Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20200909

A disappointing end to a difficult few days for england manager gareth southgate. And while its another mild start today for some of you, pressure on the way over the next 2a hours, details of those weather changes here on brick list. Its wednesday, the 9th of september. Our top story. Social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in england from monday both indoors and outdoors in what is a significant tightening of coronavirus restrictions. The government is introducing the move following a sharp rise in the number of cases, which the Prime Minister has described as concerning. But there will be some exemptions, as nick eardley explains. Wash your hands, cover your face, make space. A new campaign by the government to remind us all of the basics to stop the spread of coronavirus. Ministers and experts are becoming increasingly worried about the number of new cases and today, new measures are being announced to try to limit social contact. You could pick up a pass on the virus. But from monday, in england, gatherings of more than six people are being banned by law. The new measures apply indoors and outdoors. Police will be given the power to break up groups and if people dont comply, they could be fined £100. This will double in each further repeat offence, up to £3200. Until now, people from two households could meet in larger groups but thats been limited to six, meaning to families of four cant all meet at the same time. The new restrictions will apply to hospitality venues like pubs and restau ra nts hospitality venues like pubs and restaurants but there will be some exemptions. For work and education and funerals and weddings and organised team sports. Borisjohnson will be back at the podium at downing street later where he will tell people, we need to act now. Weve seen tighter rules on a number of areas in recent weeks, large parts of the north of england, a number of councils in the west of scott, caerphilly in wales. In bolton, significantly restrictions have come into force. Pubs and restau ra nts have come into force. Pubs and restaurants have been told they can only serve takeaway is while ours are restricted at night and people have been banned from socialising with those from outside our household. The rise in cases in bolton is largely due to socialising by people in their 20s and 30s, we know this from Contact Tracing into oui know this from Contact Tracing into our Contact Tracing system weve identified a number of pubs at which the virus is spread significantly. But from monday, there will also be new National Restrictions the whole of england, limiting how many people can meet at a time, as the government tries to avoid the virus running out of control. Nick ea rd ley, running out of control. Nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. Lets get more now from our Political Correspondent, helen catt, whojoins us from westminster. Helen, what more do we know about the Prime Ministers address later . We will get another one of these Prime Ministerial press conferences, we havent had one in a while and he will use it to set up these new rules, really to ram home the message that weve got to stick to them. He is going to say it is absolutely critical that people know applied by these rules and really focus on the basics, that he is setting this out as simplifying and strengthening of the rules, to make them easier to understand, and also for the police to enforce and there has been criticism levelled at the government about how potentially complicated the rules have been getting, they become less straightforward, did people really understand them. He is also going to explain a bit more about the reasoning behind it. As he told cabinet ministers yesterday, what the government does not want to see isa the government does not want to see is a repeat of whats been seen in france and spain with a rise in the number of infections which leads to the number of hospitalisations, and will point out that in spain, there is now a rise in deaths and that is what the government wants to avoid. This is the point of taking action now and will reinforce those m essa 9 es now and will reinforce those messages and we will see as you heard the launch of new Public Education campaign, the slogan that the government has reduced about hands, face, space, we will hear much more and there will be a video released showing how the virus spreads exactly indoors because that is the big area of concern is a autumn and winter, a lot more time inside. The concern is that it makes it much easierfor the helen, thank you. And well be speaking to the Health Secretary, matt hancock. That is around 7 30am. I know lots of you have sent in thoughts and questions already, sending more and we will try and put as many to him. Lots of concerns about testing as well. A major trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine has been put on hold across the world, after a volunteer in the uk fell ill. The vaccine being developed by Oxford University and Drugs Company astrazeneca is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, and in smaller groups in brazil and south america. Astrazeneca described it as a routine pause in the case of an unexplained illness. A safety review will be carried out before the trial can restart. A man is due to appear in court this morning following a series of stabbings in Birmingham City centre during the early hours of sunday. 27 year old Zephaniah Mcleod from selly oak, is charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. Jacob billington, who was 23, died from a stab wound to the neck; a man and a woman are still critically ill in hospital. A teenager will appear in court today charged with attempted murder and firearms offences, after a 15 year old boy was shot near kesgrave high school. Suffolk police were called to reports of a shooting on a Housing Estate on monday morning. The injured boy was airlifted to addenbrookes hospital where he remains in a critical condition. Strong winds are continuing to fan huge wildfires burning out of control on the west coast of the United States. Firefighters in california are battling to bring twenty five blazes under control, whilst in Washington State, the small town of malden has been almost completely destroyed. Mark lobel reports. The charred remains of the post office. For maldens 300 residents in rural whitman county, the local sheriff says the community has been changed for a lifetime. Across the state of washington, an estimated 330,000 acres burned in just 2a hours, described by the states governor as an unprecedented and heartbreaking event. 0n the west coast, a wildfire emergency has been declared in oregon where falling trees knocked powerlines and ignited fires, strong winds swept far and wide. Meanwhile, the largest of the wildfires, californias creek fire, remains dangerously uncontained. But with thousands of firefighters working all hours, there are moments of hope. The coastguard rescued these hikers after they were stranded for several days in hard to reach areas. Most of the operations have occurred at night. The pilots are describing the scene, so with the night vision they can actually see the embers and the silhouette of the terrain so they can safely land at an evacuation sites and finally get the evacuees and get them out of there. People are remarkable in these moments, and selfless in these next few days most challenging perhaps that we have had so far this year. After a heat wave in santa monica with Los Angeles County reporting its highest ever temperature of 49. 1; degrees celsius, things have improved, but high winds are expected to fan the flames as the west coast remains on high alert. Mark lobel, bbc news. Kim kardashian has announced the end of the Reality Tv Show which helped to make her a celebrity and a billionaire. Keeping up with the kardashians was panned by the critics when it began 14 years ago but it won huge ratings for the e channel, and a legion of devoted fans for the kardashian family. The final series the 21st will be broadcast early next year. Crushed by the news. Matts here to tell us how the weather is looking. He is sad as well. Sorry to break that to live on the television. Just before we went to live, its going to be tough. Very good morning. The first signs of daylight on the norfolk coast, not a bad start. A dry day with a bit of sunshine around, still quite humid in southern areas as it was yesterday but a fresh appeal during the next 24 but a fresh appeal during the next 2a hours. Temperatures at the moment just about in double figures for many. 17, 18 degrees across parts of central and eastern england, a jumpstart for some in north west england in north west wales, patchy rain working south, a lot more sunshine across the northern and western areas, a few showers in scotla nd western areas, a few showers in scotland and by the afternoon, the weather front with patchy rain and drizzle will be across some southern counties of england so even if you start with sunshine, it might cloud over a little bit. Temperatures 23, 20 four degrees. Not as warm as yesterday further north but as i said, more sunshine through wales, north west england, Northern Ireland and the west of scotland. A bit more ofa and the west of scotland. A bit more of a breeze will make it feel cooler in cloudier moments, and bring showers to the north east of scotla nd showers to the north east of scotland through the day and into the evening. Those showers fade away and because we will all be into that fresh air, the exception will be the Channel Islands, cooler night, temperatures widely down into single figures. Tomorrow mornings commute could be cooler. For many, more on the way of dry weather. Details on all that coming up at around 6 45am. I will get back and think about the kardashian s. I will get back and think about the kardashian s. If someone hasjust tuned in, they will be concerned. These two are not upset by the fact with keeping up with the kardashians is ending. Ive watched a bit of it andi is ending. Ive watched a bit of it and i can appreciate while people why people like it. So do why, its just not my thing. I almost spilt my copy. Just not my thing. I almost spilt my c0py just not my thing. I almost spilt my copy. Spilt my cup of coffee. Lets take a look at todays papers. Britains hit for six is the daily mails take on the story that dominates most of the front pages as the government moves to ban meetings of more than six people. The telegraph leads on the same story but it also features a large picture of the queen and reports that shes planning to return to her own workplace, this buckingham palace, from next month. The daily star has something completely different. It claims victory in its battle to ensure that supplies ofjammie dodgers and wagon wheels are not affected by a planned strike. And one of the most read stories on the bbc news website is about the wildfires raging across the western us, leaving some small towns in ruins. Well be getting the very latest from california in a couple of minutes. This is my favourite story from yesterday. Im a big fan of getting out and going for long walks. This young man im going to call him, harry harvey, he is 80. He got lost. His family were very, very worried about him. There was a huge search for him including police and sniffer dogs. He is reported missing on sunday, all these huge searches, people very upset and worried about his welfare and then he turned up at the press conference where they were looking for him. There he was. He was ok. He had all this kit with him. Ithink was ok. He had all this kit with him. I think he had attended with him, all sorts of kit, and then he went wild camping for the three days. But knowing there was all this fuss, i would have made my own way home, he said. Its not my seem to have a fuss. A little bit of a break. He said there were low points, he had only £21. 05 and didnt think it was enough to get home. He fell across the bridge over a stream and banged his head as well. Im going on, i do love the story. He survived in his most the russians. Including some baked beans. Lifesavers. Nicht . A digital reconstruction of a 15th century benedict dean monk has been used, after finding the biological details of abbotjohn in wheat homestead and the recreation looks like, wait for it. Wayne rooney. 0n the recreation looks like, wait for it. Wayne rooney. On average headline. There is 15th century wayne rooney. What do you think . Just rotate that for you. Looks a bit like him. This is a yacht, a superyacht, or do you think of youths . I enjoy looking at other pupils because this is £358 million worth of yacht designed to look like a swan, tycoons can rule the waves. 24 a swan, tycoons can rule the waves. 2a people can sleep on board and if you look, this is very clever. This is the control centre here. And it comes down and theres a little craft. You can then go on it. One more. One more. What are you allowed to do three . Do you know anything about an old man who has gone missing . I do. I want about an old man who has gone missing . I do. Iwant to about an old man who has gone missing . I do. I want to speak to him. Children as young as six readily choose what Television Programmes to watch without asking their parents according to research. They said only 7 of six year olds say their parents choose what they watch. That is why i end up watching so much kardashians. A firm recommendation. Coming up to 17 minutes past six. Dozens of wildfires are still burning out of control on the west coast of the United States. More than 111,000 firefighters continue to battle 2a separate fires across california, oregon and Washington State. The largest blaze, known as the creek fire, has burned more than 120 square miles since it broke out in the Sierra Nevada mountains on friday. Lets speak to dave malkoff, a weather presenter, whos north of the blaze in clovis county. Good morning to you. Do you have a sense can you give us a sense good morning to you. Do you have a sense can you give us a sense of what is going on . Good morning. It isa what is going on . Good morning. It is a wildfire that has just exploded yes today when we were in the fire and it was 80,000 acres and now it has exploded to 144,000 acres. We we re has exploded to 144,000 acres. We were at fully with a group of us labour day campers who were actually in the woods and they did not even know that the fire was burning around them to do they had heard of the fire but they were so deep in the fire but they were so deep in the woods, cut off from mobile phone service and they were actually tried in there for hours and hours. They we re in there for hours and hours. They were not the only ones. There are was a us military helicopter run today that did ten rescue military rescue missions that took about 150 people out of the burning area with 16 animals, mostly dogs, in these big general helicopters fractional helicopters. While they were there it was quite dangerous. Clearly terrifying stories and dangerous situations for people. Will they be able to extinguish this . What is happening . It is tough here in california and some of these bases have gone through four or five years of drought and the trees are just devastated by the bark beetle infestation. These are tiny bugs about the size of a grain of rice that get into the trees and infest the trees and turn it into firewood. So as these fires go through found by swirling wind and record High Temperature we expect 41 celsius this week here in this area and there is just no this week here in this area and there isjust no rain in the forecast either so the fire just swells in here and grows and grows andjumps fire lines, swells in here and grows and grows and jumps fire lines, itjumps over the highways and perhaps people in their and there was actually neighbourhoods we saw torched today, there were schools that were burned and also one iconic california general store that we drove by yesterday was burned to the ground when we saw it this afternoon to ta ke when we saw it this afternoon to take you talk about whole towns being destroyed, are there . Yes. Many people did get out because of these mandatory evacuation orders but it was really wild to see how many people were still in their and needing Helicopter Rescue is and ground rescues. The way that we got out of the quarry we were in and the marina was actually via police escort, ten vehicles at a time. We had to wait for the fire to burn over the highway and then everybody about 100 people in that area out ten vehicles at a time driving through the burned area and as you drive through you look around and ucr drive through you look around and ucr falling and everything is grey and you can see that the fire has just turned there. Back in the 1970s there was a fire season here in california and it would last about five months. These days it is seven months or longer. These fire seasons are getting wilder and longer and more intense here in california and throughout the American West. The authorities are helping and trying to deal as best they can with this. You know how the fire started . Throughout the United States it has been a devastating year. We have had 4. 7 million acres burned, most of those are actually human caused. 0ne wildfire here in california, in Southern California was started, get this, when someone lit off a smoke bomb ata this, when someone lit off a smoke bomb at a gender reveal party and thatis bomb at a gender reveal party and that is not the first time that has started a wildfire. Now that is under investigation and many of these fires are human caused but they keep on burning, some of them with lightning but most of them human caused. Take care out there, it is dangerous for many people. Thank you for your time. Tens of thousands of people are still having their wages subsidised by the government, but as the furlough scheme ends many of them could end up looking for new roles. But what kind ofjobs market can they expect . Ninas looking into this one for us today. Nina . Good morning. Its rarely easy looking for work. But made all the more difficult when competition is so tough and there are so many questions about the future of the economy. Lets take a look at what weve found out in todays report. The number of people across the uk looking for work last month reached the highest level since 2008 that was the time of the Global Financial crisis and considered the most difficult moment in unemployment in recent years. But at the same time the recruitment researchers found out that the number of vacancies was falling. Thats the sixth month in a row when the number of positions have gone down. That was the sixth month in a row where the number of positions has dropped to but according to the Employment Companies surveyed, august saw an increase in overall recruitment activity. That basically means there were more people finding temporary and permanent jobs. It is the first time weve seen an increase in that stat since the first time the crisis hit. But competition forjobs is tough and getting tougher thats exactly what alex has found. She was made redundant last month. She did work in a confectionery store. In the last 90 days probably average about 15jobs a day and it has been. It has been interesting to has been a lot of rejection already. Something along the lines of there are nine times the number of applicants for each position more than they would have been pre covid 19. But it does seem to be competitive, it does seem to be, the model, there is definitely not a lot out there in retail. There is much more than i thought there would be but there is still not that much. I am focusing less on retail and a little more on an office based job, something that covid has shown is that it something that covid has shown is thatitis something that covid has shown is that it is possible to have an office based job where you can work from home. What does this mean . Lets speak to the chief executive of the recruitment and Employment Federation which put the report together. Starting with the point about recruitment and the flurry over august. What sort ofjobs are you seeing . There is a clear split, i think, in the Labour Market and what we see our blue collarjobs, jobs in it, in construction recovering much quicker. 