lucy manning, bbc news.nge of new coronavirus restrictions to deal with the latest cluster of cases. state premier steven marshall has described the measures as a "circuit—brea ker". pubs, restaurants, cafes and most shops will close for six days. schools and universities will shut. and from midnight, mask wearing will be mandatory across the state. now, before we go, a christmas tree is meant to be a symbol of hope, celebration and joy. but the unveiling of the rockefeller center christmas tree in new york has been met with criticism on social media. its bare, spindly branches appear to be something charlie brown would pick out. others say it's the perfect embodiment of 2020. the tree itself pushed back on the criticism — sort of — saying in a blog—post... "good lord. ijust got here. can you give me a minute to spruce up?" do you see what they did there? a reminder of our top story. president trump has sacked his top cybersecurity official for having issued statements in defence of the integrity of the rece

our special correspondent, lucy manning, reports.lixstowe port amongst the containers, a sign of england's ppe problems. 4,000 containers of protective equipment still sitting there causing logjams — because most of the government's ppe orders didn't arrive for the first covid peak. at the beginning of the pandemic, the government hadn't built up its stockpile of ppe enough. so there were only nine days‘ worth of goggles left, seven days‘ worth of protective aprons and as for gowns, there weren't even enough to last a day. and that meant the government had to buy with prices rocketing. the price of body bags and the price of gowns went up by more than 1,000%. the price of gloves went up by more than 500%. the spending watchdog found more than £12 billion was spent buying ppe. if it had been bought at prices the year before, £10 billion could have been saved. the shortages left staff feeling vulnerable. risking their lives, some lost them. the family of miharajiya mohideen, a nurse who died in april, claim she was concerned about ppe.

lucy manning, bbc news.50,000 people have died with covid—i9 in the uk but on another measure, called excess deaths, the figure is almost 71,000. excess deaths is the difference between deaths this year and the average number over the past five years. the latest figures also underline the differences across the uk during this second wave, with the north—west of england recording over a third more deaths than usual, while london has seen no difference at all. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been studying the figures. a community hospital facing up to covid. the coronavirus ward at clacton hospital in essex is getting busier, more so than in the first wave. hello, sheila. we keep doing your swabs. some patients are here for two weeks or more, waiting till they test negative, but some have not survived. the staff at the moment are quite emotional. we've had quite a few deaths. it's quite hard managing staff that are emotional. they need emotional support. the overall covid impact is shown in total excess deaths

lucy manning, bbc news. coronavirus cases continue to rise in the uk. 27,301 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means that the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 24,430. and 376 deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average, in the past week, 404 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 51,304. however, today there is a glimmer of hope that lockdowns across the uk are helping. the r number, the rate at which the virus is spreading — is lower. it is still above 1, meaning the virus is still growing but it is slowing and now sits between 1 and 1.2. but hospitals are still under pressure across the country. our health editor hugh pym reports. it's really starting to hit. we've seen huge increase in numbers. the boss of milton keynes university hospital with a reminder that some services are still under immense pressure because of the covid second wave. here, they've seen a d

lucy manning, bbc news. iota has brought widespread flooding to central america as it moves west across the region. the storm has crossed into honduras from nicaragua where rivers have burst their banks and tens of thousands of people are in shelters — people who are still recovering from hurricane eta just two weeks ago. there's concern about a lack of food and drinking water. argentina's president alberto fernandez says he's presenting a bill to congress to legalise abortion — a campaign promise that was delayed by the pandemic. the measure will help save thousands of women dying every year in botched illegal abortions. it is currently allowed only in cases of rape, or if the mother's health is in danger. francisco sagasti has been sworn in as peru's new interim president — the country's third head of state in under a week. the 76—year—old engineer and academic will lead peru until the presidential election next year. last week, president martin vizcarra was impeached over bribery allegations, which he den

