james shaw, bbc news, glasgow. in the north of england remains high, and there are suggestions that more restrictions may be introduced in nottingham, where infections have surged. in a moment, we'll hear from our correspondent phil mackie in nottingham, but first, fiona trott is in newcastle. what is the feeling where you are fiona? well here we are seeing a rise in case, a rise in hospital admissions and questions over whether or not restrictions are working, let me give you an example. figures suggest eight of the ten worst affected areas are here, in the north, manchester has a highest rate of infection, latest figures suggest, with over 3,000 cases in the past week alone. when it comes to hospital admissions we have seen thatjump, by to hospital admissions we have seen that jump, by about to hospital admissions we have seen thatjump, by about a quarter in england's hospitals in just thatjump, by about a quarter in england's hospitals injust one day, again, two thirds of those hospital admissions here in the no

this report from james shaw.ottish government has not said exactly which sectors will be affected by new restrictions. there have been hints that hospitality is one area which is being looked at. lots of factors make it easy for the virus to spread — the difficulty of social distancing, poor ventilation, crowds, alcohol, and households mixing together. nicola sturgeon has said schools will stay open and there won't be a scotland—wide travel ban, although local travel bans have not been ruled out. we are not proposing another lockdown at this stage. not even on a temporary basis. we are not going to be asking you to stay inside your own home and, apart from the october holidays, which are already planned, we are not proposing to close schools. changes could happen as soon as the weekend, when many schools will start autumn half—term holiday. not a happy prospect for those who had been planning to get away or are worried about theirjobs in hospitality. i work in a pub, so that would be hard for me. i would have noj

our scotland correspondent james shaw has been following the rescue mission today.gare loch this morning, keen to catch a glimpse of them. these northern bottlenose whales should not be in the relatively shallow waters of the loch, they are deep diving species, at home in the open ocean. and there is an urgent need to get them out of the loch before this weekend's big military exercise. but the job of rescuing them has to be done slowly and carefully. a flotilla of small boats moving down the loch towards the sea. so you mightjust be able to see in the background there a flotilla of seven boats and they are trying to herd these whales on to the far side of the loch, away from the shallows on the side. but at a crucial moment, the rescuers lose contact with the pod. they were in front of the boats but at the minute we have lost sight of two of them. one of them is back up ahead of the loch so the boats may reset and they may try again. at the minute, we are trying to find confirmation of the two of them. because they can dive for more than an hour, these sea creature

communications used by the boats and submarines could harm the whales. 0ur scotland correspondent james shawwhales. people started to gather on the banks of the gare loch this morning, keen to catch a glimpse of them. these northern bottlenose whales should not be in the relatively shallow waters of the loch — they are deep diving species, at home in the open ocean. and there is an urgent need to get them out of the loch before this weekend's big military exercise. but the job of rescuing them has to be done slowly and carefully. a flotilla of small boats moving down the loch towards the sea. so you mightjust be able to see in the background there a flotilla of seven boats and they are trying to herd these whales on to the far side of the loch, away from the shallows on the side. but at a crucial moment, the rescuers lose contact with the pod. they were in front of the boat but at the minute one of them is back up at the head of the loch so the boats may reset and they may try again. at the minute, we are trying to find confirmation of the two of them. because they can dive for more than an

our correspondent, james shaw, gave us more details about what ms sturgeon had to say.ne, is essentially as close to normality as you can get, until there is an effective vaccine. and then the restrictions ramp up through levels one, two and three and nicola sturgeon explained that level three is similar to the restrictions that are in place, quite tight restrictions, in the central belt of scotland at the moment, so households, different households are not to meet indoors, most licensed premises closed and then level four, close to the kind of lockdown to be experienced in march of this year, although some activities will be able to continue, so schools will stay open, construction and manufacturing will continue but this is how nicola sturgeon explained her thinking. we do not envisage returning to a situation as severe as the first lockdown imposed back in late march. i hope that helps to reinforce an important point. we are not back at square one. we have made progress in tackling the virus and we have more tools now at our disposal to help control it. today's frame

