let's go to westminster, and to our political correspondent jonathan blake. an, we heard real cries of pain from different sectors of the economy. there is a whole host of pressures on the government right now. , ., , now. yes, the government is under -ressure now. yes, the government is under pressure on — now. yes, the government is under pressure on a _ now. yes, the government is under pressure on a number _ now. yes, the government is under pressure on a number of _ now. yes, the government is under pressure on a number of fronts - now. yes, the government is under pressure on a number of fronts and we are seeing them come to a head on a couple of areas come on energy, industry urging ministers to intervene after those talks today. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng promised to help the industry mitigate the impact of those rising costs but there is no detail on how the government plans to do that. conservative mps with links to the steel industry, particularly getting nervous, one saying publicly tonight that all options should be considered to protec

, jonathan, if correspondentjonathan blake, jonathan, if it's important for members and peers to respects and what has become known as the parliament's church. yes. respects and what has become known as the parliament's church.— as the parliament's church. yes, it was a poignant _ as the parliament's church. yes, it was a poignant service _ as the parliament's church. yes, it was a poignant service and - as the parliament's church. yes, it was a poignant service and a - was a poignant service and a powerful expression, i think of the shock and sadness and the grief that many of his friends and colleagues are feeling at westminster but their determination to put on a united front, if you like and demonstrate that this was a loss which is been filled very deeply by many of sir david amess's friends and colleagues and he had many of them and also the wider public as well and also is a tragedy as an aic is in circumstances but he expressed in the words of the surface with the moon, and something of an attack on our democracy and way of life too. and the reverend who led the service w

here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the nhs under pressure.er approaches, but as covid admissions rise, doctors warned that it could become unbearable.— warned that it could become unbearable. the government should be — unbearable. the government should be making _ unbearable. the government should be making sure - unbearable. the government should be making sure that l unbearable. the government i should be making sure that the public are expected and required to follow simple infection control measures such as the wearing of masks in indoor public settings, including public transport. now is the time to act. we have enough evidence that this trajectory is heading in the wrong direction. yesterday the health secretary _ wrong direction. yesterday the | health secretary acknowledged things would get worse. 100,000 cases per day, you won, and unless people took precautions ministers would have to act. film ministers would have to act. am i sa in: ministers would have to act. am i saying that _ ministers would have to act. am i saying that if — m

jonathan blake, bbc news.dent clinton was admitted to uci medical center to receive treatment for a non—covid related infection. doctors there say he is being closely monitored and responding well to anti—biotics. italy's national airline for the past 70 years, alitalia, has operated its final service before being replaced by a smaller successor. a domestic flight between rome and sardinia brought an end to the company that on several occasions only survived through huge bailouts from the italian taxpayer and private investors. the new national carrier known as ita will inherit part of alitalia's fleet, many of its airport slots, and part of its workforce. of course, the pandemic has been the biggest shock aviation has ever seen, about the deepest and the longest crisis faced by airlines globally. there have been a number of failures, but that aside, alitalia is a particular case. it has had structural losses for many, many years, with only the occasional part of profitability, and a long history of backwards

, or should put in place. jonathan blake. thank — or should put in place. jonathan blake, thank is president biden's biggest headache. he promised during the transition a more humane policym but it would be a cautious approach. well, they are short of that. but his record and the policies they've enacted are sure become a majorfocus in the next year's midterm elections. i'm joined now by former department of homeland security spokesperson, david lapan, in washington. nice to have you with us. they skyrocketed, let's be frank, in the months after resident biden took office. what changed?— months after resident biden took office. what changed? well, most of what changed _ office. what changed? well, most of what changed is _ office. what changed? well, most of what changed is the _ office. what changed? well, most of what changed is the migration - what changed is the migration patterns, and they do every year. one of the things that we see driving migration in the southwest border are conditions in other countries, whether it's poverty, corruption, violence or natural disasters.

