Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20200917

All sorts of people where a little bit of hope will do a lot of good. How is retail reacting to changes in the way we shop . Weve updates from next, john lewis and co op group later this morning. Its been a summer of International Cricket like never before, but australia win the one day series against england the first series defeat inside the bio bubble. And i have come to kent in search of the elusive animal, the red squirrel. A lot of dry and sunny weather in the next few days. It is all coming up here on breakfast. Its thursday the 17th of september. Our top story. More than 2 million more people across england and wales will face stricter restrictions in an attempt to halt the rise in coronavirus cases. New measures for the north east of england will be announced later today, while residents in south wales will face local lockdown from this evening. Greg mckenzie reports. The northeast is set to become the latest area in england to come under local restrictions as coronavirus cases arise. The announcement is expected to come from the Health Secretary, matt hancock, later this morning. Areas including newcastle, south tyneside, sunderland, northumberland and County Durham have all seen a rise in new cases. Meanwhile, in the county of Rhondda Cynon taff in wales, further restrictions will be put in place this evening, affecting around 240,000 people. Residence there wont be able to leave the county without a reasonable excuse, such as travel for work or school. Early this week, newcastles City Council Leader wrote to the government, asking permission to impose new restrictions across the northeast region to prevent a full lockdown. We are extremely concerned about the rise in covid cases in the last week, and even over the weekend, they are going up exponentially. We have got to get on top of this now in our region. Because if we do not stop it spreading even further and more quickly, we will end up in a catastrophic full lockdown. The new measures are expected to include restrictions on households mixing and pubs being forced to close earlier, in addition to public transport being reserved for essential travel only. Both areas willjoin a long list of places currently under tighter measures, and the government says it is co nsta ntly and the government says it is constantly assessing infection rates across the country and will take measures if necessary. Greg mckenzie, bbc news. Lets get more on this with our political correspondence, Jonathan Blake. We are seeing the Prime Minister warning of even tougher restrictions, if people are ignoring the rule of six. Yes, those comments the rule of six. Yes, those comments the Prime Minister made in front of mps yesterday, that a Second National lockdown would be nothing short of disaster is for the uk economy short of disaster is for the uk economy disastrous, and an interview with the son this morning demonstrate the government really does want people to stick as closely as possible to the rules, the rule of six as it is now, enforceable by law, to prevent further restrictions coming in. Yes, locally, as you have been hearing this morning and parts of the uk but also potentially nationwide as well. And the Prime Minister has said looking ahead to christmas, that is something the government wants to protect, when of course families will want to gather together. This is the only way to do thatis together. This is the only way to do that is to be tough now. So, if we can geta that is to be tough now. So, if we can get a grip, stop the surge, arrest the spike, stop the second pump. Arrest the spike, stop the second pump, flatten the second hump of the geometry, that is what we need. But the message the Prime Minister is trying to get across is that people need to follow the rules to stop further restrictions coming in, and specifically about pubs closing early or potential curfews. The Prime Minister said, that sort of thing, we will be looking out. Although the government wasnt there yet. So, some warnings from the Prime Minister, looking ahead saying if people are not following the rules strictly, then further restrictions may have to be introduced. I think one thing we have all learned now, jonathan, is the difference between a one humped and two humped camel. The difference between a one humped and two humped camelli the difference between a one humped and twohumped camel. I am learning new things every day with this. There was also some confusion, whether or not you snatch or tell on your neighbours if there is a group of more than six. The Prime Minister has made it quite clear. Yes, he was asked about this, giving the home secretarys comments the other day, who suggested people should call the police if they see others breaking the law. The Prime Minister struck a different tone, he said he has never been a fan of sneak culture, what people should do in the first insta nce people should do in the first instance is speak to those who they believe may be breaking the rules. But if it is reasonable, if they think there is a serious threat to Public Health, if there is some kind of, as he put it, its Public Health, if there is some kind of, as he put it, its huge Animal House Party with hot tubs, then it is reasonable to let the authorities know. Those are the days. Thanks, Jonathan Blake, our political correspondence there. Correspondent there. The Prime Minister has admitted there isnt enough capacity for coronavirus testing, as difficulties with booking appointments and long queues at testing centres continue. The problem has been blamed on a colossal spike in demand. The government has pledged 500,000 just a day will be made available by the end of the month. Breakfasts john maguire is outside a test centre in sandwell this morning. Good morning to you, john. What picture can you paint for us at how it works at that location . Well, they will open here in a couple of hours time. Interesting to see signs on the gates that say no walkins. There are 389 of these test centres spread across the uk, the idea of course being there easily accessible, and the theory is that people are able to get test at home the capacity that naga just mentioned, half a million tests a day by the end of next month, we are a part of that at the moment, 245,000 per day. And they are processing 220,000, so you can see there is a disconnect in those figures. And we have heard over the last couple of days it seems to have improved perhaps yesterday, certainly in the midlands, where i was talking to people yesterday. We saw due to cues in southend on sea, huge queues in other parts of the country. Ug cues. We do seem to be getting to some sense of normality, some sense of efficiency, although people were taking two days and in some cases are good cases, 24 hours. Once they came to the test, they we re once they came to the test, they were happy with the way they were treated and they were told they would get their results in about a day or so. Clearly there is a lot of concern. The whole point of this testing of course is that it is a halfway position between total lockdown, as we saw a couple of months ago, the end of society, civilisation, to a certain extent. That normality, and of course, a total vaccine. Anywhere along that sliding scale means that testing, track and tracing needs to be an efficient scheme, as efficient as possible. And if it doesnt work, thatis possible. And if it doesnt work, that is where things start to go wrong. People i spoke to yesterday we re wrong. People i spoke to yesterday were having tests of course because they had symptoms and because they wa nted they had symptoms and because they wanted to go back to work. They wa nted wanted to go back to work. They wanted children to go back to school. The types of things they we re school. The types of things they were told to do but cant do unless they get the green light from a covid i9 test. They get the green light from a covid19 test. Jonathan, thank you very much. We will be back withjohn maguire a little later in the programme. People needing urgent help at a e in england are being asked to book an appointment through nhs iii, before going to hospital. Its part of a trial at some trusts to reduce pressure on emergency departments. If the trial successful, it could be extended to all hospitals by the end of the year. People with a life threatening condition should still call 999. Us president ial candidate joe biden has said he will not allow peace in Northern Ireland to become a casualty of brexit if he is elected president in november. In a tweet, the democratic nominee said any future trade deal between the us and uk would be reliant on the government respecting the good friday agreement. Foreign secretary dominic raab has been trying to reassure politicians over the latest Brexit Developments during a trip to washington. The military charity help for heroes is laying off more than 142 staff blaming a sharp drop in income during the pandemic. The organisation, which supports injured Service Personnel says demand for its Services Rose by a third in may and june, at the same time as donations plummeted. It is 6 10am now. Matt is in kent this morning with squirrels. He is looking for Red Squirrels. Good morning. Is this their feeding time, around now . Angus crossed. Maybe a little bit later, but you know what it is like a malay tv, looking for live animals. We will see what we can do, i have seen four Red Squirrels so far. Unfortunately it has become more and more of an elusive animal here in the uk thanks to the introduction of grey squirrels in the 1800s. I will have more information about that as we go through the morning. Lets go to the crucial forecast for the day. A bit ofa crucial forecast for the day. A bit of a breeze. If we look at the forecast today it has brought a pressure start to many parts of the country, still temperatures in the mid teens across some southern parts of the uk, but further north, single figure temperatures to start the day. Lots of sunshine to the east of the country but there is a mister more cloud across northern and Western Areas. Across the western half of england and wales that will continue to bracket the morning, allowing lots more in the way of sunshine continue to break up. Across the north and west of scotland, thicker cloud, not as much sunshine. Some drizzle at the moment, a few spots of light rain and it drizzle later. Temperatures here up on yesterday, if you get to 21 breeze in the moray firth, further south, down on what we saw yesterday it could get to 21 degrees. Through this evening and overnight, well, if you mist and fog patches could return, away from the south, too much breeze here, some thicker cloud because the northern half of scotland but most will be dry, and of course, under those clear skies it would be a fresh note, temperatures dropping down into single figures. The emphasis is on dry weather and that will continue as we go into friday. Lots of sunshine to come across most parts of the country, too. It was an cloud lingering across the north of scotland, bringing some showers and a little bit more of a breeze here. Light winds through central uk but towards the south that breeze will continue to pick up and temperatures in the high teens to low 20s. Hopefully, naga and charlie, we will get to see a red squirrel through the morning. I will keep hunting. Thank you very much, we will be to later and hopefully see some schools as well. It is 6 12am. Time for us to on a thursday morning look at the front pages in the papers. The guardian focuses on the impact the testing shortage is having on teachers, particularly, reporting that up to 25,000 of them in england may have been forced out of the classroom and into self isolation. The times reports that ministers are considering telling pubs and restaurants in virus hot spots around the country to close early, by 10pm. The daily mail has the headline weve failed, referring to Boris Johnsons admission on wednesday that there are not enough tests to meet demand. One of the most read stories on the bbc website is from the Sun Newspaper, which quotes the Prime Minister as saying people should speak to those who break social distancing rules before calling the police. It comes after mrjohnsons colleague, policing minister kit malthouse, called on people to report neighbours who were breaking the coronavirus rule of six. The new rules came into force in england, scotland and wales this week. I know you like your cycling. Great picture here. If you are thinking to the france, what would you think is the france, what would you think is the most unusual or surprising way of transporting a cycle Tour De France. Transporting . Transporting the cycle and cyclist. A balloon . Not far off. This is going to the bastille for above grenoble, the 17th stage began yesterday, thus the fortress, it is quite a brutal stage. They get a lift. Can we get enclosed . The stage. They get a lift. Can we get enclosed . The cycle stage. They get a lift. Can we get enclosed . The cycle underneath . And the person is on the cycle as well. That surely cannot be the actual Tour De France writers doing that. They would not risk that, would they . I dont know, i cant find out. I will look into it. It is a great picture, isnt it . |j out. I will look into it. It is a great picture, isnt it . Iwont out. I will look into it. It is a great picture, isnt it . I wont be trying that in a hurry. This story in the Daily Telegraph is about what we thought the vikings look like. You may think they were blind and burly. Blind and burly . Horns and ha rd burly. Blind and burly . Horns and hard helmets. They were seen as a warrior race who traversed the seas to raid and colonise distant seas. But checking the skeletons, as experts have done now, they are looking in europe and remained, they show less of a race, coming from scotland, they are sort of brown haired and they have a different build from what they were expecting. So, we didnt know genetically what they look like until now. |j so, we didnt know genetically what they look like until now. I dont think they are that far off. The one on the right is the one they look more like . Yes, this is not what this person may have a bike with the elaborate war outfit on. How would you know . And is on the left is what we normally think. On the right, you make yourself look bigger. Ive been holding it sideways. That look like someone who is dressing up for a fa ncy dress someone who is dressing up for a fancy dress party. That is no way to talk about a viking. Its disrespectful to the vikings, i think. 16 minutes past six. Waiting lists for planned cataract surgeries in england are at record levels, after operations were delayed because of the pandemic. In an attempt to tackle the backlog, Moorfields Eye Hospital in london, is aiming to carry out 1000 cataract removals this week four times its usual amount. Our Health Correspondent lauren moss has more. This is an example of what brendas vision has been like for the last several months. 77 year old grandmother has a cataract where the lens of the eye, a small transparent disc develops cloudy patches. Not seeing so well, the glare at night when you dry is awful. Brenda is one of almost 1000 patients having had a goats that make cataracts removed at Moorfields Eye Hospital this week. She has isolated for three days and had a covid test for being a letter. Ca ta ra ct had a covid test for being a letter. Cataract surgery is one of the most common planned operations that has been affected by coronavirus. During surgery the cloudy film is cut away and replaced with a clear plastic lens. Usually the Team Performs 140 of these a week. Now they want to do nearly that many every single day by using private theatres and extra staff and volunteers working around the locking covid free bottle that make bubbles. It will assure that our waiting list will hopefully come down significantly. Also we dont know what lies ahead in the future. Especially at this historical moment in time so we want to learn from this experience and then perhaps repeated or find other ways, this experience and then perhaps repeated orfind other ways, we need to be adaptable. There is a huge dry to be adaptable. There is a huge dry to clear the backlog of patients before winter. Delays during the pandemic mean that 2 Million People have been waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine operations in england. It is hoped some of the template used here to carry out four times the number of cataract surgeries in one week can be followed elsewhere in the nhs. Trusts have been told to return to 90 operating capacity by the end of october and getting ready for what is likely to be a difficult winter is likely to be a difficult winter is also an ongoing challenge. Clearly if you are waiting to Access Services your levels of anxiety are being increased and distress are being increased and distress are being increased. There is a lot of pressure on the nhs at the moment and pressure on the hospitals like mine and that pressure exists because it is self driven. We want to ca re because it is self driven. We want to care for patients, we want to relieve their suffering. Brenda was in and out of theatre within an hour and is happy with the result. In and out of theatre within an hour and is happy with the resultm in and out of theatre within an hour and is happy with the result. It is weird to have a lump of plastic stuck on yourface weird to have a lump of plastic stuck on your face and i cant put make up on other than that everything is in focus. There is nothing that i cant see. Everything is completely in focus. I can see everything is bright. Bright and cheerful. If the cataract dry is a success this week the model could be adapted to catch up with other surgeries over autumn. Many of us have returned to the high street after the pandemic but changes to the way we shop mean lots of businesses are still struggling. Ninas here and it is a big morning for some of our biggest retailers, isnt it nina . Wed started moving away from the high street to online before covid. And then they were told to shut up shop literally unless they were deemed essential. Now the amount we spend on shopping has actually bounced back and is above pre covid levels. But how, where and what we buy has changed possibly forever. Well get some updates today. Firstly there is the john firstly there is thejohn lewis partnership. They run waitrose supermarkets as well and unsurprisingly the food is nurse has fared much better than thejohn lewis shops but yesterday waitrose did announce they wanted to close four stores afterjohn lewis announced eight of their Bigger Department stores would also go, taking with it 1300 jobs. The new boss has said that the company has, quote, boss has said that the company has, q u ote, lost boss has said that the company has, quote, lost its way and there are reports that their previous price promise, never knowingly undersold, where they refund the difference with other retailers, may be coming to an end. They also say they may have to rain out three floors of their flagship have to rain out three floors of theirFlagship Store on have to rain out three floors of their Flagship Store on Oxford Street in london. Christmas forjohn lewis is going to be crucial. A slightly different story for the co op group. Convenience stores have boomed over lockdown because more of us are shopping locally and they are gambling on that habit sticking. They are opening 50 more local shops this year and with that creating 1000 newjobs. Then there is next. Traditionally that is an indicator of the hills of the high street. New Closing Sales of way down on what they were and they are planning radical moves, moving into some debenhams stores, opening a beauty ill sing their well established online on to sell different brands. We know that next ended up with warehouses full of clothes that they just could not sell. The question is can they clear them in order to reboot . So many different issues at play here at the central question that a nalysts play here at the central question that analysts are asking now, will things ever return to the way they we re things ever return to the way they were before our mark we are on a slow recovery to pre pandemic levels when we look at the financial figures but it is