vicki young, bbc news. let's speak to our health correspondent, dominic hughes, who's in salford, which is in greater manchester. what do the figures there tell us of what's going on? the question i think many people in greater manchester might be asking themselves tonight is whether the situation here is grave and worsening, with cases doubling every nine days, which is how the prime minister described the situation on friday, or whether the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham is right to describe that as an exaggeration. since the ist of september we can see the infection rate in the city of man on this chart, the blue line, rose sharply for the first few weeks. around the same time that thousands of students returned to the city at the start of the university year. but in the days leading up to the 10th of october it has since declined. now, over the same period, the wider region of greater manchester, the line in red, which includes nine other boroughs, again sawa which includes nine other boroughs

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. jeremy corbyn‘s allies have reacted angrily to the decision to suspend him. one of the most powerful, the unite general secretary len mccluskey, said the decision was a "grave injustice", and warned it would "create chaos within the party". some of mr corbyn‘s supporters on the party's national executive committee have also been highly critical, suggesting that legal action could be taken. there's concern among some mps that the party is heading for another damaging confrontation between the left and the leadership, as has happened in the past. a warning — there are some flashing images in chris mason's report. crowd chants. there aren't many politicians who get treated like rock stars. but at glastonbury, jeremy corbyn did. another world is possible if we come together. but to understand the central tension at the heart of the labour party for more than a0 years, compare this — with this. no words required. a smile free zone. a sense of doom for many labour mps as mr corbyn b

vicki young, thank you. if you want more details on what restrictions are in place where you live, do go to our website — bbc. co. uk/news and search using your post code. 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, 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—i9 test. that means on average in the past week, 107 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 43,1129. the prime minister says until a vaccine has been found "mass testing" for coronavirus will be the solution to reopening the economy and society. borisjohnson says several kinds of rapid tests are being looked at, some that can provide results injust 15 minutes. it comes as a new

vicki young reporting. the welsh health minister, vaughan gething, has said that he and his colleagues are "not blind" to the impact another lockdown across wales would have on the economy, but he said covid—19 would continue to grow if they did nothing. the welsh government is considering a possible lockdown that could be announced tomorrow. leaked documents suggest the measures — a so—called "fire break" — will be similar to those imposed in march. 0ur wales political correspondent james williams is in cardiff. james, why has an agreement been reached on the so—called firebrick? after days of negotiations and a two and of ourcabinet after days of negotiations and a two and of our cabinet meeting this afternoon, the welsh government ministers decided they wanted more data and more information about this potential short firebrick, circuit breaker lockdown for a period of maybe two or three weeks, so they have asked officials to go back overnight, present them with fresh data, first thing in the mo

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. greater manchester is one of the largest local authority areas in the uk. it's been under tighter restrictions for three months already. it's made up of ten separate boroughs, all of which will move to the highest alert level, affecting around 2.8 million people. 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 restrictio

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. so, lancashire moves into the highest level of restrictions this weekend. our correspondentjudith moritz has been talking to residents and businesses in lancaster. lancashire woke up to uncertainty and rumour. mid—morning, confirmation came. the county's soaring infection rates causing it to move up from the middle to the highest covid alert level. it means that today you could have a lunchtime drink in this lancaster bar. tomorrow, you won't be able to. along with other non—food pubs, when the doors close tonight, is not certain when they will reopen. the doors close tonight, is not certain when they will reopenm the doors close tonight, is not certain when they will reopen. is it two weeks, three weeks, three months? the information is passed so poorly. we've just not understood where we stand, really. and of course, our staff are asking us questions and we can't answer them. for lauren behind the bar, it means real worry about finances in the future. the 8096, i was in the red

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. well the uk the prime minister has said until a vaccine has been found "mass testing" for coronavirus will be the solution to reopening the economy and society. borisjohnson says several kinds of rapid tests are being looked at — some that can provide results injust 15 minutes. it comes as a new survey shows that the number of infections in england rose by more than 60% last week. the bbc‘s health editor hugh pym reports. getting test results can take time. boris johnson said new technology would allow faster turna rounds and more frequent testing, starting with nhs and care staff. right now, the virus is spreading. the office for national statistics does random testing, including those without symptoms who aren't reported in the daily case figures. the latest ons survey covered community infections in the week to october the 8th, though not including scotland. it showed in england there were nearly 28,000 new cases each day, up more than 60% on the previous week. that's about one