0bviously health has not dropped so in those areas demand is relatively good. 0ffice dropped so in those areas demand is relatively good. Office work, retail, hospitality, clearly they are the areas most affected by the pandemic that still very slow and in particular across all sectors, more demand for temporary work than permanent work and we think that is about Companies Just not knowing what the path ahead looks like and seeing concerning news on virus cases in the last few days and companies are looking to bring people on temporarily first and then if the recovery sticks to move those people to permanent. But the danger is that those contracts remain temporary and becomes a downward pressure on pay that then becomes permanent. I think that is quite a hackneyed view of temporary work. We see that most People Choose temporary work when they are looking for a job because it is a good and quick way to get access to paid work quicker than you may going through the process at the moment. What is important is that firms who are looking to hire on a temporary basis think about why they want to make that role temporary. That is one of the messages we get through recruitment which is just because there is a booming candidates it does not mean that a Candidate Experience and how we treat people should change. You spoke at the beginning about in it for example how recruitment started to pick up. Have any areas taken you by surprise with new jobs emerging . Have any areas taken you by surprise with newjobs emerging . We are definitely saying that as consumers have changed behaviour, jobs have rolled with that so the most obvious example is retailers having a tough time but bricks and mortar retailers having a tough time. If you look over into logistics, tesco signed up for the kick start a programme last we see thousands of people moving into dog home deliveryjobs which ta ke into dog home deliveryjobs which take more people than shopping in a supermarket does because when you go to the supermarket you go and grab a trolley and fill it yourself finally, we heard from alex a little earlier who said she is willing to make that switch from retail to administration. What would your advice be to the hundreds of thousands of people looking for work at the moment . The first thing is to not lose heart. There arejobs at the moment . The first thing is to not lose heart. There are jobs out there full one place where we see a drop but we measured job ads which isa drop but we measured job ads which is a bit earlier in the process and job ads are rebounding. Normally there are about 1. 3 million job ads life, there is about 1. 1 million now. That is up from 900,000 in the lockdown so we are recovering, there are opportunities out there but the most important thing for someone like alec, the carpet bomb approach. Get the applications out there, that is probably not the right one. If you take time and do fewer applications but better ones, that will help you stand out from the crowd. And recruiters are your friends on the stop all across the country, get in touch with a local recruiter and they can offer you some pointers. Thank you very much for talking to us, greater and with some is there. And as he says, it is best to not carpet bomb, rather than rather it is better to target your cv. And after the furlough scheme wraps up only then will we understand the trouble that business is in. 28 minutes past six. Time for the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching breakfast this morning. Good morning from bbc london. Im alpa patel. The husband of the woman jailed the husband of the womanjailed in iran months ago has appealed to the government to attend her trial. She was granted house arrest in march and only months from her expect the release date she was told she would face a second trial. A spokesperson for the government said the new charges are indefensible. Plans for a Holocaust Memorial centre next to Westminster Abbey are set to be challenged in the high court. The london historic parks and Gardens Trust have launched a judicial review into the plans for a building at victoria tower gardens saying theyre not opposed to the idea but that the location is wholly unacceptable. They also say there a conflict of with the Decision Making process. The government says they have robust arrangements to ensure the decisions is fair. The number of londoners applying for benefits has seen more than doubled since 2019. In hackney, those claiming has jumped from nearly 9,000 to over 19,000. The charity skyway was helping 50 families at the start of the pandemic, but thats now increased to 200. The first london mural festival celebrating the vibrant street art scene gets underway later. The free Event Features more than 150 global artists, who will be creating more than 50 new pieces of art on walls all across the capital. A map to guide you on walks around the street art and other events taking place over the next month is available to download. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Minor delays on the docklands route. That is due to a faulty train. No service on the waterloo city line until further notice foxholes bridges closed until december, only open southbound to buses and taxis and in palmers green, the is slow eastbound at brownlow road because ofa eastbound at brownlow road because of a collision. 0n the m25, junction 15, no access their london bound because of a collision. Lets have a look now at the weather. Good morning. Another warm and humid night last night to a mild start this morning. A little bit of around first thing, some hint of sunshine and a cold front starts to sink south and without the cloud increases. Brighter spells and we are hanging onto the warm temperatures for today. We are looking at a maximum of around 24 celsius. As a cult frankly as we may get a spot of light rain but very minimal amounts. 0vernight tonight that cloud continues to sink south and we will get fresh air piling in behind so it will feel cooler with a minimum temperature away from Central London of around eight or 9 degrees. Tomorrow we will see much fresher temperatures and it will feel a little cooler, some say spells around buttock to cloud around as well. For friday, similar conditions, still a bit of sunshine and dry weather in the forecast and through the weekend it is going to stay fairly settled into next week you can have some warm air coming up from the continent so it is set to get quite a bit warmer. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Doing hello this is breakfast with dan walker and Louise Minchin. Its 6 31. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning itll soon be back to life as we know it in ambridge the archers has started normal production again to the relief of fans were speaking to actor Michael Lumsden, who plays alistair lloyd, about how theyre staying covid safe. Keeping the kids under control were getting a glimpse of life as a zookeeper during lockdown at colchester zoo. And weve got the nfl shows double act, jason bell and 0si umenyiora looking ahead to the american football season and of course jasons upcoming appearance on strictly come dancing. Bolton has become the latest area to have tighter lockdown measures imposed on it, after a spike in coronavirus cases there. The Health Secretary matt hancock said the town had the highest case rate in the country, with 120 cases per 100 thousand. Per 100,000. Lets go now to our correspondent, john maguire, who is in bolton for us this morning. John, what are the latest rules . Its return back to some of the more harsh and straight rules we experienced earlier a lot done. This pub, not open at this time of day that they would have been forced to close their doors at ten oclock last night, not able to be open until 5am this morning. No sit down food either in pubs, cafe s and restau ra nts food either in pubs, cafe s and restaurants will have to be takeaway only. The interesting thing here, that infection rate above 120 per 100,000. Highest in the country. 0nly 100,000. Highest in the country. Only about 15 just two weeks 100,000. Highest in the country. Only about 15just two weeks ago, so something has happened here quite drastic in terms of those figures going up, fingers being pointed at younger people, 20s and 30s, perhaps not socially distancing as they should have been. We are out and about in the town yesterday to get a flavour of what peoples initial reaction was to that news. We need to protect ourselves and the safety of error and also i feel like its the right thing, we need to get a bit strict. I get in pubs, younger people want they do go in, there is less social distancing but dont put the blame on the young people, its not anyones fault, really. You dont want another lockdown to be honest but we need to be safe and we need to take care of everybody, all of us. Its going to be ages before anything goes back to normal. Its just going to spike in other places. Something s got to be done, doesnt it . We cant keep going on like we have. We havent hardly been anywhere in six months. Its always difficult when some people feel they made sacrifices and others havent been adhering to the rules which is why weve seen the figures increase so dramatically. Chief executive of bolton council, whats happened . Such a drastic increase in the numbers. A number of days ago we we re numbers. A number of days ago we were at an infection rate of about 100,000 per population. Its now around 120 per 100,000 population. A really staggering increase and as a consequence really staggering increase and as a consequence really staggering increase and as a consequence consequence, really staggering increase and as a consequence consequence, with had to work with government and restrictions over the weekend and further restrictions out of yesterday. What is the data telling you about what the driver is. Its different, because it is across the borough. It is across all parts of the borough. Secondly, a very strong correlation between younger people and infection rates, so for example, between 18 and 49 years of age, over 90 of the infections were traced and tracked so far, so therefore clearly, thats why weve seen some restrictions introduced around the hospitality set and a real plea to young people, its not about blaming young people, its not about blaming young people, its not about blaming young people, but weve all got to do our part here because if this is transmitted to grandparents and so on, were in difficult place. Towns and cities across the country will be very busy, monday and tuesday night, because of the success of the eat out to help out scheme. Now a lot of these hospitality businesses are facing closing the doors once again, perhaps forever, a few of them are telling us. I think this is a real serious concern for us but in consultation with government and Public Health england, we were left with no other choice. We had to take this action. We have a duty and responsibility to protect peoples lives. However, it will have an impact and were working hard government, the vast that the furlough scheme is reintroduced to bolton to these businesses hit hard and we will wait to see the outcome of that. Whats been the general reaction . Its early days. A lot of people talking to us yesterday afternoon in support of stricter measures, especially those who look like they played our part. Measures, especially those who look like they played our partlj measures, especially those who look like they played our part. I think generally most people see the sense that we really cant keep everyone happy, people have their own views and experiences about this and the wait was introduced but we had to ta ke wait was introduced but we had to take action quickly which is why we introduced the measures over the weekend and the government have introduced these latest ones as of yesterday with immediate effect. Most sensible people, reasonable people understand the reasons why and clearly as we proceed over the coming months, we will have to learn to live with covid. Is it possible to live with covid. Is it possible to say how long these restrictions might last . Im not sure. Clearly, but at this moment in time, it will be foolish to set a date and time or number. Hospital admissions, what will be the impact on local Healthcare Services . We are seeing a slight increase, those will come down again they reckon between four and seven. I think the concern is whats happening on the continent of europe, there is a two time lags will have conversations with our partners about this exact issue, so we partners about this exact issue, so we will be wanting to see how this develops over the next few weeks. What else can you do to support those businesses beside an extension of the furlough scheme . We are trying to help advise all businesses, available for additional advice, making sure existing businesses are complying because we dont want to see further restrictions that have been brought into leicester, so its all about working together, cooperating, try to make it as effective as possible but we will keep working with governments to do the best for the hospitality sector in bolton. There is nothing to stop people travelling in and out of town. I know one or two local residents have said they will go over the borders. We raised these issues, the position is, as we speak today, and people dont work with these rules, they will be introduced. Obviously for the people of bolton, and all the authorities trying to get a handle on this but that dramatic increase in the infection rate, talked about travel restrictions on two week quarantine the countries above 20, six times more than was a greek island. Some difficult times ahead for all concerned. Thank you so much, we will be with you throughout the morning. As weve been hearing, a ban on groups of more than six people gathering in homes, parks, pubs and restaurants will come into force in england from next monday. Lets speak now to gp, drjamie parker whojoins us from nottingham. Thank you very much for being with us. Cani thank you very much for being with us. Can i ask you, first of all, about that situation. Going to 120, which is a stark rise. I think it is key to help prevent the virus spreading. Entering a national lockdown. It will be a disaster. Well be speaking to the Health Secretary and about 50 minutes time live in the programme. Last night, talking about a number of people in england meeting up in social settings from monday. What do you think is the thinking behind that step and how important is that at the moment . I think the figures are showing rising numbers in young people. Its important to know how important social distancing is, to contain the virus. When you are young, you might feel invincible from a coronavirus point of view, you may be but if you are young, you will know someone who is vulnerable, think about your older relative, frail relative, friend was going to be treated for cancer. If they get coronavirus, its extremely serious and when you are out and about, its behaving not as if they were a long way away, behaved as if they were with you. Its an interesting way of thinking about it. Practically, over the summer, lots of us were outdoors, we were meeting with people and now its got a bit colder and many of those meetings were moving indoors where its easy to spread the virus around. Lots of research is shown being outside is one of the key ways of reducing the spirit. The chance of spreading the virus is much higher inside. Testing is another big issue which we will pick up the Health Secretary later. Asi pick up the Health Secretary later. As i understand it, quite a few calls from people recently who have symptoms but are reluctant to take a test. Yes, its become a fairly common cause, i have a cough but its not covid, or have a temperature but its not coronavirus he had discussions with people about the importance of getting tested in the importance of getting tested in the midst a pandemic and its a big deterrent to people, that isolation period, especially as we come out of lot down, that period of relaxation of the rules. Children have gone back to school and there is a degree of normality returning to lots of people, back in isolation. Not getting a test and its people, back in isolation. Not getting a test and its key to remind people that if you do have a temperature, a new, persistent cough or changing taste or smell, its important you do get the test. It might not be covid but if it is, its important you know and also its important you know and also its a new disease much as much as we can learn about this. We do that through testing as many people as possible. You are based in nottingham. Have you heard anecdotal evidence about testing now . Weve heard about lots of people trying to get a test and having to travel a long way to get a test and it seems the backlog is the processing point of those tests. A few weeks ago, i had to get a test my daughter who has asthma. The process worked really smoothly. I think i would ask matt hancock later on how we got the capacity, increasing the test. Especially when seeing a numbers after to sing arising testing. Also trying to increase the number of people tested who dont have symptoms. You can focus on those local towns as well. Also, the news around the vaccine. 