lucy manning, bbc news.cial space travel. the first fully—operational nasa spacex flight taking astronauts to the international space station has arrived at its destination. you can see here the five astronauts arriving emerging through the hatch. high—fives and hugs were in order. no need for social distancing because of their pre—launch quarantine. the falcon rocket and dragon capsule they used to get off the earth is a service the californian firm, owned by elon musk, now sells to nasa, and it has a contract for the the next five return trips. 0ur breaking news now and president trump has fired the director of the us cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, chris krebs, because of what the president claims were failings in the electoral system. writing on twitter, he said... hello. the very mild air that's been with us for the past few days is going to get swept away, and we're set to see a real change in weather type through the course of wednesday. it's going to be windy with some rain moving e

lucy manning, bbc news. of hope, celebration and joy. but the unveiling of the rockefeller center christmas tree in new york has been met with criticism on social media. its bare, spindly branches appear to be something charlie brown would pick out. others say it's the perfect embodiment of 2020. the tree itself pushed back on the criticism, sort of, saying in a blog post, "good lord. ijust got here. can you give me a minute to spruce up?" a reminderof the a reminder of the top story as president trump has sacked his top cybersecurity official for issuing statements in defence of the integrity of the recent elections. in a tweet, the president accused chris krebs, of making it highly inaccurate state m e nts of making it highly inaccurate statements relating to the polls. it has to be said mr trump's tweets contains quite a lot of inaccuracies itself but it had been widely expected since the agency website reposted the statement that electoral officials called the month possible collection of secure in ameri

lucy manning, bbc news.eam on twitter — i'm @bbc mike embley. thank you so much for watching. hello. the very mild air that's been with us for the past few days is going to get swept away, and we're set to see a real change in weather type through the course of wednesday. it's going to be windy with some rain moving eastwards, and behind that, some colder air moving in, too. it's all down to this area of low pressure with its trailing cold front here, which is moving its way eastwards. lots of isobars on the map, indicating strength of the wind as well. still very mild out there. in fact, first thing wednesday, the temperatures well in double figures, teens for most of us. more typical, really, these temperatures of daytime highs. now through the day, we've got some initial heavy rain across western parts of britain and northern ireland, western scotland, too. the rain will edge its way slowly eastwards. something really persistent for the northern isles and also for western parts of scotland as well. but it

lucy manning, bbc news.his predecessor, jeremy corbyn, will not be allowed to sit in the house of commons asa labourmp. he was reinstated as a member of the party yesterday after a 19—day suspension, following a report into anti—semitism in the party. mr corbyn had said the problem had been overstated. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, is at westminster. let's talk about the impact of this decision, laura. well, huw, none of oui’ decision, laura. well, huw, none of our viewers will need reminding of how much angst there was in the labour party about allegations of racism towards jewish labour party about allegations of racism towardsjewish people during the period in whichjeremy corbyn was in charge, and three weeks ago an official independent legal report from the equalities commission spelt out what was going on and actually said that the party had breached equalities law in how they had handled all of that. now, jeremy corbyn, at the time, in a post on facebook and so when speaking to cameras, seeme

our special correspondent lucy manning reports.nd's ppe problems. 4,000 containers of protective equipment still sitting there causing logjams because most of the government's ppe orders did not arrive for the first covid—19 peak. at the beginning of the pandemic, the government had not built up its stockpile of ppe enough. so there were only nine days' worth of goggles left, seven days' worth of protective aprons and as for gowns, there weren't even enough to last a day. and that meant the government had to buy with prices rocketing. the price of body bags and the price of gowns went up by more than 1000%. the price of gloves went up by more than 500%. the spending watchdog the nao found more than £12 billion was spent buying ppe. if it had been bought at prices the year before, £10 billion could've been saved. the shortages left staff feeling vulnerable, risking their lives. some lost them. this woman was a nurse. she died in april of coronavirus. she did have diabetes, but her family claims she lacked proper ppe. well, it's deva

lucy manning, bbc news.miscarriage in july. writing in the new york times, she said that talking about losing a baby was still something of a taboo, and led to what she called "unwarranted shame". our correspondent sarah campbell reports on meghan's decision to speak out. wait, listen, did you hearthat? i heard duck sounds. quack, quack, quack! archie's first birthday in may. two months later, his mother, the duchess of sussex, suffered a miscarriage, revealing today in a newspaper editorial the impact on her and her husband, prince harry. she described how, after changing archie's nappy, she felt a sharp cramp... "and yet," she added... her words have resonated with those all too familiar with pregnancy loss. if i had seen this essay when i had my first pregnancy loss, i would've felt a lot less isolated and a lot less alone. because although i knew that the loss of pregnancy was common, no—one really talked to me about it, and no—one actually really knew what to say to understand what i was going through.

