and clackmannanshire, stirling, falkirk and clackmanna nshire, the city stirling, falkirk and clackmannanshireweeks, particularly on household interaction. based on the data we are considering, if progress is maintained, we would hope that at a very early review point we will be able to consider moving some areas, east lothian in particular and possibly edinburgh, from level three to level two reasonably soon. i cannot make that commitment now but i hope we will be able to confirm it in the coming weeks. our approach to managing covid will work best when there is a real partnership between neighbouring authorities and health boards on how to drive down levels of infection, share resources and communicate with and support communities. i indicated earlier this week that we had cause for concern in relation to dundee and that we expected to move into level three. the da seeing around 185 per 100,000 cases per week —— dundee is seeing. that is higher than several areas in level three, therefore we have decided a level three assessment for dundee is correct and so from monday at 6am, dundee will mo

falkirk and dundee were awarded 3—nil wins after kilmarnock and forfar forfeited their games becausef the need for players to self—isolate. a petition backed by the english football league to get the government to reconsider letting football fans back into stadiums has gathered more than 100,000 signatures. plans for more test events were abandoned last month as stricter social distancing measures were brought back. now that the petition on the official parliament website has passed the hundred thousand signature mark the government will have to make time to debate the issue in parliament. they said that it was a positive side of progress that major arts had been able to invite socially distanced audiences back into indoor and outdoor venues. but they say now football should do the same. so clearly, yes they are happy to see other areas in society able to open up other areas in society able to open up again but they are asking to be treated in the same way. they said that they will now intensify efforts to pioneer new approaches. that's both in the stadium and on the approach to the

falkirk and dundee were awarded 3—0 wins after kilmarnock and forfar forfeited their games because ofish football league to get the government to reconsider letting football fans back into stadiums has gathered more than 100,000 signatures. plans for more test events were abandoned last month as stricter social distancing measures were brought back. now that the petition on the official parliament website has passed the hundred thousand signature mark the government will have to make time to debate the issue in parliament. french prosecutors have opened an investigation into alleged spot—fixing in a women's doubles match at the french open. it involves a match in the first round. meanwhile, on the court, it was after 9.30 when rafa nadal and jannick sinner got their quarterfinal under way. follow that on the bbc sport website. they are playing so late in paris because of the match before them. the third seeded dominic thiem was knocked out in his quarterfinal. the austrian, who won his first grand slam at the us open last month, was beaten by argentina's diego schwartzman. it went all

edinburgh, glasgow, stirling, and falkirk will be joined by dundee and ayrshire in level 3 of a new five—tierd restaurants are only allowed to open until 6:00pm and alcohol sales are banned. in wales, the 17—day "firebreak" lockdown, with people only able to leave their homes for limited reasons, continues. it is currently set to finish on november 9th. northern ireland first minister arlene foster has said that the current tightened restrictions there will end — as planned — on the 13th of novermber. pubs and restaurants have been closed, and schools, which will reopen on monday, were closed for two weeks. and you can keep up with the latest developments about the coronavirus outbreak on the bbc news app and on our website. within the last hour, it's been announced that sir sean connery has died aged 90. the first actor to play 007 in the james bond films, it was a role that brought him global stardom, and it was followed by decades as one of hollywood's leading actors. 0ur entertainment correspondent, david sillito, looks back at his life. bond, james bond. sean connery, a star whose life a