sarah corker, bbc news, in greater manchester.europe have passed 100,000 in a single day for the first time. more restrictions have been brought in in several countries in an attempt to control the spread. this graph shows the number of cases per 100,000 people. the uk, france and spain all have more than 100, while germany and italy have fewer cases, but numbers there are also rising. in spain, there is disagreement over how to get the virus back under control. the government has imposed a two—week state of emergency in madrid to try to contain the outbreak, overriding a court decision that previous restrictions were illegal. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. it's the beginning of a bank holiday weekend, but with the police stopping many people from leaving madrid, it's not a typical one. the central government has announced a state of emergency in the madrid region, preventing all nonessential travel in and out of the capital and eight nearby cities. these restrictions were already in place for several days until a court struck

sarah corker, bbc news, manchester. were 21,242 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 19,553. 961 people had been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last friday. 189 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, 151 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 411,347. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. i want to look at some other figures for contact tracing, and they have gone down yet again. yes, the prime minister said there was a need for improvement with test and trace in england. the number of contacts who tested positive who were reached by contact racers fell below 60% of the total which is the lowest since this began a few months ago. the chief scientific adviser said it was getting harder and harder for a scientific adviser said it was getting harder and har

here's our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker.s and reduced opening hours are already hurting hospitality. 0n the edge of greater manchester, altrincham has been under tighter rules sincejuly and the prospect of pubs and restaurants being forced to close in areas with high infection rates has angered business owners. it's disastrous because the minute the tap is turned off, you've got no ability to generate any income. the hospitality industry is being completely and utterly slated and the spectre now of further closure is really terrifying. there will be more help to cushion the blow — staff working for companies told to close by law will get two thirds of their wages paid for by the government. so, today i'm announcing an expansion of ourjob support scheme, specifically to protect those jobs of people who work in businesses that may be asked to close. if that happens, those workers will receive two thirds of their wages for the time that they're unable to go to work. and listening closely to that is william robinson, whose brewe

sarah corker, bbc news, in leeds.cions. we've lived like this for almost seven months. many say they are feeling very gloomy and anxious about what's ahead. here's our home editor mark easton. winter is coming, the clocks are about to go back, the covid graphs are all heading in the wrong direction. britain's mood is said to be disappointed, frustrated, but most of all worried. with the help of analysts at britain thinks, we have assembled a focus group from across the uk. how do people feel about the months ahead? things are quite bleak coming up to christmas with the dark evenings coming in. there isn't much light at the end of the tunnel. a bit anxious, a bit sad that it's come to this. worried about not being able to see my mother, who lives on her own, over christmas. ijust go with it, you know? you can only go with it, you can't change anything, so you just make the best of what you've got. i think christmas will be a write—off and i thinkjanuary and february next year will be a write—off as well. new polling pu

here's our consumer affairs correspondent, sarah corker.hours are already hurting hospitality. 0n the edge of greater manchester, altrincham has been under tighter rules since july manchester, altrincham has been under tighter rules sincejuly and the prospect of pubs and restaurants being forced to close in areas with high infection rates has angered business owners. it's disastrous because the minute the tap is turned off, you have no ability to generate any income. the hospitality industry is being completely and utterly slated and the spectre in favour the closure is really terrifying. there will be more help to cushion the blow. staff working for firms told to close by law will get 67% of their wages paid for by the government. so today i'm announcing an expansion of ourjob support scheme, specifically to protect those jobs are people who work in businesses that may be asked to close. if that happens, those workers will receive two thirds of their wages for the time they are unable to go to work. and listening closely to that is william

sarah corker, bbc news, in leeds.he attack says a security steward seemed dismissive. christopher wild, who was picking up his teenage daughter from the ariana grande concert, told the inquiry into the bombings that he had confronted abedi. our north of england correspondent, judith moritz, reports. salman abedi bent under the weight of his rucksack as he walked into manchester arena. he was keen to stay out of sight, and he went straight up a flight of steps to an area not covered by cctv. trying to hide, he laid down here, with his large bag by his side, but he was seen by a man waiting for his daughter who spotted the rucksack. i started to think about things that happened in the world, and ijust thought he could be very dangerous. what did you say to him? i asked him what he was doing there, and did he know how bad it looked him sitting there out of sight of everybody? what did the man reply, if anything? first he said he was waiting for somebody, then he just kept asking, after everything i said, hejust kept aski

