a tier 3 in lancashire isn‘t the same as tier 3 tier 3 in lancashire isn‘t the same as tier3 in tier 3 in lancashire isn‘t the same as tier 3 in liverpool because, as we just heard as tier 3 in liverpool because, as wejust heard on as tier 3 in liverpool because, as we just heard on the as tier 3 in liverpool because, as wejust heard on the report, gyms and leisure centres are able to stay open here, while they are not in liverpool. however, the similarity is that bars and pubs will have to close from today. about 30 minutes ago i spoke to somebody who was just cleaning up at a pub across the road that had to shut from today. he works for a cleaning company that clea ns works for a cleaning company that cleans bars and pubs. so you can see it is not just cleans bars and pubs. so you can see it is notjust a direct impact on pubs and bars, but the indirect ripple effect that affects the other businesses associated with it. of course, from monday, we have got bingo halls and casinos closing. that really strikes at the heart of the economy here in blackpool because every year the touri

the tighest level of restrictions will come into force in lancashire tomorrow. it means no mixing between households indoors, or outdoors in certain settings like private gardens. pubs and bars will close unless they serve a substantial meal. and people should avoid nonessential travel into or out of the area. but there are differences. in lancashire, unlike liverpool, gyms and leisure centres won't have to close but soft play centres and car boot sales will from monday. the mayor of liverpool says it's madness to have different tier 3 rules for lancashire and it is "sowing confusion". here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. it has taken days of negotiations, finally local leaders in lancashire and ministers in london have come up with a deal. more restrictions are coming across the county alongside millions of pounds in financial support. but some shoppers here in nelson want a different approach. i think they should have done it earlier, to be quite honest. but my mum's 87, you can't tell my mother to stop in because she won't! i think it's good, i th

in lancashire. the prime minister spoke to council leaders this morning just after ten o‘clock. we understand he didn‘t ta ke o‘clock. we understand he didn‘t take any questions but he thanked council leaders for their hard work. he recognised how difficult it was to come to a consensus, particularly ina part to come to a consensus, particularly in a part of a country like lancashire where different parts of the county and different objectives and he reminded, reiterated, council leaders of the seriousness of the situation. i understand that an announcement, an initial announcement, an initial announcement will be made in the next few minutes and then these restrictions will come into full for midnight tonight. what does the money from that the councils negotiate actually support so obviously people centrally claim for thejob support obviously people centrally claim for the job support scheme in fellow. this is money to support businesses that are forced to close and swell as other people th

unlike many others in lancashire but don't also serve food,it lancashire but don't also serve food, it is now closed. —— and like. the county and the highest tier, very high alert, today. that means as well as pubs closing, there is a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. local leaders have agreed a support package for whitehall, but some of those at the sharp end are still worried. is it two weeks, is it three weeks, is it three months? the information is passed so poorly, we have just not understood where we stand, really. and of course our staff asking questions, we can't a nswer staff asking questions, we can't answer them. they will be more restrictions for lancashire on monday, when casinos, bingo halls, bookmakers, betting shops and soft play areas will also close. but gyms can stay open. that has caused some upsetin can stay open. that has caused some upset in the liveable city region, which is also in the very high risk alert status. but where gyms have been closed. in my, leaders in greater manchester have been largely resisting gov

blackpool, like the rest of lancashire, has, from today, entered tier 3. the second area in england to do so after liverpool. but tier 3 in lancashire isn't the same as tier 3 in liverpool because, of course, we've just heard in that report there that gyms and leisure centres are able to stay open here while they aren't in liverpool. however, the similarity is that bars and pubs will have to close from today. and actually, about half an hour ago i spoke to somebody who was just cleaning up at a bar across the road that has had to shut from today. he works for a cleaning company that cleans bars and pubs. so you can see that it's notjust the direct impact on pubs and bars. businesses that have to shut. but the indirect ripple effect that affects the other businesses associated with it. and of course, here from monday we have bingo halls and casinos closing. and that really strikes at the heart of the economy here in blackpool because every year the tourism and leisure industry is worth around £1.5 billion to the blackpool economy. so it's not surprising th

that's the case in lancashire. over in liverpool, local leaders are annoyed, they say, at these differences between areas, particularly when it comes to gyms. they say they would like the government to explain why a gym in liverpool is a greater risk of covid transmission than one human lancashire. in those leaders in liverpool say tonight they simply won't accept their region being treated differently to other areas like lancashire. they say the inconsistencies they are seeing undermine the whole new system, they say, right from the off. the latest government figures show there were 15,650 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is now 16,228. 773 people are being admitted to hospital on average each day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 136 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, 107 deaths were announce

