john mcmanus reports.gland, 1.4 million people in south yorkshire have moved in to the highest tier 3 restrictions, with households barred from meeting in venues and pubs not serving food. forced to close. absolutely everything we have done complies with covid and we are covid—safe, as people are saying. the general consensus from the public is that they feel safer in a pub rather than going to a supermarket. warrington will follow south yorkshire from thursday. and coventry, stoke and slough are now under tier 2 rules. nottinghamshire, which is also in tier 2, is in talks about whether it should move to the very highest alert level. pulling down the shutters and hanging up the closed sign. wales has become its first full day of a national lockdown, which the cardiff government hopes will slow the spread of covid—19. all but essential businesses have closed. that means no more indoor exercise for a while. people can no longer meet others they don't live with, either indoors or outdoors, and they are discou

john mcmanus reports.ntry is engaged in the fight against covid—19. but depending where you are this weekend, the view from the barricades will look very different. this is one of lancaster‘s oldest pubs. and like many others in lancashire that don‘t also serve food, it‘s now closed. the county at the highest tier, very high alert, today. that means as well as pubs closing, there‘s a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. local leaders have agreed to a support package from whitehall, but some of those at the sharp end are still worried. is it two weeks, is it three weeks, is it three months? there will be more restrictions for lancashire on monday, when casinos, bingo halls, bookmakers, betting shops and soft play areas will also close. but gyms can stay open. that has caused some upset in the liverpool city region, which is also in the very high risk alert status, but where gyms have been closed. meanwhile, leaders in greater manchester have been largely resisting go

john mcmanus reports.the capital last night, as londoners spent their first evening under the tier two high alert restrictions. it was calm in dalston. but a few miles west in soho the scene was busier. mixing outside is still allowed here, as long as the rule of six is followed. and sitting behind the new alert levels is the test and trace system. it has now emerged that users' data may be shared by police if they are suspected of failing to self—isolate following a positive test for them or those they live with. the government says this will occur on a case—by—case basis, but it has brought criticism from the british medical association and the liberal democrats. their leader, sir ed davey, called it a huge mistake, adding that asking our already overstretched police service to take on this task is self—defeating and a serious misjudgement. meanwhile, the stand—off over which tier level the greater manchester region should be under, continues. the region's mayor andy burnham has denied further talks have

john mcmanus, bbc news. our political correspondent jessica parker is with me.ut the potential restrictions? i think it is important to differentiate between what we do know and what we don't, because there has been a lot of speculation and clearly people are confused. we know borisjohnson is going to make a statement to mps tomorrow about the latest restrictions and outline this new tier system in terms of different levels of restrictions. in terms of across england, we know local authority leaders in liverpool have been told they are going to go into tier three, which could mean pub closures, but there were suggestions yesterday from one of the local males, steve rotherham, but there was a discussion over what counts as a pub and what counts as a restau ra nt. a pub and what counts as a restaurant. he described it as a vexed issue. so that is one of the discussions going on. andy burnham, labour mayor of greater manchester, said discussions were ongoing about what was going to happen in his area in terms of restrictions, and then interestingly in the north—eas

john mcmanus, bbc news.ave reported coronavirus infection rates higher than during the first wave of the pandemic. in france, the government has imposed a six—week overnight curfew on two—thirds of the country. paul hawkins reports. another patient arriving at a hospital in paris. nearly half of france's intensive care beds are now occupied by covid patients, with the number of cases now passing 1 million. the french president says his country will be fighting the virus until at least next summer. in the meantime, new restrictions have come into force, covering two thirds of the country — that's 46 million people. translation: at this stage, we have no other choice but to slow down. meaning reduce social life as much as possible, to limit contacts, to break the spread. if we really want to preserve our health system, and our fellow citizens, we are forced to do this. in athens it's a similar story. greece will impose a night—time curfew in covid hotspots from saturday, with restrictions on movement in severa

john mcmanus reports.ry is engaged in the fight against covid—19. but depending where you are this weekend, the view from the barricades will look very different. this is one of preston's oldest pubs and, like many others in lancashire that don't also serve food, it's now closed. the county entered the highest tier, ‘very high‘ alert, today. that means, as well as pubs closing, there's a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. local leaders have agreed to a support package from whitehall, but some of those at the sharp end are still worried. if you see how many cases are only linked to hospitality, we aren't the biggest problem. yet, for the second time, we are the ones that get punished for it. and there will be more restrictions for lancashire on monday when casinos, bingo halls, bookmakers, betting shops and soft play areas will also close. but gyms can stay open. that has caused some upset over in the liverpool city region, which is also in the ‘very high‘ risk ale