jonathan blake and westminster. _ chris page is in belfast.northern ireland want from these talks? weill. ireland want from these talks? well, there are two — ireland want from these talks? well, there are two dimensions _ ireland want from these talks? well, there are two dimensions to - ireland want from these talks? -ii there are two dimensions to the protocol in northern ireland itself. one practical, the other political. 0ne practical, the other political. when it comes to the practical side of things, that is mainly about the businesses who have suffered a degree of disruption, particularly companies who have in the past at least got most of their supplies in england, scotland and wales. they say they found certainly that has become much more difficult, some companies have stopped delivering to northern ireland altogether because of the extra paperwork and checks which mean it is too much hassle. those businesses will say fundamentally, what they need is the checks happening here and the likes of belfast port to be minimised so that part

here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the nhs under pressure.ed as winter approaches, but as covid admissions rise, doctors warn it could become unbearable. the government should be making sure that the public are expected and required to follow simple infection control measures, such as the wearing of masks in indoor public settings, including public transport. now is the time to act. we have enough evidence that this a trajectory heading in the wrong direction. yesterday, the health secretary acknowledged things would get worse. 100,000 cases per day, he warned. and unless people took precautions, ministers would have to act. am i saying that if we don't do our bit, get vaccinated, you know, all of those behavioural changes that we can make, that we are more likely to face restrictions as we head into winter, then i am saying that. i think we have been really clear that we've all got a role to play. for now, the government is holding firm and says it's not yet time to take further measures. moving to the government's plan b in england would ma

katie prescott, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake is here.d intervene. what can the government do? i don't aet what can the government do? i don't net the what can the government do? i don't get the sense — what can the government do? i don't get the sense they _ what can the government do? i don't get the sense they are _ what can the government do? i don't get the sense they are on _ what can the government do? i don't get the sense they are on any - what can the government do? i don't get the sense they are on any major. get the sense they are on any major intervention here. there are more talks in the coming days as they work out possible measures, possible steps to take. as for what that could be, the sorts of things industry is asking for, a possible subsidisation of wholesale energy costs in the short term, a price cap for business in the long term, those are expensive measures that the government is being expected to take. while they are not been ruled out, i would expect any steps to be much more limited in scope. we have seen the go

here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the nhs under pressure. and resources always strained as winter approaches, but as covid admissions rise, doctors warn it could become unbearable. the government should be making sure that the public are expected and required to follow simple infection control measures, such as the wearing of masks in indoor public settings, including public transport. now is the time to act. we have enough evidence that this a trajectory heading in the wrong direction. yesterday, the health secretary acknowledged things would get worse. 100,000 cases per day, he warned. and unless people took precautions, ministers would have to act. am i saying that if we don't do our bit, get vaccinated, you know, all of those behavioural changes that we can make, that we are more likely to face restrictions as we head into winter, then i am saying that. i think we have been really clear that we've all got a role to play. for now, the government is holding firm and says it's not yet time to take further measures. moving to the government'

let's go live to westminster this evening and to our political correspondent jonathan blake.ortages, gas prices, there is a whole host of different economic pressures on the government going into the winter. the government _ going into the winter. the government is _ going into the winter. the government is under - going into the winter. tie: government is under pressure going into the winter. tte: government is under pressure on a number of fronts, the industry urging government to intervene. labour accusing the prime minister of refusing to take responsibility for these problems. if you take the example of pig farmers which we saw in the report there, some in government are urging the prime minister to act and say this problem could be easily fixed by relaxing requirements around the english language for the visas which are needed for people to come in and fill the vacancies that are there and ease the backlog. the trouble is that would not sit right with boris johnson's big theme at the moment of making the uk economy less reliant on foreign labour. as one minister put it

jonathan blake, our political correspondent. let's speak now to sir peter fahy.ble of greater manchester police. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the question occupying so many people right now, how do you protect mps on democracy, people's access to those mps, while at the same time effectively identifying and stopping threats. threats which are ever more present because of social media? yes, absolutely. clearly there will be quite a bit of focus on the prevent programme. which was put in place after thejuly the prevent programme. which was put in place after the july the 7th bombings, when we realised a lot of the threats were coming from inside the threats were coming from inside the country. this suspect was referred at some point. it is like any other programme which is put in place to try and deter young people from getting involved in knife crime or drugs, gangs, you know, it is voluntary and it will have its successes and it will have people who will sadly go on to commit violent attacks. but as all your clips have said, in terms of protection for mds

joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, jonathan blake.vid and this press conference in the next few minutes or so, and what are you hearing he might want to come out with? we hearing he might want to come out with? . hearing he might want to come out with? ~ with? we can report the government will announce — with? we can report the government will announce child's _ with? we can report the government will announce child's of— with? we can report the government will announce child's of two - with? we can report the government will announce child's of two new - will announce child's of two new antiviral drugs, there will be more from him in the next few minutes at that downing street briefing, but this is very much part of the government approach and there will be trials of two different types of antiviral drugs at which the government house procured, subject to approval by the medicines regulator the medicines and health care regulatory agency they may well be available for use before the end of the year. as you heard from jim reed eight f

and jonathan blake is our political correspondent. it is clear what businesses want. the business departments i�*d say we should make our own minds up and point to the fact that the two worked together closely all the time. the upshot of all this is if there is going to be support for business, it is the treasury that will have to find the money for it, and the chancellor doesn�*t want to give the impression that he is ready to write out a cheque. and the timing is crucial because in a couple of weeks rishi sunak will set out the spending review which sets government department budgets for the next year or so, and there isn�*t a lot of money to spare. labour said the government is acting farcically, accusing departments of infighting while the prime minister is on holiday, and tonight they are no closer to getting any help. jonathan, thank you. with the nhs winter flu jab campaign under way, there�*s a warning about the risk of catching both flu and covid at the same time. early evidence suggests you are twice as likely to die if you become infected with both viruses.

jonathan blake is in westminster. perhaps a change in emphasis?haps a change in emphasis? yes, the government is _ perhaps a change in emphasis? is: the government is sticking to plan a which is continuing vaccination programme and encouraging people to get a third booster dose of the vaccine and encouraging people to wear face coverings and crowded spaces. but it's not going further for now, the health secretary sing to the pandemic is not over, it remains a threat and the government will be moving with so—called plan b yet. but this came tonight in the face of increasing concern about the rising number of cases and hospitalizations and deaths in the uk and rising criticism particularly from the opposition labour party about the handling of things at this point. but you're right, no change in policy, no change in approach but in policy, no change in approach but in underlining and emphasising of the governments advice as it is of the governments advice as it is of the moment that people should be wearing face coverings and crowded places and urgi

jonathan blake, bbc news.eing a sharp rise in covid cases is suffolk, which saw 4,265 cases recorded in the seven days to the 16th of october — an increase of almost 600 cases compared with the previous week. now the council says it's introducing rules after half term, that say staff and secondary school pupils will have to wear masks in communal areas outside the classroom, unless exempt. suffolk county council's director of public health explained why they made the decision. we know about 51% of our cases are under 19 so two or three weeks ago we brought in some measures which meant that if a school had an outbreak and a child had an outbreak and a a sibling, we asked them to stay at home for three days and take a pcr test and that helped to reduce numbers. ultimately we are in a position where we have some of the highest rates in suffolk and the wider county and we are seeing cases start to increase in parents of children and people over 60 so it is about working out what works locally to keep the rates dow

jonathan blake is in westminster.e is still pressure growing on there is still pressure growing on the government to shift here much the government to shift here much the same answers for you, i�*m afraid. let�*s make it a bit more interesting. the pressure does continue, it�*s increased, you heard there the doctor from the british medical association stressing that as the people on the front line against this pandemic working in hospitals, it�*s absolutely their view that plan b needs to happen now. and accusing the government of willful negligence. that is quite strong stuff coming from the bma but the government is standing firm in the government is standing firm in the face of that.— the face of that. suggesting that the face of that. suggesting that the protection _ the face of that. suggesting that the protection against _ the face of that. suggesting that the protection against a - the face of that. suggesting that the protection against a virus - the face of that. suggesting that l the protection against a vir