lancashire has gone into this highest level of restrictions. does that make you more minded to think that make you more minded to think that this might be an acceptable solution for greater manchester and oldham? the position of lancashire does not change our demands around the financial package we want to see to support our residents and businesses. and the financial package, which is a watered—down version of what we saw in the full lockdown during the year, is not fairand does lockdown during the year, is not fair and does not make sense. why is it so people can cope with less money in october than they could backin money in october than they could back in march when their businesses we re back in march when their businesses were closed down and they were furloughed? were closed down and they were furloughed ? it does were closed down and they were furloughed? it does not make sense at all and we are holding out for a much more generous financial package that will give us the support we need to safeguard our economy and thejobs need to saf

i want to stress that this is as important as the funding we gave to lancashire. the mayor didn't accept this, unfortunately. they should not be doing this, grinding people down, trying to acce pt grinding people down, trying to accept the least that they can get away with. £22 million to fight the situation that we are in is frankly disgraceful. so greater manchester will move to england's highest virus alert level from friday — shutting some pubs and restaurants, and different households won't be able to meet up. matt hancock will address parliament shortly. of course, we will bring you that statement, on a day when 241 further covid—19 deaths have been recorded in the uk. with two weeks to go until the us election — we're looking at the worldwide implications. starting in afghanistan — where a spike in violence is threatening peace talks with the taliban. and this is the moment police caught up with the man who murdered the swedish journalist kim wall — he'd been trying to escape from prison in denmark. the full story from copenhagen. greater manches

lancashire leaders are still up on it. lancashire leaders are still upfora on it. lancashire leaders are still up for a conversation with the prime minister and the health secretary, anybody who wants to talk to us from government about tackling this pandemic collectively and jointly. what we want allow it to be bullied into something when we don't have the details in front of us. that is not fair to the people we represent. which tier are you going to be in? have they told you that and what it will mean? the threat we have had as we will be placed into tier three, i don't have the details on what that entails and without the details i can't agree to them. but what you know is it would be the most serious restrictions. tier three would be the highest. and the government have said they will announce the closure of pubs and bars —— and we have been told the government will close pubs and bars. what would be the implications, other than making evenings is a bit more miserable for people in the district? the people who work in the hospitality industry are barely sc

we have seen, for instance, a deal done on the agreement in lancashire where they allow the gyms in lancashire, but in the liverpool city region, we are told that gyms have to be closed. people will look at this and say, are we seriously being told that the gyms in lancashire and the people who use them are more safe than the people who use the gyms liverpool? so we have a tier 3 a structure in the tier 3 b structure. i think that the people of manchester are demanding clarity on what they're being asked to do in clarity around the economic package for the people of greater manchester and businesses in the same way that we still are even though we've got tier 3 we are still talking to the government today about economic support for businesses and the people of the city. and that is a curious point of going to ask you about because you cannot have gyms open in liverpool, lancashire is under the same restrictions as far as the public is concerned, but how on earth to those anomalies rise up? it is bizarre. what we've got his areas of the liverpool city region, which were pa rt liverpool city reg

council leaders in lancashire are in talks with the government. the most severe covid alert level is almost certainly coming, but as cases rise, so too the frustration. i am fed up of it, to be honest. i'm fed up of hearing about it, it's boring me. my children, they've had to isolate, they have been tested, they are negative. they've gone back to school, two days later, another child has been positive so she's come back home again for two weeks. this is ridiculous. down the road, the bridge is still serving. they seem to be playing politics with people's livelihoods. but there's constant worry for simon. we're all waiting on tenterhooks to see if our industry is going to be shut down while theyjust fight it out about how much money they're going to get. it won't make any difference. we need a full lockdown. i had to go on benefits — i've never been on benefit. i've been working since i were 13 years old. she lost herjob as an estate agent in the first lockdown. she's 2a and still out of work. so, they basicallyjust said, because of covid, they

in lancashire, leaders say they have extra cash to help businesses. it is targeted action, ministers want to avoid a national lockdown. but that may provoke comparisons as different areas reach different deals. jessica parker, bbc news. and let‘s talk some more tojess now. as we wait for that briefing to get under way, it comes against this curious political backdrop, a real i’ow curious political backdrop, a real row between downing street and local leaders in greater manchester so does that set the scene for what we are expecting? yes, this is the second press conference that we will have from boris johnson this second press conference that we will have from borisjohnson this week. earlier officially announced this new tiered system which was all designed to try to simplify the system and in trying to do that, and to get buy—in from local leaders, it seems that the politics has become a little more complicated because essentially in some areas it has been difficult to reach agreement, for various reasons. where that summit leaders think chris

