katherine da costa, bbc news. those latest figures from the 0ns in more detail now. 0ur health correspondent james gallagher is here. they show —— what do they show? they show -- what do they show? the simbine headline figure is people in homes in england, is not care homes and hospitals, this is people going about their daily lives, one in 240 people are currently testing positive for the virus so if you scale that up, that is about 220,000 people in england. where is that? it is about double what it was last week and double what it was two weeks ago, there was a bit of interest last week, our cases levelling off but this would suggest that they are probably not and they are continuing to increase. it is also worth stressing that what is missing from this data are university students where we think there is quite a lot of coronavirus going around, so they are not forming part of the data yet, we think. the realfigures may be higher than that. how do these figures fit into the overall bigger picture? you have to r

katherine da costa, bbc news.he government show that as of friday, there have been a further 13,864 positive coronavirus cases in the uk. another 87 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus, which brings the uk total to 42,679. the headlines on bbc news. the chancellor announces an extension to thejob support scheme, the government will pay two thirds of worker's wages for businesses across the uk, which are legally forced to close when lockdown restrictions are tightened. last orders for more than three million people in scotland, as new restrictions on pubs and restaurants come into force within the next hour. the uk economic recovery slows sharply in august — with growth ofjust over 2% — the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before the pandemic. economists have expressed concern that the recovery appears to be losing steam. the latest figures show growth in august was 2.1%, leaving the economy still 9% smaller than it was before the pandemic. joining me is sarah hewin, chief ec

katherine da costa, bbc news., which, has warned there are big differences in the effectiveness of reusable face coverings. in tests, it found that the best performing masks blocked out more than 99% of particles and droplets that could spread the virus, matching the performance of surgical masks, but the worst only managed to block out 7%. the tests also revealed that almost all of the face coverings got better at filtering particles after being washed. the leader of the unite trade union, len mccluskey, has described the decision to suspend former leaderjeremy corbyn from the labour party as "wrong and unjust," but appealed to members of his union to "stay in the party". this morning sir keir starmer has again been defending the party's decision. here's our political correspondent, leila nathoo. out in the cold, for now unwelcome in the party he led just seven months ago. jeremy corbyn‘s response to a report into how anti—semitism was handled while he was in charge of labour saw him dramatically suspended. but h

katherine da costa, bbc news. major coronavirus infection studies out today, let's take a look at the latest figures. the bbc‘s head of statistics robert cuffejoins me. tell us what the studies showed. essentially how many people have it commit where that is and what the direction of travellers. the number roughly across the two is probably about one in 200 and people in england they estimate would have grown apart at the moment. that brings us back to levels maybe we we re brings us back to levels maybe we were saying in april —ish time. a fairly high level, certainly compared to over the summer. the same story we have been hearing in terms of who has it, the northeast, northwest, they account for the majority of infections according to one of the studies we have it, two oi’ one of the studies we have it, two or three times higher level of infection there than the average, well higher than the south—east and south—west. and the direction of travel is one that is probably becoming a millionaire from a lot of other

katherine da costa, bbc news. the pub chain marston's is planning to cut more than 2000 jobs.k to our business correspondent sima kotecha yet another sign of the impact on hospitality? absolutely. more job losses, i'm afraid. 2100 at marston's and all those workers had been on furlough, so the government was paying up to 80% of their wages. that scheme is coming to an end at the end of this month and marston's have concluded they can't keep all those people on their books after that state support has been taken away. it says the harsher restrictions that have been put in place in cities like liverpool, along with the 10pm curfew, and a table service only policy in some pubs has really dented its profit margins, and i'm afraid moving forward it is inevitable that other companies will be doing the same sums as this is wound down, this furlough scheme, at the end of this month, and they will also be making the same conclusions, that they simply cannot afford to keep the same sized workforce. sima kotecha, thank you. scotland has the worst death rate from drug misuse in western eu

