fergus walsh, a medical editor.gham and three other local authority areas in nottinghamshire are being moving into tier 3 — the highest covid alert level in england, from thursday. the higher restrictions will affect up to 700,000 people. it's not yet been revealed how much government financial support the areas will get as part of the arrangement, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. the latest english city to hear that the toughest level of restrictions are on their way. the number of cases, and particularly the rise in the over—65 age group, were key concerns in nottingham. agreement was reached by leaders here and in the three local boroughs also affected late this afternoon. i don't think there was very much to argue about in terms of the money. the government made it very clear that we were going to get the amount per head of population that other areas got. 0ur discussions were very much about which things should close and which should remain open. the surge of covid cases in nottingham is affecting this

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.ood night. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie and the political correspondent, for the daily mirror, lizzy buchan. lovely to see you both. we willjust ta ke lovely to see you both. we willjust take you through some of those front pages. the guardian says labour have been plunged into "turmoil" after suspending keir starmer‘s predecessor, jeremy corbyn, in the wake of a damning report into anti—semitism that found the party responsible for unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination. according to the daily mail, labour is in open warfare afterjeremy corbyn‘s suspension. the i also highlights the report into anti—semitism, suggesting the party broke the law three times underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. the daily telegraph reports that jeremy corbyn has vowed to fight his suspension from labour, as his allies accused sir keir starmer of inciting a party war. the metro has sir kie

fergus walsh, bbc news.es show another rise in new infections. 17,231; were recorded in the latest 24—hour period, up from just under 14,000 recorded yesterday. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the past week is 14,973. hospital admissions have also increased, on average 658 people were being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 143 deaths have been reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. it means on average in the past week, 82 deaths were announced every day. that takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 15,018. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh is here. when we see those figures, and clearly some of them are startling, what should viewers make of them? well, it's the highest daily death toll sincejune. well, it's the highest daily death toll since june. the well, it's the highest daily death toll sincejune. the trend is very much up. i have to tell you, we are going to see further increase

fergus walsh, bbc news.al figures show a rise in new infections. 17,231; were recorded in the latest 2a hour period up from just under 14,000 recorded yesterday. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the past week is 14,973. hospital admissions have also increased on average 658 people were being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 143 deaths have been reported that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week 82 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 43,018. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. 143 deaths, these are very sobering figures, families behind every one of them. and it is the highest number of deaths since june. of them. and it is the highest number of deaths sincejune. there isa number of deaths sincejune. there is a lag in reporting deaths at the weekend but the trend, sadly, in deaths is up and i have to tell you the

fergus walsh, bbc news., physician and dean at baylor college of medicine. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you read into the fact the president is being discharged from walter reed? i think it is encouraging sign. the question everybody wants to know is, is he going to get worse? and in the u nfortu nate nature going to get worse? and in the unfortunate nature of this covid—i9 disease, is, as his doctors have a knowledge you get seven to ten days into the innocent have a decline, and we have a certain he seen that in our patients. they have been in the hospital, doing well, awake, alert, and then start to deteriorate seven to ten days into the illness. hopefully that doesn't happen. etiquette is encouraging he's doing as well as he is. i dickie was diagnosed four days ago come early in the morning on friday —— i think he was. he does seem to be noticeably better. the doctors they we re noticeably better. the doctors they were talking about how he is back. have you seen patients get that much bette

our medical editor fergus walsh reports. name of science. she is part of a group that is campaigning for so—called challenge trials. group that is campaigning for so-called challenge trials. for a young, healthy person, the chance of me dying is very low. so, when i think about what society gains by getting a vaccine sooner, i'm not that worried about risk. thousands of people like edward are part of covid vaccine trials, but it could be months before we know whether the job protects them against coronavirus. in a challenge trial, volu nteers coronavirus. in a challenge trial, volunteers are immunised and then infected with the virus, so it's clear straightaway if the vaccine works. scientists need to know how much coronavirus is required to ensure that the volunteers get infected. so, the first people on the trials won't get a vaccine, they'll simply get a predetermined dose of coronavirus. amazingly, there are thousands of people ready to sign up for this sort of thing. they will be closely monitored. those taking part wil

that takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 44,998, and as i said, fergus walsh is cent days, fergus, of progress towards a vaccine. some people say maybe even by christmas. how excited should people be quizzed back there are positive signs. 20,000 volu nteers are positive signs. 20,000 volunteers have received the oxford university astrazeneca vaccine. we should know before too long if it is safe and effective. the oxford team said it produces a good immune response in adults of all ages, including the over 70s, the biggest at risk group, and they say this is at risk group, and they say this is a key milestone but this data hasn't been published. many experimental vaccines produce good antibodies and then end up failing in the real world. some parts of the nhs are even planning the howl and the where they will immunise staff before christmas, but that is working simply on the assumption that the 0xford vaccine or one of the other front runners that the uk government is bought will work. i was in the 0xford labs at the end of last week and the teen there do not know

