walsh.they debated each other in the race to succeed tom udall, who is retiring. ♪ 4 santa fe,the kob new mexico u.s. senate debate. candidates working hard to earn your vote are democrat ben ray lujÁn, republican mark ronchetti , and libertarian bob walsh. moderating tonight, kob's anchors and editor in chief of the "santa fe new mexican." >> good evening. for those of you watching on kob kob.com, or if you're listening from our network of radio partners across new mexico, welcome. chief of the santa fe new mexican to the moderating team. we are delighted to have candidates who will appear on your ballot running for the open u.s. senate seat. there will be joining us tonight. >> tonight, the candidates are appearing from three locations. mark ronchetti is with us inside our studio. ben ray lujÁn is in his campaign office in albuquerque. bob walsh is at his home in santa fe. because of covid-19 risks, we give candidates the option to appear from wherever they feel safest. >> there is a crew

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fergus walsh, a medical editor.gham and three other local authority areas in nottinghamshire are being moving into tier 3 — the highest covid alert level in england, from thursday. the higher restrictions will affect up to 700,000 people. it's not yet been revealed how much government financial support the areas will get as part of the arrangement, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. the latest english city to hear that the toughest level of restrictions are on their way. the number of cases, and particularly the rise in the over—65 age group, were key concerns in nottingham. agreement was reached by leaders here and in the three local boroughs also affected late this afternoon. i don't think there was very much to argue about in terms of the money. the government made it very clear that we were going to get the amount per head of population that other areas got. 0ur discussions were very much about which things should close and which should remain open. the surge of covid cases in nottingham is affecting this

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.ood night. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie and the political correspondent, for the daily mirror, lizzy buchan. lovely to see you both. we willjust ta ke lovely to see you both. we willjust take you through some of those front pages. the guardian says labour have been plunged into "turmoil" after suspending keir starmer‘s predecessor, jeremy corbyn, in the wake of a damning report into anti—semitism that found the party responsible for unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination. according to the daily mail, labour is in open warfare afterjeremy corbyn‘s suspension. the i also highlights the report into anti—semitism, suggesting the party broke the law three times underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. the daily telegraph reports that jeremy corbyn has vowed to fight his suspension from labour, as his allies accused sir keir starmer of inciting a party war. the metro has sir kie

manager general contractor contract negotiated the construction amount with walsh. pedestrian monitors were discussed in negotiations. however, the various parties involved felt that we could do the work with just the flaggers that were required. in the end, we were mistaken on that and it was determined that we needed to put in additional support for those flaggers. so, yes, it should have been accounted for. >> supervisor peskin: you would have think we would have learned that off third street, off central subway, unconscionable, but whatever, it would have been a larger number in the beginning, but, okay. next item. >> the next three items are still in negotiation. we're not close to it. third party utility coordination is kind of compromised of the conflicts we had. there was some question as to sewer cleaning and whether that was required in the contract or not required. and finally, $9,000 claim for having to adjust man holes. so those are -- >> supervisor peskin: those are the face values of the claims? >> those are the face values of the claims. >> superviso

fergus walsh, bbc news.al figures show a rise in new infections. 17,231; were recorded in the latest 2a hour period up from just under 14,000 recorded yesterday. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the past week is 14,973. hospital admissions have also increased on average 658 people were being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 143 deaths have been reported that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week 82 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 43,018. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. 143 deaths, these are very sobering figures, families behind every one of them. and it is the highest number of deaths since june. of them. and it is the highest number of deaths sincejune. there isa number of deaths sincejune. there is a lag in reporting deaths at the weekend but the trend, sadly, in deaths is up and i have to tell you the

fergus walsh, bbc news.es show another rise in new infections. 17,231; were recorded in the latest 24—hour period, up from just under 14,000 recorded yesterday. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the past week is 14,973. hospital admissions have also increased, on average 658 people were being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 143 deaths have been reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. it means on average in the past week, 82 deaths were announced every day. that takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 15,018. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh is here. when we see those figures, and clearly some of them are startling, what should viewers make of them? well, it's the highest daily death toll sincejune. well, it's the highest daily death toll since june. the well, it's the highest daily death toll sincejune. the trend is very much up. i have to tell you, we are going to see further increase

