in the showers and breezy in the south and west point of the best brightness in the sheltered north and east6 the sheltered north and east, 14—16 the overall high. moving into wednesday, we finally start to see

, although we are starting to see a peak in the north—east. in the east and west midlands. upticks in the south. —— big upticks in the east and west midlandsm the virus accelerating or is there a slowdown in the rate of growth overall? where are we? i'd have to say that with the exception of the north—east, acceleration... it's clear that the r number is above one and that we are seeing week on week increase, exponential increases in prevalence. the exception is the north—east, where, and please don't let me make you think that things are let me make you think that things a re really let me make you think that things are really going down but there does appear to be are really going down but there does appearto bea are really going down but there does appear to be a flattening of the curve. but still at a relatively high level. i think there was some sign ofa high level. i think there was some sign of a slowdown in your last survey. it was slowing slightly. but looking back over the last few weeks, what is the trend? upwards and sadly, steeply

north, we could see temperatures fall low enough for a touch of frost, but more especially in the north—eastnd sinking further south across england, getting into north wales. we will also have a weather front in the south east producing some rain, drifting further west through the course of the day, so the driest conditions are likely to be across scotland and northern ireland. even here, though, we'll still see some showers and a brisk wind. by the time we get to wednesday, something drier is coming our way. but still a brisk, cool, north—easterly wind, blowing in showers to eastern parts of england, some of those getting over towards wales and the south west. making it feel cooler than the temperatures you see would suggest. so drier conditions across northern ireland and scotland, temperatures once again 10—11i, maybe 15 degrees. then as we head on into thursday, we start off in northern ireland and western scotland with a touch of frost, but a lot of dry weather, brisk winds in the south—east, something drier with lighter winds for friday. this is bbc news, the headlines... borisjohnson

already here in the north—east of england around 2 million people are adjusting to the new rules.r midnight on friday, around a quarter of a million more will be joining them. middlesbrough and stockton, middlesbrough and hartlepool councils didn't ask for these measures but they wanted a household only ban and that was based on local data which suggested in september around 80% of cases which were positive were people who'd been exposed to the virus at a home. what hartlepool and middlesbrough councils were concerned about was that any measures that went beyond that in this part of the uk, which has some of the most deprived areas, it would be damaging for the local economy and for people's mental health, but what today's announcement has shown is that local authorities do not have the power to cherry pick what measures they want. central government has announced a support package of £7 million, but the mayor here, andy preston, has said today, we defy the government and do not accept these measures. fiona, thank you. meanwhile, in northern ireland, hospitality venues in londonde

they follow seven other areas of the north east of england, but middlesbrough and hartlepool councile furious, they only wanted a household ban based on local data, which suggested that in september around 80% of cases came from infections within the home. they say here, in some of the uk's most deprived areas, these tougher measures will have a real effect on people's mental health and the local economy. of course, the government is in today that a support package of £7 million is being made available to local councils affected by this, but the middlesbrough mayor, andy preston, today has said, we defy the government and will not accept the measures. in northern ireland, new restrictions have just been announced for derry and strabane, areas of northern ireland which now have some of the highest cases of the virus in the uk, the highest rates of the virus in the uk. so the decision has been made that, in these areas, pubs, restaurants cafes, well, they will have to revert to a takeaway only service order out or outdoor dining. also, the advice now is for people to avoid any unnecess

particularly in the north—west and at the north—east.stop us from becoming unwell. there is, nevertheless, a massive collective responsibility on every citizen now to play their part in defeating this a virus and getting it back under control. i think we are now going to have some questions, and fergus walsh from the bbc. hello. question first for stephen powis, which is the last time the nhs coped during the first wave by cancelling nonurgent surgery and pausing a lot of cancer screening. how close are you to having to do that, especially in these hotspot areas in the north—west? question for jonathan mann time, we have heard a lot that in liverpool — — mann time, we have heard a lot that in liverpool —— jonathan van tam, we have heard that in liverpool bars and pubs might have to shut, is the scientific evidence that that will slow transmission and if that is, can you share it with us questioning thank you, so if i take the first question. in the first wave in april, we took a national approach to create the additional capacity that we

