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_ they? make an occasional, why not. i would be fast asleep by midnight. i time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. i“m sonja jessup. alfresco dining, brought in to help restaurants bounce back from lockdown, is to become permanent across more of central london. westminster council says more than 90% of residents in pimlico, belgravia, mayfair and chinatown support open—air dining and drinking. but in soho, it's due to come to an end tonight, and it's not clear if that will be extended. east surrey hospital in redhill has postponed all non urgent outpatient appointments and operations, saying its due to the high number of patients it's seeing. it“s declared a critical incident. the trust says it is continuing emergency treatment and it expects to return to normal in the next day or so. plans to build a huge office block next to britain's oldest synagogue have seen more than two and a half thousand letters of objection sent in from around the world. developers want to build a a8—storey tower next to the bevis marks synagogue in the city of london. those opposed to it say it would block sunlight. the city of london corporation says it's not yet made a decision. among those running in this sunday's london marathon is a son, who had a special reason to run on behalf of his dad. his dad, one of the uk“s leading cancer doctors had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer himself. as a family we have become much, much closer and started to appreciate everything in life. it might be too late for the likes of dad but if it can help thousands of families in the future, that will be massively beneficial because it is something that dad has dedicated his life to. let's take a look at how the tube is running this morning. time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. it felt chillier yesterday despite all of the sunshine and we are into colder air and underneath clear skies last night it felt rather cold with some spots dropping back into mid single figures but milder air this morning and plenty of cloud ahead of this weather front so it will be wet and windy throughout the day to day. spells of rain around this morning and it won't be raining all the time but probably quite a prolonged dry period through the middle of the day but always plenty of cloud and it stays rather blustery with gusts of wind across the capital up to 35mph and top temperatures around 15 or 16 c. some rain on and off at time as we head through the afternoon and into the evening and overnight tonight, a lot milder than last night but it stays wet and windy and there will be heavy downpours of rain potentially as we head through the early hours of friday and into the start of the day itself. after the rain clears on friday morning it should clear up fairly readily and we should see a dry day to come and there should be quite a lot of sunshine around. it stays rather blustery and as we head into the weekend it is a chilly start once more and it will be wet and windy for much of saturday and sunday. there's more from me in around half an hour. plenty more on our website, including stories from some of the other london marathon runners. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and charlie stayt. our headlines today... the metropolitan police officer who murdered sarah everard after falsely arresting and kidnapping her prepares to be sentenced at the old bailey. the furlough scheme, which has supported more than 11.5 million workers in the uk during the pandemic, comes to an end. is it too soon to remove that support? some businesses say they are not up and running a need that help. i will be on birmingham this morning looking at what happens next. britney spears“ father is suspended from the legal arrangement that gave him control of her life. ronaldo to the rescue. the manchester united star hits a last—minute winner to seal a champions league victory over villarreal. low pressure is back in charge of the weather. early next week we are looking at unsettled conditions with the wind, rain and brighter interludes. the detail later on in the programme. and from space to the breakfast sofa. we“ll bejoined by astronaut tim peake as he releases his first children's book. it“s thursday 30th september. our top story... the former police officer who kidnapped, raped and murdered sarah everard will be sentenced today. a court was told how wayne couzens used his warrant card and handcuffs to falsely arrest the 33—year—old, as she walked home from a friend's house in south london in march. aru na iyengar reports. she was my precious little girl, i can never talk to her, never hold her again. the words in court of sarah everard“s mother. as wayne couzens sat in the dock, sarah's fatherjeremy everard asked him... “'mr couzens, please will you look at me?" before telling him... “'no punishment that you receive will ever compare to the pain and torture that you have inflicted on us." couzens, in handcuffs, when he was arrested at home, telling lie after lie. he“d already kidnapped, raped, murdered and burned sarah. as sarah was walking from a friend's house, couzens was looking for a victim. this, the moment of deception. his car on the pavement, hazard lights on, he stops sarah. his arm outstretched, showing her his warrant card. using his handcuffs, he falsely arrests her. he'd been on covid patrol, so knew the words to use. witnesses see sarah with her arms behind her back but they think it's an undercover police operation. it was kidnap. he used all the equipment and knowledge of being a police officer to do this. after the murder, couzens was callous and carried on life as if nothing had happened. after dumping sarah's body in woods in kent, he stops at costa coffee to get a hot chocolate. he calls the vet about his dog. yeah, i was wondering if i could book my dog in for the vet so i can have a discussion about her issues, please. he goes back to the woods for a family trip with his wife and children just days after he“d left sarah's remains there. sarah's sister, katie, told couzens in court... couzens, who could be given a whole life term, has admitted kidnap, murder and rape. he will be sentenced later today. aruna iyengar, bbc news. the furlough scheme that's helped to keep millions of people in employment during the pandemic, ends today. the number of workers on furlough has fallen steadily as lockdown restrictions eased, but the latest available figures from july, showed around 1.6 million workers were still being financially supported. ben is in birmingham with more details. morning. you cannot really overstate how important the support measure has been for businesses, can you? no, you are right, nina. we have talked about this so much over the last 18 months, how it helps people to keep theirjobs though they were not able to go to work. to give it its official title, it is the job retention scheme. let's take you through some of the numbers. 8.9 millionjobs supported at the peak. at its peak, nearly a third of the entire workforce, £68.5 billion claimed. it is the single most expensive economic support during the pandemic. 