joining us now is mayor john dennis of lafayette, indiana and mayor walsh of boston.t me start with you. first off, condolences for the patriots not being able to play. that game is going to be pushed back to monday or tuesday at least from the latest word of the nfl. but clearly that is the least of bostonians' worries. what's the worries impeding a full re-open in boston? >> i think the biggest thing is worrying about superspreader events. it's worrying about -- we've seen in boston now over the course of the last couple weeks a small uptick. we're looking at different metrics but we're looking at the science, at the da tam we want to make sure, as we think about re-opening next steps, next phases it's going to remain safe for people. people have lost their life here and in the commonwealth of massachusetts. i'd rather err on the side of caution than rush us opening because we don't want to go back to where we were in the spring. >> mayor dennis, there's an open letter you supported sent by the president of purdue asking officials to delay any major changes in resta

mayor walsh, let me start with you.st of all, condolences about the patriots not being able to play. we know that cam newton tested positive along with a number of players from the kansas city chiefs, so that game will be pushed back until monday or tuesday, at least according to the latest word from the nfl. but that's the least of bostoni bostoni bostonians' worries. what's the most of the worries? >> thank you for having us. i think the best something is worry about super spreader events. it's worried about we've seen in boston now over the course of the last couple of weeks a small uptick. we're looking at different metrics. but we're looking at the science and the data and we want to make sure as we think about reopening next steps and next phases that it's going to remain safe for people. people have lost their life here in this country and here in boston and in the commonwealth of massachusetts. so i would rather err on the side of caution than you shall this opening. because we don't want to go back to where we

if i click my fingers, laura will magically mark, like doctor who, into dr walsh.aughter hi, adam. shall we have a chat with the professor? he is here. hello, jeremy. i should say you are here on a personal capacity tonight rather than representing sage. given that the famous meeting on the 21st of september where the idea of the circuit breaker was signed off by the scientific advisers. why did you think the circuit break was something necessary? the transmission of the infection and the numbers across the uk really started to fall and really reach their low point in about a 10th ofjuly, and since then they have just been edging up consistently throuthuly, august, then into september, and by the middle of september at the time of that meeting you could see they were at that point of inflection, when they go from gradual increase to a pretty dramatic increase, and when the community transmission builds up i am afraid to say hospitalisation and, tragically, deaths, will always follow, and that's what we were seeing through the early weeks of september through to tha

fergus walsh, bbc news., physician and dean at baylor college of medicine. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you read into the fact the president is being discharged from walter reed? i think it is encouraging sign. the question everybody wants to know is, is he going to get worse? and in the u nfortu nate nature going to get worse? and in the unfortunate nature of this covid—i9 disease, is, as his doctors have a knowledge you get seven to ten days into the innocent have a decline, and we have a certain he seen that in our patients. they have been in the hospital, doing well, awake, alert, and then start to deteriorate seven to ten days into the illness. hopefully that doesn't happen. etiquette is encouraging he's doing as well as he is. i dickie was diagnosed four days ago come early in the morning on friday —— i think he was. he does seem to be noticeably better. the doctors they we re noticeably better. the doctors they were talking about how he is back. have you seen patients get that much bette

our medical editor fergus walsh reports. name of science. she is part of a group that is campaigning for so—called challenge trials. group that is campaigning for so-called challenge trials. for a young, healthy person, the chance of me dying is very low. so, when i think about what society gains by getting a vaccine sooner, i'm not that worried about risk. thousands of people like edward are part of covid vaccine trials, but it could be months before we know whether the job protects them against coronavirus. in a challenge trial, volu nteers coronavirus. in a challenge trial, volunteers are immunised and then infected with the virus, so it's clear straightaway if the vaccine works. scientists need to know how much coronavirus is required to ensure that the volunteers get infected. so, the first people on the trials won't get a vaccine, they'll simply get a predetermined dose of coronavirus. amazingly, there are thousands of people ready to sign up for this sort of thing. they will be closely monitored. those taking part wil

