the first freshers at manchester metropolitan.racing covid cases is crucial. students can pass it on even with few symptoms, so all five universities in manchester are issuing a joint warning. if students are not observing social distancing, if they are partying, if they are mixing households, we will absolutely act to ensure they understand the way to behave. but those living next to students say big parties have started in the last week. there need to be very strict guidelines and we need proper policing of the streets, because the problem is, once the party starts, in a way, the damage is done. if there is going to be a spread of the virus, it is too late. they are not adhering to the numbers game, and they should really respect, respect one another's potential vulnerability to covid—19. students bring money and jobs to cities, but also this autumn extra risks to manage. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, manchester. and regarding quarantine... northern ireland has followed england in announcing that anyone travelling from seven greek

there's an explosion at manchester arena. is anybody injured? later died and today it emerged that he only received full medical attention after more than an hour. the issue of whether he could have been saved is significant. evidence suggest emergency services failed to coordinate with each other properly on the night. the enquiry will need to consider whether that is so and, if it is, why that occurred and whether life was lost as a result of any failure. as is beyond obvious, even the loss of a single life due to such a failure would be com pletely to such a failure would be completely unacceptable. only three paramedics went into the fourier where the bomb exploded and only one stretcher was used with injured people brought out on barriers and hoardings. communications between police forces on the night was ineffective. because the arena is connected to a railway station, british transport police were supposed to be in charge, but they did not have a plan in place and did not coordinate with greater manchester police who themselves did not e

we did approach manchester city council and manchester city council and manchester metropolitan university students across the uk are forced to self—isolate due to coronavirus outbreaks — the labour party calls on the government to promise students will be able to go home for christmas. cardiff and swansea — wales‘ two biggest cities are preparing to go into tighter lockdown restrictions — from 6pm this evening — with neath—port talbot, the vale of glamorgan and torfaen also going into local lockdown from 6pm tomorrow. police investigating the murder of sergeant matt ratana at croydon in south london on friday — have arrested a man on suspicion of supplying a firearm. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here‘s sarah. i‘m going to have to start by talking about var. there was an injury time penalty awarded by the video referee to give newcastle a 1-1 video referee to give newcastle a 1—1 draw against tottenham. totte n ha m 1—1 draw against tottenham. tottenham dominated the game and went ahead but then, a handball decision was given against eric dyer, as he jumped de

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social ones are manchester his assistant alex became old as coach. for. youngsters through this club. it's easier here for young guys young boys. who really get into the. only 32000 people live in mulder 19th century playwright henrik ibsen used to vacation here apart from a fog and fishery museum there's not much to discover outside loads of salmon and sea trout. to these quiet surroundings help young footballers develop. it was in mulder that ending hole and became a star. he's off to his departure to south korea and then dortmund they still remember his biggest moments in a mall the jersey of the biggest memory as he ran he scored 4 goals against them. within 20 minutes small to run from 00 to $40.00 was amazing he turned up to defend somebody in the in a few minutes and he was unstoppable she's watched him here more than i have but it's like them in the world of mine you know what i'm with it all when you go to go there good good. see we have had players. use for libor so we can do it so well. on july 1st 201820 days before he's 18 but they score

dan johnson in manchester, students say. danjohnson in manchester, thanks very much.n heard describing easyjet as "hanging by a thread" in a leaked recording obtained by bbc news. martin entwistle — an easyjet pilot and union rep — is said to have made the comments to union members following a meeting with the airline's chief financial officer. easyjet said that the recording "does not reflect" the views of the company. president donald trump is expected today to formally announce his nominee to fill the supreme court seat left va ca nt by the death of ruth bader ginsburg. us media say he will nominate an existing federal appeals courtjudge, amy coney barrett. ifjudge barrett is confirmed, conservative—leaning justices will hold a 6—3 majority on america's highest court for the foreseeable future. with all the sport now, here's sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. hello, sarah. thank you very much. good afternoon. we're into a huge day of live sport on the bbc — and england's women are bidding to wrap up the t20 series against west indies. the third match has jus

our education correspondent dan johnson is manchester for us.ocked down, isolated and feeling imprisoned, hardly the fun and freedom of student life expected by nadiah and her flatmates. i live, like, four—and—a—half hours away. if they knew this was going to happen, what was the point of making us all come here if we're going to do online lessons? we've barely got any milk and bread to last us until monday. we can't do our washing. it's a bit pathetic. ben's flat of eight‘s been cut off for a week already after one of the first cases here. three more days left and we were going to be out and being able to leave, and then they have just announced we're going to have to stay here for a couple more weeks. but health officials say they had to move quickly to keep this under control. we've been really concerned about the rising number of positive cases over the last few days. it went from a very small outbreak to over 120 cases, as you have identified, and we knew it was time to take swift action just to limit the spread amongst the student populati

