what we've got his areas of the liverpool city region, which were pa rt liverpool city region, which were part of lancashire who can get in the car and travel to a gym in lancashire and day, yet they cannot do it here in the liverpool city region and it is this madness but you've got tier 3 levels that are different and so, you enforce one thing, like no gym use in liverpool city region and get you allow it in other parts that have a tier 3. the reason why we have a tier 3 is because, the pandemic is out of control and the covid—19 rate, the infection rate in the hospital admissions decide whether you going to tier 3. so, admissions decide whether you going to tier3. so, as admissions decide whether you going to tier 3. so, as it stands, to reason, that most people, people with common sense would say ok, let's a cce pt with common sense would say ok, let's accept that. but then, why are you than changing the tier 3 rules to suit one particular area against another area? to suit one particular area against another area ? it to suit one particular area against another area? it is so

in liverpool. the liverpool age profile of people infected is across different age groups and is moving into the older population. manchester is still very much of the younger population so consequently, we are seeing people who need much more medical intervention in liverpool. hugh: officials published this chart showing average covid patient numbers in liverpool and manchester going back to the end of march. it shows how rapidly those numbers have gone up in the last few weeks in liverpool. ros: from hugh and liverpool to washington now. president trump's choice for next supreme court justice has been facing questions from senators. now remember, president trump nominated judge barrett after the death of ruth bader ginsburg, who was on the liberal side of the court. if miss barrett replaces her, it will be a strong majority of conservatives of 6-3 and conservative americans already on her for her record on issues from abortion to gay rights to gun rights. and senators weren't getting detailed ans

, liverpool city. that was in that conversation with city leaders, and we had our public health directors all talking to edward lister about what we feel. that is about what we need and what we feel they need to listen to... either listening, and can you give us listen to... either listening, and can you give us an listen to... either listening, and can you give us an idea about what you want and if you are going to get it? we have got conversations this afternoon. we have had discussions around what the lockdown will mean, the new lockdown measures for liverpool city and the north. and we have got further conversations this afternoon. the thing is, the policy, how we have a better track and trace and testing model, he was very receptive to that. they understand that we can do that better than the national track and trace system. how quickly will that change. there has been a long time call for more local control on that, but can that switch immediately? it is notjust a question of financial resources,

liverpool's demographics don't help here. we're seeing widespread community transmission of the virus here in liverpool. the city council health spokesman explained the problem they were facing. liverpool's age profile of people infected is across the different age groups and it is moving up into the older population. manchester's is still very much in the younger population, so consequently we're seeing sicker people who need much more medical intervention here in liverpool. government officials have published this chart showing average covid—i9 patient numbers in major hospital trusts in liverpool and manchester going back to the end of march. it shows just how rapidly those numbers have gone up in the last few weeks in liverpool. tighter restrictions are intended to protect the vulnerable and ease pressure on hospitals. but could they damage people's health in other ways, raising anxiety levels and leaving some feeling isolated? it's kind of that roller—coaster effect again. shaun, who lost hisjob during the lockdown,

city region, many of whom we re liverpool city region, many of whom were now liverpool city region, many of whom we re now earn liverpool city region, many of whom were now earn less than the minimum wage and be unable to pay their bills, some may even be forced into destitution, are they valued less now? and to the prime minister, you have tried to strike a chord of agreement and cooperation with the leaders of the liverpool city region. we are getting very different idea locally. the first that anybody heard, including the leaders, about your plans to shut pubs etc i was in the papers of the national newspapers. today at the very la st national newspapers. today at the very last minute, matt hancock called a meeting with the region's mps, with ten minutes one, meaning that several of them missed the briefing. some of them were trying to connect on a train. they described it as a total lack of respect for a region where you potentially will not win any votes. is it that, or is itjust the chaos of trying to organise a lockdown? rishi, do you want to go first? liam, it's wrong to say

it has not com pletely liverpool region. it has not completely confirmed that will happen today but the expectation is over the next few days, certainly, liverpool will see those significant extra restrictions come in. and even with, what, if you hours to go, it seems some of the details are still being ironed out? i think that's right. in part it is because there has been a lot of talk between mayors in the areas which could see big changes in the days and weeks and administered in number ten behind me. —— and ministers. things like support for those sectors that could see significant closures in the next few days. we know that for example the chancellor has already said that for employees the government will paid two—thirds of their salary. and if you are a minimum wage earner, that is not enough to get by. also more specific support for those sectors like pubs which might have to close their doors saying, look, a lot of places are going to go bust, quite frankly, if they are going to have to close. questions over ho