fergus walsh, bbc news.stra chinerkay has performed the world premiere of a work inspired by a black demonstrator — who came to the aid of a white protester — during a black lives matter protest earlier this year. the image of patrick hutchinson's act of kindness went viral on social media. 0ur arts editor will gompertz went to the dress rehearsal. i will stare at this image numerous times, my eyelids will pull and plead to blink to quell this heat slowly rising... it takes you somewhere, it allows you time to breathe. it allows some truth to come out. like the same programmes every festive season... this is remnants, a new piece of music and poetry watched for the first time by patrick hutchinson, the man who inspired it for the action he took injune when he carried a counter protester to safety from a black lives matter demonstration in london. can you relate what happened here with what you have just heard in there? yes, ican. with the combination of the spoken word, with the powerful music, 100%. 0n the

fergus walsh, bbc news.ineke, has performed the world premiere of a work inspired by a black demonstrator, who came to the aid of a white protester, during a black lives matter protest earlier this year. the image of patrick hutchinson's act of kindness, on the steps of the royal festival hall in london, went viral on social media. 0ur arts editor will gompertz went to the dress rehearsal. i will stare at this image numerous times, my eyelids will pull and plead to blink to quell this heat slowly rising... it takes you somewhere, it allows you time to breathe. it allows some truth to come out. like the same programmes every festive season... this is remnants, a new piece of music and poetry watched for the first time by patrick hutchinson, the man who inspired it for the action he took injune when he carried a counter protester to safety from a black lives matter demonstration in london. can you relate what happened here with what you have just heard in there? yes, ican. with the combination of the spoken wo

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. stay with us on bbc news.ty that never sleeps? the town in arizona that's dimming its street lights to measure the environmental impact on daily life. music. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. enjoying the show is right, this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — france raises its terror alert to its highest level after three people are killed in a knife attack at a church in nice. a 21—year—old tunisian man is held on sus

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool.ce. as you can see, cars stretched for a cumulative total of 700 kilometres one region earlier on thursday evening. the french government says prescience left the capital to spend lockdown in the countryside. we have all heard the phrase, dogs are man's best friend. well, it isn'tjust a saying, it's the honest truth. a new study of the canine's dna has shown that human beings have been close friends with them for so long that by the end of the ice age there were five different types of dog. scientists says the data confirms that dogs were domesticated before any other known species. that is that from me. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. iam i am vaughan—jones this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. if the phrase it's raining again has been used rather too much this month, it will be used again before the month is done. even into the first part of november, more rain on the way. strong winds, looking quite stormy on saturday. so, a chance of further flooding and disruption as

fergus walsh, bbc news. the nobel prize for chemistry has been jointly awarded to two scientists.doudna, have been honoured for their development of a technique for editing genomes. it's been used to contribute to new cancer therapies. emmanuelle charpentier said she hoped the prize would send a strong message to girls that they could have a successful career in science. before we go, here's a question for you: what would you do with $32 million? a new house? a new car? well, one anonymous bidder at an auction had a different answer: meet stan, this 67 million—year—old tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that was picked up at an auction at christie's. it was a 20—minute virtual bidding war that quadrupeled his estimated value of $8 million. stan is one of only about 50 t—rex fossils ever discovered. the 40—foot dinosaur is in pristine condition with 188 bones and over 11—inch long teeth. we have full coverage of the vice—presidential debate from salt lake city. you can follow it here on bbc news live in a special programme — that's coming up next. there are fewer than four weeks until the