1.6 million still reliant on support. the number of people on furlough has fallen as restrictions are lifted. big questions. i have been speaking to a lot of businesses this week about how they will make some tough decisions about the future, in the hope they can get staff back to work. if the business and custom is not there to support it, that is the problem but it is worth remembering there are many who felt excluded from the scheme and were not able to claim money from furlough scheme or from loans and grants from the government unable between the cracks. they describe themselves as the excluded and for them there was no help whatsoever. for the rest of the economy, today is the day that marks a return to something more normal. the economy coming off the life—support scheme and questions about whether it can stand on its own two feet. about whether it can stand on its own two feet-— about whether it can stand on its own two feet. britney spears“ father has been suspended from the legal arrangement that gave him control over her life after the singer accused him of years of abuse. cheers erupted outside a los angeles court last night when ruling was made. the conservatorship role will now be handed to a different man, appointed by britney spears. sophie long reports. it was the day they'd been waiting for. free britney now! ever since britney spears told the world her father's control over her life was abusive, they've believed the end must be in sight. for hours, members of the free britney movement who travelled from all over the united states, marched in protest about her 13—year ordeal, and said the system is failing many thousands of others. by taking a lance to britney spears, an icon the world over, i'm hoping that people who don't have a voice, who don't have name recognition, will be able to get the same scrutiny in their lives that britney is getting today. britney's lawyer asked the judge to remover her father from the conservatorship. in reaction, his lawyers asked for it to be terminated completely. inside court, after more than an hour of legal argument the judge said the current situation was untenable and reflected a toxic environment and required the immediate suspension of james spears. this was the reaction outside court. euphoric cheers, tears ofjoy. i am just overcome with emotion because i am actually exhausted right now but also full of adrenaline and i am just so... my heart is so full, there are some many people here today who came out to support the movement, support britney spears and everyone trapped in this corrupt system. the pop star was not in court. her reaction came in a symbolic post. on cloud nine, she said, as she flew a plane for the first time. outside court, the lawyer of britney spears was given a hero's welcome. jamie spears and others are going to face even more serious ramifications. for his misconduct. but there is a larger issue here. and the larger issue is now being looked into by state legislature throughout the country, certainly in california, and by the united states congress and to the extent we can shine a light on that issue as well, that is something that is very important. he said the ruling was a substantial step towards the star gaining her freedom when she said he hoped she would have by her a0th birthday in december. gcse and a level grades will return to pre pandemic levels by 2023, after two years of unusually high inflation. ministers have announced that pupils taking exams this summer will be given advance notice of topics and a choice of questions, in some subjects. the government says while they expect exams to go ahead, the option of teacher assessed grades will be kept in reserve. young people, even in the same school, have had extraordinarily different experiences. some will have missed a lot of their learning, some won't have missed very much at all. therefore, what they're doing is modifying exams for next year but freeing teachers up to focus on teaching the course, teaching the syllabus, with the reassurance there is a kind of safety net, a plan b, if you like. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. that is a beautiful photo behind you. you can see at this stage it was dry. heavy rain moving in from the west. for the rest of today it willjourney the west. for the rest of today it will journey eastward. the west. for the rest of today it willjourney eastward. in doing so what you will find as it will turn more patchy in nature. a lot of cloud around today but there will be dry interludes before the next weather front shows its hand later on. bringing more rain in western scotland and also in northern ireland. the other picture today is the wind gusts of 30 miles an hour, a0 miles an hour. more on the coast. tonight we will see a fuse — is a few clear spells. once again some rain and it will be windy. squally rain and it will be windy. squally rain heading towards the south—east. also gusty winds around the coasts of the south—west of england and also west wales. tomorrow, picking up also west wales. tomorrow, picking up this band of rain and squally winds, it will clear. we are looking at an improving picture. sunshine around tomorrow but low pressure still in charge. here is the centre. we have a weather front wrapped around it. the showers and some emerging in the west of scotland and longer spells of rain. the other feature is the wind especially in the northern half of the country where we are looking at gusts a5, maybe 50 miles an hour, more than that around the coast. still a breezy day further south these other temperatures, 12 to 17 degrees. into the weekend it becomes more unsettled with low pressure than a in charge of the weather. this system low pressure can bring disruptive rain and also disruptive wind with gales for some of us. something to watch. not completely nailed on yet but there is potential for it. if you have outdoor plans this weekend went make sure you do keepin this weekend went make sure you do keep in touch with the weather forecast where you are. thank you very much. see you later on. before the pandemic, around 80 percent of gp appointments in england were held face to face but that number fell dramatically during lockdown, as consultations moved online. nhs england will today release figures to show how many patients were seen in person during august, the first full month after covid restrictions ended. jim reed reports. my my day—to—day medicine cabinet will have multiple painkillers in it stop anti—inflammatory an anti—spasmodic. the list goes on. katie lives with endometriosis, a painful, chronic condition. she has needed surgery and other treatment in the pandemic. it was the most difficult time of my life, physically, mentally. she needs checkups _ life, physically, mentally. she needs checkups as _ life, physically, mentally. she needs checkups as her symptoms change. she is happy with her gp in manchester and says she struggles with telephone appointments. tt is here. you cannot show somebody over the phone where the penis. it was frustrating and there were times when i thought, this would be so much easierface to when i thought, this would be so much easier face to face. {t’s when i thought, this would be so much easier face to face.- much easier face to face. gps in were seeing _ much easier face to face. gps in were seeing 8096 _ much easier face to face. gps in were seeing 8096 -- _ much easier face to face. gps in were seeing 8096 -- 8396 - much easier face to face. gps in were seeing 8096 -- 8396 of- much easier face to face. gps in - were seeing 8096 -- 8396 of patients were seeing 80% —— 83% of patients and now it has climbed back to 57%. less than half see the gp in person in the north—west. in essex it is as high as 73%. ts in the north-west. in essex it is as high as 7396-— high as 7396. is it medically urgent for toda ? high as 7396. is it medically urgent for today? this _ high as 7396. is it medically urgent for today? this