the north—east of scotland largely dry, sunshine for the northern isles, temperature struggling to 10orth towards scotland in the northern isles, because there is still quite a keen wind overnight, it shouldn't get too cold, it's around five or 6 degrees. some big waves crashing onto western coasts on wednesday, together with some fairly frequent and heavy showers, lots of showers running through the english channel. some heading inland, drierand english channel. some heading inland, drier and sunnier weather for much of the day across the north—east of england and eastern scotland, but it's a chilly wind, temperature is 10—12 c. hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines... scientists say the number of people with coronavirus antibodies has dropped by a quarter in three months — raising the risk of being infected again more than 50 conservative mps representing the north of england write to the prime minister, calling for a "clear roadmap" out of tough restrictions. the government says restrictions are regularly under review. every area that is entering tier 3, t

blustery, plenty of showers coming into the west, some clearer spells to the east, a few spots in north—eastinto low single figures as we start the day tomorrow, and with low pressure close by to the north—west of the uk tomorrow it is the west that will see most of the showers, but southern england will see some too. some heavy, possibly thundery, a chance of hail as well. a few showers will trickle further east during the day but fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine for the east midlands, yorkshire, north—east england and eastern scotland. it's blustery wherever you are — these are average speeds, some gusts widely of 30 to a0 mph, maybe 50 in the western isles of scotland, and temperatures for some a notch down on today. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: residents of south yorkshire face tighter restrictions as the region enters tier 3 rules — more than seven million people are now living under england's strictest covid alert level. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop non—essential travel as wales begins its first full day of a

england and north east scotla nd north east england and north east scotland seem fewer showers comparedgusting widely 30 to 40 mph, 15 era southern and western coasts, rough and high seasin and western coasts, rough and high seas in the west a to western scotla nd seas in the west a to western scotland where showers merge to give a long spell of rain into the first pa rt a long spell of rain into the first part of tonight. clear spells to the east overnight allowing temperatures to drop into low single figures. look at the rain coming into northern ireland, wales, south—west england by the end of tonight. this push north and east across the uk during thursday, some of it on the heavy side, just the northern isles stay dry. behind that, we dry up over parts of england and wales over the afternoon. we keep plenty of cloud, patchy rain and drizzle, but a milder day here. hello, this is bbc news with geeta guru—murthy. the headlines: growing pressure on the government for more clarity on coronavirus restrictions in the lead—up to christmas, after uk deaths hit their highest level for five m

some drier weather to the north—east, and also for scotland and northern ireland. ather chilly. all of us see those temperatures go back to between 11 and 13 degrees. it stays rather chilly as we head through the middle of the week towards thursday and friday. but it will be drier is often rather cloudy. i am going to ta ke often rather cloudy. i am going to take you straight to the house of commons where the education secretary gavin williamson is speaking about next year's gcses and a—levels. speaking about next year's gcses and a-levels. a lifelong learning announcement will benefit... helping the levelling up agenda. what assessment has been made of earnings of individuals who will gain a level three rather than sit with a level two qualification? my honourable friend raises an incredibly important point. there is so much evidence to point out that if people have an a—level equivalent qualification, the benefits they will have throughout their life are significant, with an increase on 10% of average earnings on those who gained that. that is why our lifetime ski

and we need to apply the rules in the north—east because that is where it is spiking.ple do understand why we are doing that. i think people do get it. i think people want us to defeat this virus and they want to see us doing it together! i spoke to the leader of newcastle council yesterday, and he said the other big problem apart from government messaging is the lack of economic support being provided to local communities under restriction. newcastle council indicate that by the end of the year, 10,000 jobs in hospitality will have been lost. many businesses are forced to stay closed, prime minister, but for these extraordinary restrictions, these are viable jobs. these businesses are doing the right thing. why has the government decided that these jobs aren't worth saving? as i said repeatedly, we're putting our arms around the whole of the uk economy and we're doing everything we can to save everyjob. i must say, i saw the leader of newcastle and was surprised by what he said because actually to the best of my knowledge they were calling for the measures that we put

