Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20201001

For furloughed workers. Theres one month left of the multibillion pound scheme. More than 10 of the whole workforce still relies on it. What has it meant . And what comes next . A total ban on Plastic Straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force in england. Good morning. Will Gareth Southgate give his misbehaving youngsters a Second Chance . Phil foden and Mason Greenwood find out today if theyve made the england squad, just a few weeks after being thrown out of the last one for breaking covid 19 rules. We meet the sniffer dogs being trained to detect whether someone has coronavirus in less than a second. Good morning. Today is going to be drier and brighter than it was yesterday when we lose this mornings ran, but this is the calm before the storm. Tomorrow and the weekend looking very wet and very windy. Ill have all of the details later in the programme. Good morning. Its thursday, october 1. Our top story. Residents in another densely populated area of england have been told to expect tougher coronavirus restrictions. Mps from liverpool and its surrounding towns and boroughs which have some of the highest numbers of positive covid cases were told about the imminent change last night. Anna oneill reports. Liverpool city centre last weekend after the pubs closed at ten, no masks, no social distancing, and seemingly nowhere else to go. This isa seemingly nowhere else to go. This is a city where covid 19 cases are rising fast, and which later today might be the next uzi strict along down to see stricter lockdown measures. Many would welcome them. It has gone higher, like it has spiked, definitely, nothing is really being done about it. Closing pubs, early hours, dont really see a point in it but i do think it is in the best interest to keep the public safe, yeah. Local leaders are worried about the latest figures in merseyside, and here is why. Of the four hot spots in the north west, three of them are in merseyside. Per 100,000 people in knowsley, there are now 262 cases. In liverpool, there are 258 cases per 100,000 people, and in st helens, 212 cases per 100,000 people. At yesterdays downing street News Conference, the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, downing street News Conference, the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, was explicit. Expect more local restrictions. It may be that, again, this is a more localised phenomenon on this time, in which case, all the more reason for us to on this time, in which case, all the more reason for us to concentrate on these local solutions as well as the national solutions. Almost a third of the uk is now in some form of local lockdown, and merseyside isnt the only place facing tighter restrictions. From today, in parts of north east england, two households are banned from mixing anywhere indoors, although support bubbles are exempt. Parts of north wales will follow south wales with stricter rules, including people being told not to leave their own area unless absolutely necessary. The governments chief medical officer said the government would likely does that there would be localised rates being higher and some lower. We are likely to have areas more highly concentrated than others, but it is far too early to say that. We have a long winter ahead of us and a looked up and over that time. But despite the rising figures, early results from the largest covid 19 study in england suggest the rate of infection or are a number has fallen and the virus may be slowing down r number, which may suggest local lockdown measures may be working. Anna oneill, bbc news. A large part of north wales will go into local lockdown today, bringing in the same restrictions as most of south wales. From six oclock tonight, people will not be able to leave or enter the council boroughs of conwy, denbighshire, flintshire and wrexham unless they have a reasonable excuse such as work or education. All nhs staff should be tested weekly for coronavirus as a matter of urgency, according to a group of mps. The health and social Care Committee says the government and nhs england must set up weekly testing before winter, at the very latest. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, told mps in latejune that nhs staff could expect regular surveillance testing, but this has not yet happened. Well, we know from the first wave of the pandemic that around 20 of staff got the virus in many hospitals. And up to 11 of patients who died of coronavirus actually caught it in their own hospital. So, regular testing of staff is absolutely essential. The government has conceded that it is necessary to do it in the hot spots where the prevalence is rising but its not happening there either. And thats why we urgently need to address this. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent with mason in westminster. We have heard from borisjohnson, his westminster. We have heard from Boris Johnson, his medics westminster. We have heard from borisjohnson, his medics and scientific advisor as well. The message was mainly about reiterating the problem we face right now, this critical point. Yeah, that is right, charlie, good morning to you. There isa charlie, good morning to you. There is a real sense yesterday from the Prime Minister and the scientist that yes, if you saw some of that news co nfe re nce that yes, if you saw some of that News Conference emotive that have we heard all of this before, but the a nswer heard all of this before, but the answer is yes. The government is acutely conscious as we head into the autumn, as cases start to increase, as we all start to get frankly, a little bit bored of restrictions we are having to live under and the prospect of it getting worse before it gets better, that we have to kind of knuckle down and put up have to kind of knuckle down and put up with it. And accept the fact this virus isnt going anywhere soon, and sort of adapt our lives around that, really, i think there is an awareness in government for the potential for complacency, coupled with obviously, the vast economic costs. And the limitations are still being placed on the economy. What we are expecting pretty soon as we were hearing just there is announcements for the Liverpool City Region, i know mps from the city met the care minister, helen whately, last night, to be briefed on what is likely to happen. So, pretty significant restrictions coming on merseyside. There is also talk privately this morning of introducing a new tear in system, charlie, to make it easier for us to understand in england, frankly, what the rules are where we live. Potentially having one, two, three tiers on the most of europe wa nt to three tiers on the most of europe want to be leased to be at three, explaining how we have to live our lives does make the least severe at three. The least severe at three. We will be speaking after 7am to get more information on those. And one new law coming through to do with Plastic Straws and stirrers. Tell us about that . That is a law kicking in today, meaning these beings become illegal. Plastic straws. They, well, have never been far from our lives for yea rs never been far from our lives for years and years. The government wa nts years and years. The government wants rid of them. It announced the bad some ban some time ago. The idea is they are frankly dreadful for the environment, especially in our waterways. So they are going. There are lorry loads of these things produced every year. They will go and be replaced with paper straws. If you find any Plastic Straws. If you find any Plastic Straws kicking around at home, make the most of them, because they seem to bea the most of them, because they seem to be a goner. Chris, thank you very much. More migrants reached the uk illegally by boat in september than in the whole of last year. Thats according to figures compiled by the bbc. Almost 2,000 people made the crossing last month and the government is now believed to be considering using ferries to house Asylum Seekers while their claims are considered. Simon jones reports. Motoring towards the uk, a boat carrying 20 migrants, the man driving it was dow this month for assisting unlawful immigration. But with record numbers of people crossing the channel by boat, the National Crime agency says too many are falling victim to immigration crime. Its a very dangerous trip, particularly because organised crime groups are exploiting Vulnerable People who are trying to get to the uk and using methods that risk their lives. So far this year, more than 7000 people have reached the uk by boatin 7000 people have reached the uk by boat in september, around 1950 people made the crossing from northern france. That is a higher figure than the whole of last year, when 1835 migrants crossed the channel. The National Crime agency says it hopes by the National Crime agency says it hopes by tackling organised crime gangs those numbers would fall, but it cant promise that was that it is working with branch from that it is working with french counterparts has helped. Offering shelter in france in calais, away from the temptation of trying to get to the uk. What for those who do, the government is believed to be setting up floating asylu m believed to be setting up floating asylum centres on disused ferries where people could state while there asylu m where people could state while there asylum could state while there asylu m asylum could state while there asylum claims are being processed. Simonjones, bbc asylum claims are being processed. Simon jones, bbc news. Zoo and aquarium bosses say theyre finding it virtually impossible to get money from the governments coronavirus recovery fund. Just one zoo out of around 300 in england has successfully made a claim according to the industry body, which says Breeding Programmes for endangered animals may have to be cancelled. The government says its rescue package is to provide a safety net if zoos get into seriously financial difficulty. Conservationists and marine divers will later attempt to herd a pod of whales out to sea from areas around the river clyde near glasgow. The five northern bottlenose whales are being moved ahead of planned International Military exercises in the area. They would normally live much further out at sea. Now the weather with carol. I thought it would be rainy and horrible today but im feeling optimistic. And you should. It is only 6 10am. The weather today is quite nice for many of us as naga said. It is drier, we have had lighter winds than yesterday and not as much rain. We had a deluge yesterday. You can see it is nice across scotland, pushing across the south east of england, that will clear in the next couple of hours. We have a scattering of showers out towards the west. In between, a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine, too. The rain across scotla nd sunshine, too. The rain across scotland will turn lighter and most of it will fade towards the north. But for wales, south west england, the midlands, that will be quite heavy and potentially have some thunder and somehow mixed in there. Cool temperatures, 13 15 degrees. Through this evening and overnight we hang onto a lot of the showers and then we start to watch a deep area of low pressure coming up from fronts. This has been named by the ranch met service as storm alex. It will bring heavy rain and some strengthening winds, so that means the temperature in the south wont be as low as it is going to be in the clear skies as we push further north. The temperatures could fall to freezing at the borders, a touch of frost. Tomorrow, that doesnt mean the showers we got in the north and the west will be fewer, there will be dry weather across scotland with sunshine and impact for Northern Ireland and northern england, a fine day, some might winds and some sunshine with the odd shower. As we get further south we run into storm alex. Storm alex producing some heavy rain and also some strong winds gusting 40 50 miles an hour inland and across the English Channel, including the channel islands, were looking 60 65 mile an hour gust, this could produce some problems for us. Ill have a lot more detail the forecast on friday and the weekend in about an hour. And i will get nagas name right there as well as charlies. Im not talking to her anymore. Carry on, carol. Thank you. We have a chap in the office cold nana, so, please take it as a compliment. For 12 or 13 years we have worked together and if this now you are mistaking me with a gentleman in the office. I know him, he is a lovely gentleman, but you cant be bothered to say my name anymore, eh . Well, we also have nina, good thing you dont have two throw to her . Nina is perfect as she is. Everyone is happy. Aminah, dont be drawn into that laughter. Everyone is happy. Aminah, dont be drawn into that laughterm everyone is happy. Aminah, dont be drawn into that laughter. It is starting to get ugly. Lets take a look at some of todays papers. The Daily Telegraph reports that borisjohnson has insisted there is only one way to beat a second wave of coronavirus. It says the Prime Ministers targeted lockdowns puts him at odds with his scientific advisers. The gloomy mrjohnson is pitted against the upbeat bank of englands chief economist on the front page of the daily mail. Andy haldane said the economy has clawed back almost 90 of its losses but excess caution is putting that rebound at risk. The daily mirror pictures the Prime Ministers father, stanleyjohnson, inside a shop in london, not wearing a face covering. And the suns website reports on the former labour leader jeremy corbyn, who has apologised for breaching the rule of six, after being photographed at a dinner party for nine people. Those are the front pages. I will start with a story i like to look at the obituaries sometime. Helen reddy, news of her death announced yesterday. I am woman is the song people knew her from, yesterday. I am woman is the song people knew herfrom, a feminist anthem. She is 12 years old, her pa rents were anthem. She is 12 years old, her parents were very difficult performance vaudeville. She left them to live with an aunt. Started doing business stuff. She had a kidney removed and could not dance after that. She got married briefly. Had a daughter very young and in 1966 one a talent show and is part of the when she got a trip to new york. She goes to new york at 22 with a three year old daughter and when she gets to the studio, they say there is no deal. So she just gets told to go away again. She came all the way from australia to new york. She had to start her career all over again with a three year old daughter again. I love the detail in this dash sorry, i am going to keep going. A man held a 5 ahead party for her so she could get a flat. This man, martinson james, for her so she could get a flat. This man, martinsonjames, was a hypnotise. Sorry i took up all the time. Ijust wonder if hypnotise. Sorry i took up all the time. I just wonder if i could hypnotise. Sorry i took up all the time. Ijust wonder if could hire charlie to read to my kids at night. It would not take long to them to fall asleep. At its peak, nearly 10 millionjobs were covered by the furlough scheme. Back in march businesses were forced to close their doors and temporarily lay off workers. To protectjobs through the crisis the government introduced the Job Retention or furlough scheme. Workers were essentially placed on leave, but received of their pay workers were essentially placed on leave, but received 80 of their pay with the state picking up the tab. The millions of workers using the scheme have cost almost £40 billion. The chancellor has said it cant last forever and has been reducing the amount the treasury provides. From today, employers willjust get just 60 of their wages paid by the government, with the rest covered by their boss. Then at the end of this month it ends for good. But one in ten of the workforce is still on some form of furlough. What next for them . And has the Job Retention scheme helped to retain jobs . Ive been finding out. Almost £40 billion counting. Every furlough story is different. Almost £40 billion counting. Every furlough story is differentlj almost £40 billion counting. Every furlough story is different. I am a Hotel Manager and have been chris reed since march. Some people say it is great, you get to stay at home and get paid. You are spending more time at home but you are still receiving less and you get a sense of worthlessness. Personally, i miss my colleagues. What has been your impact on your Mental Health . my colleagues. What has been your impact on your Mental Health . A lot of sleepless night stop i am back on medication and, to be quite frank, there have been very, very low point where you are thinking, what am i worth. Some people think you are one of the lucky ones and getting an income. What do you say . |j of the lucky ones and getting an income. What do you say . I would say, try and live it. I might have an income at the minute but at the end of october when the furlough scheme and, i do not want to be on and efforts. I am leave your and work in property. I was furloughed in march for two months. Graham gave mea in march for two months. Graham gave me a call. Straightaway laid out what the company would be doing in terms of using the furlough scheme. Do you think furlough saved your job . Yes, definitely. Ithink it do you think furlough saved your job . Yes, definitely. I think it was essential to have such a scheme in place. And you have been promoted i am thrilled, really. Iwas furloughed in march. My boss was really good about it. Straight onto furloughed. There was no support from the government available which meant income dropped by over two thirds. I made the decision, letsjump in two thirds. I made the decision, lets jump in with two feet and i have been doing it full time for a few weeks. Actually, the volatility that came with covid has led you into this new life . Definitely. It made me take the leap, i guess, a bit of a leap of faith. You do not know what the universe is going to give you so you have to go with it. The universe has give you new lovely luna. Thanks to chris, lydia and matt. In some ways, they were the lucky ones. People who started theirjob too late to be furloughed, people on short contracts, and some self employed workers didnt qualify for any Government Support and many of them feel frustrated and abandoned. Mps think there could be at least a million workers in this boat. One Campaign Group thinks it could be three times that number. Have a look at this for the past few months theatre and arts venues have bee lit up in red to highlight the plight of freelance workers in the industry. These are the latest pictures from last night. And weve been speaking with faye, a tv and theatre freelancer who didnt qualify for support and has had a difficult six months. I have been stuck at home for over six months now, without a job. I have three children that i have to provide for. I had to sell my house because i cannot afford to stay here andi because i cannot afford to stay here and i will not lie, there are days where i cry. A really tough times for failure where i cry. A really tough