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. just with the effects of the pandemic, but also with mass protests sparked by the killing of george floyd, and more recently the police shooting of jacob blake. but there's a separate crisis brewing in america's prison system. every year thousands of inmates die in prison where the population is disproportionately made up of african americans. the bbc‘s hilary andersson has been to parchman prison in mississippi where at least 29 people have already died this year. some viewers may find elements of her report distressing. in the same fields where plantation convicts once toiled like slaves, stands a notorious maximum security prison. we weren't allowed in, but we've been learning its secrets. inmates have been snatching footage of conditions on contra band cellphones. staff, nowhere to be seen during this fight, are poorly paid and too few. some may no sympathise with men who are broken the law but with budgets slashed mississippi has one of the deadliest prison systems in america. th

what did they say about their feelings about manchester at this season?bout their winning mentality and be are both excited as you would expect. he certainly feel that they are the strongest and most competitive and most professional league in the world and it's only going to get stronger and there was a signings have sucked —— shown over the summer. have sucked —— shown over the summer. we must not forget our s&l because they got their business done nice and early. for signings and a base. one of them is a goalkeeper. would it make a difference they had their favourites settled already in their favourites settled already in the squad? i think it will. i think they have been a league and they would have had a chip away to get as a group and i think that time that you can bond as a team before the pressure is of the dubbing style matches think anything valuable and sometimes preseason can seem quite long but it can go in quickly and for ours having that extra couple of weeks i'm sure it will be a benefit to them as we saw in the opening game this season. i

yeah, there's been an explosion at manchester arena! explosion at manchester arena? yes!ere you've gone in. was anybody injured? yes, loads! there's loads injured. all right, let me just... no. get down! now in terms of how the emergency services responded that night, the council said that the issue ofjohn atkinson's survivability is a significant issue for the inquiry to consider. we also heard that in the first 40 minutes of the explosion, only one paramedic went into the area where the bomb went off. let me tell you what else we heard today. it is transport police were in control of the area because it was next to victoria train station. they declared a major incident at 20, but they did not communicate that to greater manchester police. they also appointed a tactical commander based in birmingham, who was in blackpool and the night of the blast. we heard he took it taxi to manchester, but by the time he arrived, the need for immediate response had long since passed. as you mentioned earlier, greater manchester police operationally did not know the pop concert was taki

well below the standard expected of a manchester city player and england international".nt, manchester united says they're "liaising with the football association and are disappointed with the actions of mason greenwood". this is one of a number of challenges the england boss had to deal with. in november last year, he dropped raheem sterling after he had a confrontation withjoe gomez. and for these nations league matches, he's already doing without harry maguire, of course, after the manchester united captain was withdrawn from the squad last month after being given a suspended prison sentence in greece. it's no wonder gareth southgate's called it a job like no other in terms of what you have to deal with. here's our chief football reporter ian dennis. phil foden and mason greenwood have been left in the cold. they will not been left in the cold. they will not be here in copenhagen against denmark as a result of their actions. chris waddle is with me. was it like to be getting one youngster in the will that level of responsibility? it's a massive responsibility. you have

among those receiving their first call—ups are manchester united's millie turner and manchester city'siker fran kirby returns after recovering from a viral illness. it's one of the few major sporting events that's pressed ahead this year despite the pandemic, but there was a reminder of the potential dangers at the tour de france. five people have tested positive, including the race director.