we'll have the latest live from liverpool. the other headlines this lunchtime: the eu begins legal action against the uk government because of its plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal deal. the commission has decided to send a letter of formal notice to the uk government. this is the first step in an infringement procedure. how italy — once the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic — has managed to get its infection rate lower than many european countries. save the whales! the operation to clear a loch of a pod of whales, before huge naval exercises get under way. the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans... and, at the start of black history month, its organisers say it's more important than ever in the wake of the black lives matter movement. and coming up on bbc news... they've said they're sorry, but will phil foden and mason greenwood be named in the england squad today after breaking quarantine rules in iceland? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. restrictions on households mixing

actively working against usm wasn'tjust liverpool busy at actively working against usm wasn't just liverpool busy at ten o'clock. look at london's leicester square. and in peckham, they were playing cricket. the government denies it is unfairly targeting northern cities. you say there is anger in the north, but the measures that we bring in here are universal. these apply across the whole of the united kingdom and there is nothing that we would ever do that penalises one part of the country over another. after the curfew came in, it wasjust another. after the curfew came in, it was just game over. another. after the curfew came in, it wasjust game over. think about joe, still paying for the taxi that no longer covers his bills. you don't know where you're going to be in four weeks' don't know where you're going to be in fourweeks' time. don't know where you're going to be in four weeks' time. am i going to be driving a taxi or i go to be working in a factory or living on the doll with no money? -- dole. these are delicate decisions but people wonder how much they are about to be silenced. ou

this was liverpool city centre last night. frustration about how these rules are being introduced and concern about how and when they are lifted. make no mistake, these measures probably are equivalent to what happened back in march, and we thought we would turn that corner, but the infection rates are still very high. will you be able to reach an agreement tomorrow? very high. will you be able to reach an agreement tomorrow7|j very high. will you be able to reach an agreement tomorrow? i hope we can. it appears the government in good faith entered into these talks, it isa good faith entered into these talks, it is a real pity to find that some of the detail was then leaked before we had a chance to sign things off. it was notjust liverpool busy at 10 o'clock. look at leicester square in london. and in peckham, they were playing cricket. the government denies it is unfairly targeting northern cities. there is nothing we would ever do that penalises one pa rt would ever do that penalises one part of the country over another. th

it everton 2—2 liverpool. good afternoon. millions more people have seen covid—19 rules tighten, as areas including london, york and essex have moved up england's new three—tier alert system. there's still stalemate between local politicians in greater manchester and the government over the introduction of stricter coronavirus measures there. meanwhile, northern ireland is in its first full day of a four local leaders deny talks have been arranged to help the row. week "circuit—brea ker" lockdown, with all hospitality venues closing, except to provide take—aways. this is one of preston's oldest pubs. it doesn't serve food, so under the new restrictions, it will now shut. if you see how many cases are only linked to hospitality, we are not the biggest problem. yet, for the second time, we are the ones that get punished first. 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, lanca

hugh pym, bbc news, liverpool. one key element in the government's new three tier system for tackling the pandemic is that only those caught in the toughest restrictions will qualify for financial support. but many businesses in the north of england and the midlands are in places under tier two measures they argue that their income will still be affected but they don't qualifiy for any government help. our business correspondent sarah corker reports from derbyshire. 0n the edge of the peak district, those living in the market town of glossop are hours away from tighter restrictions. the mood here, like the weather, is darkening. i'm going to have to let my staff go in the next few weeks. restrictions mean from midnight there will be a ban on households mixing indoors. bar owner gazza says trade will plummet. although not legally required to close, therefore not entitled to any of the financial support made available, it is highly unlikely people will socialise. people will not come out so we would have been better

we know liverpool's jurgen klopp paid tribute to them and was interested in the project. he said there is no small team, but is there any way he's underestimated them? he's going to say the nice things, but when he gets into the dressing room, "we beat them." this year is much as any year, you want to get out of the group stages as quick as possible so they must win that one against fc midtjylland. as soon as you get into the dressing room, "they must be beaten." not many have been saying the best things about manchester to, the premier league... a lot of the teams are struggling. pep guardiola has spoken to me about the importance of injuries, the bigger percentage of injuries there has been the season, if you look at them missing aguero and gabrielle jesus, they haven't really got... he's not had to look far for his problems. but they've got another game against marseilles, possibly the hardest game in the group. if anything, i think pep will be absolutely delighted with this. you're on airfrom absolutely delighted with this. you're on air from 7pm tonight, updates of t