lucy manning, bbc news.eek. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is at stormont for us. and i say finally — because there's been a lot of disagreement about whether to extend them or not? they got there in the end but it wasn't pretty. it took four days of debate here and some really late nights and businesses really getting to the end of their tether, but what has been agreed is a weak extension of the current restrictions and in a week services like hairdressers and beauty salons will be able to open up beauty salons will be able to open up again along with unlicensed premises and then a week after that the rest of the hospitality industry, but in getting to this point the dup had vetoed two other proposals, they dug their heels in, not wanting to extend restrictions because of concerns about the impact it would have on businesses, but on the other hand, sinn fein and other parties wanted to take a more cautious approach and sinn fein voted against the proposals that we re voted against the proposals that

lucy manning, bbc news.ths since the pandemic started — most of them occurred in the first wave this spring. excess deaths means the difference between deaths this year and the average number over the past five years. the latest figures underline the differences across the uk during this second wave — with the north west of england recording over a third more deaths than usual — while london has seen no difference at all. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. a community hospital facing a community hospitalfacing up a community hospital facing up to covid. the coronavirus ward at cla cton covid. the coronavirus ward at clacton hospital in essex is getting busier, more so than in the first wave. hello, sheila. we keep doing your swabs. some patients are here for two weeks or more, waiting until they test negative, but some have not survived. the staff at the moment are quite emotional. we have had quite a few deaths. and it's quite hard managing staff that are emotional. they need emotional support. the overa

lucy manning, bbc news.ied of coronavirus within five days of each other. gladys lewis and her sons dean and darren, both in theirforties, lived in the same block of flats in treorchy. 0ur reporter stephen fairclough has been speaking to dean's widow claire, who's now self—isolating. eight days ago, gladys lewis lost her fight against covid. the following day, her oldest son dean died at his home. his youngest brother darren, who had down syndrome, died on monday. they all lived in different flats on this blog in treorchy. dean's wife claire is devastated. my father—in—law is broken. he's lost his wife and his two children. and he keeps on saying to us, "it should have been me, "it should have been me." it's so difficult to try and help him. and hold me and my children together. because my children are absolutely devastated. and my sister—in—law, she doesn't know what to do with herself, she is the baby of the family. she's lost her two big brothers, who she absolutely idolised. my mother—in—law had a heart

lucy manning, bbc news.abies and the attempted murders of ten others. lucy letby, who's 30, was arrested following an investigation at the countess of chester hospital. she appeared on a video link from a police station and was remanded in custody. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz has more. lucy letby once posed while cradling a baby for the camera. she told her local paper that she loved nursing infants, seeing them progress, and supporting their families. now she's charged with murdering babies who were in special care. sitting next to her solicitor, she appeared by video link as the charges were read out, speaking only to confirm her personal details. the nurse worked at the countess of chester hospital. the babies were all patients in the neonatal unit. in 2017, the hospital called in the police after noticing a higher than usual number of fatalities and babies at risk of death. the names of 17 babies who were in lucy letby‘s care were read out to the court. they were all younger than one

lucy manning, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime.eme until the end of march — the government will continue paying 80% of wages — the chancellor says the priority is to protect jobs and livelihoods. the furlough scheme was designed and delivered by the government of the united kingdom, on behalf of all the people wherever they live. coming up on bbc news, gareth bale is back for wales. he is named in their squad for three games in november, after missing last month's match matches with a knee injury. as the number of patients admitted to hospitals with coronavirus rises, and the nhs in england enters its highest level of alert, hospital leaders are having to make tough decisions around routine surgery, with some operations cancelled. and new figures out today show that only around a quarter of people who are tested in a walk—in or drive—through testing centre receive their results within 2a hours. 0ur health correspondent naomi grimley reports. three times worse than the usual winter. that is how health care bosses described the curre

