back into school. they have had huge disruption this year, haven't they? i think we got to make every arrangement possible so that people can have that peace of mind. but it does point out the test and tray system. it is not yet good enough. i'm saying to the government might go, look, we need to work together to get this system right over august so to get this system right over august so that we can give that confidence to those parents. pupils and parents may be keen to get back to school and get their children back to school after, in many cases, months away from the classroom. nevertheless there are questions and some uncertainties about how it is going to operate when all pupils return at the start of the academic year, of course, at various points over the next few weeks, depending on where you are in the uk. thank you, jonathan. an inflatable dinghy carrying around 20 syrian migrants has been met by the border forc

including canadian professor jordan peterson german politician and us middle former trump advisor steve burnham the government promised to enforce freedom of speech but the general secretary of the university and college union has claimed that the latest findings were false and that academic freedom is not under threat well from all of this i'm now joined by international politics expert from queen mary university dr lee jones and spite contributor fraser myers thank you both for joining us fraser is there really a problem here this is a very small study after all. well it might be a small study but it's also not something that we kind of know to be going on anyway anyway you know we see often in the news there are these kind of you know quite high catching cases of no platforming speakers being banned from taking arts in bateson in and in talks we see you know academics who are sacked and censored sometimes unable to carry out certain controversial research but i think what's important about this particular report is that it highlights that that is just the tip of the ice broke in that there i

about the level of money saying it isn't enough and among them, the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnhamthe government should be looking at reimbursing people on full pay. helen, thank you very much. the new leader of the liberal democrats will be announced later this morning. sir ed davey and layla moran are vying for the leadership. the vacancy arose whenjo swinson resigned after the pa rty‘s disappointing results in last year's general election. and from 11:30 this morning you can see coverage of that result and the maiden speech of the incoming leader here on bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... life without parole for the gunman who shot and killed 51 people at two mosques in new zealand — it's the longest sentence in the country's history. hurricane laura makes landfall along the coast of louisiana. hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes. £13 per day — the government trials payments for those on low incomes who have to self—isolate in parts of england. a number of major sport events across the us have been postponed in response to the shooting of a

mr burnham also said that he doesn't support the idea of a full lockdown in oldham, despite a spike inhe new infections have been have been linked back to that family. the fourteenth case was an arrival from overseas. news zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has said she expects her country's outbreak to grow further before slowing down. chinese authorities say they ve found traces of coronavirus in frozen chicken imported from south america. the virus traces were found on chicken wings in the southern city of shenzhen. authorities there, and elsewhere, have been carrying out routine screening on meat and seafood since june after an outbreak in beijing was linked to a seafood market. weather warnings remain in place for many parts of the uk, after a second night of thunderstorms. it follows an unprecedented spell of high temperatures in many areas. caroline davies reports. on another day of record temperatures, this. storms battered parts of south london with wind, rain and hail. this was inside a supermarket in telford, in shropshire, ceiling panels falling as the rain pours in

andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester, thank you forjoining us. thank you.end of lockdown. little grey and little white, who are both around 13 years old, were introduced to their new home on friday. the pair had spent most of their lives in a russian research facility, before being sold to a chinese water park to perform for audiences. we can speak now to andy bool who is head of the sea life trust, which operates the sanctuary. good morning. what a beautiful sight. tell us a little bit about these two whales? little white and little grey are 213—year—old female beluga whales up there. they were caught or in the world when they we re very caught or in the world when they were very young, caught or in the world when they were very young, and taken into a research facility and then sold to a water park in shanghai in china. they moved there in 2011. they were performing in shows in front of crowds and at an indoor pool. their life really changed for the better in 2012 when merlin entertainment, a uk company, bought that water park. and in line with their view

mayor andy burnham has also called on the government to re—instate shielding in the area from today —ack, extreme weather, flooding. it means all the key people are working together in the same room, sharing information, sharing resources , sharing information, sharing resources, so they are making sure all the focus of all the agencies are directed against this particular issue. but it does show how serious agencies in greater manchester viewing the situation. i think they are concerned the rates are continuing to increase, particularly in boroughs like oldham. on other hand, they will take hope from the fa ct hand, they will take hope from the fact rochdale took concerted action in the rate is going down there. do you think it was the right decision for blanket measures across the ten boroughs? i think it was. for blanket measures across the ten boroughs? ithink it was. greater manchester as a whole, it has the m60 going round it, it has a tram network, it's very difficult to hive off particular boroughs. agencies worked very closely and you have the mayor of greater manchester, whe

school safely, and one of those voicing concerns in that area is the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnhamparents. children ever turning to school at different points of cuts in different points of cuts in different parts of the uk. some in scotla nd different parts of the uk. some in scotland going back to school tomorrow but in the run—up to schools opening in england at the beginning of september we can expect to hear more from the government about why they believe it is safe for children to go do so in order to reassure pa rents for children to go do so in order to reassure parents and teachers to an extent that it is safe and more of that argument that it is more damaging to children in the long term and keep them off school and expose them to the risk of coronavirus, which ministers would have us believe is comparatively low. jonathan blake, thank you very much. the home secretary priti patel has visited dover this morning as migrant crossings continue on the english channel. ms patel was seen on a poice boat on the english channel morning. a group of conservative mps and peers have

about the level of money saying it isn't enough and among them, the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnhamnd the government should be looking at reimbursing people on full pay. mohammed iqbal is the labour leader of pendle borough council, where the scheme will be trialled. pendle has been under additional restriction since the 22nd of august. thank you forjoining us, do you welcome the scheme being trialled in your area? i finally welcomed the government, after weeks of persuasion from local authorities and other interested people across the country saying, that whilst we need to work with communities to eradicate covid—19 there needs to be a financial package in place. i welcome the fact matt hancock has finally announced something this morning. but the figure he has announced is a slap in the face for people who are genuinely worried, do they isolate after they have tested positive, or do they go out to work to put food on the table for their families? £13 a day, i would like to see the health secretary survive on that for ten to 1a days. it is not enough. not enough of an incentive for