and louise cullen in enniskillen but first to james williams in cardiff — where the welsh cabinet have month—long lockdown in england. we are already in lockdown in wales and have been for more than a week now. it is scheduled to end a week tomorrow on the 9th of november. the welsh government was very clear ahead of the borisjohnson government was very clear ahead of the boris johnson announcement government was very clear ahead of the borisjohnson announcement that the borisjohnson announcement that the dates would not change in light of the lockdown in england. but the prime minister's announcement that the furlough scheme would be extended, that has changed things here and quite frankly angered some politicians as well. because at one point we were looking here at wales of the lockdown period bridging two wage support schemes, the furlough scheme that was supposed to end yesterday and the newjob support scheme that was supposed to start today. the welsh government had called on the treasury to extend furlough over the summer. they had asked in recent weeks for the eligibility crite

now come over to my colleague louise culle n now come over to my colleague louise cullen for the latestdescribed as a wake—up call. of course, we are halfway through a four—week circuit breaker, a period of intense restrictions designed to avoid the need for a lockdown. bars and restaurants, close contact industries like hairdressers, have all been closed for a fortnight already, this is tied in with the school half—term break, they have also been closed for a fortnight. after mr johnson's announcement on twitter last night the first minister arlene foster confirmed, as the executive agreed last week, that schools will reopen tomorrow and restrictions will be lifted as planned on november 13th. those restrictions are starting to have an impact. the number of new cases has plateaued and is starting to decrease very slowly, though. and hospital inpatients are expected to level off in the coming week, although at numbers much higher than we saw during the first wave. but on friday in a statement, seen as something of a warning shot across the boughs of the stormont executive, the northern