cheshire police say the pa rents of tuesday.ates' court later today to answer those charges are. thank you very much. in the last few minutes the latest gdp figures have been announced, which gives us an indication of how the economy is doing. nina is here for us and can update us. they have just come out in the last couple of minutes. gdp, gross domestic product, the value of all we make and do. we look every three months to see if there is growth. in the third quarter of this year, july to september, there was. it was significant. 15.5%, that is roughly what we expected. it was that period when we emerged from full lockdown so when we emerged from full lockdown so not a surprise the months that nonessential retail resumes, eat out to help out, but crucially it came off the back of a huge debt in the second quarter of around 20%. what it does mean is that technically we are out of a recession but that is a technicality. we are still way behind where we were before it lockdown started, before the pandemic and, of course, we have

cheshire police is saying that a 30—year—old woman, lucy letby, has been charged with eight tonnes ofis relates to the charges, the period ofjune this relates to the charges, the period of june 2015 this relates to the charges, the period ofjune 2015 tojune 2016, an ongoing investigation into a number of baby deaths at the countess of chester hospital, so a 30—year—old woman, lucy letby, has been charged, eight counts of murder and ten cou nts eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder. and also an update on the incident that we we re an update on the incident that we were ringing to you from edmonton police in north london. we have got a statement on the incident, the mitchell loewen police —— metropolitan police said a vehicle collided with the station office at edmonton police station. a man has been detained in connection with the incident, but no further details, the vehicle remains at the scene and specialist officers are in attendance while it is being examined. ambulance service, fire brigade is also present and a police court and is in place, just an update, a

if you look at my own area of cheshire west, we are in tier 2 and so cheshire west, we are in tier 2l significant restrictions. the government grant which should last until spring 2022 has been oversubscribed by half already, so it's clear that will not last the course so we do need more financial support. that's something we will be keen to push the government on. what alternatives would you offer to the tier system as it stands now? is not an objection to the tier system itself, it's about whether the right financial support is in place for businesses. clearly as well, there needs to be coherent and credible planning to get areas out of these tiers, and we have heard talk about mass testing, but we don't know much details yet about how that will work in practice, how it will be resourced, and what evidence there is that it will actually bring down infections in particular areas. those things we need to further clarity on from the government. justin, thank you. the president of iran claims the assassination of the country's top nuclear scientist will not slow down its nuclear progra

cheshire police said they made the arrest based on further information that has been gathered as partonight, lucy letby is being held in custody and will appear before magistrates in warrington tomorrow. judith moritz, bbc news, chester. 0ne one of the premier‘s closest aides and confidants has dramatically resigned from his role in government tonight. lee kane was the director of communications at number 10 downing st. we can speak to laura kuenssberg. why has he gone? everyone watching tonight would know this has been a very bumpy time for the government and in that context, perhaps it is not that surprising that the man who has been in charge of government communications has actually ended up leaving hisjob. but it is a lot more complicated than that. it is notjust some random resignation from multiple sources have told me today he had been offered the job to be the prime minister's chief of staff but through the day it became obvious that that wouldn't work out, there was stiff resistance from some quarters, including, iunderstand, from the prime minister's partner who objected to

cheshire police say they are supporting the families of the babies involved.ings. lucy letby, who is 30 and from hereford was charged last night, remanded in custody, and as you say she is expected to answer those charges here at warrington magistrates‘ court later today. those charges here at warrington magistrates' court later today. mark edwards and reporting. —— edwardson. the headlines on bbc news... the uk economy has bounced back from recession — with record growth of 15.5% betweenjuly and september — but it won‘t be enough to reverse the damage caused by the pandemic. turmoil at number ten. one of the prime minister‘s closest advisers — lee cain — quits as director of communications, amid signs of behind the scenes infighting in downing street. a 30—year—old nurse will appear in court this morning charged with murdering eight babies at a hospital in chester. the irish prime minister has called on the uk government to "knuckle down" and agree a deal with the eu on post—brexit trade. in an interview with the bbc, micheal martin warned that failure to rea