not going to be business as usual. It will be a very different way of retailing we know that many of the challenges that these organisations are facing other same ones that were pre covid and the lockdown, its just that the emphasis is so much more intense to organisations have to deal with the transition of their organisations to be more agile, more nimble, reacting to how Consumers Want to shop for safety, economic value and the way that they feel comfortable in this changing time. And we will get on update from john lewis, waitrose and the co op group. Cannot stress just how important the run up to christmas will be this year. It sta rts christmas will be this year. It starts ramping up now but the indication is that Christmas Shopping has begun, people are worried they may move into lockdown again. I usually start mine around midday on january again. I usually start mine around midday onjanuary december 23. But now that the kids have bigger. I may have to be more organised. I think you probably should be this here. As the Global Travel industry remains battered by the coronavirus pandemic, airlines and governments are trying to find ways to allow people to travel safely. Now, italy is trialling new compulsory covid testing at rome airport for some flights in order to avoid mass quarantine. Our rome correspondent mark lowen reports. Announcement only passengers who have tested negative for covid 19. Tickets, passport and compulsory negative test result welcome aboard europes first covid free flight. All these passengers from rome to milan have been tested either at the airport, before the flight, or within the previous 72 hours, before being allowed to travel. This is my negative test. An all clearfrom the virus and to fly. I think its better like this than just going inside an aeroplane without knowing if other people are positive or negative. It is faster and i have to come to the airport with just two hours before the flight. Translation its by chance my flight turned out to be this one. I did not know it was. The airline called me yesterday. I think its a good idea. It calms everyone down, me and the other passengers. For now, two of alitalias seven daily rome milan flights demand the negative result to board, using government run Rapid Testing at the airport. These are the guinea pigs of europe for a scheme not only designed to reassure passengers but also help air travel to recover and, if successful, this could be rolled out to other domestic and international routes. Could this be a model to help passengers avoid quarantine rules in britain and elsewhere . We think this is a concept that can be applied throughout europe. One of the things that did not work out during the last few months is much lack of co ordination, so its very important to join forces and to make a step ahead, again, forming, as i said, clean, sanitised, covid free corridors, which do not observe any other restrictions on arrival. Romes airport testing unit has been running for a month already for arrivals from croatia, spain, greece and malta and now for passengers to milan. The results from a swab comes after a quick, half hour wait. Translation this was a political decision that italy made to protect the health of our population as much as possible and to stop positive cases coming through the border and, until there is a vaccine available, this will probably be the future. An industry crushed by covid is trying to make us all feel safe again. Italy, once the global epicentre, is hoping to lead the way to pandemic safe skies. Mark lowen, bbc news. 25 minutes past six is the time and we will show you something rather lovely. This is Tottenham Hotspurs stadium. The top of the stadium and what we have done is sent out brave reporter there because he will be walking a new glass walkway offering visitors a new way to see that part of the london skyview. But you will not be able to watch the match. And you get a great. It is like that moment when a rollercoasters going to the top and you think how high is it going to go and then looking down. We will get a full idea of what that feels like later on. Little gloomy there in london at the moment. We will get more from that a little later on. Lets find out what is happening wherever you are. Good morning from bbc london, im tolu adeoye. A road scheme which blocks traffic through residential streets in ealing will continue for at least six months despite protests. So called low traffic neighbourhoods have been created all over london. Cars are restricted by barriers including bollards and planters. Wandsworth council has removed its scheme saying it created congestion. But Ealing Council says people need to adapt. People have got to learn what their new routes, where the barriers are, how they might actually change their habit and walk and cycle more. The mayor of london has announced £2. 3 million of investment to support young londoners. Part of the funding will go towards Grassroots Community groups in high crime areas reaching those at risk of violence or exclusion. Funding will also be provided for mentoring those attending pupil referral units. Conservationists say time is running out to secure funds to help reintroduce one of the uks fastest declining mammals to a stretch of river in south west london. Water voles were once a familiar sight on the hogsmill in kingston, but are now thought to be extinct locally. citizen zoo the group behind the project want to release 200 of the creatures in the hope theyll make a comeback. Britains first female special agent, who was called Winston Churchills favourite spy, has been remembered with a blue plaque in kensington. Christine granvilles successful spy missions included smuggling microfilm across europe to prove hitlers plans to invade the soviet union. The plaque is on the Shelbourne Hotel which was her home after the war. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. A good service on the tubes morning, on the trains there are delays throughout the thameslink network wallowing the electrical problems yesterday. On the roads, traffic is building northbound and in camberwell dog kennel hill is blocked northbound at Champion Hill and in barking along bridge road is closed following a collision. Now the weather. Good morning to you. A lot of sunshine to start us this morning, certainly a cooler field than we have seen the last few mornings. Temperatures typically in the low double figures at the moment but a lot of fine weather ahead although there is a noticeable breeze in from there is a noticeable breeze in from the east and you will notice it especially towards east london today. Elsewhere inland a lot of sunshine and in that temperatures are well down on what we have seen, still pleasant at 21 or 22 celsius. Overnight tonight we are dry and clear and still have enough of a breeze with temperatures not falling too far, typically in the low double figures tomorrow morning but in the suburbs it could be eight or 9 degrees. A lot of fine weather in the forecast for the next few days and we will tell you that could be some showers later in the day on saturday, overnight into sunday that come from the south and slip towards the west and it will turn more u nsettled the west and it will turn more unsettled and cooler in the middle pa rt unsettled and cooler in the middle part of next week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Now though its back to naga and charlie. Hello, this is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Good morning to you. Its 6 30am. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning as head teachers warn that schools are struggling to access coronavirus tests for students and staff, well hearfrom concerned parents and School Leaders. Its back to the stadium this weekend for a limited number of fans in the english football league, well be live at shrewsbury town to find out how its going to work. And we catch up with Champion Charity fundraiser captain sir tom moore, as he tells us why hes now setting up a foundation for people with Mental Health problems, in memory of his wife. We know more than 2 Million People in england and wales will face stricter restrictions in a bid to hold a rise in coronavirus cases. Measures for the north east of england will be announced later today, expecting restrictions on households mixing and pubs being ordered to close earlier. Time for our daily chat with a gp now. This morning its drjamie parker. Good morning to you. How are you, doctor parker . I am good, naga, how are you . I am well. Were talking about further restrictions coming m, about further restrictions coming in, we also want to talk about testing at the moment. I know you have got a situation in your surgery at the moment. One of the members of your staff is for testing. Explain the situation and how this is affecting you . The situation and how this is affecting you . At the situation and how this is affecting you . At our gp surgery one member of staff, their child had symptoms that could be coronavirus. So, cough, they needed to self isolate, so the child and the family members need to self isolate. They tried to arrange a test but the test was done fairly quickly through an nhs group. Now, waiting for the results, that has led to us having to sort of council surgeries council surgeries and rebook patients on more than one occasion. In e. G. Pay in a gp practice that really affects the patients. The Bigger Picture is quite worrying. We have many discussions about the government about, yes, the capacity is there, but people are not able to access the test of the time, and the laboratories are struggling in terms of processing these tests. What you think the answer is . Its really disappointing we are in this situation. I feel disappointed, let down, and above all, sad stop after months of promises we are still in this situation that will affect peoples livelihoods, it will affect peoples livelihoods, it will affect peoples lives. And i think it will u nfortu nately affect all of peoples lives. And i think it will unfortunately affect all of those people who are struggling the most, more than others, actually. I think it will drive inequality. At the end of the day, if you cannot get the test quickly, you cannot get a test result quickly, the implications for that are if you have symptoms or in your household contact, you should be staying at home and isolating. So, you are not bringing money in. And that leaves people in a difficult situation. If i cannot get a test, do i report symptoms or do a carry on as i do to actually put food on the table . I think that is an unfair situation to be putting people in. Is there not an element of patience needed . People in. Is there not an element of patience needed . Just to play devils advocate. The Prime Minister has said in an ideal world, and this is what he is working towards, when we go to work, we can have 20 90 minute tests every day, so we can have a close to normal life back in the workplace. But until that happens, people need to abide by the rules . Happens, people need to abide by the rules . I think that there is about, andi rules . I think that there is about, and i do understand that point of view, but we cant target something we dont actually have. We have rising cases. The concept of weeks, matt hancock said, is a very long period of time. The next couple of weeks could potentially delay university returning, and if it is not sorted in the next few weeks it could force another u turn about the furlough scheme. Can we talk about the difference between the symptoms of coronavirus, covid 19, and common colds . Because we are hearing that schools, nurseries, there is a difficulty in almost diagnosing or saying ok, you have the symptoms for coronavirus, go home. Would you just have a cold and the cold season is upon us . Yeah, it is a difficult one. But the key thing is, do they have those three symptoms . Is there a new, persistent cough, temperatures above normal or a sudden loss in taste or smell . If thatis sudden loss in taste or smell . If that is the case, you should treat it as if it was possibly coronavirus and follow the governments111 advice. If it is sneezing, snotty noses, a bit run down but without those symptoms and they are well, then you dont need to see medical advice if they are not unwell, and should carry on as normal. When it comes to schools, you have year groups in bubbles in some schools. Teachers need to be looking out for what exactly, to be able to feel confident to say, right, you should go home and the whole bubble is affected . Go home and the whole bubble is affected . I think it is that new, persistent cough. A child that is clearly looking unwell and feeling unwell, they should have their temperature taken. And the sense of taste or smell in younger children might be more difficult to look out for but the older children, you can ask them. And if that is the case they should follow the protocols that are put in place, because schools have put in a lot for going back and making sure it is safer going and they will do their best to make sure those protocols are followed. Doctorjamie parker, it is great to talk to you, as always. Are you in the surgery today . |j great to talk to you, as always. Are you in the surgery today . I am off toafamily you in the surgery today . I am off to a family wedding, hopefully. Enjoy that. I hope you get to celebrate in whatever size group it is in. Enjoy. Oh, we have two caveat everything now, dont we. Good to hear that something is happening with all of the current restrictions. Mike is right here with us now. I heard you chuckle at that. Well, its very good. Anyway, we are celebrating the end ofa anyway, we are celebrating the end of a pretty intense and unique International Cricket season. Back into the ten week period. West indies, pakistan, australia. It shows after all those years it didnt need to be dragged out for so long. Chop chop. It did make for extraordinary viewing. After an extraordinary few months inside the bio bubble, englands International Summer of mens cricket has come to an end with a dramatic defeat to australia. Which we didnt see coming for most of yesterday. It came down to the very final over of their three match, one day series, and our Sports Correspondent andy swiss was watching. There it is, australia win the series. A native australian celebration and english frustration after the most thrilling of Series Finale is. England batted first and they were soon blazing away, sam billings clobbering it over the car park, fetch that and australia fetched it a lot. Jonny bairstows swashbuckling century setting a hefty target of 303. It is in the name possible, australia 73 5, then the turning point was that england thought they had another wicket, but jofra archer had overstepped and how australia made him pay. As Glenn Maxwell and alex carey set about uttering the grandstands and englands hopes. Both hit 100s, but when mark took a remarkable catch to dismiss gary, australia still needed to and from the final over. They got home with two balls to spare, cleansing the series in dramatic style. Clinching. Andy swiss, bbc news. Therell be fans back in football grounds for competitive matches this weekend, after the green light was given to pilot events in the english football league. Middlesbrough, norwich and hull city, are amongst eight clubs who can let up to 1,000 supporters through the turnstiles. Fans have been away from League Matches in england since march because of the pandemic, and talks over the return of more fans continue. But not everyone in the game is on board. Ive got to say, i havent got a clue. Where are we . Can i see my nan . Ami clue. Where are we . Can i see my nan . Am i allowed to see my nan . But then we can have 1000 people in the ground, but we cant have 15,000. And i cant have a pint with me mates, unless there are six of us. I got to say, im like the majority of people in this country, i dont have a clue what is going on. He takes his side to burnley tonight in the league cup. The 146 year history of Macclesfield Town appears to be at end after the club was wound up in the high court. The club has debts of more than £500,000 and a request for an adjournment to allow a sale was refused, with the judge saying that owner amar alkadhi had been given ample time to pay creditors. Macclesfield were due to play in the National League the fifth tier of english football after being relegated last season. There was more action in the efl cup last night, the big upset came at elland road, where League One Hull city put out premier league side leeds united on penalties. 98 9 8 in the end. Elsewhere, there was no such problems for everton. They comfortably saw off the League Two Side salford city 3 0. You can head to the bbc sport website and app for all the results and reaction from last nights games. And celtic are back to within three points of scottish premiership leaders, rangers. They came from a goal down to beat st mirren, James Forrest with the winner. Now, a huge relief for the riders in the Tour De France, with three stages left, until the Tour De France reaches paris, today its the Last Mountain stage in the alps. Primoz roglic extended his lead, on the steepest climb of the race. The slovenian in the yellowjersey rode away from tadej pogacar, whos now 57 seconds behind roglic. Britains adam yates is still fifth overall, hell be trying again for a stage win today. The location is normally associated with skin, but there is no snow at the moment, sunny in the forecast. And this rearranged year at new york for the cup there. Can you explain this picture next time . We dont have time now. I will have to look at the newspaper, i saw you holding it up. The cycling in the Tour De France, the cycles are getting a lift in these under these pods. France, the cycles are getting a lift in these under these pods. We we re lift in these under these pods. We were saying it cant be. It cannot be them. Too dangerous. One of the tea m be them. Too dangerous. One of the team taking the bikes up . Ill check it out. We will dragged charlie along, hey . Upfor it out. We will dragged charlie along, hey . Up for it . It out. We will dragged charlie along, hey . Upfor it . No. Lets get the weather. Matt is in cairns, on the weather. Matt is in cairns, on the look at for endangered species. So, tell us what you are seeing or not seeing . A very good morning, charlie, iam indeed. Now, come on, how many of you have ever seen a red squirrel . Grey squirrels are common in the uk but they are not native. Red squirrels are, but they have become incredibly rare, just a few areas in the uk now, only 140,000, last as endangered in the uk. Here in cannes, the last one died 50 yea rs in cannes, the last one died 50 years ago. Here they have introduced four squirrels. I have seen a few, but with live tv they i was make themselves elusive when a camera is on. Hopefully we will get to see some later. They introduced us to get people used to them. Many people have not seen a red squirrel or Red Squirrels of course. There are a wonderful, wonderful creature. They dont actually hibernate during winter months was not a little part for you. They can find food to at least one metre worth of snow. Not that we get that much snow here in the uk. I will give a hunt out for them as we go through the morning. Thats take a look at the forecast. No snow in the forecast this morning. The forecast is one in which it has been pressure out admittedly compared to what it has been. Temperatures well up into the high 20s over the last few days stop but over the next couple of days we will see temperatures mostly in the teens. High pressure building from the north and west, and that means we have an easterly breeze, wind blowing clockwise around the area of High Pressure and strong in the southern half of the country. It will clear away. Further north, we have more in the way, thicker cloud across the northern half of scotland, bringing patchy, like rain or drizzle. That will be confined further north as we go through the day and northern scotland, warmer than yesterday as we pick up more of a south westerly breeze. Temperatures reaching 21 degrees in the moray firth. For england and wales, blue skies for much of the afternoon. Well see temperatures in the high teens, maybe 21 22 celsius, the highest was 27 yesterday. Through this