sarah corker, bbc news. our top story this evening.cuments show they did not follow their scientists advice on the coronavirus pandemic. coming up. an exclusive interview with the head of british gymnastics about bullying and welfare allegations in the sport. coming up on sportsday, ronaldo is in isolation, after the portugal forward tests positive for coronavirus, he says he is doing fine and is symptom free. latest figures show the uk unemployment rate has risen to its highest level for more than three years. the office for national statistics says the rate increased to 4.5% between june and august, with younger workers worst affected. and the tougher coronavirus restrictions we've been talking about today could add to the troubles of the jobs market. here's our economics editor faisal islam. here in harrogate, the music has stopped playing. employers such as this nightclub operator who had held out over firing workers has now had to make the toughest of decision. it is without question the hardest professional decision i've taken in

sarah corker, bbc news, in manchester.slightly toi.2 number, it has edged down slightly to1.2 to number, it has edged down slightly to 1.2 to 1.5, number, it has edged down slightly to1.2 to1.5, down number, it has edged down slightly to 1.2 to 1.5, down from 1.3 to 1.6. the r number is an average of the people who are infected, so if ten people who are infected, so if ten people are infected, they will in all likelihood infect between 12 and 15 other people. so some positive news there that it has edged down slightly, over the scientists say there is still widespread growth of there is still widespread growth of the epidemic across the country. the world food programme has been awarded this year's were there when noble peace prize. earlier my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to jane howard, a spokesperson for the world food programme, who gave her reaction to the news. we are deeply humbled that we have received the nobel prize, and is a great honour — not just for all of our staff who put their lives on the line day after

sarah corker, bbc news, in manchester.avirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 19,553. 961 people had been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last friday. 189 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, 151 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 411,347. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. we had some more results from the test and trace system in england, which hit an all—time low. test and trace system in england, which hit an all-time low. that's right, the system in england, test and trace, its lowest results in some areas since it was launched in may. just 15% of test results were backin may. just 15% of test results were back in 2a hours for people who went to sites to get tested and fewer than 60 cent of close contacts of those who had tested positive were reached by

sarah corker, bbc news.inister's statement to the commons at 3.30 this afternoon, and his news conference this evening, on bbc one and the bbc news channel. in the past hour, the government has announced that exams for students in england will go ahead next summer — although most will be delayed by three weeks. let's speak to our education correspondent elaine dunkley who's in salford. alone, tell us more. the government is keen to avoid the word algorithm. cast your mind back to the summer. exams were council, protests from students, teachers and parents about how a—level results were awarded. nearly 40% of teacher assessment grades were marked down after the exa m grades were marked down after the exam regulator process the worse. there was of course eventually a u—turn with the centre assessed grades being awarded for a—level and gcse spot the tough test for the government is avoiding that situation again. the education secretary has announced delaying the start of exams next summer by three weeks to give

bob corker and jeff flake among them. >> former senator bob corker and former senator jeff flake. >> exactly. if you want some sort of career after president trump or some sort of legacy or history, it's hard to kind of navigate a president of your own party who is so willing to attack you with a tweet or with a comment so easily and feels no guilt over it. >> it's perhaps no surprise that the president's remarks of fauci come after fauci went on "60 minutes" last night. i want you to hear his answer about the president getting coronavirus himself? >> were you surprised that president trump got sick? >> absolutely not. i was worried that he was going to get sick when i saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded, no separation between people and almost nobody wearing a mask. when i saw that on tv, i said, oh, my goodness. nothing good can come out of that. >> we saw just there images of the rose garden event in which individuals who later got the coronavirus, including former governor chris christie who was in the icu because of it, are featured with no masks on, holding

sarah corker, bbc news. from westminster and plans for an announcement from borisjohnson on stricter coronavirus restrictions in england. let's get more from our political correspondent jonathan blake. hi, jonathan. what can you expect to hear? we can confirm tonight what we have been expecting for a couple of days now, and that is that on monday, borisjohnson will make a statement to mps in the house of commons, setting out the details of a new framework of restrictions and at the national level in england to spread the —— slow the spread of coronavirus. the indications is that it will be a tiered system of differing levels of restrictions imposed region by region according to the severity of cases in any one particular place. we don't have the exact details of that scale of measures, but i think we can probably expect tier one, if you like, or the baselines. what is in place in england now, the national level, and that is the 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants, plus what is called the rule of six which al

