jayne mccubbin, bbc news. let's return now to another of our main stories. 4.1% in the three months tojuly, compared with 3.9% previously. people aged between 16 and 2a have been particularly hard hit. speaking earlier at the trades union congress, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, called on borisjohnson to work with labour on a "national plan" to protect jobs. that's why today i am calling on the government to work with us to create new targeted support that can replace thejob retention scheme, to develop through this a scheme for those sectors that most need it. this needs to be done through urgent talks with the trade unions, with businesses and with the labour party so we can deliver direct support and training to those that need it and prevent mass unemployment. that will be a liferaft while we are still in choppy waters. we will approach this constructively and look at the different options that have been put forward, whether that is the tuc‘s job protection and upskilling plan that is being put forward, the cbi's short time working scheme, or the g

jayne mccubbin, bbc news. thanks final messages today. have not been able to get a test unless i travel to 0ldham or the isle of wight. another viewer says they have started their firstjob working in general practice, then none, who also works on the nhs, came into close contact with a colleague who tested positive. my manager said i needed to have a test before i come back to work, i am currently on call to book a test. i cover eight surgeries working at a different site every day, sometimes two, so the risk of passing the infection to a wide range of started present. i really need a test. i also live in birmingham. julie says my daughter is a keyword at a special educational needs school, she became ill last week, try to get a test, both me, my husband and daughter spent four hours online trying to get a slot. she was offered an appointment in sunderland, we live in blackpool, the whole family has had to self—isolate. get in touch regularly if you are a key worker, and if you are able to get a test as well as not get a test, we would li

jayne mccubbin has been to the university of bolton, where local restrictions are in place, to find outwelcome 26,000 young people back into education in a city where a second wave was blamed largely on young people. the weight of responsibility on your shoulders. yeah, it has been a busy time. it has been a busy time. have you lost sleep? i have lost a lot of sleep over this. i think if somebody has not lost sleep over this running a university, then they shouldn't be running a university. so how do you get students safely back into the spaces? welcome to the university of bolton. we have got our queue management system that ensures social distancing. let me take you inside, and lets mask up, shall we? the aim is to make it safe enough to deliver as much face—to—face learning as possible. as we head in here, everybody coming in the main entrances has to go through these one of these scanners, the sheet scanners. —— the heat scanners. green light means go, perfect. posters say this will be unique as it should be, but of course nothing is as it was before. it is the calm before the storm

jayne mccubbin, bbc news. happening? we do have concerns. just as you have heard, social care staff who are unable to go to work, we now have nhs staff who are unable to go to work and we are absolutely at full pelt in the nhs at the moment, trying to recover services where treatment was understandably but u nfortu nately treatment was understandably but unfortunately delayed because of coronavirus a few months ago and we are trying to get through those cases as quickly as possible but we cannot spare members of staff, waiting for test, not being able to come into work and of course, the thing to remember is it's notjust, i thought your report was interesting, it's notjust members of staff who need testing, it's quite often their family members and if yourfamily quite often their family members and if your family member cannot get a test you need to self—isolate. the other thing, quickly, we also have a bunch of patients who we know we need to treat because they've been waiting but to keep them and anybody els

jayne mccubbin, bbc news. test for her and her son, because at the school has tested positive. she cannot get a test, but despite being an nhs worker in a hotspot area, according to guidelines she does not need to get tested. why? because you are not showing symptoms? yesterday i got are not showing symptoms? yesterday igota are not showing symptoms? yesterday i got a phone, from my son's school, saying he self—isolate because somebody in his school bubble had tested positive for coronavirus. i felt it was the responsible thing to book a test, i have to book a test both online and request a home testing kits as well and i have tried to go to our walk—in centre which actually closed two hours early yesterday because they had reached capacity and renovated tests. if my son contacts me to say he has developed symptoms, which is when i would have to isolate, i would not be able to work. but that he have symptoms? no, here is isolated because someone in his bubble has developed symptoms. the current public health e

jayne mccubbin reports. this is a message that signals a system in chaos.put in that i was unemployed and clicked and it said there was no site available. as soon as i tried to change the unemployed to a key worker, that's how i got this. are you a key worker? no. two months ago, getting a test was a public duty. today, prioritisation is the key word. matt hancock is saying that they need to prioritise test for key workers because there are no longer enough tests to go around. do you feel guilty about clicking that? no. because i am keeping my family safe and everyone else safe. i think there should be a lot more tests otherwise what is the point? we're all going to get it. there is a constant stream of people of this test centre. some with appointments, some without. some with symptoms, some without. i didn't even know it was here. i was just wandering by. lance wants a test after returning from holiday in spain. i have done the two week isolation. but you think you fancy a test? but now i am thinking i might have a test. i don't feel poorly. i have no cou

jayne mccubbin reports. forjodie. .. i was so sure it wasn't going to fit in.ee months, i've been counting down for it for six ever since our exams got cancelled, so ijust can't wait for it to really get started now. i've been waiting for years for this! you want to get rid of him? that's it! no, we will miss him...| think. really excited, yeah. she's going to hopefully do well. how many people will you be living with? i just live with three others. the problem is, they're your bubble now. mm. what if you don't get on with them? i have a group chat with them already, i'm already chatting with them, it's going to be ok. it's going to be ok! when they're that age, they're just eternally optimistic, aren't they, so... there are nearly a0,000 students moving in to leeds this week, a city which hasjust recorded its best ever increase in covid infections. a city which hasjust recorded its biggest ever increase in covid infections. for families like these, there are more than the usual worries as they prepare to wave their kids off. yeah, there's a little bit of conce