she was rearrested, she had previously been arrested and failed and now has been charged, say cheshireistrates' court tomorrow. we reached a grim landmark here in the uk today. the latest figures on covid—related deaths pushed the total number since the pandemic began beyond 50,000. the majority of those deaths came in the spring, of course, but the figure has been rising again, and currently the daily death toll is doubling every two weeks. of course, the uk is hardly alone. italy, spain and france are all experiencing dangerous second spikes. the four countries have each recorded more than a million cases — and all of them except italy are in some form of lockdown. in naples, this hospital was so overwhelmed, doctors were forced to treat people with oxygen in their cars. we'rejoined by professor devi shridhar. she is the chair of global public health based at the university of edinburgh. thank you so much for being with us. when you look at these figures, that have been published today, what do you see in them? i think the clear message to people is that this is a dangerous virus, it

the past week, around ten critically ill patients had to be transferred between hospitals in the cheshire out of beds. it is extremely concerning, it is a symptom of the stress the system is under, it is a big warning to us all. we do not normally see these numbers of nonclinical transfers. the nation is no longer clapping for carers. that shared moment of solidarity is gone. now there is disagreement over whether restrictions are needed. i get why people are frustrated and i get why people are angry. we see it on a different level, being here in intensive care. we are seeing people who are sick, really sick. patients are dying of covid. not everybody in the community sees that, so i understand the disbelief. health service leaders were determined to keep all services going this winter, but liverpool university hospitals have cancelled nearly all nonurgent surgery such as joint replacements and hernia repairs. half the operating theatres across liverpool university hospitals, like this one, are closed due to covid—i9, mostly so that staff can be redeployed to intensive care. so coronaviru

month, more than $13000.00 birds were killed after an avian flu outbreak at a commercial farm in cheshire. a virus is not harmful to humans. o.t. is now wrapped up in the 2nd round of brazil's municipal elections after months of campaigning, overshadowed by violence. and the coronavirus. voting has been taking place across the country's major cities in a runoff, which could show a swing away from far right. candidates, aligned with president jiang, able so narrow a number of politicians were assassinated in the run up to the vote. and large public campaign events have been blamed for covert 900 cases rising again. only going to cafes in rio de janiero, she explains which candidates are more likely to secure the post of mare in the 2 most populous municipalities. here in rio de janeiro like more than half of the votes have already been counted. and the candidate, the opposition candidate, which is it out of the guys who was already mayor of rio when real was at its, at its best during the olympic games. when it was, you know, a thriving city. well, he's back and to sell ok. develop in that

the arcadia brand is run so many high streets and town centres, like here in hull and cheshire, and lockdownslong before the pandemic. topshop, though, which was the jewel in the crown, has struggled to survive against disruptors like struggled to survive against disru ptors like online struggled to survive against disruptors like online boo—hoo group, and on the high street, primark have come in with different offers, more value lead office and a better conversation with the consumer of today. 0vershadowed by online rivals with boo—hoo already snapping up other failed online rivals with boo—hoo already snapping up otherfailed high street brands. could topshop soon be next? from what we are hearing there is interest in these brands and if the group goes into administration today there will be interested parties interested in buying up the brands but some of the interested parties may not necessarily want those stores. part of the problem arcadia have had is stores have not been profitable and they have not been able to get out of the long leases they are signed up to. sir philip green is in m

a nurse has appeared in court in cheshire charged with the murders of eight babies and the attemptedigation at the countess of chester hospital. she appeared on a video link from a police station and was remanded in custody. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz has more. lucy letby once posed while cradling a baby for the camera. she told her local paper that she loved nursing infants, seeing them progress, and supporting their families. now she's charged with murdering babies who were in special care. sitting next to her solicitor, she appeared by video link as the charges were read out, speaking only to confirm her personal details. the nurse worked at the countess of chester hospital. the babies were all patients in the neonatal unit. in 2017, the hospital called in the police after noticing a higher than usual number of fatalities and babies at risk of death. the names of 17 babies who were in lucy letby‘s care were read out to the court. they were all younger than one year old when, it is alleged, the nurse murdered five boys and three girls betweenjune 2015 and june

a nurse has appeared in court in cheshire charged with the murders of eight babies — and the attempteds been remanded in custody. a controversial plan to dig a road tunnel near stonehenge has been given the go—ahead by the government. highways england says the two—mile stretch will remove noise and visual distraction from the historic landmark. but campaign groups and archaeologists are worried the world heritage site could be damaged. the olympic boxer nicola adams and her professional dance partner katya jones have been forced to pull out of strictly come dancing after katya tested positive for coronavirus. the pair — who made history as the bbc one show‘s first same—sex couple — are currently self—isolating. nicola adams said she was "absolutely devastated" to have to leave the show. a senior volkswagen executive has defended the company's decision to continue operating a car plant in xinjiang — a region of china under fierce scrutiny due to the treatment of the uighur ethnic minority there. the united nations estimates that at least one million uighurs have been detained in a netwo