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. there are two weeks to go till main voting day in the us election. this week, the bbc is looking at how president trump's "america first" strategy has changed the world. over the course of our series, we will be talking to correspondents based across the world to find out more about the situation in their region. part of that process is to bring us troops back home from countries like afghanistan, where they've been embroiled for nearly 20 years. that comes as the afghan government and taliban insurgents attempt to broker a peace deal. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been speaking exclusively to the top us commander in afghanistan, general scott miller. from kabul, she sent this report. 0ut out of the heavily fortified covid quarters to an intensified fight in the province is beyond. today, the us‘s top soldier is heading west, dropping in on afghan forces in the province. general miller knows the details of every district, but afg ha ns details of every dist

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. >> the u.k. prime minister said that until a vaccine is found, mass testing for coronavirus will be the solution for reopening the economy and society. >> boris johnson says rapid tests are being looked at, some can provide results in 15 minutes. this comes as a survey shows infections in england rose by 60% last week. our health editor report. >> getting test results back can take time. the prime minister said new technology would allow faster turnaround and more frequent testing, to pick up those without symptoms. using random testing the office for national statistics works out how many have got it each week, with and without symptoms. the latest ons survey covered community infections in the week to october 8 not including scotland. in england there were 28,000 new cases each day, up 60% on the previous week. that is one in 160 of the population with the virus. in wales infections also went up, with one in390 with the virus -- one in 390 with the virus. in northern ireland, one in 250. >> the

vicki young, bbc news, swindon. more than 5,000 jobs have been put at risk after cineworld — the uk's largest cinema chain — said it was considering closing all its venues. cinemas have been hit hard by big film releases being delayed, the latest being the new james bond. here's our business correspondent katy austin most cinemas have now reopened, but social distancing is limiting capacity and many big budget films have been postponed. james bond... struggling cinemas, or those who still haven't yet opened, were hanging their hopes on the newjames bond film. on friday, its release was delayed for a second time, from november until next april. cineworld, which lost £1.3 billion in the first six months of this year amid the pandemic, is writing to the government saying the industry has become unviable. it is expected to announce that it will close its uk sites, potentially putting more than 5000 jobs at risk. this afternoon, cineworld confirmed it was considering the temporary closure of its uk cinemas and those

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. well the uk the prime minister has said until a vaccine has been found "mass testing" for coronavirus will be the solution to reopening the economy and society. borisjohnson says several kinds of rapid tests are being looked at — some that can provide results injust 15 minutes. it comes as a new survey shows that the number of infections in england rose by more than 60% last week. the bbc‘s health editor hugh pym reports. getting test results back can take time. the prime minister said new technology would allow faster turnarounds and more frequent testing to pick up those without symptoms. using random testing, the ons works out how many have got it each week, with and without symptoms. the latest ons survey covered community infections in the week to the 8th of october, though not including scotland. it showed in england there were nearly 28,000 new cases each day, up more than 60% on the previous week. that's about one in 160 of the population with the virus. in wales, infectio

vicki young, thank you. a major earthquake has struck off the coast of turkey, north of the greek island of samos. at least 19 people are dead and more than 700 were injured when buildings collapsed in the turkish city of izmir and the quake was felt from athens to istanbul, from where 0rla guerin reports. amateur video captured the awful power of the quake. this multi—storey building disintegrated into dust. 0n the streets of izmir, there was fear and panic. shouting i saw people crying, trying to reach out to their loved ones. everyone was shocked and it was a very chaotic moment. about 20 buildings were brought down. the quake was felt as far away as istanbul and athens. turkey is crisscrossed by active fault lines, the danger always lying beneath. rescuers picked their way carefully through the rubble. here, finding a survivor and gently cradling his head. the man was brought out alive, like dozens of others. and, for some, emotional reunions. social distancing swept away by the chaos and the relief. i

vicki young, bbc news. let's take a look at the latest government figures — they show there were 16,982 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 16,959. 67 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 117 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 15,616. well, those were the nationalfigures, and our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has been looking at the figures for coronavirus cases in greater manchester. 0n on friday, the prime minister described the situation in manchester is great and worsening. he said cases were doubling every nine days but this morning andy burnham told the bbc, that was an exaggeration, so exactly what is going on here in manchester? if we look at some figures, since the beginning of september, we can see the infection rate in the city of m

vicki young in westminster. birmingham city council says coronavirus swab kits that had already been used were mistakenly given out to households in selly oak as part of its testing service. about 25 kits were handed out yesterday. let's speak to our correspondent, kathryn stanczyszyn. how on earth did this happen? that is very much what the council is trying to find out at the moment. the drop off and collect testing scheme has been running in the city since numbers started to go up. it is to provide ballast to the testing strategy in certain hotspot areas. it does very much what it does on the tin, volunteer knocks on your door and offers you a test, you can ta ke door and offers you a test, you can take it voluntarily, you'd then follow the instructions in 30 minutes later they come back and pick it up. yesterday, testing of this kind was concentrated in selly oak, a big student population and where the highest amount of cases have been recently. it emerged yesterday evening, about 25 of these kits which had