evening and overnight was the cloud continue overnight was the cloud continue over the northern half of scotland, bringing further rain at times. Clear skies could lead to the odd mist of ipads, not too breeze here, and last night single figures as we head into tomorrow morning odd mist orfog head into tomorrow morning odd mist or fog patch. Head into tomorrow morning odd mist orfog patch. Lots head into tomorrow morning odd mist or fog patch. Lots of sunshine around, blue skies from dawn to dusk for a around, blue skies from dawn to dusk forafairfew around, blue skies from dawn to dusk for a fairfew here, but around, blue skies from dawn to dusk for a fair few here, but still some cloud across parts of scotland, increasing a little bit in Northern Ireland as we go through the day. Some patchy rain across the far north of scotland, too. Temperatures are similarto north of scotland, too. Temperatures are similar to todays values, high teens may be low 20s. As against the region, the breeze picks up further across southern counties of england, if you showers in and around the light of the Channel Islands. They can get close to southern counties of england at times, a bit of a question as to who will see the showers. The further north we go, later winds, most places will be dry, sunshine across scotland and Northern Ireland, too. Temperatures similarto Northern Ireland, too. Temperatures similar to what we have seen over the last few days but when you have got the it will feel cooler in the south, with the sunshine it will feel very pleasant. That is how your weather is looking. While you have been on, i have seen squirrels run either side of me, but of course, never when you want them. You need to be more strict with them, mad. We did spot something to your left, there was a human being who popped up there was a human being who popped up momentarily from behind that shed being, and then i think ahead away again shed thing. Being, and then i think ahead away again shed thing. Very timid, these keepers. We will try and find a keeper a little later. Try and find one and get one out of the foliage and we will have a chat with them, maybe. It is 14 minutes to seven and this is first. Breakfast. Since captain sir tom moore first appeared on this programme he has raised £33 million for charity, received a knighthood from the queen, and even had a number one single. But the 100 year old isnt stopping there. Today, he launches a new Charitable Foundation as he continues in his quest to help other people. It aims to help people dealing loneliness as well as those struggling with Mental Health, in memory of his late wife pamela. I went to meet him to find out more. I want to talk about how pamela struggled with mental illness. And how you cope with that. Well, the poor girl it was a lot of her problem was her mother because in the wartime her mother was terrified and wouldnt let pamela be sent away. She insisted that pamela stay with her so that when the bombing was in gravesend. Now with a terrified mother didnt help and when she was going to school she used to say that careful, you have someone watching you on the way to school. It stayed with her for the rest of her life to her mother frightened her into always thinking people were following her. Later in her life she would have times on the telephone talking to her mum who wasnt there and itjust got worse and worse so if i left the house i had to lock all the doors and take the keys away and if there was a gas oven, make sure the gas oven was turned off otherwise she would turn the gas on and leave it on and it got worse and worse until the authorities realised i could no longer look after her properly and she went into a home. They were going to take herfor six she went into a home. They were going to take her for six weeks to find out and she stayed for years and years. She never came out again. You visited her every day. Yes. I went to see her every day, day after day until in the last few years i used to go at lunchtime to feed her because she couldnt feed herself so for yea rs because she couldnt feed herself so for years and years i did that and i never resented that. It was part of the contract, wasnt it . In sickness and in health. And so it was no hardship. So when she actually died it wasnt a terrible loss is often people are because she died, really, ina people are because she died, really, in a sense she had died years and yea rs before. In a sense she had died years and years before. And that was the end. And when we talk about the foundation you have set up, one of the keys to that foundation is understanding bereavement. And helping people who have lost and giving them hope. Why is that important to you . When pamela was in the home, i mean, she had years of visitors but some people, most of the people were ladies. There were really poor old things but nobody ever came to see them. Year in, year out, some never ever had a visitor and they must have been very lonely indeed and, really, that is one of the things that the foundation is to help Lonely People and people who are in difficulties, not so much the old people but there are some young people who are really not properly looked after. So the foundation is out there to help all sorts of people where a little bit of hope would do them some good. There is going to be a film made about you. Who would you like to play you . Going to be a film made about you. Who would you like to play you . M cant be a girl, can it . who would you like to play you . M cant be a girl, can it . I think somebody, somebody like david beckham. He has the right build for it and you have met him, i have met him. He is a very charming young man. He would have to be very handsome and very charming. Im not handsome try to be charming. Handsome and very charming. Im not handsome try to be charminglj handsome try to be charming. think you are lovely. The privilege of being able to sit here with you and have a short amount of time to talk about your life and the impact you are having, something i will never forget. Thank you very much. Thats very kind of you to say that. Thank you so much. Do you know what he did that . He then turned around and thanked our two camera people and our producer as well. And he made, he was so determined, the reason i was wearing a shawl is because he thought i looked cold so he insisted i put the shawl on. We were sitting in the shade for camera purpose. He was so lovely and so kind and we will have more of that interview a little later on at 845. I could have spoken to him for hours. All day. We all listen when he talks. It is that simple. Just a couple weeks ago our reporter tim muffett was scaling the side of blackpool tower. And he loved it as well. He loved it so much he had to get back in the harness. In the last hour hes made his way 154 feet above Tottenham Hotspurs football pitch. Hows the view, tim . Good morning to you. It is an incredible view. Sitting a football stadium is not easy at the moment for obvious reasons but if you are a fan of hot and Tottenham Hotspur is, this is one way of doing it. We are on the roof of the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. This is the stadium that replaced the old white park lane, it opened in april last year and the idea is that the skywalk enables people to come up here and experience these views and to walk across the pitch, effectively. We are about 150 feet high, the height of nelsons column and we have incredible views from here the clubs motto is to dare is to do so, tony, a great motto and a great thing to experience as well. What is the idea behind that what you want people to get from estimate this is the newest visitor attraction here at hotspur stadium and we are more than a football stadium, it is a sport and leisure destination for london, attracting people here to try new things and this is one of them, enabling people to scale the height of stadium metres high, take a walkway out to our iconic golden spot and get views of the pitch and over the capital city. What impact do you want this to have, notjust on those who come up here but on the surrounding area as well . It is a great day out for all the family and a test of nerves, obviously, to be this high up. For the wider community, Tottenham Hotspur stadium is about putting tottenham as a place on the map, it is an area that has had difficulties in the past but thatis has had difficulties in the past but that is changing now and more visitors coming to experience things like the skywalk and we will see more spending in the local area, more spending in the local area, more visitors and it is about putting tottenham on the map this is a new stadium, only open in april last year. A 62,000 capacity, one of the largest ones in london and the second largest in england full you can see the cockerel over there. That is a replica of the original cultural which was on White Hart Lane stadium. Very clever the way that you have recreated it. How have you done it . It is an exact 3d mould replica of the original cultural so it is about incorporating the clubs heritage into this new stadium and as it is a heritage into this new stadium and as it isa3d heritage into this new stadium and as it is a 3d mould it has every single imperfection, every dent and bump that was in the original. Later on we will make our way along here as well, right up to there. The views from there are even more breathtaking than they are from here. How important is it for clubs to do things like this, to think of new ways of attracting people . For us it is about making this stadium a destination for london and giving not only our fans but anyone who ca res not only our fans but anyone who cares to visit a unique opportunity to experience a football stadium. And finally, at some point i think next year you hope that people can also abseil down when they finish their trip was to mark correct. The platform is ready and next year we will introduce a controlled drop and abseil. It is worth mentioning we are doing match day climbs up here as well, not at the moment, about two hours from when the game starts and there will be things like twilight claims as well. I have to tell you, i am a supporter of another team. Please dont loosen the harness to it as a great view, right across london, absolutely brilliant and you look across the skyline and you can get a sense of the history of the city as well so it isa the history of the city as well so it is a spectacular way to take in these views and a different way to visit a football stadium which is obviously not possible in a normal way right now. Tim, were looking forward to you getting on that walkway and experiencing that. We do know you have a head for height so you will love it. See you later. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im tolu adeoye. A road scheme which blocks traffic through residential streets in ealing will continue for at least six months despite protests. The so called low traffic neighbourhoods have been created all over london. Cars are restricted by barriers including bollards and planters. Wandsworth council has removed its scheme saying it created congestion. But Ealing Council says people need to adapt. People have got to learn what their new routes, where the barriers are, how they might actually change their habit and walk and cycle more. Councils are set to receive millions of pounds in Housing Support for vunerable people. The aim is to help the thousands of rough sleepers who were housed during the pandemic stay in accommodation. The next steps Accommodation Programme is part of the governments goal to end rough sleeping. Students from Imperial College and the Royal College of art claim to have found a way to substantially reduce microplastics from worn tyres, the second biggest microplastic problem facing the world today and a major contributor to air and ocean pollution. Theyve won the national leg of the james dyson award. Their design collects over half of all airborne particles which are released as the tyres wear through use. Britains first female special agent, who was called Winston Churchills favourite spy, has been remembered with a blue plaque in kensington. Christine granvilles Successful Missions included smuggling microfilm evidence across europe to prove hitlers plans to invade the soviet union. The plaque is on the Shelbourne Hotel which was her home after the war. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. On the trains there are delays throughout the thameslink Network Following yesterdays electrical problems. Turning to the roads traffic is building northbound on the blackwall tunnel southern approach from blackwall lane in camberwell, dog kennel hill is blocked northbound at Champion Hill following an accident near denmark hill station. Finally in barking longbridge road is closed by aldersey gardens following a collision. Now the weather with sara thornton. Good morning to you. A lot of sunshine to start us this morning, certainly a coolerfield than we have seen the last few mornings. Temperatures typically in the low double figures at the moment but a lot of fine weather ahead although there is a noticeable breeze in from the east and you will notice it especially towards east london today. Elsewhere inland a lot of sunshine and in that temperatures are well down on what we have seen, still pleasant at 21 or 22 celsius. Overnight tonight we are dry and clear and still have enough of a breeze with temperatures not falling too far, typically in the low double figures tomorrow morning but in the suburbs it could be eight or 9 degrees. A lot of fine weather in the forecast for the next few days and we will tell you that could be some showers later in the day on saturday, overnight into sunday that come from the south and slip towards the west and it will turn more unsettled and cooler in the middle part of next week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. Now though its back to charlie and naga. Bye for now. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today more than 2 Million People in england and wales face extra restrictions as covid rates continue to rise. Mass testing has long been lauded as a way to cope with the pandemic, but still there are bottlenecks and people are struggling to book their tests. Hes already raised millions for charity, but captain tom isnt stopping there. Hell tell us about his new foundation to help people with Mental Health problems. The foundation is out there to help all sorts of people, where a little bit of hope will do a lot of good. And good morning. Its been a summer of International Cricket like never before and it all ends with a dramatic defeat for england, as they lose their one day series against australia. And it is red squirrel Awareness Week. I have come to east kent to see if i can bring you some light on our, and see if i can bring you some light on our, and i have the forecast, fresher than recent days but plenty of sunshine a head. All of the details coming up on breakfast. Its thursday the 17th of september. Our top story. Stricter restrictions will be brought in in parts of england and wales in an attempt to halt a rise in coronavirus cases. New measures for the north east of england will be announced later today, while residents in parts of south wales will face local lockdown from this evening. Greg mckenzie reports. The north east is set to become the latest area in england to come under local restrictions as coronavirus cases rise. The announcement is expected to come from the Health Secretary, matt hancock, later this morning. Areas including newcastle, south tyneside, sunderland, northumberland and County Durham have all seen a rise in new cases. Meanwhile, in the county of Rhondda Cynon taff in wales, further restrictions will be put in place this evening, affecting around 240,000 people. Residents there wont be able to leave the county without a reasonable excuse, such as travel for work or school. Earlier this week, newcastles City Council Leader wrote to the government, asking permission to impose new restrictions across the North East Region to prevent a full lockdown. Were extremely concerned about the rise in covid cases in the last week, and even over the weekend, they are going up exponentially. Weve got to get on top of this now in our region. Because if we dont stop it spreading even further and more quickly, well end up in a catastrophic full lockdown. The new measures are expected to include restrictions on households mixing and pubs being ordered to close earlier, in addition to public transport being reserved for essential travel only. Both areas willjoin a long list of places currently under tighter measures, and the government says its constantly assessing infection rates across the country and will take measures if necessary. Greg mckenzie, bbc news. Our reporter tomos morgan is in the town of pontypridd this morning. Tomos, theres new restrictions coming for parts of wales why have they been brought in now . Well the rate has risen since last week. Last week i was here, and another area had been given their final warning. People were told to stick to the rules otherwise they would be in a local lockdown. Andy Health Minister announced from six oclock Rhondda Cynon taff areas would be under a tougher lockdown. There were three reasons why the rate had been increasing. A group of people had left the area last week to go to doncaster races, and they say they may have brought the virus back. There have been linked to a by back. There have been linked to a rugby club here, and the third one impacting on the type of lockdown put in place is down to infection rates in some of the pubs in pontypridd itself. One of the restrictions put into force here in pontypridd tonight is they will be a cu rfew pontypridd tonight is they will be a curfew on pubs and restaurants to be closed at 11 p. M. That is the only difference between the neighbouring lockdown. Households cannot mix and match, they cannot go into any households any more, people cannot meet outside, people can only go outside if it is for essential work or to go shopping, for example. People can go to school for education, there is a university in this local authority as well and he Health Minister so people can travel in and out to go from there stop this lockdown will go for at least two more weeks until they will be another review of the situation in wales. Thank you for the update in pontypridd. Lets get more on this with our political correspondent, Jonathan Blake. Jonathan, the Prime Minister is today warning of even tougher restrictions if people ignore the rule of six whats he been saying . Yes, the Prime Minister is clear he does not want another National Lockdown or even stricter restrictions in place. But from the comments he made the mps yesterday, and interview in the Sun Newspaper this morning, it is clear he is warning that people need to follow the rules closely now to avoid that from in the future, and looking ahead to christmas, when families will want to gather in numbers, the only way to make sure, the Prime Ministers as, that we can enjoy christmas is to be tough now. He says stop the surge, arrest the spike, stop the second hump of the camel, that is what we need to do. Stop the light factual inaccuracies, which naga pointed out, the message is clear, to avoid more strict regulations coming in the future to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The government is concerned about rising cases and is warning people need to follow the rules closely for the time being. Jonathan, thank you. The government has set up a National Helpline for schools to report positive coronavirus cases and get advice on how to handle outbreaks. Schools have been told that instead of contacting local Public Health teams, they will be put through to a team of advisors who will tell head teachers what action is needed, based on the latest Public Health advice. Captain sir tom moore, who raised more than £30 million for nhs charities, is today launching a new Charitable Foundation. It aims to help those who are dealing with issues such as bereavement, Mental Health and loneliness. Captain sir tom moore says he was inspired to help people who are lonely after meeting residents in the care home where his late wife lived. She had me as a visitor, but most of the people were ladies. There they were really