This is bbc news. The headlines at 8pm a new system of coronavirus restrictions will be announced in england tomorrow, with the most serious measures expected in the north. Liverpool is expected to be placed into the strictest tier. Labour mps say there isnt enough support. People feel that they havent just been abandoned by the government, they now feel that the government is actively working against us. There is nothing that we would ever do that penalises one part of the country over another. Scientists investigate whether a vaccine in use for more than a century might give some protection against covid. So much for the ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan, as shelling kills civilians. Now, the buildings here are clearly residential, these were apartments, where people were asleep in their beds
when the attack happened. And Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumachers record of formula 1 wins with 91 victories and is presented with one of the germans helmets. The government is trying to finalise details of a new system of coronvirus restrictions for england, due to be announced in parliament tomorrow. With extra measures expected to apply to the north of england, the government has been under pressure from local leaders, and from some mps, to give them more detail on its plans and to offer more Financial Support to business and individuals wholl be affected. Danjohnson is in liverpool, where the infection rate will mean the highest level of restrictions
and significant new curbs on peoples lives. Case numbers have kept rising here and in some other big cities, and thats despite layer upon layer of local restrictions that have been in place for weeks now. So theres recognition that further measures are needed and theres acknowledgement that that will mean further economic pain, but these are difficult decisions that are in the balance here and its notjust about wealth versus health. This is about culture, enjoyment and the freedom we have to live our lives. There are no easy decisions. The government has a lot to consider and there really is a lot at stake here. On the loudest, liveliest streets, people worry about whats to come. And they want to be listened to, to be understood. All the things that are getting cancelled, the things we enjoy this time of year, halloween, bonfire night, christmas, these are the things that we are going to have to compromise with. If hed have done it earlier, i think we wouldnt have gone this far. The only way youre going to do
it is total lockdown. Once youve got total lockdown, youve got it under control. We were doing really well before. All of this happened. But listen to conor. Running a pub already quietened by local restrictions. Were not even breaking even at the minute, never mind being able to pull back all the rent that we still owe or pay back the wages that we topped up, and further restrictions will just. It could be a final nail in a lot of peoples coffins, unfortunately. And i would say our sales are down 50 . And jonathan is wondering whether restaurants will be hit by new tiers of rules. You know, liverpool has known tough years. Ive been here when its been tough, but, you know, over the last 10 15 years, its been a brilliant place to be and it worries me that rug could be pulled. Consider too the challenge of enforcing even tougher restrictions that have so far been rumoured, floated, leaked, but still not confirmed. I havent felt anger like this towards the government since i was growing up here in the 1980s. People feel that they havent just been abandoned by the government, they now feel that the government is actively working against us. It wasnt just liverpool busy at ten oclock. Look at londons leicester square. And in peckham, they were playing cricket. The government denies it is unfairly targeting northern cities. You say that there is anger in the north. There is. But the measures we are bringing 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 was just game over. But think aboutjoe, still paying for the taxi that no longer covers his bills. You dont know where youre going to be in four weeks time. Am i going to be driving a taxi, or going to be working in a factory or living on the dole with no money . These are delicate decisions, but in this city and others, people wonder how much they are about to be silenced. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is here. Chris, this is very much a moving story tonight, there is no question, is perhaps a bit like earlier in the weekend, its all been agreed, its all written down and will be announced tomorrow, it is just a question of time . Occasionally, political correspondence may sit on the seat on a sunday night and give the seat on a sunday night and give the impression that things are moving when it will actually start again tomorrow morning. This evening, it really is happening now, the negotiations are ongoing between Civil Servants in regions of the north of england and counterparts in whitehall. There is also been political conversations as well between mayors and Council Leaders and ministers and senior representatives in the government. What were going to get tomorrow from the Prime Minister is the setting out of these tears that have been widely trailed over the last few weeks that will classify england into three different tiers. However, i think whats important to stress is, tomorrow is the start of this progress, not the end, so i dont think we will get a map like the one jeremy vine strike surrounds on election nights, where england turns to three different colours depending on the tiers. That might happen eventually but not straightaway, because the conversations going on between local leaders and government ta ke between local leaders and government take time and theyre not all ready to be signed off yet. Its interesting, they point about negotiations, because under our political model in england, it doesnt apply and the default parts of the uk, so, Central Command says what it does the local councils have to a cce pted what it does the local councils have to accepted it, they might grumble but they had to accept it. I heard
