with pakistan to come on saturday. —— sunday. the champions league continues later — with more teams with the chance to make the knockouts. manchester city are there now — but neighbours united can't afford any more slips, after losing their first two games. they're in denmark to face copenhagen later. marcus rashford is back in the squad after missing united's last premier league match through injury. not because of his decision to have a birthday party after they lost the manchester derby the previous weekend. erik ten hag says the team need to help the forward improve in front of goal so far this season. marcus is very committed to manchester united, to this team and he is investing hard work and training to get back into form. i think the players make their efforts but there can always be more. so we expect higher standards for manchester united, when you are a player, you are staff, we expect high standards and expect that you at least win every game. so from ourselves, we have very high expectations. arsenal like united are trying to win a second game in a row. although arsenal go into their match against sevilla at the emirates top of their group. manager mikel arteta has defended his strong criticism of the refereeing in their first defeat of the premier league season. at newcastle on saturday when he called it a disgrace. the club also weighed in and the fa has written to both, to ask for their observations on the matter. my duty is to be defending my players, supporting my players, supporting my club, defending my people in the best possible way, and this is what i'm going to do time after time. and i do it, not the way i feel, with the evidence and being as clear as possible. the arsenal women's manager, jonas eidevall has responded to claims he �*bullied' the fourth official, during their win over manchester city on sunday in the wsl. eidevall was adamant he did nothing he would be ashamed of, after city boss gareth taylor's allegation. this is what he had to say. i got really disappointed with the comments because i think they no personal truth in them. the wording that gareth used by third birds is borderline slander and either he is not very good with the truth or good with the language, but either way i don't think is acceptable. and the rugby union referee wayne barnes has spoken for the first time about the threats of violence that he and his family received after he took charge of the recent world cup final. he has also been talking about his fears that a match official could be attacked if something doesn't change. in his first interview since retiring last week. the most capped referee in the history of the international game has called for prosecutions of social media abusers. he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. we are used to people criticising you. but when people make threats against you, your wife, your children, threats of sexual violence, saying that we know where you live, that crosses a line, that is when people should be held to account and punished. i want to look at legislation about what social media sites and companies can do and i also want governing bodies to consider what they can do. and that's all the sport for now. here in the uk... the uk covid inquiry — which is examining the government's response to the pandemic — has heard from the former cabinet secretary, lord sedwill. he apologised for suggesting chickenpox—style parties could be held for covid early in the pandemic. he says that was part of a private exchange and never expected it to become public. he said the suggestion was made when the spread of the virus seemed �*inevitable' and he was looking at ways of managing it. these were private exchanges, and i certainly had not expected this to become public. and i understand how and in particular, the interpretation that's been put on it, that it must have come across that someone in my role was both sort of heartless and thoughtless about this. and i'm genuinely neither. but i do understand the distress that must have caused. and i apologise for that because it certainly wouldn't have been my attention. and, of course, i wasn't the one who made it public. live now to our corrrespondent ellie price for more on the inquiry. another day of evidence which is giving us an insight into what people were saying behind closed doors during the pandemic. absolutely as it has been for the last few weeks. i think the other important moment today was when the cabinet secretary, the then cabinet secretary, sedwill was asked if he was told to then sack the sec. matt hancock and he said it was not his job to recommend an elected politician who they should employ, but it left the prime minister under no illusion on what he felt that his position was. matt hancock has received plenty of criticism during this inquiry and it seemed again today where he was criticised for his lack of candour, that he was overconfident, yet over promised and under delivered. there was a whatsapp message that was read out between sedwill and another seniors civil servant in which he said, for a hancock to protect, save lives and protect the nhs. a tape of the slogan doing the rounds at the time. for advice for the bridge people and what to do during covid. henge for advice for the bridge people and what to do during covid.