times forfailure and where i cry. A really tough times for failure and literally millions. Last week, the government announced another scheme to follow on from furlough. But it is crucially less generous than the original and still wont help people like faye. It is going to be a very uncertain few months for lots of workers up and down the country. We have spoken about it had put millions of workers in the waiting room and we will find the full extent of that at the beginning of november. If you watched the debate between President Trump and his democrat rival joe biden and if you managed to hear anything above the shouting, youll know that one issue they clashed over was the so called proud boys. Thats a White Supremacist Movement which mr trump refused to condemn, choosing instead to focus his anger on left wing demonstrators. Our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, has been to meet members of both groups. It has become the us capital of radicalism. Most American Cities have seen some demonstrations this year but here, they have not stopped and it has become a huge election issue. This is what almost every night has looked like here in Downtown Portland in the four months since the Police Killing of george floyd in minneapolis, with hundreds of protesters on one side, Law Enforcement agents on the other and they have been very many flashpoints of violence. Some feel over aggression by the Security Forces has exacerbated tension. But some are calling this writing by anarchist or an t5. Writing is a voice of the unheard. It is not an t5 in the streets, it is the people. Antifa. People that cannot afford the food, that is over life. But it has led to loss of life. Trust supporters drove past the supporters, some fired tables at them. One trump supporter from a far right group was shot dead. His attacker died at a police raid on his home. A rally was held in portland earlier this year and it was predicted thousand would attend but in the end it was a few hundred. The marchers have led to confrontations and some, who travelled far to get to portland, told me they were looking for confrontation again. This is an american city. I am still an american city. I am still an american and i see my brothers and sisters living here in portland dealing with this on a daily basis andi dealing with this on a daily basis and i want to help them. We are here to shut down this violence and bring awareness, national attention. Hopefully donald trump sees this and he has already decreed there is an anarchist city, which is great, because it is true. The president could only manage this instead of condemnation of white supremacist. Proud boys stand back and sound bite but i will tell you what, somebody has got to do something about antifa and the left. The proud boys have revelled in his response. Back in portland at the same time as the proud boys gathering, totally different world is on display. A rally still focused around by so many black people are killed by the police. They are trying to say we are trying to destroy american democracy but they know that is garbage. They are following the rhetoric that dehumanises us to justify committing acts of violence against us. It is those at these rallies that have taken to the street night after night, to bring about change. For many others these scenes are making them more determined to vote for donald trump. Aleem maqbool, bbc news still to come on breakfast well hear about the dogs who are sniffing out coronavirus at helsinki airport, and how efforts to do the same thing here are being hampered time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london. Im Victoria Hollins. Criminal gangs are using the uncertainty created by covid 19 to recruit disadvantaged young londoners into county lines drug dealing. Thats the warning from city hall which says those whove lost their jobs or accommodation are particularly at risk. Charities working to help young people leave that life say many dont realise that theyve been groomed or exploited. It is important to create a space for that young person to feel safe and to expose some of the experiences they have been through. Some are dramatic, trauma based on being physically assaulted, sexual abuse, some young people are victims of modern slavery. The mayor is calling for action to tackle inequality as a new report confirms stark extent of the disproportionate impact of covid 19 on ethnic minorities, disabled people and those living in deprived areas. Released today, the independently comissioned report reveals that black people are at almost twice the risk of dying from covid 19 than white people and mortality rates from the virus are three times higherfor men in lower paid, manual roles. Hs2 rebellion are expected to protest today against the felling of trees required to build hs2, the high speed rail link. The group an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion argue that the enabling work to clear ancient woodland has already caused irreversible damage to the environment. According to the department for transport hs2 has committed to achieving no net loss in biodiversity along the route. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. All lines on the trip running a good service. The a40 is down to 2 lanes westbond from the polish war memorial towards hillingdon circus due to flooding the traffic lights are out on fulham high st at thejunction with new kings rd on the north side of putney bridge, where extra traffic is expected as people avoid the closure of hammersmith bridge. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Good bonding. It set for very wet and windy conditions over the next few days. Good morning. Today it is mostly dry. Plenty of heavy rain last night. This legacy of cloud around but that cloud sent to them and break and we will see some bright and sunny spells peak through. Watch out for one or two showers later in the afternoon. Cooler than it was yesterday. Overnight, a deep area of low pressure spiralling in from the south bringing strong gusts of wind and plenty of heavy rain to all of us but mostly the southern Home Counties with a weather warning valid all day tomorrow. Plenty of rain, particularly through the morning rush hour and also strong asks of wind. It is difficult to pin the detail down but it looks very u nsettled the detail down but it looks very unsettled indeed on the weekend. Wet and windy weather. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Its 6 30am. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning Animal Breeding programmes are under increasing threat from the pandemic but sizzle the white rhino will be pleased to know that hes still due to meet two potential mates at whipsnade zoo today. Well be there to see how they get along. Nikki lilly wonjunior bake off before becoming a social media star, celebrity interviewer and anti bullying campaigner all before the age of 16 and whilst dealing with a serious illness. Well catch up with nikki before 8am. You are my one temptation. And mica paris has been a pop singer, tv presenter and west end actor but it turns out that her one temptation was tojoin eastenders. Now shes done that too and shell tell us all about it after 9am. Good morning, heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news the Liverpool City Region has become the latest part of england to face extra coronavirus restrictions. More than 1. 5 Million People live in the area, which covers liverpool and surrounding towns, including st helens and runcorn. Last night mps were told to expect the changes which are likely to include a ban on households mixing imminently. One in 200 people in england currently have coronavirus thats according to the largest study yet of the illness. Researchers at Imperial College london tested 80,000 people at random and found that although the number of cases is high, the infection rate appears to be slowing down. They said this could be a sign that the rule of six and public concern is having a positive effect. A large part of north wales will go into local lockdown today, bringing in the same restrictions as most of south wales. From six oclock tonight, people will not be able to leave or enter the council boroughs of conwy, denbighshire, flintshire and wrexham, unless they have a reasonable excuse such as work or education. Lets return to our top story now and the high levels of coronavirus across the country. Now, in england, the largest study yet suggests that one in 200 people have the illness but that the infection rate may be falling. Lets get a view from one of our breakfast gps. Doctor rachel ward is in berkshire. It is good to see you. Are you well . Yes, iam really it is good to see you. Are you well . Yes, i am really well, it is good to see you. Are you well . Yes, iam really well, naga, thank you. What do you make of this figure, one in 200 of us are infected with coronavirus . There are a couple of things to think about. Yes, we really have to take heed of this. We have been talking for several weeks, saying the numbers are going to increase, and that is what we are seeing. So this is just another reinforcing message that we have to follow the rules and we have two ta ke have to follow the rules and we have two take onboard that social distancing, face covering, and washing. One thing i would say about this to encourage people not to panic is there is a lots of comparisons going on between now and earlier in the year, when we think about the number of positive cases earlier in the year, we were in a very different situation, because backin very different situation, because back in march we were not testing everybody who had symptoms. So as Patrick Vallance was seen yesterday, backin Patrick Vallance was seen yesterday, back in the peak of this in march, we may have had 100,000 new cases per day, but we were testing these very differently. So we need to take caution, we need to take heed of this but not imperative earlier in the year. What is your instinct . Compared to earlier in the year, i dont know, i think it is so difficult to compare. We are much better, more aware of things now and we are dealing with things in a very different way. Plus, testing a lot more people. I think we are just different way. Plus, testing a lot more people. I think we arejust in very different times and we just have to focus on the pattern of cases of what is happening now. One of the things we talk about is the rules and how the rules change or are modified and whether or not they are modified and whether or not they are simple enough. What are you getting, just anecdotally, from the people you are seeing, the basins you are seeing . Tell us what they are saying and how concerned they are, looking ahead to the Festive Season and thinking about whether families can get together and the infection rates we are hearing about . So, i am in an area where we do not have local lockdowns. So, we are using the rule of sex. In my opinion and from what i am gathering, i feel that people are understanding this much better. I think we got to be staged with the rules but they were so complicated that our surely people were unintentionally breaking them rule of six. Households, how many numbers, iam rule of six. Households, how many numbers, i am a fan of the rule of six because of its simplicity, and i think people are complying with that more because of it that. Because about. With regards to what people are saying, yes, people are concerned about it. I think high risk populations are the elderly, for example, they have become very good at looking after themselves stop very good at distancing and minimising contact with large numbers of people. I think thats become a way of life stop looking forward , become a way of life stop looking forward, of course there is concern about winter, and you are absolutely right. The number of people who have spoken to me about what will happen at christmas, who knows . It will concern us all because it is an important time of year when we spend time with loved ones, but i feel were too soon to comment on that. Were coming into the winter season, of course, we know temperatures are changing. We have spoken a lot about the flu jab and how readily available it would be and what gps are doing the moment to make sure it will get that. There are other issues as well and reports about shortages of basic medicines like asthma inhalers, for example. What do you know about that . In march and april there was quite a flurry of people in the same way people were panic buying certain items from supermarkets, people were panic requesting additional medications. And certainly one thing we noticed was for a short period, certain asthma inhalers were not available. We were able to get around it with different brands, people did not go without their medication, but there was an issue and it was because people were ordering more than they required. So, iwould people were ordering more than they required. So, i would give a strong message to people as we enter winter, please do not stockpile your medication. We will be looking at it, we will know very clearly when people have mass requested things and how long things should last. We cannot risk people over ordering medication. We have enough to go around if we use it appropriately, but please do not stockpile your medication. Doctor rachel ward, thank you very much for your time and enjoy the surgery today . thank you very much for your time and enjoy the surgery today . I am teaching today. I have a lovely day of Teaching University students. Its a nice change. I am looking forward to it. Thank you goodbye. Mike is on standby with the sport. Yes, and the big question is how long should players be punished for after breaching covid 19 rules. Will saying sorry be enough . We will find out early this afternoon when Gareth Southgate names his latest inglis squad england squad and youngsters Mason Greenwood and phil foden will find out if they are recalled after breaking covid 19 guidelines in iceland following phil foden and greenwood. Were sent home after englands win in rekjavik last month for what southgate called an unnacceptable breach it also saw them both fined by icelandic police. England have three matches in a week, starting next thursday. The first is a friendly against wales, wholl definitely be, without gareth bale for that match. He scored against england last time they met at euro 2016, but right now bale, is recovering from injury. His international manager, though, says hes relieved to see his star player move away from real madrid to play regularly again at spurs. And get regular game time, which he is saying is so important. We had to think seriously about, you know, not only the short term, but the long term. Gareth barker fit, only the short term, but the long term. Gareth barkerfit, get him playing and look forward to seeing him in the premier league. He will be playing regularly, so, yeah, im happy gareth is back at a club he knows so well. Now, to the drama in the league cup. Newcastle had a narrow escape in the league cup. They were trailing for most of their fourth round match against, League Two Side newport county, who have a rich recent history of giant killing. A goalkeeping mistake giving the welsh side the lead, early on. There were just minutes to go, when Jonjo Shelvey saved newcastle, late on, and that took the match to penalties, where newports defender brandon cooper, missed the important kick, to send the premier league side through. Manchester united made easier work of it at brighton. They won 3 0 to go through to the quarterfinals. Paul pogba scored the pick of the goals with this free kick. Everton and Manchester City willjoin them they were both also winners last night. Everton are into the final of the womens fa cup for the first time in six years after beating Birmingham City 3 0 in last nights first semifinal. Theyll now play either arsenal or Manchester City in the final at wembley on november 1st. So, in one months time. This competition has been carried over from last season to be completed after lockdown. Everton have won the fa cup twice, most recently in 2010. There was a dramatic finish to england womens t20 series against the west indies the rain in derby meant the two sides batted for just five overs each. England needed 42 to win off their 30 balls and they made hard work of it, losing seven wickets. But after all the windies hard work, it was a wide ball gave england victory to seal a 5 0 series victory. Now, the season could be over, for serena williams, as the clock is ticking. She withdrew before her latest french open match yesterday. Williams picked up an achilles injury at the us open last month she says she could need six weeks to let it recover. Serena whos 39, is still one grand slam title away, from equalling margaret courts record of 24. There was drama in the womens draw yesterday. Kiki bertens, here in the orange, was apparently struggling with cramp, but her italian opponent sara errani, appeared to poke fun at that here, accusing her of faking it. Bertens came back to win, but errani then left the court, without tapping racquets. A total lack of respect there. Then to top it all off bertens, whos the fifth seed, left in tears, in a wheelchair and needed 45 minutes of treatment. Even after all of that, errani had no sympathy in the press conference, saying she didnt believe her. One hours she is getting treatment, the other she is in the restaurant. Well, she was treated for 45 minutes with the physios. Cramps are excruciating. You wonder what happens before that to make her out of woodley Say Something like that. Outwardly Say Something like that. It is not usual behaviour to dismiss an injury out of hand. Maybe there is some history there . dismiss an injury out of hand. Maybe there is some history there . I am trying to remember if anyone has had to have a wheelchair brought in. That was a long lasting cramp. Screaming helps. Dogs have helped millions of us to get through this pandemic they cheered us up, kept us company and gave us a reason to go outside and exercise. Now it seems they might also help us to defeat the virus itself by using their incredible power of smell. Breakfasts Graham Satchell reports. Come on. This is asher hes medical detection dog. Scientists are hoping specially trained dogs like asher will be a vital help in the fight against covid 19. The dogs have this incredible sense of smell. They have 350 million sensory receptors dedicated to olfaction. Us poor humans have 5 million and we think we can smell pretty well. Ashers remarkable nose has already been trained to sniff out a number of human diseases like cancer and malaria. Now, a joint Research Project with the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine and Durham University is seeing whether they can detect covid 19. Good we now know scientifically that diseases change body odour and, you know, dogs are incredibly good at sniffing, and we all know that. But theyre also incredibly good at learning as well, and so they can learn the smell of a particular medical condition. We now know that dogs really can do this really well, so we are really helpful that they will be able to do this for covid 19. Helsinki airport in finland. Trials have already started here with dogs sniffing passengers as they arrive. So these dogs are able to do a rapid, non invasive test to see if somebody is carrying the covid 19 odour. That is if they are symptomatic or pre symptoms, and of course, that could be a game changer. So wherever you get a public space where people are moving rapidly, a dog and a 0. 