only yesterday, Steve Rotheram saying, iam only yesterday, Steve Rotheram saying, i am fed up having conversations with ministers, and now he is going on twitter saying cubby has not agreed anything with government. But it doesnt matter what he agrees or not, so why isnt downing street just what he agrees or not, so why isnt downing streetjust going ahead . think because they have been stung by criticism in the past of imposing d i ktats by criticism in the past of imposing diktats from whitehall. It also demonstrates the power of the mayoral model that the likes of David Cameron were big champions of, that you have powerful regional figures, who are household names locally and have a platform nationally. We saw that illustrated this weekend is with the four labour mayors in the north of england to a joint news conference. I think where we will get two is an attempt by the government at westminster to bind in local leaders in england. Dont blame us such a local pub isnt open at that you cant drive to wales, its down to local leaders that have
agreed with us. Precisely. One of the criticisms made by those who are sceptical of devolution of power are such a good create a grievance culture, where those away from westminster and so every criticism by blaming those at westminster. So i suspect part of what might come is an attempt to bind local leaders in. The arguments will be made by Central Government that that means that they are active participants rather than merely receivers of news for westminster but also have the advantage of binding them into news that might not always be entirely rosy. In terms of what this means that for people, in the end, this is the result of the fact that the infection rate is growing, the number of hospitalisations are significantly increasing. I saw a figure quoted in the ft this weekend saying there were only seven fewer people in hospital today than there
we re people in hospital today than there were at the start of lockdown in march. In terms of the justification of these measures, a hour ago, we had the leader of Pendle Council saying, i challenge the government in conversations today what is the Scientific Evidence to back up these measures and they didnt answer that. Isnt that a danger that individuals on the street are going to ask tomorrow if they are told you how to put up with these restrictions . What do you shutting pubs and restaurants, if you cant tell us that is where infection is spreading . I think that is exactly what is likely to happen, so dont be surprised if we see scientists and medics appearing tomorrow, as well as politicians, to make the case for what is happening. The flip side to the point, as i was chatting to one of the mayors in the north of england about this point, and what they see as the lack of evidence being presented, this person was willing to acknowledge the flip side
to that point which is how much evidence would we need to see and what fun would it have to take for us what fun would it have to take for us to be convinced, given that it is not unreasonable to have a precautionary principle in a pandemic when youre seeing that the spike in cases and you dont want a full national lockdown. In other words, you are willing to acknowledge there is good to be some sort of piecemeal, patchwork of measures which will throw oddities when somethings are allowed and others are banned. Thank you for that important update. I am quite sure that these restrictions and what they mean will be on the front pages of the papers tomorrow, i wonder if they will get them in time for the papers, if not, we will have that programme at 10 30pm at 11 30pm this evening. Earlier, i spoke to Pendle Councillor mohammed iqbal, who was one the local leaders who met witth the government today to discuss new restrictions. Pendle has 331 cases per 100,000 people in the latest week. The average area in england had 7a. He was told lancashire would be placed in the highest tier tier three. But he believes the government is wrong to to consider closing pubs and bars in parts of northern england. Weve asked the government to give us the evidence that points that mixing in pubs and bars in lancashire is causing the infection to rise. We were categorically told that the evidence does not support the governments theory and thats why am very frustrated that government are using pubs and bars as scapegoats to try and tackle this pandemic. Theyve failed miserably and what weve said as lancashire leaders is that we want to work with the government, but closing pubs and bars is not the solution at this time. You said then that you have been categorically told by whom, that the evidence isnt there to support that contention . Well, the Civil Servants that weve spoken to on friday and today, weve asked for the evidence and weve been told that there was no evidence