— what to do during covid. have we heard any more _ what to do during covid. have we heard any more on _ what to do during covid. have we heard any more on the _ what to do during covid. have we - heard any more on the conversations between macaroni and —— sedwill and borisjohnson? we between macaroni and -- sedwill and boris johnson?— boris johnson? we heard internal whatsa- boris johnson? we heard internal whatsapp messages _ boris johnson? we heard internal whatsapp messages that - boris johnson? we heard internal whatsapp messages that were i boris johnson? we heard internal. whatsapp messages that were read boris johnson? we heard internal- whatsapp messages that were read out between sedwill and that then chief of staff, or the senior adviser, dominic cummings in which he had worn dominic cummings that key decisions needed to be made with the influence of ministers and of experts. and not to him a bunch of number ten special advisers. it gives you some insight into how these decisions were being made or at least how they perceive to be made. sedwilland at least how they perceive to be made. sedwill and the senior civil service and he had to remind the prime minister, borisjohnson on a number of occasions that he also knew too involved ministerial colleagues as well and some of these key decision—making. there was another whatsapp conversation those also read out in which it talked about boris johnson's also read out in which it talked about borisjohnson�*s inner circle, the likes of dominic cummings were feral and that they were brutal to work with and how he had bite marks from conversations that had been had. all of this very uncomfortable and very personal language. i the point that these work whatsapp messages that were never designed to be read out in public. it gives you a sense of what was going on at downing street in the course that is what this inquiry is interested in, notjust personalities, notjust messages, but also the structure, i:e., could they make it work. that was one of the points that sedwill was one of the points that sedwill was making. but he was trying to in effect make the structures works of the key decisions were still being made and they were being made based on the, notjust the prime minister's decisions, but that the prime minister was being fed all of the right information from all of the right information from all of the different experts.— the right information from all of the different experts. thank you very much _ the different experts. thank you very much for— the different experts. thank you very much for bringing - the different experts. thank you very much for bringing us - the different experts. thank you - very much for bringing us up-to-date very much for bringing us up—to—date and there is more on the inquiry on our live page on the bbc news website. and that the premise or held a meeting with the met police chiefs are mark rowley at downing street this afternoon. we can discuss this further with our political correspondent ione wells who was in westminster for us. we just wejust got we just got news about an hour or so ago of this meeting between sir mark rowley and cerise issue neck will be expecting the pair to me?— expecting the pair to me? it was uuite an expecting the pair to me? it was quite an unexpected _ expecting the pair to me? it was quite an unexpected meeting - expecting the pair to me? it was | quite an unexpected meeting this afternoon he was meant to be at a separate event with the institute of government which was then cancelled as he had to go to number ten. in the last couple of minutes or so we have got a statement from rishi sunak that number ten has sent out essentially summarising what came of this meeting. in it rishi sunak had some pretty strong words of his personal views of the march and he said in his statement that the weekend is one for reflection for people who made an immense sacrifice and he described the protests as not just disrespectful, but offensive to our heartfelt gratitude to the memory of those people. the rishi sunak having making pretty clear what his personal views are on the march taking place. he also said that one of the freedoms that people who may have died in various wars fought for was the freedom to protest and freedom of expression so he did say and that needs to be balanced with other events taking place this weekend. he said he was seeking assurances from police that all would be done to try and protect the remember services and events taking place over the weekend. sir mark rowley�*s perspective is that there has been a very high threshold in order to be met to cancel a protest. it would have to threaten very serious public disorder to the extent that police would not be able to control it for police to say that a march could not go ahead. so police have resisted calls including from some campaigners to try and cancel the march. he has also said and some of the organisers of the event that it is not set to go past the cenotaph instead it is going from hyde park in central london down to the us embassy in voxel, not down to the us embassy in voxel, not down whitehall and pass government buildings. it is also set to start after the time when the minute silence would be held so that remembered service as well. but certainly i think depending on how this event goes there could be well more discussions that are had between ministers and police after the event as well. certainly at the moment i think the police's main concern is not necessarily the main march of any splinter events or fringe events that may happen around the peripheries. fringe events that may happen around the peripheries-_ the peripheries. thank you very much for brinuain the peripheries. thank you very much for bringing us _ the peripheries. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date _ the peripheries. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date on - the peripheries. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date on that. for bringing us up—to—date on that story. experts warned that british experts in the uk warn that forests up and down the country face the threat of a catastrophic ecosystem collapse within the next 50 years if aciton is not taken. factors such as the competition for water, as well as extreme weather related events will affect forest management according to a group of researchers. one researcher part of this study is eleanor tew, head of forest planning for forestry england. tells more about the study. good evenina. tells more about the study. good evening- the _ tells more about the study. good evening. the study _ tells more about the study. good evening. the study harness - tells more about the study. (emf. evening. the study harness the collective wisdom of experts to identify 50 emerging challenges and opportunities facing uk forests over the next 50 years. those issues cover everything from new technology including things like virtual reality right through to global markets. one of the most significant challenges as we said at the start was the potential for catastrophic ecosystem collapse which is quite alarming and that is where multiple threats come together primarily caused by climate change, things like weather events like wind and fire and pests and diseases. if that happened simultaneously, it could cause a force as a whole to collapse which would be significant notjust for wildlife, which would be significant notjust forwildlife, but which would be significant notjust for wildlife, but also for society as well. because we all have really important goods and benefits that are forced to live or to society. 50 are forced to live or to society. so what needs to be done? are forced to live or to society. so i what needs to be done? fortunately, we have time- _ what needs to be done? fortunately, we have time. this _ what needs to be done? fortunately, we have time. this is _ what needs to be done? fortunately, we have time. this is a _ what needs to be done? fortunately, we have time. this is a horizon - what needs to be done? fortunately, we have time. this is a horizon skin l we have time. this is a horizon skin so it is all about looking decades ahead. and we know how to increase, so we can increase the diversity of forests, tree species, the age structure, the genetic diversity of our forests and that all helps are force be much more resilient, adaptable and so that they can hopefully stand and observe these pressures instructs and disturbances. but also one of the emerging opportunities identified in this paper is new technology. there is great potential for us to get much smarter in the way that we do our policy management using things like remotely operated machinery to do much more nuanced risk management but also in terms of society and the general public, we have brilliant bio—security, but the public can help us in making sure that their boots are clean and that they clean their bikes and equipment and making sure that the stop the spread of pests and diseases as well. we can all do our bit. _ pests and diseases as well. we can all do our bit. thank— pests and diseases as well. we can all do our bit. thank you _ pests and diseases as well. we can all do our bit. thank you very - pests and diseases as well. we can all do our bit. thank you very much head of force planning for four street england. nearly 10,000 new cases of mouth cancer diagnosed in the uk — now a health charity is warning that lack of access to nhs dentists mean symptoms are not being treated early enough. latest figures from the oral health foundation suggests that there's been a 50% increase in the number of people dying from the disease in the past decade. live now to miranda steeples, hygiene therapist and the president of the british society of dental hygiene therapists. thank you forjoining us. some concerning numbers there when we look at the cases of mouth cancer. what do you make of that research? we see that played out in practice and bc it in research, that is published regularly that the cases of oral cancer are on the increase and it is currently the 14th most common cancer in the uk. the risk factors for events such as smoking, drinking excessive alcohol amounts and poor diet, will contrary to that. if we can try and reduce those risks, it will improve our oral and general health and improve the chances of not developing oral cancers. , ., , ., cancers. the figures are staggering, 10,000 new — cancers. the figures are staggering, 10,000 new cases _ cancers. the figures are staggering, 10,000 new cases nearly, _ cancers. the figures are staggering, 10,000 new cases nearly, of - cancers. the figures are staggering, 10,000 new cases nearly, of mouth| 10,000 new cases nearly, of mouth cancer diagnosed in the uk, every year. what needs to be done to bring those numbers down? i year. what needs to be done to bring those numbers down?