our medical editor fergus walsh, cameraman adam walker, and producer nicki stiastny were given extensives to the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle, and this is what they found. the royal victoria infirmary is part of the fabric of life in newcastle. 15,000 staff work at the trust, they are always busier as winter approaches, but this will be the first with coronavirus. we've got a very tired workforce. we know the beast that is covid pneumonia. it's devastating if you get a setback. for a couple of months in summer, there were no covid patients in intensive care, now staff are back in full ppe. covid continues to make people critically ill. it continues to make people's organs fail. it continues to cause death. that is still a frightening prospect for many people out there. but patient numbers are half that compared to the first wave, and very few are on ventilators. to me, this feels very different from the peak in april. doctors now know so much more about covid and how best to treat the disease. that means many more patients are surviving intensive care. we feel we can offer every

fergus walsh, bbc news.logist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists in washington. here's his take on the president's actions. as an epidemiologist it's really frustrating that he took off his mask as the first thing he did when he re—entered the white house. he's still definitely infectious because on average, people are ten days infectious after they first show symptoms, so donald trump is definitely still infectious and the fact that he took off the mask, he has staffers who have to go to work and not all of them wear n95 masks. i think it's very risky and i think, honestly, he's been discharged from hospital way too early. although he can still get pretty serious medical treatment at the white house but as you say, the point about his colleagues and his staff is, the white house is already a hotspot. yeah, absolutely. the white house is a hotspot and it's actually refusing to contact trace any of those at the recent supreme court nomination rose garden ceremony. they're actually acti

our medical editor fergus walsh has more.he nightingale hospitals in manchester, sunderland and harrogate, set up for the first wave of coronavirus, are now being mobilised for the second. there are more patients in hospital with covid—19 than when the national lockdown happened in march, and government scientists warn the numbers will rise. —— government medical advisers. we have baked in additional hospital admissions, and sadly, we also have baked in additional deaths, that are now consequent upon infections that have already happened. there have been almost no hospital admissions among the under—18s, the flat line there, and there has been some increase among those aged 18—64. but now look at those aged 65—84, a sharp rise in hospital admissions, and even more striking among those aged 85—plus, reinforcing the evidence that it is the elderly who are most at risk from coronavirus, even though most cases are among the younger age groups. many who were never admitted to hospital have lingering health problems, like fatigue,

fergus boss, bbc news —— fergus walsh. restrictions to try to stem the spead of coronavirus will be introduced tomorrow but will fall short of a full lockdown. she was speaking as 800 new cases of covid—19 were confirmed acoss the country, with the number of people in hospital with the virus rising by 44 overnight to 262. our scotland editor sarah smith has more from glasgow. tomorrow, we are going to get the details of restrictions that will be brought in later. bars and pubs across scotland or brace for bad news. it will not be a return to total lockdown. the schools are definitely not going to be close. apart from the half term october holiday. if that the government are hoping to use to try and create what become a circuit breaker. two weeks of regulations to try and stem the rides and infection rates. it could be that restaurants, bars and pubs will be told to close or severely restricted on how they can operate in order to try and clamp down on the rising infections. nicola sturgeon says this is the most difficult de

fergus walsh, bbc news.ze of the empire state building, some 200 million miles from earth. take a look at this. cheering. we are going in! touchdown! the nasa—led expedition has collected dust and grit from the surface. researchers believe the rocks could offer clues to the origins of life on earth and reveal how our sun and solar system came into being. you can see how excited the scientists are. the british guitarist spencer davis has died. he was 81 and had been undergoing treatment for pneumonia in california. the band, named because he was the only member who enjoyed giving interviews, were best known for their 1960s hits keep on running, gimme some lovin' and i'm a man. the group split up in 1967. but spencer davis continued touring in later decades, often playing more than 200 shows a year. more on all the stores on a website. —— all of the stores. lewis vaughan jones will website. —— all of the stores. lewis vaughanjones will be with you at the top of the hour. hello. tuesday may not have been the su