our political correspondent jonathan blake has more. extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad, in an attempt to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk. but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now the government is going further, in a move it hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. this will bring, i think, some significant additional capacity to deliveries to the hgv fleet, because some of those eu fleets will be able to do more return jobs here in the uk. it's hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that, while it might take the pressure off in the run—up to christmas, uk firms could lose out to cheaper eu rivals. pig farming is another sector that has been struggling, with thousands of healthy animals slaughtered without being

jonathan blake, bbc news. iain watson, our political correspondent, is at westminster.e these are effectively short—term measures, but the long term and mission of the government is to raise wages in this country to reduce the reliance on foreign workers. . , reduce the reliance on foreign workers. ., , ., , workers. that is right, that is the vision set out _ workers. that is right, that is the vision set out by _ workers. that is right, that is the vision set out by the _ workers. that is right, that is the vision set out by the prime - workers. that is right, that is the i vision set out by the prime minister just last week at the conservative party conference, high wage, high skill economy. but the government say they are in a bit of a transition period getting from a to b, from low skills and low wages. it is high wages for many of course in the hgv sector at the moment because of a labour shortage. but at the moment, the government proposes a consultation, another week before they decide definitely to go ahead with relaxing the rules on foreign drivers and eu driv

here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. ease pressure on supply chains in the uk. but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now, the government's going further, in a move it hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. having some additional capacity, right now, i think everybody agrees is a good idea. this is a quick way of doing it. it doesn't require visas to do. people are already here. so, it'sjust a common—sense measure at these times. it's hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that while it might take the pressure off in the run—up to christmas, uk firms could lose out to cheaper eu rivals. pig farming is another sector that's been struggling, with thousands of healthy animals slaughtered without being processed for meat. but there

if correspondent jonathan blake. if these correspondentjonathan blake.n out to be accurate, will the uk accept them? not as a final solution. they might welcome some of the ground the eu has given, some of the things they are suggesting which you outlined, changes to the proposal around fewer customs checks, the continuation of allowing chilled meats from great britain into northern ireland and beyond, and also some changes to regulation around medicines, to address potential difficulties there. but the red line that the uk has which the brexit minister, david frost, set out earlier this week, was that the adjudication of the european court ofjustice over disagreements which arise through the northern ireland protocol, as you heard, the conservative party chair 0liver dowden talking about, thatis chair 0liver dowden talking about, that is a problem and it needs to 90, that is a problem and it needs to go, in the uk's eyes. they see it as an overhang of britain's membership of the eu and something which allows the eu far too much power and jurisdiction wh

more on this from jonathan blake. he had been suffering from lung cancer.ore junior ministerial rules under david cameron. they describe him as a educated constituency mp, bexley and said cup for the past 11 years. and they describe him most importantly in the statement as a loving father to has three children, a devoted husband and faithful friend to so many. the statement goes on to say the family would like to thank all the family would like to thank all the nhs staff particularly those at guy's and st thomas in london who killed four gems with warmth and judgments and professionalism over the past three years and they would like to ask privacy as a family at this time. —— guy's and st thomas who cared forjames. his cancela first detected in 2017, he had part of his lung removed and an operation which wasjudged to of his lung removed and an operation which was judged to have of his lung removed and an operation which wasjudged to have been successful in 2018, but earlier this year stepped back from duties as a minister and year stepped back from duties a

our political correspondent jonathan blake has more on this. of the european court ofjustice, in short. the eu's highest court, which at the moment is the ultimate arbiter of any disputes which work to arise or might be to arise in the implementation of the northern ireland protocol. the uk as you heard in the report there is not happy about that, they say it is not sustainable in the long term, not sensible, and so they are proposing an entirely new legal text to replace the northern ireland protocol which is currently there. but it does not sound like the proposals that are coming from the eu this afternoon will go there and they will offer some concessions around you at customs checks, around making it easier for medicines to come in, around allowing certain products to come between great britain and northern ireland and onwards to the eu, but there will not be at all any change to the role of the ecj, and that is why i think while downing street has said it will seriously consider the proposals coming from the eu and then there will be nego