— those numbers down? i think more awareness of _ those numbers down? i think more awareness of the _ those numbers down? i think more awareness of the risk _ those numbers down? i think more awareness of the risk factors - those numbers down? i think more awareness of the risk factors for i awareness of the risk factors for the general public so as i say, reducing alcohol consumption, stopping smoking, improving your diet and also self awareness. checking inside the mouth, making a once a month thing on the first of each month that you check inside the mouth of any lumps, bumps, ulcers or patches that are not healing and get your self to a dental hygienist, therapist or even your gp if you need to. ~ . therapist or even your gp if you need to. . ., ., ., , , therapist or even your 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more prevalent in males and over the age | prevalent in males and over the age of 60. not entirely sure why that is, whether they are the people that perhaps do not seek care quickly, that has been shown in research, and perhaps do engage in those less healthy lifestyle habits. but if you are coming to see a dental professional regularly, then we can have those areas check for you. so if anything is developing a can be picked up quite early and it does have good success rates and survival rates of oral cancers are picked up soon. ., ~' rates of oral cancers are picked up soon. . ~ i. ., ., , rates of oral cancers are picked up soon. . ~ ., ., , ., soon. thank you for “oining us on what is an — soon. thank you forjoining us on what is an important _ soon. thank you forjoining us on - what is an important health concern. now it's 400 years since the first collection of shakespeare's plays was published — the first folio, which came out in 1623, was compiled by his friends — and without it much of his work might have been lost forever. well one theatre in prescot on merseyside has a copy of the famous first folio, as our arts correspondent david sillito has been finding out. welcome to prescot, nestled between st helens and liverpool. and this is, well, the last time i was here, it was the red lion. it's now... the mermaid tavern in prescot. so why has it changed? it's changed, the mermaid tavern is actually a place where shakespeare used to drink. what used to be greggs is now mercutio's, named after the character from romeo and juliet. this has become the bard. the old mill is now the stage door. and yes, that is shakespeare again, looking down on us. and this is the cause of this shakespearean makeover, in what used to be a town famous for making clocks, watches and cables. shakespeare north, a recreation of a theatre from the 1600s. here it is. this is... the folio. and on this 400th anniversary, it's one of the hosts of a rare copy of an original shakespeare first folio. the best and most beautiful folio. you're on it! we really are. and the arrival of the folio is recognition of the mission here, to use shakespeare to help the local economy and also widen access both to see the plays and perform on stage. for tia, playing here egeus in midsummer night's dream, this was herfirst big break after an open audition in her home, newcastle. so does shakespeare sound better in geordie? yeah! everything sounds better in geordie! i was just in my element. i've never been able to be on a stage like that. once you're in it, it'sjust, it's the best feeling. shall i compare thee to a summer's day? and there's good reason to have different voices because the verse wasn't written for the drama school accent that actors like ben crystal here were expected to use. if this be error and upon me proved, i never writ, nor no man ever loved. so "proved" and "loved" — they don't rhyme. shakespeare would have done it? in original pronunciation if this be error and upon me prov�*d, i never writ, nor no man ever loved. the rhyme, the rhyme works when you get the accent right. absolutely. so on this 400th anniversary, a moment of recognition for a town and a theatre deeply invested in the work and legacy of william shakespeare. david sillito, bbc news, prescot. let's discuss this further. live now to billy howle, an actor who starred as shakespeare's hamlet at bristol old vic. thank you forjoining us. when you watch that report, how do you feel when you see that goals are to being opened up? it when you see that goals are to being 0 ened u - ? , , when you see that goals are to being o--enedu? , ,, , when you see that goals are to being opened up?