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, manchester.l, and england's men have been in action tonight in the nations' league. they faced denmark in copenhagen, where it finished goalless, as our correspondent katie gornall reports. the mind of england's manager has been somewhat preoccupied recently, with two of his best young players sent home for breaking quarantine rules. this was a chance to get back to the football — not that there was much to catch the eye in a first half where england looked vulnerable. as he once did for spurs, christian eriksson was pulling the strings for denmark and they could have led at the break. so far england's plan wasn't working and they were made to wait until the 70th minute for their first proper chance. harry kane came close but not close enough. one by one southgate turned to those he'd left out with jack grealish one of four england players making their debuts in copenhagen. a proud moment they couldn't mark with a victory as england searched for a winner... commentator: harry kane could roll this

dan johnson, bbc news, manchester.here were 6,0a2 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 5,560. 3a deaths were reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test and that means on average in the last week 30 deaths were announced every day taking the total number across the uk to 41,971. more than a quarter of the uk population — that's around 17 million people — will be living under stricter coronavirus rules from this weekend. richard galpinjoins me now. what more can you tell us? it is quite a raft of new restrictions being imposed by the government today and over the weekend. if we look at england to start with, households in leeds, wigan, stockport, blackpool, all banned from today from mixing into each other‘s homes or gardens. in wales there are more areas coming under lockdown, in particular llanelli where there has been a really big spike in infections there. so from 6pm today no one c

what we are seeing in manchester are up. what we are seeing in manchester a re reflected in up.sure people getting on the trains this morning, i have been working on trains out of waterloo all weekend. things are back to normal and it feels safe. always important to get your thoughts on days like this. it can bea thoughts on days like this. it can be a really anxious time, so we wish you well. i hope it is nice to see your colleagues again. london's mayor sadiq khan says businesses in the capital need further support. he joins us now from westminster. i don't know whether you were able to see that report from manchester, we we re to see that report from manchester, we were lied at london liverpool street station a few moments ago as well. let's talk about trying to encourage people to get back to the office. should more people be trying to do that from today and onwards?” think we have to be realistic and treat people as adults and be honest with them. nina's report talked about the repeated balancing act taking place between economic activity for the reasons the hard—working bu

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.players at other clubs, an investigation has discovered. the players included the peruvian winger andre carrillo, who turned out against chelsea in champions league matches in 2014. mr abramovich's spokesman told bbc panorama that the deals were lawful and did not breach rules or regulations at the time. the former prime minister theresa may has made a strongly—worded attack on the government's internal market bill, the measure which ministers admit will break international law by overriding parts of the brexit wthdrawal agreement with the eu. mrs may told mps why she would not be voting for the bill in the commons tomorrow. the government is acting recklessly and irresponsibly, with no thought to the long—term impact on the standing of the united kingdom in the world. this will lead to untold damage to the united kingdom's reputation. it puts the future of the united kingdom at risk and, as a result, with regret, i have to tell the minister i cannot support this bill. theresa may in t

social would say manchester his assistant alex became old this coach. for. youngsters to this club and develop them it's easier here for young guys the boys. who really get into the. only 32000 people live in moldova 19th century playwright henrik ibsen used to vacation here apart from a folk and fishery museum there's not much to discover outside loads of salmon and sea trout. to these quiet surroundings help young footballers develop. it was in mulder that ending hole and became a star. he's off to his departure to souths going and then dortmund they still remember his biggest moments in a mall the jersey of the biggest memory as he ran he scored 4 goals away against brown. within 20 minutes small to run from 00240 up was amazing he turned up to defend somebody in there in a few minutes and he was unstoppable she's watched him here more than i have but it takes them enough or not much you know growing up with it all when starting out good. see we have had players. use for labor so we can do it so well. on july 1st 201820 days before his 18th birthday

let's speak to our correspodent luxy gopal, who's in manchester.eaction in manchester? this is onlyjust the start of the new academic year. did is after all the disruption early in the year. for a lot of them this must be a huge frustration. absolutely. when students applied to university this was not probably what they had in mind for the start of the academic year, all of their face—to—face courses online, a socially distance a freshers week, and here in manchester 1700 student at manchester metropolitan university starting at their year in itself a solution for two weeks. behind me is one of the student halls that has been affected. down the road is another. students here are in lockdown for 1h days self isolating after an outbreak of more than 100 coronavirus cases. a little while ago i spoke to parents of one of the students who drove all the way from the west midlands and spent his bent 1.5 hours driving last night to see their daughter only to find out they could not see her. —— of eight spent one and a half hours driving. they dropped off s

