the brand new covid mega—lab in milton keynes — a bbc investigation into allegations that there havefety breaches. italy is put on the travel quarantine list. half—term holiday makers could be hit, after the country sees its highest one—day coronavirus caseload. out and about after seven months. the queen's first public engagement outside a royal household since the spring lockdown. and coming up on bbc news... we will have the latest, as the efl meets to decide whether to accept a £50 million bailout from the premier league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. boris johnson's strategy to tackle the coronavirus pandemic with a series of regional restrictions faces its toughest political test yet. earlier today, the mayor of greater manchester, labour's andy burnham, refused to accept the terms on which ministers want to place his city on the very highest alert level. he said his constituents‘ livelihoods were being sacrificed. the health secretary for england, matt hancock, hit back — any delay would cost lives. let's just look at what's happening in england. the grey ar

one of the first to open was this lab in milton keynes where hundreds of staff process around 40,000e have told us of safety concerns which they fear are putting staff at risk. it's just chaotic. it's dangerous. julian harris, a virologist, worked at the lab this summer. he believes cracks in the system began to show when the calibre of staff changed. when the lab started in march, then they had furloughed academics, virologists, biologists, all these people, so they had the experience, right? but then towards the middle ofjune onwards, they started to go back. then you got an influx of these really young people with absolutely no experience. he alleges the training for new recruits was completely inadequate. these people, you know, no lab induction for a bio—safety level two, and then they are just launched into this facility. and it freaked me out. the work is carried out in protective cabinets like this, which remove infected air. but doctor harris claims, in order to get as many tests done as possible, cabinets designed for one person were being used by two — a practice other sci

the brand new covid mega—lab in milton keynes. bbc investigation into allegations that there have been safety breaches. out and about after seven months — the queen's first public engagement outside a royal household since the march lockdown. and coming up, the ‘cliffside camping' that requires a head for heights and nerves of steel. boris johnson's strategy to tackle the coronavirus pandemic with a series of regional restrictions faces its toughest political test yet. earlier today, the mayor of greater manchester, labour's andy burnham, refused to accept the terms on which ministers want to place his city on the very highest alert level. he said his constituents' livelihoods were being sacrificed. the health secretary for england, matt hancock, hit back saying any delay would cost lives. let's just look at what's happening in england. the grey area is on medium alert which means a 10pm curfew and the rule of six. the areas in orange will be on high alert from midnight tomorrow. that includes london and a raft of areas stretching

in a statement, milton keynes council said they were sorry to have upset the family and said...as been some stuff said today and they have made a statement but they haven't reached out to the family. i would speak to somebody because they have admitted it was wrong, the way it took place. the guy who did what he did, i'd like to know what sort of training he had to interrupt a funeral, who told them to do that, and to approach a family like that, maybe he needs some training in how to approach somebody ina training in how to approach somebody in a situation like that because it wasn't very humane i don't think i could ever forgive him for that. wasn't very humane i don't think i could ever forgive him for thatm black with that report. the founder of comic relief, richard curtis, has praised children in cornwall for encouraging the charity to make next year's red nose day plastic—free. pupils at fourlanesend community primary school made their own noses out of household goods last year, and won the backing of sir david attenborough. fiona lamdin reports. this is where it all star

in a statement, milton keynes council said they were sorry to have upset the family and said... reached out to the family. i would speak to somebody because they have admitted it was wrong, the way it took place. the guy who did what he did, i'd like to know what sort of training he had to interrupt a funeral, who told them to do that, and to approach a family like that, maybe he needs some training in how to approach somebody in a situation like that because it wasn't very humane i don't think i could ever forgive him for that. jo black with that report. the renowned british mathematician, professor sir roger penrose has been named as one of three recipients of this year's nobel prize for physics. sir roger's research into black holes has been recognised alongside the work of the american astronomer, andrea ghez and the german astrophysicist, reinhard genzel. earlier i spoke to sir roger about the achievement and began by asking him how he heard he had been given the award. there are messages that came in and then they got dropped off and i was waiting between one message in th

the bletchley park wartime code breaking centre in milton keynes has been given a £1 million fundingost on facebook stopping the social media giant has said that it's donation is a recognition of the sites legacy as the birthplace of modern computing. the best of written‘s brains work to secretly decrypting communications stopping other isa communications stopping other is a new fight, to keep this story alive during the pandemic. for the museum suffering financially because of coronavirus, help has come in the form of social media giant facebook who has donated £1 million. 9596 of our income comes from visitors, so that has left a £2 million hole and oui’ has left a £2 million hole and our budget. we are looking forward to how we're going to survive through the winter into next year. bletchley park is widely regarded as the birthplace of modern computing. the work done here by mathematician alan turing and his team of codebreakers is said to have shortened the war by two years and saved cou ntless by two years and saved countless lives. we've just been so impressed on how it's kept