to support the theory, but government needs to take drastic action and this is one of their measures, one of their grand ideas to tackle the pandemic. Im sorry to say, without the evidence thats available to. If the evidence is available to government, i challenge them to share it with me this evening and other leaders and we will consider it, but you cannotjust steam roller local Council Leaders and local communities into agreeing something when the evidence isnt there. And these Civil Servants, youre not talking about officials who work for pendle borough council, youre talking about national Civil Servants . Im talking about National SeniorCivil Servants who are responsable to the Prime Minister. Fine, i only wanted to clear that up so people know exactly where youre pointing the finger on this lack of clarity. I mean, essentially, its criticisms others made about wanting to see the statistics. What have you been told about, lets put that bit aside, about what sort of measures you should expect to be announced as they will affect people
living in pendle tomorrow . Well, we were told that there would be an announcement tomorrow by the Prime Minister in terms of this tier system. We asked for details of the tier system earlier today. As of now, were still waiting for the details, but we were told that the Prime Minister would make the announcement of the tier system. Lancashire leaders are still up for a conversation with the Prime Minister, the health secretary, anybody who wants to talk to us from government, about tackling this pandemic collectively and jointly. What we wont be doing is being bullied into agreeing something when we dont have the details in front of us. That is not fair on the people that we represent. And which tier are you going to be in . Have they told you that, even if they havent told you what the tier will mean, as it were . Well, the threat that weve had is that we will be placed into tier three. What does tier three entail . I dont have the details, and without the details, i cant agree to them. But what you know is that it would be the most kind of serious restrictions . Is that, of the three tiers, tier three isnt the lowest, it would be the highest . No, tier three is the highest. And one thing that weve been told is that
the government will announce the closure of pubs and bars. Weve been told that. And what would be the implications of that, apart from making evenings and lunchtimes a bit more miserable for people in the district . Well, the people who work in the pubs and the bars and the hospitality industry, many of them are barely scraping through, in terms of a living. If the government think by closing a pub and giving those people two thirds of their salary is going to make ends meet, that is not going to happen. But more concerningly, the pub or bar they are closing doesnt survive on its own, it has a whole industry that supports it. Government has made no intention known to local councils how they intend to support those people who are affected. These are people who are living, barely living at the moment and if the government think by the announcement by the chancellor that two thirds of their salary will solve all the problems, im sorry to say they are living in cloud cuckoo land. The latest government figures show there were 12,872 new Coronavirus Infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. That means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week was 14,391. 65 deaths were reported, thats people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. Which means, on average, 68 deaths per day in the past week. The total number of deaths across the uk is now 112,825. Within that overall picture, there is significant variation in the situation in different parts of the uk. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been looking through the latest data. There is a huge variation in coronavirus levels across the uk. This heat map shows the areas in red with the highest levels, and those in light blue with the lowest. And just look at the range derry city and strabane has 68a cases of coronavirus per 100,000 population. Glasgow has 243. Liverpool, 600. Manchester has 525 coronavirus cases per 100,000 population. Nottingham, 761. Merthyr tydfil, 214. But north norfolk has just 25 cases per 100,000 and torridge in north devon, only 18. What matters is the impact this is having on the nhs. In northwest england, the worst affected region, there has been a big increase in covid admissions in the past month now averaging at around 150 patients per day, up by 60 in just one week. But that is still below the peak in early april,
when more than 400 patients a day were being admitted to hospitals in north west england with covid 19. The worrying thing now is that winter isnt here yet the peak time for respiratory viruses. Things like flu. The nhs coped during the first wave by cancelling nonurgent surgery and cancer screening. The aim this time is to continue with non covid care, but that is dependent on how well coronavirus is kept in check for the next six months. As efforts continue to develop proven treatments for covid 19, british scientists are beginning a study into whether the bcg vaccine which protects against tuberculosis could be helpful. The uk study is part of an International Research project. The hope is that bcg might provide