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. stay with us on bbc news.ty that never sleeps? the town in arizona that's dimming its street lights to measure the environmental impact on daily life. music. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly 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 news. the latest headlines — france raises its terror alert to its highest level after three people are killed in a knife attack at a church in nice. a 21—year—old tunisian man is held on sus

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool.ce. as you can see, cars stretched for a cumulative total of 700 kilometres one region earlier on thursday evening. the french government says prescience left the capital to spend lockdown in the countryside. we have all heard the phrase, dogs are man's best friend. well, it isn'tjust a saying, it's the honest truth. a new study of the canine's dna has shown that human beings have been close friends with them for so long that by the end of the ice age there were five different types of dog. scientists says the data confirms that dogs were domesticated before any other known species. that is that from me. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. iam i am vaughan—jones this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. if the phrase it's raining again has been used rather too much this month, it will be used again before the month is done. even into the first part of november, more rain on the way. strong winds, looking quite stormy on saturday. so, a chance of further flooding and disruption as

fergus walsh, bbc news. the nobel prize for chemistry has been jointly awarded to two scientists.doudna, have been honoured for their development of a technique for editing genomes. it's been used to contribute to new cancer therapies. emmanuelle charpentier said she hoped the prize would send a strong message to girls that they could have a successful career in science. before we go, here's a question for you: what would you do with $32 million? a new house? a new car? well, one anonymous bidder at an auction had a different answer: meet stan, this 67 million—year—old tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that was picked up at an auction at christie's. it was a 20—minute virtual bidding war that quadrupeled his estimated value of $8 million. stan is one of only about 50 t—rex fossils ever discovered. the 40—foot dinosaur is in pristine condition with 188 bones and over 11—inch long teeth. we have full coverage of the vice—presidential debate from salt lake city. you can follow it here on bbc news live in a special programme — that's coming up next. there are fewer than four weeks until the

fergus boss, bbc news —— fergus walsh. restrictions to try to stem the spead of coronavirus will be introduced tomorrow but will fall short of a full lockdown. she was speaking as 800 new cases of covid—19 were confirmed acoss the country, with the number of people in hospital with the virus rising by 44 overnight to 262. our scotland editor sarah smith has more from glasgow. tomorrow, we are going to get the details of restrictions that will be brought in later. bars and pubs across scotland or brace for bad news. it will not be a return to total lockdown. the schools are definitely not going to be close. apart from the half term october holiday. if that the government are hoping to use to try and create what become a circuit breaker. two weeks of regulations to try and stem the rides and infection rates. it could be that restaurants, bars and pubs will be told to close or severely restricted on how they can operate in order to try and clamp down on the rising infections. nicola sturgeon says this is the most difficult de

fergus walsh, bbc news.logist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists in washington. here's his take on the president's actions. as an epidemiologist it's really frustrating that he took off his mask as the first thing he did when he re—entered the white house. he's still definitely infectious because on average, people are ten days infectious after they first show symptoms, so donald trump is definitely still infectious and the fact that he took off the mask, he has staffers who have to go to work and not all of them wear n95 masks. i think it's very risky and i think, honestly, he's been discharged from hospital way too early. although he can still get pretty serious medical treatment at the white house but as you say, the point about his colleagues and his staff is, the white house is already a hotspot. yeah, absolutely. the white house is a hotspot and it's actually refusing to contact trace any of those at the recent supreme court nomination rose garden ceremony. they're actually acti