millions of people are now facing tighter coronavirus restrictions in england — with lancashire in the north west entering the highest alert category and household mixing banned indoors in london. in new zealand, jacinda ardern is re—elected with a landslide victory — she was widely praised for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. thank you to the many people who gave us their vote, who trusted us to continue with leading new zealand's recovery. hundreds of people have been queuing at a hospital in eastern china — where a covid—19 vaccine is being offered to the public for the first time. and animal charities in the uk warn they're seeing a surge in horses being abandoned during the pandemic because of financial pressures on owners. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. i'm shaun ley. we begin in france this lunchtime, a country in shock after the murder of a teacher in the outskirts of paris. the man was beheaded near the school where — earlier this month â

let's go next to vicky, from lancashire. she asks, my grandmother has dementia, she lives ina care grandmother has dementia, she lives in a care home and has been in and out of hospital over recent months. due to restrictions on visiting in local lockdowns, i have only been able to visit her once since march. is there an opportunity for the restrictions in care homes to be reviewed which may enable a loved one to visit? i will askjonathan van—tam to comment on that in a second, but i just van—tam to comment on that in a second, but ijust want van—tam to comment on that in a second, but i just want to say, vicky, everybody sympathises deeply with you and your family. this is a situation that tragically is being replicated up and down the country. we do have to prevent the spread of the virus in care homes can make you remember what happened in the early pa rt remember what happened in the early part of the year, so we have had to ta ke part of the year, so we have had to take some steps to protect elderly residents from

a similar meeting involving lancashire's mps taking place at 10:15. i suppose there will be meetings with other leaders in lancashire and the government as well today was that the focus is on those areas where the risk is seen to be greatest and those that need to be greatest and those that need to be, in the view of the scientists, shifted into tier three as soon as possible. but there is political knock—about and push back on arguments was that we have heard from mr burnham repeatedly over the last few days that he doesn't think the support package for those regions put into tier three is adequate enough. similar noises have been made in lancashire about a lack of support, as well. here is the response from the government to that this morning, here is the business minister. it's not only the two thirds of the wages that's there, there's universal credit as well. there's help on housing, as well. we've put £6 billion into those local areas that have had to take those additional local measures, so, you know, we've done... as i said, £200 billion i

matt hancock began with a tribute to leaders in lancashire. i would like to thank local leaders in lancashire who've been working with us so constructively, and i'm sure that their willingness to put politics aside and in the interest of the people we serve will save lives and protect livelihoods at this difficult time. he moved on to the latest developments with new tests for the virus. some of these tests can produce a result as quickly as in 15 minutes. we will make them available to local directors of public health as part of our strategy for local action. starting with areas in the very high alert level. these tests have shown real promise and we are both buying them now and ramping up our ability to produce them at scale right here in the uk. mr speaker, i will stop at nothing to support this endeavour to give us hope on the path back to normal life. his labour shadow welcomed the new tests, then turned to the areas with the most severe restrictions. we are now in a situation where the bishop of manchester, a bishop for goodness state, d

in lancashire leaders say they have extra cash to help businesses. it is targeted action, they want to avoid a national lockdown. that may show comparisons as different areas which different deals. jessica parker, bbc news. our deputy political editor, vicki young, is in westminster. a real patchwork of measures across the country now. yeah, and i think that's the point. the lockdown in the spring was at least simple, despite, of course, the terrible harm that it brought. the problem now is things have become more complicated but not just now is things have become more complicated but notjust that. far more fractious. you have a situation now where i think there is really political jeopardy on all now where i think there is really politicaljeopardy on all sides here for the government. they are being accused of not putting up the money to help businesses, to keep people in theirjobs, to keep businesses afloat, and on the other side the accusation against some of the local mayors, but also against some conservative mps who don't want all of this, is t

it's the same story across lancashire. as well as pubs closing, there is now also a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. from monday, lancashire faces further restrictions, including the closure of betting shops and soft play areas, but gyms stay open. in contrast to the liverpool city region where gyms have been forced to close. that sense of confusion and contradiction was felt by football fans in northern ireland last night. the players from coleraine and ballymena were warming up, some of the limited crowd were in. but with the game about to start, no one was sure what the rules were. i'm waiting on guidance from our head of police here, he was busy waiting on guidance from his boss as well. and we are keeping people outside the gate, which is not safe at this moment in time. northern ireland has already introduced its own form of circuit breake. the half term holiday has been extended by two weeks to the 30th of october. hospitality and beauty businesses have also been shut for