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. coronavirus restrictions in scotland, including the closure of pubs and restaurants across glasgow and edinburgh, are to be extended until the second of november. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it would "not be safe" to ease any measures in the short term. lorna gordon is in glasgow for us. current measures to be extended, but scotla nd current measures to be extended, but scotland will also be getting its own tier system. yes, nicola sturgeon confirmed she is looking at five tier system of restrictions and alerts for scotland. the middle three tiers broadly aligned to the system and england, a lower set of controls where things would continue as much as possible, as normal, and then a higher level of alert which would be much nearer to the full lockdown we saw back in march. we will get more details of how exactly it will work on friday stop it is still to be debated in the scottish parliament and i suppose keep many people is there still to find out what the different par

vicki young, thank you. so how significant is mrjohnson‘s pledge on green energy? let's speak to our environment analyst, roger harrabin. roger, what's your assessment? well, this is a huge task to get that much energy from offshore wind. but talking to experts this morning, it does seem that most people actually does seem that most people actually do believe this is achievable, albeit at a real push. the question is how does this fit into the broader picture, really? because it sounds very, very impressive the power everyone ‘s home with offshore wind but actually, people's homes are only about 30% of the total electricity that is used in the uk. the other two thirds goes to business in the way of industry and offices. and then again, to put that into a broader perspective for the uk, electricity is just a bit part, really, it's only i7% of total energy in the uk, the rest goes to oil and gas, nuclear and hydro. energy in the uk, the rest goes to oiland gas, nuclearand hydro. so really, the bigger picture, there's still a massive amount to do to decarbonise the

here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. waiting for work and waiting to find out what's coming next for greater manchester. taxi driverjohn says, for months, the tighter rules here compared to many other parts of the country have meant fewer passengers. he's worried about the possibility of even more restrictions. we need help up in the north. if you want to bring these things in, you know, we need financial backing otherwise it is going to be even worse again. this has been going on for a long time now and nothing seems to be resolved. i know covid is not going to disappear overnight but people who work, whether it be in pay—as—you—go unemployment, self—employed, businesses, they'll need help, otherwise... they still have bills to pay. for days, politicians here and in london have been trying to reach an agreement, and the region's labour mayor, andy burnham, has accused the government of exaggerating manchester's rise in covid cases there is more restrictions must mean more financial support. what we need is a fai

many thanks, vicki young with the latest at westminster. the whole of france has been placed on the highest level of security alert after three people were killed in a knife attack in a church in nice. the suspect was shot by police and is being treated in hospital. officers have also been dealing with a second incident in avignon. the deaths in nice comes less than a fortnight after an islamist extremist beheaded a teacher outside a school in the suburbs of paris. let‘s join our correspondent lucy williamson in nice for the latest. here in nice tonight, notre dame is ringed with security, forensics teams are working away inside. passers by, when they pass the church, they stop, they stand for a minute in silence. in the city, already bruised by a major terrorist attack four years ago. the church of notre dame today was not a place of refuge. not for the attacker, notre dame today was not a place of refuge. not forthe attacker, nor for those he killed. inside these walls, a churchwarden and two worshippers became the latest targets of ter

vicki young, bbc news. the welsh health minister, vaughan gething, has said that he and his colleagues are "not blind" to the impact another lockdown across wales would have on the economy, but he said covid—i9 would continue to grow if they did nothing. the welsh government is considering a possible lockdown that could be announced on monday. leaked documents suggest the measures — a so—called "fire break" — will be similar to those imposed in march. our wales political correspondent james williams explains. after days of tense negotiations and a two—and—a—half—hour cabinet meeting this afternoon, the welsh government ministers decided that they wanted more data, more information about this potential short fire break, circuit break lockdown, for a period of maybe two or three weeks, so they've asked officials to go back overnight, present them with fresh data first thing in the morning and the cabinet will meet once again. and the idea is that, come lunchtime, at the welsh government's pres