of scotland and perhaps the north—east of england. last into next week. instead, we've got areas of low pressure coming in steadily from the atlantic, and that means the weather is changing. so, we've got some rain on the way on monday. at the moment, it looks like it's mainly going to be across northern ireland and into scotland, some heavier rain over the hills. england and wales with a little bit of sunshine at times. there will be a stronger wind from the south at this time. and that means temperatures are going to be higher, perhaps as high as 15 or 16 in the south—east of the uk. next week, though, looks very different from what we've seen just recently. it will be a bit milder but the winds will be strengthening with showers or longer spells of rain. this is bbc news. welcome, if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: a teacher who showed pupils cartoons of the prophet mohammad is decapitated north of paris. france's president condemns it as a "cowardly" attac

blustery, plenty of showers coming into the west, some clearer spells to the east, a few spots in north—easttland into low single figures as we start the day tomorrow, and with low pressure close by to the north—west of the uk tomorrow it is the west that will see most of the showers, but southern england will see some too. some heavy, possibly thundery, a chance of hail as well. a few showers will trickle further east during the day but fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine for the east midlands, yorkshire, north—east england and eastern scotland. it's blustery wherever you are — these are average speeds, some gusts widely of 30 to a0 mph, maybe 50 in the western isles of scotland, and temperatures for some a notch down on today. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: residents of south yorkshire face tighter restrictions as the region enters tier 3 rules — more than seven million people are now living under england's strictest covid alert level. president trump casts his vote for the us election in the key state of florida, where early voting is underway. police in glouc

of scotla nd higher ground in the north—east of scotland as the north sea winds pile in.l dominate the weather over the weekend, the centre of the locums to set right over the centre of the uk, the strongest winds will be around the strongest winds will be around the edges of sunday, together with this rain. rain should move away from north—eastern scotland on sunday, not far from from north—eastern scotland on sunday, not farfrom northern ireland, returning into south wales and the south—west. some heavy showers, temperatures of 13 or 1a. into next week, more showers, which could be heavy. that's all from the bbc news at one. we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. one of the biggest names in rugby league — sam burgess — is under police investigation in australia, over allegations of domestic violence and illegal drug use. rugby league officials are also looking into claims that the south sydney rabbitohs, the club he played for and then coached, covered up the incidents for burgess. 0ur sports news c

and further north, as well, another area that's likely to have some flooding, the north east of scotland rain especially over the hills blown in off the north sea around our area of low pressure. and as we move into the second half of the weekend, the centre of the low is going to be sitting slap bang over the uk. so, we've got the stronger winds probably around the edges where we have this rain. that rain should move away from the north east of scotland in the morning. the wetter weather not far away from northern ireland, heading into south wales, the south west of england. not as windy for many central parts of the uk, but there will be some sunshine and some heavy showers around as well. and it's still a cool day, typically 13—14 degrees. those temperatures aren't really going to change as we look ahead into at least the early part of next week. the winds won't be quite as strong perhaps, but there will be sunshine and some heavy showers. this is bbc news. an october surprise like no other, the trump campaign clears the president's schedule after he tests positive for coronavirus. bu

in the north—east and other areas where extra tight measures have been brought in, you should follows but it's... —— you should follow the guidance of local authorities it's six in a home or six in hospitality but, as i understand it, not six outside. and the prime minister had to apologise quick smart for getting it wrong and to be completely crystal clear, unless you live in one of the areas of local lockdowns, the rule of six applies everywhere outdoors, indoors, everywhere. so so coronavirus clear the dominant here in westminster, but it's also time for a little bit of nostalgia. cadieux is with us, and if you're watching rather than listening or, she is still in possession of the must—have items of 2819 which is brexit cast, we did something called a spy cast, we did something called a spy fall. why are we talking about brexit this week, what is happening? you could be forgiven for thinking that you wear because you know, these are the end stages of the negotiations, high—stakes, both sides saying they want a deal, but not any price. ——we decided it was called a spoffle. dominan

north—east england and scotland seek the best sunny breaks and 14—16 widely.ening and overnight, the showers in england and wales tend to ease away but the north—westerly wind continues to drive in some showers to the north—west of the great glen and thatis north—west of the great glen and that is how it will stay moving into wednesday. under clear skies, we might see temperatures down into single figures. a chilly start in some spots, glorious for some with a

west wales and northern ireland later, lifting temperatures but under clear conditions to the north and east see temperatures down into lower single figures and maybe even a touch of frost for some in the morning. tomorrow your day will be split in two of the north—eastern areas sunshine and then rain arrives. first thing across southern and western areas, heavy at times with a breeze but slowly brightening into the afternoon to sunshine and showers by which stage those northern eastern areas see the rain started to push in. driest is the far north—east of scotland through the day that eastern areas, chilly start and temperatures will struggle to rise, 8—11. 1a or 15 for some in the sunnier parts of the west where you avoid showers. rain arrives in northern parts of scotland on tuesday evening and overnight. that is as the pressure spins out to the south of iceland. the southern flank of it is where we are, this means big waves towards the west of ireland particularly and over 10 metres high the waves through wednesday. wednesday itself, sunshine and showers, hail and thunder to the south an