in lancashire for example, they‘ re allowed to keep lancashire for example, they‘ re allowed to keeinm's open that's not the case in nearby liverpool or the liverpool city regions. they have written to the government demanded to see the scientific evidence that suggests that they are jim's should be shot. a patchwork of different measures been introduced under this highest tier. the impasse between central and local government and greater manchester continues tonight. the leaders of greater manchester councils most of them i should say, have written to the government and said several things. but first of all, simply closing down hospitality as happens in the tightest areas of restrictions isn't necessarily the only way to tackle the virus was a perhaps they should look again at shielding vulnerable members of the population. perhaps they should look at more quickly closing noncompliant hospitality venues rather than shutting all of them. the alternative from the government they hung around waiting for talks to come in but haven't heard yet from downing street despite borisjohnson saying

if we don't get to grips with the virus in three weeks' time admissions to hospitals in lancashire will be at the height that they were when the peak was at its height. new coronavirus cases in england jumped by 50% between october 2nd and the 8th, new figures suggest. borisjohnson says the uk must prepare for a "no—deal" trade relationship with the european union at the end of the year. i concluded that we should get ready forjanuary with arrangements that are more like australia's, based on simple principles

lancashire woke up to uncertainty and rumourat lancashire woke up to uncertainty and rumour at mid—morning information came are moving up to the middle and then to the highest level of tier 3. tomorrow you will not be able to along with many other food pups and the doors close tonight, it is not certain when they will reopen. is a two weeks, three weeks? three months? the information is passed so poorly, wejust weeks? three months? the information is passed so poorly, we just have not understood where we stand, really and of course, our staff are asking us questions and we cannot a nswer asking us questions and we cannot answer them. behind the bar, there is real worry about finances in the future. 80%, i is real worry about finances in the future. 8096, i was in is real worry about finances in the future. 8096, iwas in the is real worry about finances in the future. 8096, i was in the red already. and now, we are having to pay out more just for bills and things like that and so, it is going to make that even worse. like, with the going down to the two thirds. there was late—night negoti

so far, only the liverpool city region and lancashire have been moved into the third tier. well, late on tuesday night, the health secretary made a statement to mps. in greater manchester, there have been more coronavirus infections already in october than in july, august and september combined. the average daily hospital admissions in greater manchester are now higher than they were on the 26th of march. over the last ten days, we sought to reach an agreement with local leaders and unfortunately, we were not able to reach an agreement in greater manchester as we have previously in lancashire and the liverpool city region. we've made a generous and extensive offer to support manchester's businesses. this offer was proportionate to the support that we've given the liverpool city region and lancashire. but, regrettably, the mayor rejected it. of course, we do not want businesses in greater manchester to be disadvantaged, so that offer remains on the table. our door is open to further discussions with local leaders in the coming days about business support. mr speaker, i under

it's the same story across lancashire. as well as pubs closing, there is now also a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. from monday, lancashire faces further restrictions, including the closure of betting shops and soft play areas. but gyms stay open. in contrast to the liverpool city region where gyms have been forced to close. that sense of confusion and contradiction was felt by football fans in northern ireland last night. the players from coleraine and ballymena were warming up, some of the limited crowd were in. but with the game about to start, no one was sure what the rules were. i'm waiting on guidance from our head of police here, who is waiting on guidance from his boss as well. and we are keeping people outside the gate, which is not safe at this moment in time. northern ireland has already introduced its own form of circuit break. the half—term holiday has been extended by two weeks to the 30th of october. hospitality and beauty businesses have also been shut for the

lancashire currently in tier two. how do you feel about potentially moving from that to the highest, tier three?“ is an inevitability with the high rate of infection in those parts of the county area. it is inevitable that we are going to move into tier three. it is really a question of when and how. and we are working with government, trying to put together a package of measures that will mitigate the impact, the inevitable impact, on that particular sector of the economy. the mayor of greater manchester was talking about a feeling that the region was being railroaded into tier three by the government. would you agree? i don't agree that we are being railroaded. when we look at the figures ourselves, it is an inevitability. 0ur infection rates are extremely high. we recognise that parts of the county need to go into tier three, to have those restrictions imposed. in terms of the funding, something we were looking at yesterday on the programme, the money that you get from being in tier three, you don't get from bein

greater manchester, the liverpool city region and lancashire are being set up region and lancashire are being set up as the canaries in the coal mine foran up as the canaries in the coal mine for an experimental regional lockdown strategy. this is an important moment. greater manchester will stand firm. no applause from 200 miles away, though. there have been furious because between ministers and mps, including angry tories. the government is not ready to force the north—west, still trying to persuade. so, i call upon local leaders to set aside this party politics and to work with us to put in place the measures that are needed in greater manchester, across the north—west, so that we can deal with this virus and support people through it. the reluctance of politicians on the ground to back harsher restrictions has been the concern that that those who live there will lose out. where firms have to close, the treasury has promised to stump up two thirds of wages, and workers could pop up with benefits. but a well—respected former government adviser says that just does not cut it. we