our scotland correspondent, james shaw, reports.cottish government has not said exactly which sectors will be affected by new restrictions. there have been hints hospitality is one area which is being looked at. lots of factors make it easy for the virus to spread — the difficulty of social distancing, poor ventilation, crowds, alcohol and households mixing together. nicola sturgeon has said schools will stay open and there won't be a scotland—wide travel ban, although local travel bans have not been ruled out. we are not proposing another lockdown at this stage. not even on a temporary basis. we are not going to be asking you to stay inside your own home and, apart from the october holidays, which are already planned, we are not proposing to close schools. changes could happen as soon as the weekend, when many schools will start autumn half—term holiday. not a happy prospect for those who had been planning to get away or are worried about theirjobs in hospitality. i work in a pub, so that would be hard for me. i would have nojob. b

meeting in which she was first told of the allegations against mr salmond. 0ur scotland correspondent james shawns of sexual misconduct first emerged against alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, to civil servants claiming sexual misconduct. he strenuously denied those claims. he took the scottish government to court and the scottish government had to admit that the process had been procedurally unfair. alex salmond then faced criminal charges where he was acquitted of all those charges in march this year. in that whole completed process, the aspect of it that with davidson, the leader of the conservatives in the scottish parliament, was interested in, was when did nicola sturgeon first know about these allegations. she had told the parliament that it was at the start of april in 2018, but it has since emerged that it was three days earlier at the end of march. a critical one according to ruth davidson and she said she could not understand why nicola sturgeon had gotten this critical detail and this was nicola sturgeon‘s response. there is something seared in my memory and it is a

i'm not sure. >> oza dwain shaw is one of the last people to see shelly boggio alive. and who does he say she's with? not jamesst jack. >> oza dwain shaw tells detectives that it's hours later when jack pearcy returns to the house alone. >> mr. pearcy doesn't return to the house, according to oza shaw, until at least 4:00 a.m. and if shelly died sometime between 1:30 and 3:30 a.m., then mr. dailey couldn't have been there. >> he couldn't have been there because, his lawyers say, because he was back at the house. >> oza shaw has been consistent from day one that the only people that went to that pay phone were oza shaw, jack pearcy, and shelly boggio, and that james dailey stayed back at the house. period. >> jack came back and woke me and said, i've got a couple of joints. let's go smoke them. and grabbed a six pack of beer out of the fridge. so i got up. he said he needed to talk to me about something. >> jumping out of bed in the middle of the night to go drink beer and smoke pot with your friend may odd to you and me, but dailey says this was the life they were leading. they were up at all hours. they didn'

this report from james shaw.ttish government has not said which sectors will be affected by new restrictions. they have said that hospitality will be one area being looked at. lots of factors make it easy for the virus to spread. the difficulty of social distancing, poor ventilation, crowds, alcohol and households mixing together. we are not businesses that can be turned on or turned off. we are dealing with fresh food and long term bookings. people have long term bookings in advance. we are dealing with our team and our supply team. there is a confidence issue across the board, that will be the hardest thing. how do we build that back up again? nicola sturgeon has said schools will stay open and they won't be a scotla nd will stay open and they won't be a scotland wide travel ban but local travel bans haven't been ruled out. yesterday 800 new cases of coronavirus were announced across the country. 262 people are currently in coronavirus hospitals —— hospitals with coronavirus. more than two and thousand people h

unlike in england, it will have five levels. 0ur correspondentjames shaw is in glasgow. james did talk about these five levels, of course two more than a happening in england. level 0, the first one, essentially, is as close to normality as you can get until there is an effective vaccine, and then the restrictions ramp up through levels i—3, and nicola sturgeon explained that level 3 is similarto sturgeon explained that level 3 is similar to the restrictions that are in place, quite tight restrictions, in the central belt of scotland, so different households not allowed to meet indoors, most licensed premises closed, and then level 4, close to the kind of lockdown that we experienced in march of this year, although some activities will be able to continue, so schools will stay open, construction and manufacturing would continue. but this is how nicola sturgeon explained her thinking. we do not envisage returning to a situation as severe as the first lockdown imposed back in late march. and i hope that helps to reinforce an important point — we are not back at square one, we ha