some protection against covid until a specific vaccine against the virus is in use. James gallagher reports. In the fight against covid, scientists are turning to one of our oldest vaccines. Archive a new preventive weapon has nowjoined the battle. Bcg vaccine. The bcg jab was designed to fight tuberculosis, and was first trialled in 1921. It has since been given to hundreds of millions of people. But now doctors think its effect on the immune system may lessen the impact of coronavirus, too. Sam hilton is a gp. His job dealing with patients puts him at higher risk of getting covid. Hes one of 1,000 people in the uk, including care home staff and other health care workers, who will take part in the trial. Having had the vaccine in childhood will not offer protection today. Theres quite a good theory behind why the bcg vaccine might make you less likely to get unwell when you get covid, so i guess i see it as a potential for me to be protected a bit,
which means im more likely to be able to come to work this winter. Sam will get either the bcg jab or a dummy injection. Then researchers will wait to see if the vaccine either alters the odds of getting covid or the severity of the infection. The Data Collected here in exeter will be combined with studies in australia, the netherlands, spain and brazil. There is no evidence bcg will help in the pandemic, so why do researchers think it might . This seems odd. Vaccines are supposed to protect against one specific infection, so why might a tuberculosis jab also have a benefit in coronavirus . Well, theres some interesting science that suggests that vaccines may have a wide effect across the whole of the immune system that may give our bodies an edge against other viruses and infections, too. And indeed, in trials with the bcg jab, there has been a fall in death rates from other infections after people were vaccinated. The World Health Organization says
the bcg jab might help bridge the gap until a dedicated Coronavirus Vaccine is developed. Nigeria has dissolved its special police force at the centre of protests against police brutality. A president ial directive has ordered the immediate dissolution of the special anti robbery squad. Protests against the squad had been sparked by a video of a man allegedly being killed by police and have spread around the world. Our correspondent in lagos is mayenijones. Tell us a bit about this unit, because also the immediate announcement today that its being dissolved has been sparked by the video, criticism of the unit has been going on for years . Absolutely. It isa been going on for years . Absolutely. It is a unit that was set up in the 90s, the initial purpose of it was to deal with armed robberies, cattle
rustling and other violent thefts. But over the years, they have been become increasingly associated with police brutality, abuses of power and Amnesty International and other Rights Groups have accused in the past of illegally detaining people 01 past of illegally detaining people or extorting people for money, as well as killing people in extrajudicial killings. Saw a number of very serious accusations have been levelled against them. What did the video, what was the allegation around a video on how that appeared . The latest wave of protest was caused by a video that went viral on social media, young man was shown as being killed by officers of sars. Data like this happens in the south of the country, the oil rich area of nigeria. The police there have denied carrying out the incidents, but it went viral across the world and sparked renewal and calls for
sa rs to and sparked renewal and calls for sars to be disbanded. This is of the first time it happens, it happened over the last few years, people asking for the units to be torn down, but this time, protests have spread beyond nigeria to london, canada and other parts of the world. Of course, the Nigerian Diaspora is huge and a lot of people are angry about what has been happening back home. The president had said before, we will perform at this units, and nothing changed. Now we have this president ial directive shutting it down, suppose people might ask what was he doing in the last five years, saying they were going to reform it . That is exactly what people are asking. There is a lot of scepticism about this latest development, many of the protesters feel it doesnt go far enough. They say theyve been promised that the group would be disbanded before and it hasnt happened. There are also sceptical about whether any investigations will be carried out, about previous