it's the same story across lancashire. as well as pubs closing, there is now also a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. from monday, lancashire faces further restrictions, including the closure of betting shops and soft play areas. but gyms stay open. in contrast to the liverpool city region where gyms have been forced to close. that sense of confusion and contradiction was felt by football fans in northern ireland last night. the players from coleraine and ballymena were warming up, some of the limited crowd were in. but with the game about to start, no one was sure what the rules were. i'm waiting on guidance from our head of police here, he was busy waiting on guidance from his boss as well. and we are keeping people outside the gate, which is not safe at this moment in time. northern ireland has already introduced its own form of circuit breake. the half term holiday has been extended by two weeks to the 30th of october. hospitality and beauty businesses have also been shut for

so i have schools in greater manchester and also schools in west lancashire. so we just go along with the guidelines. one of the establishments down the road, the pub there is affected by the new measures on the lancashire side. but then the pub trading on this side is not affected yet. on the greater manchester side. i think it is a bit of a shame, really, because it has created a bit of a divide. yesterday they were showing two tiers on the app and things like that. and then theyjust said finally, eventually, you are all locked down. millions in the north—west are now watching their step with these new rules. but many say they are confused, worried about putting a foot wrong. philip norton, bbc news, apperley bridge. you can see the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, along with the government's michael gove, on the andrew marr show at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning on bbc one. the latest government figures show there were 16,171 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the l

up there is lancashire. everyone living beyond that sign is living with tier 3 restrictions, butjust a few steps down the road, and you could see the sign welcoming you to the borough of wigan. that's the greater manchester border, and everyone living up there is living with tier 2 restrictions. i don't think anybody knows what's going on, really. yesterday, they were showing two tiers on the app and things like that, so it's like, are we, aren't we? and theyjust said finally, eventually, that we're all lockdown. at this dance studio on the border, many classes are now back online. every day it changes. so, i have schools and greater manchester, so we just go on with the guidelines. millions in the northwest are now watching their step with these new rules, but many say they're confused, worried about putting a foot wrong. philip norton, bbc news. the latest government figures show, there were 16,171 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported

the talks today have endedin lancashire. the talks today have ended in failure, other areas including teesside and south yorkshire are locked in their own battle with the government of money. it is an urgent situation but progress is slow. and tonight downing street sources are saying that £60 million, but offer is still on the table. they say they will not let the businesses of manchester suffer or not surprisingly putting the blame squarely on the mayor andy burnham. but the government does not wa nt to burnham. but the government does not want to do is encourage other people to up their demands, all those other areas of england in discussion, they do not want to get into this bidding war. but i think beyond this row of the money it is important to remember that millions more people in england will be living under very tough restrictions by friday and i think that they will expect politicians of all parties to work together to give them certainty and of course to work in the best interests. figures suggest bolton has the

other areas like greater manchester and lancashire may be in line forsimilar. a meeting is being held later to discuss moving those areas to "very high" alert, too, although it doesn't mean a decision will definitely be made. what we're saying to the government is of course we will put people's health first. you can't do that by destroying their jobs, health first. you can't do that by destroying theirjobs, their businesses, pushing people into hardship into the run—up to christmas. that is just wrong, it should not be like that. we will be levelling down the north west of england, not the levelling up you promised us. it is an issue that we will take stand on. mps approved the new three—tier system of local restrictions, last night. some conservatives have been critical of some decisions, but they do want to give the new system time to work. if we have to go to a national lockdown and nothing can be ruled out, that will have a very severe effect indeed on the economy. my hope is that the measures that the prime minister has announced will be successful, wo

it's the same story across lancashire. as well as pubs closing, there is now also a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. from monday, lancashire faces further restrictions, including the closure of betting shops and soft play areas. but gyms stay open. in contrast to the liverpool city region where gyms have been forced to close. that sense of confusion and contradiction was felt by football fans in northern ireland last night. the players from coleraine and ballymena were warming up, some of the limited crowd were in. but with the game about to start, no one was sure what the rules were. i'm waiting on guidance from our head of police here, he was busy waiting on guidance from his boss as well. and we are keeping people outside the gate, which is not safe at this moment in time. northern ireland has already introduced its own form of circuit break. the half term holiday has been extended by two weeks to the 30th of october. hospitality and beauty businesses have also been shut for