0ne local towns as well. Also, the news around the vaccine. One of the volu nteers around the vaccine. One of the volunteers based on the uk fell ill. Is that something that routinely happens with these sorts of test . There was so much attention on it. Its nothing to be worried about. This would be a routine part of any big study and its part of the safety routine. If someone becomes unexpectedly unwell, its a safety precaution and its already happened once already. There is a lot of focus on it so it will be reported to be you can understand lots of people are going through, if someone becomes unexpectedly unwell, it would be safe to check and im sure the trial will resume when it comes safe to do so. Something else weve noticed is this issue of long covid, symptoms going on for months for some people, feeling like they cant get rid of the symptoms of the virus. Is that something you are seeing in your surgery . We do have a few people with that andi we do have a few people with that and i have spoken to friends struggling. It is even more difficult for those who may have had coronavirus early on, possibly in march when testing wasnt around so People Struggle with long term real physical and psychological symptoms but without having had a test in the first place so i think it is important that it is recognised as a condition and that there is appropriate support for these people. Also, more Research Going into finding out more about it. Should the Contact Tracing be calling people four weeks later to find out how they are feeling . Helpful advice therein great to talk to you, as always. We will continue to you, as always. We will continue to talk about the new rules and regulations that will come into place in england throughout the programme. In the meantime there is sport going on. And anyone who has been paying attention to the headlines this morning may be surprised about what i am about to tell you. Despite everything we are talking about on the programme this morning the latest test event for crowds being allowed back to sporting events is set to go ahead at doncaster racecourse. Around 3,500 people are due to be permitted entry to the opening day of the st leger festival, with a number of hygeine protocols put in place by the organisers, while spectators will have to wear Face Coverings to enter the site. And while at the moment, the event is due to go ahead as planned, an earlier pilot of the return of race goers at goodwood last month was cancelled at the last minute due to a rise in coronavirus cases. The new governement measures could have a huge knock on effect across a range of sports from grassroots, to the return of fans at elite level events. Before yesterdays announcement on social gatherings, the premier league stated that all of septembers 28 scheduled games will be shown live on television as the League Resumes behind closed doors this weekend. The first match of the season is arsenals trip to newly promoted fulham on saturday lunchtime england drew 0 0 with denmark in the Nations League in a disappointing end to a difficult few days for manager gareth southgate. Hed already sent two players home for breaching quarantine rules. In a game of few scoring opportunities, the danes created marginally more chances but without success. England seldom threatened with harry kane coming close to snatching a late winner deep into injury time but goalless it remained. You get through the two games in the way the players have at this stage of the season, we should not really have been playing, frankly. It doesnt work. Not ideal for any of the players. But the games did go ahead andi the players. But the games did go ahead and i really must praise the effort and endeavour of the players enormously. There was yet more history for Cristiano Ronaldo as he scored his 100th goalfor portugal. He got both in portugals 2 nil win over sweden in the Nations League to become the first european mens player to reach the milestone of 100 goals in international football. Is there anything he cannot do . The series already won, england lost the third t20 to australia in southampton. Jonny bairstow top scored with 55 as his side set the aussies a total of 146 to win, but proved less able with the gloves last night. The tourists never really looked like losing and won by 5 wickets. The sides will now play 3 one day internationals, the first on friday. Fielding was pretty poor generally andi fielding was pretty poor generally and i think we take those chances in that game. You cannot afford to drop players like finch and these guys so, again, a learning curve and a great experience. England captain 0wen farrell has been given a five match ban after being sent off for a high tackle in saracens defeat to wasps at the weekend. It could have been even worse for farrell, he was facing a 10 match suspension for the tackle on charlie atkinson, but factors including a good disciplinary record and evidence from character witnesses meant his ban was halved. Former champion naomi 0saka is through to the semi finals of the us open after a straight sets victory over the unseeded Shelby Rogers at flushing meadows. Alexander zverev is also into the last four for the first time in new york. He was a 4 set winner over borna coric. Plenty of sport going ahead you would have to admit under unusual circumstances to and the doncaster races circumstances to and the doncaster ra ces a re circumstances to and the doncaster races are due to go ahead today. 3500 spectators expected there. And more over the weekend . For the next four days. Lets have a look at what the mother is doing today. Matt has it for us. Good morning. Good morning all. A dramatic start to the day in london with the sunrise reflecting on the clouds there and there will be a bit of sunshine around for all of us through today but a around for all of us through today buta humid around for all of us through today but a humid start in the south, and that will change, fresh air on the way to wall in the fresh air is coming from the north, just for the back edge of this weather front that will push southwards, sweeping away the airas we will push southwards, sweeping away the air as we go through the dated weather front is at the moment we still have rain. Rain across parts of Northern England into north wales which will push its way into parts of the midlands a bit more as you go through the next few hours a few showers in scotland in the far north, most places are dry with more sunshine across western scotland and Northern Ireland, north west england compared to what we saw yesterday. Same as cross wales but cloudy and then a little drizzly across the south but here, temperatures are around 23 or 24 celsius. Ten temperatures across scotland and Northern Ireland are lower than yesterday at 14 or 15 degrees. Without fresh air in place tonight, clear skies, the wind falling like once again, it will be a chilly night and we had last night and the temperatures more widely down into single figures across the country to start tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning will be a little on the cool side with plenty of sunshine around to begin with. Placek cloud patchy cloud in the west. Good chance of showers in scotland. Most of the day will be to try nowhere near as warm as today across the south but still close to around 19 or 20 degrees, 13 or 14 in the north. Across scotland and Northern Ireland, friday looks like a wet day once again, windy as well, and once the conditions in the morning, every rain in the far north of england later in the further south and east you are you will get a largely dry week and temperatures again around 20 degrees. But another weather front come mark ringing one or two showers through the night into saturday, staying breezy into the start of the weekend across northern half of the country and it is here where showers initially in scotland on saturday will be replaced by some long spells of rain late in the day and you can see that charging its way into take us through saturday night into sunday. Most of you will start the weekend on a dry night with temperatures creeping up and they will creep up a little bit further as we go through the weekend and into next week. In fact, by the time we get the monday there will be a few spots across the south, 25 or 26 degrees. Just before i go, signs of summer returning, we were talking about colorado, denver yesterday had about colorado, denver yesterday had a30 about colorado, denver yesterday had a 30 degrees temperature drop was expected for monday into tuesday and these were the scenes that followed. Temperature is around 35 or 36 degrees, barely above freezing for some yesterday as the snow began to fall. There you go. You did warn us and there it is, like you said. Thank you. No part of the uk was left untouched by coronavirus. Thats even been reflected in radio and tv dramas but itll soon be life as we know it in the fictional village of ambridge. Archers theme plays fans of the archers will be relieved to hear production has returned to a new normal, with actors recording together in a studio once more, although in reduced numbers. Rebecca wood reports. The same studios, the same characters but social distancing and a new way of working. Isnt it lovely . I dont know about that. I do. Will you kiss me, please . Always, yeah. Now, no more spoilers so even though they are sitting apart, how do the team feel about being back . It is so nice to be with people in the same room, just to be backin people in the same room, just to be back in the playground of the studio, it is lovely. Since lockdown, the cast and crew have been producing episodes of the bbc radio 4 been producing episodes of the bbc radio4drama been producing episodes of the bbc radio 4 drama from home. It meant a whole new style of programme and for james cartwright, who plays harrison burns, a new set of skills. For the sound we had to put duvets over our head to keep in the sound so it doesnt bounce around, you know . Credit must be given to the team and the writers and tojeremy and to eve ryo ne the writers and tojeremy and to everyone because it would be so easy forjeremy tojust turn everyone because it would be so easy forjeremy to just turn around and 90, forjeremy to just turn around and go, you know what was to lead stop the programme and pick it up when all this has ended. Coronavirus restrictions means that only four people are allowed in the studio at any one time which means, u nfortu nately, any one time which means, unfortunately, you wont be getting any spoilers from me. Before covid 19 there was some huge storyli nes covid 19 there was some huge storylines in the pipeline so when we come back, only one person knows the answer and it is not him. |j we come back, only one person knows the answer and it is not him. I will not tell you that. And if i didnt tell you that i have to kill you so, you know. The choice is yours. Adapting to restrictions so they could keep the show on air was tops. There was some criticism for the tea m there was some criticism for the team but the boss is now looking to the future. It isjust a really lovely feeling that we are moving in the right direction, back towards normality, back towards yes, maybe we will have a Christmas Show this year and we will be back in the world at some point full you can see were getting there. Scenes recorded today will be on the airwaves in dover. And it is back in umbrage at least to business as usual. Researchers in antarctica have made a discovery that could help explain why the biggest glacier in the west of the continent is melting so rapidly. Theyve discovered deep channels under the ice, some of which are more than 600 metres deep, which provide a pathway for warm ocean water to get in, accelerating the melting process. 0ur chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. We are whiskey, three, five. Next co ord will be at one, seven, four, zero. This one antarctic glacier is the size of the uk and is already responsible for 5 of world Sea Level Rise and the rate the thwaites glacier is melting has accelerated fivefold in the last 30 years. Last year, a team of british and american scientists set up camp on the glacier. It is one of the most remote places on earth. By measuring the gravitational pull of the seabed under the ice, they discovered a network of deep channels, a key step in understanding why the glacier is changing so rapidly. So, these channels are really, really important because they are the pathway that links the deep ocean to the grounded ice sheet and although the surface waters around antarctica are really cold, the deep ocean waters are actually somewhat warmer and it is these warmer ocean waters that get into the ice that you can actually start to see quite rapid changes in the ice sheet behaviour. This is what they think is happening a series of huge channels, some almost a kilometre below the ice, allowing the warmer, deep ocean water to flow up to the front of the glacier, melting it increasingly rapidly. Another team of scientists work from an icebreaker ship at the front of the glacier. Exceptional sea ice break up last year meant they could survey over 2000 Square Kilometres of the sea floor in front of the thwaites ice shelf. Its so important to understand whats going on in antarctica today, particularly these big glaciers, like thwaites, because they are changing really quickly as the climate warms and, as they melt, they are feeding more and more water to our global oceans, which is increasing the rate of Sea Level Rise. There is up to 3. 5 metres of Sea Level Rise locked up in the ice here, in west antarctica. Thats enough to reshape the map of the earth, flooding many of the worlds greatest cities. Understanding why this remote area is changing and how quickly it will do so is essential if the world is to prepare for the rising waters to come. Justin rowlatt, bbc news. Very interesting to hear what is going on there as well. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. We will see you for the headlines back here in a few minutes time. Good morning from bbc london, im alpa patel. The husband of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, who was jailed in iran four years ago, has appealed to the government to attend her second trial when it begins on sunday. Nazanin was sentenced to five years in prison over spying allegations which she denies. She was granted house arrest in march. On tuesday only months from her expected release date she was told she would face a second trial. A spokesperson for the government said the new charges are indefensible. Plans for a Holocaust Memorial centre next to Westminster Abbey are set to be challenged in the high court. The london historic parks and Gardens Trust have launched a judicial review saying theyre not opposed to the plans but the location is wholly unacceptable and theres a conflict of interest with the Decision Making process. The government says they have robust arrangements to ensure the decisions are fair. A Charity Supporting parents who have suffered an early pregnancy loss has launched at guys and st thomas hospital. Cradle gives support to bereaved families, including providing comfort bags which contain items like toiletries and notepads for them to write down their thoughts, as well as details of how to access peer support from a network of volunteers. The first london mural festival celebrating street art underway later. The free Event Features more than 150 global artists, with more than 50 new pieces of art on walls all across the capital. A map to guide you on walks around the street art and other events taking place over the next month is available to download. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. No service on waterloo city line that all other lines have good service. There is a accident on palmers green. And voxel bridge is only open southbound for buses and taxis. Good morning. Another warm and humid night last night so a mild start this morning. A little bit of brightness around first thing, some hint of sunshine and a cold front starts to sink south and without the cloud brighter spells and we are hanging onto the warm temperatures for today. We are looking at a maximum of around 24 celsius. As that cold front clears we may get a spot of light rain but very minimal amounts. 0vernight tonight that cloud continues to sink south and we will get fresh air piling in behind so it will feel cooler with a minimum temperature away from Central London of around eight or 9 degrees. Tomorrow we will see much fresher temperatures and it will feel a little cooler, some sunny spells around but quite a bit of cloud around as well. For friday, similar conditions, still a bit of sunshine and dry weather in the forecast and through the weekend it is going to stay fairly settled into next week you can have some warm air coming up from the continent so it is set to get quite a bit warmer. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and Louise Minchin. 0ur headlines today social gatherings of more than six people both indoors and outside will become illegal in england on monday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Well be speaking to the Health Secretary in the next half hour. Towns in california and Washington State are left in ruins as wildfires rage on the American West coast. A major trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine developed by Oxford University and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer taking part in the uk fell ill. A pilot event with around 3,500 racing fans at doncaster today is set to go ahead. Despite a ban on large social gatherings in england coming into force next week. And its another humid day across southern parts but much a rare on the way for all. Details later. Its wednesday, the 9th of september. Our top story. Social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in england from monday both indoors and outdoors in what is a significant tightening of coronavirus restrictions. The government is introducing the move following a sharp rise in the number of cases, which the Prime Minister has described as concerning. But there will be some exemptions, as our Political Correspondent nick eardley explains. Voiceover wash your hands, cover your face, make space. A new campaign by the government to remind us all of the basics to stop the spread of coronavirus. Ministers and experts have become increasingly worried about the number of new cases and today, new measures are being announced to try to limit social contact. You could pick up or pass on the virus. From monday, in england, gatherings of more than six people are being banned by law. The new measures apply indoors and outdoors. Police will be given the power to break up groups, and, if people dont comply, they could be fined £100. This will double in each further repeat offence, up to £3,200. Until now, people from two households could meet in larger groups, but thats been limited to six, meaning two families of four cant all meet at the same time. The new restrictions will apply to hospitality venues like pubs and restaurants, but there will be some exemptions for work and education, and funerals and weddings and organised team sports. Borisjohnson will be back at the podium in downing street later where he will tell people weve seen tighter rules in a number of areas in recent weeks, large parts of the north of england, a number of councils in the west of scotland, caerphilly in wales. In bolton, significant new restrictions have just come into force. Pubs and restaurants have been told they can only serve takeaways. Opening hours have been restricted at night, and people have been banned from socialising with those from outside our household. The rise in cases in bolton is largely due to socialising by people in their 20s and 30s, we know this from Contact Tracing, and through our Contact Tracing system weve identified a number of pubs at which the virus has spread significantly. But from monday, there will also be new National Restrictions for the whole of england, limiting how many people can meet at a time as the government tries to avoid the virus running out of control. Nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. What were going to hear from the Prime Minister is a real attempt to round home that message we need to stick to them and to do the basics. Some of the rationale behind it, why do it now. As he told cabinet ministers yesterday, the government wa nts to ministers yesterday, the government wants to avoid seeing whats happened that then becomes a rise in hospitalisations. A rise in deaths. This has come after borisjohnson spoke to police chiefs. Its about these rules being easier to understand and enforce. Not massively different. But this does put it on a legal basis. Thank you very much for the analysis. We will be speaking to matt hancock at about 7 30am here on bbc request. A major trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine has been put on hold across the world, after a volunteer in the uk fell ill. The vaccine being developed by Oxford University and Drugs Company astrazeneca is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, and in smaller groups in brazil and south america. Astrazeneca described it as a routine pause in the case of an unexplained illness. A safety review will be carried out before the trial can restart. The government will publish its new legislation on trading within the uk later which ministers have admitted will break international law. The internal market bill will outline how powers currently held by the European Union will be shared out when the brexit transition period ends, and could allow minsters to modify the uks agreement for leaving the eu. A man is due to appear in court this morning following a series of stabbings in Birmingham City centre during the early hours of sunday. 27 year old Zephaniah Mcleod from selly oak, is charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. Jacob billington, who was 23, died from a stab wound to the neck; a man and a woman are still critically ill in hospital. The largest migrant camp in greece is being evacuated after a majorfire broke out. Emergency teams and volunteers are battling the flames at the camp, on the island of lesbos, which is home to almost 13,0000 people. Thats around four times the number it can officially hold. The camp was placed under quarantine last week after a migrant tested positive for coronavirus. 