as john mcmanus reports.en a tough year so far and it's understandable that people are keen to unwind. with further restrictions on socialisation looming, last night in liverpool, anywhere making the most of what may bea anywhere making the most of what may be a final weekend of partying. for now, at least. it seems at for some parts of the country, a difficult winter may be on the way and the government needs the public to co—operate. government needs the public to co-operate. i think it could be managed a lot better. i don't think all this lockdown thing works, everybody going home at ten o'clock. i think it could be managed better. never been told what to expect so as of monday, we are getting an announcement but we don't know what we are being announced to, you know, so we are being announced to, you know, so it is kind of like it is every thing going to be shut down or you just planning on shutting down click certain things or what? liberty has any idea. i think we would support any idea. i think we woul

john mcmanus reports.e streets of liverpool. but later today, the government announced the party is over, for now. like ina the party is over, for now. like in a part of the north—western north—east of england, the transmission of covid—19 continues to rise here. and after a weekend of negotiations between whitehall and local leaders, some likely measures are becoming clearer. it is expected that different parts of the country will come under medium, high and very high alert levels. however, the full restrictions have yet to be announced, and they may vary between areas with the same alert levels. the full details will be confirmed by the prime minister when he addresses parliament today. the government says it has worked closely with regional mayors, but there has been significant pushback. the leader of the liveable city regions as gyms and betting shops were closed, alongside pubs in his area. but he says a deal hasn't yet been done, and he wants crucial information. we have asked the government for, gi

john mcmanus has this report.ekend of bar—hopping and socialising for some on the streets of liverpool, but later today, the government may announce that the party's over, for now. like other parts of the north west and north east of england, the transmission of covid—19 continues to rise. and after a weekend of negotiations between whitehall and local leaders, some likely measures are becoming clearer. it's expected that different parts of the country will come under medium, high and very high alert levels. however, the full restrictions have yet to be announced and they may vary between areas with the same alert levels. the full details will be confirmed by the prime minister when he addresses parliament today. the government says it's worked closely with regional mayors but there has been significant pushback. the leader of the liverpool city region says gyms and betting shops will close, alongside pubs in his area. but he says a deal hasn't yet been done and he wants crucial information. if the government can

john mcmanus, bbc news.rime minister, the chancellor rishi sunak and the chief medical officer for england professor chris whitty will be holding a news briefing from downing street at around 6pm this evening — we'll bring that to you live here on bbc news. let's talk to two experts. joining me now is dr stephen griffin, professor in the school of medicine at the university of leeds and and sunetra gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology at the university of oxford. welcome both of you. what do you think is the best strategy for the government to take a head of the winter months now? i wasjust listening to the previous broadcast and this idea restrictions is a choice between partying and not partying has to leave our consciousness. we are talking about a choice between jobs consciousness. we are talking about a choice betweenjobs are nojobs, between starvation and no starvation. given that context, what we are proposing is, under the great barrington declaration, is the should try and shield the vulnera

john mcmanus, bbc news. in more detail the warning from one of the government's senior scientific advisers that the pandemic has reached a tipping point in some parts of the north of england. the bbc‘s andrew marr asked epidemiologist professor peter horby if he agreed with that statement. unfortunately, i have to agree with that. the numbers are not looking good at all, we have increasing cases, increasing hospitalisations, both in the young and the elderly. we are starting to see the number of deaths increase as well. it is a rather precarious point, i am afraid. it is a precarious point but we are in a better situation when it comes to treatment and how much we know about the disease presumably? there's a number of things that put us in a better situation, we have better testing and tracing capabilities and we have a much better understanding of the disease. what is great to see is it appears the risk of death in hospitalised patients is coming down. it was very high at about 25 to 30% in the last wave. a

john mcmanus, bbc news.to our political correspondentjessica parker about the government's financial support for businesses. rishi sunak, the chancellor, said that where businesses are legally forced to close in the coming weeks and months, and there is a lot of speculation for example around pubs, the government will step in to pay two thirds of people's wages where they are off for seven consecutive days and where those businesses have been forced to close. we have, from a group of labour mayors yesterday in the north of england saying, that's not good enough, especially for people who are on the minimum wage. how are they going to make ends meet? and it's a view being reflected this morning by the shadow foreign secretary, lisa nandy who says that her party are going to try and force a vote on this issue in the commons over the coming week. i haven't felt anger like this towards the government since i was growing up here in the 1980s. people feel that they haven't just been abandoned by the government, th

john mcmanus, bbc news.pping point referred to by england's deputy chief medical officer, professor jonathan van—tam, i'm joined by the university of cambridge virologist dr chris smith — also presenter of the naked scientists podcast. do you think he is right to say that we are at a tipping point? jonathan van—tam is well known for his use of colourful analogy. people can cast their minds back to the times of the downing street press when he admonished the british public not to rip the pants out of the guidelines. this time he is using analogies like, the seasons are against us, we are sailing into a headwind. there is morejust the are sailing into a headwind. there is more just the seasons against us here, though. back at the beginning of all of this, we were very much united against a virus, we were going to try to suppress it, the end point was suppression of the virus and getting back to normality. now i think that we have actually got the morale of the nation against us as well as the winter coming, so