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. leeds has some of the highest infection rates in england. and the city's hospitality industry is bracing itself for even tougher restrictions next week. 0ur correspondent danny savage has been speaking to people living and working there. within a few days, millions of people in northern england are likely to be living under even tighter restrictions. pubs and restaurants could be shut down again. well, if it's going to get rid of this virus again, then, you know, we're going to have to put up with all this. it's not working, is it? we've been locked down and wearing masks for weeks and weeks, and it's still going up. for northern cities like leeds, manchester, liverpool and newcastle, so much of their economy is built on hospitality. they've set themselves up as work and weekend destinations. to close that sector once was difficult, but to lose it again, say those in it, could be terminal. this popular, successful cafe will struggle if it's told to shut up shop. there's a very immediate wish, is to still be in business come christmas. and tw

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. one of the big issues for millions of people living under tier 2 restrictions — the high alert level — is that there's far less support for businesses than those in tier 3. the hospitality industry calls it the "worst of all worlds." our economics editor faisal islam is with me now. and the chancellor is expected to address this tomorrow? we are certainly expecting an announcement from the chancellor of the exchequer tomorrow in the house of commons, we know that this issue is being discussed in private talks that are going on into the night. it essentially boils down to this, you have three tiers of restrictions across england, in this case, but only two tiers of support and the gap between the two is quite large, 2296 gap between the two is quite large, 22% taxpayer support for wages versus 22% taxpayer support for wages versus 66%, so there is the area in the middle, as we have heard, essentially tier 2, you do not have to close down your restaurant or pub that your business mo

all right, vicki young, thank you very much. so, as we've heard, the government's own medical and scientific advisers were ringing the alarm bells weeks ago. their clear aim was to get the r number below one, the point at which the coronavirus will eventually stop spreading. our medical editor fergus walsh takes a close look at what the scientists wanted. the sage documents warned of catastrophic consequences, unless rapid action was taken to bring the r number down. it is currently 1.2 to 1.5 which means every ten infected people are passing the virus to between 12 and 15 ours. to between 12 and 15 others. the measures we know will reduce the prevalence, and the danger of introducing measures that are not strict enough is they are still economically damaging and damaging to personal freedoms, but the prevalence keeps rising. the scientific advisers wanted a two week circuit breaker lockdown with an order for people to stay at home. they thought this would bring the r number below one but would have a short—term impact, perhap

here's our deputy political editor vicki young. waiting for work and waiting to find out what's coming next for greater manchester. taxi driverjohn says for months the tighter rules here compared to many other parts of the country have meant fewer passengers. he's worried about the possibility of even more restrictions. we need help up in the north. if you want to bring these things in, you know, we need financial backing, because otherwise it's going to be even worse again. this has been going on for a long time now and nothing seems to be resolved. i know covid's notjust going to disappear overnight, but people who work, whether it be in pay—as—you—go unemployment, self—employed, businesses, they all need help, otherwise... you've still got bills to pay. for days, politicians here and in london have been trying to reach an agreement. the region's labour mayor, andy burnham, has accused the government of exaggerating manchester's rise in covid cases and says more restrictions must mean more financial support. what we need

vicki young, there. rallies have been taking place in a number of french cities, to express outrage over the beheading of a teacher in a suspected islamist attack. samuel paty was killed near paris on friday, after showing pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad during a lesson on freedom of speech. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. applause once again around the figure of marianne, a sea of defiance. this statue, this square, a homing point for a nation whose values have come under attack. since his death on friday, samuel paty, like others before him, has become a symbol of france itself. translation: it's important to be here today to show our collective strength because that's what can help us follow our principles during tough times. the prime minister, jean castex arrived in place de la republique with a mask printed with the french flag. his message on twitter today read, you won't scare us, we are france. the newest slogan on posters here, "i am samuel" or simply, "i am a teacher",

our deputy political editor vicki young is in westminster. so vicki, we are getting a bit of an idea of how these restrictions will work and what it will look like. it looks as though liverpool will be hit the hardest, if you like a greater manchester there in tier two. this has taken some time to work out, it feels, doesn't it, partly because of a lot of resista nce partly because of a lot of resistance from local leaders in the north of england. yeah, the idea behind this three tier system was to simplify things. there were lots of complaints from people saying that evenin complaints from people saying that even in areas that had similar numbers of coronavirus cases, they we re numbers of coronavirus cases, they were being treated differently, that restrictions were different, sometimes in neighbouring areas, so the idea around this was to say if you are in tier one, at least you know what the restrictions will become of the same for tier two and tier three. i think what has happened is that tier three, particularly, because it is the most