35 cases have since been confirmed. Strong winds are continuing to fan huge wildfires burning out of control on the west coast of the United States. Firefighters in california are battling to bring 25 blazes under control, whilst in Washington State, the small town of malden has been almost completely destroyed. The governor of california says the state is dealing with one of the most challenging periods in its history with over 900 buyers since the middle of august. We were talking to a weather reporter there about an hour talking to a weather reporter there aboutan hourago, talking to a weather reporter there about an hour ago, but record temperatures. That is hopefully not what is happening here. Good morning, matt. Set to get a bit fresher here over the next 24 hours. A bit of sunshine, but humid across the south at the moment, temperatures back to 18 degrees, 12 or 13 as we started the day but here, sunshine and a few showers, further south with cloud and patchy rain, pushing its way southwards across the west of wales and the midlands, not much rain on it. Further north an increasing amounts of sunshine, spending the rest of the day drive. Cloudy afternoon across the southernmost counties of england. Notice just north of that, much sunnier afternoon, compared with this morning, and the same for Northern Ireland with much of scotland, showers in the north west, the breeze will make it cool during a cloudy moment, temperatures for the northern half of scotland, 12 15. 0vernight, clear skies around the many and that fresher air mass in place, temperatures down into single figures. A cooler start to tomorrow morning. We will speak to you later. A child with cancer brings much uncertainty and heartache to a family, and coronavirus has caused even more concern around diagnosis and treatment. Around 4,500 children get cancer each year in the uk. Jayne mccubbin has been to meet two young people who continued treatment and were given the all clear during the height of the pandemic. They remember the exact moment they we re they remember the exact moment they were told. I do, like it was yesterday. That will be in my mind forever. Yes, it was sunday the first of october, 2017. The exact moment their child cancer story started. There was a painting in the little private room where the doctor told us. We were told there was something growing and sallys chest. I dont think i had noticed the picture before but i was just looking at it as she was telling me. Hearing the word oncology, which is a word that youve never come across before, and as soon as you look it up, you realise its a Cancer Treatment ward, your heart sinks. But the reality is that, for most children, there are cancer story will have a happy ending. We like the cars, the cars that go boom. Let me introduce to children. Who havent just survived cancer. What did you have done at the hospital . Theyve survived it, in a pandemic. Come on. This is sixyearold rufus, could watch rather tell me about spider man than talk about leukaemia. Now youre talking. And this is sally, who was 13. And how you feeling . Feel really well now. Three years ago, sallys consultant gave the diagnosis of ewing sarcoma, a bone cancer. And for a while, she was looking so worried and said to stop being so worried because she knew what it was and she could fix it. Dont worry, i can fix this. In fa ct, it. Dont worry, i can fix this. In fact, almost 85 of childhood cancers are today cured and sally has vloged every moment of the story, from chemo to dialysis, from how lost to locked down. Its been ha rd how lost to locked down. Its been hard because usually i would be able to have friends coming to visit me in hospital and my sister will be able to come with me. You wont both pa rents able to come with me. You wont both parents there and your family around you. Covid mightve stopped visitors but as it was never a significant threat to children like sally, it never stopped Cancer Treatment so today, they have a new date burned in their memory. Monday the 24th of july . Results day. It was a good day. As for rufus, he also has another day to remember, april 15. We had a little bit of lego tea time to get home and trim finishes treatment and they came in the car, didnt they . Hello on the day he should have been ringing the bell to signify the end of his Cancer Treatment, he was in locked down. His family instead came to honk their horns. You couldnt do it in hospital, could you, so weve sent toa hospital, could you, so weve sent to a bell. Ive got a bell. Covid might not have stopped childhood Cancer Treatment, but it has stopped fundraising. The challenge with covid its devastating and we really just cant afford to lose them. Cancer research uk for children and young people, the charity which has supported rufus and sally, estimate they will lose £300 million in income. Its an impossible thank you. These people ive never seen or met, put together this treatment. He is strong and brave and im just so thankful that he is who is and that he is here. In half an hour. Thankful that he is who is and that he is here. Look at him. What a superhero thankfully there are experimental treatments being offered to help some of the rarest child cancers. A documentary on channel 4 tonight follows three families receiving treatment at the Royal Marsden hospital in london. Were joined now by esther stevenson, whose three year old daughter charlotte received life saving treatment there. Were also joined by consultant dr lynley marshall. Good morning to both of you and thank you forjoining us. Esther, lets start with you. Tell us more about charlotte. She was diagnosed quite young with cancer. She was only 14 weeks old when a sizeable tumour was discovered in her left lung. It was a soft tissue tumour and we went into Cancer Treatment immediately. And you were offered a treatment which was very new. How did you feel about that offer . We only started a year into her journey, we had tried more conventional measures and they had not been successful so in part it was, you know, a difficult decision to make, this new treatment we did not know much about but in time it gave us a chance for charlotte to do better and so we grab it in the end. We are seeing some beautiful pictures of your daughter while we are talking to you. She looks like an adorable young girl. What sort of an adorable young girl. What sort of an impact as it had on her and on your life. You are in belfast and i imagine it is quite a commute to the hospital at the Royal Marsden for treatment. For the last two years we have been travelling there every four weeks and myself and my other two children and my husband have stayed at home and that has been tricky forfamily stayed at home and that has been tricky for family life but being a mother is amazing. We get this little girl who puts light into the world and she does not have to suffer the side effects we knew she suffered during chemotherapy and so we just suffered during chemotherapy and so wejust get to suffered during chemotherapy and so we just get to enjoy her the rest of the time. Lets speak now to doctor linley. Thank you forjoining us. Tell us about this treatment that charlotte is on. Charlotte is on a new personalised medicine plan of oral medication and essentially it isa oral medication and essentially it is a new kind of drug that targets the driving force of charlottes tumours, the tumour in her lung has a protein that switches on the cancer causing these tumours. At this drug acts on that switch to switch it off directly and causes the cancer to stop growing and to disappear completely. It is a much kinder treatment than traditional chemotherapy and radiotherapy for other cancers and it enables her to live a normal well life. We just saw pictures of esther carrying around a bottle of medicine. It is interesting to know how expensive that is. This is a costly treatment, isnt it . It is. And that is why she was able to access it in a clinical trial. It was exciting to see treatment from the research lab go into the clinic and it is important that these trials happen early for children so they can access these medicines and that we collect the data so that the best medicine can then be brought into use for more children nationally and internationally so they will not need to travel Long Distance and thatis need to travel Long Distance and that is what happened with this drug. That bottle of medicine is worth about £5,000 . That is correct. Compared to the coast of children being hospitalised and chemotherapy side effects sometimes needing intensive care which charlotte has neededin intensive care which charlotte has needed in the past, the quality of life years. Needed in the past, the quality of life yea rs. If needed in the past, the quality of life years. If you cure a three year old early you have added to society for years and years ahead and cost spared to the nhs and you cannot put a price on it. This has been proven that make proven and it will be available for many more children. Esther, i imagine you carry these models carefully. How is charlotte doing now . She is very well full she is a well and has just started nursery school. She keeps the rest of the family on our toes so we are so grateful for that. The rest of the family on our toes so we are so grateful for thatm is really wonderful to speak to you. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you both. The programme can we cure kids cancer . Is on channel 4, tonight at 10pm. Lovely to hear some good news for people. The 2020 nfl season gets underway tomorrow and theres been plenty of developments during the off season. Theres been new star signings, team names and president s, so theres lot to talk about with former players and co hosts of the bbcs nfl show, 0si umenyiora and jason bell and thats before we even mention strictly when shall we talk about it . This is a huge moment for you, you are on strictly i am so excited for both. I feel with strictly it is like the nfl season all over again when i played. I am getting ready in anticipation, i am played. I am getting ready in anticipation, iam nervous played. I am getting ready in anticipation, i am nervous but embracing the whole process. And if you need to get onside with the head judge you know that shirleys best friend is your co star. Ifjason needs some tips to get on the right side of shirley, how can he do that . Our main goal shirley. She is the absolute best. All you need to do is just take care of her and work hard, be yourself and i think he would do a fantasticjob. Be yourself and i think he would do a fantastic job. How be yourself and i think he would do a fantasticjob. How are you . Id love to give you a hug we will have to survive via watts at. Doesnt like a slice of normal being back to the show . Absolutely. It is about time we get back to playing football. I know everyone in america is looking forward to it and we have fancier in the uk looking forward to watching the showers the games and everything that transpires and see what the responses. Jason, what are you looking forward to . Apart from strictly . Im looking forward to all of the changes in the quarterback position is to top quarterbacks are moving to other teams is not something you see. Especially cam newton and tom brady, i look forward to seeing them in their new team and i think the rest of the nfl fan bases as well. And i remember speaking to you when we were climbing the mountain for comic relief. The popularity of the nfl in the ukjust relief. The popularity of the nfl in the uk just keeps growing year on year. People like tom brady are household names around the world but you get those discussions now in the uk where you did not get that maybe five or ten years ago. I think it has been incredible. Over the past five or ten years the game just keeps on growing and growing and people are seeing the drama, they see the intrigue and the athleticism on display in the nfl and they are being drawn towards it. |j on display in the nfl and they are being drawn towards it. I have you been surprised by the huge amount of fancier in the uk . No, no i have not. They already had a fan base and nfl has spent so much time trying to promote the game and you must give all the credit to the fans. They have grown, they have engaged and osi andl have grown, they have engaged and osi and i are trying to carry the torch and do the best we can. Year on year the growth is just tremendous. One other thing that people who love nfl and love you as well, and there are many of them, honestly, they will follow your podcast as well. If you are not into nfl, you literally talk about everything, dont you . The most recent one, jason, you were talking about your daughter returning to school so you recover basically everything . Absolutely. We tried to make it like locker room talk and in the locker room we talk about everything that is not the game of football. That is what we try to do and we enjoy it and dropping my daughter off at school this week was heart wrenching. I had to get that off my chest. What is it like . Have you recorded over lock down . We did re cord you recorded over lock down . We did record that we do it remotely. Yesterday was our first day of coming together and maintaining some social distancing and recording but it was good to see jason again and get face to face with him and good to record our podcast. Jason said we talk about everything, about life in general, because we know sports is a microcosm of life. How much of it gets edited out . Laughing none of it . shocking, none of it. And i know this is something that has come the podcast as well, black lights matters that make black lives matter has been a prominent topic of discussion in sport and right across society. Is that something that you feel, will that be reflected you think in nfl and i know that teams have changed their names and there has been a big discussion around that and those issues raised by that in this coming season. That and those issues raised by that in this coming seasonlj that and those issues raised by that in this coming season. I think so. I think you will see a lot of it. For me, personally, it is time for us to start taking more substantive action. I know black lives matter is what got me started doing this many yea rs what got me started doing this many years ago and i think many people is doing it and years ago and i think many people is doing itand it years ago and i think many people is doing it and it has become safe and almost cliche, if you want to be there now but now we need to start getting more substantial action. For one i would like to see, especially with what is going on right here with what is going on right here with Marcus Rushford at manchester united, the steps he has taken so far in the things he is addressing, they address what i feel like other real problems in the rest of society, issues that are happening, not only in the United States but here in the uk and we need to start doing more things like that rather than just taking a knee or making a demonstration or a protest with nothing to support it. Jason, would you echo those thoughts . nothing to support it. Jason, would you echo those thoughts . I totally believe that people, once they find their voice, they should and what i appreciate what the nfl place are doing and you need to cast light on what is happening in society. Because if you do not because that light there will be no change. So they may not have the solution but they may not have the solution but they continue to share it a light on what is happening so people can now get together and have conversations and stop providing solutions to great to hear from you both. Good luck and enjoy your podcast and the return of the show, this saturday. I love them. I developed deep man love for you when we both claimed that mountain. He was the glue that held everyone together. I love the way that kilimanjaro gets a mention every now and then. I dont know if you know, but i climbed kilimanjaro. I dont like to talk about it. Time now for the news, travel and weather wherever you are. Good morning from bbc london. Im alpa patel. The husband of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, who was jailed in iran four years ago, has appealed to the government to attend her second trial when it begins on sunday. Nazanin, from hampstead, was sentenced to five years in prison over spying allegations which she denies. She was granted house arrest in march. On tuesday only months from her expected release date she was told she would face a second trial. A spokesperson for the government said the new charges are indefensible. Plans for a Holocaust Memorial centre next to Westminster Abbey are set to be challenged in the high court. The london historic parks and Gardens Trust have launched a judicial review, saying theyre not opposed to the plans but the location is wholly unacceptable and theres a conflict of interest with the Decision Making process. The government says they have robust arrangements to ensure the decisions are fair. A Charity Supporting parents who have suffered an early pregnancy loss has launched at guys and st thomas hospital. Cradle gives support to bereaved families, including providing comfort bags which contain items like toiletries and notepads for them to write down their thoughts, as well as details of how to access support from volunteers. The first london mural festival celebrating street art gets underway later. The free Event Features more than 150 global artists, with more than 50 new pieces of art on walls all across the capital. A map to guide you on walks around the street art and other events taking place over the next month is available to download. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. On the tube no service on the waterloo city line until further notice. All other lines are running a good service. On the roads theres a serious collision on the north circular in palmers green. The road is closed eastbound from bowes road. Long delays in both directions. Vauxhall bridge is closed until december. Its only open southbound to buses and taxis. Now the weather with kate. Good morning. Another warm and humid night last night so a mild start this morning. A little bit of brightness around first thing, some hint of sunshine and a cold front starts to sink south and with thast the cloud increases. Brighter spells and we are hanging onto the warm temperatures for today. We are looking at a maximum of around 24 celsius. As that cold front clears we may get a spot of light rain but very minimal amounts. Overnight tonight that cloud continues to sink south and we will get fresh air piling in behind so it will feel cooler with a minimum temperature away from Central London of around eight or 9 degrees. Tomorrow we will see much fresher temperatures and it will feel a little cooler, some sunny spells around but quite a bit of cloud around as well. For friday, similar conditions, still a bit of sunshine and dry weather in the forecast and through the weekend it is going to stay fairly settled into next week you can have some warm air coming up from the continent so it is set to get quite a bit warmer. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. This hello. This is breakfast with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Its 7 30. Social gatherings of more than six people will be banned from monday in england as the Prime Minister moves to tackle what hes called a concerning rise in coronavirus cases. The new rules will apply both indoors and outdoors, though schools and workplaces are among a number of exceptions. Lets speak now to Health Secretary, matt hancock, you joins us from westminster. There is so much to get through, thank you for your time. First, lets be really clear, what is changing . The changes we are ringing m, changing . The changes we are ringing in, which will come into force on monday, either in social settings, you cant gather in groups of more than six. That is it, really super, simple rule. There are a number of exemptions for schools, because you wa nt to exemptions for schools, because you want to protect education, for work, because work places already have covid secure guidelines and events like weddings, funerals and christenings. Other than that, the rule is really simple. One of the piece of feedback we had including from the police was that we need the rules to be super simple so that Everybody Knows what they are, you cant gather in a group of more than six and this will be rigorously enforced by the police. How . You can get a fine of £100 going up to £3200 for a repeat offence and there was a problem with enforcement of the rules, you could have to households together. How do you have define how big a household is . But this is really simple. Gatherings are ok, they should be socially distanced of course, but groups up to six and we brought that in with a specific number, so that Everybody Knows what the score is. The reason we brought this in, weve seen a rise in the number of cases that you mentioned. Also, weve seen in other countries around the world where they dont ta ke around the world where they dont take action, you end up with this second peak leading to more hospitalisations and deaths. We dont want to see that here. Is this because lockdown was eased too early . Know, because we brought the number of cases right down as weve discussed many times and it was low all throughout the summer which i was really pleased with but then we have seen this rise just in the last few days and because our Contact Tracing system now can tell is whether cases are coming from, whether cases are coming from, whether transmission is likely to be, we found that most of it is in social settings. Not that much of it actually in the work place because those businesses are largely following those covid secure guidelines. Its largely people socialising of all seen with our la with our eyes that the rules were not being followed as much. The vast majority of people still were but you could see that was not happening as clearly so we brought in a simpler, clearer set of rules, no gatherings of more than six. You talk about social settings and you talked about pubs in bolton. Its still safe to go to the pub . Yes, you should grow in a group of less than six. The Prime Minister will be setting out, we will also be tightening some of the enforcement around hospitality businesses make sure they are policing the guidelines very clearly. Not only do not go to the pub with a group of more than six, thats your responsibility, the pub needs to have each group of six separate so they cant pass the disease from one group to the other so business has responsibilities as well. What about largerfamilies . Responsibilities as well. What about larger families . Does that mean they cant see the two grandparents together . Im afraid for a family of five or six. This will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, so we dont do this lightly. Were back to where we were, you can only see one grandparent in that case, for example . In those circumstances, it will bring more restrictions. I have three we have a family of five, and we will be able to see one of the person at a time asa to see one of the person at a time as a whole family so absolutely, yes. U nfortu nately as a whole family so absolutely, yes. Unfortunately the nature of the virus is that it thrives on social contact. The goal is we are trying to protect education work by stopping this rise that is largely coming through social contact. Of course i understand the impact of this and of course, if you are in a household where there is more than six who lived together, and share facilities under one roof, obviously that group will be able to Stay Together because they lived together anyway. But they cant see anybody else . Not as a group, no. What about people who use grandparents of the grandparents are helping out with childcare. That is a serious problem in terms of spread of the disease because white while children are hardly affected in terms of getting ill, we know they can transmit the disease and we know that older people, and most grandparents are older, older people are more likely to die from the disease, especially with schools back, the transmission of the disease from children to grandparents is one of the things we are quite worried about clinically because part of the debate. tried to stop grandparents taking pa rt tried to stop grandparents taking part in childcare when you are trying to get people back to work . Im not actively trying to do that but i am explaining that is something we worry about clinically because as weve been talking about in the last few days, weve seen the large part of the rise in the last few days has been a young people and some have said thats fine because younger people tend not to die from this disease but the problem is, they do pass it on in exactly the sort of way you described, a teenager to their parents and their pa rents teenager to their parents and their parents in turn. It doesnt matter how old you are. Everybody needs to follow these rules. Just meet in up to groups of six and no more than that. Its so important when people follow these rules as previously and enforce them rigorously because we wa nt to enforce them rigorously because we want to see a stop on the rise in the number of cases and we dont wa nt to the number of cases and we dont want to get back to taking more measures which everybody wants to avoid. Can we talk about testing, weve been having lots of people getting in touch, encouraging encountering Serious Problems getting tests. On twitter, i am a teacher, i am getting tests. On twitter, i am a teacher, iam isolating getting tests. On twitter, i am a teacher, i am isolating at home, i cant get a test unless a travel from coventry to glasgow. Birmingham, iwas from coventry to glasgow. Birmingham, i was told no kits were available. They go on. This is another question from twitter. Why is this world beating track and trace is this world beating track and tra ce syste m is this world beating track and trace system after you told us repeatedly testing was the key . What is going on. Let me explain this fully and firmly. There are currently a Record Number of tests available, our capacity is higher thanit available, our capacity is higher than it ever has been, higher than it was last week however we have seen a rise in the number of people who are not eligible for a test coming forward and getting those tests. If you have not been asked specifically by a clinician of the local authority, you are not eligible for a test. Precisely as you described, some of the people who been contacting the programme. How many people are having a test when they dont need one . About 2596 who come forward are not eligible for a test and deviously, because we havent had this problem, and we wa nt to havent had this problem, and we want to getting a test to be as easy as possible. We havent put in place on the website to go through strong requirements to prove eligibility. I dont want to have to do that, put a barrier on symptomatic people to get a test but unfortunately, we have seen this quite sharp rise in the last couple of weeks of people without symptoms who dont have a good reason, coming forward to getting a test. Stories of whole schools or parts of schools being sent to get a test, that is not a cce pta ble sent to get a test, that is not acceptable and inappropriate use of our testing resources so we have a record amount of testing and need to use it wisely. Want to address this point, to everybody who does forward for testing, if you have symptoms, please keep coming forward and trying to get a test. Weve made tests available regularly. The vast majority of people do get a test local to them and we are trying to stop people having to travel a Long Distance. One example from birmingham, my son spent night and day trying to get a test and was told the system was down. He was on hold for five hours yesterday and then told there were no tests available, not even a home test. wa nt to available, not even a home test. want to get him a test. Therefore telling people who do not have symptoms, ive even heard stories of people saying, im going on holiday next week, i will go and get a test. That is not what the testing system is therefore. Its there to control this epidemic. Weve got to be more firm, im afraid, with the rules around eligibility for testing. We we re around eligibility for testing. We were able to be quite relaxed about that but just to were able to be quite relaxed about that butjust to reassure you and your viewers, 90 of people get a test thats within 22 miles of where they live. I told you examples of that. Understand that, of course, but the point im to make is that the vast majority of people get tests close to them. The average distance people have to go to get a testis distance people have to go to get a test is under ten miles. As you described quite rightly, there are people who are being told the test is only available a long way away or one is not available stop i want to sort that out and part of it is increasing capacity, yes, we are doing that and are at record levels. Wide Health Secretary, i wa nt to levels. Wide Health Secretary, i want to ask you something. Im just finishing my answer. It also means saying to people, if youre not eligible for a test you cant go forward and take one for somebody who might have symptoms. Sarah jane marsh, head of the governments programme has apologised to anyone who cannot get a covid tested present, saying all sites are at capacity which is why they dont look overcrowded, its Laboratory Processing which is the pinch point. I processing which is the pinch point. , she doesnt mention other people getting tests. What is going on with the laboratories . Capacity is increasing, its at record levels and we are increasing it further, we have new machines coming in all the time, we built this system from scratch over the last few months and we got record amounts of capacity. The other thing weve seen in the reason there is a problem is not lack of capacity its, its demand from people who are not eligible for a test suddenly over the last ten days or so coming forward in large numbers. Im being very clear to people on your programme that i want to make sure that anybody who has symptoms can get a test. Weve got plenty of tests for people with symptoms to come forward and get a test but if youre not eligible for a test, dont come forward and use up a test, dont come forward and use up the tests that are there for somebody else. Can i ask you, many thousands of people due to be going to doncaster over the next few days. What are your thoughts . Should that be happening. The Prime Minister will be setting up new details of the consequences of six people gathering later today and we will set out what means or some of these events that we were planning to do. So they could be a change. And really briefly, on the vaccine, we know that the oxford vaccine has been halted at the moment. Are you concerned by that . Obviously id rather this went completely smoothly, however we are absolutely clear that safety comes first with the vaccine so there has been a pause while they investigate an incident, and this has happened before but it just incident, and this has happened before but itjust shows how much of an emphasis we put on the safety of the vaccine. We are all desperate to see at work. Matt hancock, thank you for your time on breakfast. Up up to 25 of people getting tests of those without symptoms and he says thats why many people are having difficulties getting a test. Let us know what you think about that and we will be discussing that and the ramifications of some of the changes throughout the course of today. Im also interested in what he said about doncaster because he said the Prime Minister and he will talk about things like that later today. The key point is that the racing is due to start before we hear from the Prime Minister and as we speak, that is still going ahead. Despite everything we are talking about on the programme this morning the latest test event for crowds being allowed back to sporting events is set to go ahead at doncaster racecourse. Around 3,500 people are due to be permitted entry to the opening day of the st leger festival, with a number of hygiene protocols put in place by the organisers, while spectators will have to wear Face Coverings to enter the site. And while these measures have been put in place, the mayor of doncaster has been one of those opposed to the event going ahead. Speaking on social media yesterday before the governments announcement on social gatherings, ros jones tweeted yesterday england drew 0 0 with denmark in the Nations League in a disappointing end to a difficult few days for manager gareth southgate. Hed already sent two players home for breaching quarantine rules. In a game of few scoring opportunities, the danes created marginally more chances but without success. England seldom threatened with harry kane coming close to snatching a late winner deep into injury time but goalless it remained. There was yet more history for Cristiano Ronaldo as he scored his 100th goalfor portugal. He got both in portugals 2 nil win over sweden in the Nations League to become the first european mens player to reach the milestone of 100 goals in international football. This the series already won, england lost the third t20 to australia in southampton. Jonny bairstow top scored with 55 as his side set the aussies a total of 146 to win, but proved less able with the gloves last night. The tourists never really looked like losing and won by 5 wickets. The sides will now play 3 one day internationals, the first on friday. And as you said, quite interesting there to hear from the hills secretary. We may know with the doncaster festival, exactly. He was clear about saying that the Prime Minister will mention that specifically. We expect a Daily Briefing like we used to have, do you remember those . Heres matt with a look at this mornings weather. Good morning. A lovely shot here from cornwall this morning, one of our favourite weather watchers of the morning. You can still vote for your favourite summer weather watch. Head to bbc. Co. Ukfor the your favourite summer weather watch. Head to bbc. Co. Uk for the weather, the bottom of the page, click there in the summer selection can be found. As i will the terms and conditions that you have until midnight on sunday to cast a vote back to what is happening for the here and now we have a weather front pushing self and it is a zone of thick cloud, and patchy rain, to the south, humid airand thick cloud, and patchy rain, to the south, humid air and to the north, something sharp with more sunshine. And here is the weather over the next few hours because parts of wales the midlands, patchy and light rain and drizzle on thatjust edging self woods and you can see cloudy skies to the south but much more sunshine around than yesterday plus Northern England, scotland and Northern Ireland. A few showers peppering Northern Ireland through the day and it is breezy and making it feel cooler. Still up to around 24, made 25 celsius across the south, a bit more cloud here this afternoon and to finish the day in southern counties with some light rain and drizzle. That work south through the night, lingering in the Channel Islands. The skies elsewhere and tonight will be a colder night than recently. Temperatures more widely down into single figures so a fresh start to thursday morning. Thursday morning will start with plenty of sunshine, patchy cloud in the west, cloud amounts increased during the day particularly in the north and west of the country but elsewhere there will be an afternoon of sunny spells as the cloud increases. Shelter the north and west of scotland, most of it tomorrow have a dry day, temperatures 14 20 celsius, down recent days on recent days. Showers were scotland and persistently through the first part of the day pushing through Northern Ireland so it does brighten up here after a wet and windy start with wind touching gale force. The further south, the predominantly dry story, temperatures around 20 degrees and even when a weather front pushes through, nothing more than a one or two showers to take through into saturday. Across southern areas the weekend will start dry, reasonably sunny for many, cloud developing later, showers across scotland and Northern Ireland initially but by the end of the day into sunday night more in the day into sunday night more in the way of wet and windy weather spreading and across the far north west of the country. Temperatures up to around 22 towards the south east corner, starting to rise and it will rise a little further later in the weekend and into the start of next week. There will still be wet weather across scotla nd will still be wet weather across scotland on sunday but by the time we hit the early part of next week we hit the early part of next week we could seating some parts of england and wales hit 25 27 degrees. No part of the uk was left untouched by coronavirus and thats even been reflected in radio and tv dramas but itll soon be life as we know it in the fictional village of ambridge. Fans of the archers will be relieved to hear production has returned to a new normal, with actors recording together in a studio once more, although in reduced numbers. Rebecca wood reports. The same studios, the same characters but social distancing and a new way of working. Isnt it lovely . I dont know about that. I do. Will you kiss me, please . Always, yeah. Now, no more spoilers so even though they are sitting apart, how do the team feel about being back . It is so nice to be with people in the same room, just to be back in the playground of the studio, it is lovely. Since lockdown, the cast and crew have been producing episodes of the bbc radio 4 drama from home. It meant a whole new style of programme and for james cartwright, who plays harrison burns, a new set of skills. For the sound we had to put duvets over our head to keep in the sound so it doesnt bounce around, you know . Credit must be given to the team and the writers and tojeremy and to everyone because it would be so easy forjeremy to just turn around and go, you know what . We will stop the programme and pick it up when all this has ended. Coronavirus restrictions means that only four people are allowed in the studio at any one time which means, unfortunately, you wont be getting any spoilers from me. Before covid 19 there was some huge storylines in the pipeline so will they come back . Only one person knows the answer and it is not him. I will not tell you that. And if i didnt tell you that i have to kill you so, you know. The choice is yours. Adapting to restrictions so they could keep the show on air was tough. There was some criticism for the team but the boss is now looking to the future. It is just a really lovely feeling that we are moving in the right direction, back towards normality, back towards yes, maybe we will have a Christmas Show this year and we will be back in the world at some point full you can see were getting there. Scenes recorded today will be on the airwaves in october. And it is back in ambridge at least to business as usual. That was rebecca wood reporting. Were joined now by the actor Michael Lumsden who plays alistair lloyd. Good morning to you. It must be so exciting to be back. It is beyond exciting. There is a very active Whatsapp Group performed since lockdown happened with the cast and eve ryo ne lockdown happened with the cast and everyone has been keeping in contact. It has been so fierce that eve ryo ne contact. It has been so fierce that everyone has been missing our monthly meet ups. We record each monthly meet ups. We record each month in a block and it is strangely like a family. A big family but we do not see each other all the time but we meet up regularly and we just love the times we get together. So this period has been quite difficult. You had things going for the fans but it has felt different with these monologues which. They have kept it going but they have not gone down well with those who want their slice of ambridge. Anyone who has been involved knows that it is a passionate audience who are unbelievably involved and committed to the programme. I have had situations where i have been asked ifi situations where i have been asked if i would speak to someone because they love the show and are so excited to speak to someone who was in the show and then become the subject of a thai rate of fury because they are so cross at the storyline i am in, but they love the programme. My feeling