predicting whether it will be sunshine or heavy rain come november 3rd is decidedly risky. jon sopel, bbc news, miami. for the first time since the spring lockdown, the queen has carried out a public engagement outside a royal residence. she was joined by prince william for the visit to the porton down laboratory near salisbury, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. out and about again on official duty, for the first time for seven months. the queen, accompanied by prince william, was at porton down. socially distanced, of course, but without facemasks. everyone they met had tested negative for coronavirus. they were shown the latest in bomb detection technology. machines that can detect one billionth of a gram of explosives. and sniffer dogs, which do it the old —fashioned way, with a keen nose and a waggly tail. and so to the subject which is dominating all of our lives — the pandemic. no one knows what's going to come next. and the scientists whose lives are spent dealing with deadly viruses. the queen listened and expressed a universal concern. now it is doubling. it's off again, isn't it? it is unfortunately on the rise. in ordinary times, it would have been a routine royal visit. a plaque was unveiled to mark the opening of a new building. a visitors' book was signed — "proof we have been here," said the queen. but these are not ordinary times. it's been one of the most exceptional years of her long reign. and the fact that she was there, resuming her public duties, albeit with great caution, was a token of what, as head of state, she does — to reassure people that even with all the current difficulties, a pattern of life can continue. nicholas witchell, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster john stapleton and editor of politics home, kate proctor. tomorrow's front pages starting with. .. borisjohnson pushed towards a national lockdown — that's the telegraph's headline as the uk prime ministerfights to save his local lockdown plans in the face of pressure from labour and his own health advisers. the metro features an image of the mayor of greater manchester who has rejected plans to place the city in a stricter lockdown and accused borisjohnson of using northerners as ‘sacrifical lambs' in the battle against coronavirus. the uk edition of the financial times has the same story on manchester but leads with the news that borisjohnson is expected to try to force brexit trade talks to a moment of crisis, amid claims that brussels is dragging its feet. the international edition of the new york times reports a resurgence of coronavirus in europe has led officials to close bars and impose curfews — with hospital beds across the continent rapidly filling up. the daily express carries a warning from the uk's national health service that millions of missed gp appointments are ‘a ticking time bomb‘. the paper reports that many people are said to be scared of catching coronavirus at the doctor's surgery. and the japan times features an image of pro—democracy protesters in thailand who are calling for reforms to the monarchy and military. just some of the front pages we have already. so let's begin. let to have you both with us, a lot of the papers especially uk additions featuring on focusing on the lockdowns across the country, the lockdowns across the country, the eye looking at the lockdown rebellion growing, and it's got a picture of the greater manchester mayor andy burnham. a lot of different issues we heard him speak today, early ron saying you will resist this move to the region into this third tier. a lot of different issues surfacing when we heard him speak there. yes, quite a performance there. if the chief concern says the only deputy health adviser said that going into tier three it simply won't work which is quite a telling statement, i'm not her the before from any source. i think the main concern was that about the financial system in the northwest. reported tonight saying a third of youngsters in the northwest are on the poverty line something like 40% in a town like oldham, my hometown. his point was that the scheme is not being funded properly. the northwest is being used like canaries ina the northwest is being used like canaries in a coal mine. as an experiment and an experiment away. he's not being funded properly, people being expected to exist on 60% of the normal salary rather than 80% just what they were paid in the initial lockdown. discipline can't afford that, it's going to ruin the economy eroded businesses, and he's just not having it. having said that as we know think i'm right in saying the government can oppose this if they so wish but also threatened our previous statements to actually take legal action over this and we will see what happens. quite a battle, obviously. it was a dramatic statement, i'm pleased to watch our channel. in north and south divide, local versus a national government. all coming out here and also talking about scientists continuing with the suggestion of these scheduled circuit breakers. that is something the scientists have brought up quite a lot, they suggested you could do it for a couple of weeks or three weeks and then have a gap and then go back to doing that. i would just say that in terms of science underpinning some of these lockdown measures i think some people that are involved in the decision—making, particularly in the northwest and the people i was speaking to today remain unconvinced by these elements if feel undermines the argument for the restrictions. the mps that were on the call today to what we've done this with members of the government we re this with members of the government were there were not convinced by the idea that this spread is really huge in the hospitality sector in particular. there was a we don't really understand why we have to close hospitality venues entirely cover why you would have to limit hours and other places, i think there is still a lot of discussions going on about what evidence there is to try and move to this next tier three level. whilst people remain unconvinced you are not going to have the buy—in from labour mps at all. i would just say on this that andy burnham has led this and it's a powerful front page image which shows and giving the speech today but if the conservative mps the northwest and greater manchester area that had a big impact on this as well. i don't want tier three and have made that very clear. and don't forget manchester in the northwest of the situation were ten weeks now and they're saying it's a play has not made any difference. it begs the question why it's being introduced in london and other areas as well. notjust