house being a hole and is widely remembered for his feud with manchester united captain roy keane and the horror tackle that ended holland's career in 1997 keane was writhing in pain with paul and hovering overhead accusing him of faking the injury keane ended up missing almost a year he never forgot the incident and took revenge 4 years later when he met holden in the manchester darby in one of football's most violent tackles keane flew starts up into horton's leg the norwegian never played a full match again keane later cynically writes in his autobiography that there are things that i regret in my life and he is not one of them. i was an aberration if you say. through my strings i can see you knowing. normal things he's a lot you know it's a lot better than the already working for him i think already is better than his father was. out of investments and was ailing coach for nearly 10 years he shows us around the club shop next to the stadium which looks more like an alan hall and fan shop at the moment. and this is. the club suits. like this for 12 years before moving. to more blue

for manchester city, a new chapter with a new manager at the helm and a new look squad. on the title last season after the final standings were decided on a points—per—game basis. they got their campaign off to a winning start over newly promoted aston villa, as jim lumsden reports. the flag may be on the way out but the women's super league is in better nick. no fans present but lucrative new td —— tv deal across world media mode could be the most viewed season in their history. newly promoted aston villa squared up newly promoted aston villa squared up to aransas up manchester city under latter, after a few seconds —— squared up to run it up. georgia sta nway squared up to run it up. georgia stanway confirmed a nightmare start for aston villa. and a quarter of an hour later they were 2—0 down thanks to another defensive blunder that presented sta nway to another defensive blunder that presented stanway with a second goal. villa looked to have pulled one back, stine larsen at the ball in the net but they were off—site replays suggested otherwise. city we re replays sugg

the british atheltics championships are underway in manchester.hese should have been staged injune and doubled up as olympic trials. we have seen the new british record in the pole vault. five metres 85 and you can see how much it meant to him, absolutely loving it. bouncing around and celebrating it you can watch the live coverage on bbc two 110w. watch the live coverage on bbc two now. you can get more on the website. let's look at some rugby union now because there two matches in the premiership to tell you about with plenty more to come over the course the weekend there against bristol with the visitors hoping to get back to second in the table, it is 10-713 get back to second in the table, it is 10—713 seven —— 10—713— seven. that is under way at a quarter to eight. retiring class should be to a knee injury feels the amount of games there and —— having to cope with can be quite damaging. all have talked about is the player welfare side of it and i think it is a hot topic at the moment because of the two games, jack clifford, who was a younger

the greater manchester fire service has apologised for its slow response to the manchester arena attack, three years ago. and we come face to face with the female italian artist whose work challenged conventions more than four centuries ago. and coming up in the sport later on bbc news, heartbreak for newport. they lose on penalties to premier league newcastle in the league cup. all the other results on the way. good evening. the united kingdom is at a "critical moment" in the battle against coronavirus, according to boris johnson, who's warned that he won't hesistate to put further measures in place if necessary. and the government's chief scientific adviser has warned that hospital admissions and intensive care cases are "heading the wrong way" as the number of reported new infections topped 7,000 for a second day. the government has renewed the exceptional powers it gained in march under the coronavirus act, but only after promising mps they would be able to vote "wherever possible" on new regulations before they come into force. the speaker of the commons also warned the government

the message from fee—paying students in manchester is clear.und the uk have been sold to self—isolate. it's an unwelcome start for those who'd been dreaming of living independently, away from home. manchester metropolitan university says it's helping with essentials like shopping, laundry access and medicines, but parents have also been on—hand. and it's announced all lessons for first—year students will be online—only for next fortnight. it's a similar story in glasgow, where scottish students have been advised not to travel home. and if they must, not to stay overnight. for all new arrivals, like these at newcastle, this year's freshers‘ week will be different. i am moving in with nine other people in my flat, we'rejoining a bubble and hopefully that's going to keep us safe. i am excited, but quite nervous because you don't really know what to expect. erm, but, i'm just going to make the most of it. university authorities say they need to keep students and staff are safe, any anxiety will exacerbate the situation so we want but there are some

