sophie hutchinson, bbc news.san marino and vatican city will have to self—isolate this for two weeks. italy recorded its highest daily number of covid—19 cases on wednesday. but those arriving from the greek island of crete will no longer have to quarantine after it was added to the safe list. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is at heathrow airport with the latest. italy was the last major european country popular with uk tours to have avoided quarantine completely since the beginning ofjuly so another blow for the travel sector point up the good news is about crete and more broadly grease for those people living in scotland but airports like heathrow are eerily quiet —— greece opened i'm told quarantine is like an on off switch for bookings because really if you look at some routes that have been put on recently, airlines have put some flights back on and then there was flights have filled up but really it has had a massive impact on those bookings and airlines and airports are struggling right now, stru

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.om saturday will now have to self—isolate for two weeks. italy recorded its highest daily number of covid—19 cases on wednesday. but those arriving from the greek island of crete will no longer have to quarantine, after it was added to the safe list. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is here. tom, i guess is the coronavirus continues to spread across europe we will get these kind of changes. definitely. italy was the only european country popular with uk tourists to have completely avoided quarantine since earlyjuly. the positive news is about crete and greece more generally if you are travelling from scotland but passenger numbers are way down across the board, partly because of the resurgence of the virus home and abroad. i'm told the quarantine is an on off switch for bookings. recently the quarantine has been taken off certain destinations, and some airlines have filled up quickly. the reverse is true, only non—quarantine destinations, a shrinking number of them, have any de

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.coming weeks". that decision came at the summit which had originally been pegged as the deadline for sealing that deal. the two sides are still too far apart for that to happen — but there appears still a will to get it done. eu chief negotiator michel barnier said fresh "intensive" talks should aim to reach a deal around the end of october. (tx sor) ourteam andi our team and i will continue discussions over the coming weeks. our positions have been crystal clear from day one of this negotiation. if you want access to our market of a50 million people there must be a level playing field. there must be free and fair competition. let's speak to sam lowe, senior research fellow and trade expert at the centre for european reform so today borisjohnson's deadline has come and gone, no real surprise to their to be honest. it's important to remember there are pretend deadlines and real deadlines. this deadline was very much a pretend one. as we've been talking, david frost the uk chief negotiat

which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,445. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinsonmbers in hospital admissions? counting the number of people admitted to hospital with covid—19 is one of the most reliable measures we have of how the pandemic is developing and the figures today are concerning. hospital admissions had been dabbling on average every two weeks until now, —— doubling on average every two weeks until now, but now we have a doubling in just about a week. the figures from last sunday as you said, 478 people admitted with covid—19, compared with 241 the week before, and it is also worth noting that wales has seen a sharp rise as well. so far none of the rises in england and wales have translated into a sharp rise in deaths but we know there is usually a lag of about two weeks before death rates are impacted. where are these hospital admissions? areas where we have seen the infection surge, in the north—east, north—west and yorkshire. infections seem to be taking off in nottingham, as well, the rate has increased from 71 per 100,000 people to 440 per 100,000

which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,445. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson. it is a big rise injust one day — and the figures were have are for england alone. hospital admissions are one of the most reliable and best data we have in terms of measuring how the pandemic is developing and changing. the figures today are very concerning and until now we've seen a doubling in hospital admissions, roughly every two weeks. but these figures today see a sharp jump, doubling injust figures today see a sharp jump, doubling in just a week and also up bya doubling in just a week and also up by a quarter injust doubling in just a week and also up by a quarter in just one day. the figures from last sunday, 478 people admitted to hospital in england, compare that to the sunday before, 241 people and when you dig down into that rise and look at where it is happening, more than two thirds of that is in the north—west, the north—east and yorkshire. those areas where we've seen a surge in infections. it is worth noting that wales has also seen a jump in terms of hospital admis