the technology again proving a problem for liverpool. yeah, it really rubbed salt into the wound for the team and, of course, for liverpool fans. they were denied that late winner, that would've taken them top of the league, by var. and it was all because a tiny fraction of sadio mane's body was ahead of the offside line. and the former chelsea midfielder cesc fabregas wasn't impressed on twitter — he said "the game's gone mad!" — and former england midfielder jermainejenas called both of the decisions shocking. he said... well, like many football fans around the country, referee mark halsey is of the view that some common sense should be used in a situation like that. we are in the entertainment business, and we do not want to see goals rule out of that calibre. you cannot tell in the replay he is offside, in the first replay, it is a goal. because we all know if a player is half a yard offside, the var picked it up straightaway. when you're looking at incident like this, three, four, five, six times, for me, it's not offside, a goa

danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. so, the latest official figures show a rise in new infections. 13,972 were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the past week is 111,588. hospital admissions have also jumped. on average, 615 people were being admitted every day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 50 deaths have been reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. that figure is usually lower after the weekend. it means on average in the past week, 72 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,875. as covid cases continue to rise across merseyside, there's a warning from the local public health director that hospital admissions could reach the same numbers as at the peak of the pandemic within ten days. at whiston hospital in knowsley, there are currently 90 patients, up from seven only a month ago. our health editor, hugh pym, has spent the da

the challenge of could be really good for us but of course liverpool is doing so well andl course liverpool is doing so well and i think we are not so far but we are still far from them and as i said you can have a good test tomorrow against them to see how far we have. thank you forjoining us here on sports day. i'll start with you. although it's been a very long time, a decade to the bay since lost these are strange times are very strange times and as if he will be aware they have been some interesting results of a letter last month or so. results of a letter last month or so. how are you feeling? how are you genuinely feeling about tomorrow's match and do you think you can do this? you have gone in cities merseyside derby matches with a sense of shoulders and when you get them out of the way you know everything up would be going to lose ina everything up would be going to lose in a ridiculous way and that's how it's been. for a long time now. and to carlo's it's been. for a long time now. and to ca rlo's testaments it's been. for a long time now. and to carlo's testaments of these payers

sheyi ojo who is on loan from liverpool scored the games only goal. manchester united are still unbeaten in women's super league after a 11—2 win against west ham. alessia russo scored twice in the first half and there was also a first goal in english football for united's world cup winner tobin heath. not to be outdone, their other other us summer signing kristen press came off the bench to wrap up the points. it's united's fourth wsl win in a row. in the day's other matches. arsenal's vivianne miedema is now the wsl‘s all time top scorer. she's got a hat—trick, in their game against tottenham. where they're 5—0 up. arsenal looking to win 5 out of 5, and go top again. everton‘s winning streak comes to an end — they drew 2 all with brighton earlier. two matches in the second half — bristol city 0—3 birmingham city. and reading 1—1 manchester city. fabio ouartararo has lost the lead of the motogp championship afterfailing to finish in the points at the aragon grand prix. alex rins took the chequered flag after starting from tenth to c

liverpool is expected to be placed into the strictest tier. labour mps say there isn't enough support. shelling kills civilians, amid fresh fighting between armenia and azerbaijan, despite a ceasefire being called just hours before. a ten—year—old girl with dyslexia has been posting letters to celebrities and key workers to improve her confidence with writing. she sent a letter to musician ed sheeran, and was very surprised to receive a reply. lily who sent the letter and her mum amanda join us now. hello to you both. tell me, we will hear a bit hello to you both. tell me, we will heara bit in hello to you both. tell me, we will hear a bit in a minute about the surprising reply you got but can you tell me first why you wanted to write this letter —— these letters? i wanted to write the letters so i could get better at my writing and spelling so i decided to write letters to famous people to see how many replies i could get. how many did you get? four. was ed sheerin's the best letter? —— ed sheeran. did you get? four. was ed sheeri

ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool. there have also been stricter lockdown restrictions placed on areas in wales and northern ireland. we'lljoin emma vardy in stormont and hywel griffith, who's in north wales, but first our north of england correspondent fiona trott is in middlesbrough. well, george, the councils here wa nted well, george, the councils here wanted tougher measures, but they didn't want this. after midnight on friday, some 235,000 people here on teesside will have new restrictions for the first time. they follow seven other areas of the north east of england, but middlesbrough and hartlepool council say they are furious, they only wanted a household ban based on local data, which suggested that in september around 80% of cases came from infections within the home. they say here, in some of the uk's most deprived areas, these tougher measures will have a real effect on people's mental health and the local economy. of course, the government is in today that a support package of £7 million is being made av