our medical editor fergus walsh has more.he nightingale hospitals in manchester, sunderland and harrogate, set up for the first wave of coronavirus, are now being mobilised for the second. there are more patients in hospital with covid—19 than when the national lockdown happened in march, and government scientists warn the numbers will rise. —— government medical advisers. we have baked in additional hospital admissions, and sadly, we also have baked in additional deaths, that are now consequent upon infections that have already happened. there have been almost no hospital admissions among the under—18s, the flat line there, and there has been some increase among those aged 18—64. but now look at those aged 65—84, a sharp rise in hospital admissions, and even more striking among those aged 85—plus, reinforcing the evidence that it is the elderly who are most at risk from coronavirus, even though most cases are among the younger age groups. many who were never admitted to hospital have lingering health problems, like fatigue,

fergus walsh, bbc news.ze of the empire state building, some 200 million miles from earth. take a look at this. cheering. we are going in! touchdown! the nasa—led expedition has collected dust and grit from the surface. researchers believe the rocks could offer clues to the origins of life on earth and reveal how our sun and solar system came into being. you can see how excited the scientists are. the british guitarist spencer davis has died. he was 81 and had been undergoing treatment for pneumonia in california. the band, named because he was the only member who enjoyed giving interviews, were best known for their 1960s hits keep on running, gimme some lovin' and i'm a man. the group split up in 1967. but spencer davis continued touring in later decades, often playing more than 200 shows a year. more on all the stores on a website. —— all of the stores. lewis vaughan jones will website. —— all of the stores. lewis vaughanjones will be with you at the top of the hour. hello. tuesday may not have been the su

fergus walsh, bbc news.en to ensure that — unlike the spring lockdown — school children do not miss out on time in the classroom. almost half of secondary schools in england sent home one or more pupils because of covid incidents last week. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. this is chesterfield high in crosby. head teacher kevin sexton is faced with the daily pressure of educating children who are absent from school. ok, we are going to go into year ten now to see some of the kids that have come back from being isolated, just to see if they are ok. bonjour! this week he has had to send him 400 children to self—isolate. almost a third of pupils at the school. we've got some of our year 11s on the second round of two weeks now, they've missed... they're going to miss four weeks out of seven. i've got a member of the english team who has only seen his class for five hours out of 28 in the last seven weeks. we have had students and staff in the last six saturday mornings doing catch up work.

fergus walsh, our medical editor.ed system of alert for england comes into force tomorrow. most of england will be put on the medium level, where the rule of six and 10pm hospitality curfew will apply. some areas will be put on the high level — which means there'll be no household mixing indoors — but the rule of six applies outdoors. the most severe level is very high. that means no mixing of households anywhere. pubs and bars will close unless they provide a substantial meal. so far, the liverpool city region is the only area being put on this highest tier. from there, danjohnson reports. among many cruel ironies here is a police themed pub facing its own lockdown. you don't socially distance in shops, everyone climbed the over each other in supermarkets. i think we've done everything we can to make sure people keep their distance and don't get ill. adding to the sense of unfairness as the restau ra nt to the sense of unfairness as the restaurant opposite which is allowed to stay open but still expected to ta ke to

fergus walsh, bbc news.an infectious disease physician at the boston medical center and assistant professor of medicine at the boston university school of medicine. i asked him what his take is on the president's actions while he has been infected including his call to the public to ‘not be afraid of the virus‘. we have tried over the last eight months to put out a consistent message, with the most up—to—date data that we can and, throughout that period of time — and i understand there have been hiccups in the road — but over the last eight or nine months, we have consistently tried to say that this is a dangerous and deadly virus, we have consistently held a message of masks and of social distancing and of hand hygiene, and the stunts, if you are to call them that, fly in the face of everything that everyone in medicine and in public health have been really trying to put out there, over this deadly pandemic. so as a physician, it is deflating. as someone who has donned personal protective equipment, reused

fergus walsh, bbc news.s clearly different from when boris johnson got it. i want to give you some news that has come into us from the president's physician who has released the following statement. he says as of this afternoon the president remains fatigued but is in good spirits. he is in evaluation by a team of experts and we are making together recommendations to the president and the first lady in regards to the next best step. also some of what the president has been treated with. let's go now to portland, where we're joined by dr esther choo, who's professor of emergency medicine at oregon health and science university. thank you very much forjoining us. i wanted to read to you what the president has been treated with. he has been given a single eight grams dose of an antibody cocktail and he has also been given zinc, vitamin d, melatonin and a daily aspirin. anything you can read into the president's health given what he has been treated with? it is hard to know, just hearing for the first time mysel