fergus walsh, bbc news.s clearly different from when boris johnson got it. i want to give you some news that has come into us from the president's physician who has released the following statement. he says as of this afternoon the president remains fatigued but is in good spirits. he is in evaluation by a team of experts and we are making together recommendations to the president and the first lady in regards to the next best step. also some of what the president has been treated with. let's go now to portland, where we're joined by dr esther choo, who's professor of emergency medicine at oregon health and science university. thank you very much forjoining us. i wanted to read to you what the president has been treated with. he has been given a single eight grams dose of an antibody cocktail and he has also been given zinc, vitamin d, melatonin and a daily aspirin. anything you can read into the president's health given what he has been treated with? it is hard to know, just hearing for the first time mysel

fergus walsh, bbc news. imposing quarantine restrictions on people who travel into wales from coronavirus hotspots in the rest of the uk. the welsh health minister says they're looking at their options after borisjohnson said he did not want to stop people living in parts of england that are under local lockdown going on holiday in wales. our wales correpsondent hywel griffith is in cardiff. how likely is it this could happen? iam how likely is it this could happen? i am told this is a strong possibility. we know the welsh government is discussing it at the moment, this evening, working out what it will mean for public health and what the legal situation will be. we know there is a mismatch in local lockdowns around the uk. here in wales a local lockdown is also a lock—out. people are not allowed to leave their area unless they have a valid reason, even if they don't have coronavirus. the welsh government called on borisjohnson to adopt the same measures in england. he has refused saying people need to use t

fergus walsh, bbc news.en to ensure that — unlike the spring lockdown — school children do not miss out on time in the classroom. almost half of secondary schools in england sent home one or more pupils because of covid incidents last week. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. this is chesterfield high in crosby. head teacher kevin sexton is faced with the daily pressure of educating children who are absent from school. ok, we are going to go into year ten now to see some of the kids that have come back from being isolated, just to see if they are ok. bonjour! this week he has had to send him 400 children to self—isolate. almost a third of pupils at the school. we've got some of our year 11s on the second round of two weeks now, they've missed... they're going to miss four weeks out of seven. i've got a member of the english team who has only seen his class for five hours out of 28 in the last seven weeks. we have had students and staff in the last six saturday mornings doing catch up work.

fergus walsh, our medical editor.ed system of alert for england comes into force tomorrow. most of england will be put on the medium level, where the rule of six and 10pm hospitality curfew will apply. some areas will be put on the high level — which means there'll be no household mixing indoors — but the rule of six applies outdoors. the most severe level is very high. that means no mixing of households anywhere. pubs and bars will close unless they provide a substantial meal. so far, the liverpool city region is the only area being put on this highest tier. from there, danjohnson reports. among many cruel ironies here is a police themed pub facing its own lockdown. you don't socially distance in shops, everyone climbed the over each other in supermarkets. i think we've done everything we can to make sure people keep their distance and don't get ill. adding to the sense of unfairness as the restau ra nt to the sense of unfairness as the restaurant opposite which is allowed to stay open but still expected to ta ke to

fergus walsh, bbc news.ple will be under some sort of local lockdown by the weekend. there are plans afoot to make it simpler, almost a traffic light system, so we understand it better. yes, plans have been circulating in whitehall for a couple of weeks and we understand they are complete and could be rolled out —— michael rolled out in a couple of weeks but not signed off i’ow. a couple of weeks but not signed off row. the idea is to end the system where you can have confusion with one set of restrictions and another not far away with something com pletely not far away with something completely different. the thought is you go to a regional system for england and take a tiered approach based on risk. the bottom tier, the first year as it would be called, would be based on national restrictions as they are now, like the rule of six with nothing extra on top of that, if it is higher risk, not based on the higher infections but the rate at which they are accelerating, the second tier, a ban on mixing household