nurse has appeared in court via video link charged with murdering eight babies at a hospital in cheshired murder. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz is at warrington magistrates‘ court. tell us more about the hearing, judith. it was a short hearing, 12 minutes, before a districtjust, nicola sanders and lucy letby was on a video link away from here, spoke to confirm her name, her date of birth and her address, only those things. she was not asked to enter any pleas and the charges which she faces were read out to her and to the court. she is accused of the murder of as you say, eight babies, of five boys, whose names were read out, kennelling bennett, joseph johnson, barney g, joseph gelder and eli gelder, and of three girls, elsie mcdowell, daisy parkin and maddie freed full stop she is also accused of the attempted murder of maddie freed and off another nine babies whose identities we can't report. they are protected by a court order. as i say, she didn't enter any please. all we can tell you at this stage it's these alleged murders and attempted murders are said to have happened betweenjun

. >> dana: charlie, the cheshire cat grin. fight is coming either way. >> it is coming either way. to bed democrats aren't listening to you, harold because that's probably a far better message than the one they're getting that we are hearing from people like bernie sanders. there's a lot of discontent i think among democrats who feel like they didn't get the whole store the way they want to do with barack obama and they are thinking joe biden comes along. that guy doesn't stand for anything at this point and they can push them around if they can get everything they want. you hear a lot of people trying to compare what bernie sanders and these leftists in the democratic party are trying to do with the tea party in the republican party after republicans lost in '08 and '12. there's a big difference. the tea party dragged the republicans back towards their constitutional roots, farmer principled -- far more principled conservatism. bernie sanders trying to push the democratic party off the left cliff into the netherlands of socia

a nurse has appeared in court via videolink charged with murdering eight babies at a hospital in cheshires of attempted murder. our correspondentjudith moritz is at warrington magistrates' court and sent this update. it was a short hearing, 12 minutes, before a district just, nicola sanders, and lucy letby was on a video link away from here, spoke to confirm her name, her date of birth and her address, only those things. she was not asked to enter any pleas, and the charges which she faces were read out to her and to the court. she is accused of the murder of, as you say, eight babies, of five boys, whose names were read out, including josephjohnson, barney g, joseph gelder and eli gelder, and of three girls, including, daisy parkin and maddie freed. she is also accused of the attempted murder of maddie freed and of another nine babies whose identities we can't report. they are protected by a court order. as i say, she didn't enter any pleas. all we can tell you at this stage, these alleged murders and attempted murders are said to have happened betweenjune 2015 and june 2016 at the count

month for more than $13000.00, birds were killed after an avian flu outbreak at a commercial farm in cheshire. a virus is not harmful to humans. plus more still to come, this hour brazilians voted in a 2nd round of municipal elections. the results show a shift from person are aligned candidates rights groups warn, thousands of migrant domestic workers are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation in the gulf with many women not returning home alive. and in sports, the women kicking down barriers to make history in the u.s. college football. the stormy weather in the mideast, not station rates moving through its lead towards greece on this satellite picture, which is effectively the past. so during monday's, going to be the e.g. in greece to turkey in cyprus, where sundry, sort of links up with this cold line of snow is a cold front. that's a, represents the weather that's been around in eastern europe. in fact, right back to the west, almost for days if not weeks foggy, and cold beatifically. there is some snow to come, but all monday fog is a don't thing in geneva. this doesn't get snowy until we

here in the uk, a nurse has appeared in court in cheshire charged highways england says the two mileest but routed past the written shift of this world heritage site. the 30 years, they've debated how to save stonehenge. but now the government says the a 303 is to be buried into a tunnel, creating a traffic free landscape. what heritage say it will transform the mortgage —— monument to. heritage say it will transform the mortgage -- monument to. to remove this noisy and polluting road from this noisy and polluting road from this very important prehistoric landscape. the terminal would be two miles long and government insists it won't be any major damage to the archaeology here. it's only when you get here on the ground when you realise just how close the stones are to the a303. this is a road that attract between 30 and 50,000 cars a day somehow the landscape to each side of the tunnel will be gouged out into deep cuttings with dual carriage ways in them, huge tunnel entrances, masses of concrete, major road interchanges to each side of the world heritage site. this is devastation on