poor old things but no one came to see them. Year in, year out, some never had a visitor, and they must have been very lonely indeed. We will be running more of that interview later in the programme. Time for the weather and matt is in kent this morning where he is on the lookout for some Red Squirrels. I know you claim to have seen them yourself, but we havent yet. Laughter you have, it is always the way. As soon as possible cameras in a wildlife zone they all disappear. But we are talking Red Squirrels this morning. The wellwood trust in kent. The native species, Red Squirrels, the numbers have dropped dramatically due to the influence of grays girls. We will talk about that in the next half an hour. Lets get on with the weather because it isa get on with the weather because it is a failure to start this morning, we are taking a look at the forecast for today. After that precious start with temperatures in single figures we will see things largely dry and a fairamount of we will see things largely dry and a fair amount of sunshine developing across the country as well. A bit of cloud to begin with this morning, though, especially across the western half of the country. And scotland, a few spots of light rain and drizzle. Most start dry, increasing sunshine to england and wales and a noticeable east to breeze will make it feel cooler than recent days. 27 celsius yesterday in dorset, 21 22 the high today. For scotland, a little bit milder than it was yesterday, attempted speaking 22 degrees around the moray firth stop through this evening and overnight we have more cloud to continue across the northern half is going and further enter times, most will be dry and clear. It will be a chilly night compared to what we have had so far this week with temperatures more widely down into single figures as we start tomorrow morning. As for tomorrow, for most of you it is going to be a very pleasa nt of you it is going to be a very pleasant day, a fresh start, a few mist and fog patches, plenty of sunshine through the day ahead. Just a bit of cloud continuing in the north west of scotland and temperatures in the high teens and low 20s. That is how it is looking. Back to you. Thank you. A colossal spike in demand is being blamed by the Prime Minister for the ongoing problems with coronavirus tests. More long queues were reported at testing centres yesterday and slots remained unavailable in many of Englands Covid 19 hot spots. Breakfasts john maguire is in sandwell for us this morning, where tougher restrictions are in place. Good morning. Yeah, morning, charlie. Sandwell, birmingham angas Valley Health had tougher restrictions coming in solihull, bubbles are not allowed to mix and households are not allowed to mix either. One of the areas that has seen a return to some of those more austere restrictions that we all had earlier on in the pandemic. This test centre here will open in around an hour, it is one of 389 of its type across the uk. This one is fairly new. Signs on the outside is ano fairly new. Signs on the outside is a no walk ins, bookings have to be done online or on the phone. People have been telling us here this morning they have struggled to get appointments there, and that has been the pattern in many parts of the uk, especially in some of those parts where the virus has returned in higher numbers. 2020 has been the year of the queues, first for toilet rolls, then pubs and tests. This was southend on sea yesterday. Birmingham had seen long lines on tuesday, but yesterday the system seemed to be working, although after a frustrating way to secure appointments. I have been trying to get one since monday night, trying to get aids has booked. I was on the system every day and it kept coming up system every day and it kept coming up with no sites available. Booking was quite difficult, quite frustrating yesterday. You get so farand at the frustrating yesterday. You get so far and at the very end you are told you dont have a place, there are no Appointments Available trying to get a textbook. By 10 45 am, i didnt have any. It was very good year when i didnt have any. It was very good yearwhen i came. Didnt have any. It was very good year when i came. Very helpful. The issues are widespread. In norwich, steph issues are widespread. In norwich, ste p h drove issues are widespread. In norwich, steph drove for over two hours to find a test. I am in a position where i do drive, but what is happening to all these people that dont drive . When you are being told you have covid 19 symptoms, you cant use public transport, you cant use public transport, you cant use public transport, you cant use a taxi, you know . And there is more people that dont drive than do drive, so i think it is pretty unfair. This woman couldnt book online and turned up at her local centre early in the morning. I have just arrived at the test centre behind me. And it is 7 25am in the morning. There is already a queue. I have been given one of these registration cards, so lam going one of these registration cards, so i am going to go home and register my test and i know for sure that there are people who are in the same queue as me that will not get tested today. You know, it definitely i definitely was not the most Vulnerable Person in that queue. And in chelmsford, lynn claimed her daughter had symptoms so she could be tested and allowed back to school. There are people who really need them and i felt awful because i know that she has no symptoms of covid 19, and i have taken the test, which could be used for a key worker. Im putting more strain on the nhs. As the system has failed to keep up with demand, the public messaging has changed from get tested if you can, to now, if you must. Doctor tony cook is from one of the companies processing the samples. The demand is what is actually causing the problem, because demand is completely outstripping capacity. This has been building upa outstripping capacity. This has been building up a little bit over the past few weeks. But it is an unprecedented demand. I mean, were seeing sort of five, ten times the amount that we had just two weeks ago. That means a system in constant change and one struggling to cope with not just change and one struggling to cope with notjust the virus, but how we learn to live with it. John maguire, bbc news, sandwell. Bye for now. People have been telling us that they needed test so people can go back to work and children can go back to work and children can go back to work and children can go back to school. It is an essential pa rt back to school. It is an essential part and we have all been encouraged to do it, it really is the only way people can return to some sense of normality, to bridge that gap between extreme lockdown at one end and, of course, a vaccine that needs to be effective and readily available before it enables us to cope with coronavirus. The government says it wants to increase capacity but the issue at the moment, even if there are new testing labs created, is are there enough staff to work on those labs . Struggling to get those two elements together, really, and that will be the biggest challenge ahead for the next few days, weeks and months. Lets pick up on some of those themes now. Allan wilson is the president of the institute of biomedical science, which represents laboratory scientists, and joins us from north lanarkshire. Good morning to you and thank you for your time this morning. Can we start with some of those basic questions . Why is there a problem in terms of turning around those tests as we speak . There are two issues here. One is the demand, partly due to the cold recently and also the return to school and children bringing back the usual viruses back to their house and people developing symptoms. At the same time what appears to happen is that there has been an overall drop in capacity for the uk government run laboratories and they are unable to deal with that bulge in activities. In wales it isa that bulge in activities. In wales it is a demand issue. Within those laboratories, what is happening . When you say they are unable to deal with the quantity of tests coming through, is that Staffing Levels, is it equipment, is it space . What is theissue it equipment, is it space . What is the issue that stops it happening . Were not entirely sure because although these are run by the uk government and funded by the uk government, they are shrouded in secrecy and we dont quite know what processes and Staffing Levels are. But we do know that they have lost staff, academic staff across many of these laboratories were staffed and run by university staff. And they have returned to university and that stuff has been lost and we know that they are actively trying to recruit replacements, creating a bit of a gap so that is the main issue that we perceive. One is that the demand, but that has also come at a time when they have lost staff. So a staff shortage is one of and sounds, from what you are saying, a considerable factor, right now in weighty tests ca nnot considerable factor, right now in weighty tests cannot be processed. And if there is that staff shortage, who other people required . Are these highly trained technicians . What roles are lacking . Probably two main roles. One to prepare the samples for analysis and it takes place in a safety cabinet that you will have seenin safety cabinet that you will have seen in pictures shown widely in the media. That is a technicaljob that you can train someone to do it well did it the second and most difficult role to fill is the experienced biomedical scientist required to run and manage the process and they are in short supply at the moment because all Health Networks are looking for the same staff and staff may not be willing to move into these labs. So i think we will struggle to fill the senior posts and that is the main issue here. You cannot get these people in easily. They have decades of experience in diagnostics and remain within nhs and private laboratories. When you hear the government and Boris Johnson talking about the dream of by the end of october 500,000 test the day, what do you think, with the knowledge you have of industry and where we are now compared to this picture he is painting . where we are now compared to this picture he is painting . I wish we would stop talking about large numbers. We need them linked more closely to what we need to fight the disease and there is evidence to suggest that that capacity may be overstated and i would be interested to find how that capacity has been defined. We can define capacity within a laboratory in many ways and we dont know how that has been defined and whether the numbers actually exist and whether they are test for the virus or whether some of these may include Antibody Test in the overall total and therefore inflating the overall capacity of tests we actually need which is a swa b test. Tests we actually need which is a swab test. What we want to happen is for that shroud of secrecy to be lifted and for us to Work Together with the nhs and private to have a joint capacity to produce a testing system that is equitable for everybody and builds the capacity to fight this disease. One last question. When the government has said that they would increase Testing Capacity, anyone from outside would think that as they did that they would check that the laboratories were able to deal with the number they are talking about. What we now know is that that is not possible and clearly would never have been possible. There seems to be, there is a gap there. have been possible. There seems to be, there is a gap there. I think so. I think it is about declaring these large numbers which, you know, i think they are a political target rather than a political clinical target and it is concerning how often these laboratories are hearing about increasing demands from radio and television. That is not how it should happen. Laboratories, nhs and otherwise should be involved with the announcements about increasing capacity not hearing announcements made without consultation. Thank you very much for your time this morning. Alan wilson, president of the institute of Biomedical Sciences speaking on behalf of a number of scientists who work within those laboratories. Thank you. Stricter coronavirus restrictions in the north east of england are about re introducing social distancing where the evidence says it is slipping. Thats according to the leader of newcastle city council. Joining us now is Amanda Healey whos director of Public Health at Durham County council. Good to speak to you this morning. Can you tell me about how this, what were talking about now potentially is not just a were talking about now potentially is notjust a local lockdown but a series of areas and leaders coming together. Good morning and thank you for having me on the show this morning this is something that local authorities are coming together to prevent and put in preventative measures at this point in time because of an increase in cases, not just in one local Authority Area but across all seven and it is a move to have preventative action so we do not have to go into a full lockdown. Those seven local authorities are working closely together because the communities work and travel across our local authorities and that is the reason why we wanted to come together, to put in these additional restrictions for a short time as possible, to protect our communities. There have been communications between the seven authorities and the government. Since when and what have you been asking for . It has happened rapidly and we have seen an increase in cases over the last two week and we have seen it a rapid increase in cou nty have seen it a rapid increase in County Durham between september seven and eight. That was replicated and has been even higher in some of the other local Authority Area such as sunderland. Leaders wanted to move quickly and put a package of measures together to government to ask for that Additional Support and you have to do this with our local communities as well so it has happened rapidly and we expect something to be announced formally today. As i understand, the Community Secretary has said a full briefing would have been given ahead of the measures coming into place. What do you expect or what should people in those seven regions expect to see in terms of how their life will change . The measures that are being put forward and there will be a full announcement later are a mixture of things because what we have seen is that there are cases where we have our breaks and initially they are in social settings, some of our pubs and restau ra nts settings, some of our pubs and restaurants for settings, some of our pubs and restau ra nts for exa m ple. However then we find that spread is also happening within households and so the measures we expect will include restrictions in hospitality sector and also no more mixing within households. These are difficult decisions to make but because of the rise in cases we really want to protect the health of our local residents. We want them to help each other and to try and make this period as short as possible so it does not get any worse. The reason these extra restrictions are coming into place are because, and correct me if into place are because, and correct me ifiam into place are because, and correct me if i am wrong, people have not been adhering to the guidelines so far. In whichever circumstance it has been. What makes you think that those people will now adhere to these . I think we have to remember that at the beginning of the pandemic when we were in lockdown, people were very good at adhering to the guidelines and it did make a big difference. We saw a reduction in cases. It has been a long haul and it has been difficult for people and we always knew that cases would increase one since restrictions were lifted and i think it is understandable that they may be confused by some of the messages. However, i think we need to be quite clear if we do want to continue to go to work, to school, to keep in contact with relatives, to stop an increase in the cases that we have seen and, particularly, for those more vulnerable, where we will see more vulnerable, where we will see more hospital admissions, we urge people to adhere to the guidance coming out today to do reflect, what is your timeline and expectation for how long these restrictions will stay in place . We will be monitoring them closely and that is one of the reasons why we have asked for restrictions now, in order to be proactive and preventative so they can be monitored on a weekly basis and we are looking at an exit strategy as soon as possible to once we see those cases come down but that needs all of us included to pay our part play our part wants additional interventions come into play. Thank you for your time with us this morning. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im tolu adeoye. A road scheme which blocks traffic through residential streets in ealing will continue for at least six months despite protests. The so called low traffic neighbourhoods have been created all over london. Cars are restricted by barriers including bollards and planters. Wandsworth council has removed its scheme saying it created congestion. But Ealing Council says people need to adapt. People have got to learn what their new routes, where the barriers are, how they might actually change their habit and walk and cycle more. The mayor of london has announced investment to support young londoners, part of which to go towards groups in high crime areas and for mentoring those attending pupil referral units. One of written is most Senior Police officers has called on climate protesters to behave like adults and stop going floppy when they face a rest. X are held a protest earlier in london this month. Crime committee was told that tactics where protesters go limp requiring several officers to remove them were a pain in the neck. Conservationists say time is running out to secure funds to help reintroduce one of the uks fastest declining mammals to a stretch of river in south west london. Water voles were once a familiar sight on the hogsmill in kingston, but are now thought to be extinct locally. citizen zoo the group behind the project want to release two hundred voles in the hope theyll make a comeback. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. On the trains there are delays throughout the thameslink Network Following yesterdays electrical problems. Gasworks electrical problems. Continue at Scotch Corner with gasworks continue at Scotch Corner with delays for knightsbridge and in leave the south circular is closed. That is for emergency gasworks. Good morning to you. A lot of sunshine to start us this morning, certainly a coolerfeel than we have seen the last few mornings. Temperatures typically in the low double figures at the moment but a lot of fine weather ahead although there is a noticeable breeze in from the east and you will notice it especially towards east london today. Elsewhere inland, a lot of sunshine and in that, temperatures are well down on what we have seen, still pleasant at 21 or 22 celsius. Overnight tonight we are dry and clear and still have enough of a breeze with temperatures not falling too far, typically in the low double figures tomorrow morning but in the suburbs it could be eight or 9 degrees. A lot of fine weather in the forecast for the next few days and we will tell you that could be some showers later in the day on saturday, overnight into sunday that come from the south and slip towards the west and it will turn more unsettled and cooler in the middle part of next week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. Now though, its back to charlie and naga. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Good morning to you. The time is 7 30am. Almost 2 Million People in the north east of england look set to face increased local restrictions to try and tackle rising numbers of coronavirus cases. It is the latest area to face changing measures as people across the uk struggle to access tests. We can speak now to the Health Minister, edward argar. Good morning to you. Good morning, charlie. Talking specifically about this initiative in the north east of england. What is going to happen there . Well, youve seen, and i think you had amanda on earlierfrom cou nty think you had amanda on earlierfrom County Durham, Public Health, talking about what is going on there. Infection rates rise efficiently, and in some areas below, i think a little bit over, 100 cases per 100,000. They have asked for Additional Support around that, and additional measures. I dont want to pre empt what my boss, the secretary of state, will announce in the house of commons, setting out the detail of the restrictions on measures to be put in place. But if you look at the north west, you can see the sort of approach we have been taking two local lockdowns, but as i said, i dont want to pre empt the detail he will announce later today and house of commons. Is it true, and as you say, we spoke to County Durham because my director of Public Health County Durhams director health. There seems to be a form of curfew in relation to restaurants and public entertainment places stop is that the case . I dont want to pre empt that formal announcement by the secretary of state later today in the house. If you look in the north west, if you look at bolton, you can see the sort of measures that are in a sense, options for these sorts of things that have been done there in different circumstances to bring the rate down. They will be looked at in this context, but i do not want to pre empt what my boss will say in a few hours time. I dont want you to repeat the same thing, and we are both part of this. I want to establish, what people are seeing and the message they are getting and the talk of this curfew, the thinking now amongst many people is thatis thinking now amongst many people is that is the direction of travel in terms of what measures will be put into place in those areas that have problems. Really, that is one of the things that could be brought in . Well, you are absolutely right. If you look at bolton, it is one of the things that has been brought in there. Yes, it is the sort of thing that has been considered, it is being looked at, but i dont want to, as being looked at, but i dont want to, as i say, say what exact measures will be put in place. You are right to highlight that. It has been used elsewhere and it is one of the measures that we believe can be effective in driving down those infection rates. I want to ask you about who it is and who should be tested. Are we getting to a point now where there will be rationing on testing, and that will be specific and outlined efficiently . You will see, i think, in the next day or so, a clear announcement setting out the priority groups to get testing, people like, as the secretary of state and Prime Minister have said, frontline care workers, teachers and similarly. You will see a clear prioritisation, clear guidance, a clear document on that in the next few days. And that is because the testing system is failing. Well, i think what were seeing here is a testing system that has rapidly expanded. At the moment we are on, per thousand people, we are testing about 2. 3 people in this country, double the rate per thousand of any other major european country, so we have rapidly expanded it over the past few months stop as the Prime Minister was very open and honest about yesterday, we have made very Real Progress in massively scaling up Real Progress in massively scaling up our Testing Capacity and the number of people who can get their tests processed. But of course there isa tests processed. But of course there is a lot more to do and he was right to say that and that is why we continue to set ambitious targets to significantly further expand that capacity. This is not a comment we have done it, here is thejob, done. This is something we have to continuously work out to expand that capacity and that is what were doing. Unable to you the thoughts of alan wilson, resident of the institute of biomedical science. Representing people who work in those laboratories you were talking about. One of the very obvious problems is that there simply are not enough staff, correctly trained staff who are available are being employed currently. Do you recognise is employed currently. Do you recognise is that one of the problems . Do not have enough people who are properly qualified to run those laboratories . Well, lab capacity is one of those key challenges in actually getting the number of tests up. And your sister programme on radio 4 yesterday morning had a gentleman on it you had experience in working in these labs and set out the actual challenges from a test coming in the door to getting it processed. Yes, a number of people is one thing but it is notjust that. If i made. I would is one thing but it is notjust that. If made. I would like is one thing but it is notjust that. If made. Iwould like to quite nosedown on that one thing then. Yep. We have been told in this programme there is a shortage in the correctly trained staff in these laboratories. Now, do you know that, and if so, how many people sure what are we . How many people are needed to run those laboratories now that im not there, and are you actively recruiting . So, there are two bits there. In terms of the labs we have got at the moment, they are working flat out, they are fully staffed stop that we do need my labs because of the overall capacity in the lab system. In a sense, you are right, do we need more people processing tests do not yes, we do. We also need more labs processing tests. That is why we have, i think, two more lighthouse labs coming on strea m more lighthouse labs coming on stream in the next few weeks, and more before christmas and in the week after week after week to the run up to the window. It is a continual expansion of capacity. In one sense, you are right, in one sense, the labs are working well, there are staff, but do we need more staff . Do we need more people . Yes, and that is why we are expanding as la bs and that is why we are expanding as labs and the number of people in them. One of the problems where you move into a situation where you are effectively rationing those people who will get tests, its fairly obvious you are getting to a point where people who have symptoms are being told by you not to go and get a test because they do not fall within, maybe they are not nhs workers, so people who have symptoms will be advised not to get a test. And yet, we were always told that test and trace was the key to being on top of this disease . No, this is not about telling people who have symptoms not to get a test, it is about who, in a sense, we are prioritising, to make sure they can a lwa ys prioritising, to make sure they can always get a taste. Frontline workers in the nhs, in care homes, teachers and similar. As i said, youll get more detail on that. People should try and get a test, apply a test. Now, i appreciate, and i see there are some people, a number of people we have seen on your show and other shows you have that how difficult it has been and they have had to try a number of times before they can get a test locally. That is why we expanding the capacity. We are still clear that those who have symptoms should a test. What were doing with the prioritisation is making sure that the people who are absolutely crucial to our nhs and Care Services functioning can always get those tests. So, obviously, i understand current capacity is different from the actual number of tests protest. There is a 274,000, is the claim of capacity, we think around 231,000 of those are actually protest. And that is not the same as the number of people itself. 221,000. How many people itself. 221,000. How many people you think will qualify, the key workers, who should them first . What percentage of that 374,000 will be taken up by those groups of people . It does depend. In hypotheticals, it depends on those people. But those people in those groups who havent had terms and need to be tested and need to get that, that is dependent on a whole range of factors. Infection rate, a whole range of things like that. So do take your point. And i think your underlying point is are we going to see those priority groups essentially meaning there are no other tests left for mr and mrs smith, who may develop symptoms. That is not going to be the case. Firstly, because we have two different approaches to testing. We have the testing in clinical settings, hospitals and similar for staff, and for priority groups, but even within the Community Testing we are rapidly and in the social care workers, teachers, for example, even if there is a significant increase in the number needing test. And we have seen june august in the number needing test. And we have seenjune august 63 increase in the number of people applying for tests. So we are very clear the demand is very high, it continues to surge, as the Prime Minister said. We will continue to expand, notjust the number of Testing Capacity Available Lab capacity going to your original point in the weeks and months ahead to meet that demand from both those who are prioritised, but also members of the public, mr and mrs move, you may develop symptoms and they want to get tested because they need to get back to work will get back to normal. But we seem to be going around in circles on this. It has happened before. It is almost as if you are blaming people who are trying to do the right thing by getting a test for the problem in the system . Noone is blaming people for that. I think its a statement of fact as to why demand has significantly gone up. That is one of the conflicting factors to why there are challenges with getting tests. The reason, surely is, the laboratories cant cope. And explaining and being totally honest yesterday, as was the Health Secretary and i, yes, there has been an increase in demand but also a challenge in further increasing capacity. That is a challenge for the government, that is our responsibility, that is why we are continually expanding the capacity. We have, as i say, the highest number of tests per thousand in the eu. No one is blaming people who seek a test. The challenge of why there is one in getting one, thatis why there is one in getting one, that is what were trying to address. 25 of people, anecdotally, appeared to be going to tests when they were not eligible. But it is up to us to address the supply side issue and increase the capacity. To us to address the supply side issue and increase the capacitym i may, the figure you are talking about about the distanced travel average by people at the testing centres, we have had harrowing stories about people who have had to travel miles or being offered test miles away. Is that a road mileage, or as the crow flies . Some people are saying that is as the crow flies . You are absolutely right to highlight this. Which is it . It has come from six miles to 5. 4. Is it by road or as the crow flies . Just answering that, it is as the crow flies. Clearly. How helpful. That is the difference between someone getting in a car or bus and taking the road. That is why at the moment the road. That is why at the moment the secretary of state is looking at how we can make that figure more accurate or reflective of the real Life Experience that people will have, getting in a car or travelling, rather than, as you say, the crow flies. That is the easy way of graduating because we want to make it meaningful for people. A lot of people are saying, youre looking at those figures on the problems with testing and they will be thinking, it feels inevitable that we are going to some form of National Lockdown. Can you rule that out . You heard what the Prime Minister said. Yesterday, and in his piece in the press today. He has been very clear that is not something he intends to do, it is not something he intends to see the key to making sure it doesnt happen is people adhering to the rule of six, following regulations and i know this has been a tough year for eve ryo ne know this has been a tough year for everyone with huge sacrifices made by individuals, businesses, by families. And the message is very clear, if we stick to that, if we stick to the hands, face and space guidance, we can avoid further local restrictions. We can avoid further national restrictions. The Prime Minister is clear, he doesnt want to see that, the nation doesnt want to see that, the nation doesnt want to see that, the nation doesnt want to see that. Edward argar, thank you for your time. Thank you, charlie. We are going to kent, where matthew is. There are not many Red Squirrels there, if you fail, and it will be failure, map it will be understandable failure. It is natural, isnt it, its wildlife. That is what happens. But when was the last time you saw a red squirrel . Have you seen one at all . Iam here squirrel . Have you seen one at all . I am here at the Wildwood Trust wildlife area, and to tell a small we have the head of conservation, laura. Others, what is it to love about Red Squirrels . What is not to love . Apart about Red Squirrels . What is not to love . Apart from being charismatic and iconic, it is our only native species. Everybody recognises the grey squeal, but that is a north american species introduced in the 18705. If american species introduced in the 1870s. If you think about population, red squirrel, 140,000, you might actually think that is quite a lot. But compared to the two point zero million grey squirrels, it isa point zero million grey squirrels, it is a real problem 2 million grey squeals. They are the greatest threat to the red squirrel population. They carry disease and they compete for food and resources. So the future of the red squirrel, really, is dependent on us being able to control and manage grey squeal populations in the future. Tellers quickly about the squirrels we have here. This is what we call a walk through enclosure. We have only male squirrels, we do not read here. Currently we have three residents, lucky, sage and not can and it is like a retirement home for the males and in the Breeding Programme we get quite a few males that are not required so the surplus males come here as well. We provide natural surroundings and allows the public to be immersed with the squirrels. And increase awareness. Thank you very much. Fingers crossed that they come out to play. They have been but every time the camera comes out they disappear. Perhaps you should try some squirrel whispering. disappear. Perhaps you should try some squirrel whispering. I will need some tips. What we have this morning is a dry start to the day. Lets look at that forecast for the rest of the uk. The forecast is one thatis rest of the uk. The forecast is one that is a little on the fresh side to begin with. Temperatures down to single figures across many parts of the north and east of the country at the north and east of the country at the moment with temperatures still in the mid teens in the far south. Last of the mild air pushed away by a keen breeze today, that breeze is blowing around an air of High Pressure that you can see on the chart there. Established in the north, high means dry but around the fringes the rules cloud and strong wind. Cloud mainly across the north and west of scotland producing patchy light rain and drizzle at the moment and that will be further and further north through the day. Across western parts of england and wales, slowly starting to break up and a lot of sunshine around this afternoon, a pleasant autumn afternoon, a pleasant autumn afternoon in store after the fresh start. The temperatures will be in the high teens, low 20s, probably a little higher across parts of scotla nd little higher across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland. Not quite as chilly in the north east of england either. Through the evening and overnight, it will stay dry for the vast majority. Exception in the far north of scotland publicly skies elsewhere, mist and fog in the temperatures dropping back down into single figures more widely. As well as taking a step away from warm days we are into slightly cooler nights over the next few nights. Mist and fog patches around in the morning will disappear, quite a breeze across the southern counties but a lot of sunshine and for many it will bea lot of sunshine and for many it will be a sunny day on friday. Some more cloud across the far north of scotla nd cloud across the far north of scotland with some rain but most places staying dry with temperatures similarto places staying dry with temperatures similar to today. As we go into the weekend there are slight changes and weekend there are slight changes and we see low pressure developed through the bay of biscay. That will push a few showers through the Channel Islands into southern counties of england particularly on saturdays are windy here, those places are dry and the further north we go, the light of the wind will be and it should be very pleasant in the sun trying. In fact, of sunshine to come over the next few days. That is lovely. I wanted to get matt to guess, three people in the studio right now, mike you and myself, one of us has a squirrel costume. Which one of us has a squirrel costume. Im glad you added the word costume. Laughs that is the Million Pound question. I guess mike. You have warm £1 million thank you very much. The thing is now is that the whole story behind the costume. We dont have time for it but was it a red squirrel . No, a grey one. And if had wanted today, matt would still not have seen a red squirrel. They are quite rare. Something also rare is english cricket is coming out of the bubble. Englands International Summer of mens cricket ended in a thrilling series defeat to australia. With the three match series poised at 1 1, england put 302 runs on the board for australia to chase mainly thanks to a swashbuckling century from jonny bairstow. And the australians looked to be struggling with their run chase, when they were reduced to 73 for 5, but they recovered to win it, with just a couple of balls to spare. There were more upsets in the efl cup last night at elland road, premier league side leeds united, were beaten by League One Hull, on penalties. And a bit of a surprise at st marys too, where southampton lost at home to the championship side brentford. You can head to the bbc sport website and app, for all the results and reaction from last nights games. Celtic are back to within three points, of scottish premiership leaders, rangers. They came from a goal down to beat st mirren James Forrest with the winner. Therell be fans back in football grounds in england this weekend after the green light, was given to pilot events, in the english football league. These are the eight fixtures that up to a thousand fans will be allowed to watch live games at middlesbrough and norwich in the championship amongst them. Thereve been no fans at League Matches in england since march because of the pandemic, and talks over the return of more fans continue. Shrewsbury town are also on the list and holly hamiltons at their ground for us right now. Morning, holly. The weekend there will be up to 1000 people there . Good morning. The weekend there will be up to 1000 people there . Good morningm the weekend there will be up to 1000 people there . Good morning. It has been such a long time since anyone has sat in the beats i do feel rather privileged this morning here at shrewsbury town. This weekend, 1000 fans will be in this stand for the first game of the season against northampton and 1000, given the current situation, it does seem like a lot of people. But actually, relatively speaking it is a small amount. At this stadium you can fit 10,000 people so it is a pilot scheme and that is the purpose, to test out the rules and regulations around social distancing. They have done a lot of work here to make sure it is in place. Things like a 1 way system that you can see here. Fans will not come through turnstiles, they will come through corner gates. In the change rooms the away players will all be separated out in the change rooms as well and if you are coming here in a group, it will be a maximum of four per bubble and eve ryo ne maximum of four per bubble and everyone will be well spaced. 