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester., the government's chief scientists used france and spain as comparisons, saying the uk could be heading the same way without urgent action. spain is the hardest hit country in europe after a huge rise in cases. today almost a million people in the capital, madrid, have been placed under a new partial lock down. from there, guy hedgecoe reports. a new lockdown for madrid... ..three months after the last one ended. this time, restrictions are only in certain areas, particularly lower income districts of the capital, such as here. and for now, at least, the police are informing people, rather than fining them. but the new measures are already having an impact — albeit on people's pockets. this restaurant is just inside one of the zones with restrictions, reducing its clientele. translation: we have to close at 10.00 at night and that's too early for us to serve supper, and for the next two weeks we are going to lose customers at lunchtime, because a lot of our clients are from outside th

dan johnson, bbc news, manchester. this is bbc news. amy coney barrett to the us supreme court in a move that could have a major impact on landmark legal rulings. thousands of israelis have gathered outside the home of the prime minister benjamin neta nyahu to protest about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, despite a nationwide lockdown. police have fined dozens of people for flouting the rules. paul hawkins reports. more anger on the streets of jerusalem. as thousands gathered on saturday evening, demanding the resignation of the prime minister. they are unhappy with corruption charges brought against him charges he denies and his handling of the coronavirus crisis and even the organised urge those working ha rd organised urge those working hard social distancing and wearing masks, dozens were fined for flouting the rules. the protests coming one day after the country tightens its lockdown restrictions aimed at stemming the surge of coronavirus cases. earlier in the day there were long traffic jams as protesters from around the

andy burnham, the mayor of manchester, there.hools, and we can speak to two parents. with me is becky strafford whose daughter is 11—year—old millie. millie has asthma and eczema and returns to school tomorrow. mum—of—three, joanna barrett in glasgow. two ofjoanna's children were in the shielding category as they have cystic fibrosis. they went back to school three weeks agos. thank you forjoining us. how are you feeling about millie going back? i think we are feeling pretty excited. it has been a long few months with millie being at home. i think she is particularly excited to get back to some kind of normality. do you have any concerns about her condition because it can be triggered by things like cleaning spray, i understand. yes, absolutely. we have done quite a lot of work with millie and the school, over the last few months and particularly over the summer, we have researched the facts rather than making assumptions. speaking with the school around processes as well because what happens with her if she was to have an asthma

manchester city are 2-0 quarterfinal. manchester city are 2—0 up against leicester.ingham a 2—1 lead against brighton. rangers beat motherwell by 5—1. james tavernier scored twice from the penalty spot. rangers will remain top of the table regardless of today's at the results. celtic are one up at home to hibernian early in the second half. valentino rossi was challenging the french mental victory in barcelona in the moto gp but he missed out with nine laps to go. but he missed out with nine laps to 90- -- but he missed out with nine laps to go. —— the french man for victory. the world road championships in italy draw to a close today. the last rate is the men's road race which is coming to a finish in the next few minutes. 162 miles the course. that is at the famous motor racing circuit. some pretty steep climbs ahead. that is all a sport for now. does not look too hot. more now on the coronavirus restrictions in the uk. the two biggest cities in wales are preparing for lockdown, which begins later today. the new measures will come into force in swansea and cardiff,

, 0ldham, northwest, bolton, manchester, 0ld ham, rochdale, northwest, bolton, manchester, 0ldham, rochdale phase of covid has never stopped, it has never left them. we have seen a lot of look—alike towns in those areas, which goes along with that. the argument is that in places of high deprivation, where you've got large bame communities, that is where covid has actually got its worst group at the moment. and in the sense, that should not be so surprising. bame communities have been the ones seriously affected by covid. when you've got overcrowding, fewer open spaces, multi—generational living, the real common link you've got there it is very difficult to try and control this disease. 10? all of these things are not really surprising, but the question is, what are going to do about it? one of the clear issues, there are two questions. 0ne, issues, there are two questions. one, the document from public health angle and that's been linked to the observer raises the question that the national lockdown at the being of this, in march and april, did not stop the spread of this disease, there is

still ahead on al-jazeera we're live in manchester where an inquiry into the 2017 everynight bombing big games as survivors seek answers as to whether it could have been prevented and the u.s. open is thrown wide open up to world number one novak djokovic just disqualified from the tournament. when i'm pleased to say that the thai food hi shani is now weak mean very quickly to say the passage of the storm has made its way further north which this weekend for the coming hours actually we are going to sit down graded not just to a tropical storm it is a tropical storm at the moment it will soon be a tropical depression by the time we come to choose they will be fizzling out across the far north east of china eventually pushing up to that eastern side of russia clear skies coming back in behind across the korean peninsula still some showers in the full costume fright as we go on through the next couple of days but i suspect the worst is over we got heavy showers to into central parts of japan hunches still seeing some lively downpours mystical getting up to $33.00 in tokyo so warm and h