5 of a second sniff can be able to see if you have got the odour of the virus, you need to get tested and isolate. Kip, come this is kip, one of the dogs being trained to detect covid 19. He lives with sam. I think it is a fantastic project. The capability of dogs to be able to do mass screening in a small period of time is going to be really, really important because covids going to be with us for a long while yet, so they will have a massive part to play. The dogs are trained to sniff pieces of clothing with people who currently have covid 19. Researchers say they really need more samples and are appealing for help. And particularly, we need people who are positive, have had a recent test and what we will do is basically send a pack. It is really simple. We have got three items, one being a pair of stockings, a face mask and a shirt or a t shirt. And basically we are asking people to wear those for a few hours, pop them back in an envelope thats prepaid and send it back to us. But we need as many people as possible, particularly those who are positive. Once the Research Project is complete, Scientists Say these dogs could be sniffing out the virus in Public Places in a matter of weeks. Graham satchell, bbc news. Bye for now. What an extraordinary story. They are asking people to send samples. If you want to help volunteer, sent a sample that you can find out all the detail. Of your own on the London School of hygiene and tropical medicines website. It is now time for candide and the weather. Laughter. Thank you, naga. It will be a dry date with light winds. The weather fronts it will be a dry date with light winds. The weatherfronts producing the rain now moving towards the north sea. The weather front draped across shetland for much of the day. A wet and windy day. High pressure settling things down for the bulk of the uk with a fair amount of sunshine around. Showers across Northern Ireland, wales, through the south west and the midlands later on. Some could be heavy potentially with thunder and hail as well. The rain pushes right back up, turning later in the north west of scotland. These are the temperatures were looking. Cooler than yesterday. Yesterday the top temperature was 19 in kent. Overnight we hang on to showers in southern and western areas. Some clear skies and the temperatures dropping. It could be below freezing around the borders and in and across northern england. At the same time, deep area of pressure coming up from france. The French Met Service have named it som alex and it will bring heavy rain and gusty winds. Storm alex. Gusts of wind inland from three oclock tomorrow morning until eight oclock tomorrow morning until eight oclock tomorrow morning until eight oclock tomorrow evening. As much as 40 oclock tomorrow evening. As much as 40 50 oclock tomorrow evening. As much as 40 50 miles but around the south coast gusts of wind as much as 60 miles per hour. You can see the extent of it. It will be moving northwards during friday, taking rain and gusty winds with it in doing so. Further north, northern england, scotland, Northern Ireland, a much quieter day with some sunshine. In about 12 18 hours we could have 40 millimetres of rain, up could have 40 millimetres of rain, up to two inches and that could lead to some disruption and flooding. Coupled with the wind, gusty winds. It will slowly move away through the day. Towards the south. It will not feel to gilly special in terms of temperature in the south. Particularly. This weekend is going to be wet and windy with a blast of wind and also some rain. That sums it up quite nicely. Heavy rain and strong winds for the weekend. It looks very much like saturday will be the wettest day with strong, gusty winds. Wet and thundery for central areas. Temperatures around where they should be at this stage in october. Zoos have had a particularly tough time during the pandemic with ticket sales plunging but food, care and vet bills staying as high as ever. Now there are worries that those Financial Difficulties could threaten the future survival of rare species. The bbcs chief environment correspondentJustin Rowlatt is at whipsnade zoo, in bedfordshire, to tell us more. Good morning. I know that you will introduce us to some rhinos which area big introduce us to some rhinos which are a big part of this story. Tell us more about the problem that sues are facing. They have had a terrible financial crisis but lets get to the rhinos first. These are rare southern white rhinos and who knew they were late rises. Today is a crucial day because sizzle, the mail rhino will be meeting to new female rhinos brought in as part of an International Breeding programme to try and protect this endangered species. This programme is essential. A super rare baby takes its first steps. She is called edie. These endangered relatives of the giraffe are found only in forests in the democratic republic of the congo. Here is a red panda with its carb worn during lockdown. Just a couple of the threatened species british zoos are of the threatened species british zoos are helping protect. More and more finding these conservation Breeding Programmes acting as a help to stop extinction. Some species have been reintroduced. To ensure there is enough genetic diversity, they share animals but it is expensive shipping big animals like rhinos around and the lockdown has hit zoos hard. No visitors but of course they still need to feed the animals. Cucumber. It could cost as much as £1 million a month to feed all the animals at london and whipsnade zoo and most sues to not get public funding but rely on visitors for the income. Without help, they Say Something has to give. We are all about conservation and preventing animals from going extinct so it is a really horrible place to be where we are worried ourselves about the reality of becoming extinct stop that is a scary place for us to be right now. Global seu Breeding Programmes cover familiar animals like these but also dozens familiar animals like these but also d oze ns of familiar animals like these but also dozens of species that are now extinct in the wild. Global seu. If the covert prices meant zoos face extinction, there will be no hope for these animals. So the government recognised that sues face this exceptional crisis. Zzos. sues face this exceptional crisis. Zzos. Zoos. Sues face this exceptional crisis. Zzos. Zoos. A sues face this exceptional crisis. Zzos. Zoos. A rescue package but only one towards able to access it. The british and irish Lions Association of zoos and aquarius. So few zoos have been able to access the fund because they need to be 12 weeks away from controversy before they can access any cash and that is not good enough for zoos that are making months if not years in advance about where they are going to home their animals. You have a huge collection of animals, you want to find good homes and you say that is not easy. Absolutely and animal ca re is not easy. Absolutely and animal care isa is not easy. Absolutely and animal care is a top priority for our zoos and aquariums. In normal times it takes years to make these decisions. It took two years to move an elephant herd and that was before the pandemic. It is going to be harder now. Essentially, by the time you a ccess harder now. Essentially, by the time you access the cash, you would be bankrupt. Absolutely so government need to make changes to open up these rescue packages support the whole sector across england. What does it mean if zoos cannot get access to money . It is putting at risk all their essential conservation projects. We are in extinction crisis. Their education, their research work. The very survival of some zoos rests on Government Support now. Survival of some zoos rests on Government Support nowm survival of some zoos rests on Government Support now. It is the prospect of zoos in britain going bankrupt real . Absolutely and we will see the effect of covid for a long time to come and that is why it is so important that government get this support right and gets it right in 2021 and beyond. Breeding programme we have seen, it could benefit from that . Yes and there are species absolutely relying on it. There are species that only exist in our 2005 there are species that only exist in our zoos and aquariums and are extinct. What can people watching this do to help their local zoos . We need government to make those simple changes but they can go visit and make donations as they face their worst winter in memory. Thank you very much indeed. We will be back here at eight oclock when hopefully the rhinos have woken up. The prospect is that in 16 18 months, there may be baby rhinos here. prospect is that in 16 18 months, there may be baby rhinos here. I am very excited about seeing sizzle. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im Victoria Hollins criminal gangs are using the uncertainty created by covid 19 to recruit disadvantaged young londoners into county lines drug dealing. Thats the warning from city hall which says those whove lost their jobs or accommodation are particularly at risk. Charities working to help young people leave that life say many dont realise that theyve been groomed or exploited. It is important to create a space for that young person to feel safe and to disclose some of the experiences they have been through. Some are dramatic, trauma based on being physically assaulted, sexual abuse, some young people are victims of modern slavery. The mayor is calling for action to tackle inequality as a new report confirms the disproportionate impact of covid 19 on ethnic minorities, disabled people and those living in deprived areas. Released today, the independently comissioned report reveals that black people are almost twice as likely to die from covid 19 than white people and mortality rates from the virus are three times higher for men in lower paid, manual roles. Hs2 rebellion are expected to protest today against the felling of trees required to build the high speed rail link. The group an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion argue that the enabling work to clear ancient woodland has already caused irreversible damage to the environment. According to the department for transport, hs2 has committed to achieving no net loss in biodiversity along the route. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. A good service on the tubes this morning. The a40 is down to 2 lanes westbond from the polish war memorial towards hillingdon circus due to flooding northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is building from blackwall lane the traffic lights are out on fulham street. Extra traffic expected. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Get set for very wet and windy conditions over the next few days. Today it is mostly dry. Plenty of heavy rain last night. This legacy of cloud around but that cloud set to thin and break and we will see some bright and sunny spells peak through. Watch out for one or two showers later in the afternoon. Cooler than it was yesterday. Overnight, a deep area of low pressure spiralling in from the south bringing strong gusts of wind and plenty of heavy rain to all of us but mostly the southern Home Counties with a weather warning valid all day tomorrow. Plenty of rain, particularly through the morning rush hour and also strong gusts of wind. It is difficult to pin the detail down but it looks very unsettled indeed for the weekend. Wet and windy weather. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty. Our headlines today some of the toughest new covid restrictions in england are expected for 1. 5 Million People in merseyside as the region responds to soaring infection rates. The message from the government the whole country is at a critical moment. Not only cases going up, but were already seeing an increase in deaths, so things are definitely headed in wrong direction. A total ban on Plastic Straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force in england. Will Gareth Southgate give his misbehaving youngsters a Second Chance . Phil foden and Mason Greenwood find out today if theyve made the england squad, just a few weeks after being thrown out of the last one for breaking covid 19 rules. An operation begins to move a group of whales that have taken up residence in a scottish loch. Good morning. Today is going to be drier with lighter winds compared to yesterday. This is the calm before the storm. Tomorrow and into the weekend is going to be very wet and very windy. Ill have more details later in the programme. Good morning. Its thursday, october 1. Our top story. Residents in another densely populated area of england have been told to expect tougher coronavirus restrictions. Mps from liverpool and its surrounding towns and boroughs which have some of the highest numbers of positive covid cases were told about the imminent change last night. Anna oneill reports. Liverpool city centre last weekend after the pubs closed at ten no masks, no social distancing, and seemingly nowhere else to go. This is a city where covid 19 cases are rising fast, and which later today might be the next to see stricter lockdown measures. And many people in the city would welcome them. It has gone higher when the students came back, like, it has spiked, definitely, nothing is really being done about it. Closing pubs, early hours, dont really see a point in it, but i do think it is in the best interest to keep the public safe, yeah. Local leaders are worried about the latest figures in merseyside, and heres why. Of the four hot spots in the north west, three of them are in merseyside. Per 100,000 people in knowsley, there are now 262 cases. In liverpool, there are 258 cases per 100,000 people, and in st helens, 212 cases per 100,000. At yesterdays downing street News Conference, the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, was explicit. Expect more local restrictions. It may be that, again, this is a more localised phenomenon this time, in which case, all the more reason for us to concentrate on these local solutions, as well as the national solutions. Almost a third of the uk is now in some form of local lockdown, and merseyside isnt the only place facing tighter restrictions. In parts of north east england, two households are banned from mixing anywhere indoors, although support bubbles are exempt. Some areas in north wales will follow south wales with stricter rules, including people being told not to leave their own area unless absolutely necessary. The governments chief medical officer said the government said there would be areas of localised surges. We are likely to have areas more highly concentrated than others, but it is far too early to say that. We have a long winter ahead of us and a lot could happen over that time. But despite the rising figures, early results from the largest covid 19 study in england suggest the rate of infection or are r number has fallen, and the virus may be slowing down. Which means local protective measures may be working. Anna oneill, bbc news. A large part of north wales will go into local lockdown today bringing in the same restrictions as most of south wales. Tomos morgan is here to give us the details. Tomos, which areas will this affect . The differences, the main differences between the local lockdowns in wales and england is that in wales, if you live in one of the many areas now that are in local lockdowns, you shouldnt be leaving or entering or going into local lockdown areas without a good reason. A good reason might be Something Like not being able to work from home so you have to travel toa work from home so you have to travel to a place of work. Childcare, caring responsibilities, elite sports players or going to school. The difference is of course over the border learning then people can leave their lockdown areas, they can go on holiday, holidays and our banned hearing wales if you live in a local lockdown area. Which means there has been a bit of a disagreement, to and fro the government. Mark dra keford disagreement, to and fro the government. Mark drakeford has asked borisjohnson to tell those people who are living in places like burnley, where there is a local lockdown restrictions, not to travel into wales and potentially cause spread of the virus in areas where there are not any local restrictions at the moment. Tourism in north wales is worried about the extra local restrictions under saying they are having phone calls from people who live lockdown areas in north wales clearly confused with the m essa g es wales clearly confused with the messages because obviously theyre being told they cannot travel, go on holiday in wales within people from england coming over. The other thing this throws into doubt is the filming of ims, get me out here, which starts in conwy. I am a celebrity, get me out of here so, one could suggest the filming could go ahead but nobody should be juggfing go ahead but nobody should be juggling into the area. It will be interesting to see what happens on Big Productions like that going forward. Tomos, for the moment, thank you. All nhs staff should be tested weekly for coronavirus as a matter of urgency, according to a group of mps. The health and social Care Committee says the government and nhs england must set up weekly testing before winter, at the very latest. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, told mps in latejune that nhs staff could expect regular surveillance testing, but this has not yet happened. Well, we know from the first wave of the pandemic that around 20 of staff got the virus in many hospitals. And up to 11 of patients who died of coronavirus actually caught it in their own hospital. So, regular testing of staff is absolutely essential. The government has conceded that it is necessary to do it in the hot spots where the prevalence is rising but its not happening there either. And thats why we urgently need to address this. Our Political Correspondent chris masonjoins us now from westminster. This press conference yesterday was interesting with the Prime Minister and the chief medical officer, but not a huge announcement in terms of changes . There were not any big announcements, where there . A number of people raising their eyebrows, saying what is the point . The government is saying, look, were heading into the long slog of autumn and winter and we are passing that kind of acute emergency phase we are ha rd to kind of acute emergency phase we are hard to live through earlier in the year and heading into this medium term slog, the chronic phase of the virus being ever present and trying to live with it, in and amongst this patchwork of different geographical rules and regulations around the uk. And indeed, around england. One thing i am hearing this morning is being reported in the i newspaper. Weve also seen private documentation, one ideas idea is in england, to introduce three tiers. One being the most severe, two being some additional restrictions, three being the kind of baseline set of restrictions we have all gotten used to. The Prime Minister got himself in a bit of a tangle trying to understand the rules. I think he is conscious we all have the capacity to do that, so they are going to try and simplify it. There has been an announcement on Plastic Straws, stirrers and cotton buds . Yes i am often accused of sitting in this seat and clutching at these metaphorically, now literally. Plastic straws, one of the 5 billion we get to england every year. For a long time environmental activists have said they are horrible environmentally, ending up in what ways and very damaging to wildlife. Well, they will be banned and replaced with paper straws instead. Those other plastic stirrers as well will also be phased out. There original plan was to do in a while ago, but it was postponed because of the virus. These things are a goner. Ok. Bamboo and metal ones now, right . Right. I havent seen a bamboo one. and metal ones now, right . Right. I havent seen a bamboo one. I have got one. They are quite good. Thank you, chris. More migrants reached the uk illegally by boat in september than in the whole of last year. Thats according to figures compiled by the bbc. Pretty staggering. Almost 2,000 people made the crossing last month and the government is now believed to be considering using ferries to house Asylum Seekers whilst claims are considered. Simon jones reports. Motoring towards the uk, a boat carrying 20 migrants, the man driving it was jailed this month for assisting unlawful immigration. But with record numbers of people crossing the channel by boat, the National Crime agency says too many are falling victim to immigration crime. Its a very dangerous trip, particularly because organised crime groups are exploiting Vulnerable People who are trying to get to the uk and using methods that risk their lives. So far this year, more than 7,000 people have reached the uk by boat. In september, around 1,950 people made the crossing from northern france. Thats a higher figure than for the whole of last year, when 1,835 migrants crossed the channel. Criminal gangs, those numbers would fall, but it cant promise. It says working with french counterparts has helped. Offering shelter away from calais, to other parts of france, avoiding temptation to try to get to the uk. What for those who do, the government is believed to be setting up floating asylum centres on disused ferries where people could stay while there asylum claims are being considered. Simon jones, bbc news. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. How are things . Good morning. Drier than yesterday. Good morning, everybody, beautiful weather watchers picture in this morning from derbyshire. It is brightening up, the rain has cleared towards east anglia and kent but it will linger across shetland today. For most of us were looking at lighter winds and drier conditions. This is what happened overnight, you can see the extent of the rain and it is still raining across scotland. That will push back towards the north through the day and we will continue the showers in Northern Ireland, wales, cyprus england sing if you in the millions for example, if you and the millions for example, if you and the south coast. The mothers to be heavy, potentially thundery with some hail and slow moving. Temperatures 10 15 degrees, so feeling cold. To this evening and overnight we will hang onto showers. A lot of clear skies around, but does mean it is going to be a cold night, colder than the one just gone with a touch of frost, for example, around the borders. We also have this area of deep blue pressure coming from fronts. It has been named by the French Met Service as storm alex, which will bring heavy rain and gusts of strong winds. First of all, there will be a few showers dotted in the north and west but essentially throughout the day it will be dry with some sunshine across scotland. For Northern Ireland in northern england, similar to you, dry, the odd shower, light winds but then as we come shower in through southern parts of england and wales and into the midlands, you can see the extent of the rain. So, a lot of rain in 12 18 hours, we could see up to 15 millimetres, two inches, and gusty winds. In a gusts as much as 40 55 miles an hour, through the English Channel with exposure, 60 65 mph, and we are not done with low pressures coming our way just yet. Thank done with low pressures coming our wayjust yet. Thank you done with low pressures coming our way just yet. Thank you very done with low pressures coming our wayjust yet. Thank you very much. See you later on. As weve been hearing, merseyside and parts of cheshire could become the latest area to have extra coronavirus restrictions theyre expected to be announced later today. Theyre likely to be similar to the rules for north east england, meaning it will be illegal to mix with different households. Lets take a look at how the virus has been growing in the area. Positive cases in liverpool have now hit 258 per 100,000 people. Theyve risen 13 fold since the start of september. am 2 the neighbouring borough of knowsley has the second highest rate of infection in england after burnley, with 262 cases per 100,000. Now, the average area in england has 28. Saint helens has also seen more than 200 cases per 100,000 people in the last week. And the borough of halton which covers the towns of runcorn and widnes saw 206 cases per 100,000 in the last week. Were joined now by the mayor of liverpooljoe anderson. Welcome to the programme. Of those numbers can be confusing but a major situation in liverpool and expecting an official announcement later. What can you tell us this morning . Discussions i have had with the minister yesterday. We know there is a covid co ordinating meeting taking place chaired by the Prime Minister and it will be looking at the us increase in covid make infection rates stop we suspect we will be told they will be similar restrictions and regulations similar to newcastle in the north east. There is also the possibility the government might introduce even stricter measures. We just have to wait and see what they announced. Stricter measures. We just have to wait and see what they announcedm that meeting, can you give us a sense of what was discussed between you and the other minister . Yes, matt hancock is seriously concerned, in the same way we are here in the city of liverpool, about the increases. At the beginning of september we had 94 infections. Todayis september we had 94 infections. Today is 1287, that we have had in the last seven days. And it is doubling every seven days. We are giving a strong message to him and the science advisers and everybody that we have got about concerns about the virus. We are knowledgeable about the position we are in. If were going to have stricter measures imposed need Financial Support because the entertainment sector and hospitality. We are very dependent on hospitality. They provide new jobs. They need to be supported if there are measures introduced. I call on the government not only to look at stricter measures we may require and look at stricter measures we may require and i think we may have to have them in order to arrest and suppress this virus but we need to get that Financial Support as well. You may or may not know at this stage and i appreciate you awaiting but when youre talking about hospitality venues, you talk about ours or do you think about going further than any where else in england. Hours. Will they be shut, is that something you are considering. Even with the ten oclock restrictions, it is enormous. We have lost 206 businesses here in the last five months. We need to consider things like making sure restaurants can keep going with things like takeaway. There are a number of things the government could be considering. If i could things the government could be considering. Ifi could pop through some ideas. We know this is happening in parts of wales, extending in north wales, about travel between areas. There are tight restrictions in parts of wales to do with whether you can leave the particular area you live in, you have to have a specific reason for leaving work or education. Is that something merseyside could be doing . Not that we are aware of, charlie. That has not been muted as a possibility here or anywhere across the north west but it is something they have considered as is whether shielded people could be shielded again. At the moment, what we do know is that the regulation in newcastle will be in post but new measures like, for instance, stopping people travelling, the takeaway, we have not had here so we need we need cooperation and we need to talk to the Prime Minister about these measures. A fundamental question in a way, a lot of people are looking at merseyside and asking are looking at merseyside and asking a basic question, what is happening in your city, the city that you love, that is meaning that the cases are going up so much . What do you believe is going on . are going up so much . What do you believe is going on . I think theres a number of things. One is, the children going back to school, thousands of children, we have about 9000 children self isolating at the moment with 500 teachers also self isolating so all those children have gone back from the community into schools and then back into the community and we have 20,000 stu d e nts community and we have 20,000 students in the city coming back last week and this week so that increase in people moving around the city, that human contact is clearly what is driving the infection rates. That is a real concern for us and we do believe we need to put restrictions to try and stop the rise but, for me, that is clearly very much the evidence that i believe is something we should look at and that is the number of people now in the city that we did not have before and now are moving freely around the city. A lockdown, people going back to work after the summer break, all of those spreading of human contact spreading the disease and the virus which is what it thrives on. Thank you very much for yourtime, thrives on. Thank you very much for your time, the mayor of liverpool. Were joined now by peter kinsella, who owns lunya restaurant in liverpool. Thank you for your time. The mayor was saying he would welcome tighter restrictions because concerned about the infection rate. It is the third highest infection rate in the uk, out of 100,000 by the impact of tighter restrictions on you could be potentially devastating. understand the Health Restrictions because i am concerned about my own health and we need a vibrant city to be good on a long term business but the impact of short term lockdown which seems inevitable, that is meant to be announced today or tomorrow, has the potential to be catastrophic without further support. The second lockdown is happening when all hospitality businesses will be at their weakest point in their history after the last lot. Just as we were starting to recover, our income is going to be taken away from us again but the expenses, all the costs associated, most of them do not go away so we need better Government Intervention to make sure that we are here for the long term. We are fundamentally a viable business, a very successful business, we have paid £8 million in taxes in the last ten years. Government is to make sure these businesses are here for the next ten yea rs. Businesses are here for the next ten years. It is interesting looking at the notes on your business. You took on new Staff Members earlier in the year but you have significantly higher debts and you have not had the conversation with the landlord about rent. What is the situation . We started the conversation about the rent last week. Without income, there is no means to pay rent. We took on 16 new stuff sincejuly because we have been confident about ourselves as a business and going into christmas as well and my concern now is that the newjob support scheme does not take into account people that have been recently employed so all of a sudden we could lose a quarter of our workforce. Although schemes work fine if youre open and trading well but if you are close, that scheme has no bearing at all because it assumes people of woking. A fundamental problem is a government creating something that does not reflect the reality of the economy and the impact of the restrictions. It is interesting getting an insight into what youre doing. Thank you so much for your time and good luck. A flotilla of boats will sail up the river clyde near glasgow this morning, on a very special mission. The volunteers on board are hoping to encourage a pod of five bottlenose whales back out to sea. Among them will be david devoy, from the british divers marine life rescue team. Hejoins us now from gareloch. What a beautiful surrounding. Good morning to you. I know you are going to be involved in the project. What is going to happen . At around 10 30am were going to take them down to the companies encouraging these whales hopefully out to much deeper water. Tell me about the logistics. What is behind you . Is that where the whales are now . That is where the whales are. Beyond that you have open water. Why are the whales so far in . That is a good question. We do not actually know. That should not be here, they should be in the north atlantic maybe something sonar happened. They have come ensure. But they are not meant to be here. How will the operation work . We are looking at some rather beautiful images of the wales in the bay. How do you try and heard whales ina certain bay. How do you try and heard whales in a certain direction . Were going to create a noise not to disturb or distress the whales but to encourage them to move away from the area and we will do that with boats. And we block off axis. That is going to be about the size of it. The principal clearly is they want to go somewhere where it is more peaceful so that gradually move out. Thats right, getting them back where they should be. People will be helping us spot whales. Under the flotilla of boats we have civilian boats, and also military as well. We wish you luck with what you are up to today and we will follow with interest and i hope it works and we will catch up with you hopefully a little later in the day and find out what happened. Thank you very much. A lot of boats andi thank you very much. A lot of boats and i guess certain parts, there is and i guess certain parts, there is a plan but it is tricky. You cannot predict nature of the time. We wish them luck. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im Victoria Hollins. Criminal gangs are using the uncertainty created by covid 19 to recruit disadvantaged young londoners into county lines drug dealing. Thats the warning from city hall which says those whove lost their jobs or accommodation are particularly at risk. Charities working to help young people leave that life say many dont realise that theyve been groomed or exploited. It is important to create a space for that young person to feel safe and in order for them to disclose some of the information or some of the experiences that they have been through. Some of these are traumatic experiences, trauma based on being physically assaulted, sexual abuse, some of these young people that come into the program are victims of modern slavery. Theres a big hole in transport for londons budget, and this morning the london assemblys Budget Committee is meeting to discuss the problem. Its predicted that tfl will need £5. 8 billion of government money to Keep Services running over the next 18 months. The covid 19 outbreak has seen a significant reduction in passenger numbers and tfl relies on passenger income to fund its operations. Hs2 rebellion are expected to protest today against the felling of trees required to build the high speed rail link. The group an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion argue that the enabling work to clear ancient woodland has already caused irreversible damage to the environment. According to the department for transport hs2 has committed to achieving no net loss in biodiversity along the route. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning the traffic lights are out on fulham high st at thejunction with new kings rd on the north side of putney bridge, where extra traffic is expected as people avoid the closure of hammersmith bridge. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Get set for some very wet and very windy conditions over the next few days across the capital. But for today, it is mostly dry. Now, there was plenty of heavy rain around last night, so its quite wet underfoot for a good while this morning. Still this legacy of cloud around but that cloud is set to thin and break and we will see some bright and sunny spells peak through. Just watch out for one or two showers, particularly later on through the afternoon and temperatures generally peak only between 13 and 15 degrees celsius so cooler than it was yesterday. Now overnight tonight, this very deep area of low pressure is spiralling in from the south. Its going to bring some strong gusts of wind and plenty of heavy rain to all of us but mostly for southern Home Counties, where there is a met Office Weather warning that is valid all day tomorrow. Here we could see plenty of rain, particularly through the morning rush hour, and some particularly strong gusts of wind as well. As we head through friday and the weekend, it is very difficult to pin the detail down but it does look very unsettled indeed. Expect more wet and windy weather over the next few days and staying unsettled next week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Lets return to our main story this morning the high rates of coronavirus across the uk which have prompted the Prime Minister to call this a critical moment. More than1. 5 more than 1. 