— when you see that goals are to being o--enedu? , ,, , ., , opened up? it sends shivers down my spine- what — opened up? it sends shivers down my spine- what an _ opened up? it sends shivers down my spine. what an incredible _ opened up? it sends shivers down my spine. what an incredible thing. - opened up? it sends shivers down my spine. what an incredible thing. the | spine. what an incredible thing. the fact that it is as poignant today as it was when it was first written i think is a special day. i5 it was when it was first written i think is a special day.— think is a special day. is it as poignant _ think is a special day. is it as poignant today _ think is a special day. is it as poignant today as _ think is a special day. is it as poignant today as it was - think is a special day. is it as| poignant today as it was when think is a special day. is it as i poignant today as it was when it think is a special day. is it as - poignant today as it was when it was first written, a lot of people who perhaps have not studied shakespeare as schooled at don't really connect with it and someone i spoke to recently had never even read or heard of king lear, for example. there is perhaps an expectation of, can i say, or privileged in the sense that they have more access to it, but i strongly believe that shakespeare wrote those words for everyone to listen to and i think thatis everyone to listen to and i think that is true if you look at it historically, the people who went to see the place they were popular with people with the whole of society. i think it is really important to try to make it as accessible as it was then, today for everybody. haifa to make it as accessible as it was then, today for everybody. how do ou do then, today for everybody. how do you do that? _ then, today for everybody. how do you do that? . _ then, today for everybody. how do you do that? . my _ then, today for everybody. how do you do that? , my job _ then, today for everybody. how do you do that? , my job as _ then, today for everybody. how do you do that? , my job as an - then, today for everybody. how do you do that? , my job as an actor. then, today for everybody. how do | you do that? , my job as an actor is you do that? , my 'ob as an actor is about clarity _ you do that? , my 'ob as an actor is about clarity and — you do that? , my job as an actor is about clarity and it _ you do that? , my job as an actor is about clarity and it is _ you do that? , my job as an actor is about clarity and it is about - you do that? , my job as an actor is about clarity and it is about making | about clarity and it is about making the words clear and allowing people in on yourjourney as the character, so in my case playing hamlet, i don't want to alienate my audience, i want people who have perhaps never seen shakespeare before it to come and understand as many words as popular that i say when i am on stage —— as many words as possible. how i do that, it is difficult to say, but ijust have to have that in my mind. i have to be thinking about my mind. i have to be thinking about my audience and that there are going to be varying degrees of understanding and knowledge on shakespeare. there will be a lot of people in the audience who have a lot of knowledge and may be hindered ijy lot of knowledge and may be hindered by their expectations and i think there will be people who do not know what to expect and so, i have to understand my audience and my demographic. and try to allow them in to follow a story that has never been told as is.— been told as is. why should be readin: been told as is. why should be reading shakespeare's - been told as is. why should be reading shakespeare's works l been told as is. why should be - reading shakespeare's works hundreds of years later, what would you say to someone who would ask that? i would say if you just scratch the surface, i think getting the expectations out of the way, i think the history and the mythology that has been built around shakespeare sometimes gets bogged down in that stuff. so i would say try to go back to it with fresh eyes because the stuff he is writing about, a lot of them are universal truths and are about the universal condition. as much as we may have evolved since he first wrote those words, think of things that still bother us in the things that still bother us in the things that still bother us in the things that affect us like death and love and marriage, all of these things, have not changed. so hamlet is a good example. really he is talking and thinking and feeling grief. that is something that is relevant to all of us. the grief. that is something that is relevant to all of us.— grief. that is something that is relevant to all of us. the actor who is -la ed relevant to all of us. the actor who is played hamlet — relevant to all of us. the actor who is played hamlet himself, - relevant to all of us. the actor who l is played hamlet himself, thank you forjoining us in bringing us your perspective on why the love shakespeare so much. before we leave you this arbour we have some bits of breaking news to bring you. first of all, we have an update on the 15—year—old boy who died after he was stabbed near a school in leeds on tuesday afternoon. a statement from his family has paid tribute to the teenager that they called uncle alfie and the family statement was issued the west yorkshire police it says, i have not got the words to describe how devastated we all are. alfie, you were