, north—east england in eastern scotla nd east, north—east england in eastern scotland may well the showers and stay predominantly dry with some sunny spells. call with top temperatures between ten and 1a degrees. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. south yorkshire is the latest region to move to england's top level of restrictions. local leaders in sheffield call for an exit plan. the question is, at what point will come out of tier 3? no one's able to answer that question. even the mayor is asking that question and, well, the mayor should have asked that question when he was negotiating with the government for the last ten days. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop nonessential travel as wales begins its first full day of a ‘firebreak‘ lockdown. president trump casts his vote for the us election in the key state of florida, where early voting is under way. marcus rashford says he is proud of the community response to his campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. shakespeare's globe, newcastle theatre royal and birmingh

admissions to hospital have increased too, with the north east and north west of england areas of concern. our prediction is that we will continue to be busy, with increasing numbers of patients coming in. we'll be looking at why cases are going up, despite restrictions. also on tonight's programme: the government announces it'll pay two thirds of wages for businesses that are forced to close. ahead of expected tighter measures. 21,000 jobs at risk — as the edinburgh woollen mill chain, the owner of peacocks, plan to call in the administrators. last orders, folks! strict rules have just come into force across large parts of scotland, making many pubs and restaurants takeaway only. # when you can't take any more of all the misery in life...# and, the show must go on. ten pantos could be staged across the country this christmas, after an injection of lottery money. and coming up on bbc news — the king of clay, rafa nadal, reaches another french open final, as he bids to match roger federer‘s all—time grand slam record. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the number of coronavi

is in scotland and northern ireland, here it will be quite windy, with the wind coming from the north—easteel particularly warm so your never going to feel particularly warm so your temperature is at best 11, fax of 13 degrees. still some showers around on wednesday, becoming confined to england and wales, the wind is strongest here, starting to turn lighter and further north. should be a dry day, patchy cloud and sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures again, 12 to maybe 15 degrees in the south—west. for the end of the week, this is where things turn more definitely drier as high pressure ta kes definitely drier as high pressure takes control. some frontal systems around the edges, you see, high pressure should keep them at bay so mainly fine, often cloudy, staying rather chilly. then, thank you. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me hello, i'm jane dougall with your latest sports news. west ham have become the first premier league club to criticise a radical plan to shake up english football. it's been named "project big picture" and would see

admissions to hospital have increased too, with the north east and north west of england areas of concernontinue to be busy, with increasing numbers of patients coming in. we'll be looking at why cases are going up, despite restrictions. also on tonight's programme: the government announces it'll pay two thirds of wages for businesses that are forced to close. ahead of expected tighter measures. 21,000 jobs at risk — as the edinburgh woollen mill chain, the owner of peacocks, plan to call in the administrators. last orders, folks! strict rules have just come into force across large parts

and the rain further north and east and the rain further north and east and the rain further northeavy fora time, north and west really will be heavy for a time, weather warnings are in force here so gusts of winds in excess of a0, possibly 50mph the further west you are but look at the temperatures peaking at 15 or 16. as we move temperatures peaking at 15 or 16. as we move out of the thursday, into friday, that rain eases away, a slightly quieter day across the country, but not for long, the weekend looks decidedly unsettled with one area of low pressure moving through, just going to be replaced by another, so the weekend looks likely to be wet and very windy at times, we could see gales or severe galeser into the far north—west, so whatever your plans here is a brief summary of what to expect. that's it. take care. speak the headlines... new warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus with predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. is quite plausible by the end of next month that could be 500 d

mild in the south—east, coolerfurther north sunnier in the east.

