Meanwhile cardiff, swansea and llanelli are put into local lockdown from this weekend it comes as concerns grow over the rapid increase in the number of coronavirus cases. The r number in the uk the rate at which coronavirus is spreading has risen to between 1. 2 and 1. 5. Hundreds of thousands of high street jobs may not survive because of the pandemic, says the boss of the clothing firm next. And as royal finances are hit by the pandemic new figures show harry and meghans last royal visit cost almost a quarter of a Million Pounds. Hello, welcome to bbc news. Two separate minutes silences have been held this afternoon in south london and at new Scotland Yard to pay tribute to a Police Officer who was shot dead at a Custody Centre in croydon by a man who was being detained. In croydon officers came outside the building and stood to attention in the car park and at the front of the building to pay their respects to their colleague. And at Scotland Yard, the met Police Commissioner, join
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the director of thejohn smith centre and former leader of the scottish labour party, Kezia Dugdale and also matt dathan, whos deputy Political Editor of the sun newspaper. Welcome back to you both. Lets go through some of the papers that weve already got in the stack. The telegraph says conservative rebels are on the brink of winning their fight for votes on covid restrictions after Boris Johnson was forced to apologise for not knowing the rules himself. The mirror says the Prime Ministers gaffe when he was unable to explain new rules sparked anger among two million in the north east who face fines if they break local restrictions. The times says daily coronavirus cases topped 7,000 for the first time in britain yesterday, dashing hopes that the rule of six was weakening a second wave of infection. The daily mail says a million women have missed out on Breast Cancer screening as a resul
Says the boss of the clothing firm next. We will inevitably and have already reduced the number of people working in our shops. And i expect that to continue over the coming five or six years as the demand for retail goes down. But we are taking on people in our call centre, we are training new recruits in our call centres and warehouses. As royal finances are hit by the pandemic, new figures show harry and meghans last royal visit cost almost a quarter of a Million Pounds. And a warning from shops to stuff your christmas stockings early as more people than ever are expected to buy online. A Police Officer has been shot dead at a Custody Centre in croydon in south london by a man who was being detained. It is thought the suspect was searched at the Custody Centre, before producing a weapon and firing it at an officer. Its understood he then turned the gun on himself. The officer, who has not yet been identified, was treated at the scene but later died in hospital of gunshot wounds. The
Extra lockdown rules. The big fish should help out the minnows, says Frank Lampard. The chelsea manager believes the premier league will get together to make sure smaller clubs dont go under in this pandemic. Good morning. It is a fairly chilly start to the weekend. There will be some strong winds around today, petite italy for Eastern England, with a bit of showery rain there too. Particularly for Eastern England. But most of the weather is looking fine. I will have all your details throughout the programme. Its saturday, the 26th of september. Our top story tributes are being paid this morning to Long Serving Police officer, matt ratana, who has been named as the man shot dead in a south london Custody Centre. An investigation is under way after the new zealand born sergeant was shot in the chest, as a suspect, who was still in handcuffs, was being checked in. Jon donnison has this report. Sergeant matiu rata na, Sergeant Matiu Ratana, almost 30 yea rs Sergeant Matiu Ratana, almost 3
Feel for weekend. You have got a feel for stu d e nts weekend. You have got a feel for students wherever you stand politically or on the virus its an awful, especially for first year students. Back to the times, the front page story on the right hand side. Maya tellers about this. 10 Million People in london face local lockdown. Part of this is coming from the meier sadiq khan saying there is of the virus within london and calling on government to consider bringing in some of these restrictions we have seen elsewhere in the country like restricting household visits and what sadiq khan and the Mayors Office have said is that they think has been a fall in testing in the capital and this is actually masking the spread of the virus. So what city hall has claimed is that they have not been convinced by the testing figures. They have looked at other data like visits to
gps, people calling the nhs and hospital admissions and said that from looking at that it seems like london actually isnt so