jayne mccubbin, bbc news.orwich. do you wa nt to just finished on norwich. do you want to continue? yes. we are working on this for about four months now. developing covid—19 testing, along with our partner institutions on the norwich research park. leading and developing diagnostic testing to help support the nhs initially. first of all we set upa the nhs initially. first of all we set up a lab in medical school that has been working with the nhs doing covid—19 testing seven days a week since april. then be built on that to set up another lab facility in the institute, to test the idea around asymptomatic testing of wider populations, to see if we could pick up populations, to see if we could pick up people who are carrying covid—19 earlier, and shutdown infections, stop them before they had a chance to spread. this is particularly what will happen in the younger population. we know that people in the 18-30 population. we know that people in the 18—30 age group, which are the majority of our students, many of

jayne mccubbin is at hull university this morning.ing is out to welcome back 111,000 students to this university but as you say, tens of thousands of students have spent the whole weekend living around the country, ready to start their courses in some shape or form today and some have questioned the wisdom of that. the union that represents university lectures has put out a statement and a survey this weekend that found that they went to university towns and question people and 57 patent 57% of people found they could be an upsurge in infections because of this. yesterday we spent the day in the leeds, leeds university, which has not one but five universities in that city. to find out how the stu d e nts that city. to find out how the students and parents feel, how the community feel, about what is about to begin, just as this stark warning comes from the chief medical officer. forjodie. .. and forjosh and nathan... today is independence day. theirfirst day and forjosh and nathan... today is independence day. their first day of a new

jayne mccubbin has been to meet two young people who have continued treatment through the pandemic.but ijust remember looking at it as she was telling me. hearing the word oncology, which is a word that you've never come across before, and as soon as you look it up, you realise it's a cancer treatment ward, your heart sinks. but the reality is that, for most children, their cancer story will have a happy ending. # we like the cars, the cars that go boom #. let me introduce two children, rufus and sally... tell them about when you're going to see rovina, your nurse. ..who haven't just survived cancer... what you have done at the hospital. ..they‘ve survived it, in a pandemic. come on, rufy. this is 6—year—old rufus, who'd much rather tell me about spider—man than talk about leukaemia. now you're talking. and this is sally, who's 13. and how you are you feeling? i feel really well now. three years ago, sally's consultant gave the diagnosis of ewing sarcoma, a bone cancer. and she actually asked me why i was looking so worried and said to stop being so worried because she knew what it

around 4,500 children get cancer each year in the uk. jayne mccubbin has been to meet two young peopleere told. i do, like it was yesterday. that will be in my mind forever. yes, it was sunday the first of october, 2017. the exact moment their child cancer story started. there was a painting in the little private room where the doctor told us. we were told there was something growing and sally's chest. i don't think i had noticed the picture before but i was just looking at it as she was telling me. hearing the word oncology, which is a word that you've never come across before, and as soon as you look it up, you realise it's a cancer treatment ward, your heart sinks. but the reality is that, for most children, there are cancer story will have a happy ending. we like the cars, the cars that go boom. let me introduce to children. who haven't just survived cancer... what did you have done at the hospital? they've survived it, in a pandemic. come on. this is six-year-old rufus, could watch rather tell me about spider—man than talk about leukaemia. now you're talking. and this is sally, wh

brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is there for us this morning. good morning. because of what is happening, because of the escalating rates but it was really quiet stop even yesterday, even in this covid capital of the country, if you were a key walker that make worker and logged onto the computer system yesterday to try and book a test you we re yesterday to try and book a test you were told that there were none available. absolutely not sitting nowhere in the country and certainly none here in bolton. matt hancock said he reckons you can turn this around ina said he reckons you can turn this around in a few weeks time. yesterday we filmed him and stop port, another area where rates are rising quite quickly. and what we found is that even with matt hancock saying he wants to retires this short supply for people who need it, there are other people out there who will do whatever it takes to get their hands on a test because when they have been told, promised a world beating system they think they are entitled to it. have a look at this. this is a message that si

jayne mccubbin reports. forjodie. .. i was so sure it wasn‘t going to fit in.t eternally optimistic, aren't they, so... there are nearly 40,000 students moving in to leeds this week, a city which hasjust recorded its biggest ever increase in covid infections. for families like these, there are more than the usual worries as they prepare to wave their kids off. yeah, there‘s a little bit of concern but they seem to have a lot of things in place around here which are safety oriented. you‘re reassured by that? yeah, i think it‘s pretty reassuring, yeah. could do with having a bit more teaching time but i don't know whether that's going to happen. it's a bit annoying because it's harder to meet people if you're trying to meet people in a course, you can't go to lectures and sit next to new people. sebastian‘s mum says she‘s packed all the essentials. hand gel, lots of masks everywhere we go, as you can tell, he‘s not wearing a mask. laughs. so much of what happens now will depend on students following all the rules and regulations. mohammad tells me the council is

we'll speak to lily and her parents shortly — but first breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has more about her. she will walk 15 kilometres to raise money for the haven house children's hospice. it's going to be a really good challenge. and behind her, there is so much support. hello, they told me you were doing a 15 kilometre walk, we are going to be rooting for you, we know you can do it. and this is the young man who inspired the young man who raised over £1 million walking on his prosthetic legs. hi, lily. good luck, you'll smash it, love from tony. your support is going to mean so tony. your support is going to mean so much to the children and families at haven house. way behind you every step of the way today, good luck. lily has already smashed her target. this guy is the limit. i will try my best to finish this walk and this is my biggest achievement i can ever achieve. we're joined now by lily, and her parents adam and kelly. good morning, tell us all about what is behind the walk. tell us about the inspiration and why you are doing it. you want to answer the question? i wanted to hel