5 people live in the area including liverpool and st helens and runcorn. Mps were told to expect the changes which were likely to include a ban on households mixing, imminently. One in 200 people in england currently have coronavirus, according to the largest study yet. Searches does make researchers at the imperial couege make researchers at the Imperial College london, said the infection appears to be slowing down. This could be a sign the rule of six and public concern is having a positive effect. Large parts of north wales we re effect. Large parts of north wales were going to look a lot bringing in the same restrictions as most of south wales. From experience this evening most people not be able to leave denbighshire, conwy, wrexham unless they have a valid reason. Businesses which sell or supply Plastic Straws customers could be prosecuted. Exemptions will be made for people who need them for medical reasons. Painters have welcomed the move but say the items are only a fraction of the Plastic Waste which lights our environment. Blights. We can speak now to his environment secretary, george eustice, who is in westminster. Shall we talk about merseyside at the moment . Some of the worst affected areas are currently there. What should those in merseyside expect to have done about it today . There are already restrictions in place in many parts of the north west, ensuring people do not mix between households, stay within their own households and there are some limitations further than we have nationally and things like pubs and have nationally and things like pubs a nd restau ra nts stop have nationally and things like pubs and restaurants stop these are co nsta ntly and restaurants stop these are constantly being reviewed because obviously this is a dynamic situation. You get flareups of the virus in certain cities and towns and there is an ability for people to locally reactivate with his localised changes in lockdowns. I know there are discussions, about the situation in liverpool, but no decisions being taken yet and it is not really possible for me to say what they may or may not do, since i think there is currently dialogue between Health Officials and the local council there. So, as between Health Officials and the local councilthere. So, as far between Health Officials and the local council there. So, as far as you are aware, a decision hasnt been made yet . As far as i understand, a decision hasnt been made, but i understand discussions have been taking place about what further discussions and restrictions may be needed. Im looking at the top ten infection rates in england at the moment. Four of those are in merseyside. You have described them as flareups in local cities and towns. Why do you think these fla reu ps towns. Why do you think these flareups are in those areas . The top ten are all in the north. What would you put that down to . It could be a multitude of factors. We know there isa multitude of factors. We know there is a seasonal element for this virus and so cold, wet weather can be more conducive to its spread. It can be the nature of peoples socialising more, using pubs more in certain parts of the country than in others. It can be work patterns, the type of work that people do, the environment they work in. Really, a multitude of factors they work in. Really, a multitude of fa cto rs ca n they work in. Really, a multitude of factors can contribute to this. Apologies for interrupting you. You have outlined the factors but surely research is being done to see which of those factors are applicable in these cases . So what is the evidence now showing you . What the evidence shows is once the disease gets past a Tipping Point, and they talk about the r number of the infection rate running at1. 5 the r number of the infection rate running at 1. 5 across the country, which means there is a velocity to this virus, once it gets going, then you need to take action to try and dampen it, otherwise itjust rises exponentially, and that is what happens. It can be a range of factors that contribute to the virus getting above that Tipping Point in a particular city, and then you need to act fast in order to dampen it. 0k. To act fast in order to dampen it. Ok. We spoke tojoe anderson, from liverpool, the mayor of liverpool, and he has said what they need is local support. So, they need to be listened to, he hasnt been part of any discussions yet, but believes victor restrictions should be brought in straightaway. Once they are brought in, the localfurlough should be applied as well, local Financial Assistance should be applied as well. Why isnt that in place yet . The government is going to have grants of up to £1500 to support businesses, particularly restau ra nts a nd support businesses, particularly restaurants and pubs, where localised lockdowns happen and where those premises have two shot or are very severely curtailed. So there are grants that are going to be available to support businesses. When . That will be announced and will be in place very quickly. When will be in place very quickly. When will that be in place . will be in place very quickly. When will that be in place . I dont have a time for it. I know the treasury have announced this, i am sure they will be working on standing this up very quickly. Throughout this whole pandemic we have had to stand up emergency measures, often in short order. We did say very successfully with the furlough scheme, with bounce back loans and we will wait for that now. Do you think the rules at the moment are simple enough . When the rule of six was brought in, the whole idea would be it would be easy for people to understand. Now one third of england or the uk is in some kind of extra restriction. Do you think the rules in place are simple enough to be impactful, that eve ryo ne simple enough to be impactful, that everyone understands them . Simple enough to be impactful, that everyone understands them . simple enough to be impactful, that everyone understands them . I think the rule of six can be understood. People understand they should avoid mixing in large groups. I think the requirement to wear a face mask on public transport and in public areas and when you are moving around, i think that is very rarely and easily understood. Then of course you do have in local areas, where you have particular local circumstances, the need to have some of those more targeted local lockdowns. I know a lot has been made about the differences between the approach in different parts of the country, but broadly those areas have a lockdown, they all have one thing in common, thatis, they all have one thing in common, that is, telling people not to mix between two households, tuesday within the household wherever they may be. Its interesting. Im not a fan of giving any cheap shots at all, but you would have seen two front pages today, one with the former leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, dining with more people than six. And the father of the Prime Minister, stanleyjohnson, walking into a shop without a face mask. You say these are simple rules to understand. The fact is there are people out there who say they either forgot or are apologising for not sticking to the rules. It has happened, hasnt it . It does. And you have to understand all of this in the context that the measures are putting in place, in any normal time would be quite extraordinary. These are emergency measures, and trying to look for them to be fair or consistent or perfect is the wrong question, really. We hope that all of these measures we are doing will dampen the disease and get us through this winter without having to have a lockdown. Are any of them perfect, does it lead to complexity, are they perfect . No. Are these simple, orare are they perfect . No. Are these simple, or are they complicated . I am not quite sure what you are saying. The rule of six is simple. Wearing a mask out and about is simple. I know people make an issue about some of the lockdowns that have happened in other parts of the country, but that is responding to local circumstances. And when it comes to compliance with this, generally what we find is if people are not wearing a face mask, the store manager will direct them to public transport sometimes, they have rejected people from trains, generally speaking, they have not had to resort to penalties and fines. I think it is only a few hundred cases that has happened to bed with several hundred thousand cases where they have directed people and people havejust forgotten and apologised and change their behaviour. In terms of simplicity there is discussion and reports, the i newspaper and the bbc have also seen evidence of this being disguised privately, of a new system. A three tier system. Tier is about how the restrictions will apply to different areas. One being the highest, two being some local restrictions and three being the restrictions and three being the rest of england. Will that be the new system . Rest of england. Will that be the new system . Well, i think it is important how you describe it in tiers, i dont know if that is something the Health Department is considering at the moment. It is certainly not something that is being discussed with me at this point. I know they are constantly looking to refine this and ensure people to understand the rules. But i think the more important thing is there a National Measures we all have to follow, and that is broadly the rule of six and wear a face mask stop there are local circumstances where you need to respond to. Generally there is a consistency in what those local lockdowns require, which is broadly speaking, stay within your household. Some also have different cu rfews within your household. Some also have different curfews on restau ra nts. Have different curfews on restaurants. If we can gather that together in a way that people find easy to understand, of course that is welcome. Because of course we are dealing with a pretty difficult situation, unprecedented, we are having to do some quite extraordinary things to dampen this virus. None of us pretend it is perfect or easy, but we are co nsta ntly perfect or easy, but we are constantly trying to refind it. Referring back to liverpool, if restrictions do come back again in merseyside and we are now seeing that there is some confusion because of the complexity and the differences between different regions, how much tougher will the enforcement be to enable and guarantee those restrictions stay in place . Well, look, obviously last week we announced tougher penalties being introduced, so, for people that refused to wear a face mask and where the policejudge it is appropriate, there can be penalties now to £200 for premises that break the rules and break curfew. There can be penalties of over £1000 or more, up to a higher maximum, and for people that fail to self isolate when directed to, there is also significant penalties of over £1000 or more. Will they be tougher . I think those penalties are already quite tough. The issue is the extent to which you deploy them and whether you need to deploy them, or whether actually a warning and a clear direction to people and the threat ofa direction to people and the threat of a fine is enough to bring them into compliance. Generally, it will be, but when you get deliberate flouting of the rules, you have to be able to levy that penalty. There isa be able to levy that penalty. There is a new law that has come into force, we will see no new Plastic Straws, cotton buds or stirrers. Campaigners say it relates to just a fraction of the plastic littering our fields and sees at the moment. As the government gone far enough with this, being delayed six months . You have to look at this in the context of everything were doing in this field. We one the first countries to ban microbeads in cosmetics, we introduced some years ago now a mandatory 5p plastic bag charge on carrier bags, that has led toa charge on carrier bags, that has led to a dramatic drop in the use of carrier bags. We are announcing a ban on the use of plastic in straws and stirrers and cotton buds. Were also planning to rule a deposit return in where we will reward people for returning plastic bottles, and there is a new and extended producer responsibility scheme we are providing for in our environment bill, which will really goa environment bill, which will really go a big step forward in terms of ensuring waste is properly recycled and that we avoid the unnecessary use of plastic packaging. What is the straw you carry . what is the straw you carry . I tend not to use straws, i tend to drink directly out of account. Very sophisticated indeed there is your practical advice for the morning. Thank you forjoining us. Lets look at sport. Mike, we were just asking how to enforce penalties for people who break the rules and this applies in sport. And how long the punishment should be. They said sorry, but englands young stars Mason Greenwood and phil foden will find out if they have served enough time out, as punishment for breaking covid 19 guidelines in iceland, following their international debuts. Foden and greenwood were sent home after englands win in rekjavik last month for what southgate called an unnacceptable breach namely meeting two women in the public area of their hotel it also saw them both fined by icelandic police. They have still been playing for their clubs, but will be hoping its now time to be brought back into the international fold. One player who has good reason to expect a first englandcall up, is the star of this season so far, Dominic Calvert lewin, who scored another hat trick for everton last night, in their 4 1 League Cup Win over west ham, thats 8 goals already. Hes 23 and has only played before for englands under 21 side. Mea nwhle, newcastle had a narrow escape. They were trailing for most of their fourth round match against, League Two Side newport county, who have a rich recent history of giant killing. A goalkeeping mistake giving the welsh side the lead, early on. There were just minutes to go, when Jonjo Shelvey saved newcastle late on, and that took the match to penalties, where newports defender brandon cooper, missed the important kick, to send the premier league side through. It was brilliant night for everton all round, as their women, reached the fa cup final, for the first time in six years beating Birmingham City 3 0, in the first semi final. They, will now play either arsenal or Manchester City in the final, at wembley on november 1st. This competition has been carried over from last season, to be completed after lockdown. And although everton have won the cup before, this will be their first trip to wembley, which is where the womens cup final is now held. When the pressure is on, it is so easy to throw victory away. Thats what happened to the west indies last night, in the final t20 match in the womens series, against england. Due to rain, in derby, the 2 teams only batted for, just five overs each, and after england had made a mess of chasing 42 to win, a wide ball, gave them an, unexpected win, to seal a 5 0 series victory. Now anyone who plays tennis for fun, at our level, will know how frustrating it can be tossing the ball up for the perfect serve, and the more you try it the worse it gets as you rush and become more stressed take comfort from the factit can happen to the top professionals too. This is sara erani, at the french open. Who tries and tried again. She eventually goes for an under arm serve. And wins the point. It was some match at the french open, you are allowed to serve underarm . Yes it is not usually done. I have never been able to serve over arm, ever. If you done. I have never been able to serve over arm, ever. |f you can perfect the technique of underarm. 50 go in, 50 go out, it is not that effective. We play doubles with jo konta and heather watson. That is impressive. It was a close game. I think you won. I was withjohanna konta. He was with heather watson. We had to return the bushel bullet as well. The bushel bullet. I look forward to seeing that one day. Carol has spent lots of time in wimbledon over the years she probably has picked up a few things about serving a ball. What would you call it, carol cracker was make that, i think i like mikes bullet. The weather today is not that bad either. A lot of nice weather around and lighter winds but having said that, were looking at a few showers as well. Still affecting shetland with some rain and stronger winds but a ridge of High Pressure is where things are fairly settled. A lot of dry weather and sunshine around today. Southern scotland, pushing northwards and turning more patchy in nature. Showers continuing across Northern Ireland, wales, the south west, some parts of southern england and the midlands later. It could be quite heavy and the odd rumble of thunder and hail in that as well. Cooler temperatures. This evening and overnight, under clearer skies, the temperatures falling quite quickly. We looking at freezing temperatures on the border. Bear that in freezing temperatures on the border. Bearthat in mind freezing temperatures on the border. Bear that in mind for gardeners, the could be a frost. At the end of the night, a deep area of low pressure coming away from france. This has been named storm alex by the French Met Service. It is due tomorrow, moving northwards across parts of england and wales. For the north of the country, scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england, dry conditions with some sunshine and much lighter winds. All the weather action is in the south and we could have as much as up to 25 millimetres 50 have as much as up to 25 millimetres 50 millimetres coming out of this and of rain in a 12 18 hour period. 