is that many people still enjoy what has happened, enjoy seeing characters in a different light and if people have not, then my hope is that they are going to be very happy that we are shortly coming back to more like what they recognise. I must say this, iam what they recognise. I must say this, i am certain i had covid when we we re this, i am certain i had covid when we were recording the block that had to be stopped because lockdown happened. I was at home with a raised temperature which suddenly went through the roof, shortness of rest, a cough, no taste no smell and i remember how dramatic it was and everybody feeling that they could not finish recording the episodes that they were planning, that were written and ready to be done. And i think what happened was extraordinary, the way they turned it around and came up with something that the programme alive because the alternative would have been to say 0k, alternative would have been to say ok, we willjust put it to sleep until we can return to the studio. That would have meant nothing for the fans. I know you are definitely or part of a family with the listeners and the actors and quite passionate and what is it like being backin passionate and what is it like being back in the studio . Used to use a single microphone didnt you . We used to use a single microphone and it is much more physical than people realise. The traditional, think back to the 1950s, a group of actors standing ina to the 1950s, a group of actors standing in a row in front of a microphone reading script. We move around a lot, we sit at tables, we get up, we move in and out of space and we will become physically close if we are physically close to the characters. All that is gone. I think you saw in that clip that the floor of the studio was covered in yellow and black tape that d show demarcation areas. If anything must be adjusted than the studio manager will come forward and adjust and you retreat two metres. So it is a very different form of recording. Having said that, it is away, and in america they record like that anyway, each actor with a separate microphone recording a different track which is all edited later. So it is not unknown but it is odd for us. It is not what we are used to. This may sound like a stupid question but do you miss hugging each other . Absolutely. We waited all this time, it is been five or six months since we met any other cast member and now we are not allowed to gather in our normal greenroom because it is not suitable within covid regulations, so we are ina within covid regulations, so we are in a separate area where the seats are all two metres apart. Although we are back in the studio and that is joyous and those of us who have been back are thrilled to have been back and it has been lovely. We are only booked to do the specific seems we are in so you arrive at the studios, you go to the waiting area and the only other people will be in the sense that you are doing and when you finish you go and the people doing the next scenes will appearand do people doing the next scenes will appear and do their seems to rather than at least the people in one episode being together and chatting and catching up after however long it is since we have seen each other. So even though we are back, for us it is still a limited form of being back. But in terms of what is going out it wont be limited at all. know people will be so delighted. Thank you so much for your time here on breakfast this morning. You can listen to the archers, on bbc radio 4 and the bbc sounds app. Stay with us. The headlines are coming up shortly. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and Louise Minchin. Our headlines today social gatherings of more than six people both indoors and outside will become illegal in england on monday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. The Health Secretary has told breakfast the changes will mean families of five or more will not be able to see two grandparents at the same time. For a family of five or six, this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, and we dont do this lightly. Mr hancock also told us that plans for a pilot event with around 3,500 racing fans at doncaster will be reviewed. A major trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine developed by Oxford University and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide, after a volunteer taking part in the uk fell ill. And in the weather, it will be another humid day across the south but turning much, much fresher from the north. I will have all the details here on breakfast. Its wednesday, the 9th of september. Our top story in a significant tightening of coronavirus restrictions, social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in england from monday both indoors and outdoors. The government is introducing the move following a sharp rise in the number of cases. In the last half hour, the Health Secretary has told us that some families will have to make difficult sacrifices when it comes to seeing loved ones. Lets get more now from our Political Correspondent, helen catt, who joins us from westminster. Good morning to you once again, helen. Lots to digester from what the Health Secretary said but it is clear that these measures will have an impact on everything from childcare to sporting events. An impact on everything from childcare to sporting eventsm well and a message from matt hancock is that this is about making the rules super simple. There has been criticism that as we have gone through the pandemic, the rules have got more complicated and people had stopped being able to understand them. He also suggested this was a call from the police to simplify the rules so it is easier to simplify them. Interesting to note there seem to be tougher language on enforcement, where as previously the government has been encouraging people to observe, guidance. This is a legal rule that comes with enforcement. But if you simplify the rules, you remove the flexibility and that does have consequences. So while they are still well be some exemptions for weddings, work and education, if your family is exemptions for weddings, work and education, if yourfamily is more than six, you wont have to go out in two groups, you cannot go out together, when it comes to meeting other people, other families, together, when it comes to meeting other people, otherfamilies, if you area large other people, otherfamilies, if you are a large family, matt hancock told breakfast yes, this will have consequences. Im afraid that a family of. For a family, say, of five or six, this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, and we dont do this lightly. So theres no exception, for example, so were back to where we were with you can only see one grandparent in that case, for example . In those circumstances, it will be, absolutely it will bring in more restrictions. You know, i have three children, we have a family of five and so well be able to see one other person at a time, as a whole family. One of the other issues which the Health Secretary was talking about was this problem with people getting tests. We a re was this problem with people getting tests. We are getting a lot of evidence, people saying they have to drive a long way and louise put that question to him and his response was about people getting tested to dont need them . There have been questions raised consistently about the test and trace service, which the government has said will be vital to keeping the spread of the virus under control. There have been lots of questions in recent months about how well or not that is working. Recently, people have been told they have to go hundreds of miles to get a test. Matt hancock said 90 of people are able to get a test within 22 miles. He also, though, as you said, suggested that some of it was about people actually coming forward when they shouldnt. Here is what he said. We have seen a rise in the numberof said. We have seen a rise in the number of people who are not eligible for a test coming forward and getting those tests. If you dont have symptoms, unless you have been asks specifically by clinician or local authority to go and get a test, you are not eligible for a test. But we want the test to be available for people with symptoms. I think there will be more questions asked about that. In terms of the new restrictions, though, we will find out more about the specifics on the detail of that later today. The Prime Minister will give a press conference to set up more detail. The idea behind it, the government says, is they dont want to see a repeat of what we have seen in spain and france where there is a rise in infections which leads to a rise in hospitalisations and in spain, sadly, a rise in the number of deaths. Helen, thank you. A major trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine, being developed by Oxford University and Drugs Company astrazeneca, has been put on hold across the world, after a volunteer in the uk fell ill. The vaccine is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, and in smaller groups in brazil and south america. Lets speak with our medical editor, fergus walsh. Just take us through this, how significant is it . Well, i think it is unlikely to be very significant but we cannot prejudge the outcome ofan but we cannot prejudge the outcome of an independent review. But what happens is whenever someone is admitted to hospital who is one of the volunteers on the trial, and more than 10,000 people in the uk have rolled up their sleeves and been immunised with the Oxford University astrazeneca jab, whenever any of them is admitted to hospital and the cause of their illness is not. They havent been knocked off their bike, then the vaccine trial is put on pause while an independent Committee Reviews the data. That normally takes just a view days. It is then sent to their medical regulator and they can make a decision about restarting the trial. Oxford university have said these things are routine and in any large trial, they will happen by chance when somebody falls ill and it shows that they are running this trial with the safety of their participants as their top priority. Which is absolutely as it should be. We know there are lots of different vaccines being tried at this point. We have asked you this before, when might there be one that can be used . I wish i could give you a better a nswer to i wish i could give you a better answer to this but what i can say to you is i am hoping and the oxford tea m to you is i am hoping and the oxford team and the other big manufacturers, there are more than 30 now in clinical trials, with oxford being one of the front runners because they have already immunised 18,000 people around the world, in the uk, south africa, brazil and now big trials starting in the us, which is temporarily on pause. Im hoping that we will get some kind of indication on efficacy, and whether this actually works and whether the long term safety data is good before christmas. But in terms of when you or i might be able to get a vaccine and when the person on the street might be able to get the vaccine who is not a key worker, like a doctor or a nurse, i think thatis like a doctor or a nurse, i think that is very unlikely before next year. We made, if things go well with any of these top six vaccines, we may get some emergency authorisation perhaps before the end of the year. Fergus, thank you very much, as ever. I expect we will speak to before then thank you. The government will publish its new legislation on trading within the uk later . Which ministers have admitted will break international law. The internal market bill will outline how powers currently held by the European Union will be shared out when the brexit transition period ends, and could allow ministers to modify the uks agreement for leaving the eu. A man is due to appear in court this morning following a series of stabbings in Birmingham City centre during the early hours of sunday. 27 year old Zephaniah Mcleod from selly oak is charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. Jacob billington, who was 23, died from a stab wound to the neck, a man and a woman are still critically ill in hospital. A teenager will appear in court today charged with attempted murder and firearms offences, after a 15 year old boy was shot near kesgrave high school. Suffolk police were called to reports of a shooting on a Housing Estate on monday morning. The injured boy was airlifted to addenbrookes hospital, where he remains in a critical condition. The largest migrant camp in greece is being evacuated after a majorfire broke out. Emergency teams and volunteers are battling the flames at the camp, on the island of lesbos, which is home to almost 13,000 people. Thats around four times the number it can officially hold. The camp was placed under quarantine last week after a migrant tested positive for coronavirus. 35 cases have since been confirmed. The worst ever wildfires to hit the west coast of the United States are continuing to burn out of control in california and Washington State. Small towns have been left in ruins and Officials Say the town of malden has been almost completely destroyed. The governor of california says the state is dealing with one of the most challenging periods in its history, with over 900 fires since the middle of august. A man with serious breathing issues says he was ambushed into wearing a Face Covering on a plane. Easyjet has apologised after one of its pilots was filmed threatening to remove the passenger from the flight, from jersey to gatwick. Mobile phone footage captured the moment the man was told to leave the plane. 0k. Ok. Dont know the details of all thatis ok. Dont know the details of all that is happening there but im sure we will uncover that in the days to come. Kim kardashian has announced the end of the Reality Tv Show which helped to make her a celebrity and a billionaire. Keeping up with the kardashians was panned by the critics when it began 14 years ago, but it won huge ratings for the e channel, and a legion of devoted fans for the kardashian family. The final series the 21st will be broadcast early next year. You are going to miss that, arent you . There are 20 series i can go back and watch another big fan of that programme is matt, who has the weather for us. Had the dishes out all morning, the tears have been flowing. An emotional morning indeed. 14 years andi emotional morning indeed. 14 years and i havent seen one episode what ive seen are some beautiful sunrise shots this morning across the country, this in the east of scotland. Fair amount of sunshine to come. Starting claudia in the south, where the humid weather is still in place at the moment. Temperatures still in the upper teens in many parts. A fresh start for scotland and Northern Ireland and that fresher air will work southwards throughout the day. A zone of cloudy and rain coming into east anglia in the afternoon and southernmost counties later in the davis to a few showers in the far north and north east of scotland also. But many in between will stay dry. As we end the day, the zone of the thick cloud, patchy rain and drizzle around these english southern counties. Could get to 22 24 before that. Further north, a lot more sunshine this morning compared with the morning. Brighter day than yesterday for most of scotland and Northern Ireland. A bit breezy and that will make it feel cooler, especially in cloudier moments where you get them, temperatures 12 15 across much of scotland later today. As we go through this evening and overnight, fresher air in place. Sky is clear, winds are light, temperatures drop further so a colder night than last night so get ready for a more chilly commute tomorrow morning for more details on that just before tomorrow morning for more details on thatjust before 8 45. Thank you for the morning. Lets take you back to our top story. Back now to our top story, and from monday, social gatherings in england will be limited to six people both indoors and outdoors after a significant rise in the number of coronavirus cases. Local lockdowns are already in force in areas across the uk, including bolton, from where our correspondent, john maguirejoins us this morning. You are telling us earlier about the huge rise in cases there, it must be a big concern for the people of bolton . Yes, it is an extraordinary number, really, when you think about it. We will find out a bit more after speaking to some people who live here but that number has increased over the last two weeks from 15 18 per 100,000 to now above 120 per 100,000. If from 15 18 per 100,000 to now above 120 per100,000. If you from 15 18 per 100,000 to now above 120 per 100,000. If you think about it, 20 as the cut off point on which we impose quarantine from those travelling from overseas. A real jump. The thought at the moment is perhaps social distancing measures havent been observed, that socialising is part of the reason behind it, therefore what has been introduced just in the last 24 hours is that from now on, cafes, pubs and bars will not be able to do sit down meals, everything will have to be a ta keaway meals, everything will have to be a takeaway and they will have to close their doors by 10pm and not be able to reopen until 5am their doors by 10pm and not be able to reopen until sam the next morning. Those are the big changes. We spoke to some people out and about yesterday afternoon to see what they thought about these more stringent, some may say draconian measures. If we need to protect ourselves and everyone else so i think it is the right thing to get stricter, definitely. Younger people when they go in pubs, there is no social distancing but i wouldnt put the blame on younger people. It is not anyones fort. I am scared of another lockdown to be honest but we need to be safe, as well, and we need to be safe, as well, and we need to be safe, as well, and we need to take everybody, all of us. It is going to be ages before anything goes back to normal. It is just going to spike in other places. Something has got to be done. We cant keep going on like we are. We have hardly been anywhere for six months, have we . Know. Lets talk to professor george holmes, the vice chancellor of the university of bolton. And an 80 year old local lad. What do you think, was it as a prize ashok . That increase in numbers, such a dramatic industries that seem to surprise many people. We have been expecting and we have got contingency plans for this so whilst it is a difficult situation it is not impossible for the university important to begin courses next week for students. We have 1350 new nurses starting on campus next week. Important to keep that going during a pandemic, more than ever. Your profile of students is different from a typical university, you have older students many of whom live here. We have a strong mature profile, lots of people from the Greater Manchester region, lots of daily commuters, thats important, so they are living at home, living in the community, so we are being careful, it is not like a group of revellers arriving. We will control it in halls of residence and make sure that they are in residence and make sure that they a re in carefully residence and make sure that they are in carefully managed bubbles, that students are as safe as possible and we do not have an impact on the community. Preparations have the students coming back, what have you had to do . We have just coming back, what have you had to do . We havejust about coming back, what have you had to do . We have just about done everything, we are known as the most covid secure video in britain, we have a video about it on youtube, we have a video about it on youtube, we have done everything from airport scanners on the airport to 1000 bicycles or student so that they can commute in free of charge and avoid public transport due to massive social distancing measures, even in the library, only 30 people allowed in and they have supermarket trolleys to collect books rather than crashing each other in a non socially distance way. We have put lots of measures in place. There will be a new tented village put up on campus to