fergus walsh, bbc news. imposing quarantine restrictions on people who travel into wales from coronavirus hotspots in the rest of the uk. the welsh health minister says they're looking at their options after borisjohnson said he did not want to stop people living in parts of england that are under local lockdown going on holiday in wales. our wales correpsondent hywel griffith is in cardiff. how likely is it this could happen? iam how likely is it this could happen? i am told this is a strong possibility. we know the welsh government is discussing it at the moment, this evening, working out what it will mean for public health and what the legal situation will be. we know there is a mismatch in local lockdowns around the uk. here in wales a local lockdown is also a lock—out. people are not allowed to leave their area unless they have a valid reason, even if they don't have coronavirus. the welsh government called on borisjohnson to adopt the same measures in england. he has refused saying people need to use t

fergus walsh, bbc news.ple will be under some sort of local lockdown by the weekend. there are plans afoot to make it simpler, almost a traffic light system, so we understand it better. yes, plans have been circulating in whitehall for a couple of weeks and we understand they are complete and could be rolled out —— michael rolled out in a couple of weeks but not signed off i’ow. a couple of weeks but not signed off row. the idea is to end the system where you can have confusion with one set of restrictions and another not far away with something com pletely not far away with something completely different. the thought is you go to a regional system for england and take a tiered approach based on risk. the bottom tier, the first year as it would be called, would be based on national restrictions as they are now, like the rule of six with nothing extra on top of that, if it is higher risk, not based on the higher infections but the rate at which they are accelerating, the second tier, a ban on mixing household

fergus walsh, bbc news, newcastle.ed states. although donald trump is trailing in the national polls — the key state races that will decide the presidency are much tighter. and last night the president had a major victory after his choice for supreme courtjudge amy coney barrett was sworn in — giving conservatives a six to three majority on the bench. david willis reports. question occurs on the nomination of amy coney barrett. the vote was along party lines in a deeply divided senate. the yeas are 52. the nays are 48. the nomination of amy coney barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. applause. confirming that conservative christian amy coney barrett to a lifetime appointment on the highest court in the land. the process then moved swiftly to a prime—time event at the white house. described by president trump as a "towering intellect," amy coney barrett was sworn in by the longest—serving supreme courtjustice, clarence thomas. i will well and faithfully dis

fergus walsh, bbc news. government data on coronavirus shows there were 14,542 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 11,994. hospital admissions jumped significantly on sunday — on average 470 people were being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 76 deaths were reported — of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week — 53 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,445. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson is with me. what about the numbers in hospital admissions? counting the number of people admitted to hospital with covid—19 is one of the most reliable measures we have of how the pandemic is developing and the figures today are concerning. hospital admissions had been dabbling on average every two weeks until now, —— doubling on average every t

fergus walsh, bbc news.a covid—19 vaccine won't return life to normal immediately. the royal society says it could take a year to roll out vaccinations and restrictions may need to be phased out rather than ended in one go. they warned that people needed to be realistic about what a vaccine would achieve. now, with more and more local lockdowns, often with different measures, knowing what's allowed and not allowed can be quite confusing. ministers are looking at ways to simply things. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. hugh, exactly what our ministers talking about? george, a plan has been doing the rounds in whitehall for england for a few weeks now, it has been finalised now, but not com pletely has been finalised now, but not completely signed off, and the theory is to end the situation with one local authority with one set of restrictions, another down the road with different, to go to regions and a stepped approach depending on risk. so here is how it is supposed to work. first of all, you would have

fergus walsh, bbc news.shows there were 14,542 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is 11,99. hospital admissions jumped significantly on sunday — now on average 470 people are being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 76 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 — 53 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,445. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. let's talk about the hospital admissions. it is a big rise injust one day — and the figures were have are for england alone. hospital admissions are one of the most reliable and best data we have in terms of measuring how the pandemic is developing and changing. the figures today are very concerning and until now we've seen a doubling in hospital admissions, ro