65 miles an hour gusts through the English Channel. That combination could lead to some disruption. Migrating northwards but you can see it will still be affecting the channel islands. As we travel north of that, much dry and brighter. Were not done with the low pressure yet. As we head the weekend, more low pressure dominating the weather. Also more rain. At the moment it looks like saturday will be the wettest day stop it will also be windy, with strong winds at that. Still very windy. Unsettled even into next week. Thank you very much. Not much tennis, did you say . Their boss would be blowing everywhere, tennis balls. Laughter. Thank you, carol. Shes only 16 years old but nikki lilly has already interviewed a Prime Minister, wonjunior bake off and gathered an online following of more than a Million People all while living with the challenges of a life threatening medical condition. Now shes written a book which she hopes will teenagers to deal with everything life throws at them. Before we speak to nikki, lets take a quick look at her career so far. The rest of this jam the rest of thisjam i am going to put into the pan. Unlike the caramel. What were you like as a teenager . I have to be honest, it is quite a while back. You must have done some things . I used to have a big imagination when i was younger. I forgot what it is used for. You are doing great things on youtube and you are positive and i love your make upa and you are positive and i love your make up a tutorial. I love you guys very much, thank you for watching. Nikki joins us now from north london. Lovely to see you. How are you doing . Lovely to see you too. I am doing . Lovely to see you too. I am doing ok. It is an early start but i am doing well, thank you. doing ok. It is an early start but i am doing well, thank you. I got up at 3 45am this morning so feel that up. It has been a while since we have spoken. You have written this book and a lot of it borne out of not feeling great some days and learning to accept the rubbish days and moving on. What made you do that . Exactly. I wanted and moving on. What made you do that . Exactly. Iwanted to and moving on. What made you do that . Exactly. I wanted to write come on life because we all have good days and bad days, especially when you are growing up and you are becoming a teenager, it is even harder to navigate that. You know, you have a lot of hard days and you dont really know what to do and i wa nted dont really know what to do and i wanted this book to know how to make the best of your highs and lows and that it the best of your highs and lows and thatitis the best of your highs and lows and that it is ok to have both bad days and good days and everyone does. I hope this book helps people my age or younger or older to feel better. Good morning to you. One of the things i love about the book is you jump things i love about the book is you jump between things that on the face look a little bit trivial and you talk about your sister and how se shares and then you make the leap from those things. How messy she is. You cross all sorts of territories. Yes, i really wanted this to be a book that covered every angle, not only my life and of the things i have experienced and annoy me but also what a teenager goes through, everything from how to deal with a toxic friendship, a chapter on Mental Health and i am open about the things i have gone through and what has helped me. I did not want to do thejust what has helped me. I did not want to do the just these heavy book, i wa nted to do the just these heavy book, i wanted it to be and they escapism for people. I wanted people to read it and for people. I wanted people to read itandi for people. I wanted people to read it and i think, even though it went we are growing up we know we are not alone, we often feel like that and i really wa nted alone, we often feel like that and i really wanted to make sure i spoke openly about the things i had gone through so other people feel like, shut up, someone else feels away that i do so it was important to get the balance of being light hearted but also making sure i went in depth on topics like Mental Health or dealing with issues in yourfamily or other things like that. You are back at college, six form . How is it going . We are hearing so much about stu d e nts going . We are hearing so much about students and the different experience they are having compared to what you might have expected a year ago. How are you dealing with it . It has not been to back. I started six form, which is so strange and obviously it is very different in the sense that theres a lot of measures put into place but iam a lot of measures put into place but i am personally just a lot of measures put into place but i am personallyjust glad to be back at school and have more of a routine because that is what i struggled with down in isolation, you cannot really have a routine because you are not going anywhere or doing much and so that is what i have appreciated about a school, five days a week i can wake up at a certain time and just go to school and do stuff and i am also able to see my friends so it is not too bad. Obviously, at high school, we are wa ry obviously, at high school, we are wary masks and we have this one way system and things like that but i am also glad, being in six form, being able to just do free subjects and it is like non School Uniform day every day so for me it is not meant too bad it could have been worse. You have faced some extraordinary challenges in your life. Sometimes Little Things can be the catalysts for having a bad day. You know about that stuff, on the face that does not seem like a big deal but sometimes it can put you over the edge. Definitely. I also sometimes it can put you over the edge. Definitely. Ialso think sometimes it can put you over the edge. Definitely. I also think that a lot of the time, when we are struggling with things mentally, they can build up and build up and build up especially if you do not speak to anyone about them. A piece of advice i give is that if you are struggling mentally, speak to someone. As hard as that is, it is important to speak to someone you trust. The feelings you have and the things you are thinking willjust keep building and one day they will bea keep building and one day they will be a little thing that normally would not bother you or should not bother you and that could be the thing that puts you over the edge and just makes you feel really, really rubbish so it is super important and that is also what i talk about in the book, it is so important to talk to someone or find an outlet to be able to express how you feel so those feelings dont build up. It is a very wise advice. 16 years old, you speak with a lot of wisdom, if i may say so. Lovely speaking to you this morning. Look after yourself. Thank you. That book, i was thinking about that your headis book, i was thinking about that your head is always jumping around. Book, i was thinking about that your head is alwaysjumping around. I love that her life reflects that. Stay with us, headlines coming up. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty. Our headlines today. Some of the toughest new covid restrictions in england are considered for 1. 5 Million People in merseyside, as the region responds to soaring infection rates. Amid warnings that the whole country is at a critical moment, one minister tells us no measures can be ruled out. I know there are some discussions, going on about the situation in liverpool but no decisions have been taken liverpool but no decisions have been ta ke n yet liverpool but no decisions have been taken yet and it is not really possible for me to say what they may or may not do. The final countdown for furloughed workers. Theres one month left of the multi billion pound scheme. 10 of the whole workforce still relies on it. Has it saved jobs and what comes next . And i am at whipsnade zoo on a really big day for the rhinos, a couple of which you can see now, sizzle, the male rhino, will be released to meet two females as part ofa released to meet two females as part of a threatened Animal Breeding programme. Today is going to be much drier and brighter with lighter winds for most of us than it was yesterday but this is the calm before the storm. This weekend is looking rather wet and very windy. All the details later in the programme. Its thursday the 1st of october. Our top story. The Prime Minister will chair a meeting this morning about imposing tougher coronavirus restrictions on merseyside and parts of cheshire. In the last hour, the liverpool mayorjoe anderson told breakfast the measures could be stricter than those imposed on north east england. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. We know there is to be an announcement later today across what isa announcement later today across what is a very large area, merseyside. Tell us about what theyre thinking is around what might happen. In short, there is real concern, both locally on the merseyside and at westminster in Central Government about the acceleration of cases there over the last month, a 13 fold increase in liverpool, also big increases in knowsley and saint helens and runcorn, other towns dotted around the region. Beatings has been going on so we know that last night, the mayor of liverpool spoke to the Health Secretary for england, matt hancock and we also know a delegation of the regions mps met the care minister, helen whately, discussing some of the ideas that might be imposed on liverpool. There is a keen awareness in the region of Economic Impact it could have but at the same time, real awareness that something has to happen. Joe anderson, the mayor of liverpool, on this programme in the last hour, with this update. We know that theres a covid coordinating meeting taking place sometime this morning, chaired by the Prime Minister. And it will be looking into the serious increase in Covid Infection rates in liverpool and the wider region here. So we expect some announcements this morning. We suspect weve already been told, for instance, there will be similar restrictions and regulations put in place, similar to newcastle. Hearing from some of the mp who met the government last night. It looks like it could be more severe than what has happened in the big chunks of the north east of england. Torque for instance that what could happen is that pubs would only be able to give you a drink if you bought food. One mp leaving the meeting last night suggested maybe that pubs and restau ra nts night suggested maybe that pubs and restaurants would only be able to offer a takeaway service. None of this has yet been announced by the government, as we heard from joe anderson, meetings are still going on and there will be additional discussions this morning before any confirmation. This is the latest from the government. These are constantly being reviewed because obviously this is a dynamic situation. You get flare ups of the virus in certain cities and certain towns and there is an ability for people locally to react to that, with these localised changes and lockdowns. I know that there is some discussions that i understand are going on about the situation in liverpool. But no decisions have been taken yet and its not really possible for me to say what they may or may not do, because there is currently dialogue between Health Officials and the local council there. One local mp was pretty sceptical about what is happening, bill esther seven, the labour mp, telling newsnight last night that trust is pretty low a nd newsnight last night that trust is pretty low and people need to see evidence that the measures will work and that lack of trust is why so many people are going to break the rules. Chris mason, thank you. New restrictions come into place in wales later, tomos morgan is in cardiff for us. We know some areas in south wales we re we know some areas in south wales were affected and are now a north wales is seeing similar instructions . Yes, by tonight, there will be areas of six wales that will not be in a local lockdown, the four joining the list tonight will be wrexham, colley, flintshire and denbighshire, the Council Leaders and the Welsh Government there deciding the rate of infection meant that this was the right choice for them. There has been concerns about how it will affect tourism in the industry. What these local lockdown Restrictions Mean in wales and what the main differences are between the areas of england is that in wales, if you live in a local lockdown area, if you live in a local lockdown area , you if you live in a local lockdown area, you cant leave that area u nless area, you cant leave that area unless you have a valid reason, such as childcare or caring responsibilities, or going to school ora responsibilities, or going to school or a place of work when working from home is in hot is not possible. People should not be going into the local lockdown areas in wales either. As well as that, extended households or bubbles have been banned in those local lockdown areas, so you cant meet indoors with anybody else other than the people that you live with. One thing this has thrown up, of course, is the impact it may have on filming tv series such as the upcoming im a celebrity which should be in conwy in the next few weeks but what will happen there, because technically, people can go into a new area if they have to work there but of course, as we just said, bubbles and extended households have been banned and we have also seen other tv series like the bake off going ahead when the people on that programme created a bubble so it will be interesting to see how that goes ahead and how the authorities deal with productions like that in the future. Thank you forjoining us. Tomos morgan in cardiff. All nhs staff should be tested weekly for coronavirus as a matter of urgency, according to a group of mps. The health and social Care Committee says the government and nhs england must set up weekly testing before winter, at the very latest. The Health Secretary matt hancock told mps in latejune that nhs staff could expect regular surveillance testing, but this has not yet happened. A ban on Plastic Straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force in england today, as part of a drive to tackle single use plastic pollution. Businesses which sell or supply them to customers could be prosecuted, but exemptions will be made for people who need them for medical reasons. Campaigners have welcomed the move but say the items are only a fraction of the Plastic Waste which blights our environment. New figures reveal that more migrants reached the uk illegally by boat last month than in the whole of 2019. The data, compiled by the bbc, shows that nearly 2,000 people made the crossing across the English Channel last month, compared with 1,800 last year. 23 people arrived in two boats yesterday. Conservationists and marine divers will sail up the river clyde near glasgow this morning to try to herd a pod of whales back out to sea. The five northern bottlenose whales are being moved ahead of planned military exercises in the area, which could disturb them. They would normally live much further out at sea. Nine minutes past eight is the time. Carol has been telling us all morning how windy it is for various parts of the country and lots of situations where the wind will be a problem. Good morning. Good morning, that is from tomorrow and through the weekend. Lighter winds than yesterday today, drier as well but having said that, still some showers in the forecast. This is yesterdays rain which has cleared east anglia and kent and will linger across shetland all day. You can see how the rain in southern scotla nd you can see how the rain in southern scotland through the day retreat northwards, turning a bit lighter. A lot of dry weather and sunshine but also some showers, particularly Northern Ireland, wales, into the south west and parts of southern england and the midlands. With light winds, not much to blow them away so we are looking at heavy downpours in places with the odd rumble of thunder and hail. Temperatures today a bit disappointing for the time of year and it will feel cool despite the sunshine. Tonight under clear skies, the temperature will fall away quite quickly. Around the borders of scotland and england, it could be below freezing so if you have been planting in the garden recently, expect a touch of frost. At the same time, a deep area of low pressure coming up from france. The French Weather Service have called this storm alex but we will start at the other end of the country for tomorrows forecast firstly because here, a few showers across northern and western scotland but a lot of dry weather, light winds and sunshine. Northern england and Northern Ireland, the same forecast for you, the odd shower, light wind and a lot of sunshine but as we come south, we have got a curl of rain, a weather front around an area of low pressure, storm alex, which will produce a lot of rain, up to 50 millimetres in 12 18 hours, two inches. Inland, we are looking at gusts of wind, 45 55 mph in exposure and in the English Channel, up to 65 mph. That combination could lead to some disruption and as we head into the weekend, low pressure remains with us. As Coronavirus Infection rates continue to rise, so do the number of people being treated in hospital wards and intensive care units. Lets take a look at some of the figures released by the government during the Prime Ministers briefing yesterday. More than 7,000 new positive test results were reported in england yesterday. Thats up by 3,000 from the previous day. There are more than 2,200 patients being treated for covid 19 in hospitals in england the highest level since july. And there are 312 patients in intensive care units on mechanical ventilators in england, with a significant increase in the north west, north east and london. Lets talk now to peter hampshire, a Critical Care doctorjoining us from the Royal Liverpool hospital. Good morning. We werejust good morning. We were just rattling through some of the statistics and you are at the sharp end. What is it like in your hospital . So over the last couple of weeks, we have had an increasing number of patients who have come into the hospital with covid 19, and we have seen that they are now occupying about half of our intensive care beds on the Royal Liverpool site and the situation is much the same in our sister hospital at aintree. We have also opened up another area in the hospital where patients can have more help with their breathing if they need it, called cpap and that what is nearly full as well. This means we are less able to look after patients who dont have covid because we need to look after those patients in areas where there are no Covid Patients so it is having an effect on our ability to look after everybody else who needs to use the nhs. Peter, as you will be very well aware, there isa you will be very well aware, there is a particular concern about the area you are in now, and merseyside more generally and your hospital is right in the middle of that area. We know that cases are rising and we know that cases are rising and we know and you can tell me, the Clinical Evidence is that when the cases are rising, there is a delay and then there will be more hospital admissions. Knowing that is how this pans out, how does that leave you and your ability to cope in your hospital . So we have done this before in april and may, we experienced a similar surge. We know the numbers came down markedly after the numbers came down markedly after the full lockdown was introduced at that time. And we had preparations ready to cope with the number of patients that we had to look after. So we know we are going to have to do that again. We have already started doing that and we know that we can open up extra beds if we need that. The thing that worries us this time is that we need to carry on looking after patients who need cancer operations, they need to come into the hospital as well and we need to have Critical Care beds for those patients sometimes, if they have particular types of surgery. We need to cope with a normal nhs winter and the huge backlog of patients who need surgery for different reasons, notjust cancer, patients who are waiting to have hip replacements, who are in pain. There are patients with vascular problems that will kill them if they are left untreated. This is so important and im getting the impression from your first answer, you cannot do both of those things . You cannot be prepared will deal with expected rise in admissions due to coronavirus and simultaneously do the work you were talking about. Is it possible to do both of those things . At the moment it is possible to carry on as we are. The second surge is different to the first. The entire focus of the nhs in the first surge was focused on looking after patients with covid 19 and we can call on all the resources. We had our colleagues in the theatres to help us. This way it will be different, because we cannot ignore all those patients who need the nhs for other reasons, so we need to find a way of carrying on for as long as we possibly can looking after those patients as well as looking after the patients with covid 19. And you have identified the problem, there will come a point when that becomes extremely difficult and challenging. Ok, you are using your words cautiously and i understand that. One of the reality is your hospital with face is you will be admitting patients with coronavirus into the hospital and there has been a call from the health and Care Committee, nhs workers, your staff and you as well should get weekly tests for coronavirus in order to carry on doing your work. And this is one of the problems before, nhs staff not being able to work. What is the situation as it stands and how would you make sure your staff will be able to carry on working . That is a big problem because there isnt any regular staff