1000. They are going to leave 3000 season Ticket Holders and you can imagine the scramble to get a ticket for this match on saturday. In fact it was harder to get a ticket for this thanit was harder to get a ticket for this than it was for a taylor swift concert. We will speak now to the ceo of shrewsbury town. Were talking about a sell out game this weekend which would normally be exciting but the circumstances, you are not making any money here. No but it is an important step to get supporters back into the stadium to run this pilot on saturday and at least get 1000 that is better than none at all. Hopefully we can have some support by getting them back in, a first step to getting more and for the next game. The Safety Authority have said that the club should do a pilot of this with a small game so hopefully if we can get through this pilot and run it successfully it will show that foot ball successfully it will show that football can be run in a socially distended distant way. Football can be run in a socially distended distant way. And that is important to mention, it is baby steps and getting the fans back into the stadium and proving that this can work. What is the reaction of fans . The ones who have ticket since we put them on sale yesterday afternoon are delighted. It is not easy because many are missing out which is unfortunate but fans are excited to get back into football and into the routine and i think it shows supporters that they can come back and there is hope to get fans back and there is hope to get fans backin back and there is hope to get fans back in because football without fa ns back in because football without fans is not the same. Well watch on the tv but it is not same watching without fans involved dig and eventually you want to attract youngerfans eventually you want to attract younger fans back in. They are missing out at the moment. That is a concern we have at the moment. Were looking at a lot of Young Children who would normally come to the games and you have a season token holder you are unable to come to the game. Beyond that maybe 3000, we need to make sure that these Young Children are coming to see their local football tea m are coming to see their local Football Team because the premier league games are on the television all the time so if that is the only football they can watch it will be devastating for the future. Thank you so much for your time this morning. I think that is the important thing to mention, it is baby important thing to mention, it is ba by ste ps, important thing to mention, it is baby steps, getting back to a point where we can see these stands filled with fans once again. Of course, this is a different time we are living in so of course we will have to wait until we can reach that point. But for those fans will miss out this weekend you can watch, it will be live streamed to season Ticket Holder so hopefully no one will miss out this weekend. Thank you very much, holly. So important financially for the clubs to get fa ns financially for the clubs to get fans back in. Shrewsbury, one of eight grounds chosen. What a great statistic, harder to get a ticket for that than to a taylor swift content contest. We like to challenge our reporters here on breakfast, and just a few weeks ago we sent tim muffett up blackpool tower. He was there helping out ahead of the return of the world famous illuminations and thankfully hes shown he has a head for heights. He even screwed in the last light bulb. This morning he is back in the harness, this time at the top of Tottenham Hotspur stadium after taking on londons latest attraction, hejoins us now. It looks so lovely there with the beautiful sunrise and the light and the blue sky. What is the view like . It is fantastic. The harness is attached once more. A little warmer thanit attached once more. A little warmer than it was hanging outside blackpool tower but take in this view. We are above Tottenham Hotspur stadium and if you look down you can see we are right over the pitch and this is, what we have been hearing, it is difficult for people to visit stadiums but this is one way of doing it. Not only can you stand above that you can walk along it is well. So we will come along. To dare is to do is the motto of Tottenham Hotspur this is the there skywalk and it allows anyone with a head for heights to see the stadium in a way you will never be able to see before. It is it only opened in april last year and it replaced White Hart Lane which was the famous totte n ha m White Hart Lane which was the famous tottenham stadium which was on this site before. White hart lane, very famous, and iconic golden cockrell that has been replicated here, even bigger than it was on the original White Hart Lane side. We are coming to the edge here as we make our way over the bit. Kevin will get a fantastic shot and we will make our way gingerly around here. I do have a head for heights so i am not worried but for many people they will find this quite something. We have a drone as well hopefully getting some beautiful aerial shot for you. This is a 62,000 seat stadium, the largest club stadium in london and second largest in england. It is really important for clu bs to england. It is really important for clubs to find other ways of bringing in money because obviously people cannot come and watch football matches so the hope is that people will come here, take in these amazing views and if you are a spurs fan, what a way to take this all in and to get a real birds eye view, literally, of the stadium. The replicated golden cockrell he has been done so well that theyve actually incorporated some of the marks which were made by Paul Gascoigne when he northerly fired an air pistol back in the 19905 doing somej perry that went on. That has been replicated here as well. And the idea is to give that sense of occasion and the image that so many people associate with this club. They certainly have done that. From here you really get the most incredible view all the way over the city. Alexandra palace, the home of tv, the shard, incredible views. What a way to experience football. think were all thinking the same thing. Who was working the camera . You are hanging on there, you are fine. What about the camera operator. Yes it is the brilliant kevin. A5 operator. Yes it is the brilliant kevin. As ever doing a fabulous job on camera and he is harnessed nice and safely so there is no real peril but you do have to have a head for heights. It as a challenge but we are up for it. Is kevin pleased to be up there with you . Kevin is very pleased. No laughs you miss that. We did ask if kevin was happy and he shook the camera the other way. There we go, we see, tim if you turn around we can see you towards the drone and you can give us a wave. There you go what a way to take in this incredible view. Absolutely astonishing and the hope is that many people will come up here and ta ke many people will come up here and take it into the next year they want people to be able to abseil down when they finish their tour so that will hopefully begin next year but until then i am sure many people will be eager to check out this incredible view. If you are a fan of spurs than it really is something. know you love it, tim, so you hang on, you and your cameraman and everybody else be safe but we know you have love this so much so we are now on the lookout for another place to test tims had for heights. If youve got any suggestions just let us know. He has done tottenham stadium and blood all tower. Where else . Headlines are coming up. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today more than two Million People in england and wales face extra restrictions as covid rates continue to rise. Mass coronavirus testing, essential in helping us deal with the pandemic, but there are issues in the system with many people struggling to get tested. Hes already raised millions for charity, but captain tom isnt stopping there. Hell tell us about his new foundation to help people with Mental Health problems. The foundation is out there to help all sorts of people where a little bit of hope will do a lot of good. The impact of covid kicks in for some retailers. John lewis announces losses of £55m but co op increase profit and promise pay rises. I have come to east kent in search of the elusive red squirrel and i will have the forecast which will contain lots of sunshine over the next few days, but feeling a bit cooler. All coming up here on brea kfast. Its thursday the 17th of september. Our top story. Stricter restrictions will be brought in in parts of england and wales in an attempt to halt a rise in coronavirus cases. New measures for the north east of england will be formally announced later today while residents in parts of south wales will face local lockdown from this evening. Tomos morgan is in pontypridd for us this morning. First, lets speak to our reporter Alison Freeman whos in gateshead. Alison, what can People Living there expect today . We living there expect today . Know there are going to announcements we know there are going to be announcements made probably later this morning. What are people expecting . That really is the big question. How those 2 million or so people are going to be affected. We have been expecting an announcement because this comes against a sharp rise in cases in places like sunderland and south tyneside, which along with newcastle and gateshead, have been on a Government Watch list because of the rising cases here and there, along with three other councils, northumberland, County Durham and North Tyneside have been lobbying the government hard this week, calling for greater powers to bring those extra measures in. As i say, we dont know what the extra measures are going to be. They are likely to be announced later today brought in at midnight tonight, but as amanda healy, the director of Public Health for County Durham told us earlier its likely to be around social settings, pubs, bars us earlier its likely to be around socialsettings, pubs, bars and restau ra nts a nd socialsettings, pubs, bars and restaurants and only socialising with people in your own household. In our cases where we had outbreaks, initially they were in more social settings like pubs and restaurants for example, however, what we found is that the spread is also happening within households, so the measures we expect will include some restrictions in the hospitality sector but also normal mixing within households. Local Council Leaders here have been stressing that this is not a full lockdown, but what they are calling it is a last ditch attempt to prevent the spread of the virus so that that full lockdown doesnt have to come into place here once again. Alison, thank you. Tomos, theres new restrictions coming for parts of wales. Why have they been brought in now . Good morning. Yesterday the welsh Health Minister did his press conference and said that from tonight, Rhondda Cynon taf, the second local authority in wales will be put into local lockdown. It gave three reasons why they decided to put Rhondda Cynon taf under these measures. The first was the number of bars here have not been following regulations and people not social distancing. The second was linked to a rise in cases in a local rugby clu b a rise in cases in a local rugby club in the south area of the local authority on the third was from a group of people in their 405 and 505 from a social club that had gone on a bus trip to doncaster last week, stopping in pubs along the way. The Welsh Government said they had gone to the races in doncaster, however they have clarified and said they made a mistake in the group had not actually gone to the races there and doncaster races have said that nobody actually entered the race course last week. However, they did enter a number of pubs on the way to the racecourse. The rate in Rhondda Cynon taf has risen quite a bit since when i was here last week. Last week it was on its final warning, but now its on a similar level to neighbouring carefully which is already in local lockdown with around 80,000 cases 80 cases per hundred thousand on the highest number of people testing positive in Rhondda Cynon taf is in south wales, so from tonight people wont be able to go in and out of the county without a good reason and people wont be able to go into each others households at all and wont be able to meet outside, and crucially, the main difference, because of the rising cases from the pubs in pontypridd is that there will be a curfew on pubs to be closing at 11pm from tonight, and that will last for at least two weeks. Thanks very much. The Prime Minister has admitted there isnt enough capacity for coronavirus testing, as difficulties with booking appointments and long queues at testing centres continue. The problem has been blamed on a colossal spike in demand. Breakfasts john maguire is outside a test centre in sandwell this morning. John, whats the situation there . Good morning. Interesting stories coming out from people who are going for tests for many different reasons. Absolutely. As there has been throughout this pandemic, eve ryo ne been throughout this pandemic, everyone has a different story to tell. We are in smethwick in sandwell in the West Midlands and a test centre here opened here at eight oclock and we saw a handful of people going inside. Its one of 389 of these test centres right across the uk and the government says it wants to take that number up to 500. There is a disconnect in some of the figures we are talking about this morning. We are told there is daily capacity for these individual tests of 245,000, and 220,000 individual tests of 245,000, and 220 , 000 tests individual tests of 245,000, and 220,000 tests are going through but many people have been contacting us telling us they really struggled to book a test appointment. This one here, for example, has signs outside saying no walkins because some of the test centres have been walking test centres and thats where weve seen some of the longest queues in the last few days. Once people are inside, people tell us that the test goes ahead very well and they expect to result in a day or so but its exploring the first appointment securing the first appointment on the phone or the internet, people talking about spending a day trying to get through to secure the tests and they are so important because people need to get back to school, back to work. They might be teachers or care workers or nhs workers. Its very, very important that people are tested on the family of those. Once the testing system gets things right, then we can start to try and cope with this huge spike in demand. Its definitely something we will keep talking about. Our political correspondent, Jonathan Blake is in westminster. On the one hand we have these local restrictions, more and more and we will find out more about those this morning and in the north east in particular, and then the growing problem of how the government is going to improve the testing system. Yes, its undoubtedly the biggest challenge for the government at the moment and ministers are under huge pressure to sort out this problem. We had the Health Secretary, matt hancock, saying it would take weeks to fix, but time is of course of the essence, because as restrictions, relatively speaking, have used and you have heard schools reopened, that increases the demand for the tests that need to be done in the Prime Minister is acknowledging the system is struggling in an interview with the Sun Newspaper and has said that a significant number of those seeking tests do not have symptoms, and that is why we are going to get more details from the government on the prioritisation of testing appointments and testing kits for people who have symptoms of coronavirus in certain categories stop speaking earlier on breakfast, one Health Minister explained why that was necessary. Demand is very high and continues to surge, as the Prime Minister said. We are confident we will continue to expand notjust a confident we will continue to expand not just a number of Testing Capacity, but lab capacity in the weeks and months ahead to meet the demand from both those who are prioritised, but also members of the public who might develop symptoms and want to get tested because they need to get back to work or get back to normal life. Now the Prime Minister has said his aim is to increase the capacity for testing to half a million a day by the end of october. That is an ambitious aim, certainly. What will be more important to people struggling to get tests, i would imagine, important to people struggling to get tests, iwould imagine, is important to people struggling to get tests, i would imagine, is the availability of appointments and testing kits and the processing time for their results to come back, and thatis for their results to come back, and that is what the government is going to bejudged on in the days and weeks ahead. Jonathan, thank you. People needing urgent help at a and e in england are being asked to book an appointment through nhs111, before going to hospital. Its part of a trial at some trusts to reduce pressure on emergency departments. If successful, it could be extended to all hospitals by the end of the year. People with a life threatening condition should still call 999. Us president ial candidate joe biden has said he will not allow peace in Northern Ireland to become a casualty of brexit if he is elected in november. In a tweet, the democratic nominee said any future trade deal between the us and uk would be reliant on the government respecting the good friday agreement. Foreign secretary dominic raab has been trying to reassure politicians over the latest Brexit Developments during a trip to washington. The military charity help for heroes is laying off more than 140 staff, blaming a sharp drop in income during the pandemic. The organisation, which supports injured Service Personnel, says demand for its Services Rose by a third in may and june, at the same time as donations plummeted. Time for the weather, and matt is in kent this morning where he is on the lookout for some Red Squirrels. Dont look at me like that. Come on. Hello, matt. Good morning. I am in the east kent this morning trying to find the squirrels and they are here. I have seen them, i promise, but of course the red squirrel is an elusive character these days in the uk, an endangered species as far as we are concerned across the country. There are serial strongholds in parts of scotland, the north of england, anglesey on the Channel Islands, but elsewhere theyve pretty much disappeared and the Wildlife Trust have been trying to introduce increased awareness and to allow them to breed and increase squirrel numbers as well. We will ta ke squirrel numbers as well. We will take a look around and fingers crossed i will see some later. Lets get on with the weather forecast, because the forecast today is one that after a bit of a fresh start compared with recent days, we will see temperatures rise and the work will be quite a pleasant afternoon with lots of sunshine and dry weather and the greater chance of something wetter today will be across the northern half of scotland with patchy rain and drizzle but most with patchy rain and drizzle but m ost pla ces with patchy rain and drizzle but most places he will stay dry and the cloud will thin and break for scotla nd cloud will thin and break for scotland and ireland it might be milder as the wind changes direction. 