liverpool were living dangerously. in the final seconds, a final chance to ajax but they couldn't take it. a tricky night for liverpool but they are off toa night for liverpool but they are off to a winning start. meanwhile, manchester city's latest quest for that elusive champions league title began against porto and didn't begin well. diaz kept running and riding with impressive results. but their lead didn't last. a clattering challenge on raheem sterling and from the penalty spot sergio aguero just fired them level. porto were still posing plenty of problems and it took some serious scrambling from kyle walker to keep manchester city level at the break. after it, they set about turning on the style. level at the break. after it, they set about turning on the stylem is gundogan, outstanding! as free kicks go, it was pretty special as i was theirs. substitute tourers completing a 3—1 when a great start for city and won their manager rather enjoyed. andy swiss, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news

and why has liverpool been singled out, all the liverpool city region been singled out and not other areas of the north—west? is it because of the number of cases per 100,000? well, really it is because of the number of hospitalisations, and this morning we saw from the government has backed scientific advisers and medical advisers that liverpool was seeing a particularly sharp acceleration of the numbers being hospitalised, and in fact liverpool university's hospital trust, they now have 250 patients in their beds who are suffering from covid. that is the highest in the country. but the situation we were always warned was very serious the situation we were always warned was very serious in manchester, where the head of intensive care at manchester royal infirmary was warning that 30% of their critical ca re warning that 30% of their critical care beds were filled with covid patients, so you can see that although it applies to liverpool now, it may well apply to greater manchester in due course. we will have to wait and see. and, naomi, we have to wait and see. and, naomi, we have

that‘s in liverpool. certainly. but we have to be really clear that this is a really major health crisis going on during this country at the moment especially in the north of england. i absolutely see day by day infections rising across the districts we see a number of hospital admission going up and thatis of hospital admission going up and that is very concerning for me as a leader of this place. and therefore i want to make sure we can to get that infection rate down and save the nhs and save lives the course. that has to be everybody‘s key concern. everything we can. do you think the government is doing everything it can? certainly i would like to see more health interventions, we saw some research from king‘s college last week that set only 18% of people self—isolate when they have symptoms. that number is very concerning. across the whole country. we need to have more incentives to self—isolate. if they are not, that will be spreading a lot faster. i would like to see more money spent on local tests an

the worst hit regions fez infections in europe the sore is the north of england people in cities like liverpool are now facing a host of partially new restrictions. also coming up armenia and forces engage in fresh fighting over nagorno car despite growing calls for the 2 countries to honor a cease fire humanitarian groups are warning of a massive crisis if the situation it's. good to have you with us european union countries have agreed a common strategy for restricting travel from coronavirus hotspots eve ministers want to traffic light system showing regions as red orange or green depending on the number of infections it was hoped to avoid a repeat of the confusion that disrupted travel across the e.u. at the height of the initial outbreak in the spring. but for more let's bring in. get he's following the story for us in brussels babs talk us through these european traffic lights how's that supposed to work. the european traffic like to test for colors actually red for dangerous is owns orange for medium infection rates and green for countries and regions which ok and great for those countri

liverpool city region is the first to be placed under tier three. in the rest of the uk, a decision will be made or new lockdown measures in wales and the next few days. in northern ireland, health officials are calling for decisive action. scotland's nicola sturgeon says she will draw up her own tiered framework towards the end of the month. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg.? standby. we cannot see clearly what is ahead. at the prime minister is, relu cta ntly, is ahead. at the prime minister is, reluctantly, marking the way to a tighter phase. the lectern is back in its place, despite repeated rule changes, coronavirus is not in retreat. the number of cases has gone at four times in former weeks, and is once again spreading among the elderly and vulnerable. these figures are flashing at is like dashboard warning is in a passenger jet, and we must act now. we are today simplifying, standardising and, in some cases toughening local rules in england by introducing three levels of covid alert. only 1.5 million or so people in the liverpool

. 1.5 million people in the liverpool city region are facing significant new curbs. pubs, gems and some other venues closed to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. the point of doing this now is to ensure that we get the disease under control. we've seen it rapidly rising, certainly in those areas. we need to take action because if we don't take this reasonable measured and proportionate action now, we will have to take more difficult action further down the line. this afternoon, the government will detail a new three tier system for local restrictions. tier one, medium risk, will see measures similar to those already in place of much of england. the rule of six and early closing times for hospitality. tier two, high risk, is likely to be more restrictions on household mixing. the top tier, very high risk, will see a raft of new restrictions, with some hospitality venues. close their doors again. and here is why. a stark warning this morning from the government's advisors. we now have more patients in hospital with covid—19 than we did before the government anno

a tier 3 elegant to do so behind liverpool. a tier3 in elegant to do so behind liverpool. 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 casino