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. leeds has some of the highest infection rates in england. the city's hospitality industry is bracing itself for even tighter restrictions next week. 0ur north of england correspondent danny savage has been speaking to people living and working there. within a few days, millions of people in northern england are likely to be living under even tighter restrictions. pubs and restaurants could be shut down again. well, if it's going to get rid of this virus again, then, you know we are going to have to put up with all of this. it's not working, is it? we've been in lockdown and wearing masks for weeks and weeks, and it is still going up. for northern cities like leeds, manchester, liverpool and newcastle so much of their economy is built on hospitality. they have set themselves up as work and weekend destinations. to close that sector once was difficult, but to lose it again, say those in it, could be terminal. this popular successful cafe will struggle if it is told to shut up shop. there is a very immediate wish, to still be in business come c

let's go to vicki young. no surprise really that there is rising coronavirus cases, rising hospital admissions too have really dominated prime minister's questions with lots of people raising the issues of local restrictions, whether they are working, and the backdrop to this too that nicola sturgeon, first minister of scotland, is about to announce tighter restrictions there. let's discuss all of that. i'm joined from labour and the snp and the conservatives. let's start first with keir starmer who has this question to put the prime minister. today... today is 100 days, mr speaker, since the first local restrictions were introduced. 20 local areas in england have been under restrictions for two months. prime minister, in 19 of those 20 areas, the infection rates have gone up. in rossendale, in hyndburn, they have gone up tenfold. yet, all the prime minister has to say is, "it's too early to say if restrictions are working." but it's obvious that something has gone wrong here. so what's the prime minister goi

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. well the uk the prime minister has said until a vaccine has been found "mass testing" for coronavirus will be the solution to reopening the economy and society. borisjohnson says several kinds of rapid tests are being looked at — some that can provide results injust 15 minutes. it comes as a new survey shows that the number of infections in england rose by more than 60% last week. our health editor hugh pym reports. getting test results back can take time. the prime minister said new technology would allow faster turnarounds and more frequent testing to pick up those without symptoms. using random testing, the ons works out how many have got it each week, with and without symptoms. the latest ons survey covered community infections in the week to the 8th of october, though not including scotland. it showed in england there were nearly 28,000 new cases each day, up more than 60% on the previous week. that's about one in 160 of the population with the virus. in wales, infections also

it is our deputy political editor vicki young. for months, life has not been normal anywhere in the uk. but slowly more and more of us are being told to live once again under very tight restrictions, telling us who we can see, where we can travel, what stays open and what must close. borisjohnson insisted today that the sacrifices are paying off, that the coronavirus isn't spreading as fast as it did in the spring. why is it so chaotic? but he's been accused of reducing the amount of help going to workers whose businesses are ordered to shut. there is no other country in europe, mr speaker, where so much support, so much help is beginning to the population get through this crisis, and we will continue do that. but that's not how the mayor of greater manchester sees it. negotiations over financial support for his area descended into mudslinging. after days of uncertainty, the prime minister announced that £60 million would now be given directly to councils. people working in betting shops... but the labour leader says workers will

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. coronavirus restrictions in scotland, including the closure of pubs and restaurants across glasgow and edinburgh, are to be extended until the 2nd of november. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it would "not be safe" to ease any measures in the short term. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon gave us this update. nicola sturgeon confirmed she is looking at five—tier system of restrictions and alerts for scotland. the middle three tiers broadly aligned to the system in england, a lower set of controls where things would continue as much as possible, as normal, and then a higher level of alert which would be much nearer to the full lockdown we saw back in march. we'll get more details of how exactly it will work on friday. it is still to be debated in the scottish parliament and i suppose key for many people is there still to find out what the different parts of scotland, where they will pull in this new set of restrictions. but for now, the current restrictions, which are

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. nottingham now has the highest rate of new covid—i9 cases in the country. the city has moved above manchester, liverpool and knowsley, with 689 cases per 100,000 people in the week to 5 october. that's compared to 122 in the week to 28th september. let's speak to the labour mp for nottingham north and the shadow health minister, alex norris. you were on the conference call with the health minister, edward argar, earlier today, briefed by the covid task force on the latest local covid—19 data. first of all, when it comes to nottingham, why do you think there has been this large increase in the cases in yourjurisdiction and your constituencies? what happened in nottingham has been exceptional and it's ordinary stop we have gone from basically below average in our case rate a couple of weeks ago, to now being the number one by infection rate, of course, having two big and very good universities plays a part for that, but we have got all those sort of risk factors around covid. we are

here's vicky young. his pub has to close. we saw it was coming. could be bad news for business in the struggle. the good news to finally get some information. to know we can stop partying and making plans now. and figure out what we will do. we have a wedding in limbo forten we will do. we have a wedding in limbo for ten days. that should been waiting. leaders have been demanding more money to help workers whose income will fall because of closures. they were given until midday to accept a final offerfrom they were given until midday to accept a final offer from the government, but there was no agreement and ministers in london said they would impose tougher restrictions. they made a generous and extensive offer to support manchester businesses. 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