22 degrees around the moray firth. Rounding in wales, cooler than yesterday with temperatures in the high teens, maybe the low 205 in england and wales. The easterly breeze will be with us as we go through tonight into tomorrow morning. Away from that with clear skies around, the odd mist orfog patches possible and temperatures will drop to single figures more widely, so a call start your friday morning. As for friday, the sorry story continues for nearly all. More cloud across the north and west of scotland and across Northern Ireland later and a chance of one or two showers most places will stay normalfor two showers most places will stay normal for the two showers most places will stay normalfor the time, low two showers most places will stay normal for the time, low 205 or high teens. Did youjust normal for the time, low 205 or high teens. Did you just post a picture from this morning, a little video of a red squirrel on social media question that yes, just to prove they are here, but they dont want to appear on they are here, but they dont want to appearon air. They are here, but they dont want to appear on air. That was definitely seen this morning by you. Its not someone elses video . Both of the images are from me this morning. Its what the man said. Less than one month into the new term in england and teaching unions are warning that staff and pupils at hundreds of institutions in england are self isolating and struggling to access tests. Some schools closed their doors just after reopening, while others have told whole year groups or classes to self isolate for two weeks following confirmed cases. Kathryn stanczyszyn has more. Head down. Its the start of the normal cough and cold season, but this one brings huge complications. Come on, bradley. Were nearly done here. Its taken sammi from hull four days to get her son, bradley, a covid test. His school says he cant return until he has a negative result. But at least theyve managed to get one. Parents are reporting only being offered tests hundreds of miles from home, and there a backlog which means a long wait for results, up to a week in some cases. It also makes any attempt at a Normal School life pretty difficult. In st edmunds primary in suffolk, 52 pupils are currently off, making lunchtime a sad affair for tawny. Lonely. Very lonely. Children are being bubbled in year groups to try to mitigate the impact of positive cases. There hasnt even been one here yet. But one in every eight pupils is still off. Its being reported that 740 schools across england have sent pupils home, and there is another issue. Teachers are sat at home, waiting for test results, too. We were ready, in september, for the start of this. We were ready for children to come back and return. But, unfortunately, the testing system is putting so much pressure on the schools we are going to see natural lockdowns happening, just because we simply cant staff our schools. The government says the testing system is trying to meet a colossal spike in demand. Parents are anxious to do the right thing, but the education secretary has clarified not everyone will need a test. People only with symptoms are the ones that should be actually doing the testing. So, if a child and their contacts have been sent home, its not that all those children that are sent home should be getting testing. It is only the child that is displaying symptoms, as against the whole cohort. From today, the government is providing a new dedicated advice line for schools with confirmed cases of coronavirus, to try to ease the confusion. But some say its simple. Unless there are more tests, there will be more unnecessary disruption to education. Rhaya barton, bbc news. Lets speak now to Louise Morley whos been trying to get tests for her two children. Louise, good morning to you. Who is with you . Good morning. Why do i go hell have you got with you . Loretta and mali. Two three . Yes, my oldest one is upstairs, he has autism so he is very shy. White bagram talk about what has been happening with you. One of your children had bronchitis. How was that received in school . The youngest one had bronchitis. He is not in school at the moment. But the other two have caught a cough. On monday, i dropped them off as normal. At about 11. 30 i was asked to pick them up, because my oldest was displaying a cough. No other symptoms at all. They have advised mei symptoms at all. They have advised me i cant take them back until i have a negative test result for both of them. I cant get a test anyway. Ive even tried putting in different postcodes. There are no tests available. So, louise, did you manage to go to a doctor and the doctor diagnosed bronchitis . Yes, he was actually taken into hospital because he needed help with his oxygen levels. He was diagnosed at hospital. Thankfully he seems ok. Obviously it is not nice having that, but he seems ok. You have had medical advice saying it is bronchitis, not coronavirus . Orjust that it bronchitis, not coronavirus . Orjust thatitis bronchitis, not coronavirus . Orjust that it is bronchitis . Bronchitis, and while he was in hospital he did have to have a coronavirus test, which came back negative. So i dont understand, if the child has had a negative coronavirus test, what is the school asking for for the other children to have . Yes, they are saying i cannot take them back until ican saying i cannot take them back until i can show a negative test result. Because of the problems we have in getting a test, they basically said i have to self isolate for 14 days. Obviously you would have said, they havent been exposed to coronavirus because i have. I showed the straw that negative test result from marley, but because they are not medically trained, they said i need a negative test result for the other children before they can go back to school. Tell me how this affects everyday life. There is always the thing, people say children dont like to go to school, its not true, they are seeing their friends, they are ina they are seeing their friends, they are in a routine. How is it affecting your everyday life with three children at home . My oldest son is not bothered about being at school or at home. But my daughter loves learning, and it is killing her not going to school, and not getting what she needs. Well, what happens next . You wait, because you cant get a test yet, do you keep trying . Ive been trying every hour since monday morning. Ive even woken up at six oclock in the morning, just to go online and see if there are any available. But there is non. If there are any available. But there is non. I wish you the best. A really interesting example of how this is affecting everyday people when the tests arent available, and the greater impact it is having. Geoff barton is the general secretary of the association of school and college leaders. Iam not i am not sure if he were able to hear what louise was just saying, two children, they have got a cough, and the school wont let them back until they get negative tests and they cant get tests. Is the school doing the right thing . Give us some guidance. It is difficult to comment on that specific case, but a couple of things, what School Leaders and pa rents would of things, what School Leaders and parents would be saying this morning is that the school has done its bit of the deal, they have opened up, they have put different arrangements in place to make the school secure. But when it comes to Public Health decisions, we need Public Health guidance. If a child is showing symptoms, the responsibility of the school is to send the child home and then for a test to happen. That is where it started to unravel, as we have just heard. The advice about whether the trial should be back in school or not back in school should not be the decision of the head teacher, it should be Public Health. That is why what your reporter was reporting today is a change from the government, which we would welcome, cautiously, if it works, which is to say it is going to become easier to get a response from Public Health. The people i represent have been spending four orfive the people i represent have been spending four or five hours trying to get through to someone with exactly the kind of questions we just heard, saying, what should we do . Should they be back in school or not . That has to be a decision guided from medical, Public Health backgrounds. I thought the government said that schools, before they opened in september, i thought they opened in september, i thought they said that the schools had been given a clear set of guidelines for precisely this circumstance. Was that not the case . Well, the guidelines talked about keeping young people separate from other young people separate from other young people separate from other young people in other year groups. Ina primary young people in other year groups. In a Primary School you would have a bubble of a year five class, not just in lessons but at break time. Lunch time, you keep that separate. In secondary schools, where you might be talking about bubbles of 240 children, you would keep them separate. We have done all of that. What some of our members say is that we feel hoodwinked, because the part of the deal that the government was going to do was that if one of those children in that year group shows symptoms, then it is over to the testing system. And we need to know whether that child should be in school or it shouldnt. That becomes more urgent when youre talking about a teacher, because if you havent got a year five teacher and youre year three teacher, it starts to raise questions about how are you going to cover that class. What we are seeing at the moment is not teachers being positively tested, as in they show positive symptoms, but they havent had the test, so we are struggling to cover those classes. That is why we really need a faster system, more clear response from Public Health, so we can keep children in the classroom, where they belong. The awful phrase, we are where we are. Given where we are with the problems with the testing system, do you know how many teachers are not at work, but have not had a test to prove they have coronavirus . Effectively, how many are off work without needing to be off work . Its very difficult to know that. Its a good question, question a lot of us are asking. There was a survey of 6500 teachers done online yesterday that if you extrapolate that there may be Something Like 24,000 teachers that are not in the classroom. That isnt necessarily that they have tested positive, they might be waiting for the test. That will sound an eye watering figure. Lets keep that in perspective, we have Something Like 22,000 schools in this country. Nevertheless, if you are the parent who is going to see your child perhaps having a supply teacher because the normal teacher is not going to be there, possibly because they tested positive, possibly because they havent tested, you are going to feel that moral imperative lecture that we heard from the Prime Minister is sounding a little bit hollow, when education isnt able to continue as normal. Thank you very much. Half a billion pounds will be made available to protect care homes from the threat of covid 19 over the winter months, according to the Prime Minister. Speaking to the Sun Newspaper, he said the funds are to ensure staff work in only one home and are compensated for any reduced hours. We can speak now to nadra ahmed, chair of the National Care association. Thank you for your time this morning. What do you make of what the Prime Minister has announced . Good morning, i havent seen the detail of it. But this is a continuation of the Infection Control money that was announced some time ago. I think it was 600 million to set up this measure whereby the transmission rates could be reduced, showing that we didnt have too many agency staff coming into the building. I think buildings have moved on, and a lot of the providers are already aware of this. With that, the Testing Capacity available for the actual turnaround of results, it does present a problem for providers and they do sometimes have to use agency staff. It isa sometimes have to use agency staff. It is a welcome continuation of the fund. A give me an indication of how the lack of availability of testing is affecting the day to day running of care homes. Providers are extremely anxious and extremely worried, for a number of reasons. So, we have had people who have told us that they have had test results backin us that they have had test results back in six or seven days. And then a couple of them have come back as being positive. The staff were com pletely being positive. The staff were completely asymptomatic. The concerned there is, with the staff working in the service, showing absolutely no symptoms, they have done another test, which was due before the results came back, and that has come out clear. So, weve got a real worry about the impact of not having the results quickly, and then not being accurate, in some cases. We are also really concerned about district nurses, who are coming into the services and telling us they are not tested unless they are symptomatic. Which is a huge concern, because there is transmission there as well. Sorry to interrupt, but at the moment, and the Prime Minister made clear in the last few weeks that his ideal is that there are 20 minute or 90 minute turnaround tests, and they are not available yet. His ideal is that. We are not there yet. In the meantime, what do you need in order for district nurses, for people that work in care homes, to work effectively and make sure that the jobs that are needed to be done are done . We need a turnaround of a result within that 48 hour period. 24 hours, if we can. So we can make sure that the right people, who can work, are working, and those that should be working isolating. And this is where the fund comes in really handy. Because they can go and isolate and be paid. What is the situation now when it comes to how many situation now when it comes to how ma ny staff situation now when it comes to how many staff are off at a time because of isolation . Well, i think at the peak of the pandemic we had about 30 of staff off, isolating. That was primarily because testing wasnt in place. We were not able to take any of the risks to our residents, really, to keep them on. But anywhere, really, 20 , we are already facing a deficit of staffing of around 120,000 people. We are not able to get people to come and work for us. There are huge levels of anxiety in our sector at the moment. Staff are worrying about a second wave. And we have seen a very slow trickle of people deciding they wont come back to work, and deciding to go in another direction. All of that is going to amount to this real challenge. We have to keep our residents safe. We need to staff, we need to keep them safe. And testing is the key to all of this. Delivering the test to the services is one part of the solution. But the huge thing that we really need is this quick turnaround test, so that we can actually see the results and actually engage with our staff to see how we can cover the services, if people are having to isolate. Interesting talking to you. Thank you very much. Youre watching breakfast. Coming up in the next half hour. Look at these extraordinary images. If you cant quite work it out, this is above the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. There is a new glass walkway, offering visitors a sky high view. We will see a little more of that later on. It might be a lock away now moment for people that are not keen on heights. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im tolu adeoye. A road scheme which blocks traffic through residential streets in ealing will continue for at least six months despite protests. The so called low traffic neighbourhoods have been created all over london. Cars are restricted by barriers including bollards and planters. Ealing council says people need to adapt. People have got to learn what their new routes, where the barriers are, how they might actually change their habit and walk and cycle more. One of britains most Senior Police officers has called on Climate Change protesters to behave like adults and stop going floppy when they face arrest. Extinction rebellion held 10 days of protest in london earlier this month. 680 people were arrested. Sir steve house told the London Assembly police and Crime Committee that tactics where protestors go limp meaning several officers are needed to remove them were a complete pain in the neck. Students from Imperial College and the Royal College of art claim to have found a way of reducing microplastics from worn tyres. The particles are a major contributor to air and ocean pollution. The students have won the national leg of the james dyson award for their design which collects airborne particles released as tyres wear down. Britains first female special agent, who was known to be Winston Churchills favourite spy, has been remembered with a blue plaque in kensington. Christine granvilles Successful Missions included smuggling microfilm evidence across europe to prove hitlers plans to invade the soviet union. The plaque is on the Shelbourne Hotel her home after the war. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. Turning to the roads in south london, traffic on Battersea Park road is queueing towards vauxhall cross, due to the ongoing closure of vauxhall bridge. In lee, the south circular is closed between baring road and st mildreds for emergency gas work. Finally in mitcham, commonside east has been closed by police at manor road with queues on windmill road. Now the weather with sara thornton. Good morning to you. A lot of sunshine to start us this morning, certainly a coolerfeel than we have seen the last few mornings. Temperatures typically in the low double figures at the moment but a lot of fine weather ahead although there is a noticeable breeze in from the east and you will notice it especially towards east london today. Elsewhere inland, a lot of sunshine and in that, temperatures are well down on what we have seen, still pleasant at 21 or 22 celsius. Overnight tonight, we are dry and clear and still have enough of a breeze with temperatures not falling too far, typically in the low double figures tomorrow morning but in the suburbs it could be eight or nine degrees. A lot of fine weather in the forecast for the next few days and we will tell you that could be some showers later in the day on saturday, overnight into sunday that come from the south and slip towards the west and it will turn more unsettled and cooler in the middle part of next week. Im back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. Now though its back to charlie and naga. Bye for now. Hello. This is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. The family and friends of tv presenter caroline flack, who took her life earlier this year, have announced that they will be taking on a Charity Challenge in her memory. Climb for caroline has been launched by the stars former personal trainer and close friend, Bradley Simmons and will raise money and awareness for those struggling with Mental Health. We can speak to bradley now. Bradley, good morning to you. How are you . Good morning. Iam bradley, good morning to you. How are you . Good morning. I am good, thanks. I am are you . Good morning. I am good, thanks. Iam really are you . Good morning. I am good, thanks. I am really well thanks. Are you . Good morning. I am good, thanks. Iam really well thanks. If youre going to remember caroline, the relationship you had with her was as a personal trainer and you would have had a lot of insight into her life and how important exercise was to her once she embraced the idea of it, because it is a tough thing to take up, isnt it . Yes, its a tough thing with all of my clients, to get the exercise in your life going, but once you get into a good routine and regime, you start enjoying it and once you start enjoying it and once you start enjoying it, it becomes a buzz, and thatis enjoying it, it becomes a buzz, and that is something caroline had with me, as her trainer, she enjoyed training with me up to five times a week, and its devastating to be even talking about this. But you wa nt to even talking about this. But you want to remember her positively and do something positive in her memory. Tell us what you are doing. Yes, so, being her personal trainer and realising how important exercise is for everybodys Mental Health, i wa nted for everybodys Mental Health, i wanted to do a challenge and get her closest friends and family on board, asa closest friends and family on board, as a collective, as a group, and i thought what should we do . Shall we doa run thought what should we do . Shall we do a run or thought what should we do . Shall we doa run ora thought what should we do . Shall we do a run or a walk . Lets do something even more challenging so i organised a massive hike, a two day hike in the Lake District and it will be a challenge but a really enjoyable challenge and of course it will raise such good awareness for a great charity, samaritans, which will raise money and awareness. As i understand it. You are going to climb 24 pea ks understand it. You are going to climb 24 peaks in 24 hours. It sounds like quite a feat. Yes, well 24 peaks, sounds like quite a feat. Yes, well 24 pea ks, its sounds like quite a feat. Yes, well 24 peaks, its tough, it will be two days, 12 hours per day and we will climb the highest peak of england, which will definitely be challenging and its up to all the people taking pa rt and its up to all the people