so the complete lack of courage when you compare to someone like bob corker and jeff flake. their political career to defend the democracy. is people will remember the folks. people who didn't stand up for their state or american values. >> there was another statement corker and flake were on the way out. it meant they were liberated a bit. and out spoken. another retiring member of the u.s. senate today tweeting dr. fauci in defense. one of the country's most d distinguished public servants. if more people paid attention we would have fewer cases. this strikes me as a political calculation. that some distance wpt president for the branding perspective is needed right now. >> sure. when you look at it. there are people in the trap. where dean from nevada was in the trap. he couldn't win being against trump or being for him. gardener is in the same spot. and so i get criticized all the time. by many progressives in party pr telling people when i thought president obama was doing the wrong thing. and may say that was okay for you politically. it also is good for your soul. to

lakes in the oco block are interconnected and the best place to discover this water world is by cargo corker lou well this can be done as a guided tour or you could have a lot of your own either way it's an adventure. what better way to travel from mission to temp leaving than by vosa lucian isn't called the town of the 7 next for nothing you can paddle your way right through the center of town on the can know. all take idyllic tribute trace. leave. you can rent a car yeah couric a new just about anywhere for between $20.40 euros a day depending on those signs and if you're paddling along on weekdays you'll have the waterways pretty much to yourself. crossing over a course a missions a lake we reach the booklets river. to get to the next lake you have to cost through a sluice gate. there's a lot of boat traffic here so be prepared for a long way. but then those traveling here are usually in no big hurry it. comes just one pull on the green leaves and you can go on your way. there's nothing difficult about it. the journey continues to the next. it leads all the way to tempe and. it takes 4 da

sarah corker, bbc news. set to announce its financial results later today. we'll preview those numbers injust a moment. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: with one week to go until the us election, campaigning is intensifying for donald trump and his rival joe biden violence and looting breaks out in philadelphia as hundreds protest over another

sarah corker, bbc news in manchester.clashed over the government's local coronavirus strategy in england. sir keir starmer accused the government of bargaining with people's lives — while the prime minister said no other country in europe had given as much support as his government. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. why is it so chaotic? are you short—changing the people of manchester? big questions for the government over its local restrictions plan. after a breakdown in talks with greater manchester, and warnings of a grim winter ahead, many have questioned what economic support will be available, and what the exit plan is, as many employees face weeks with their workload. their rent and mortgage will not be lower. their food and heating bills will not be lower and that could last for months. why can't the prime minister and the chancellor understand this? stop bargaining with people's lives, stop dividing communities and provide the support that is needed in manchester. the government says it is offerin

here's our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker.s and reduced openings are already hurting also tidy. they have been under tighter growth since july and the positive pubs and restau ra nts july and the positive pubs and restaurants being forced to close in areas with high infection rates has angered business owners. it's disastrous because the minute the tap is turned off, you have no ability to generate any income. the hospitality industry is being completely and utterly slated and the spectre in favour the closure is really terrifying. there will be more help to cushion the blow. —— the spectre now of further closure. staff working for firms told to close by law will get 67% of their wages paid for by the government. so today i'm announcing an expansion of ourjob support scheme, specifically to protect those jobs are people who work in businesses that may be asked to close. if that happens, those workers will receive two thirds of their wages for the time they are unable to go to work. and listening closely to that is william robi

sarah corker, bbc news, in manchester.eleased. a further 26,688 cases of coronavirus have been reported over the last 24—hour period in the uk — that's up from 21,331 yesterday. and there have been 191 reported deaths — those are people who have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. that's down from 241 yesterday. coronavirus restrictions in scotland — which saw the closure of pubs and restaurants in the central belt area, and a 6pm indoor hospitality curfew elsewhere — are to be extended until 2 november. there will then be a tier system introduced. lorna gordon sent us this update from glasgow. those restrictions, which were due to expire on monday, have been extended for another week. there will be financial support offered to businesses affected, but the industry body, the scottish licensed trade association, has commented. they say they're extremely disappointed by the extension of these restrictions and that they think the damage could be irreparable. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, acknowle