fergus walsh, bbc news, newcastle.ed states. although donald trump is trailing in the national polls — the key state races that will decide the presidency are much tighter. and last night the president had a major victory after his choice for supreme courtjudge amy coney barrett was sworn in — giving conservatives a six to three majority on the bench. david willis reports. question occurs on the nomination of amy coney barrett. the vote was along party lines in a deeply divided senate. the yeas are 52. the nays are 48. the nomination of amy coney barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. applause. confirming that conservative christian amy coney barrett to a lifetime appointment on the highest court in the land. the process then moved swiftly to a prime—time event at the white house. described by president trump as a "towering intellect," amy coney barrett was sworn in by the longest—serving supreme courtjustice, clarence thomas. i will well and faithfully dis

fergus walsh, bbc news. government data on coronavirus shows there were 14,542 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 11,994. hospital admissions jumped significantly on sunday — on average 470 people were being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 76 deaths were reported — of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week — 53 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,445. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson is with me. what about the numbers 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 t

fergus walsh, bbc news.a covid—19 vaccine won't return life to normal immediately. the royal society says it could take a year to roll out vaccinations and restrictions may need to be phased out rather than ended in one go. they warned that people needed to be realistic about what a vaccine would achieve. now, with more and more local lockdowns, often with different measures, knowing what's allowed and not allowed can be quite confusing. ministers are looking at ways to simply things. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. hugh, exactly what our ministers talking about? george, a plan has been doing the rounds in whitehall for england for a few weeks now, it has been finalised now, but not com pletely has been finalised now, but not completely signed off, and the theory is to end the situation with one local authority with one set of restrictions, another down the road with different, to go to regions and a stepped approach depending on risk. so here is how it is supposed to work. first of all, you would have

our medical editor, fergus walsh, looks at the risk to president trump's health.which raise his risk profile for coronavirus — his age, weight, and being a man. at 7a, he's often insisted how healthy he is, despite a love of burgers and hot dogs. age is the biggest risk factorfor covid—i9. in the united states, eight out of ten deaths have been among the over—65s. the risk of dying for somebody aged 65 to 7a is 90 times higher than for someone in their 20s. to put that in context, a recent international study found that once infected with coronavirus, the chances of dying were around one in 100 at age 65, one in 25 at 75, and one in seven at 85. the president and first lady of the united states... the first lady, melania trump, is just 50, 2a years younger than donald trump, and physically fit, so her risk from covid should be low. the president is six foot three and weighs more than 17 stone, putting him in the obese category — another red flag. his medical team will be on constant guard for any change in his condition. often patients have quite mild symptoms to

fergus walsh, bbc news.e to large parts of cheshire and the whole of nottinghamshire, are being put into tier 2 restrictions from wednesday — sian lloyd has been getting reaction in nottingham. nottingham, under grey skies and with empty streets. this is what a tier 2 city looks like today. it has the highest covid rate in england, but nottingham hasn't been placed in the highest tier. the restrictions it's been placed under will prevent households mixing indoors. we're really close with our family because i look after my granddaughter and i care for my mum, so that will be a shame. we need to be able to see these people, it's important to us. it's good news for nottingham that we're not in the worst tier, i guess, compared to some other cities, but not good for those other cities, but i don't really understand what tier 2 means. three quarters of all new cases here are in the 18—22—year age group. the student population has been described as being a significant part of the outbreak, but public health offici

fergus walsh, bbc news.still be unaware that they've been in close contact with someone who has covid. a technical issue in transferring positive results from laboratories led to almost 16,000 missing cases. all those who tested positive were informed. but their close contacts were not — and thousands still haven't been traced. many of the cases are in parts of northern england already under local lockdown. the health secretary matt hancock told parliament the problems still haven't been resolved and the incident should never have happened. the shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth said the missing results were "putting lives at risk". here's our health editor hugh pym. testing and tracing continues today, but there are yet more questions about whether the whole system in england is working properly, with thousands of cases not recorded, so contacts of those testing positive were not followed up. the health secretary had to come to the commons to explain what went wrong. this incident should never have ha