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 the next few weeks. at the royal liverpool hospital, staff believe these tougher restrictions in their city and others are the only answer. this time last month, the trust was looking after 33 patients with covid. today, that figure stands at more than 300. we are overwhelmed. and it's not winter, it's not even winter yet. and look

patrick gearey, bbc news, liverpool. liverpool managerjurgen klopp said it was the best game they'd played at everton since he took over, but he was utterly baffled by that late var decision. somebody showed me the situation with the henderson goal and i don't know where the line is and where you can do offside. ijust don't understand it. so, yes, obviously we should have won this game but we did not. so we accept that obviously. chelsea wasted the chance to move into the top four, surrendering a 2—0 lead to draw 3—3 with southampton. chelsea were flying thanks to two strikes from timo werner, his first premier league goals since joining in the summer. but southampton weren't about to lay down, and theo walcott‘s shot was turned in by danish defender jannik vestergaard in injury time. there are two more matches today. and raheem sterling has given manchester city the lead over arsenal. the second half is about to start at the etihad stadium. and later this evening, can manchester united bounce back from their 6—1

sadio mane scored for liverpool after just two minutes, and after five, they threatened again. were van dijki not slightly offside, it would have been a penalty. as it was, it only ended the van dijk‘s match. with great defenders, you notice the most when they're not there. michael keane was there and it was 1—1. klopp was unnerved. liverpool conceded seven in the last match, and for all the tactical manoeuvring, sometimes it's about pure instinct of players like mohamed salah. once everton might have folded, but in dominic calvert—lewin, they have a striker reaching more improbable heights. his tenth of the season already. after richarlison was sent off, it seemed like henderson had won it. now there's always a cheque. sadio mane offside by an inch. this was a derby that really was that close. patrick gearey, bbc news. liverpool managerjurgen klopp said it was the best game they'd played at everton since he took over, but he was utterly baffled by that late var decision. somebody showed me the situation with the henderson goal and i don't know where the line is and where

manchester united and liverpool, in particular. some people may wonder why a club that is so frequently mobilised about itself but being special. this is extremely selfish and self motivated and self satisfying path. ithink and self motivated and self satisfying path. i think it will definitely cause friction and angst for many people. but if you are a clu b for many people. but if you are a club who have got huge wealth, like manchester united, but i having a poor time of the pitch, how can you prevent yourself suffering, sorry having a poor time on the pitch. how can you prepare yourself to not suffer for the can you prepare yourself to not sufferfor the time on can you prepare yourself to not suffer for the time on picture shift those sappho take your place? if the ratio from top to bottom goes from one to1.6, to1.4. ratio from top to bottom goes from one to 1.6, to 1.4. united, who get millions and the ones at the bottom get millions alas, how can they possibly compete with manchester united? possibly compete with manchester un

and places like liverpool today, but just as and northwest and places like liverpool today, butjust as i message becomes more complicated and harderfor ministers, we are message becomes more complicated and harder for ministers, we are also seeing a bit more disagreement with local councils —— just at that message. what those restrictions should look like. leaders and liverpool are saying they want to see more of the data. they want to know more about how these decisions are being made, and suggesting they might actually want to see more restrictions in their areas to try and combat the virus, such as the concern they have about the prevalence. 0n the other hand, you have the mayor in middlesborough saying he doesn't agree with the new aggressive it —— new restrictions. he doesn't have the power over that. a decision has been made by central government and will come in and one te na nt government and will come in and one tenant —— one minute past midnight. it paints a more complete a picture. we are at that point to the response of the pandemic, different people are faci

so we have local leaders in liverpool today saying that they wa nt to in liverpool today saying that they want to see more of the data behind the decisions that are being made. they think they might have to go further at some point. at the other side of the spectrum you have got middlesbrough's mayor saying that he doesn't agree with this at all, he doesn't agree with this at all, he doesn't think they need to be these extra restrictions on his part, and that actually saying to people that he doesn't think they need to be followed. now, to be clear he doesn't have any control over that and those measures will still come in at one minute past midnight on saturday but it shows the complexity of the stage of the response. different parts of england are seeing different measures brought in and there is different views on the extent to which all of them are necessary and working. just to illustrate this sense of difficulty vanish politically for the government and for everyone really, just to show a couple of front pages today. the sun has got a picture, we don't know exactly when this wa

in liverpool, the figure stands at 258. but there are concerns that new restrictions could harm the economy there. and as of this evening, around a third of the uk population will be subject to extra restrictions, as new rules will come into force in wales across conwy, denbighshire, flintshire and wrexham at 6pm. this report from anna o'neill begins with the emerging situation in merseyside. liverpool city centre last weekend after the pubs closed at ten — no masks, no social distancing, and seemingly nowhere else to go. this is a city where covid—19 cases are rising fast, and which later today might be the next to see stricter lockdown measures. and many people in the city would welcome them. i think it needs to happen because when all the students come back, it has gone higher. yeah. like, it has spiked, definitely, nothing's really being done about it. closing pubs early hours, don't really see the point in it, but i do think it's in the best interest to keep the public safe, yeah. local leaders are worried about th

ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool. middlesbrough is one area where tighter restrictions have been imposed. fiona trott‘s there. the reaction? well, councils here wa nted the reaction? well, councils here wanted tougher measures but they didn't want them to go this far. the area covered by these tougher restrictions is widening. already here in the north—east of england around 2 million people are adjusting to the new rules. now, after midnight on friday, around a quarter of a million more will be joining them. middlesbrough and stockton, middlesbrough and hartlepool councils didn't ask for these measures but they wanted a household only ban and that was based on local data which suggested in september around 80% of cases which were positive were people who'd been exposed to the virus at a home. what hartlepool and middlesbrough councils were concerned about was that any measures that went beyond that in this part of the uk, which has some of the most deprived areas, it would be damaging for the local economy and fo

joining us to discuss this is former liverpool defender stephen warnock. they've travelled without virgil van dijk, his injury is a huge blow for them. put a dent in their champions league campaign? i think it probably does. i think when you think of the quality that he brings to liverpool as a team as ask what he has improved since he joined the club and you are going to get effective when you lose a pair of his quality and use a world—class defender. even before van dijk was injured, liverpool were conceeding goals, alisson is out injured too. major problem defensively? they do a little bit because people are learning now to run from deep and counteract at the play and teams are going on the past that and the most glaring statistic is when they don't play and they are 53% as opposed to 80% when they do to show the impact they had on the team. i think they will probably play at centre back as well and they drop into that position and liverpool so it's an opportunity to put him back there and it looks like he has picked up an injury after the derby so pi

hugh pym, bbc news, liverpool. of course funny how the story and all the others are covered in tomorrow's front pages, that's around 1040 and 1130 this evening. joining me tonight and the former trade mr digbyjones and the broad cast or henry. let's catch up with support. but if the link between news and support them up because portugal and juventus i said, cristiano ronaldo has fallen ill with coronavirus, says to beat doing well without symptoms and is in isolation. the remainder of the squad have tested negative for covid—19 and are available for selection. ears our sports correspondent andy swift. when aldo last played on sunday, pa rt when aldo last played on sunday, part of the portugal team that drew no nail with france in paris. bob is there where the world apartment famous for problems, medicine first and manchester united and then in madrid, he's been named the world player of the year some five times. but as i say it will be missing from portugal's team to barnett because he has tested positive for cor

we report from liverpool, at the heart of a region where the highest level of restrictions are now in place. in france, there's a strict night—time curfew being imposed in paris and in eight other big cities. in florida, the hugely influential senior vote is in play, with just three weeks to the presidential election. commentator: two yellow cards in half an hour. and tonight's football, all four home nations have been playing, and england struggled against denmark. and coming up in sport on bbc news... premier league clubs reject ‘project big picture‘, but will work togther on a new plan for the financing of english football. good evening. the latest moves to contain the pandemic have exposed even wider differences across the united kingdom. northern ireland is now set to impose the toughest coronavirus restrictions anywhere in the uk. wales is set to ban visitors coming from the worst—affected parts of england, scotland and northern ireland. and in england the new three—tier system has started with the liverpool region at the highest alert level. we start with northern ire

meanwhile, lancashire has agreed to impose the highest restrictions and join the liverpool city region, seen here in red, on very high alert. 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 earlie

not the film, the actual batman, here in liverpool? no, i've not yet. i thought it was him earlier but it was a security guard. tough break. he has been spotted in places including anfield cemetery. but for fans, spotting a stunt man is one thing, seeing new batman star robert pattinson is a bigger deal altogether. yeah, i saw robert pattinson yesterday. he was filming the walk down scenes there. what was that like, to see a hollywood actor? i don't know, i didn't really think much of it. but whether the old tv series is your favourite, or one of the amny movie versions, the much—rebooted batman franchise is as popular as ever. i've never seen a hollywood film set in person before. there's literally a cast of hundreds. i've not seen batman yet. there's not really that much going on. but if they are looking for a leading man over there, even though i am dressed in active wear, probably not the best impression to give, iam available... if you are watching. come and get me. it is not liverpool's first time as a hollywood set and who knows, with the new s