sarah corker, bbc news, in ramsbottom, in greater manchester.im statistic behind a special documentary presented by sir david attenborough. this loss in biodiversity has catastrophic consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, and reducing our ability to control the climate. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt reports. during his long career, sir david attenborough has seen first—hand some of the most extraordinary natural phenomena. there's more meaning and mutual understanding in exchanging a glance with the gorilla than any other animal i know. but he has also lived through the most profound changes in the natural world in human history. his latest film contains the stunning images you'd expect from an attenborough production, but this is not a celebration of the incredible diversity of life on earth. this is a warning. the natural world is being destroyed more rapidly than ever before. what's different is it is happening simultaneously in the amazon, in africa, in the arctic. it's happening not at one place a

brighton held manchester city to a goalless draw.city. it's been a big day in rugby union's premiership with the race for play—off spots heating up. wasps went second following a nine try victory over bristol, while bath went above sale into third with their bonus point away win. exeter, already assured of a play—off spot, were in action against saracens, and that's where austin halewood begins his round up. empty stands and nothing to play for. the song but setting for saracens' final weeks in the premiership. for the last few years, this has been the fixture in english by, this has been the fixture in english rugby, but now they are travelling in opposite directions. acts 12 points clear at the top, but with both sides missing the big names... a bonus point win for their youthful side, a glimpse of what is to come in the championship next season. back to the here and now, the real battle is below exeter in the table. with only two rounds to go after this one, now is the time to cement your place in the top four and wasps are doing

greater manchester police say they weren't aware of the ariana grande concert ahead of the manchesterl. the show must go on. a warning to mp5 that theatres have to re—open soon. there comes a point now where we really can't go on much more. the health secretary says it is a "moment of clarity for us all" as two of the uk government's scientific advisers have given warnings over the increase in coronavirus cases, saying that we've relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. england's depty chief medical officer, professor jonathan van—tam said the country faces a "bumpy ride" unless the virus is taken seriously again. and professorjohn edmunds, a member of the scientific advisory group for emergencies or sage, said cases were now "increasing exponentially". bolton has become the latest area to have tighter restrictions introduced, including only allowing takeaways from hospitality venues, after a rise in covid—19 cases. in wales, a local lockdown in the county of caerphilly will take effect this evening, after 98 new coronavirus cases were repo

and here in manchester, 1700 students at manchester metropolitan university starting their year in selfso, behind me, there is one of the student halls that has been affected. just down the road is one of the others. and students here are in lockdown for 1h days, self isolating after an outbreak of more than 100 coronavirus cases. and actuallyjust a few minutes ago, before i started speaking to you, we saw a student who had left his lockdown. he was in lockdown, but he left to go and get tested, because he had coronavirus symptoms. and one of his housemates had also been tested positive. and he was saying that he felt a bit... well, bit let down, a bit betrayed. because this isn't what he had anticipated. he'd spent thousands of pounds on rental fees and on tuition fees, only to have the start of his term with online courses and being stuck in this building here for the next two weeks. france's public health agency is warning that the country's coronavirus epidemic is in an "ascending phase". about 16,000 new cases were recorded yesterday, while new virus deaths rose by a quarter last w

going back to manchester. and the flight on monday hasjust gone. it manchester.monday has just gone. it would manchester. and the flight on monday hasjust gone. it would be good if the government could all get together and come up with one set of policies which are applied reasonably consistently. as more british tourists return home it is clear to me how confusing many people find the new rules. for example, if you're an english traveller flying to cardiff today you can drive back, won't have to self—isolate. but if you're a welch and land in birmingham today, you will then go back and have to spend the next two weeks in isolation. this new way of travelling has just become even more complicated. so just how do the uk nations differ on quarantine? if you fly from six greek islands and live in wales you have to self—isolate for 14 days. if you live in scotland, now the whole of greece is on the quarantine list. there are no restrictions in england and northern ireland. if you arrived from portugal and live in wales you will have to self—isolate from today. it is