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news, still to come, a new anti—viral drug trial to find a treatment for the early stages of covid—19, can it reduce the risk of people getting seriously ill? music. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. enjoying the show is right, this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news. our top story — france raises its terror alert to its highest level after three people are killed in a knife attack at a ch

young, there. let's get the views now of sir mark walport, who was the government chief scientific adviser from 2013 to 2017 and is now a member of sage — the government's scientific advisory group for emergencies. good afternoon to you, sir mark. thank you forjoining us. you listened of course to the deputy chief medical officer listened of course to the deputy chief medical 0fficerjonathan van damme and the others at the briefing this morning, just wonder what your thoughts were about what he had to say? well, he and stephen powers go toa say? well, he and stephen powers go to a very clear and good briefing andi to a very clear and good briefing and i don't think there's much doubt now that we are entering into a second wave of this pandemic, and the time window for bringing it under control is narrowing, and what they showed was that although it is clearly at its worst in the north—east, north—west, yorkshire, humberside, parts of scotland, it is spreading across the country, and as you po

our deputy political editor, vicki young, has been following events as they unfolded today. for more than a week the politicians have argued and for businesses that has meant uncertainty and anxiety. today the west fears became reality for chris as his pub in wigan has got to close. we saw it coming, it is bad news for the business and we will struggle but good news to finally know 0k, will struggle but good news to finally know ok, now we can start planning, making plans for the start and business and start figuring out what to do. we've been waiting in limbo forten what to do. we've been waiting in limbo for ten days, feels like a month. leaders have been asking for money in money to help workers whose income is wilful due to the closures they had until midday today to accept a final offerfrom they had until midday today to accept a final offer from government but there was no agreement and ministers in london said they would impose tougher restrictions. we met a generous and extensive offer to support manchester businesses and this offer was proportionate to the support w

vicky young has more. a year ago, he was trying to be prime minister. today, jeremy corbyn is suspended from the party he joined more than 50 years ago. today, the organisation set up to legally protect the equality concluded there had been serious failings in the way labour dealt with anti—semitism. in response, mr corbyn seemed to suggest that problem had been exaggerated. prompting the dramatic step by his successor. i made it clear that we won't tolerate anti—semitism or the denial of anti—semitism through the suggestion that it's exaggerated or factional and that's why i was disappointed withjeremy corbyn‘s response. and that is why appropriate action has been taken which i fully support. very shocked and very disappointed. i've been in the labour party all my life and i want to make it absolutely clear. anti—semitism has no place whatsoever in our party or our movement. i have opposed it and racism in all its forms all my life, and that is what i've made clear during my leadership of the party and i make clear today as a member of parlia

young reports. coronavirus cases on the rise, hospitals under pressure. liverpool faces new restrictions from midnight. we have got the spirit. households won't be allowed to mix, but shops, restaurants, schools and workplaces will stay open. the government's scientific advisers privately recommended three weeks ago that it was time to go much further. and today, the labour leader backed their plan for a national circuit breaker, a short period when all hospitality and leisure venues would shut. for months, sir keir starmer has broadly supported the government's approach. that came to an end with this direct message for the prime minister. you know that the scientific evidence backs this approach. you know that the restrictions you introduced won't be enough. you know that a circuit breaker is needed now to get this virus under control. you can't keep delaying this and come back to the house of commons every few weeks with another plan that won't work. he says the test and trace system isn't working