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. now on bbc news, our world. tiktok.fastest—growing social media platforms in the world, and downloaded over 2 billion times. micro entertainment has a bottomless well of content and that means hours of engagement every day. normally the home for lip—syncing teens and out—of—control pets, its phenomenal growth means it's starting to change the world. we are seeing on tiktok, i think we know more about politics and about the latest news. and nowhere more than in the us election, where donald trump and joe biden supporters are fighting for the future of their country on tiktok. i am a conservative and i am a trump supporter. hey, bunker boy. any time he opens his mouth, it's good for content creators. more than 800 million of us have downloaded tiktok. i'm sophia smith galer, bbc reporter and tiktok creator, and have been following political content on the app for months, and it's not all good. there's clearly a huge amount of hate speech. there's a huge amount of divisive rhetoric. will the influence of tiktok on its mill

fergus walsh, bbc news. the time is 6:20. our top story this evening...ordered to shut to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. and coming up, honouring one of britain's last surviving d—day veterans — 95—year—old harry billinge gets a high speed train named after him. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, ahead of their euro 2020 play—off semifinals, scotland's stuart armstrong tests positive for coronavirus, with kieran tierney and ryan christie forced to self—isolate too. three times us olympic champion aly raisman says anyone who knew about any form of abuse in british gymnastics should leave the sport. she was sexually abused by the former us team doctor larry nasser, including at the london olympics in 2012. it comes as britain's amy tinkler says she would have given up her bronze medalfrom rio if it meant she hadn't had to go through what she suffered. here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. such a powerful gymnast... winning bronze atjust 16 years old was a dream come true. amy tinkler, looking very at home! but the treatment she says she's

fergus walsh, bbc news.still be unaware that they've been in close contact with someone who has covid. a technical issue in transferring positive results from laboratories led to almost 16,000 missing cases. all those who tested positive were informed. but their close contacts were not — and thousands still haven't been traced. many of the cases are in parts of northern england already under local lockdown. the health secretary matt hancock told parliament the problems still haven't been resolved and the incident should never have happened. the shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth said the missing results were "putting lives at risk". here's our health editor hugh pym. testing and tracing continues today, but there are yet more questions about whether the whole system in england is working properly, with thousands of cases not recorded, so contacts of those testing positive were not followed up. the health secretary had to come to the commons to explain what went wrong. this incident should never have ha

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. let‘s take a look at some of today‘s other news...response to the pandemic, and said more help could be offered to the worst affected. pizza express says it expects to lose around 1,300 jobs, on both a compulsory and voluntary basis, in its uk restaurants, after recent trading worsened. the company said 370 restaurants would be affected. the uk government is to remove cyprus and lithuania from its travel corridor list, meaning that from this sunday people travelling into england from those destinations will have to self—isolate for two weeks. new restrictions have been confirmed for scotland, starting on monday. the central belt, including glasgow and edinburgh, in addition to dundee, will be placed under the second highest level, level 3, meaning household mixing is banned in homes and no alcohol can be sold in pubs and restaurants. aberdeenshire, fife, the borders and dumfries and galloway are in level 2. meanwhile, shetland, the highlands, 0rkney and the western isles are in level1. the housing secretary robertjenrick says the gove

fergus walsh, bbc news. flown to the united states and charged in connection with the killing of western hostages in syria. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh have admitted being members of is and having had some contact with captives, but they deny murder. kotey and elsheikh were captured in syria in january 2018 and are said to have been part of a cell of executioners known as the beatles, because of their british accents. they are allegedly responsible for the killings of a number of western captives, including the britons alan henning and david haines. 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher is at the court in virginia. what has been going on, barbara? the two defendants are on american soil and they were set to appear in court to hear the charges against them, but we have been told it is not happening in person it is happening via webcam. it is supposed to be taking place right about now, we just need confirmation on that. that is the latest in terms of what is happening. what they have said is their m

our medical editor, fergus walsh, looks at the risk to president trump's health.which raise his risk profile for coronavirus — his age, weight, and being a man. at 7a, he's often insisted how healthy he is, despite a love of burgers and hot dogs. age is the biggest risk factorfor covid—i9. in the united states, eight out of ten deaths have been among the over—65s. the risk of dying for somebody aged 65 to 7a is 90 times higher than for someone in their 20s. to put that in context, a recent international study found that once infected with coronavirus, the chances of dying were around one in 100 at age 65, one in 25 at 75, and one in seven at 85. the president and first lady of the united states... the first lady, melania trump, is just 50, 2a years younger than donald trump, and physically fit, so her risk from covid should be low. the president is six foot three and weighs more than 17 stone, putting him in the obese category — another red flag. his medical team will be on constant guard for any change in his condition. often patients have quite mild symptoms to