sarah corker, bbc news, in leeds.home in west yorkshire have made themselves social media stars. # tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen. # pour myself a cup of ambition... residents at this care home in 0tley may not work nine to five, but they've found a way of keeping themselves occupied. since the start of the pandemic, they've been engaging in one of this year's most popular trends — tiktok. # i've got to break free. # god knows... # god knows i want to break free... we felt like we needed a little bit of a boost in the home, i was a bit new to tiktok, so i didn't really know what it was about. it's just stemmed from there, really, we started off doing a couple of birthday tiktoks, but now we have tiktok friday, we do them every week, and we all love them. # football's coming home. # it's coming home... the videos were initially used as a way for residents to show their families they were coping during a particularly difficult and isolating year. # wow, you can really dance! little did they know they'd end

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sarah corker, bbc news. context and used without his permission in a republican party tv ad. his words that he "can't imagine that anybody could be doing more" to fight covid—19 appear in the ad to refer to president donald trump specifically. but dr fauci, who clashed with mr trump before on covid, was actually talking about himself and other public health officials. twitter has attached a disclaimer to another of president trump's tweets, saying it violated its rules on spreading misleading information about the coronavirus. mr trump tweeted that he was now immune to covid—19. scientists say the virus hasn't been around long enough to understand an immune response. mr trump made the same claim on fox news, after his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk. 0ur washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue said this isn't the first time president trump has had a disclaimer on his twitter. i spoke to him earlier. in the case of the social media post, this is something that's becoming something of a habit

sarah corker reports. these signs in greater manchester have not aged well.ns for the 2.8 million people living here will tighten once again. pubs will close, travel in and out of the area is not advised. local leaders have demanded more funding to help the lowest paid workers who will be hit hardest by tier 3 closures. i think andy burnham has done a greatjob sticking up for the people of manchester. i think it is necessary. someone needs to listen to the people and so why not manchester? for ten days the politicians have been deadlocked. the labour mayor of greater manchester said he would accept a support package of £65 million. the government offered 60, there was no agreement. and this was andy burnham finding out the news during his own press conference yesterday. it will be £20 million only and they will try to pick off individual councils. booing it is brutal, to be honest. this is no way to run the country in a national crisis. in a strongly worded letter some conservative mps from greater manchester said mr burnham was putting his ego before his res

one of them in there is an absolute corker of the difficult question. go to chris from brighton. he is a jeweller. let's go to chris from brighton. he is ajeweller. i'm let's go to chris from brighton. he is a jeweller. i'm chris from brighton and i would like to know what time the us election results are coming in because i have booked the day off work to watch them. loving everything that you do. the day off work to watch them. loving everything that you dolj don't loving everything that you do.” don't know if you put the day off work of the week off work for the rest of the year off work but will try to get with you as soon as we can. there are different closing times of the polls in different states. some of the critical races, we see the polls close at 7pm our time, five hours laterfor the us. nevada, texas, virginia, they will all close their poles at seven o'clock. that doesn't mean we will get a result. in the us instead of having an exit poll, counting every single one, they do a projection, they do a call. when there is enough of the other can

with the pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca are plowing ahead with trials at the moment i'm up how corker the health secretary has been speaking this morning has been talking about very optimistically about the hope of rolling out a mass vaccine for general consumption general use in the 1st half of next year asked whether or not vaccine may be available to some before the end of the year he said well who isn't ruling it out but it is the government's central position that they believe that the vaccine will be available a vaccine may be available at the start of the year of course the british government pinning its hopes of research being carried out in oxford also last week we did hear from a scientific advisor sits on an organization called the sage committee that advises the government he said that he believed also at the start of next year a vaccine would be available but there are a variety a whole range of possible vaccines may be available to given the wide portfolio of different options the different scientific teams are working on in different places in the world we are also hear