some showers in cheshire. colder thanit some showers in cheshire. colder than it has been of late.ll lift up clear tomorrow. some of it will lift up into low cloud. here is the cloud resting across the channel islands and kent. and again it is that weather front. it will have spots of rain ona weather front. it will have spots of rain on a at times. some sunshine to look forward to. some showers down the north—east coastline of the uk. later, we will see this weather front arrive. temperatures continuing to fall across the board. still hanging on though where we have got the cloud and rain. overnight on thursday into friday again we will have some frost. a cold night. there will be some fog forming more readily. during the course on friday that will take time to live it. some of it lifting into low cloud. quite a bit of cloud on the chart. nonetheless, we are also seeing some sunny skies develop. remember the weather front i pointed out in the north—west? it is producing some rain from the northern isles across western scotland. eventually getting into northern ireland. the rain no

cheshire police say they're supporting the families of the babies involved.harged last night, remanded in custody and, as you say, she's expected to answer those charges here at warrington magistrates' court later today. mark edwardson reporting. let's get more on those gdp figures. they showed an increase of over 15% over the summer period but the economy has not been keeping up that sort of momentum. let's get more on this with adam marshall, who's director general of the british chambers of commerce. thank you forjoining us today. i wonder if businesses are still filling some of the benefit of that period of catching up, if you like, 01’ period of catching up, if you like, or not —— fearing some of the benefit. as they face new economic headwinds. certainly it depends on the sector businesses are in. some —— fearing the benefit. some who didn't have to close in the first lockdown including manufacturing businesses say they are still going pretty strong, but others have faced more than one period of closure now which has been incredibly difficult for them a

a nurse has appeared in court in cheshire charged with the murders of eight babies and the attemptedng an investigation at the countess of chester hospital. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz has more. lucy letby once posed whilst cradling a baby for the camera. she told her local paper that she loved nursing infants, seeing them progress and supporting their families. now she's charged with murdering babies who were in special care. sitting next to her solicitor, she appeared by videolink as the charges were read out, speaking only to confirm her personal details. the nurse worked at the countess of chester hospital. the babies were all patients in the neonatal unit. in 2017, the hospital called in the police after noticing a higher than usual number of fatalities and babies at risk of death. the names of 17 babies who were in lucy letby‘s care were read out to the court. they were all younger than one year old when it's alleged the nurse murdered five boys and three girls betweenjune 2015 and june 2016, and tried to murder ten babies during the same period. theirfamil

a lady in cheshire says her partner lives in west yorkshire and ask and she still visit him once a weekith other people. we can meet one other person, single people can meet one other person outdoors so it might be permissible under that rule. the other thing to bear in mind, it is not clear whether or not these people might be living at home. if one of them is living alone they could potentially form a support bubble. whilst government advice is to try and form support bubble locally, it is still permissible to travel for that purpose. so some possibilities depending on the circumstances. this from jerry stafford in milton ernest. i have been taking a friend to hospitalfor ernest. i have been taking a friend to hospital for radiotherapy treatment for his cancer, can i continue to do this? quite a similar theme in terms of number one for the health care? it is similar to number one and my advice is, make sure that you are not mingling with too many other people outside your connection with this person that you are taking to the hospital. because they are having radiotherapy, they will b

the arcadia brands are on so many high streets and town centres, like here in hull and cheshire.s failing long before the pandemic. topshop, though, which was the jewel in the crown, has struggled to survive against disruptors like online boohoo group, and on the high street, primark have come in with different offers, more value—led offers and a better conversation with the consumer of today. 0vershadowed by online rivals. boohoo has already snapped up other failed high street brands. could topshop soon be next? from what we're hearing, there is interest in these brands and if the group goes into administration today i think there will be a lot of interested parties in buying up some of those brands, but some of the interested parties wouldn't necessarily want those stores. part of the problem arcadia has had is that a lot of stores have not been profitable and they haven't been able to get out of the long leases they are signed up to. sir philip green is in monaco, but there was no sign of him today on his superyacht. he made his fortune from retail, but he tarnished his reputa

the most interesting case, i think, is the cheshire inn which straddles both st.h doesn't have a ban on une door dining and st. louis county which does. so they're got one restaurant, the fox and hound in the county, and it's closed, on the same piece of property they have ba is so, a restaurant that is open. leland: i think that was a tavern one time, they'd move the tables depending on which state law enforcement showed up. [laughter] unbelievable. >> that's exactly it. leland: we appreciate the visualization and fascinating. the sheriff shows up at a closed restaurant to have dinner rather than shut 'em down. thank you, sir or, good to see you. >> thanks, leland. great to talk with you. alicia: with now restrictions around the country, some people may be spending thanksgiving alone, but one d.c. area restaurant is making sure they will have a good meal. details next. ♪, or this is us talking tax-smart investing, managing risk, and all the ways schwab can help me invest. this is andy reminding me how i can keep my investing costs low and that there's no fee to w