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 that they are delaying decisions that could in fact save lives. all of this taking a lot longer. you've got health officials are longer. you've got health officials a re really longer. you've got health officials are re

let's go to gotoa go to a deputy political editor —— our deputy political actor, vicki young. we have been hearing from the medical staff which has a prelude to what we'll be hearing from the prime minister later. that is really showing the geographical spread of covid in what people are now calling the second wave across england. plus the second wave across england. plus the age group being affected and thatis the age group being affected and that is happening on hospitals. the big question is what the government do about it and no doubts they are going to be more restrictions coming. i remember, we have been speaking for a couple of weeks about this new tier system, three tiers. the government has decided it does not want any more national organs, it will avoid those. at all costs. national mac —— national lockdowns. they were looking at different areas of the country and realising all these restrictions were being interpreted and brought in differently. the idea was to have three tiers, so that you knew if your area was in one of us what the restrictions would be. it ha

our deputy political editor, vicki young, is in westminster. we had some grim medicalfigures this morning preparing us resume presumably for restrictions this afternoon? interestingly the government feels it has to lay out that data, the grass people saw, showing the geographical spread of coronavirus. it really does feel like those freedoms of the summer didn't last very long. the prime minister will address mps in the house of commons for more than a couple of hours, actually, at 3:30. the idea behind these three tiers was to simplify the message. lots of people were complaining that neighbouring areas had different restrictions, so the whole idea was three different tiers so when you are in that tier, you would know what to face. but what has happened since then is a lot more communication and consultation with local leaders, so there could still be some differences, some variations between areas in the same tier. also wrangling over the financial support that many people feel should be there for those places that are false to shut down. of

our deputy political editor vicki young joins us now. hello. what you expecting?” hello. what you expecting? i think the backgrounds of this is going to inform really what a lot of the debate is about and that is a rising number of coronavirus cases, arising number of coronavirus cases, arising number of coronavirus cases, arising number of hospital admissions and we lack clarity amongst ministers and officials about what is going on, particularly in certain areas of the north of england. the other backdrop to this, of course, is a possibility of more restrictions been brought in by nicola sturgeon in scotland which will inevitably put pressure on the government to do the same for england. i'm sure that the labour leader will have many questions to ask about all of this and i think a general feeling that despite all these different restrictions that are being brought in, that local lockdowns are simply not working, they are not so far having the desired effect. i think there are some element that in certain cities, of course, the numbe

vicki young, bbc news. let's speak now to our correspondent, dan johnson, who is in manchester for us this morning. good morning to you. talks continue today? good morning, absolutely. there is some urgency to those talks because a recognition that every day goes past without these further restrictions being applied means potentially more people going at a hospital, more people getting ill, and there are reports that the hospitals around greater manchester are starting to fill up now, are starting to feel the pressure. so those talks yesterday continued, described as constructive, and today they will be taken over by robert jenrick, communities secretary, who will be talking to notjust the city mayor but local council leaders as well, trying to agree the details of what support will be in place for local businesses and workers who will be hit by those tighter restrictions if greater manchester does go into the very high tier of restrictions. and trying to reassure leaders, i think the government has to give

our deputy political editor vicki young is at westminster. there is a lot of data out there that you have do track it down. there is a lot of data out there that you have do track it downm is interesting the government has decided to come forward with the head of the nhs in england and with the deputy chief medical officer and put this kind of information out there for people with the graphs, with all of the information and i think they do feel they need to explain to people why after that severe lockdown in the spring they now feel that they are going to have to be extra restrictions. they are really making the case for it and saying to people reluctantly they will have to bring this in. i think thatis will have to bring this in. i think that is because lots of people in the first wave very much on side with what happened with the restrictions that were brought in by the government that people have been through a very difficult time and to face that again now, i think the government realises they have to try to explain to people and you coul

our deputy political editor vicki young has more. a year ago he was trying to be prime minister. today, jeremy corbyn is suspended from the party he joined more than 50 years ago. shame on you! this time in charge was turbulent and divisive. jewish mps said it was his fault they were bullied out of the party. today, the organisation set up to legally protect equality concluded there had been serious failings in the way labour dealt with anti—semitism. in response, mr corbyn seems to suggest the problem had been exaggerated, prompting the dramatic step by his successor. i made it clear we will not tolerate anti—semitism or the denial of anti—semitism through the suggestion that it is exaggerated or factional and that is why i was disappointed withjeremy corbyn‘s response and that is why appropriate action has been taken, which i fully support. when mr corbyn was leader he repeatedly said that anti—jewish hate would not be tolerated. but last year bbc panorama interviewed several former staffers who said the problem was being ignored. i do not think the labour party is a