now, in some of those areas, there are tougher restrictions here in the north east for example you cannotdoor setting u nless socialise in any indoor setting unless you are in a support bubble. yet you have the leaders of councils here in the north. so here in newcastle, liverpool, leeds, writing letters to the health secretary saying restrictions are not working, we wa nt saying restrictions are not working, we want more autonomy and also that will be because there may be different spikes in different parts of the north for different reason, it might be down to deprivation, to student number, of course the department of health and social care saying it is working closely with local authorities, when it comes to intervention, but professorjohn edmunds who advices the government has said more stringent national lockdown measures are needed. you get the sense here in the north more targeted measures would be supported, but not stricter measures. here in the north east for example the highest unemployment rate in the uk. it doesn't want stricter rules. fiona, thank you for now. phil in notti

further north and east you are, this is where you are going to see more cloud.round that area of high pressure, this easterly breeze is bringing in some cloud and indeed some showers as well. most of those this afternoon are across parts of eastern scotland, especially towards the south—east, northern england and down the eastern side of england. as we go on deeper into the day, some of these will drift further west, reaching towards north wales, the midlands, the west country as we go into the evening. these temperatures, sunshine or cloud, are a bit below average for the time of year. as we go into tonight, we will keep some of this cloud moving in. a lot of cloud will spread westwards across scotland, taking some light rain or drizzle with it. from the cloud running in towards england and parts of wales, you mayjust pick up one or two showers. it mayjust push towards the south of northern ireland later in the night. for most of us, tempt your staying well above freezing, but if you get some clear spells in scotland towards the west, you may well end up close

with further showers pushing in to eastern counties of england and a lot of cloud gathering in the north—eastotland which will roll in through the night. of the odd patch of fog possible in the central belt, lowest temperatures in western scotland of one or 2 degrees, fairly chilly elsewhere but nothing exceptional for this time of year. tomorrow, quite a lot of cloud in the north—east of scotland, still some showers further south particularly in the eastern half of england. the best sunshine in northern ireland, wales and the south—west. not quite as windy as it has been in the last couple of days but still pretty cool, 10—14 at best. similar on friday, some fairly large areas of cloud around, potentially thick enough to squeeze out the odd spot of rain or light shower but equally, there will be some brighter spells with highs of 11-13 . some brighter spells with highs of 11—13 . weekend looks predominantly dry, not always desperately sunny with a fair dry, not always desperately sunny withafairamount dry, not always desperately sunny with a fair amount of cloud and temperatures once again s

blustery, plenty of showers coming into the west, some clearer spells to the east, a few spots in north—easttland into low single figures as we start the day tomorrow, and with low pressure close by to the north—west of the uk tomorrow it is the west that will see most of the showers, but southern england will see some too. some heavy, possibly thundery, a chance of hail as well. a few showers will trickle further east during the day but fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine for the east midlands, yorkshire, north—east england and eastern scotland. it's blustery wherever you are — these are average speeds, some gusts widely of 30 to a0 mph, maybe 50 in the western isles of scotland, and temperatures for some a notch down on today. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: residents of south yorkshire face tighter restrictions as the region enters tier 3 rules — more than 7 million people are now living under england's strictest covid alert level. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop non—essential travel as wales begins its first full day of a firebreak lockd

we have high pressure setting out towards the west, low—pressure to the north—east of uk, and that combinationing in the breeze from a north—westerly direction, bringing plenty more showers through the rest of today. we've got a line of cloud and rain. this is a frontal system moving across south—east england and east anglia. the rest of the uk, sunny spells and pretty frequent showers. quite blustery conditions particularly in and around the showers, and there could be the occasional rumble of thunder and perhaps a bit of hail as well. temperatures in the northern half of the uk around ten to 12 celsius, for the uk around ten to 12 celsius, for the south 1a perhaps 16 for the warmest spots. but yesterday we were up warmest spots. but yesterday we were up to 19 celsius, such as turning a bit cooler now. losing the rain from the south—east tonight, so tonight some clear spells for southern and eastern parts, but more heavy showers rattling in across scotland, northern ireland, and northern england as well. so shower here from the word go to start saturday morning. it's fairly similar to what we