we can hearfrom our correspondent in liverpool today, dan johnson. they're nervous about exactly what's coming but they know some extra measures are needed because case numbers here have kept rising in the last few weeks, even though there have been local restrictions in place already. so, there's acceptance more is needed and there's an understanding that that is going to mean more social disruption and economic pain for this city and the region. but i think the real sticking point here has been the level of support that is on offer for people who are going to face disruption. the regional mayor was very clear that what he's expecting to be enforced here from wednesday as something similar to the original lockdown. that's the sort of level of disruption we're talking about and he says with that needs to be support for the workers who are going to be effectively furloughed again. the offer from the government is two thirds of pay. it's been pointed out here that so many people rely on low paid wages in the hospitality industry that this city is built

taken liverpool but no decisions have been ta ke n yet liverpool but no decisions have been taken yet and it is not really possible for me to say what they may or may not do. the final countdown for furloughed workers. there's one month left of the multi—billion pound scheme. 10% of the whole workforce still relies on it. has it saved jobs and what comes next? and i am at whipsnade zoo on a really big day for the rhinos, a couple of which you can see now, sizzle, the male rhino, will be released to meet two females as part ofa released to meet two females as part of a threatened animal breeding programme. today is going to be much drier and brighter with lighter winds for most of us than it was yesterday but this is the calm before the storm. this weekend is looking rather wet and very windy. all the details later in the programme. it's thursday the 1st of october. our top story. the prime minister will chair a meeting this morning about imposing tougher coronavirus restrictions on merseyside and parts of cheshire. in the last hour, the liverpool mayorjoe anderson told breakfast the

lancashire joined liverpool each other in your homes and stay over. lancashirejoined liverpool in the very high alert or tier 3 from today and in addition to the basic levels of not mixing indoors and not travelling in and out of that area, local leaders have been advised to bring in extra measures and here is where things differ. liverpool has closed gyms and leisure centres but lancashire has not and we could start to see a patchwork of different rules. even then, some government advisers said we could need a circuit breaker, short two or three week lockdown to bring down rising cases and take the pressure from the nhs while still trying to keep schools open. northern ireland is bringing in a four week lockdown from this weekend, wales is considering one and the prime minister says he does not want one nationally in england, but he has not ruled it out. thank you very much. if you want more details on what restrictions are in place where you live, our website — bbc.co.uk/news — has the details. just enter your post code to find out more. in chin

that‘s over champions liverpool in ten years. and for once everton, go into this derby top of the table with four wins out of four. it could also be a big weekend for northern ireland‘sjonathan rea, who could win a sixth world superbike title in a row, in portugal today. rea leads the standings by 59 points and victory in the first of the weekend‘s races at estoril today would not only secure another world title, but it would also see him record an unprecedented 100th race win in superbikes. best of luck to him today. one positive outcome of the lockdown and covid—19 restrictions has been the rise in the number of people exploring the countryside and trying open—air swimming, whether in lakes or rivers or outside pools. the new sport of cross country swimming combines this with a good old hike and what‘s more you can take all your stuff with you, even in the water. i‘ve been to the lake district to take part in an organised cross country swim. "i wandered lonely as a cloud." the reflections of the poet william wordswo

gyms are open in lancashire but not liverpool. they're the tensions between local leaders and central government are being laid bare. if you think back to the national lockdown in the spring, of course, nobody wanted it, but it had the advantage of simplicity. what the government is doing now is going for this regional approach because not every area is suffering in the same way, but that does mean that things have got a little bit fractious. i think there are risks on both sides here. for the government, they are being accused of not coming up with the cash to compensate those people, many of them losing their livelihoods. on the other side, you've got some local mayors being accused of delaying really important decisions that could actually save lives. meanwhile, you've got businesses sitting and waiting, simply not knowing if they will even be allowed to open in the coming days or weeks or so up i think there is another possible problem here. if you see politicians arguing about the possibility of tighter rules, does that under

-- notjust liverpool. these guys are getting 66%, it is still not great, they might be getting their wages but only to internal 15 hours a week, which is nowhere near what these quys which is nowhere near what these guys will be getting. —— may only be doing ten oh 15 hours a week. i personally think we would be better off staying closed. i agree with fiona, we work great together, if you look at a complete national lockdown, that is still not the greatest thing to have... it would hurt even more businesses across the country. yes, but short-term compared to long—term. we do not know when we were going to tier two, nothing has been explained about when we will go into that all how we will. they are going by hospitalisations, i think it was nottingham, the hospitalisation rate was higher than liverpool but liverpool have implemented tier three and i have not. do you think this city has been treated unfairly? personally, yes. the north—west and north—east travel been hitting hard, so asa north—ea