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.land and wales to legally self—identify as male or female without a medical diagnosis. the equalities minister liz truss said existing legislation would not be amended as she believed it already provided the proper checks and balances. a court ruling has opened the way for the trial to be held in the united states of two supporters of the islamic state group, both former british nationals, nicknamed "the beatles". el shafee elsheikh and alexanda kotey are being held in us military custody, accused of belonging to a terror group in syria. china has announced it is aiming to become carbon neutral by 2060 with peak emissions before 2030. the world's biggest polluter said it would scale up its efforts under the global paris agreement on climate change. in an address to the un general assembly, president xi also called for a green focus as the world recovers from the covid—19 crisis. the black lives matter movement has set out to focus on britain's links with its colonial past, forcing many

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.australia at old trafford in the deciding one—day international, there's been a warning that the game will find another season without fans extraordinarily challenging. our sports correspondent andy swiss has more. once more into the biosecure bubble. for england's men, the final game of this strangest of summers, 18 matches with not a spectator in sight. logistically, it has been a success, but financially the sport has lost £100 million and it is fearful for the future. we have coped with it this year and cope is the word. when you start getting into a second year, it becomes incredibly and extraordinarily challenging. well, the venues might have been sterile this summer but england's cricket has been anything but. thrilling test match triumphs over the west indies and pakistan and now today, the final challenge. beat australia and they would win their one—day series. simple. if only. jason roy and joe root out to the first two balls of the whole match, australia rather enjoying them

danjohnson, bbc news, manchester.ronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 5,560. 34 deaths were reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test, and that means on average in the last week, 30 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number across the uk to 41,971. a friend of the police officer who was shot dead at a south london custody centre yesterday has said he moved to thejob because he wanted a safer role. tributes have been paid to 54—year—old matt ratana, who was killed when a handcuffed suspect opened fire. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the stream of well—wishers with flowers hasn't slowed here all day. and the death of this respected police officer was marked as far away as his native new zealand by the country's prime minister. donna murray—turner worked with sergeant rata na in community policing. he had a very lived professional experience of dealing wit

it comes as 1,700 students in manchester are told to stay in their halls of residence for two weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases. one of india's biggest film stars, deepika padukone, is questioned as part of an investigation into illegal drug use in bollywood. and we'll be looking at how any potential coronavirus vaccine will be fairly distributed around the world. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. in the next hour, president trump will announce his nominee to fill the supreme court seat left vacant by the death of ruth bader ginsburg. it's widely expected he will nominate federal appeals courtjudge, amy coney barrett. she's known for her conservative religious views and has called abortion immoral. supreme courtjustices are nominated by the us president, but must be approved by the senate. our north america editor jon sopel reports. unknown outside conservative legal circles, amy coney barrett has today made a 600 milejourney circles, amy coney barrett has today made

it comes as 1,700 students in manchester are told to stay in their halls of residence for two weeks after spike in coronavirus cases. tributes are paid to a popular and talented police officer killed at a custody centre in south london. sergeant matt ratana was shot, as a suspect in handcuffs was being booked in. us media say donald trump will nominate conservative federaljudge, amy coney barrett to the supreme court. a formal announcement from the white house is expected later. the dramatic moment a teenager is rescued off the coast of portrush after jumping from rocks. and coming up — a collection of stories about environmentalists and their struggles to protect the natural world — that's in witness history here on bbc news in half an hour. good afternoon. more than a quarter of the uk population are living under stricter coronavirus lockdown rules, as new measures come into force this weekend. the rate at which the virus is spreading in britain has been speeding up. households in leeds, wigan, stockport and blackpool are now banned from mixing in each other‘s homes or gardens. in manch

it is a lovely sunny morning here in manchester but the stu d e nts morning here in manchester but theut it last month and they want about it last month and they say it's unfair on both stu d e nts they say it's unfair on both students and the local community. a local councillor says she wants to reassure the local community the outbreak is contained within the student community, it's not spread to the wider population. she said she wants to keep it that way. this is not the only place it has happened. it's also been happening at universities in scotland, at glasgow university 172 students have tested positive for coronavirus and the university says its 600 people are self isolating. we haven't even really got started. there are lots of stu d e nts really got started. there are lots of students who still have not reached their campuses and halls of residence across the country because courses haven't started yet. it is reasonable to expect perhaps even inevitable, we will see more things like this happening. thank you pretty much indeed. bbc news has obtained a leaked recording in whic