lucy manning, bbc news. the time is 6:15.ic cummings has left his role as done for good. coming up, a0 yea rs of as done for good. coming up, a0 years of children in need. how it has had to change to cope with covid. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: scotland's history makers reflect on a night of drama — as the men's side make the finals of a major tournament for the first time in 22 years. there could be a radical shake up in the way students in england are offered university places. 0ffers offers of places will be made after exa m offers of places will be made after exam results, not on the basis of predicted grades. it could happen as $0011 predicted grades. it could happen as 50011 as predicted grades. it could happen as soon as 2023. the move has been welcomed by university lecturers and head teachers was more the unions amid concerns the current system is unfairto amid concerns the current system is unfair to disadvantaged students. working hard to get to university. they are applying with predicted grades. in an exc

lucy manning, bbc news. interview with princess diana in 1995. the inquiry will look at how martin bashir obtained the interview with princess diana, how much the bbc knew of his methods, and how effective the bbc‘s subsequent investigation into them was. the rate of inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, rose to 0.7% in october. the price of food, clothing, second—hand cars, and computer games all went up, while the costs of energy and holidays fell. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in belfast by detectives investigating the 1974 birmingham pub bombings, which claimed the lives of 21 people. the development comes just days before the 46th anniversary of the attacks, which are among the worst atrocities of the troubles. 0ur northern ireland home affairs correspondent, julian 0'neill, reports. this police activity at a house of of lisburn road is thought to be linked to the arrest. as well as searching, psni officers were also seen examining a vehicle in the driveway. 21 people were killed an

lucy manning, bbc news.education secretary has told the bbc offers of places will be made after exam results — not on the basis of predicted grades. it could happen as soon as 2023. the move has been welcomed by university lecturers and head teachers' unions amid concerns the current system is unfair to disadvantaged students. here's our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. working hard to get to university, they are applying with predicted grades. it's going to be really important... in an exclusive interview, the education secretary said change would help disadvantaged students. they don't have the same confidence, especially if they're maybe from a family who've never had anyone going to university before. maybe haven't always had the encouragement to apply to one of those top universities, yet they've got the potential to go to one of those top universities. universities are worried that this could be very difficult to implement for some of the most competitive courses. well, this is something that is don

lucy manning, bbc news.lking about losing a baby remained taboo and led to what she called "unwarra nted shame". here's sarah campbell. wait, listen, did you hearthat? i heard duck sounds. quack, quack, quack! archie's first birthday in may. two months later, his mother, the duchess of sussex, suffered a miscarriage, revealing today in a newspaper editorial the impact on her and her husband, prince harry. she described how, after changing archie's nappy, she felt a sharp cramp... "and yet," she added... her words have resonated with those all too familiar with pregnancy loss. if i had seen this essay when i had my first pregnancy loss, i would've felt a lot less isolated and a lot less alone. because although i knew that the loss of pregnancy was common, no—one really talked to me about it, and no—one actually really knew what to say to understand what i was going through. meghan joins a number of high—profile women who have opened up about the loss of a child. chrissy teigen was widely praised for sharing i

lucy manning, bbc news.ain. helen mulroy has been finding out the impact this new lockdown has had on some salons. three salons, three business owners, all feeling despair. big trouble if i'm honest. it frustrates me. i don't understand. a week into this second lockdown and salons are among the businesses being hit hardest. closed for months of the spring and summer and then forced to invest as they could reopen safely only to be shot again. and all the while their customer base is dwindling. the investment that we have had to make into ppe last week and then get bio misted every week, its extraordinary. it's thousands of pounds just to run the same business we were before. we had our regulars. but there are a lot of people that i have not seen come back. you can't have any parties, you don't go to any clubs. plus they are not going to work. so there is no need to get your hair done. i think there is only so much anyone can take. i think for us business owners, we have six months closed as a salon to then be