vicki young, bbc news. as we have heard the government's on medical scientific advisers were ringing the alarm bells weeks ago. their clear ringing the alarm bells weeks ago. theirclearaim ringing the alarm bells weeks ago. their clear aim was to try and get the number below one, the point at which the coronavirus will eventually stop spreading. our medical editor takes a closer look at what the scientists were wanting. the sage documents warned of catastrophic consequences unless rapid action was taken to bring the r number down. it's currently 1.2—1.5, which means every ten infected people are passing the virus to between 12 and 15 others. the strict measures we know will reduce the prevalence, and the danger of introducing measures that are not strict enough is they're still economically damaging and still damaging to personal freedoms, but the prevalence keeps rising. the scientific advisers wanted a two—week circuit breaker lockdown with an order for people to stay at home. they thought this would bring the r number below one, but would have a short—term impact, perhaps re

he‘ll now face a disciplinary hearing as our deputy political editor vicki young reports. a year ago he was trying to be prime minister. today, jeremy corbyn is suspended from the party he joined more than 50 years ago. shame on you! his time in charge was turbulent and divisive. jewish mps said it was his fault they were bullied out of the party. today, the organisation set up to legally protect equality concluded there had been serious failings in the way labour dealt with anti—semitism. in response, mr corbyn seems to suggest the problem had been exaggerated, prompting the dramatic step by his successor. i made it clear we will not tolerate anti—semitism or the denial of anti—semitism through the suggestion that it is exaggerated or factional and that is why i was disappointed withjeremy corbyn‘s response and that is why appropriate action has been taken, which i fully support. when mr corbyn was leader he repeatedly said that anti—jewish hate would not be tolerated. but last year bbc panorama interviewed several former staffers who said the problem was being

let's speak to a deputy political editor vicki young, who has been listening to that press conference from westminster. vicki, it seems clear that the prime minister and the government haven't been able to carry or the local councils they wa nted carry or the local councils they wanted to go into tier three. when do we think they might be persuaded? i think there is an interesting power struggle going on here. for quite some time, local leaders including some of the mayors have said they want to be more involved. they felt like although they were occasionally included in meetings, they didn't have any say over what was going on, certainly not over what restrictions would be brought in. in the last few days, that has changed. there has been a lot more talking, dialogue and decision—making with some of these leaders. the standout moment for me from that press conference was chris whitty, who talks about the restrictions that have been laid out for tier three, which is the highest level of severe restrictions. the government has centrally laid out a baseline, saying, these are the thin

london mps, vicki young says, have been told by ministers that capital will have a tear to restrictions from this weekend. —— tier two. no household mixing indoors. the rule of six applies outdoors. london mps in a call with ministers this morning, that is a result of that, as suggested by london mayor sadiq khan, he said he thought restrictions would be brought in within the next few days. london mps have been told by ministers that capital will have tier two restrictions from this weekend. that means no household mixing indoors and the rule of six applies outdoors. more on that. right now... an 11—year—old liverpool fan has had his anxiety over moving to secondary school eased after receiving a letterfrom his hero. lewis wrote tojurgen klopp in the hope of getting some advice on how to deal with nerves, and the liverpool manager didn‘t disappoint by responding with a heartfelt note. we can speak now to lewis and his mum, milena. welcome to both of you. thank you for joining welcome to both of you. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. let‘s begin with you, lewis. i know you

here's our deputy political editor, vicky young. it has taken days of negotiations, finally local leaders and make a share in ministers in london have come up with a deal with more restrictions coming across the county, alongside millions of pounds of financial support. but some shoppers here want a different approach. i think they should've done it earlier, to be quite honest. you have to tell more. i think it is good, think he needs to be put further. the way it's becoming a cross, they have not been clear on the rules anyway. there is no transparency. total, utter confusion. boris johnson is opted for a regional approach because many places have fewer covid—i9 cases than hotspots in england. there has been more delay. know what staff to implement these measures which damage local businesses, but these decisions were necessary because of the rate of increase notjust of infections, but also in hospitalizations and admissions to intensive care. but not every area has signed up. the mayor of greater manchester and some conservative

young has more details. there will be televised press conferences, quite similar to what we see in the white house and government want to introduce those as soon as next month. the person who will be the face for the government is allegra stratton. she is a former guardian journalist, she used to work for the bbc, itn and is most recently been working for rishi sunak, the chancellor. she is very much someone who knows her stuff. she will be beaming into people's living rooms every day, once they get this up and running and the government wants to do this because what they want to get their message out there, directly to viewers. it's quite a controversial idea, some would say, because it won't be an elected minister. they do insist there will still be ministers, and cabinet ministers fielding questions at other times, but as for daily briefing, it will be allegra stratton taking questions, as far as we know, from journalists. we don't know if it will follow the same patterns as press conferences which have t