weeks or two weeks, but itjust means some of the glasgow tests might have to go to belfast or milton keynesto combat the spread of the virus, we've already become used to face coverings in many public settings like transport and shops. on friday, workplace canteens joined that list. from tomorrow, that'll be expanded to include other communal workplace areas like corridors. the idea is to stop any potential transmission. temporary restrictions are due to expire in just over a week but, already, the first minister has warned that it won't be back to normal anytime soon. gillian sharpe, reporting scotland. a convicted killer who helped stop a terror attack near london bridge last november is to be considered for parole ten months early. steven gallant was on day release when he intervened to end usman khan's attack, which left two people dead. daniela relph reports. running from fishmongers' hall, where he had just killed two people, this was usman khan on london bridge. in the group pursuing him was steven gallant, himself a convicted murderer out on licence for the day. he was one of the gr

the bletchley park wartime coding breaking centre in milton keynes has been given a £1 million fundingas suffered financially during the pandemic. facebook said its donation was in recognition of the site's legacy as the birthplace of modern computing. jo black reports. bletchley park. the home of the codebreakers. the bletchley park. the home of the codebrea kers. the best bletchley park. the home of the codebreakers. the best of britain's brains worked here decrypting german communication, now there is a new fight. to keep this story alive during the popped. for the museum suffering financially because of coronavirus, help has come in the shape of social media giant facebook, who is donated £1 million. 95% of the income comes from visitor, we are operating at 50% of what we were the previous year so that has left a £2 million hole in the budget and planning forward when the budget and planning forward when the pandemic is going to end we are looking for bard to how we survive through the winter into next year. bletchley park is regard as the birthplace of modern computing the work do

be three or two weeks but it just mean some of the glasgow test might have to go to belfast or milton keyneste and catch up. as part of efforts to combat the spread of the virus, we have already become used to face coverings in many public settings like transport and shops. and on friday workplace camp teensjoin the shops. and on friday workplace camp teens join the list. from tomorrow that will expand to include other communal workplace areas like corridors, the idea is to stop any potential transmission. temporary transmissions are due to expire in less tha n transmissions are due to expire in less than a week but already the first minister has warned it will not be back to normal anytime soon. —— restrictions. rallies have been taking place in a number of french cities to express outrage over the beheading of a teacher in a suspected islamist attack. samuel paty was killed near paris on friday after showing pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad during a lesson on freedom of speech. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. applause. once again, around the figure of marianne, a

in a statement, milton keynes council said they were sorry to have upset the family and said... who told him to do that, and to approach a family like that, maybe he needs some training in how to approach somebody in a situation like that because it wasn't very humane and i don't think i could ever forgive him for that. jo black with that report. we have something from president trump on twitter. he says he's looking forward to the debate on the evening of the 15th of october in miami. there has been speculation about whether this date of the debate falls within the two week quarantine period that the president will have to observe. some discussion as to when he was first publicly diagnosed with having covid—19 and whether in fact this thursday, october 15 falls into that two—week period. anyway, in his usual tone he's very confident that it go ahead. in another message he said he is feeling great. the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson delivers an upbeat speech to the conservative party conference, saying the coronavirus pandemic must be a catalyst to speed up social and eco

this one from david says can my son who is a student in manchester come back down to milton keynes and is in travelling home if your university isina travelling home if your university is in a high—risk or very high risk pa rt of is in a high—risk or very high risk part of the country first and i think the answer to that one would be you shouldn't come home but if it's possible, you could meet outside, remember, because the rule of six applies outside in areas of high risk and even very high risk. you could still get together but he would need to do it outside. sian, this from lucinda. my grandfather is in hospital, leaving my elderly grandmother alone in manchester. i live in hertfordshire, can i go and support her? hertfordshire is lower risk than manchester but exceptions can be made for caring for vulnerable people, particularly isolated elderly. it could be she creates a ca re isolated elderly. it could be she creates a care bubble. if you are a single isolated person living on your own, you can create a bubble with that person. so you could go to actually ca re with that person.

have they actually spoken to you, milton keynes council? no, we have heard nothing.the mp yesterday, or his office, but we have heard nothing from the crematorium or council. they have said to us, we are sorry to have upset this family. we don't usually step in if a guest needs to be comforted by another family member and be comforted by another family memberand in be comforted by another family member and in this instance should have taken a more considered approach. we let funeral directors to let us know if any chairs should be grouped in advance and from now on this includes guests in the same household bubbles as well as those who need extra support. that was a reason you posted it, so others would not have to go through what yourfamily went would not have to go through what your family went through? that is the only reason. all i want to come from this is nobody should have to experience that. and we would like it to be changed with crematoria and councils, to stick in the guidelines of the government that clearly state, and we know this is the new way of livin