government says it has no plans, for now, for a full national lockdown. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costats. the react study of nearly 86,000 volunteers paints a stark picture. restrictions have not stopped the virus from spreading or at least not yet. the epidemic is accelerating, and the number of new infections is estimated to be doubling every nine days. the study shows cases arising in every age group in every region of england. nearly 100,000 people are catching the virus everyday. the hardest—hit areas yorkshire and the humber where around one in a0 has the virus. while cases are highest in the north, infections are surging number is above two. the report's authors say the rise in the older ages is deeply worrying. we are seeing in the 55—64—year—old age group there has been a tripling of the prevalence, and in the 65 plus group a doubling, so these are the most vulnerable groups in terms of their risk that the infection will lead to severe illness, hospitalisation. wales is already in lockdown. northern ireland and scotland's central belt are also under tighter controls. in englan

our health correspondent katherine da costa reports. hospital's among those which have had to cancel some routine treatments to cope with the number of covid patients becoming seriously ill. there is a glimmer of hope. new daily infections in the city have fallen slightly, though they are still at a high level. as west yorkshire prepares to enter england's highest level of alert from monday, local leaders are keen to know how long they will have to stay there. we're watching obviously liverpool city region with a very keen interest. they've been in the longest, just over two weeks, which means that their review will be coming up within the next week, ten days or so. i'm not clear whether they'll be in a position to come out and what that will actually mean. this is an area that everyone is very concerned about. it's now estimated one in 100 people in private homes in england had covid in the week to last friday, with around 52,000 new infections every day, up about a half on last week's figure. in northern ireland, the office for nation

katherine da costa, bbc news. let's speak now tojenni regan who is suffering from long—covid.stening to that package was really kind of everything she said it was really holding true. i became unwell right at the beginning of lockdown so before schools actually closed down. i was so tired i cannot get out of bed, i had a bad cough and a bad chest, mainly the tiredness just feeling incredibly unwell. and that happened for around two weeks. at the time we were being told not to use the nhs and i did call 111 a couple of times because i did not feel very safe. but obviously at the time we were told that to leave it for the people that needed it. so i never got tested like many. now all these months on how do you feel?m started, i became very unwell for a couple of weeks and then a kind of got better and i felt that that i have had it now, that's fine. it's been the in waves since then, and so i got better and then two weeks later i felt even worse. so i had to have more time in bed. it's more manageable but i tend to get days where i can't get out of bed. i'm having problems with

government says it has no plans, for now, for a full national lockdown. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costastrictions have not stopped the virus from spreading or at least not yet. the epidemic is accelerating, and the number of new infections is estimated to be doubling every nine days. the study shows cases arising in every age group in every region of england. nearly 100,000 people are catching the virus everyday. the hardest—hit areas yorkshire and the humber where around one in a0 has the virus. while cases are highest in the north, infections are surging number is above two. the report's authors say the rise in the older ages is deeply worrying. we are seeing in the 55—6a—year—old age group there has been a tripling of the prevalence, and in the 65 plus group a doubling, so these are the most vulnerable groups in terms of their risk that the infection will lead to severe illness, hospitalisation. wales is already in lockdown. northern ireland and scotland's central belt are also under tighter controls. in england, the study suggests either tougher restrictions are required or communit

katherine da costa, bbc news.priate to use in relation to the condition. she created the cards after she experienced unintentionally hurtful comments about her son. a hospital in cornwall has recently started using them. anna varle reports. can you say "bubbles" ? b-b-b-b... when i had arthur, one year ago, i did not know he had down syndrome, so when i was told, it was a real shock to me and i realised that i had really outdated, negative visions around down's syndrome. where's arthur? there he is! so i thought, "where do these views come from?" and then i realised they've come from language. through the year, i heard it on a daily basis and each time it really hurt. can i have a kiss? becca developed a series of cards online during lockdown to change the language that people use to talk about down syndrome. rather than saying "a down syndrome baby", arthur is a baby first. he's arthur, who is a baby who has down syndrome. this is probably one of the most important to me. i hear it and it really hurts this one, t