ii to 13 degrees, north—east it won't feel warm by any stretch. 11 to 13 degrees, that is your lot.esday further showers at times, but they become increasingly few and far between as we head through wednesday. the further north you are it should be dry with spells of sunshine. the strongest winds in the south at this stage, not feeling particularly warm though. it stays fairly chilly for the end of the week. it looks mostly dry though, so you may well think thatis dry though, so you may well think that is good news. we will take what we can get. thank you very much. a reminder of our top story... the prime minister sets out he had restrictions across england to try to get coronavirus back under control. that's all from the bbc news at six so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday. who's seeing the big picture? are the proposed changes for the good of the many in football orjust a few at the top? it's football is not that i make it is known today by 90 billionaires from outside th

the north—west and north—east travel been hitting hard, so asa north—east travel been hitting hard, soome of the highest rates, but i feel we should all be in it together and supporting each other, not just all be in it together and supporting each other, notjust striking through one city, itjust seems to be liverpool when it comes to it. thank you both for your time, we appreciate you speaking to us, it is appreciate you speaking to us, it is a difficult day for people in this city as they deal with allergy that life will get a lot harder in the next 2a hours, and what will need to happen for these measures to be relaxed? there will be a review in four weeks, but what if cases have not potentially come down? how long will this go on and what will be the impact ona will this go on and what will be the impact on a city which relies so much on tourism, culture and nightlife. studio: lots of questions yet to be satisfactorily answered. coming up at 9:30, we'll answer your questions on those new covid tiered restrictions for england and across the rest of the uk. we'll be joined by leading

some further showery bursts across the north and east of scotland, one or two showers north and east one or two s howe i’s a cross north and east of scotland, one or two showers across england and wales, but generally speaking, drier and brighter than it has been, not quite as mild, temperatures into the low to mid teens, closer to the seasonal norm. into friday and into the weekend, it looks like it will turn and settled again with a series of low pressure system is pushing in off the atlantic bringing rain to northern and western areas, winds becoming a feature across northern and western areas as we head on into the weekend. for the most part, staying on the mild side. a reminder of our top story. the midday deadline on a deal with manchester for lockdown measures passes — the prime minister will hold a news conference in downing street later this afternoon. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. there's a big 2a hours ahead for wasps, as they wait to find out if they can play in this weekend's premiership rugby final. all the players have been tested for

but today's figures support the trend that they've levelled off in the north—east.tinuing to put pressure on the government to go further. my concern is that the tier system is not strong enough to stop the infection rate going up and the alternative now is weeks or months of agony, frankly, in the tier system. so i do call on the prime minister to look again. if we have learned one thing from phase one, wave one of the virus, it's that you need to act quickly and decisively. but ministers want to stick with a targeted approach. even at the very high level, schools are being kept open, businesses are being kept open, we leave in reserve the option of taking further measures. but actually, what we really need now, and what i think the domestic but also the international experience shows, is when you've got this focused approach we really need full compliance, full cooperation. the epidemic is still growing. while there is hope restrictions in some areas may be starting to slow the rise in infections, experts say the next four months will be tough. katharine da costa,

virtually every part of the country, apart, possibly, from the country, apart, possibly, from the north—eastthey have been taking additional measures, substantial additional measures, and there is some evidence of some flattening but not yet of any evidence of the coronavirus falling. that is important because it is now at quite a high level and if things went wrong the margin of error is very, very small. very little headroom even in the one area where there is some flattening at the moment. so things are going up across the whole country. next slide, please. and it is probably important to think about this in terms of ages. these heat maps go from left to right over time, so the right is the most recent, and from bottom, which is children under the age of 16, bottom, which is children under the age of16, up bottom, which is children under the age of 16, up to the top, people over 60. as you can see, what happens in every area is that it gets darker, meaning there are more cases, all the way through the period we are looking at. it's steadily moves up the ages. so it doesn't remain constrai

the north—west, north—east, yorkshire and humber accounts for just north—west, north—east, yorkshire involving covid in the last week. if we look at the hospitalisations, that is where we are seeing the greatest numbers going into hospital with coronavirus, in the south—west it is only three people in a week, but the fa ct we only three people in a week, but the fact we are seeing the concentration in the north of england does not mean there will not be any writers, because we have seen eating indicators of cases writing elsewhere in the country and the number of people going into hospital also rising, so definitely concentrated in one part of the country but that is not mean it is the only place it is happening. funky very much, robert. —— thank you very much. mps will today vote on the government's new three—tier system of coronavirus restrictions, which comes into effect tomorrow. so far only the liverpool city region is in the "very high" category. pubs and bars will close, except where serving "substa ntial meals", households can't mix indoors or out. this is from tomorrow. gyms