much more on those stories to come — but first — our reporter john mcmanus takes us through the detailshutters and hanging up the closed sign. wales has begun its first full today of a national lockdown which the cardiff government hopes will slow the spread of covid—19. all but essential businesses have closed — that means no more indoor exercise for a while. people can no longer meet others they don't live with, either indoors or out, and they are discouraged from leaving home, except to buy food and medication, provide care or go to work. yesterday afternoon in cardiff, people made the most of the chance to grab a drink at a bar. though it wasn't long before the streets began to clear. and although supermarkets remain open, they have been told not to sell nonessential items. there is a bigger prize at stake here than whether you need to buy a candle or not. it is a straightforward matter of fairness. we are in this together here in wales. no individual and no organisation is above the effort that we are all required to make. over the border, police in gloucestershire say they're goin

john mcmanus, bbc news. ncashire are now under the highest level of restrictions in england. our reporter luxmy gopal is in blackpool. luxmy, how are people there reacting to the new rules? yes, good morning, naga and charlie. that's right, 1.5 million people waking up this morning to further tighter measures here, as lancashire moves into tier three, and as you heard in the court there, that means pubs and bars will have to close u nless pubs and bars will have to close unless they serve food, there is no mixing of households indoors or in private gardens, and at some outdoor venues. private gardens, and at some outdoor venues. now, this is something the prime minister said yesterday had been worked out with local leaders here in lancashire. that doesn't mean it was an easy deal. the negotiations were hammered out thursday night into friday morning. as you heard, it included a package of measures, financial measures, to help support the area. as you know, lancashire and areas of the northwest have among the

john mcmanus reports. of the capital last night as londoners spent their first evening under the tier two high alert restrictions. it was calm here but in soho the scene was busier. mixing outside is still allowed here, as long as the rule of success followed. and sitting behind the new alert levels is the test and trace system. encouraged to download and use the app, it is now emerged it uses use the app, it is now emerged it uses data may be shared with police if they are suspect of failing to self isolate following a positive test for them all those they live with. the government said this would occui’ with. the government said this would occur on a case—by—case basis that it has brought criticism from the british medical association and the liberal democrats did their leader called it a huge mistake, adding that asking an already overstretched police service to take on this task is self—defeating and a serious misjudgment. meanwhile, the stand—off over which tier level the greater manchester region sho

john mcmanus bbc news.se who have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus could be reduced. at the moment people must quarantine for 14 days, but ministers are considering shortening this to 10 or seven days. it's after senior conservative backbencher sir bernard jenkin joined those criticising the speed and effectiveness of the test and trace system. there have been long queues at polling stations in new york and florida, on the first day of early voting for the us election. more than 57 million people have already cast their ballot either in person or by mail. and with just ten days left in the race, both president trump and his democratic challenger, joe biden, have been campaigning in key swing states. meanwhile, the race for strictly come dancing's glitterball trophy began last night with the first live show of the new series. stringent measures have been put in place to ensure everyone involved is safe including a socially—distanced audience. but despite the new rules, the

john mcmanus, bbc news.he government is to try and give us a rough plan of what the next few weeks and months are going to look like with these three tier system that we will see in local areas, from medium, high and very high. at the moment, the only area that looks like it will be immediately put into that fairly high level is the liverpool city region and that will mean some really big restrictions on things like hospitality with pubs being told to close but there are still a lot of questions about exactly how it is all going to work, exactly what the criteria are going to be to be put into those various different tiers that also the economic support that will be available. i don't know if you can see behind me, the lights on downing street have been on from very early this morning which i think is probably an indication that a lot of the detail is still being worked out. we know, for example, the city region mayor in liverpool, steve rotherham, says he wants to make sure there is a decent support backing

john mcmanus, bbc news.hich has the highest coronavirus infection rate in south yorkshire, and it is actually the 10th highest in england. and that rate has been rising sharply from 335 cases per 100,000 people last week to 504, and it is not just 100,000 people last week to 504, and it is notjust here in barnsley but other parts of the region which have also seen big jumps. doncaster and rotherham. sheffield's has gone down slightly, but is still high. from today, the new restrictions may not only are pubs and bars which do not serve social meals will have to close, but also betting shops, casinos have soft play centres will have to shut as well. and gym classes will not be allowed to happen, although gyms will be allowed to stay open. and these restrictions will be reviewed within 28 days. but we have heard from a south yorkshire public, directorfor public health, who says that he doesn't think that timeframe will be enough to bring the infection rate down. just to leave you on a more hopeful note, south y