labour mps, in london and other areas as well. not just labour mps, matt hancock having heard what andy burnham said when outside westminster instead he helped people would stop playing party politics. well, maybe he did not know this for conservative mps ina group not know this for conservative mps in a group as well but it's not party politics, it's a broad consists of of opinion among splitter configures the northwest that this proposed idea for that region simply won't work and is not properly funded. that leads us on quite nothing to the daily telegraph which reached the image of the queen we will come onto that later. the main headline the premise are pushed towards a national lockdown. the following from what you are saying thenis following from what you are saying then is that the direction that you feel the prime minister is going to be heading towards? certainly under increasing pressure to do that. wales is doing that and so is northern ireland or similar measures anyway. i've been talking about this to friends and i'm reluctantly coming around to the opinion that that possibly is the answer. as i said or indicated tier two or northwest simply has not worked. tier three has not made a significant difference in the ripple and they're significant difference in the ripple and they‘ re having significant difference in the ripple and they're having a terrible time up and they're having a terrible time up there. do these things really work, would it not be better grandmas that might be to put the whole country and national lockdown, it did work last time around or possibly would work this time rather than fiddling with it as it were, fiddling with the problem in the slightly haphazard way from region to region. what do you make of it because what is your preference when it comes to the alert system in the way that we should be going forward asa way that we should be going forward as a country? i think the tier syste m as a country? i think the tier system is, probably does make some sense although it has come a bit late asjohn points sense although it has come a bit late as john points out sense although it has come a bit late asjohn points out parts sense although it has come a bit late as john points out parts of the country have been under these sort of mesh measures already and now they are just sort of being categorised and sorted out. i think the main thing is if we are going to talk about circuit break is no point in doing that unless you get the test and trace system sorted out and we saw today that they're still a really big gap and how many people actually have cases and how many of their contacts are actually being traced. i think the level today is around 60% which just traced. i think the level today is around 60% whichjust is not good enough at all. the only way that a circuit breaker is going to really work is to try and make sure that people that have the virus are contacted and self— isolate people that have the virus are contacted and self—isolate and then you can have that two week period of self isolation over and done with and people can get back on with things. if you don't have that in place to accompany a circuit breaker just can't really see that it's going to have much of an impact at all. all will see surely that as soon as that break is lifted then the numberof soon as that break is lifted then the number of cases willjust rise again and will be in the same situation. this allegedly will be the test entry system was discussed in the country £12 billion is currently heading up some of the people consultants paid to get it right with a £7,000 a day. cannot have enough money people in the northwest that are earning the minimum wage more money for them to survive during this lockdown period. it's always interesting to see how all of this is viewed from the united states, the new york times is looking at the whole of europe and focusing on the curfews, the bars being closed and the groups, focusing on that but we are but the restrictions in france, and eight cities including paris. kate talk us through how the new york times is to make given the situation in the america as well. in such a sad story to be honest. he read through the whole thing it's like the lights going out across europe. texas on a bit of a whirlwind tour through european capitals. the kind of places you may have been on holiday ora places you may have been on holiday or a weekend break, places you may have been on holiday ora weekend break, cases places you may have been on holiday or a weekend break, cases like prague or amsterdam. talk about the restrictions coming in and face masks now being made mandatory in indoor public places in amsterdam and that the hours are closing in certain french cities. it glue the whole hospitality industry right across europe is going to complete change this autumn. and it does create a rather bleak picture and i'm sorryi create a rather bleak picture and i'm sorry i can't really put in a positive ending to this. if you read this new york times column you may end up feeling a little bit depressed about where we are at the moment. i don't think you can put a positive spin on it butjohnny will try. starch interrupt, i suppose that the for americans because it gives them the thing that they are not the only ones because they have afar not the only ones because they have a far worse situation than most european countries. slightly comforting for them but a bleak picture, and having criticised this government on many occasions the past for the way they have handled this crisis, one has to accept his isa this crisis, one has to accept his is a huge problem in virtually every country in the world. absolutely everyone. crucial to state that. well we are looking international papers let's look at the german frankfurter will move away from coronavirus for the time being and let's, let's talk about brexit. do we have to? yes we do. because of that you are going to start, what's the german stance on it was ray passing to see how it europe and especially germany see what the british government is doing. am i starting this, sorry? yes you are. european leaders have a meeting for the first time in several months today but don't forget this is according to boris johnson today but don't forget this is according to borisjohnson this was supposed to be d—day, the day that if it was not settled we would walk away but that has not happened, that's think it would be ignored by the european leaders meeting today. they are expressing as i understand that if throwing the ball back into britain because the court. saying but some pickets concessions must be made by britain before