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. let‘s take a look at some of today‘s other news...response to the pandemic, and said more help could be offered to the worst affected. pizza express says it expects to lose around 1,300 jobs, on both a compulsory and voluntary basis, in its uk restaurants, after recent trading worsened. the company said 370 restaurants would be affected. the uk government is to remove cyprus and lithuania from its travel corridor list, meaning that from this sunday people travelling into england from those destinations will have to self—isolate for two weeks. new restrictions have been confirmed for scotland, starting on monday. the central belt, including glasgow and edinburgh, in addition to dundee, will be placed under the second highest level, level 3, meaning household mixing is banned in homes and no alcohol can be sold in pubs and restaurants. aberdeenshire, fife, the borders and dumfries and galloway are in level 2. meanwhile, shetland, the highlands, 0rkney and the western isles are in level1. the housing secretary robertjenrick says the gove

fergus walsh, bbc news. flown to the united states and charged in connection with the killing of western hostages in syria. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh have admitted being members of is and having had some contact with captives, but they deny murder. kotey and elsheikh were captured in syria in january 2018 and are said to have been part of a cell of executioners known as the beatles, because of their british accents. they are allegedly responsible for the killings of a number of western captives, including the britons alan henning and david haines. 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher is at the court in virginia. what has been going on, barbara? the two defendants are on american soil and they were set to appear in court to hear the charges against them, but we have been told it is not happening in person it is happening via webcam. it is supposed to be taking place right about now, we just need confirmation on that. that is the latest in terms of what is happening. what they have said is their m

fergus walsh, bbc news.an infectious disease physician at the boston medical center and assistant professor of medicine at the boston university school of medicine. i asked him what his take is on the president's actions while he has been infected including his call to the public to ‘not be afraid of the virus‘. we have tried over the last eight months to put out a consistent message, with the most up—to—date data that we can and, throughout that period of time — and i understand there have been hiccups in the road — but over the last eight or nine months, we have consistently tried to say that this is a dangerous and deadly virus, we have consistently held a message of masks and of social distancing and of hand hygiene, and the stunts, if you are to call them that, fly in the face of everything that everyone in medicine and in public health have been really trying to put out there, over this deadly pandemic. so as a physician, it is deflating. as someone who has donned personal protective equipment, reused

fergus walsh, bbc news. an end, business groups have reacted with dismay after a phone call this afternoon with the prime minister and the cabinet office minster, michael gove. the companies were hoping for an update on the state of the trade talks with the eu. our business editor, simonjack, is with me. they also wanted to get across their level of concern over the state of these trade talks. they don't, they saw this as an important call at a crucial moment with trade talks seemingly on the rocks and they wanted to find out what was going on, if we would get a deal or not and express some hopes and fears. the call lasted just 21 minutes, the prime minister left after 15 and one attendee described it as terrible, terrible call unbelievably different electoral to businesses and what they're going through with the covid crisis. the pm reportedly said there was too much apathy in the business community and they needed to get ready and that came off, some said, like more of a lecture than listening it was basic

fergus walsh, bbc news.shows there were 14,542 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 11,99. hospital admissions jumped significantly on sunday — now on average 470 people are being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 76 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week — 53 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,445. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. let's talk about the hospital admissions. 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, ro

fergus walsh, bbc news.g in 2017, a father who was waiting to collect his children on the night said that he'd noticed a young man "in the process of lying down", with a backpack on the floor next to him. neil hatfield told the inquiry that his immediate thought was that the man was a suicide bomber. and he said he thought the police had been alerted. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. bent under the weight of his rucksack, salman abedi arrived at manchester arena intent on murder. he didn't want to be seen and headed to an area not covered by cctv. but he was spotted. neil hatfield was at the arena to collect his four daughters from the ariana grande concert. i do solemnly, sincerely... today, mr hatfield told the public inquiry that he saw a man with a heavy rucksack lying down on the floor. i thought "suicide bomber", straight away, without. .. very little doubt in my mind. honestly, my heart was racing. he was dressed all in black. he looked like a terrorist. he looked like... how

fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. now on bbc news, our world. tiktok.fastest—growing social media platforms in the world, and downloaded over 2 billion times. micro entertainment has a bottomless well of content and that means hours of engagement every day. normally the home for lip—syncing teens and out—of—control pets, its phenomenal growth means it's starting to change the world. we are seeing on tiktok, i think we know more about politics and about the latest news. and nowhere more than in the us election, where donald trump and joe biden supporters are fighting for the future of their country on tiktok. i am a conservative and i am a trump supporter. hey, bunker boy. any time he opens his mouth, it's good for content creators. more than 800 million of us have downloaded tiktok. i'm sophia smith galer, bbc reporter and tiktok creator, and have been following political content on the app for months, and it's not all good. there's clearly a huge amount of hate speech. there's a huge amount of divisive rhetoric. will the influence of tiktok on its mill

fergus walsh, bbc news. the time is 6:20. our top story this evening...ordered to shut to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. and coming up, honouring one of britain's last surviving d—day veterans — 95—year—old harry billinge gets a high speed train named after him. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, ahead of their euro 2020 play—off semifinals, scotland's stuart armstrong tests positive for coronavirus, with kieran tierney and ryan christie forced to self—isolate too. three times us olympic champion aly raisman says anyone who knew about any form of abuse in british gymnastics should leave the sport. she was sexually abused by the former us team doctor larry nasser, including at the london olympics in 2012. it comes as britain's amy tinkler says she would have given up her bronze medalfrom rio if it meant she hadn't had to go through what she suffered. here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. such a powerful gymnast... winning bronze atjust 16 years old was a dream come true. amy tinkler, looking very at home! but the treatment she says she's

fergus walsh, bbc news.rocas, an infectious disease physician at boston medical center and assistant professor of medicine at the boston university school of medicine. mrtrump has mr trump has just put out a new video urging americans to get out there, be careful, we have the best medicines in the world. as you have been watching the pictures of him in the limousine and also coming out of walter reed army medical centre and now without a mask at the white house. as a physician, what are you thinking? we have tried over the last eight months to put out a consistent message with the most up—to—date data that we can and, throughout that period of time, there have been hiccups along the road but we have consistently tried to say that this is a dangerous and deadly virus, a message of masks and social distancing and hand hygiene, and if the stance, if you are to call them that, fly in the face of everything in medicine and public health and really trying to put out the over this deadly pandemic. as a physician, i

our medical editor, fergus walsh, looks at the risk to president trump's health.has several factors which raise his risk profile for coronavirus — his age, weight, and being a man. at 7a, he has often insisted how healthy he is, despite a love of fried chicken and burgers. age is the biggest risk factorfor covid—i9. in the united states, eight out of ten deaths have been among the over 65. the risk of dying for somebody aged 65 to 7a is 90 times higher than for someone in their 20s. to put that in context, a recent international study found that once infected with coronavirus, the chances of dying were around one in 100 at age 65, one in 25 at 75, and one in seven at 85. the first lady, melania trump, isjust 50, 2a years younger than donald trump, and physically fit, so her risk from covid should be low. the president is six foot three and weighs more than 17 stone, putting him in the obese category, another red flag. his medical team will be on constant guard for any change in his condition. often patients have quite mild symptoms to start with and then it's as i

fergus walsh, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news.travelled from london to glasgow by train knowing she was infected with coronavirus, has described her actions as a "blip". in an interview with the sun on sunday, she argued the virus made her ‘act out of character'. she's been suspended from the scottish national party and a police investigation has begun. president donald trump is no longer a covid transmission risk to others, his white house doctor has said. sean conley‘s memo is the first update on mr trump's health since thursday. there had been concerns that he might still be contagious following his three—day hospital stay. however, the statement did not say whether mr trump had tested negative for covid—19 yet. the ceasefire brokered by russia between armenia and azerbaijan to try and end a flare—up in fighting over the last two weeks has been breached within its first 24 hours. the two countries have a long—running dispute over the nagorno—karabakh region. azerbaijan has now accused armenia of a war crime after an apartment b