lucy manning, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos.any areas. most places will be dry as well and breezy, but there will be further, heavy and persistent rain which will affect western and northern scotland and the northern isles as well, courtesy of this area of low pressure and its weather front. this cold front will be slowly encroaching on as well by the end of the night, affecting western parts of northern ireland as well. we could see the odd spot of rain across western hills of england and wales. most places will be dry, breezy, cloudy and very mild. look at these temperatures, lows of 11 to 1a degrees. so, we have our area of low pressure with us, slowly pushing eastwards during the course of wednesday. it starts breezy, cloudy and mild and dry across eastern areas, but the rain in the west will start to move eastward through the course of the day. behind it, it brightens up, with some sunshine, few blustery showers, but it will turn much colder behind that cold front is the name suggests. single figure values here, the last of

lucy manning, bbc news.t the university of bristol. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. i think, as you look at this report, one of the first questions that occurs is, although the government are saying that the report recognises it did eventually get ppe supplies, coded to be reasonably said that they should have acted sooner? absolutely. i think one would expect an organisation like the nhs supply chain would have been able to react quicker once arrangements were in place. it is also quite surprising to read in the report how long they left it until they realised the strategic stockpile was not fit for purpose, and also the possibility of using existing organisations to create more capacity to buy ppe, and having to treat these parallel supply chains, effectively put in place overnight at a very high cost. and the cost of that has not been com pletely and the cost of that has not been completely explored. and supply and demand naturally drove up the prices of those various pieces of ppe, which,

our special correspondent, lucy manning, reports. shejoins me now, tell us more. us she joins me now, tell us more. let us start at the beginning. it is a jewellery firm in miami, and the owner of that, decided during the covid crisis that he would get into the ppe business. he had business contacts the ppe business. he had business co nta cts in the ppe business. he had business contacts in china so he told the magazine as well as designing a new jewellery collection, he would source ppe. the british government gave him contracts for ppe for the nhs. we know at least £200 million worth of contracts, but they have not all been published. now, he hired a go—between to help him with this contract, a spanish businessman called gabriel anderson. because the two men have gone to court in america because of a dispute, we have seen the papers and seen what the money is spent on. it makes clear in the papers that this go—between who was supposed to source the places and factories to get the ppe and help the logistics and mr anderson got given $28 million in what is called

our special correspondent lucy manning has more. the £21 million man.n consulting fees in the uk ppe deal. he got paid for helping the centre of a miami jewellery com pa ny helping the centre of a miami jewellery company who had won the contracts. so it was ultimately british taxpayers money. from pendants to pmqs. does the prime minister think £20 million to a middle man was an acceptable use of taxpayers money? the prime minister a nswered taxpayers money? the prime minister answered from self isolation. we we re answered from self isolation. we were facing a very difficult situation where across the world they were not adequate supplies of ppe. nobody had enough ppe. we shifted heaven and earth to get 32 billion items of ppe to this country. the public spending watchdog says it will investigate these payments and today it criticised the government for the way it had bought ppe, saying it had not been open enough about the way decisions are made. how did companies get to supply hospitals with the ppe they desperately needed? it turns out there was a v

lucy manning, bbc news.. get me out of here has defended its use of bugs following reports some could have escaped into the welsh countryside during bushtucker trials. the show is currently being filmed in wales rather than australia because of coronavirus. a spokesperson said the non—native creatures are only ever released in a contained area and collected immediately after filming. can they guarantee they have got every cockroach, every worm? there we re every cockroach, every worm? there were a lot of cockroaches the other day. wasn't there someone screeching when it happened? there is a lot of screeching going on, yes. we should do our own bush tucker trial and i think the first person we should put up think the first person we should put upfor it think the first person we should put up for it is carol because she loves bugs, and all entwined in the hair... you see, you are up for it, aren't you? not on your nellie! thank you very much for nothing! good morning, everybody. this morning is a cold start ac