testing for the virus, staff get tested if they have symptoms. If your child is often u nwell symptoms. If your child is often unwell from school, then you have to self isolate, which causes problems. For example, a couple of weeks ago, one of my children was coughing and i had to get him a test and that took a couple of days. I was supposed to be in work and i had to miss those two days in work. If you have a small team of people, obviously that has knock on effects. Regular testing would help to keep staff safe, we dont want coronavirus outbreaks in hospital, because you can be asymptomatic and not know you have got the virus and still be spreading it. So that situation is obviously not ideal. Again, not ideal is one of those phrases. Without those regular tests, is the work you are planning to do compromised . The major issue we have is staffing, so if we open up we have is staffing, so if we open up more areas to look after patients who have coronavirus or need surgery, then as you heard yesterday probably, we have lots of equipment, lots of ventilators, we have lots of other equipment that has been provided. But what you need to run thatis provided. But what you need to run that is staff. If a significant proportion of your staff are at home because they are sick of self isolating and it is difficult for them to get a test, that obviously will have an impact on how much work you can do and how you will staff the beds if you dont have the people to do it. Nursing is a very skilled profession and you cant pick it up overnight. So, we need people in place who can learn how to do thatjob and ideally, you want to identify them before they do the job so you can train them up to look after patients who are sick. One thought, partly personal and also the people who work alongside you and with you, we know psychologically it was a difficult time for nhs staff, hospital staff particularly at the height of the problems. I am assuming he will be worried given we are looking at more hospital admissions now . It is a big pa rt hospital admissions now . It is a big part of concern for your colleagues and yourself . Yes, the challenge we had earlier in the year was obviously, i think the biggest challenge the nhs has faced. And, i think this time it will be different because the feeling is we had a lot of support from the local community, nationwide, everyone was focused on dealing with coronavirus. Although it was difficult, we knew people we re it was difficult, we knew people were supporting us and that made a big difference. We put into place, there were psychologists who were able to support staff when they needed it and that made a big difference. But some staff, particularly those staff who hadnt worked in intensive care before he we re worked in intensive care before he were asked to come and support us, some of those staff are still recovering from that first wave. And we have had a bit of arrest, we have started to organise for what we would probably come in the autumn, but probably come a bit earlier than expected. We know we are going to have to do it again and the surrounding feeling is a bit different to the first time. So in some ways it is easy because we have done it before, or easier because we have done it before, and in some ways it is harder because we know what is going to come. We are still providing support for the staff from the psychologists when they need it. The most important thing is giving people rest at regular intervals, giving people downtime and giving people the ppe they need. People watching this will be full of respect for what you are doing and you are at the Royal Liverpool hospital and there will be restrictions coming there and it will be difficult and we know that. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us this morning. Thank you. Nice to see him smile, but you can see the pressure they are under. Fergus walsh is the bbcs medical editor, hejoins us now from windsor. Before we go into any detail or anything, i was taken by what peter was saying there, your reflections because you have spent so much time in hospitals and talking to star. He was saying they need people in place right now when it comes to intensive ca re right now when it comes to intensive care units. His quote was, you cannot pick it up overnight. He was talking about the second wave, i know it has not been officially determined, but how the staff are feeling at this moment in time, knowing what they have been through, they have that experience, but knowing the intensity and pressure that comes with that. What have you been hearing from the people you have been talking to who are in the nhs at the moment and are dealing with this again . It was sobering listening to that, because staff backin listening to that, because staff back in march, april and may, they we re back in march, april and may, they were really exhausted and they were going through this day after day, long hours shifts in that sweltering ppe. And a lot of them really suffered, in terms of the effect on their Mental Health, exhaustion and here we go again. We are in a fragile place now, but we are in a very different place to where we we re very different place to where we were in march, although things, as you heard, half of the intensive ca re you heard, half of the intensive care beds in liverpool are now full. Across the uk, it is about one tenth of the level of covid admissions that we had back at the peak in april and about one tenth of the number of people on ventilators at the peak. So we are in a very different place. In terms of ppe, daily we were talking about shortages of ppe. Borisjohnson promised yesterday there was a four month stockpile of ppe. So hopefully we wont be talking about that at all. But this is worrying. That they see what might be coming down the track in the weeks ahead. Also, another thing that was mentioned by peter hampshire was testing. You will be aware there are calls now, and it was promised months ago that nhs staff, nurses will be tested on a weekly basis and thatis will be tested on a weekly basis and that is not happening and the concern is now, obviously, if it is contracted by staff, and then what happens to the Staffing Levels . What is the defence that is being put forward for the reason that this is not yet in place . Yesterday, Boris Johnson said they were on track for by the end of october, having 500,000 tests a day. I am not sure if you are testing every staff member once a week, even that would be enough to cope with the demand also within the community . But the uk is now doing a lot more testing thanit uk is now doing a lot more testing than it was. We were not doing Community Testing in march, there is now may be around 200,000 tests also being done. The promise is for 500,000, but of course, when it comes, that is when it will start having an effect. Lets talk about this research by Imperial College london. It has taken 80,000 people who were surveyed and looking at the infection rate on how many people who have it and how it relates in tens to the general population. So what helps us understand how it is spreading and how we can contain that . This is really Impressive Research from Imperial College and ipsos mori. They randomly choose tens of thousands of people around england in every local Authority Area to sign up and do a swab. They have been doing this now since may. At the beginning of the month, they suggested the epidemic was doubling in size every seven days. They suggested back then that the r number was maybe 1. 7. They now have a hint, and i would say it is no more than a hint that the growth in the epidemic may be slowing. But one in 200 people in england, they believe is currently infected with coronavirus. But they think it may be slowing. They have rushed out their data and the full data will come out next week, so we will have a more accurate picture then. That is encouraging, but lots of caution around it that the rule of six and the restrictions may be having some effect. Because those swab tests we re effect. Because those swab tests were done right up until saturday, so it is pretty current. Fergus walsh, always good to talk to you. Our medical editor, fergus walsh. Dogs have helped millions of us to get through this pandemic they cheered us up, kept us company and gave us a reason to go outside and exercise. Now it seems they might also help us to defeat the virus itself by using their incredible power of smell. Breakfasts Graham Satchell reports. Come on this is asher. He is a medical detection dog. Scientists are hoping specially trained dogs can be a vital help in the fight against covid 19. The dogs have this incredible sense of smell. They have 350 million sensory receptors dedicated to olfaction. Now, us poor humans have got five million and we think we can smell pretty well. Ashers remarkable nose has already been trained to sniff out a number of human diseases like cancer and malaria. Now a joint Research Project with the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine and Durham University is seeing whether they can detect covid 19. We now know scientifically that diseases change body odour and, you know, dogs are incredibly good at sniffing and we all know that, but they are also very good at learning as well. And so they can learn the smell of a particular medical condition. We now know that dogs really can do this really well so we are really hopeful that the dogs will be able to do this for covid 19. Helsinki airport in finland. Trials have already started here with dogs sniffing passengers as they arrive. So this dog is able to do a rapid noninvasive test as to whether somebody is carrying the covid 19 odour, and that is whether they are symptomatic, or pre symptoms. This could be a game changer. Whenever you get a public space where people are moving rapidly, the dog, in a 0. 5 second sniff, will be able to say you have got the odour of the virus and you need to get tested and isolated. This is kip, one of the dogs being trained to detect covid 19. He lives with sam. I think it is a fantastic project. The capability of dogs to do mass screening in a speedy time is really important because covid is going to be with us for a while yet. They have a massive part to play. The dogs are trained by sniffing samples of clothing from people who currently have covid 19. Researchers say they desperately need more samples and are appealing for help. Good girl particularly, we need people who are positive, who have had a recent test. And what we will do is basically send a pack, it is really simple. We have three items, one being a pair of stockings, a face mask and a shirt or t shirt, and basically, we are asking people to wear those for a few hours, pop them back in an envelope which is prepaid and send them back to us. We need as many people as possible, particularly those who are positive. Once the Research Project is complete, Scientists Say these dogs could be sniffing out the virus in Public Places in a matter of weeks. Graham satchell, bbc news. It is such a wonderful story. You can volunteer a covid sample and go on the tropical medicine website for details. Look at this fella. I am guessing because i am not sure if thatis guessing because i am not sure if that is sizzle, who has been introduced this morning at whipsnade zoo introduced this morning at whipsnade zoo to two potential mates. Sizzle, literally has a hot date and we will see how they get along. We have Justin Rowlatt we will see how they get along. We haveJustin Rowlatt he will explain. Is this the first time they have met, sizzle and the two females . It seems to be going well. Not that i am an expert on first dates. There is no fighting, he must feel co mforta ble is no fighting, he must feel comfortable in the company. Later on we will find out from people who know what they are talking about. How very dare you. I dont think it is difficult to figure out if things are getting on. Find out what is happening where ever you are this morning. Good morning from bbc london, im Victoria Hollins. Criminal gangs are using the uncertainty created by covid 19 to recruit disadvantaged young londoners into county lines drug dealing. Thats the warning from city hall which says those whove lost their jobs or accommodation are particularly at risk. Charities working to help young people leave that life say many dont realise that theyve been groomed or exploited. It is important to create a space for that young person to feel safe and in order for them to disclose some of the information or some of the experiences that they have been through. Some of these are traumatic experiences, trauma based on being physically assaulted, sexual abuse, some of these young people that come into the programme are victims of modern slavery. The mayor is calling for action to tackle inequality as a new report confirms the disproportionate impact of covid 19 on ethnic minorities, disabled people and those living in deprived areas. Released today, the independently comissioned report, reveals that black people are almost twice as likely to die from covid 19 than white people, and mortality rates from the virus are three times higher for men in lower paid, manual roles. Some of londons best known venues were turned red overnight to highlight claims that the capitals trade exhibition and Events Industry is being ignored. Thousands ofjobs will be lost and a key to londons economic recovery could vanish unless the government does more to help, according to the association of event venues. Under current covid restrictions, trade exhibtions are not allowed to take place. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes but london overground has severe delays between Clapham Junction and surrey quays. And there are residual delays for Southeastern Rail Services into Charing Cross after earlier signal problems at lewisham. Anticlockwise traffic on the m25 is being held atjunction 5, m26, following a three vehicle accident, with tailbacks towards the clacket lane services. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Get set for some very wet and very windy conditions over the next few days across the capital. But for today, it is mostly dry. Now, there was plenty of heavy rain around last night, so its quite wet underfoot for a good while this morning. Still this legacy of cloud around but that cloud is set to thin and break and we will see some bright and sunny spells peek through. Just watch out for one or two showers, particularly later on through the afternoon and temperatures generally peak only between 13 and 15 celsius so cooler than it was yesterday. Now overnight tonight, this very deep area of low pressure is spiralling in from the south. Its going to bring some strong gusts of wind and plenty of heavy rain to all of us but mostly for southern Home Counties, where there is a met Office Weather warning that is valid all day tomorrow. Here we could see plenty of rain, particularly through the morning rush hour, and some particularly strong gusts of wind as well. As we head through friday and the weekend, it is very difficult to pin the detail down but it does look very unsettled indeed. Expect more wet and windy weather over the next few days and staying unsettled next week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Lets talk to nina. The furloughs will have been covered and are very grateful and there are concerns that are grateful and there are concerns that a re really grateful and there are concerns that are really building amongst so many sectors. I was thinking back to that day in march where the chancellor stood up in downing street and introduced it and we were thinking, what is this . What does velleman . And then we explain that the next day and it has become an established pa rt day and it has become an established part of important. Back in march, businesses were forced to close their doors and temporarily lay off workers and to protectjobs through the crisis, the government introduce the crisis, the government introduce theJob Retention the crisis, the government introduce the Job Retention scheme, the crisis, the government introduce theJob Retention scheme, orfellow. Workers were essentially placed on leave but received 80 of their pay with the state picking up the tab. For millions of workers using the scheme, it has cost almost £40 billion. With millions of workers. The chancellor says it cant last forever and the treasury has been reducing the amount it provides. From today, employers will get 60 of the wages paid by government with the rest being covered by their bosses. At the end of the month, thurlow disappears for good. The fellow scheme. One in ten of the workforce is still on some form of it, though, so what comes next for them and has the Job Retention scheme helped to retain jobs . I have been finding out. Almost £40 billion and counting. Almost ten millionjobs. Every furlough story is different. Im chris, a night manager in a hotel in manchester, and i have been furloughed since march. Some people would say it sounds great you get to stay at home, you get paid anyway. What would you say to them . You are spending a lot more at home but you are still receiving less and you do get a sense of a feeling of worthlessness because youre not doing anything through the day. And i personally, i miss my colleagues. What has been the impact on your Mental Health . A lot of sleepless nights. I am back on medication and, to be quite frank, there have been points of very, very low points where you are thinking, what am i worth at the minute . Some people would say you are one of the lucky ones, youre still getting an income. I would say, try and live it, because i might have an income at the minute but at the end of october, when the furlough scheme ends, i do not know where im going to be getting my income from. I dont want to be on benefits. I am lydia and i work in property. I was furloughed in march for two months. I remember, it was a sunny day and i was actually in the garden and graham gave me a call and straightaway it was great, laid out black and white what the company would be doing in terms of using the furlough scheme. Do you think furlough saved yourjob . Yeah, definitely. With us being a small business, i think it was essential to have such a scheme in place. And you have been promoted and ive been promoted. Well done. Thank you. Lam really happy, and its just another step closer to where i want to be career wise, so im thrilled, really. Hi, im matt, i was furloughed from myjob in march and then i started to pursue my dog training full time. With my bar situation, they were really good about it. Straight onto furlough. On the self employed level, there was no support from the government available, as i had not currently been through the tax system, which meant income dropped by over or about two thirds. Ijust made the decision, you know what, lets justjump in with two feet and i have been doing it full time for two or three weeks and im absolutely loving it. Actually, the volatility that came with covid has led you into this new life . Oh, yeah, definitely. It definitely made me take the leap, i guess, that bit of a leap of faith. Youve got to take the bull by the horn in