let's go live now to our correspondent sarah corker, who's in a bar in manchester for us now.of the north and midlands are already under these local lockdowns and tighter restrictions and the hospitality sector has said it is already struggling with the 10pm curfew and fewer customers, and so the prospect of this so—called circuit breaker, closures of pubs and restaurants, have horrified some businesses. william runs a brewery and more than 150 pubs across the north west. what potential impact could the closures have on your business? it could be devastating. a pub like this didn't reopen until september so we are just getting into the swing. we don't have many customers but it is a safe environment and we are open. what was your reaction when you heard about the potential announcement next week? devastated, and particularly for those colleagues working in scotland because we have spent millions as an industry to make pubs safe. 0n monday we were campaigning to get rid of the ten o'clock curfew, it fiow rid of the ten o'clock curfew, it now looks like we are campaigning just t

percent of the workforce in fact we surpassed men prepared damage globally about 35 to 50 percent a corker sir women in terms of entrepreneurship about 30 percent globally business is for owned by women now the problem faced by the kenyan entrepreneur is the same problem that is being faced by women entrepreneurs everywhere because their businesses tend to be small and there are lots in the craps industry lots in the arts jewelry industry as well and those defense cuts are i want to leave it there for now rain it's a bit odd president of the global summit of women thank you so much for joining us thank you. speaking of women leaders the world trade organization is set to be headed up by a woman for the 1st time ever and gerry an economist in the goes. and south korea's trade minister they have become the final 2 candidates in the running a decision on who gets the post is expected within 4 weeks the winner will face the challenge of restoring order to a crisis at body. and that's it from me and the business team here in berlin as always you can find out more about these and other business

flake, corker, they're gone. but now we have this guy sasse he wants to make a statement, little ben sasse, the republicans have to stick together better. you don't see that. one thing i respect about the democrats they stick together. you know what? they have lousy policy. they want open borders. they want sanctuary cities. they want -- they want to quadruple your taxes, but the one thing is, they stick together. the republicans have to learn, they've got to stick together. by the way, it's been that way for decades. i don't know what the hell is in the blood. could you explain that to me, please, michael? what the hell is going on? it's been that way for many decades. i don't know. there's always a few. they want to make a statement. on the impeach hoax i couldn't have done better, we even had a democrat or two come and join us, right think of that. 197 to nothing. and with the senate, 52 1/2 to 1/2. who is the half? i can't think of it. biden couldn't think. he couldn't remember the name; right? you know, the

the better example is ben spoke about the complete lack of courage as opposed to john corker and jeff remember these folks as totally complicit, people who didn't stand up for their state or american values. it meant they were liberated a little bit. lamar alexander tweeted in defense of ronald fauci. if more people paid attention, we would have fewer cases. but this strikes me as a political calculation that some distance with the president is probably needed right now. >> well, sure. i mean, when you look at it, there are people who are in the trap a few years ago. he couldn't win being against trump and he couldn't win being for trump. gardner is the same way and i think jonie ernst is in the same spot. i thought president obama was doing the right thing. he may say that was okay for you politically, but it also is good for your sole. do it in real time. annie applebalm wrote a great piece in the atlantic. in the end she interviewed people who fought the nazis, fought the communists. her line, they risked everything. they risks their life. the only thing these people risk in defens

our business correspondent sarah corker reports.uld be impacted by the top—level restrictions, told to close by law. this newcastle bistro is already seeing capacity down by 40%. we‘ve got bills coming in all the time. you know, we‘ve got stock that we‘ll lose if we have to shut. we‘ve probably got 300 quid worth of stock that we‘d essentially be putting in the bin or trying to give away or something so it all adds up and each time we get told to shut and reopen, it‘s a cost. the government is grappling with the conflicting demands of protecting health and keeping the economy going. this pub owner in leeds says a second lockdown could finish them off. any more restrictions would just be a killer to many in this industry, really. already the restrictions are ruining trade by at least kind of 50%. and we‘re in the suburbs and kind of not as bad as city centres so i think any more restrictions would be... we just would be losing thousands per week. some argue restaurants and pubs which have to be covid—secure to operate may be safer pl