fergus walsh, bbc news.e to large parts of cheshire and the whole of nottinghamshire, are being put into tier 2 restrictions from wednesday — sian lloyd has been getting reaction in nottingham. nottingham, under grey skies and with empty streets. this is what a tier 2 city looks like today. it has the highest covid rate in england, but nottingham hasn't been placed in the highest tier. the restrictions it's been placed under will prevent households mixing indoors. we're really close with our family because i look after my granddaughter and i care for my mum, so that will be a shame. we need to be able to see these people, it's important to us. it's good news for nottingham that we're not in the worst tier, i guess, compared to some other cities, but not good for those other cities, but i don't really understand what tier 2 means. three quarters of all new cases here are in the 18—22—year age group. the student population has been described as being a significant part of the outbreak, but public health offici

fergus walsh, bbc news. an end, business groups have reacted with dismay after a phone call this afternoon with the prime minister and the cabinet office minster, michael gove. the companies were hoping for an update on the state of the trade talks with the eu. our business editor, simonjack, is with me. they also wanted to get across their level of concern over the state of these trade talks. they don't, they saw this as an important call at a crucial moment with trade talks seemingly on the rocks and they wanted to find out what was going on, if we would get a deal or not and express some hopes and fears. the call lasted just 21 minutes, the prime minister left after 15 and one attendee described it as terrible, terrible call unbelievably different electoral to businesses and what they're going through with the covid crisis. the pm reportedly said there was too much apathy in the business community and they needed to get ready and that came off, some said, like more of a lecture than listening it was basic

fergus walsh, bbc news.rocas, an infectious disease physician at boston medical center and assistant professor of medicine at the boston university school of medicine. mrtrump has mr trump has just put out a new video urging americans to get out there, be careful, we have the best medicines in the world. as you have been watching the pictures of him in the limousine and also coming out of walter reed army medical centre and now without a mask at the white house. as a physician, what are you thinking? we have tried over the last eight months to put out a consistent message with the most up—to—date data that we can and, throughout that period of time, there have been hiccups along the road but we have consistently tried to say that this is a dangerous and deadly virus, a message of masks and social distancing and hand hygiene, and if the stance, if you are to call them that, fly in the face of everything in medicine and public health and really trying to put out the over this deadly pandemic. as a physician, i

our medical editor, fergus walsh, looks at the risk to president trump's health.has several factors which raise his risk profile for coronavirus — his age, weight, and being a man. at 7a, he has often insisted how healthy he is, despite a love of fried chicken and burgers. age is the biggest risk factorfor covid—i9. in the united states, eight out of ten deaths have been among the over 65. the risk of dying for somebody aged 65 to 7a is 90 times higher than for someone in their 20s. to put that in context, a recent international study found that once infected with coronavirus, the chances of dying were around one in 100 at age 65, one in 25 at 75, and one in seven at 85. the first lady, melania trump, isjust 50, 2a years younger than donald trump, and physically fit, so her risk from covid should be low. the president is six foot three and weighs more than 17 stone, putting him in the obese category, another red flag. his medical team will be on constant guard for any change in his condition. often patients have quite mild symptoms to start with and then it's as i

fergus walsh, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news.travelled from london to glasgow by train knowing she was infected with coronavirus, has described her actions as a "blip". in an interview with the sun on sunday, she argued the virus made her ‘act out of character'. she's been suspended from the scottish national party and a police investigation has begun. president donald trump is no longer a covid transmission risk to others, his white house doctor has said. sean conley‘s memo is the first update on mr trump's health since thursday. there had been concerns that he might still be contagious following his three—day hospital stay. however, the statement did not say whether mr trump had tested negative for covid—19 yet. the ceasefire brokered by russia between armenia and azerbaijan to try and end a flare—up in fighting over the last two weeks has been breached within its first 24 hours. the two countries have a long—running dispute over the nagorno—karabakh region. azerbaijan has now accused armenia of a war crime after an apartment b

our medical editor fergus walsh looks at the risk to president trump's health.his risk profile for coronavirus — his age, weight, and being a man. at 7a, he's often insisted how healthy he is, despite a love of burgers and hot dogs. age is the biggest risk factorfor covid—i9. in the united states, eight out of ten deaths have been among the over—65s. the risk of dying for somebody aged 65 to 7a is 90 times higher than for someone in their 20s. to put that in context, a recent international study found that once infected with coronavirus, the chances of dying were around one in 100 at age 65, one in 25 at 75, and one in seven at 85. the president and first lady of the united states... the first lady, melania trump, is just 50, 2a years younger than donald trump, and physically fit, so her risk from covid should be low. the president is six foot three and weighs more than 17 stone, putting him in the obese category — another red flag. his medical team will be on constant guard for any change in his condition. 0ften patients have quite mild symptoms to start with a