lucy manning, bbc news.e vinyl cape jawa figure, which sold for twenty two thousand pounds. the couple said it was their best sale ever — in 15 years — and also their last ever auction as they close their businesses which was impacted badly by the lockdown. do be careful of what you put in a bin bag. time for the weather. hello. it was a bit of a frosty and foggy start today across a good part of the country. fog slowly lifting to sunny spells for the vast majority as we go into this afternoon. one or two spots in the western isles could see some rain, with some thicker cloud here. but elsewhere, cloud will come and go across parts of scotland. it may just linger around some in the central belt. but actually, some good sunny spells through the north—east. a brighter day compared with yesterday in northern ireland. long spells of sunshine for england and wales. windy conditions, though, towards the south—west and the channel islands. could touch a0 miles an hour at times, the winds, compared to just a light b

lucy manning has this report. the £21 million man.e contracts. so it was ultimately british taxpayers money. from pendants to pmqs. does the prime minister think £20 million to a middle man was an acceptable use of taxpayers money? the prime minister answered from self isolation. we were facing a very difficult situation where across the world they were not adequate supplies of ppe. nobody had enough ppe. we shifted heaven and earth to get 32 billion items of ppe to this country. the public spending watchdog says it will investigate these payments and today it criticised the government for the way it had bought ppe, saying it had not been open enough about the way decisions are made. how did companies get to supply hospitals with the ppe they desperately needed? it turns out there was a vip fast—track retentive companies are recommended by ministers, mps, peers or officials they were ten times more likely to get a government contract. bbc news revealed in august a small pest control company had problems with the masks they supplied. t

our special correspondent, lucy manning, has the background to this story. ewellery firm in miami and the owner of that, a man called michael saiger, decided during the covid crisis that he would get into the ppe business. he had business contacts in china, so he told a magazine that as well as designing his new jewellery collection, he was going to source ppe. and the british government gave him contracts for ppe, for the nhs. we know at least £200 million worth of contracts, but they haven't all been published. mr saiger hired a go—between to help him with his contract, a spanish businessmen, a man called gabriel andersson. because the two men have had a dispute, it's gone to court in america and we have got to see some of the court papers which has lifted the lid on what the money is being spent on. in the court papers, it makes clear that this go—between, that was supposed to source places and factories to get the ppe, to help with the logistics, to help with the shipping, mr andersson got given $28 million in what's called in the court papers, consulting

our special correspondent, lucy manning joins me now.miami with a designer jewellery company some distance away from britain's covid—19 crisis and the desire to get ppe into the front line. but the man who owns thatjewellery company, michael decided that during the crisis that hit with covid—19 he was going to try and use his chinese contacts and source ppe. and these newly formed company was given a government contract. he did not know exactly how much because they details have not been published but his company appeared to get at least £200 million from the uk government to provide things like masks and gowns and gloves. now he brought another businessman on board to help deliver these goods and help source the products to find a manufacturer is to help with the logistics id was a spanish businessman called gabriel anderson and mr anderson it's revealed in quite the praise was actually getting a very large consulting fee on this. quite papers we have seen show that he delivered two contracts and got from the american company $28 millio

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. we go again.ent or stay the same? like last time, many businesses are shut, but this time, school stay open. before the closures be temporary once, can they survive? and lewis, they feared the beer might once again be used for animalfeed. beer might once again be used for animal feed. i think beer might once again be used for animalfeed. i think as beer might once again be used for animal feed. i think as this was breaking, we all, it was in a sense of deja vu, we've been there before, but it seemed so much more insurmountable. busy periods cut short, hairdressers now shut in the last few days, they were overrun. but it was the cancelled celebrations, the memories that hurt the most. the nurse will not be wearing her wedding dress next weekend. orjust over hundred 50 and they took us down to 60 and went down to 15 and then to 30 and then it changed to 15 and so we went to the registry and the limit was six and we got down to a point of compromise which was five guests and on saturday, it was cance