it is not pa rt highest tier —— liverpool. it is not part of the country with the highest case numbers at the moment so there are some questions about how these decisions have been made and the mayor for the city region said last night quite clearly that he thought these rules had been by the government without the right support package for the people who will be affected. he wanted to agree more money, more support for the workers, a hit when those bars and gyms have to close. some people are questioning why that is, what the data is, whether it has been done fairly. some people say there —— are there other things to play? people wondering if they have been singled out, talking about a north— south divide, when we are not looking at a national lockdown covering more places given the spread of the virus across parts of the country because i think we will hear more frustration and anger about the way these rules are being applied. let ‘s go to birmingham wherejohn maguire is an area of high alert. morning, john. do thin

liverpool, though, weren't complaining. but without the injured virgil van dijk, their defending was at times desperate. fabinho rescuing them before the break but, boy, it was close. and so was this. moments into the second half, davy klaassen rattling the post. in the final seconds, a final chance for ajax but they couldn't take it. a tricky night for liverpool but they're off to a winning start. meanwhile, manchester city's latest quest for that elusive champions league title began against porto, and it didn't begin well. luis diazjust kept running and running with impressive results. but porto's lead didn't last. a clattering challenge on raheem sterling and from the penalty spot sergio aguero just fired them level. and aguero scores. porto, though, were still posing plenty of problems and it took some serious scrambling from kyle walker to keep city level at the break. after it, though, they set about turning on the style. it is gundogan, it's outstanding! as free kicks go, ilkay gundogan's was pretty special and so wa

although the worst of it at the moment is in cities such as liverpool and manchester, they feel this is not just an issue for the north of england and so that is why later on at half past three in the house of commons we will hear from the prime minister about what those restrictions will be or the broad parameter of that. now, which area itself sits is a little bit more complicated. going back to what happened the first time around as well, there were simplicity and the fa ct we well, there were simplicity and the fact we were all in it together and that has been a very different picture with the localised lockdowns and criticism of a lack of clarity over that. what can you tell us about what we are likely to hear later on with the three tier system and how it would operate and how areas would know where they are going to be locked down? areas would know where they are going to be locked down7m areas would know where they are going to be locked down? it was in order to provide the clarity, to have neighbouring areas sometimes neighbouring boroughs with different rules even though th

danjohnson, bbc news, liverpool. new figures suggest the number of coronavirus—related deaths across the uk are doubling every fortnight. the office for national statistics says that in the week to 2nd of october, 3113 deaths involved the virus. in the previous two weeks, the figure was 158. our health correspondent richard galpin reports. the stark reality of coronavirus cases now increasing across the whole of the country means, inevitably, the number of deaths is also going up, and significantly. according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics, deaths were registered in the uk in the week up to october 2nd were nearly 600 above average for this time of year. 3113 of those deaths involved covid—19, an increase of almost 50% on the previous week. over the course of a month, the number of deaths quadrupled. but despite this, today's numbers remain a fraction of what they were in the first peak earlier this year, when they reached 9,500 per week in april. numbers are still small. but even t

this was one snapshot from liverpool city centre last night. limited gatherings, over quickly but perhaps a hint of why extra restrictions are needed for the pressure on hospitals is another factor. we are in a position where intensive care units are running almost at over 90% capacity and we've got to collectively as a community act together to defeat this virus and that means people leaving buyers and young people playing an active part in restraining this virus. if we do not act together we will all end up suffering in this kind of lockdown. with lower case numbers across the water on the wirral, dion is annoyed. if we did not have people like that behaving like that we might not have the issues, the further restrictions that we now face. you are paying the price for what is going on across the water? 100%, it is the other end of the scale. the silly end of the scale and the extreme end of the scale. the government is not new tiered system of alerts for england is now in force. most places are at the medium level where the rule of six and te

this was one snapshot from liverpool city centre last night. limited gathering that was over quickly, but perhaps a hint of why extra restrictions are needed. pressure on hospitals is another factor. we are in a position here where our intensive care units are almost running full at over 90% capacity. we have to collectively as a community act together in order to defeat this virus and that means people leaving bars and young people playing an active part in restraining this virus. we do not act as a community together, all of us act as a community together, all of us will end act as a community together, all of us willend up act as a community together, all of us will end up suffering in this kind of lockdown that we are in here. with a case numbers are quite on the world, dion is annoyed.“ here. with a case numbers are quite on the world, dion is annoyed. if we didn't have people like that behaving like that, we might not have the issues that further restrictions that we are facing now. are you paying the price? absolutely it is the other e