fergus walsh, bbc news.he los angeles times and also author of the book rawhide down: the near assassination of ronald reagan. earlier i spoke to him about the importance of donald trump's walk from the white house to marine one. seeing president reagan walking was also relevant when he was shot in 1981. well, it was a very important to ronald reagan, back in 1981, to ronald reagan, back in 1981, to demonstrate he wasn't in trouble. he wasn't on live television when he did that, right? in fact, television when he did that, right? infact, it television when he did that, right? in fact, it happened so quickly after the assassination attempt, three minutes, but he arrived at the hospital, he was doing it mostly to send a message to those around him. like, ican message to those around him. like, i can do this. and then, as we know, he got into the hospital and managed to walk 35 feet before he collapsed like a deadweight into the arms of his agents. and we learned he had been shot and nearly killed. reagan lost

fergus walsh, bbc news.ity region is in the only place in england in the highest tier, with the greatest restrictions. as well as pubs and bars, the local authorities have agreed that gyms, leisure centres, betting shops and casinos will all have to close, too. danny savage is in liverpool for us this evening. danny, the prime minister says this decision was made in agreement with local leaders, but they're not sounding happy tonight? no, in the last half—an—hour or so, the mayors for the area along with the mayors for the area along with the local council leaders have issued a joint statement saying, it was made clear to us that the government would be doing this regardless of whether we engage with them or not. they say they disagree with the level of the fellow scheme which has been announced, which they say is inadequate and risks pushing tens of thousands of low—paid workers below the national minimum wage. on the ground, and in reality, that translates into business owners wondering if they are going t

fergus walsh is here! laughter hi, adam. shall we have a chat with the professor? he is here. say you are here on a personal capacity tonight rather than representing sage. given that the famous meeting on the 21st of september where the idea of the circuit breaker was signed off by the scientific advisers. why did you think the circuit break was something necessary? the transmission of the infection and the numbers across the uk really started to fall and really reach their low point in about a 10th ofjuly, and since then they have just been edging up consistently throuthuly, august, then into september, and by the middle of september at the time of that meeting you could see they were at that point of inflection, when they go from gradual increase to a pretty dramatic increase, and when the community transmission builds up i am afraid to say hospitalisation and, tragically, deaths, will always follow, and that's what we were seeing through the early weeks of september through to that meeting. has the government missed the boat this time around? yes. personal view, iwould hav

go to the press conference as soon as it starts, but fergus walsh is with me. we have had the announcement of these three tiers, are they going to be enough, fergus? well, that is the big question, because we have had restrictions in many parts of the north of england for weeks, and in some areas for months, and yet the figures keep going the wrong way. and we have a huge number of cases, and that is now feeding into hospitals, because what matters is not so much the cases but the impact that this has on hospital care, and some hospitals are now almost, almost, getting to the levels of patients with covid that they were back in march and april, and indeed we now have more patients in hospital with covid than we had on the day, march the 23rd, you will remember, that boris johnson announced a national lockdown. now, there are many different things about where we are now than then, but all the trends are going the wrong way. and there has been some surprise, perhaps, that some areas with very high infection rates, such as the north west, have not been put into thi

go to the press conference as soon as it starts, but fergus walsh is with me. us? well, that is the big question, because we have had restrictions in many parts of the north of england for weeks, and in some areas for months, and yet the figures keep going the wrong way. and we have a huge number of cases, and that is now feeding into hospitals, because what matters is not so much the cases but the impact that this has on hospital care, and some hospitals are now almost, almost, getting to the levels of patients with

absolutely, and i think it was the bbc's health correspondent fergus walsh talking earlier this weekhat the vaccine may arrive tomorrow, but it will actually still take a while for it to be distributed amongst the population. normally the first wave ofa population. normally the first wave of a vaccine is not the most effective, it needs to be fine tuned and we are rushing this out for obvious reasons. 50 yes, we can hope for a vaccine, and we all do — but this is a virus that keeps surprising us in different ways. it's complicated and difficult. we are gathering all this new information all the time, and scientists and medical people are processing it. but it is a big opponent and it certainly means we have to continue to be nimble and not assume that things have worked in the past will this internally work in the future as we try to find it. turning to the front page of the daily telegraph, people may well be put into defector lockdowns because ofan put into defector lockdowns because of an algorithm change. they've done some tweaking to the coronavirus app which has had quite a lot