these kind of situations. You do not know what the universe is going to give you so you have to go with it. The universe has give you new lovely luna. It has. Thanks to chris, lydia and matt. In some ways they were the lucky ones. People who started theirjob too late to be furloughed, people on short contracts, and some self employed workers didnt qualify for any Government Support and many of them feel frustrated and abandoned. Mps think there could be at least a million workers in this boat. One Campaign Group thinks it could be three times that number. Have a look at this for the past few months, theatre and arts venues have bee lit up in red to highlight the plight of freelance workers in the industry. These are the latest pictures from last night. And weve been speaking with faye, a tv and theatre freelancer who didnt qualify for support and has had a difficult six months. I have been stuck at home for over six months without a job. I have got three children that i have to provide for. Im having to sell my house because i cant afford to stay here. And i wont lie, there are days when i cry, but yeah. Thanks to her as well. Last week, the government announced another scheme to follow on from furlough. But it is crucially less generous than the original and still wont help people like faye. It is going to be a very uncertain few months for lots of workers up and down the country. We have spoken so many times about unemployment figures and how the furloughs scheme is masking the true figures of those who will be unemployed within a couple of months. Nina, thank you. I was watching what nina was saying but im keeping my eye onjustin because theres a lot of pointing going on down at whipsnade. You are with the rhinos, and tell us the tale of sizzle, what is going on . Behind me, you can see the southern white rhinos, the very rare animals at whipsnade zoo and they have just released the male, sizzle, who you can see with his back to us, he has just been released and he is with the four females that are already here at whipsnade. But he is meeting for the first time, or would be, two new females, who have been brought in as part of a Breeding Programme but when sizzle came out, look what happened to the two new females, they immediately run off and they are right over there they are a bit nervous. Sizzle seems to be making his presence felt amongst the other female rhinos. I am joined by malcolm fitzpatrick, the head of conservation at london zoo and whipsnade zoo, so what are we hoping to happen . Be discreet but what are we hoping forfrom sizzle to happen . Be discreet but what are we hoping for from sizzle today is blue ultimately, we are hoping for breeding success but as you can see, it is going to be a long courtship. We need to maintain, genetically and geographically, healthy zoo populations. More and more, they are an insurance population again species facing imminent extinction in the wild. We have got countless Success Stories of zoo bred animals that have been reintroduced to their former wild state so we know it works, however, the conservation Breeding Programmes that zoos collaborate on are very expensive to operate. We need to make sure we can access government funding to continue our vital conservation work. So the idea is that their zoos around the world share the animals, they move them around and that way, you keep the genetic diversity you need. So sizzle, the idea is to bring the new females in and if sizzle was a bit more enthusiastic, he would be over their greeting his new girlfriends and making them feel co mforta ble. New girlfriends and making them feel comfortable. How long does this process. Comfortable. How long does this process. Ive got to be quite careful how i describe it but how long does the process normally take to introduce new rhinos . How long would it take for sizzle to kind of, you know, become friendly with the new arrivals . It can take a long time but the conservation Breeding Programmes, we have been working for a year to programmes, we have been working for a yearto import programmes, we have been working for a year to import the new females and sizzle in time. It will be a long courtship but we are hoping ultimately for breeding success and in 1618 ultimately for breeding success and in 16 18 months, that we have another young rhino at whipsnade as pa rt of another young rhino at whipsnade as part of this vital Conservation Programme that is really so important for the future of white rhinos. It all seems a bit feisty, theres a lot of tension. This is sizzle and the existing females, meanwhile, up in the back, over the little rise, you can see the two new females, looking rather anxiously at the way sizzle is behaving. He has quite a big animal, throwing his weight around. It is an exciting time, rhino introductions are often boisterous with lots of huffing and puffing, and a bit of argy bargy. But it is all going really well and we are hoping for success. Listen, i have been learning about rhinos today and the gestation period of a rhino is between 16 18 months. As malcolm says, it will take a while for sizzle to get used to his new females, the new girlfriends, but may be in 16 18 months, perhaps two yea rs, may be in 16 18 months, perhaps two yea rs , we may be in 16 18 months, perhaps two years, we might have baby rhinos at whipsnade. We will certainly come back for that. Can i just, so we establish, i know you did it before but can we check whether the lady rhinos are any closer at this point . Can the camera plan over . They are on the other side of the hill you mightjust be on the other side of the hill you might just be able on the other side of the hill you mightjust be able to see their backs moving, they are very anxious about sizzle, as soon as he came out, they immediately run off. They are very anxious, but in fact, sizzle and the other females are having a bit of a showdown. Quite a tense day for the rhinos at whipsnade. Well, you know, these things, you dont want to rush them, do you . Who would have thought a rhino could disappear that quickly, a big animal. Any thoughts on that, carol . None at all. You must have something. Every time i Say Something, it ends meet up in trouble so i am moving on from that. It is the kind of trouble you like that is one of your phrases yes, it is. Look at this lovely picture here and for many it will be drier today than it was yesterday. That wont be too difficult, mind you. We are looking at lighter winds. The weather front is in the north sea but the tail end of it will affect shetland all day with windy conditions. We have a ridge of High Pressure which is settling things down nicely. Today, a lot of dry weather and sunshine and some showers. The rain in southern scotland pushing northwards, rein lingering in shetland and showers coming in across Northern Ireland, wales and the south west and we will see some in southern england and we could see the odd rumble of thunder and some hail. In between, there will still be some sunshine to look forward to. Temperatures will be ten to 16 degrees, so feeling cool for the time of year. This evening and overnight under clear skies the temperature will fall away quickly. It will be cooler than last night and around the borders, the temperature could dip below freezing so if you have been planting in the garden, bear that in mind, there will be some frost around. By the end of the night we will be seeing rain that will be heavy with gusty winds coming in from france. The French Met Service has called this storm alex. Storm alex will bring some wet and windy weather across southern england and across wales tomorrow. Move north of that, north of england, scotland and Northern Island you will have a dry day with lighter winds and sunshine. If we focus on where the weather could potentially be disruptive, we have this rain coming across the channel islands, this rain coming across the channel islands, and wales. This rain coming across the channel islands, and wales. We could have as of england and wales. We could have as inches. With the strong winds, 40 to 55 mph and across the English Channel, especially with the exposure in the English Channel, up to 65 mph and that could have an impact. Keep in touch with the forecast and if you have travel plans, keep in touch with your carrier. As we head through the rest of the weekend, low pressure dominates our weather and you can see the isobars stretched across the uk and a lot of rain around. It sums up uk and a lot of rain around. It sums up the forecast for the weekend. We are looking at the heavy rain and strong 15 millimetres of rain, as much as two inches. With the strong winds, 40 to 55 its not just the first day of october today, its also the first day of black History Month. It has happened for the last 30 years, but organisers say this years event, which follows the huge growth of the black lives matter movement, is more relevant than ever. Greg mckenzie has been to meet some of those taking part. Waiting to be disturbed by the next person who sees in my skin a good reason for a tone dive into condescension. Newsreel arrivals at tilbury, the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaican. From slavery to windrush, britains black History Month is not about far away people. It is about uk history. Launched back in the 1980s, over seven days, it was a chance to educate and inform people about black history, which was not being taught in our schools. I think black History Month is a great vehicle to raise awareness of black history but for the black cultural archives, one of the sayings we have is black history every day of the year. The black cultural archives in brixton, south london, holds a treasure trove of research and information, stemming back some 2000 years. I think that there is a lot more that needs to be done to understand that black history is not confined to a month. It is not confined to particular periods, especially of recent history in britain, but there is this influence and contribution, you know, stretching back thousands of years. The month of october is not about creating a separate history, it is simply about remembering a history that already exists. I drown it out with music, screaming at how often i scrape its breath into my palm and will it to eat slower. Tolu is a poet and today, a collection of her works will be published as part of the 20 in 2020 campaign. I mean, if we look at the history of the uk, black people in particular have played a particular part in building the infrastructures of this country. It has either been built by them or on their backs, and so, black History Month is a time to remember that, especially since it is not remembered everywhere else. There will be many events taking place throughout the month of october, up and down the uk, including phenomenal women at the Southbank Centre in the capital. The exhibition honours the achievements of black women in academia. We both wanted to capture these women as powerful, as symbolising something also about their professions, because if we are going to take the time to do an exhibition, it is really important that their stature and authority was reflected in the portraits. The recent black lives matter protests have highlighted the reality of the global injustices and systematic racism that black people have faced for years. Black History Month is a time to look forward and celebrate the here and now, as well as a time to reclaim history and reimagine how shared history will be told in the future. Greg mckenzie, bbc news. Joining us now is equality campaigner amal fashanu. Good morning and thank you for your time this morning. I want to pick up on the thought good morning and thank you for your time this morning. I want to pick up on the the events this year and looking at how the conversation has changed, how the conversation has changed, how important it is now that these issues are discussed, and discussed that report there. I hope you manage to hear some of it. Just talking about some of the events this year and looking at how the conversation has changed, how important it is now that these issues are discussed, and it is extremely important, i think. Now, more than ever, we have seen 2020 has shown i didnt even realise how we need to talk about this more. It might be naive of me to say, but ididnt it might be naive of me to say, but i didnt even realise how there was and how much injustice there is in the it 2020 has highlighted the fact we need to do more. What personally has made you realise that this is and twenty20 has highlighted the fa ct we and twenty20 has highlighted the fact we need to do more. What personally has made you realise that this i think like everyone else, the incident with george floyd has been a catalyst to a, i think, we are still suffering racism that has highlighted a lot for me, personally. It on the continent. Twe nty20 personally. It on the continent. Twenty20 has been a year that has highlighted a lot for me, personally. It has been ijoin forces with everyone and raise some awareness. To be fair, it has not just been this year. I started my quality brand in 2012 and since then, it has been pretty relevant andi then, it has been pretty relevant and i have been talking about racism where i have said, i need to do something. Even if i cannot change the world, it is best ijoin forces with everyone and raise some awareness. To be fair, it has not just been this year. I started my a quality brand in 2012 and since then, it has been pretty relevant andi then, it has been pretty relevant and i have been talking about racism for the past nearly nine amal, nine yea rs pa rt of for the past nearly nine amal, nine years part of your life and just your regular life anyway, do you get a sense and a huge part of your life and just your regular life anyway, do you get a sense and the issues around race has i think it has changed to the point it has got worse. Talking about it the way we are talking now, it is shocking for me. I thought we were in a different world and 2020 has highlighted that we are not. We need to talk more about it and it is i am not even sure. I think it has changed to the point it has got worse. Talking about it the way we are talking now, it is shocking for me. I thought we we re it is shocking for me. I thought we were ina it is shocking for me. I thought we were in a different world and 2020 has highlighted that we are not. We need to talk more about it and it is important that kids know about every type of grassroots level, every type a position to say everything is ok because it is we are not in a position to say everything is ok because it south, and it is us, not the tvs and it is not your n. Do you think enough is known when it comes iamjust think enough is known when it comes i am just letting our audience know, there is a buzzing on the sound, and it is us, not the tvs and it is not your end. Do you think enough is known when it comes to black History Month . I think we need to talk more about it. It is not something eve ryo ne about it. It is not something everyone knows . I think we need to talk more about it. It is not something everyone it is something we need to inform ourselves extremely positive, but it is not black History Month is amazing and it is extremely positive, but it is thank you for talking to us. The former childrens tv presenter and lib dem peer, baroness floella benjamin, was one of the Windrush Generation. She came to the uk from trinidad in 1960. Now, to mark the start of black History Month, her story is being told as a cbeebies bedtime story. Its read by the historian and broadcaster professor David Olusoga. Lets have a look. On the day we arrived in southampton, we did agree on one thing. We all put on our best clothes in case we were going to meet the queen. We didnt see the queen at the dock, but marmie was there, waving up at us. I thought she looked like an angel. She gave me the biggest hug and a blue knitted cardigan to keep me warm. Lets go home, she said. We found ourselves in a land of vast underground trains and moving staircases. But london did not feel very welcoming. And people were not very kind. We all lived in one room, so we missed our lovely, big house in trinidad. But we were a family again. Our new home might not be what we had expected, but we would work hard and life would be better. Professor David Olusoga joins us now from bristol. The first thing that strikes me, it is quite a responsibility to tell that tale, written by flavell benjamin, childrens presenter herself, but a privilege to tell her story in a way a lot of children with grasp, understand and hopefully enjoy. It was a real privilege, i grew up watching her on television so to read her story was a wonderful experience. I dont think we understand the story of the Windrush Generation enough, i dont think the story and the scandal would have happened if people understood the back story of londons caribbean community. One of the things, as you say, baroness benjamin is someone across the generations that people know. There is a natural way into the story because sometimes part of the story because sometimes part of the problem is, people dont know where to start . We grew up with black britons and she was a handful of people who were on television and they meant an enormous amount to people like myself, black british people like myself, black british people growing up. Their stories are an incredible dough into understanding the bigger story of how people from the caribbean are intimately linked to the british story, they are part of the british story, they are part of the british story and they have been since the 17th century. We were talking to amal fashanu earlier and we were talking about the value of black History Month and this ties into that, what is the value of it . It has developed and matured. It was an american import and it took awhile to find its it is now british focused and not american focused any more and is more celebrate every month. Look on social media this morning, people want to celebrate these amazing stories, these amazing biographies of black britons from the past and we need some celebration. We have had quite a year and it is wonderful black History Month has kicked off with this great, celebratory positive feel. Good to chat with david. Thanks to amal fashanu as well and black History Month starting in october. It has been running nationwide for over 30 years. We are going to be talking to misha paris, singer and actor. Some of you will remember her music, but she is in east and is as well. Its 8. 59. This is bbc news with the latest headlines. In the largest study of coronavirus cases in england, scientists suggest the spread of the virus may be slowing, but warn that levels of infection reamain high in all areas of the country. Liverpool looks set to face stricter local measures, after a big spike in infections in the city. You know, at the beginning of september, we had 94 infections on a weekly basis. Today, it is 1287. A further half a Million People in north wales will come under local lockdown restrictions this evening from 6pm. Let us know whether you welcome the new restrictions or are worried about new lockdown rules coming in in yourarea