greater manchester joins the liverpool city region and lancashire in the ‘very high‘, or tier 3, alert level. bolton in greater manchester has the fastest rising number of coronavirus cases. it was already under some of the toughest covid restrictions. 0ur north of england correspondent, danny savage is there. already a high—profile campaign in bolton telling people what to do and what the restrictions are at the moment, there are signs in the town centre and there are loudspeakers which broadcast messages, telling people where to go and how to get a test if they need one. the idea of these two or three restrictions are to drive down the cases and stop the spread of coronavirus —— the idea of these tier 3 restrictions. we have met people today and they are doubtful that these restrictions will work. bolton has been under some sort of coronavirus restrictions for months longer than most places, but the infection rate is still high, testing stations are busy, there were 1300 confirmed cases last week. people here think something more is needed. people have become blase and so now w

it's the same story across lancashire. as well as pubs closing, there is now also a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. from monday, lancashire faces further restrictions, including the closure of betting shops and soft play areas. but gyms stay open. in contrast to the liverpool city region where gyms have been forced to close. that sense of confusion and contradiction was felt by football fans in northern ireland last night. the players from coleraine and ballymena were warming up, some of the limited crowd were in. but with the game about to start, no one was sure what the rules were. i'm waiting on guidance from our head of police here, who is busy waiting on guidance from his boss as well. and we are keeping people outside the gate, which is not safe at this moment in time. northern ireland has already introduced its own form of circuit break. the half term holiday has been extended by two weeks to the 30th of october. hospitality and beauty businesses have also been shut for

he was told lancashire would be placed in the highest tier — tier three. but he believes the government is wrong to to consider closing pubs and bars in parts of northern england. we've asked the government to give us the evidence that points that mixing in pubs and bars in lancashire is causing the infection to rise. we were categorically told that the evidence does not support the government's theory and that's why am very frustrated that government are using pubs and bars as scapegoats to try and tackle this pandemic. they've failed miserably and what we've said as lancashire leaders is that we want to work with the government, but closing pubs and bars is not the solution at this time. you said then that you have been categorically told — by whom, that the evidence isn't there to support that contention? well, the civil servants that we've spoken to on friday and today, we've asked for the evidence and we've been told that there was no evidence to support the theory, but government needs to take drastic action and this is one of their measures, one o

liverpool and lancashire we re figures! liverpool and lancashire were offered £8 per head for certain things including bolstering test, track and trace, worth £i2 things including bolstering test, track and trace, worth £12 million in liverpool and £14 million, sorry, 14 million in liverpool and 12 million in lancashire. greater manchester has been offered a 22 million, and what those areas also have got is an economic support package worth 30 million in both lancashire and liverpool city region, and! lancashire and liverpool city region, and i understand that manchester because it has a population almost twice that of liverpool, has actually been offered 60 million in addition to the 22 million so that further money is for businesses who are forced to close asa businesses who are forced to close as a result of the new restrictions, but i also understand that that has been rejected by the politicians in greater manchester and this is the reason, according to the various populations and the various areas, that would be p

i want to stress, this offer was proportionate to the support we have given merseyside and lancashire. the mayor didn't accept this unfortunately and given the public health situation, i must now proceed with moving greater manchester, as i say, to the very high alert level. and here is the mayor, finding out scraps of information during his own press conference. . . £20 million only, and they are going to try and pick off the individual councils. disgraceful! boo! ..news that didn't go down well here. it's brutal, to be honest, isn't it? this isn't a way, this is no way to run the country in a national crisis, it isn't. this is not right. they should not be doing this, grinding people down, trying to accept the least that they can get away with. his team calculated that £90 million was needed until the end of march. eventually, he said he'd accept 65 million. the government offered 60. is this a game of poker? are they playing poker with places and people's lives through a pandemic? is that what this is about? the people who drive those taxes, who work in the pubs, many of them who

this offer was proportionate to the support we have given merseyside and lancashire. the mayor didn't accept this unfortunately. given the public health situation, i must now proceed with moving greater manchester to the very high alert level. and here is the mayor, finding out scraps of information during his own press conference. £20 million only and they will pick up individual councils. news that didn't go down well here. it is brutal to be honest. this is an a way to run the country in a national crisis. this is not right. they should not be doing this. grinding people down trying to accept the least they can get away with. his team calculated that £90 million was needed until the end of march, eventually he said he would accept eventually he said he would a cce pt 65 eventually he said he would accept 65 million. the government offered 60. this is a game of poker? are they playing poker with peoples lives through a pandemic? the people who drive those taxis and work in the pubs, many of them who may have voted, they said to them they will level on. what we hav