danjohnson, bbc news, manchester.some students from manchester metropolitan university — locked down in their student accommodation. they told me this wasn't how they'd imagined their first weeks at university. it wasn't the experience we were expecting. we are just trying to get by and learn how to do things now. you have all been tested, but none of you have it, is that right? yes, two days ago we all got tested because around the building, people had it. we were celebrating we were negative, however we were told to self—isolate although we are all negative in the house of —— household. i have the names of your flatmates, who is rosie? move in a bit. how are you finding it because this is not what you were expecting? are you concerned about the future now if there are other outbreaks, this could be the pattern of what your first year at university will be like? yes, i was looking forward to coming to university more but on my course , we to coming to university more but on my course, we only have three hours in univ

in the days after the attack, the people of manchester stood together in grief. most incredible way that choosing love can be the more powerfulforce. for this, i say thank you to the wonderful manchester people, for restoring my faith in humanity during the hardest time of my life. through pictures, video, music and anecdotes, little by little we are getting to know each of those who died, through the tributes their families have created. some come to court to speak in person, others to watch, as their words are read out orfilms shown. hi, i'm elaine mclver's sister, linda. "do a pen portrait", they said. the mcivers said that pictures would paint a thousand words for them, and opened their family photo album in tribute to elaine. thejones family came to court and also chose to show photos, explaining that 14—year—old nell lit up their days with energy and passion. afterwards, the inquiry chairman spoke directly to them. what comes over most strongly is the sense of loss that everyone feels at her death. and my overwhelming impression is, what a waste. elaine, mi

dan johnson, bbc news, manchester.will be lifted after the premier of the state of victoria announced the next stage in the plan to ease the city's strict lockdown measures. the dusk—to—dawn curfew will be lifted on monday morning, but those caught breaking the rules on social gatherings could now face a fine of almost aud$5,000 — that's around £2,700. the changes will also see more than 120,000 people able to return to work, while primary school students will return to the classroom from october 12. the people of switzerland will decide on sunday whether or not to keep their free movement of people treaty with the european union — a move that could affect their long—standing access to europe's free trade area. -- 16 —— 16 people remain in police custody in london following an anti— lockdown protest of the capital. metropolitan police say they have asked thousands of people to trafalgar square to disburse because they were not complying with social distancing rules. nine officers we re distancing rules. nine officers w

went to manchester his assistant and became all those coach. for. youngsters to this club develop them it's easier here for young guys young boys. to really get into the command structure. only 32000 people live in mulder 19th century playwright henrik ibsen used to vacation here apart from a folk and fishery museum there's not much to discover outside loads of salmon and sea trout. to these quiet surroundings help young footballers develop. it was in mulder that adding whole and became a star. he's off to his departure to souths go again and then do it and they still remember his biggest moments in a mall the jersey girls the biggest memory as he ran he scored 4 goals away against them. within 20 minutes small to run from 00 to $40.00 was amazing he teared up to defend somebody in there in a few minutes and he was unstoppable she's watched him here more than i have but it's like them in one of mine you know split up with it all. starting out without a good to the. we have had the players. peacefully versal we can do it so well. on july 1st 282

dan johnson, bbc news, manchester.ith the european union — a move that could affect their long—standing access to europe‘s free trade area. those wanting to ditch the treaty say the move will allow switzerland to control its borders and select only the immigrants it wants. but those in favour of keeping it intact argue that losing it will plunge a healthy economy into recession and deprive hundreds of thousands of swiss citizens of their freedom to live and work across europe. staying in switzerland. a polar blast brought early snowfall to the alpine nations — including parts of austria. a sure sign winter‘s on its way — offering a cool new playground for those game enough to brave the chill. tanya dendrinos has more. it‘s only september but already, the swiss alps are looking like a winter wonderland. more than just a dusting of snow, trees and chalets were picture perfect. the cold snap is thanks to a large low pressure system dragging polar air masses with it and resulting in the unseasonably early snowfall. 25 cent