taking part to get their hiking boots on and start getting themselves fit, but to be fair, it will be a challenge, but its for such a good cause everyone will be so motivated and im sure we will get it done. am sure that is true, bradley. You are ata am sure that is true, bradley. You are at a slight advantage, you are in the fitness business. What about everybody else . Im sure they will be enthusiastic but may be a little worried. Im sure they will be a little worried but you have the likes of myself and we will be pushing them on and encouraging them and giving them the motivation they need and if they need to rest, they can rest and we can make sure eve ryo ne can rest and we can make sure everyone does it together and we get to the finish line together. It will be tough, but it will be an enjoyable experience and it is for a great cause, so that is extra motivation for people. So, bradley, this will take place in spring next year, correct . Yes, we had to postpone it because of the covid 19 situation, which is a shame, but thatis situation, which is a shame, but that is life and we have to get on with it and we will postpone it until spring time and that gives more people time to get themselves fit and mentally prepared for it and also allows us to make more awareness and we will be talking on instagram on different platforms and we have funding page as well, so we will try to raise as much money for samaritans and i think some many goals in every six seconds and there are over 20,000 volunteers working in the uk and across ireland somebody calls every six seconds. Im sure at the moment samaritans will be busy, so the more money we can raise, it is a winner, to help prevent people struggling with Mental Health. How will this work when you tell us which family and friends are taking part . Will it be like a strictly reveal, like one a week in the run up to springer . To springer. Im sure all of her friends and family will be up supportive, but weve got some really good names and friends of caroline who Everybody Knows from being in the public eye and in the tv world and we have some of her close family, who ive been speaking too often to talk about this challenge and some of her closest friends. Its been a nice time talking to everyone and getting eve ryo ne time talking to everyone and getting everyone together and remembering carolines amazing personality and what she has achieved. We are all really excited to be raising awareness in the name of caroline. Bradley, it has obviously centrifuge shock wave for not just friends and family sent a huge shock wave. Notjust forfriends family sent a huge shock wave. Not just for friends and family, family sent a huge shock wave. Notjust for friends and family, but all people who knew caroline. How did you go about processing when you found out she had died and over the months since . To be fair, it was a massive shock. Ive never experienced someone close to me passing away, so i was devastated. I didnt really believe it and im sure most of her friends and family felt the same way but i still think about her every day when im training clients, so it is tough, but like i mentioned before, we are getting everyone together as a celebration, because she was such a great personality and we all loved her so much. This would be a nice time to get together and raise greater awareness for Mental Health. Bradley, we wish you well and im sure a lot of people will be with you in spirit if not in person, so we will keep an eye on what is going on and we will keep an eye on what is going on and i know bbc breakfast will watch what you do closely nearer the time, so thank you very much. If you, or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised this morning, you can find help and support on the bbcs actionline website, at bbc. Co. Uk actionline. We are talking about retail, nina is on hand. The different ways we are shopping on who is doing well and who is doing less well. We are shopping a lot more than during covid 19 and theres been a massive increase in the last few weeks. In fact, sales overall are 3 higher now than in february. But this morning an insight in to the damage done over the past few months to some brands. Starting withjohn lewis who also run waitrose. Profit there down by £55million. Not as bad as theyd predicted but overall they are hoping to just about break even this year. It means theyve told staff they wont be getting that much loved bonus in march. The wider picture when there are bigger expenses is quite challenging, so when they have massive stores, some are predicting store closures to cover for that. More encouraging news for next. Overall theirfull price sales were down by 33 . But they still turned a profit of around £9 million. Thats better than they expected. The dent they took to selling work, wedding and holiday clothing offset by spend on homeware and athlesiure wear. Thats when you put sportslike clothing on and do no sport co op group has flown over lockdown. Profits before tax up by 35 to £27 million. Yes, a lot of expenses also, but 50 more shops in the pipeline. And 1,000 newjobs. And an announcement from their chief executive this morning that they are going to increase wages. Retail has taken a battering this year at a time when the move from high street to online was already piling the pressure on some names. Overall sales have return to pre covid levels now. But there have been casualties. M s, debenhams, boots all shedding jobs. The latest estimates are that 125,000 retailjobs have gone in the uk this year. Christmas is going to be crucial. Among the doom and gloom, next to doing better than expected, and h m, andjd doing better than expected, and h m, and jd sports have done well and it seems to be the retailers that have spread their bets in different areas of clothing and have a big presence online, the ones that have struggled likejohn lewis, online, the ones that have struggled like john lewis, marks online, the ones that have struggled likejohn lewis, marks spencer, they have big stores that might be becoming increasingly expensive and when you look at the numbers were john lewis, the percentage of sales has gone from 40 online up to weigh over 60 , so they will have to have a really big think about how much they need the in store presence. Really interesting because i was looking at the news earlier this week, and it wasjohn lewis considering buying an Online Food Service and pushing that way into online, and no comment on whatever is going on yet, but it is the theory that these big and more established names need to diversify more quickly than they have done and be more agile. And also talk of renting items, because people go to john lewis for big expensive items, and perhaps its time to rent off some of the Flagship Stores, and that would generate revenue, but certainly extremely dynamic times. Thanks, nina. One of the things we have a much neededin one of the things we have a much needed in the past few months is things or individuals who make you feel good. Who inspire in challenging times. We met captain sir tom more on this programme months ago and just ahead of his 100th birthday he has raised £33 million for charity and received a knighthood from the queen and had a number one single. But the 100 year old isnt stopping there. Today, he launches a new Charitable Foundation as he continues in his quest to help other people. I went to meet him to find out more. How are you . Very well, we finally get to meet at last. Im delighted to meet you. A real pleasure. Youve made my day already. You are so kind. Im so excited about talking to you today. Thank you for inviting me to your home. What is this . That is for you. Is this for me to wear . Are you worried i would be a bit cold. There we go. Im much warmer, thank you. Thank you very much. How are you today . Im fine, thank you. All the better for seeing you. Are you today . Im fine, thank you. All the betterfor seeing you. Ive been looking forward to seeing you for such a long time. Ive seen you on television, but its not quite the same and its far Better Seeing you in person. When i have people see me, they have a look and say, well, we see you on television and i say, well do i look better in the flesh . Say, well do i look better in the flesh . Or on television . And some of them are not quite sure, but looking at you, you are far better in the flesh and im delighted to see you. Captain tom is setting up a foundation, supporting those facing bereavement and Mental Health issues, in memory of his wife, pamela. I want to talk about how pamela struggled with mental illness. And how you cope with that. Well, the poor girl, it was a lot of her problem was her mother because in the wartime her mother was terrified and wouldnt let pamela be sent away. She insisted that pamela stay with her, so that when the bombing was in gravesend. A terrified mother, which didnt help. When she was going to school, she would say, careful what you do, i have somebody watching you on the way to school. It stayed with her for the rest of her life. Her mother had frightened her into always thinking people were following her. But later in her life she would have times on the telephone, talking to a man that wasnt there. And it got worse and worse. So if i went out of the house, i had to lock the doors and take the keys away. If there was and take the keys away. If there was a gas oven, make sure that it was all turned off, otherwise she would do things like turning the gas on and leaving it on, and it got worse and leaving it on, and it got worse and worse, until the authorities realised i could no longer look after her properly. And she went into a home. They said, we are going to ta ke into a home. They said, we are going to take her for six weeks and find out. But she stayed for years and yea rs out. But she stayed for years and years and never came out again. You visited her every day. Yes. I mean, i want to see her every day, day after day, until, in the last few yea rs, after day, until, in the last few years, i used to go at lunchtime to feed her, because she couldnt feed herself. So for years and years i did that. And i was quite happy. I never resented that for a minute, because thats part of the contract, in sickness and in health. So, during that was no hardship. So when she actually died, it was not a terrible loss, because in a sense she had died years and years before. And that was the end. And when we talk about the foundation, that you set up, one of the keys to the foundation is understanding bereavement, and helping people who have lost, and giving them hope. Why is that important to you . When pamela was in the home, i mean, she had me as a visitor. But some people, most of the people were ladies. They were poor old things. But nobody ever came to see them. Year in, yearout, but nobody ever came to see them. Year in, year out, some never, ever had a visitor. And they must have been very lonely indeed. Really, thatis been very lonely indeed. Really, that is one of the things of the foundation, to help Lonely People, and people who are in difficulties. Not necessarily old people, there are some young people who are not properly looked after. So the foundation is out there, to help all sorts of people, were a little bit of hope will do them some good. There is going to be a film made about you. Who would you like to play you . It cant be a girl, can it. I think somebody who could fit the bill would be somebody like david beckham. He has the right build for it. Youve met him, ive met him. Hes a very charming young man. Have you got any body and mind . He would have to be very handsome and very charming. No, no, im not handsome. I might try to be a bit charming. Well, i think handsome. I might try to be a bit charming. Well, ithink you handsome. I might try to be a bit charming. Well, i think you are lovely. A privilege of being able to sit here with you and have a short amount of time to talk about your life and the impact you are having, something i will never forget. Thank you very much. That is very kind of you very much. That is very kind of you to say. He wanted to thank the team, he is thanking our camera people, daryl and keith, and katie, the producer. Just charming. It will be one of the interviews i will never forget. It is so good we had a little time with him, in the past it has sometimes been short. Always good to hear from sometimes been short. Always good to hearfrom tom. We are sometimes been short. Always good to hear from tom. We are looking at the weather now. So, matt is in kent this morning. Hello. Iam in i am in kent, iam in kent, the i am in kent, the Wildwood Trust. Ive been looking for Red Squirrels. We have not had any luck while on air, but we have not had any luck while on air, but i managed to spot some earlier on. It is red squirrel Awareness Week next week. Beautiful creatures, but very elusive, and endangered species, only seven parts of the uk have colonies. Much of england and wales have completely lost them. Only 140,000 Red Squirrels over the country. The native squirrels have been pushed out by a loss of habitat. Grey squirrels, only introduced in 1870, but with them they bring disease, which the Red Squirrels are more likely to catch. Here, they have introduced four new squirrels to help some of you see them for the first time ever. Some of them will be used to breed. The squirrels have been enjoying dry weather and will continue to enjoy summer across most parts of the country, with plenty of sunshine. A bit of a fresh start for some. Temperatures in single figures in one or two areas, particularly across the north and east of the country. Still in double digits, if not the mid teens across the far south of england and the Channel Islands. The fresher air will be with you as you go through the day. A keen reason plenty of sunshine around on the southern flank. We do have thicker cloud across the northern half of scotland, producing patchy, light rain or drizzle. That becomes confined to the far north of scotla nd becomes confined to the far north of scotland later in the day. Things should brighten up, with wind going toa should brighten up, with wind going to a more south westerly direction. Scotla nd to a more south westerly direction. Scotland and Northern Ireland might be warmer than it was. Further south, temperatures drop again, no higher than 21 or 22, compared to the 27 or 30 we have seen so far this week. As we go through the evening and overnight, the cloud remains across the far north of scotla nd remains across the far north of scotland with patchy rain or drizzle. Most places will be dry with clear skies. Some mist and fog, but not in the south. We still have a breeze blowing here. That will stop the temperatures blowing down too much, but tomorrow a beautiful autumnal day across much of the uk. Some cloud across the northern half of scotla nd some cloud across the northern half of scotland and into Western Areas with one of two isolated showers. Most will be dry. Feeling quite pleasa nt most will be dry. Feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine, even with the breeze across the south. As we go into saturday, low pressure builds across the bay of biscay, strengthening the wind further across england and wales. It could bring a few showers to the Channel Islands and southernmost counties of england. Away from that, most places dry. The further north you are, the light of the wind will be. With light of the wind will be. With light wind, strong sunshine overhead, it will be a very pleasant. Most places dry as we go into sunday. Sorry i didnt manage to bring you any squirrels live this morning, but they have been here. Enjoyed the squirrels. Three are going to appear as soon as the camera comes off you. Guaranteed, a lwa ys camera comes off you. Guaranteed, always the case just a couple weeks ago our reporter tim muffett was scaling the side of blackpool tower. He has a head for heights, apparently. This morning, hes back in the harness only, with a different skyline behind him. In the last hour hes made his way 154 feet above Tottenham Hotspurs football pitch. Hows the view tim . Hows the view, tim . This is the image from the drone looking over the skies. At the beginning you are not sure what you are looking at, and as it raises up, you can see the platform that goes out over the pitch. Tim, i think we can see him right there. Good morning. Good morning. What a view this is. Extraordinary. The sites over london, we are standing over the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. This stadium opened last year in april, and it replaced the very famous White Hart Lane stadium. All football stadiums have been empty for obvious reasons. Its really important for clubs to find a way to find that they can get people in. The club motto is to do is to do, and if you have a vertigo issue it might be wise to look away, if you can. Look at this. We are safely harnessed, so there is no danger, but even so, what a fantastic site. Lets talk to tony from Tottenham Hotspur football club. What is the idea behind this, what do you want people to get from this . A unique experience for the family. This is the skywalk, the latest visitor attraction at Tottenham Hotspur stadium. And as i am experiencing now, it is an adrenaline pumping experience, taking it to the edge of the stadium, 46 metres above the football pitch. A unique view of the stadium and, indeed, the capital city. Stadiums have been empty, how important is it that you can get people here to enjoy it in a very different way . We have all been going through a difficult time. Obviously this is a great lift to give people, to come to their beloved stadium, if they are a spurs fan, or have a great day out if they are not. Something for everyone. The golden cockerel, such an iconic part of the White Hart Lane stadium, it has been replicated very carefully. It is slightly bigger. But you have included some of the bumps on the grazes, one of them involved Paul Gascoigne and an air rifle . The story goes that back in the 19805, there was a lot of pigeons at the old White Hart Lane, and Paul Gascoigne took his air rifle to try to shoot the pigeons. But there was only one that he shot, it was the iconic golden cockerel. When we built the new stadium, it was important the club retained its heritage. This is a great way of doing that. It is slightly bigger, you said, but it is about twice the size. It is a 3d replica. So, every imperfection, every bump, including gazzas has been incorporated. Some unusual history. Eventually, you wa nt unusual history. Eventually, you want people to be able to abseil as well . Yes, not of that aside, that is the platform to the south podium. There will be abseiling and controlled drops. Also introducing the match day climbs. People can visit on a match day, up to two hours before kick off. Unique experience like twilight climbs. You could make a proposal, if you want to you have already done that . Correct, incredible experience, especially if you are a spurs fan, what better place to do it . Tourist attractions have got to think outside the box, notjust football stadiums but others as well. It is a massive challenge to attract people to places where they can be safe. Yes, as i am sure many other facilities have achieved, we have good to go status from visit britain. All of the equipment we are wearing is issued on a rotational basis and sanitised after use, so it is an enjoyable experience, but most importantly a is an enjoyable experience, but most im porta ntly a safe is an enjoyable experience, but most importantly a safe one. When you look at this site here, what goes through your mind . Its just extraordinary . Being a spurs fan, it isa extraordinary . Being a spurs fan, it is a proud moment, to be here and look over such a magnificent stadium. Asi look over such a magnificent stadium. As i say, for any Tottenham Hotspurfan,. Stadium. As i say, for any Tottenham Hotspur fan,. Sorry, were out of time. Its been an amazing sight to ta ke time. Its been an amazing sight to take in. Beautiful shots from the drone as well. Thank you. This is bbc news with the latest headlines. Almost two Million People in the north east of england face new local lockdown restrictions from midnight tonight in a bid to halt a rise in coronavirus cases. 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