give more space for people. It is open, open air, marquees to give people more space and give us that ventilation. Professor holmes, thank you very much indeed, we wish you well over the next couple of weeks. Now, fingers have been pointed, i dont think that is the right way to describe it, at people in their 20s and 30s, youre 18, describe it, at people in their 20s and 30s, youre18, i think, describe it, at people in their 20s and 30s, youre18, ithink, so describe it, at people in their 20s and 30s, youre18, i think, so a young person, do you feel as if your generation has been observing the guidelines . I feel like personally ive been trying to follow the rules, keeping a mask on and keeping my hands sanitised, but you do see groups of people in town that have not got masks on, things like that, kind of in that age range. In the marketplace and things like that, shopping centres, everything does seem safe because they have hand sanitiser stations, they advise you to wear masks so in that sense i feel like it is safe. People just need to be slightly more careful because the numbers are rising. Numbers are rising dramatically. Do the numbers seem to correlate to what you think of when you think of your home town at the moment . didnt expect it to be that fast of a rise but i did hear the didnt expect it to be that fast of a rise but i did hearthe numbers were rising, i didnt hear how big they were. We didnt expect it to be this large. At the beginning of lockdown we were scared of the pandemic and the virus but as time has gone on, we have been less scared because we have got used to it, ina scared because we have got used to it, in a way. I think this second lockdown should kind of help get us back into the groove of being safer and being really careful about it. What has been unusual is that lockdown was pretty rapid, then we started easing out of its stage by stage, the pubs opening, hair salons opening, then james and stage, the pubs opening, hair salons opening, thenjames and things like that, but much of that in terms of the Hospitality Industry now grinding toa the Hospitality Industry now grinding to a halt. Everything has started to close down again. It was good that things began to open up with the eat out to help out thing and stuff like that and i like the way that we didnt have to really communicate with people when you order things, you could do it all online, that helped, but now with not being able to eat into places, it should help since contacting people should be minimised. Thank you both very much. We wish you and the people of bolton very well over the people of bolton very well over the next couple of weeks. We spoke earlier to the chief executive of the council here, and asked him the question, how long do we expect these new restrictions to be in place as matter of course the answer is they are not sure. Everyone will be keeping a very close eye on that infection data, to see whether these new restrictions will make a difference and indeed, if they do, how long it will take. Back to you in the studio. John, thank you very much for that update. Lets find out more about why cases are going up, and what we can we do to prevent a further rise, from virologist dr chris smith. A regular and breakfast at the moment, joining us again on the programme. Good to speak to you. A regular on bbc breakfast. Do we have a handle get on the reason behind this rise in cases . This is going to be the subject of intense scrutiny. For the reassurance of people watching this, insofar a society as a whole across the country the rates remain very low, but this Playing Field has been punctuated by these mushrooms which are coming up. That is the kind of pattern you would expect. If you are factors that make an outbreak more likely, as soon as you start to see movement and more cases, you then get more cases and you get more cases more quickly, because more people give it to more people, so it has a type of boom and bust picture. We would have expected that. Certain factors make it more likely relating to what people do for a living, where they live, how they get to work, the demography, the social make up of an area and how many older versus younger people there are. The figures suggest these present outbreaks in multiple places across not just present outbreaks in multiple places across notjust this country but many countries across europe, heavily skewed towards younger people. This kind of stands to reason. Younger people are more likely to be going out to work, more likely to be going out to work, more likely to be going out to work, more likely to have a family, a bigger household, more likely to make more Shopping Trips as well as more likely to have a bigger social network and do more socialising and have no contact that way, and contacts make cases. Part of those restrictions come into force on monday in england. We have been speaking to the Health Secretary about that. He used the example of a family of five only being able to meet up with one grandparent so that it does not go above six, and from what matt hancock was saying, this transmission within households is a serious issue for the government at the moment. We have known for many months that the vast majority of cases occur within the household setting. 80 90 of transmission events a re setting. 80 90 of transmission events are in peoples homes, and that stands to reason, doesnt it s if you live with someone you share living space, you share air with them, a lot of time with them and those are the key factors that determine the likelihood of you trading germs with them. It is like a giant supermarket bogof deal, due for everyone case you get you get many free cases on the side because all those cohabiting with that person also then get it. If you add insult to injury and bring in extra households with large numbers of people together you are likely to see more transmissions, and so, intervening where we see 90 of transmission is occurring seems to me to bea transmission is occurring seems to me to be a sensible measure. It is all about keeping a balance. You have a seesaw where, on one end of that seesaw, we are loading it up with risk taking behaviours like sending people out to work, using public transport, children going back to school, university is returning and on the other end of the seesaw we balance that with measures we can easily add practically take to mitigate the chances of transmission, and of cases, without trying too much to impinge on those values and those activities which we do cherish and value and which we have learnt how much we value them, in the last six months. We are trying to give viewers the best and most Accurate Information this morning and to reassure them as well and from what you are seen, in terms of reassurance, what we are seeing happening now in the last few days and might see in the coming weeks, it is not a surprise to you. These are expected changes in dealing with are expected changes in dealing with a pandemic. They are not a surprise to me. We have been talking about the likelihood of this for many weeks, for several reasons. Number one, we have been watching other countries. They are further down the track than us, and they have seen these surges, weve seen people quarantining off the back of holidays because of this. We anticipate we will see some movement here. We are making changes to the way we go back to work, schools are reopening, more people are on public transport, more people have been as the who called it, letting their guard down, all adding to the likelihood that we will see more cases, and so, we are. The key question would be to what extent can we tolerate an increase in cases because these are not cases turning into mortalities at the moment, they are dominated by younger people who are dominated by younger people who are very are dominated by younger people who are very low risk if they do catch the virus, and it is going to come down to how much of this we can contain, control and sustain, and not infringe our ability to go about our business as usual, or whether we have to grow back on some of these are the things that we are introducing, in order to keep it under control. One of the other things i mentioned this morning, talk us through this research that is under into whether you can contract is under into whether you can co ntra ct to is under into whether you can contract to run a virus again, once you have recovered. What do we know about that . Coronavirus again. With most viruses once you catch the thing, you mountan immune with most viruses once you catch the thing, you mount an immune response against it then you are protected from getting it again for a reasonable period of time. We hope that with this new coronavirus this would definitely be the case. There was some uncertainty because this new coronavirus is similar to others that cause cold like symptoms, and your immunity is not very long lived for those. We hope we might get away with it this time, but there has been a patient in hong kong and the person in america and ive been speaking informally to other virologists tracking these cases and there is documented evidence of people who catch the virus, recover, definitely clear the virus from your body, have an immune response and then within a few months catch it again, and this means that we need to be cautious about this. We dont know roughly how many cases there will be like this but it has implications for whether or not a vaccine will work, and for whom, so we need to keep an eye on this. Doctor chris smith, good to talk to you, thank you very much forjoining us this morning. Time now for the news travel and weather wherever you happen to be. He was sentenced to five years in prison for spying allegations. Which he denies. He was granted house arrest thejob of the the job of the government at this point is to get into that courtroom and just to be a presence and keep the proceedings honest. A spokesperson for the government said the new charges are indefensible and that mezzanine should not be returned to prison. Plans for Holocaust Memorial centre next to Westminster Abbey are set to be challenged in the high court. The london historic parks and Gardens Trust have launched a judicial review saying that they are not opposed the plans but the location is wholly unacceptable and is a conflict of interest with the Decision Making process. The government says they have robust arrangements to ensure that are fair. The first london gross festival celebrating street art gets under way later. The free Event Features more than 150 global artists displaying works all across the capital, and a map to guide visitors is available. Lets take a look at the travel. On the tube, no service on the waterloo city line until further notice. All other lines are running a good service. On the roads, a serious collision on the roads, a serious collision on the north circular in palmers green. The road is closed east bound from bose road. Vauxhall bridge is closed until december. It is only open southbound to buses and taxis. Time for the weather. Here is kate kinsella. It was another very warm and humid night last night. A mild start this morning. We had a little bit of brightness around first thing, some hints of sunshine and then a cold front starts to sink south, and with that, bc the cloud and creasing. Some brighter spells, hanging on to those warm temperatures for today. Looking at a maximum of 24 celsius. If that cold front clears, you mightjust get a spot of light rain but very minimal amounts. Overnight tonight, clark intends to sink south, we will get clearer spells and that pressure air is planning on behind it so it will feel cooler. Minimum temperatures away from Central London around eight celsius. Tomorrow, much fresher temperatures, it is going to feel a bit cooler. Some sunny spells around but quite a bit of cloud around. For friday, similar conditions. Some sunshine and dry weather in the forecast and through the weekend it is going to stay settled into next week, we grab some warmeraircoming settled into next week, we grab some warmer air coming out from the continent, so it is set to get quite a bit warmer. Thats it for now. Enjoy the weather if you managed to get out there. Im back in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now, though, hour. Plenty more on our website at the usualaddress. Now, though, it is back to dan and louise. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and Louise Minchin. Lots more from between now and 9 15. Lets bring you up to date with one of the stories weve been bringing you this morning. Researchers in antarctica have made a discovery that could help explain why the biggest glacier in the west of the continent is melting so rapidly. Theyve discovered deep channels under the ice, some of which are more than 600 metres deep, which provide a pathway for warm ocean water to get in, accelerating the melting process. Our chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. We are whiskey, three, five. Next co ord will be at one, seven, four, zero. This one antarctic glacier is the size of the uk and is already responsible for 5 of world Sea Level Rise. And the rate the thwaites glacier is melting has accelerated fivefold in the last 30 years. Last year, a team of british and american scientists set up camp on the glacier. It is one of the most remote places on earth. By measuring the gravitational pull of the sea bed under the ice, they discovered a network of deep channels, a key step in understanding why the glacier is changing so rapidly. So, these channels are really, really important because they are the pathway that links the deep ocean to the grounded ice sheet and although the surface waters around antarctica are really cold, the deep ocean waters are actually somewhat warmer and it is these warmer ocean waters that get into the ice that you can actually start to see quite rapid changes in the ice sheet behaviour. This is what they think is happening a series of huge channels, some almost a kilometre below the ice, allowing the warmer, deep ocean water to flow up to the front of the glacier, melting it increasingly rapidly. Another team of scientists work from an icebreaker ship at the front of the glacier. Exceptional sea ice break up last year meant they could survey over 2000 Square Kilometres of the sea floor in front of the thwaites ice shelf. Its so important to understand whats going on in antarctica today, particularly these big glaciers, like thwaites, because they are changing really quickly as the climate warms and, as they melt, they are feeding more and more water to our global oceans, which is increasing the rate of Sea Level Rise. There is up to 3. 5 metres of Sea Level Rise locked up in the ice here, in west antarctica. Thats enough to reshape the map of the earth, flooding many of the worlds greatest cities. Understanding why this remote area is changing and how quickly it will do so is essential if the world is to prepare for the rising waters to come. Justin rowlatt, bbc news. We can speak withjustin now. Not in antarctica, we should say lovely to have you on the programme. I know you visited the thwaites glacier before. Remind us why it is significant. Not because it has the most ice in the world, there is more ice in east antarctica and greenland but it sits on the ocean floor in thwaites. That means sea water can come up and melt and erode the front of the glacier and because it is submarine, if water gets underneath it, it can break great chunks of it off and that would make it flow more quickly and more ice would break away. Thwaites sits at the centre of this basin of ice in west antarctica and the fear is if thwaites and glaciers around it move more quickly, what we will see is a rapid melt out of the ice in west antarctica. There is 3. 5 metres of ice there. We are not saying it will happen in the next couple of years, it could take a hundred or 200 yea rs. It could take a hundred or 200 years. But the volume of ice in that basin advice in west antarctica is enormous and would mean really significant changes to coastlines the world. I suppose, there is no easy a nswer to the world. I suppose, there is no easy answer to this, is there, but what can be done to stop it . Easy answer to this, is there, but what can be done to stop mm easy answer to this, is there, but what can be done to stop it . It is very unlikely we will be able to stop the ice melting. Discovering these huge channels under the ice funnelling the water towards the front of the glacier shows us these big processes on a massive scale are under way as we speak. What is important of course is to understand how quickly this might happen and allow the world to defend cities. We are talking about the amount of water in west antarctica would mean, for example, that new york, shanghai, calcutta or even london would face more regularflooding and would face more regularflooding and would need better flood would face more regularflooding and would need betterflood defences. The question is is it possible to build those flood defences and when do we need to Start Building . Thats what this big collaboration between the uk and us will hopefully tell us, give us a sense of scale, improve the models that tell us how quickly the ice will melt and give us an idea of when and how big the sea defences the world will need as the oceans rise, when they need to be put in place. Listening to you there, it makes it quite clear as to why there is such a significant announcement and why the work of these scientists are so important for all of us. It is and what is incredible, remember, as they are working in the most remote place on earth. When i went down to thwaites, it took me six weeks to get there. The weather issues meant we couldnt fly from one place to another and it took an incredible amount of time. A huge amount of resources are putting into doing this work and it really is important for the rest of the world. I should say, all of the research being done in antarctica has been put on hold as a result of covid. Imagine getting a case of covid. Imagine getting a case of covid on the nose of the thwaites, the most remote place on it, how difficult it would be to make sure people got the medical treatment they needed. At the moment everything is on hold with the intention to getting back to work as soon as they get the all clear from the relevant authorities. Justin, thank you very much for talking to us about it all. Thank you, good to chat. If you are watching bbc brea kfast chat. If you are watching bbc breakfast half an hour ago, louise spoke to matt hancock and you asked him. Given the changes coming in on monday, a lot of people were due to go to the races on monday, so what is happening . The Health Secretary has told bbc brea kfast the Health Secretary has told bbc breakfast that the Prime Minister will be reviewing whether or not large gatherings like the one planned at doncaster today should be cancelled. The decision to allow the event to go ahead has been compared to the Cheltenham Festival backin compared to the Cheltenham Festival back in march, just days before the full lock to stop this is what matt hancock said when louise asked him about todays race meeting. The Prime Minister will set out more details of the consequences of the new rule for six people gathering later today. We will set out what that means for some of these events that we were means for some of these events that we were planning to do. So, interesting from matt hancock. These events that we were planning to hold. Lizzie, i hope you had what matt hancock are saying. Doncaster due to go ahead today, 3500 racegoers. How difficult a time is at the moment for the racing industry . Well, this has not been a good time for anyone, clearly, sally. All sport, all of society has been affected by lockdown that racing in particular is a sport badly hit because it is so expensive, of course, and racehorses cost a lot of money and owners want to be able to go to the races and watch their horse run with an atmosphere if they are going to be ploughing in all this cash every month to keep them training first racing has been hard prize