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. we go again.sier the second time? de the empty streets, closed shops, the anxiety, the loneliness for some, feel different or to stay the same? like last time, many businesses are shot, but this time, schools stay open. but will the closures be temporary ones? can they survive? at harvey's brewery in lewes, they fear that bn might once again be used to animal feed. i think we all felt after the initial lockdown period that we had come through and, yes, we would have to make adjustments and yes it would bea to make adjustments and yes it would be a very long time, but i think we we re be a very long time, but i think we were looking to try and contain it as much as we could. i think, as this was breaking, we all... it wasn't even a sense of deja vu, we had been there before, but it seemed so had been there before, but it seemed so much more insurmountable. busy periods cut short. hairdressers now shut. in the last few days, they we re shut. in the last few days, they were overrun. shut. in the last

lucy manning, bbc news. day, but it is not the same. it is cold, it is entry. it is sad, itjust needs people. it needs people in here. for the first time in 100 years maiden bradley village hall is silent. covid means nojumble sales, no exercise classes, and without a shop or pub right now, the village hall was everything. it was all so different a year ago, when bbc countryfile filmed here. the hall fizzing with festive activity. and at its heart, edna. i used to love the coffee mornings and of course all of the bingo and things that went on. widowed and 92, she says the community is going to need this place more than ever after covid. how much do you miss it right now? when you're on your own you like to get out and meet people, like, you know, but if we didn't have the village hall i think the village would be dead. many halls across the uk are now worried about their future. although some grants have been available this year, it's not clear what help there will be if the pandemic continues. and empty hal

lucy manning, bbc news.that changes to immigration rules would create "serious injustices" for the windrush generation. a report has concluded that the "hostile environment" policy, designed to deter "irregular" migrants from settling, had harmed many people who were already living in the uk. and it says it had a disproportionate impact on people from caribbean countries. the windrush generation came from the caribbean to the uk from 19118 to 1971. the headlines on bbc news. meghan, the duchess of sussex reveals she has had a miscarriage, writing in an article of feeling "an unbearable grief. " leaders of the four uk nations have come together and urged caution over the relaxation of covid restrictions at christmas. but scientists say easing the rules could cause a fresh spike. the uk chancellor is due to outline the government's spending plans for the coming year, as public borrowing rises to levels not seen since world war two. no hugging grandparents, no playdates with friends, and months off school — chi

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. it has high—level endorsements.. hi, i'm mike tindall. and her husband, a former england rugby player. it is an app launched to try to get covid—free spectators back watching sporting events. the fans can see and have the confidence to come back to the sport. but it has been reported to the medicines regulator and this is why. zara tindall takes an antibody test and, a few minutes later, is told she is infection free. as you can see, you are clearly negative covid—19, covid infection. good news for you as well, mike, you are in the same situation, so it is just a valid test with no presence of covid—19. it would have been really awkward for you if one of us had had it and the other didn't. but antibody tests cannot tell if someone currently has covid, only possibly if they've had it in the past. there is a push to get fans back, but this is false information, claims the professor who put in the complaint. they take their masks off when they are told they do not have covid. we will all be thinking that we are safe at

one of this homes residents is lucy, a little man. she is 99 years old, has 4 children, and she's a grand and great grandmother. they mention the cell and go to sleep. humans are meant to be social. you can have a good life when you have closeness, when you can hug things that aren't possible now. and how think you have to think in the end, i don't care to shake hands with the children. that's not what you're supposed to do. and that's the hardest part. the see a little man has experienced a lot in her life. escape from war illnesses and great upheaval. so you know, the lesson. all we can do is stay calm and accept whatever comes our way and the impact of when through come. the only thing we can influence that is by being considerate to each other. the impact of the coronavirus on the mental health of people of all ages is something that's being studied very closely. we can all speak to professor christoph corral from the sherry tate medical school here in berlin. he's conducting a major international survey called the collaborative o