under this administration, we provide record funding for bob corker.s summer, -- funding for our law enforcement. program, and new we have already invested 3000 violent offenders in cities across our country. time, and the last three and a half years, i could not be more proud to see a vice president and administration has unemployment records for african-americans. we have faults for school choice -- we have fought for school choice for every american family. we have created 8000 opportunity zones. the president signed largest investment and historically black colleges and universities ever. c-span.org --[cheers and applause] lawre going to stand with enforcement and stand with our minority community. ande going to have law order in every city and every state for every american of every race, creed, and color, so help us god. [cheers and applause] finally, when it comes to values, joe biden was vice president, and we saw a steady assault on the religious freedom of americans of every faith. we did. rights -- conscious rights of doctors were compromise

no country look around us had to seen it would accelerate in such a sudden and brutal manner there corker. rising infection rates have forced several european governments to tighten restrictions and defend their choices spain's catalonia region closed its borders while germany announced a new knockdown. and is going to dynamic rate a few fictions will overload our intensive care units in just a few weeks from now all of this shows us that at the start of the gold season we are in a dramatic situation it affects us all without exception my girl says that the impact of france's lockdown won't be known for a few weeks it's due to end at the start of december but many people are resigned to it lasting much longer if the situation doesn't improve the al-jazeera paris meanwhile the university of oxford here in the u.k. is trying a test it hopes can identify asymptomatic coronavirus carriers within minutes it's hoped the research will lead will help identify infectious people spreading over 1000 without actually knowing it scientists are rolling out the tests in the university community to asses

senator little ben sasse seems to be heading down the same path as little bob corker. you can imagine the rest. last word you to, neera. >> i think there will be a big fight in the future about the republican party. but i also think it will be really instructive if donald trump's tweets against ben sasse really have any impact at all going forward. i think he's very weak right now. he's very weak with senate republicans. he cannot sway them. and i think they see the writing on the wall. but of course everybody has to vote to make that writing truth. >> thank you, guys, appreciate you joining me this afternoon. >>> red, white, and you. record numbers turn out to cast their ballots early. we'll hear from some of them just ahead. >>> plus election law 101, we all need it, right? we'll break down the most common concerns from voters. we've got you covered, stay with us. you covered, stay with us up. the medicare enrollment deadline is only weeks away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan is still the right fit? having the wrong plan may cost you thousands of doll

sarah corker, bbc news, in north derbyshire. the impact of the pandemic continues to hitjobs as figureslevels for more than three yea rs. highest levels for more than three years. the office for national statistics said the rate increased to four and statistics said the rate increased to fourand a statistics said the rate increased to four and a half percent between june and august with younger workers worst affected. here's our economics editor faisal islam. here in harrogate, the music has stopped playing. employers such as this nightclub operator who had held out over firing workers has now had to make the toughest of decisions. it was without question the hardest professional decision i've ever taken in nearly 40 years in this industry. the reason being, i've been through two or three previously where we had to make staff redundant. this time, we're in a position we're having to tell people they are going to lose theirjobs because we weren't allowed by law to open. not because the businesses weren't viable, not because the customers didn't want the product, they were sacrificing the

here's sarah corker in manchester with more on the saga. offered 60. there was no agreement. in a strongly worded letter, some conservative mps from greater manchester said that mr burnham was putting his ego before his responsibility to those he represents, and accused him of putting hundreds of thousands of people in jeopardy. workers affected by tier 3 restrictions, so those employed by businesses forced to close by law will have two thirds of their wages paid for by the government. the hospitality sector, though, fears some businesses may not survive moving into this top tier of restrictions. we're treading water and we seem to be playing a game at the moment. every day, i don't know whether i'm opening or closing. last week, i didn't know which tier we would be in. we ran ourfood all down, we ran all our beer down, our cask, so it wouldn't perish. and then the next day, i'm told that i need to reorder — and i'm ordering them, and then we are shutting down again. so it's playing a bit of a game really at the moment, and it's affecting e

my hand corker suggested that in the 1st half of next year a vaccine may be available for full public use will be rolled out quickly and the british government's pinning its hopes on the oxford university astra zeneca vaccine which is so showing some promising results according to some reports it's a product of an immune response both in younger adults and in older adults a good sign that it's affecting older adults in this way because of course they're the most susceptible to dying of coronavirus and when you get older your immune system tends to to weaken anyway but of course there are many vaccines being developed in different parts of the world one leading scientists have suggested that multiple vaccines may be available at the start of next year and one u.k. newspaper has even suggested that a bunch of the oxford vaccine has being sent or is about to be sent to a london hospital improper or in preparation for possibly being used as soon as the oxford vaccine gets the green lollies thank you for that need there in london in other world news president. has called on people enter a