can you help me with this cheshire cat level riddle. i believe if you accept the results you lost, that is the concession. you either accept that or somehow you don't. legally, it doesn't matter, but can you unpack that for us from your reporting? >> sure, what aides are referring to there is this idea that people are rightfully worried there may not be a peaceful transition of power. and what they're saying is they believe at the end of the day, the president understands that in his heart of hearts that he's lost the election and that come inauguration day, he will vacate the white house and hand it over to president-elect joe biden. what they also believe is that he will never admit that he lost. he will go kicking and screaming and saying, you know, i'm leaving but only because the election was stolen from me. you know, if this were fairly counted, i would be the winner. this isn't fair. everyone is out to get me. i'm the victim, but i am still leaving. and i want to pause here to say what you have said before, which is important to

cheshire police says it has re—arrested a health care professional as part of an investigation into deathstess of chester hospital. there‘s a warning that the pandemic has caused most children in england to fall behind with their learning, and for some their social skills have also been impacted. the education watchdog ofsted found some young children have forgotten how to use a knife and fork or have regressed back to using nappies. our education correspondent dan johnson reports. when the pandemic closed schools, we knew learning had paused to some degree, but now there‘s evidence many children went backwards, even losing basic skills like using a knife and fork. ofsted visited 900 schools, colleges, nurseries and social care providers over the last two months and found some older children have lost reading, writing and maths ability. and there were signs of greater mental distress, including eating disorders and self—harm. the report describes three broad groups. the hardest hit young children have gone backwards, losing words and numbers, as well as some basic skills like potty trainin

dr fari ahmad is one of our regular breakfast gps — she joins us from cheshire.vid—19 is not going to take christmas. the government is planning to reduce restrictions so that people can meet, so i think that people can meet, so i think that people can meet, so i think that people just need to think about it very carefully, and about where you are going to meet. could you meet outside? could you meet in a well ventilated room? meet outside? could you meet in a well ventilated room ? do meet outside? could you meet in a well ventilated room? do you need to meet? other people there who are more vulnerable that you could pass it onto? and people that you could then interact with who could get ill. it a hard one. it's going to open a lot of questions for everybody, and it is about what risk you are prepared to take. so let's talk about some of the measures that people may choose to take to reduce that risk. so if they decide that they are going to meet, even the little changes in how they meet could make a big difference. that is what we're hearing isn't it? so more

the past week, around ten critically ill patients had to be transferred between hospitals in the cheshirer carers. that shared moment of solidarity is gone. now there's disagreement over whether restrictions are needed. i get why people are frustrated, and i get why people are angry. we see it on a different level being here in intensive care. we're seeing people who are sick, really sick. patients are dying of covid. not everybody in the community sees that, so i understand the disbelief. health service leaders were determined to keep all services going this winter. but liverpool university hospitals have cancelled nearly all non—urgent surgery, such as joint replacements and hernia repairs. half the operating theatres across liverpool university hospitals, like this one, are closed due to covid—19, mostly so that staff can be redeployed to intensive care. so coronavirus is impacting on patients with a whole range of medical conditions. most cancer treatment is continuing as normal, but the shortage of intensive care beds has meant a few urgent cancer operations have had to be postponed.

the past week, around ten critically ill patients had to be transferred between hospitals in the cheshireof non—clinical transfers. the nation is no longer clapping for carers. that shared moment of solidarity is gone. now there's disagreement over whether restrictions are needed. i get why people are frustrated, and i get why people are angry. we see it on a different level being here in intensive care. we're seeing people who are sick, really sick. patients are dying of covid. not everybody in the community sees that, so i understand the disbelief. health service leaders were determined to keep all services going this winter. but liverpool university hospitals have cancelled nearly all nonurgent surgery, such as joint replacements and hernia repairs. half the operating theatres across liverpool university hospitals, like this one, are closed due to covid—19, mostly so that staff can be redeployed to intensive care. so coronavirus is impacting on patients with a whole range of medical conditions. most cancer treatment is continuing as normal, but the shortage of intensive care beds has m