>> lucy belongs in the mansion in atherton, jeff. >> oh man. e going to check in with lucy and we'll talk more about that weather forecast and look all the way out into thanksgiving. we'll be back here in a couple of minutes. right lucy? all right. >> we love seeing her. >>> also, holiday tradition forced to change, of course, because of the pandemic. we're going to give you an exclusive behind the scenes look at san jose's christmas in the park. ♪grocery outlet jingle do you have cheese? of course. more cheese for less chedar do you have kale? absolutly. more kale for less cabbage in our produce section. how about pizza?! yep... more pizza for less dough in the freezer section. now you're getting the hang of it. ♪grocrey outlet jingle about the covid-19 virus. it's real. it's dangerous. and we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. wear a mask. wash your hands. stay six feet apart. we can do this. if we do it together. >>> well, take a look. each year more than 500,000 people visit christmas in the park in downtown san jose. this yea

so this man is trying to hunt lucy down. lucy run away from him and he is trying to find lucy. what's really interesting is that he identifies three of lucy's previous owners. so he says captain kelly owned her at one time, then mrs. too good on her and then mrs. clark on her. by doing so, he creates this chain of ownership that allows for us to see, not only the violence of the market in the ways in which and slay people were passed from person to person, but also the important role that white women played in that chain as well. the roles -- there locations on those chains, that they were in fact links. but also they were complicit and involved in creating the separation through the process of sale as well. you probably cannot see this very clearly from where you are, but during the civil war the confederacy needed fortifications to protect themselves, as did federal troops. they would often impress slaved -- and sleigh people to local slaveowners to come and do that work and get it done. they would not do it without paying them though. so they would keep track of the payments

by the time i married my dear husband david, and gave birth to the twins can lucy and i almost died because i am an older man i was two hours late to my own wedding, john, because i was convinced, am i going to jinx david somehow? is some horrible thing going to happen to him? i don't want other crime victims to grieve the way i did for so long, because the repercussions go on. the way i'd raise the children, it's largely affected by what happened to keith. constantly worried about them. >> the book can read like literature, but it can also be a reference guide for wherever you find yourself in life, whatever you might be planning to do. maybe it's a trip, maybe it's joining a gym and you want to be safe going to exercise, and you give these great stories. they are tragic -- >> they are not stories -- >> they are truth. >> real people. >> absolutely. >> -- deeply and life. i want to tell you something, john, which you probably already know. every one of these chapters is inspired by case i either personally investigated, took to trial myself, or covered. everyone. .. you can fight back. it gives you the powe

lucy still neocolonial forces. the u.p.c. was close to the communist party and represented everything that france was against a kind of african viet mean that must be destroyed. the french high commissioner in cameroon, p.m.s. man refused to negotiate with communists. he was a former member of the free french and had fought in indochina, traumatized by that defeat. he had one simple aim to destroy the u.p.c. and neutralize its leader. rubin was a wanted man. with the help of the cameroonian army, the manhunt began counting on power in arkansas, simply mark on movie national fit, the demand and on the trainees are going to king. where's your money? i want to know it so well. if he comes out more poor, he says everything is off on our farm. the french troops use the same account to give ala tactics devised in madagascar we find in indochina and applied in algeria. they use napalm to destroy villages and helicopters to hunt down. survivors in a poor conflict kept away from the eyes of the french public. after months of this terror, a u.p.c. resistance was destroyed. was hunted down. compare mcentee. some call it 20. sure that you know metal full of defeat it prove this and they don't know any don't move to feel th

lucy was saying in chile, there's been a real uptick in domestic abuse. toba was worse than when kobe began in march here to hit the country. and despite that, the mets can president, under his manor lopez, obrador really has been come slow to come to terms with, even in these morning press conference today. he was saying this is a general problem of violence. 'd it's been caused by neo liberalism in the past and educated moral values and we're getting to grips with so that really local these people who want to hear, they want to hear about him trying to resolve the issues that trying to tackle the home and with the latest there from mexico city, john, thank you. tension between colombia's government and former far rebels is playing out in court. senior ministers have been summoned to the country's peace tribunal, over the killing of more than $200.00 former fark rebels. since the government signed a peace deal with the group in 2016, the hearing on wednesday follows a series of recent protests over the handling of the peace deal. allison heard of p.t. is following events for us in bogota and says the court was expecting to hear more from more senior figures. they had judges, co