abuses committed, and they worry that many officers will be redeployed to other parts of the police. We have seen incidences of brutality against protesters in the last couple of days, they havent been carried out by officers of the sa rs been carried out by officers of the sars but regular police officers, and people say the problem is with the system as a whole, policing and nigeria needs to be reformed as a whole and they are asking for policeman to be paid more so they are policeman to be paid more so they a re less policeman to be paid more so they are less likely to ask for bribes, but also investigations to be open to previous abusers. Thank you very much. The ceasefire brokered by russia between armenia and azerbaijan has been breached within its first 24 hours. The azeri president has accused armenia of a war crime after an apartment block was shelled, killing several civilians. The long running dispute between the two countries is over the Nagorno Karabakh region. Armenia says any attack was in response to air strikes launched from ganja, the city that was struck, from where our International Correspondent orla guerin has sent this report. Let me see his face, she begs. One last time. She is not alone in this desperate search. Let me see, says this woman. Is he from my family . May the armenians die, she cries. This is whats left of her neighbourhood in ganja, azerbaijans second largest city. Far from the front line, but not far enough. At the scene, remnants of what baku says was a ballistic missile. It is accusing armenia of a war crime. This was clearly a civilian target, apartment blocks, flats, where people were living. There is bedding and blankets and mattresses strewn among the rubble here. The attack happened at about 2am. Now, this is supposed to be a ceasefire, but it looks more like all out war. And what happens next . Is there worse to come on both sides . Standing here now, in the rubble, is the ceasefire dead . Actually, its hard to assess the situation. Therefore, currently we are considering the situation. If armenia continues to attack azerbaijani civilians, then azerbaijan will be obliged to take necessary measures against legitimate military targets. You are saying that they have fired at you, and you are also saying that you reserve the right to retaliate. So, which is it, are you sticking to the ceasefire or are you going to retaliate for this attack . At this stage we are trying to stick to the ceasefire regime, but of course, if they continue to do so, attacking azerbaijani civilians, as every nation, we also have a right to self defence. We were shown the destruction here in ganja, but azerbaijan too is accused of breaching the ceasefire by shelling civilian areas in Nagorno Karabakh. We are all mothers, this woman told me. There and here and our hearts are aching. President trump is no longer at risk of transmitting covid 19 to others, according to the white house physician. Yesterday, he delivered a speech to hundreds of cheering supporters from the balcony of the white house, in his first public event since being hospitalised. And today, he claimed it looks like hes now immune to coronavirus. It seems like im immune. So, i can go way out of a basement, which would have done anyway, and which i did, because you have to run a country, you have to get out of the basement and it looks
like im immune for maybe a long time or maybe a short time, it could be a lifetime, nobody really knows, but im immune. So, the president is in very good shape. Lewis hamilton has equalled the all time record for career formula 1 victories by winning the eifel grand prix. It means the mercedes driver is now level with michael schumacher, with 91 grand prix victories. After the race, schumachers son mick presented hamilton with one of his fathers old helmets to recognise the achievement. I dont think anyone, especially me, imagined i would be anywhere near michael in terms of records, so its an incredible honour and its going to take some time to get used to it. Honestly, as i came into the pit lane, thats only when i realised id equalled it. I hadnt even computed it once i crossed the line. 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. I spoke to lily and her mother amanda a little earlier, and lily explained why she started her writing project. 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. So, how many did you get . Four. And was ed sheerans one the best. . Maybe im not allowed to ask you this question but im going to ask it to you anyway was his the best letter . Yeah, ed sheerans was the best. Why was that . I dont know. Oh, hey so, it wasnt just the letter he sent you . No, not really. Something bigger than herself, he sent i was going to say, that would need a very big envelope mum amanda, why was this. . I mean, its a lovely surprise and what a terrific gesture, but why has this exercise in writing been particularly important for lily . Lily, having dyslexia, would find writing very hard and when she started writing the letters to people who inspired her and started to get replies, she just kept writing more and the confidence it gave her in her work, it was unreal. Lily, do you think its made your writing better . Yeah, definitely. Do you find it takes you less time
to write a letter and it feels less like hard work than it used to . Yeah, istill find ita bit, like, long to write letters, but not as long as it used to be. We should get her back on when she is playing that guitar successfully an asteroid thought to be heading directly for earth has turned out to be something a little less threatening. Nasa says what it thought may be a large piece of space rock hurtling towards the planet has turned out to be the upper part of an old moon rocket. Its identified the piece ofjunk as having been part of the centaur rocket which was launched in 1966 from cape kennedy as it was then known to carry the surveyor two moon lander into space in the run up to the 1969 landings. I suppose, since there isnt any
atmosphere in space,