and we've got a few heavy showers just running into north—east england, although these will ease overo manage to stay clearest longest. 0n into thursday, then, and these north—easterly winds will continue to feed the cloud in for many areas. the west is best in terms of any sunshine. but i suspect we will have quite a few showers at times through the morning across the wash area. and then the showers probably break out more widely across east anglia, as you head into the afternoon. all the while, we'll see this line of showers, through most of the day, affecting east kent and running on into the channel islands, where, for some, it could be quite wet. although, for many of us, again, away from those eastern areas, it will be a relatively dry day. brisk north—east winds gusting about 30 mph, around some of the north sea coasts, will make it feel rather cool. now, we still have those north—easterly winds for friday but, if anything, they're a little bit less strong. and again, friday is the day with rather a lot of cloud around, a few bright or sunny spells, and we will continue to see

the rain continues to push steadily north—east leaving a trail of showers into north—west scotland.res overnight only down to low is generally between 11 and 1a degrees which is quite incredible for this time of year. the cloud and rain dressed to the south of the m4 corridor. that allows a brighter story for many of us for friday. for parts of north wales, northern ireland and scotland dry and bright, temperatures ranging from nine to 16 oi’ temperatures ranging from nine to 16 or 17 degrees in the south—east corner but we change the study as we head into the weekend. heading for a bill of wet windy weather. the first low could be quite a significant area of low pressure bringing heavy persistent rain. look at the brighter colours as it drives them from the west and it is going to be accompanied by some gale force or severe gale force gusts of wind so gusts of wind widely in excess of 55 mph and we could see 65 or 70 on the far north—west. top temperature centre saturday afternoon looking likely to peak at 11 to 17. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and o

different regions of the country, you can see that the rates have been going up steadily in the north—eastrkshire and the north west, and yorkshire and the humber. at a more moderate rate in the east and west midlands, and in london. next slide, please. and ata in london. next slide, please. and at a much lower right, currently, but i think we should not be lulled into a false sense of security, in the south—west, the east of england and the south—east. next slide, please. and i think something which has got a lot of traction over the la st has got a lot of traction over the last few days, in the press, is the fa ct last few days, in the press, is the fact that there are very variable rates by different age groups, and in blue, light blue, we have those 10-19, in in blue, light blue, we have those 10—19, in reality this is mainly people over the age of 16, and what we have in these areas is the first rapid rise is in younger people, but then you start to see rises across then you start to see rises across the entire age group, and this is illustrated in areas of the north, but the same pat

the same story we have been hearing in terms of who has it, the north—east, north—west, they account ing every fortnight, not to six decimal places but in that ballpark and that is what we have been hearing for hospitalisations and other things. why are these studies significant? the reason we pay so much attention to these studies is because they go out into the population at large and swab people at random, we are following the daily cases every day, but we have been hearing about the issues and numbers and how it glitches can cause delays and that makes it hard to tell the trends over time, these numbers are not driven by those problems, they get past all of that, they are a survey. they come with their own limitations, because they are not capturing everybody, just a small sample of the population, so the numbers can go up and down a bit and they have, last week we were reporting hopefully that maybe there was a glimmer of the level of cases were levelling off, and that is not the case. that turned out to be a false dawn. we are seeing this consistent pattern of roughly doubling e

staying dry across the north—east of scotland but here across many north—eastern areas after the actuallywas the south and west where the sunshine and showers get going in the afternoon up to around 15. two tuesday night, the rangers push the north—east of scotland. the chows keep going into a fairly showery when stable for the rest of the fairly with time and some pretty rough seas the west. goodbye for now. hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is 0utside source. just over a week until the us election — and the coronavirus pandemic is taking centre stage. we are absolutely rounding the corner, other than the fake news wa nts to corner, other than the fake news wants to scare everybody, we are absolutely rounding the corner. the way he is handling covid isjust absolutely totally irresponsible. new coronavirus infections in the us hit a record high over the weekend — over 85,000 in a single day. 0ur washington correspondent will take us through all the developments. meanwhile — countries across europe are struggling to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections. in belgium — some hospitals