up there is lancashire. everyone living beyond that sign is living with tier 3 restrictions, butjust a few steps down the road, and you could see the sign welcoming you to the borough of wigan. that's the greater manchester border, and everyone living up there is living with tier 2 restrictions. i don't think anybody knows what's going on, really. yesterday, they were showing two tiers on the app and things like that, so it's like, are we, aren't we? and theyjust said finally, eventually, that we're all lockdown. at this dance studio on the border, many classes are now back online. every day it changes. so, i have schools and greater manchester, so we just go on with the guidelines. millions in the northwest are now watching their step with these new rules, but many say they're confused, worried about putting a foot wrong. philip norton, bbc news. the latest government figures show there were 16,171 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported p

now, the government has given lancashire cou nty government has given lancashire county council millions of pounds, are you expecting that to trickle down to you? they have been given 42 million, which is great, 12 million put aside for track and trace, which leaves 30 million, and that is £20 each for people living in lancashire. i do not know whether we will get a few pages each, but i don't see that going very far. rebecca, chris — i mean, the conversations about greater manchester moving into the highest level, if you're like, are partly about money, and if, you know, this government source says manchester will get the same per head of population as liverpool, about 75 million available to greater manchester, are you expecting that to trickle down to you? well, it is difficult, because we were in bolton, and we had to lock down last month, which was almost four weeks of complete lockdown on hospitality, and over that period we got off £1000 for the original two weeks, we we re £1000 for the original two weeks, we were just shy of the four weeks, so were just shy of the four week

so i have schools in greater manchester and also schools in west lancashire. so we just go along with the guidelines. one of the establishments down the road, the pub there is affected by the new measures on the lancashire side. but then the pub trading on this side is not affected yet. 0n the greater manchester side. i think it is a bit of a shame, really, because it has created a bit of a divide. yesterday they were showing two tiers on the app and things like that. and then theyjust said finally, eventually, you are all locked down. millions in the north—west are now watching their step with these new rules. but many say they are confused, worried about putting a foot wrong. philip norton, bbc news, appley bridge. this is bbc news. our main headlines: france plans a "national tribute" for a teacher brutally murdered on the outskirts of paris, in a suspected islamist attack. a new humanitarian ceasefire comes into effect between armenia and azerbaijan — over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. new zealanders are waking up to the largest victory by

in the other semifinal — which also had reduced overs — steven croft made 33 from 22 balls as lancashire posted a target of 95 for notts to win. and it was a total that notts managed easily with dan christian hitting an incredible four sixes in a row to take the game away from lancashire and all but seal victory. thatjob was done by imad wasim, whose boundary gave outlaws a five—wicket win. geraint thomas is up to third place at the giro d'italia, which ended in a sprint finish on stage two in sicily. thomas' expected rival, fellow briton simon yates, has also moved up the standings. he's now eighth. thomas remains 26 seconds ahead of him after getting through today's stage safely, his team—mate filippo ganna keeps the pinkjersey for now, after winning yesterday's time trial. and there was a second italian stage winner in two days. home favourite diego ullisi was the fastest man on a slightly uphill finish. britain's lizzie deignan has won the women's liege—bastogne—liege cycle race — her second victory at one of the major one—day races known as ‘monuments‘. and how about

politically it so important for the government because liverpool city region and lancashire already in tier 3 lockdowns and they effectively went down without too much of a fight all said to the show in recent days. at the government is keyed to have its £8 per capita for the it was to keep that broadly the same across each area the lockdowns. now it appeared to act favourably to greater manchester which one hand to think many people would understand but on the other £5 million is not very much for the government to give, why would they not do that if that's what he says is really the bare minimum needed to not see great sways of poverty and homelessness in the coming months across the region. that is not an awful lot of money. people will see either way base in their own political view that'll put ultimately £5 million is not a lot in government terms but potentially an awful lot in his eyes. or really could he have coped with 60 million rather thanjust 22 could he have coped with 60 million rather than just 22 million could he have coped with 60 million rather thanjust 22 million

the director of public health for lancashire, there. thank you forjoining us. more people reached the uk illegally by boat in september than in the whole of last year. that's according to figures compiled by the bbc. almost 2000 migrants made the crossing last month, and the government is now believed to be considering using ferries to house asylum—seekers while their claims are considered. simonjones reports. motoring towards the uk, a boat carrying 20 migrants, the man driving it was jailed this month for assisting unlawful immigration. but with record numbers of people crossing the channel by boat, the national crime agency says too many are falling victim to immigration crime. it's a very dangerous trip, particularly because organised crime groups are exploiting vulnerable people who are trying to get to the uk and using methods that risk their lives. so far this year, more than 7,000 people have reached the uk by boat. in september, around 1,950 people made the crossing from northern france. that's a higher figure than for the whole of last year, when 1,