money has been hit hugely as well. Racing is desperate to get people back into the stands. Its been quite a successful sport since the restart, even without fans. Royal ascot did very well with its television viewings, glorious goodwood also and there has been some nice stories around racing. It has done quite well but it does need spectators and a fortnight ago, the sent leger meeting, which is the final classic of the season, its a fantastic, the old est of the season, its a fantastic, the oldest classic of the season, really special meeting. This meeting was listed as going to be one of the pilot events, one of the first pilot events to allow spectators back in. So the whole sport was are excited they would have people back. Around 22,000 people will be allowed over the four days, nothing like the normal numbers which would be more like 54,000. But it has been exciting for the sport and they have put in some really stringent measures to be allowed to go ahead. This has not been universally popular. So, racing due to go ahead today as planned, as we know it. What kind of measures can people expect to see if they are in that 3500 crowd at doncaster today . Well, i will read out what the racecourse manager said to racing uk this morning for us to be said if you are coming to the races, you will be arriving in a sort of bubble land will be put into a day. Everyone will be put into a day. Everyone will be put into a day. Everyone will be brought in and park in specific areas. These bubbles or bays are hundred hundred and 20 people. Everyone will be obliged to wear a mask. Everyone will have had to have sign up to a code of conduct. That is key. They will be hosted in these bubbles by someone from the racecourse. They will have their own private tables, their own private toilets, each of these 100120. The private toilets, each of these 100 120. The race cards will all be online. You will have your own private bookmaker in these bubbles. Everyone will be in an area, they wont have to go anywhere else. In theory, they should be mixing with others. As i said, the code of conduct is key. There has been a petition, i dont know if you have been talking about it this morning, but a petition that more than 5500 people had signed. Doncaster has 310,000 People Living there, so a small percentage of the people of doncaster but there has been a petition because the people of doncaster or some of them say they have been working really hard on lockdown to try to keep the covid levels down and the covid levels and doncaster are quite low at the moment. They are saying why should we allow thousands of random people into our town who might get drunk, because unfortunately there is a small percentage of racegoers who dont necessarily behave as well as they should, but it is normally a small percentage, particularly at the weekends, and of course, this famous race i was telling you about will be on saturday and that is when they will have slightly bigger crowds of more than 6000 people. So the people of doncaster or some are concerned they wont behave, wont stick in there bubbles and supposed to be doing what they are doing when they are wandering to the tube station, the buses or getting into their taxes so this code of conduct could be key. It is up to the racecourse and the police and the stewards to try make sure everyone does adhere to that code of conduct and those stringent tests. The mayor of doncaster has been quite against the festival taking place. In her latest tweet she said my personal opinion remains this is a major risk for doncaster that i would rather not see happen but there are no current grounds for it to be held behind closed doors. So we come back to what matt hancock was saying, thatis to what matt hancock was saying, that is the Prime Minister is due to talk later to tell us whether these pilot events, which are covid secure, which means any of those events secure, which means any of those eve nts ca n secure, which means any of those events ca n ta ke secure, which means any of those events can take place, but with the government aspiration that from the beginning of october all sporting events should have a certain number of spectators, you can see there is a nervousness around the public living in these areas where there will be lots of spectators coming for, as we begin to get an audience back into live sport, which is what sporting fans one and sporting organisers are keen on as well. Thank you for talking to us but i have to tell you us you have been upstaged by the friend that has joined you on the bed can you introduce us . Laughter my introduce us . Laughter my goodness this dog has a story. She is named after tomasz schafernaker. I she is named after tomasz schaferna ker. I have she is named after tomasz schafernaker. I have builders who are paused, they cant do anything whilst im doing breakfast and this is my rescue dog from spain, schafernaker. Great to see you and to see schafernaker. I think schafernaker is to see schafernaker. I think schaferna ker is absolutely to see schafernaker. I think schafernaker is absolutely gorgeous look at the ears beautifully behaved. Yes, look at the ears. The dog is on the bed but never mind thank you very much indeed, lizzie and schaferna ker. Thank you very much indeed, lizzie and schafernaker. I feel terrible thank you very much indeed, lizzie and schafernaker. Ifeel terrible it is not called matt just to remind you, we we re called matt just to remind you, we were talking about doncaster specifically because we know racegoers are going there. We know the Prime Minister is giving a conference a little bit later, a press co nfe re nce conference a little bit later, a press conference at 4pm. Lots more information on that and other things will doubtlessly be touched on in that. And the Health Secretary said there will be announcements. Have you got any pets . I havent got any pets called matt. Im going to get a hamster and i will call it matt laughter sorry about that that has made all the difference, thank you. I was hurt for a moment. Im sure tom will be very happy. Good morning. Lets get on with the weather. Very humid this morning across many parts of england and wales, that will change in the next 24 hours but to get there we will see more in the way of sunshine developing. Bringing the sunshine and fresh air is this where the front, working its way southwards across the country at the moment. Some thick cloud and patchy rain on it as well. Across parts of wales and the midlands at the moment and that will push its way into southernmost counties for the afternoon. Always cloudy but glimpses of sunshine, longer sunny spells elsewhere. Some showers in the north and north east of scotland. Temperatures down here compared with yesterday around 1216, compared with yesterday around 12 16, nice enough in the sunshine, still could get 23 24 in the south east of england. That weather front continues to sweep away the humid air, still lingering in the Channel Islands tonight. Elsewhere, clear skies and fresh air, chilly start to tomorrow morning. Temperatures for the vast majority down into single figures, you will notice the change from the past couple of mornings. If you are up early, warm jacket required. Plenty of sunshine to warm things up after the chilly start and then the cloud builds. Sunny spells for many, because cloud in the north and west of scotla nd because cloud in the north and west of scotland and across the highlands we will see some showers. Most will be dry, temperatures widely into the teens. Friday, we replace showers for longer spells of rain and windy conditions in scotland to begin with. The wet and windy weather spread through scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England through the day. Brightening up on friday in the day. Brightening up on friday in the afternoon across scotland and Northern Ireland. Further south and east, predominantly dry. Temperatures start to creep up and they will creep up further over the weekend. Not especially so on saturday, some of the wind coming from the north or north westerly direction. One weather front bringing the odd isolated shower first thing in the south east. Showers are possible in scotland and Northern Ireland through the day, may be a couple into cumbria but later on, it will turn wetter and windier across the far north west of scotla nd windier across the far north west of scotland was not much of england and wales will have a dry start to the weekend, continuing into sunday by which time temperatures start to rise, wins go to a more southerly direction and by the time we hit the starter next week, not only should most of us be dry but increasingly warm again. Temperatures up to 26 or 27 for some of you in england and wales. Quite a temperature turnaround from the next few days but nowhere near what we saw in colorado. I mentioned yesterday we went from this on monday out in the sunshine, temperatures 35 degrees, to this yesterday. Temperatures just above freezing and plenty of snow around. Even here we will be back up to 27 by the time we hit the weekend. What a temperature turnaround suite its been an unpredictable summer for most but perhaps its been suite an unpredictable summer for most but perhaps slightly more hectic if you live and work inside one of britains largest zoos. With most of her staff furloughed, colchester zoo curator Sarah Forsyth has been putting in extra hours to deal with the summer baby boom and various animal emergencies. Bshes part of a new documentary airing tonight on bbc one. Lets take a look at one of the more frantic moments from the series. U , guys. They are on u guys. They are on the , guys. They are on the move. Come on, guys. So far, so good goats bleat. Come on, guys look, they were checking for stragglers that would only take one hour, id split the group into three orfour, put them into hour, id split the group into three or four, put them into the hour, id split the group into three orfour, put them into the horse trailer and dry them down, about one hours worth, but that took seven minutes. Sarah joins us now from colchester zoo. Sitting with the meerkats. It has been a busy summer for you, hasnt it . Yes, it has been a busy summer. Give us the key challenge there has been for you and for some of the staff. Obviously, just dealing with stuff we have never had to deal with before. We are used to having hundreds of visitors every day and a full tea m hundreds of visitors every day and a full team of staff and suddenly we had to do the normal everydayjob but with no people here, and less staff and try to continue things as normal as possible for the animals. You had a bit of a baby boom over the summer. What animals have been born . Spring is always a brilliant time at the zoo, the term spring babyis time at the zoo, the term spring baby is real thing here. We have had, about ten years since we had one of those at colchester, a rhino ca lf one of those at colchester, a rhino calf born, a hippo car, vultures, lemurs, the list has been endless, and fewer people to share the good news with us. From an animal point of view, have you noticed that they have missed the interaction . Definitely. Particularly with the more intelligent species like primates. Wejoke more intelligent species like primates. We joke that the visitors think they are coming to see the animals but we think it is the other way around and with the corridors and pathways empty the animals are like, where is everybody, looking for that interaction and they couldnt find it. What kind of thing that you do to help them . The keepers are good at making sure the animals are kept well occupied but we had the opportunity to think out of the box because we had no visitors here to worry about, so we would take animals to meet other animals rather than seeing people, so the goats met the otters, and armadillo met the chimps, and the penguins got to meet the sea lions in an underwater tunnel. What happens when an armadillo meets a chimp is macro it sounds like a joke it was through the glass, not usually interactive, but the chimps we re usually interactive, but the chimps were absolutely just amazed by usually interactive, but the chimps were absolutelyjust amazed by it. It kept them occupied for quite a long time. And the armadillo just got to run around like crazy with all of the different smells. It was all of the different smells. It was a lot of fun to do. The meerkats behind you are clearly having a lovely day in the warmth of the sunshine. Yes, keeping an eye on what is going on. Looking forward to the visit is now back so that they can watch them and see what they are up can watch them and see what they are up to. Zoos are something we spoke about in terms of support from the government, and an understanding of what you are going through, do you feel like you have had that support throughout the pandemic . M feel like you have had that support throughout the pandemic . It was patchy. We are a very unique industry. And our needs are very different to, i guess, most other businesses, because the further scheme was brilliant, we couldnt have managed without it, but we could not just put have managed without it, but we could notjust put all of have managed without it, but we could not just put all of the have managed without it, but we could notjust put all of the staff on furlough, we had 1500 animals to look after, so we had to bring in staff every day and pay wages as well as electricity, water and food bills, so, zoos across the country we re bills, so, zoos across the country were ina bills, so, zoos across the country were in a very tricky situation, and it was a really worrying time for us. We saw at the beginning of this interview the beautiful pictures of the cheaters. What are they like to look after . Cheetahs. The cheaters. What are they like to look after . Cheetahs. Any baby animal brings lots ofjoy to all of us, the big cats in general are quite special and the cheetahs are great. We leave the mum to do all the work, and she has been fantastic. It has been a joy to watch them. You could stand there all day watching them. They are charging around, keeping mum on her toes, running around and enjoying life, so they are great to watch. It has been amazing to see them doing so well. What is your next job . Who are you looking after . We have got to go round and do all of the checks on the animals and make sure that eve ryo ne on the animals and make sure that everyone is fit, healthy and well. But to be honest every day is different in the zoo, you never know quite what you are going to be faced with. Thank you so much. Zoo mum is on bbc one, tonight, at 7. 30pm. I like the idea of the chimps and armadillos hanging out together it was back in the late 80s and early 90s that the drug ecstasy became linked with the acid house rave scene and although it was sold as a party drug it had a dark side, being responsible for some high profile deaths. But the rise of the drug then can also tell us something about the history of britain from the time and now a new factual podcast, combined with drama, is taking a look at the period through the eyes of those who were there at the time. Were joined now by the bafta Award Winning writer behind the series, danny brocklehurst, and also graeme park, former resident dj at manchesters hacienda nightclub, who took part. Good morning to you both. Danny, first of all, in terms of the drama around this, what have you been trying to convey . Which, is obviously. A very detailed real life account of what happened so from my side of it was to offer something different, more ofa to offer something different, more of a kind of secret voice, and it is based on Meticulous Research and real, live experiences, and what i have done is sort of dramatising certain aspects of the time, to kind of give five different accounts of the scene from different perspectives, through sort of dramatised monologues which have been brought to life by some of our top actors. Danny, your line is breaking upa top actors. Danny, your line is breaking up a little bit. We will try to clear that up and while we do that we will chat to graham. Ecstasy was heavily used at the time and it became ingrained in that culture. Was heavily used at the time and it became ingrained in that culturem did indeed. Everything kind of came together, the people, the music, the clu b together, the people, the music, the club and ecstasy, but it is important to point out that, although it was a big part of the scene, this fantastic podcast talks about the dark side and the problem is that people will later encounter with it, but Chris Warburton has done a fantastic job with it, but Chris Warburton has done a fantasticjob presenting this. It is a very accurate portrayal of what happened, and dannys fictional parts are absolutely superb. And so accurate and so believable, anyone who went raving in the late 805 and early 905 has to listen to this. It is a wonderful podcast. Tell us about those days at the hacienda, because they were legendary. They were legendary. Louise, surely you must have visited the hacienda. I did, a lot of it you know what it was like. It was an incredible time. The fa ct like. It was an incredible time. The fact it was in manchester, it was this huge space. With amazing people, with this new drug, with acid house, which came from chicago, new york, detroit, and then people in britain started making that music, influenced by what was going on at the club with Mike Pickering andl on at the club with Mike Pickering and i on on at the club with Mike Pickering and iona on at the club with Mike Pickering and i on a friday night, john silver ona and i on a friday night, john silver on a wednesday, it was the most incredible period, and it must have been because we are talking about it now, in the 21st century. Been because we are talking about it now, in the 21stcentury. Lets try with danny again, hopefully the line has improved. It is important, with graeme talking about what it was like, have you tried to give us in terms of that actual portrayal of people not only enjoying themselves but the darker side of it and the fa ct but the darker side of it and the fact that people were hurt, and some lost their lives. Very much so. We try to cover all aspects of what happened during rave, and the acid house scene. The dramatic side of the podcast, it is split up into five sessions, the raver, the drug dealer, the dj and the entrepreneur, all played by some of our brilliant top actors. And i think we cover, if you listen to the whole podcast, we cover every aspect of the scene, particularly the dark side and where things go wrong, but also the joy of this scene, obviously people had a great time, but it is more than just a story of a scene or a drug, it is about a movement, what happened with crime, with policing and with Youth Culture and the government changes that came on the back of that. Thank you both very much indeed for talking about that. I cant believe you chose me as the one who would have listened to it, but you are right thank you very much indeed. Kicking a ball about back then, louise ecstasy the battle of rave will be available in full on bbc sounds from friday. Monica dolan plays the dj, Adrian Edmondson the promoter, and neil morris of the undercover cop. That is quite a line up on that podcast. Youre watching bbc breakfast. Its 8 59am. Hi, good morning, welcome to bbc news. Im victoria derbyshire. Here are the headlines this wednesday morning social gatherings of more than six people both indoors and out will become illegal in england on monday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. For a family of five or six, this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, and we dont do this lightly. Do you back the new measures . Will it work to bring down the number of cases . If youre in bolton, what do you think of the tight new restrictions there bolton now has the highest rate of infection in the whole country. Get in touch by sending me an e mail or on instagram or twitter. A big Coronavirus Vaccine trial by Oxford University and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide after a uk volunteerfalls ill