the north and the east bay hit the hardest. pg&e expects the weather to be safe enough to start restoring power monday night, and then possibly into tuesday. >> now, if you live in marin county and need the latest information on the power being shut off, a call center has been set up to help you. that number right there on your screen, 415-473-7191, then you push the number 3. call center reopens at 9:30 tomorrow morning. officials also want to remind everyone, unless it's an emergency, please don't call 911. if it's a power outage, that's not what 911 is about. if you see a fire or electrical wire is down, that's the 911. >> customers in sonoma county were first to get their power shutoff this afternoon. >> nbc bay area's sergio quintana is in eldridge where the winds are starting to pickup tonight. and the streets are dark. sergio. >> reporter: yeah, the power was turned out here around 3:00 this afternoon. the wind started kicking up here around 7:00 this evening, just a little bit further north of us in santa rosa. there ar

fat north—east of scotland is the driest of all, but staying cool —— far north—east of scotland.heavy rain at times, blustery conditions as well before something milder later in the week. hello, this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines: the prime minister defends his refusal to extend free school meal vouchers for pupils during the holidays. we will make sure, we will do everything in our power to make sure that no kid, no child goes hungry this winter during the holidays. tesco was "simply wrong" to tell a woman she could not buy period products during lockdown, wales' health minister says. covid tests off the shelf — boots says results take 12 minutes, but they'll cost £120 each. a week before the us election — democrats anger as president trump looks set to get his choice for the supreme court through. it's time for the sport. 0lly foster. good afternoon. the england head coach eddiejones has named a 36 man squad for saturday's six nations match against italy and the autumn nations cup that follows it. wasps uncapped duo jack willis and jacob umaga have been included a

of scotland and perhaps the north—east of england.week. instead, we've got areas of low pressure coming in steadily from the atlantic, and that means the weather is changing. so, we've got some rain on the way on monday. at the moment, it looks like it's mainly going to be across northern ireland and into scotland, some heavier rain over the hills. england and wales with a little bit of sunshine at times. there will be a stronger wind from the south at this time. and that means temperatures are going to be higher, perhaps as high as 15 or 16 in the south—east of the uk. next week, though, looks very different from what we've seen just recently. it will be a bit milder but the winds will be strengthening with showers or longer spells of rain. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a teacher who showed pupils cartoons of the prophet mohammad is decapitated north of paris — france's president condemns it as a cowardly attack. translation: our fellow citizen was attacked in a cowardly way. h

which started among younger people, have spread to the 60—plus age group in the north—west and north—eastther regions are following suit. the rise in cases means nightingale hospitals have been put on standby in manchester, sunderland and harrogate. those new tiered restrictions will be a chance for the prime minister to halt the spread of coronavirus — he'll be addressing mps in half an hour to give more details on the measures. we'll be bringing that to you live here on bbc news. our political correspondent nick eardley has our first report. enjoying a drink in liverpool at the weekend, but for the next few weeks, at least, this won't be possible. 1.5 million people in the liverpool city region are facing significant new curbs. pubs, gyms and some other venues closed to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. the point of doing this now is to ensure that we get the disease under control. we've seen it rapidly rising, certainly in those areas. we need to take action, because if we don't take this reasonable, measured and proportionate action now, we'll have to take more difficult action

it comes as 770 students tested positive for the virus at northumbria university in the north east ofapplied here. liverpool and knowsley have some of the highest infection rates in england. so in these seven areas it is now illegal for households to meet indoors anywhere, notjust in homes. it is absolutely incumbent on everybody to understand what the rules are and comply with those regulations. it‘s only by everybody doing that will the virus numbers come down and we can all return to a state of normality. as well as the whole of merseyside, the restrictions cover warrington and halton in cheshire, so people here in runcorn are affected. it‘s confusing, isn‘t it? i think a lot of us are unsure whether it applies. i think maybe eat out to help 0ut wasn't the smartest idea, now they are telling people not to go out it is going to damage the economy, definitely. i now can't go and see my family because borisjohnson has said... borisjohnson boris johnson and the borisjohnson and the president of the european commission say the uk and eu will work intensively to ove i’co m e and eu will