sarah corker, bbc news, in manchester.upport from the government. ben's at a restaurant in london for us this morning to find out more. hello, ben. we are at one of angela hart at‘s places, and she is one of the signatories in that letter to the signatories in that letter to the government. someone who could champion the cause of these places and some of the issues that sarah was raising in that news report, so pressing, not least the potential number ofjob pressing, not least the potential number of job losses as pressing, not least the potential number ofjob losses as a result of tightened restrictions on new restrictions that might be introduced. in scotland but also england and wales, let me introduce you to kate nichols, the chief executive of uk hospitality. the scale of thejob executive of uk hospitality. the scale of the job losses in the warning from the industry about what could happen next is pretty stark. give me an assessment of where we are. since we reopened in july, with lost 160,000 jobs across the hospita

our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports. on from the height of the pandemic, cruise customers margaret from wigan are still waiting for refunds for holiday company planet cruise. they said 90 days at the beginning, which i thought was bad but i thought under the circumstances, and saying that the whole of the year's business was, so up to 90 days i was quite happy and then they started ringing and the answer was oh, we've got lots of people in front of you, there are thousands waiting for refunds. margaret is owed more than £1300. she booked a north america cruise to celebrate her golden wedding anniversary. she was not surprised it was cancelled but did not expect it to be such a battle to get her money back. not expect it to be such a battle to get her money backlj not expect it to be such a battle to get her money back. i have worked ha rd get her money back. i have worked hard for my money so it is not like i have got lots of money. it is the money that is my money that i have worked for and i think i have every right to

sarah corker, bbc news. think we can show you that, you can see the translation, i left the european council mission as a precautionary measure and has left the swedish prime minister to represent the finnish and of the meeting, so scandinavian prime minister is helping each other out. finnish prime minister sanna marin leaving the eu summit to self—isolate as a precautionary measure, she says, no more details on the circumstances which have made herfeel she needed to leave the summit, but we will bring you more on that when we have it. as covid—19 continues to exert pressure all over europe, one country stands out for having taken a different approach. sweden never locked down during the early stages of the pandemic, and still hasn't. we have talked about sweden on a number of occasions. its death rates from coronavirus are similar to many other countries but are significantly higher than its neighbours, norway and finland. ros atkins has been taking a look at the detail. sweden's approach to covid—19 has a

sarah corker, bbc news, manchester. so the furlough scheme finishes at the end of this week.and offers some wisdom in difficult times. we'll speak with him shortly, but first let's see one of his most memorable scenes. it's been on telly, basically ever! you see nowadays, these modern euro birds, they go for the more mature men, who've made it in life. yeah? is that why we're having no luck? haven't started yet. just building myself up to it. you better hurry up, it'll be closing time soon. all right, all right! i think we're on a winner here, trig. all right, play it nice and cool, son. nice and cool, you know what i mean? laughter and applause. drink up, trig. drink up, we're leaving. it works every time, doesn't it? and sir david joins us now... good morning to you. lovely to see you. everyone enjoying that moment, the number of times i've seen that, the number of times i've seen that, the more i see it, the more i think, how is it that trigger, i forget the actual ‘s how is it that trigger, i forget the actual '5 name, how did he manage to keep a straight face? every time

jeff flake, bob corker, they don't have a home anymore and i think that realignment is a real reckoning and they have to answer to history, frankly. >> i mean, mika, you think about it. think about mark sanford and sanford survived an excruciating personal controversy and he survived it by going around his district and apologizing to people one by one and they forgave him and elected him to congress. >> geez. >> but then they threw him out because he only voted with donald trump 90% of the time. >> yeah. >> so why aren't -- >> got to make a choice. mitt romney said he did not vote for trump but won't say who he voted for though. >> the question is, what is the upside for these republicans now? whatever they say it will not be enough. >> what could he do to them? >> what is the upside by being remembered as being the people that abandoned donald trump in the last 12 days of a four-year term, when they should have actually distanced themselves a long time ago. they may be seeing no upside in it. if donald trump is defeated, if these polls are accurate, then that's actually when the questi