well, other parts being considered for tier three include most of the rest of lancashire. there are concerns there about rising case numbers and the need for further restrictions. but still that hasn't been agreed either yet today so people left wondering, they are. i was speaking to people in blackburn this morning said they didn't think extra restrictions were needed. if, we need to have restrictions to make people understand and stay safe then that is what it is, that's what we need. that's notjust one, that is every age group. if all uk was the same we would have less cases. you know what you are getting, then, don't you, but if they keep coming back and going down the virus will go back and going down the virus will 9° up back and going down the virus will go up again, really, won't it? the expectation is that there is further restrictions will come in right across lancashire and greater manchester. they have been calling out for extra restrictions but the sticking point is the level of support on offer for workers, and that seems to be why agreement hasn't been poss

but both lancashire and liverpool were given £30 million more for so—called business support. significantly, the government sailing greater manchester would get no less generous terms on a per capita basis, per head of the population, which could mean about £60 million or £70 million might be available for greater manchester if they accept greater restrictions. but andy burnham has made it very clear that he will not roll over, in his words, the first sign of a cheque. there was also discussion in south yorkshire as well. they say that the government is pressing them for a rapid agreement, but they are not going to be bounced into agreeing to going to be bounced into agreeing to going into tier 3 at this stage. i think these difficult negotiations which the government have is partly a consequence of this local and regional approach which boris johnson has taken. that means you have to get into lots and lots of protracted negotiations, rather than having a full—scale, nationwide lockdown, such as wales. iain, thank you very much. schools in northern ireland are closed for t

so we knew we had to take rapid action to suppress the epidemic in lancashire. we've always said that we would stand side by side with any local area that agreed to move into this third tier and offer substantial support to local authorities including for testing, tracing, enforcement, and business support. and i would like to thank local leaders in lancashire who have been working with us so constructively. i am sure that the willingness to put politics aside in the national interest and in the interest of the people who we serve will save lives and protect livelihoods at this difficult time. mrs speaker, following the successful introduction of measures in liverpool and lancashire, talks are continuing this afternoon led by my right honourable friend the community secretary, with greater manchester. and they speak, further discussions are planned late of yorkshire, west yorkshire, nottinghamshire, the east, the northeast, and the side. sadly, over the weekend we have seen very directly the direct impact of this disease. i was shocked to learn on saturday of th

this offer was proportionate to the support that was given liverpool city region and lancashire. but regrettably the mayor rejected it. of course we do not want businesses in greater manchester to be a disadvantage. so that offer remains on the table. our door is open to further discussions with local leaders in the coming days about business support. there's been an immediate and angry response from labour — sir keir starmer says the collapse of these talks is a sign of government failure, and accused ministers of treating local leaders with contempt. the shadow health secretary, jon ashworth, accused the government of trying to defeat the virus on the cheap. what a petty, vindictive, callous response in a national crisis, mr speaker. the prime minister may think he's punishing the politicians. in fact he's punishing the people of greater manchester. and this is the prime minister who has a blown hundred and 50 million on facemasks that we ren't suitable for nhs staff. he blown hundred and 30 million on testing kits that turned out to be unsafe and had to be recalled. and he's

lancashire hasjoined the liverpool city region in the highest alert category, while london has moved into the second highest level. hundreds of people have been queuing at a hospital in eastern china, where a covid—19 vaccine is being offered to the public for the first time. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has won a second term in office, after her rival conceded in the general election. we will hear from jacinda ardern at the top of the hour. now on the bbc, rajan datar drops in on rome as it prepares to mark 150 years since becoming italy's capital city in the travel show. this week on the travel show... rajan is looking for a knees—up in rome. wow. face—to—face with neanderthals in gibraltar. and i am braving the elements in japan. this is great! welcome to the land of the trees. this is wakayama in centraljapan, a short train ride south of osaka. and this is where many of japan's urban population have been coming to escape the congested cities during the pandemic. and i have come to try a style of rafting that you can only do right here. before that, w

there are similar meetings for lancashire's. there was a meeting last night and another one first thing this morning involving civil serva nts thing this morning involving civil servants on both sides and the expectation is that lancashire could also follow suit. some more information this morning, a call at 9.30 this morning in which mps in london have been invited to dial in using microsoft teams for a briefing. the expectation is that london could be raised into tier two and in the north of england, other parts are being kept an eye on. south yorkshire and big chunks of the north—east of england. things do not seem as advanced yet as far as the political conversation is concerned with the direction of travel does look rather clear. a former government adviser on homelessness is warning that the country faces what she calls a "period of destitution" where families "can't put shoes on their children's feet". the treasury has promised to pay two—thirds of wages for workers if their employers are forced to close under tougher