to explain is bbc medical editor fergus walsh. fergus: the trend in debts is up. number of deaths reled to covid are simply going to keep rising for now, because they are building into the system people who got infected several weeks ago. we know the epidemic is doubling every seven-14 days the question is how high they will go. in april, there were up to 1000 deaths a day. we are not seeing deaths rising anything like the speed they were at the end of march, but we face a long winter in the average age of those who died with covid is 82. the average age of people going into intensive care is 60. in the concern is that if hospitals keep filling up with covid patients, that will have an effect on non-covid care. but all the restrictions that have been taking -- have been taken have a damaging effect on the economy, mental health, and the impact of society, which has to be factored in. there are early hard choices ahead. moments after those figures were released, the government demanded a new strategy. >> the government's plan simply isn't working. another course is

fergus walsh, bbc news.eginning a study into whether the bcg vaccine — which protects against tuberculosis — could be helpful. the uk study is part of an international reserach project. the hope is that bcg might provide some protection against covid until a specific vaccine against the virus is in use. james gallagher reports. in the fight against covid, scientists are turning to one of our oldest vaccines. archive: a new preventive weapon has nowjoined the battle. bcg vaccine... the bcg jab was designed to fight tuberculosis, and was first trialled in 1921. it has since been given to hundreds of millions of people. but now doctors think its effect on the immune system may lessen the impact of coronavirus, too. sam hilton is a gp. his job dealing with patients puts him at higher risk of getting covid. he's one of 1000 people in the uk, including care home staff and other health care workers, who will take part in the trial. having had the vaccine in childhood will not offer protection today. there's quite a

fergus walsh, bbc news.ston and speak tojeremy faust, an emergency medicine doctor and coronavirus specialist at brigham and women's hospital and harvard medical school. thank you very much forjoining us. if you work the president's position at the moment. i think we have got you. what would you be looking for? what would you be monitoring? right fiow what would you be monitoring? right now i would watch for the development of further symptoms. and i think the fact that we have heard from his chief of staff that there are symptoms now that are mild will we will be watching for an increase in that. i'm sure they are watching things like if oxygen level and whether or not he has a fever. the real line in the sand here is between a systematic disease and its symptomatic disease. people can go through it and really have never noticed it and others can be in the i see you. and that we are in the pool of people who have symptoms and his reportjust pool of people who have symptoms and his report just said pool of p

fergus walsh, bbc news. i know them a number of people in that situation.letting the virus spread among healthy people in society, which is donald trump's policy. this is what he wrote afterwards. that coincides with the front page of the daily mail. curbing activity is failing to control painted bit —— pandemic. what alex azar is calling for is focused intervention. it super political. even here, we say is president trump's policy but actually his policy is also doctor fauciand actually his policy is also doctor fauci and the cdc's policy, which is more in favour of restrictions and having some sort of limitations. it gets his notion of herd immunity, and there is an interesting story out of germany that says the problem with the notion of herd immunity, evenif with the notion of herd immunity, even if it's a good idea and printable, is that we don't know who is vulnerable. it's not always the old people. we don't know how long people have immunity for, so even if you've got some kind of immunity, how long would it actually last for? and then thirdly, what

fergus walsh, bbc news, newcastle.ling and rushcliffe council areas are set to move totier three covid—19 restrictions. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is in nottingham. dan, we saw all that bad blood over tier 3 restrictions being imposed on manchester, has this been agreed chemically between the council leaders there and the governments? it seems so. there certainly hasn't been that open bitterness, that open wa rfa re been that open bitterness, that open warfare that we saw in greater manchester, but the togs here have been going on for sometime. i was here two weeks suggesting that extra restrictions were about to be announced, even before the simple 53—tier system came in. we know there have been three rounds of talks between local leaders here in nottingham, and nottingham share and in other local burros with the government because they've had to discuss exactly which burros would go into the very high level restrictions. so we are talking about nottingham, the city itself, and then some of the burros in nottingham