one in a million, so funny and an all—around entertainer with a wrapping and dancing feet. he had the biggest heart and took care of everyone around you and you will never knowjust how much you are loved by family and friends and you will always be our uncle alfie. a14—year—old boy who was arrested on of mortar shortly after the incident remains in police custody and west yorkshire police as i was saying there, said a 16—year—old boy was also arrested on suspicion of murder on tuesday evening and he has been without charge. so the latest there. a family tribute to the 15—year—old boy described as uncle alfie. another update as well. a statement that has come into us from colleagues of doctor who has been sent back to gaza after escaping to egypt with his family. the statement says it is a group of consulting cardiologist working with the doctor who is a valued member of our team providing acute cardiac care for patients and west yorkshire and we are extremely concerned for his welfare. as he is a british national welfare. as he is a british national we expect safe passage across the border and not to find out he's been sent back to gaza is devastating to colleagues, friends and patients. more on that and the rest of the days news on the bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. today brought us a more scenes that we've become very familiar with. lots of cloud, outbreaks of rain, some big puddles around. but the rain did clear to a mix of sunshine and showers. there were some brighter conditions to be had. sunshine and showers continuing to be the story as we move through the next couple of days. lots of showers out there through tonight, all driven around an area of low pressure. this band of showers moving south eastwards across england and wales, then lots more showers blowing in towards the west. some of these could be heavy with some hail and some thunder. mostly, it will be too breezy for a frost. we mayjust get down to freezing across some parts of northern scotland. so into tomorrow, the showers focusing in on those areas exposed to the westerly wind. so western england, wales, northern ireland, south west scotland, whereas for eastern parts of england and for northern scotland there'll be fewer showers, more dry weather and some spells of sunshine. but it is going to be really quite windy around some southern and western coasts of wales, southern england, the channel islands, gusts of 40—50 miles per hour and temperatures a couple of degrees down on where they have been for many of us, 8—to 11 degrees. now through thursday night and into friday, this area of low pressure wobbles its way eastwards. we'll see this little weather system here diving down across wales and southern england that will bring some rain to start the day on friday. some strong winds, too, through south west england and the channel islands. but generally, as the winds go more northerly in direction, well, that will bring more showers into northern parts of northern ireland, northern and eastern scotland, eastern england and fewer showers across the west and the southwest of the uk. temperatures again 7—12 degrees. our area of low pressure continues its journey eastward, so much so that on saturday morning we should be in a gap between weather systems. could be some frost and fog around to start armistice day. some of that fog could be slow to lift across parts of scotland especially. but then we will see a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. for many, this is likely to be the drier day of the weekend, 7—12 degrees. but you can see a frontal system trying to push in towards the southwest. by sunday, it does look like frontal systems will make some progress northwards and eastwards. just a bit of uncertainty about how far those weather fronts will get. the best chance of staying dry across the north of the uk, and it will be turning milder towards the south and the west. at six: thousands of palestinians try to flee israel's bombing campaign in northern gaza, heading south on foot. they're taking whatever they can carry as israel tightens its grip on the capital gaza city as it tries to destroy hamas. gunfire. fears the conflict is spilling over into the occupied west bank, is the number of fatalities grows. the fury of what is happening in gaza, as well as israel's crackdown on militants here as well as civilians, has seen the temperature rise to a whole new level. also on tonight's programme: rishi sunak says the pro—palestinian march scheduled for armistice day this weekend is "disrespectful" following a meeting with the head of the metropolitan police. matt hancock should not have been health secretary during the covid pandemic. that's what the head of the civil service at the time told prime minister boris johnson. is there light at the end of the tunnel on rail strikes? rmt members are to vote on a pay deal that could end the long—running industrial dispute. if it were done then it is done, thenit if it were done then it is done, then it were well it were done quickly. and david tennant talks to us about playing macbeth and the 400th anniversary of shakespeare's first folio. and coming up on bbc news. finally some respite for england at the cricket world cup —