Being used by a british team to examine particles as they float through the atmosphere. Could tonight be the most important us Vice President ial debate in history . Mike pence and Kamala Harris prepare to go head to head on live tv. And, another rugby match is called off after six more sale sharks players test positive for covid 19. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is preparing to announce new measures to try to slow the surge in coronavirus cases, although shes ruled out returning to a full lockdown. About 730 new cases are being recorded every day in scotland compared with fewer than 300 a fortnight ago. Its understood more travel restrictions could be introduced, and hospitality venues may see tighter controls. Business leaders have called on the Scottish Government to put support in place for any companies that are affected. Also this afternoon, scotlands education secretary, john swinney will announce plans for exams next year
Impact of a Coronavirus Infection may not be a single syndrome but up to four different ones. A curfew for paris and eight other big cities in france will come into force on saturday between 9pm and 6am. Eu leaders are gathering in brussels for a two day summit, where theyll discuss post brexit trade negotiations for the first time in months. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Within the last few minutes, its been announced that london is to face extra restrictions when it moves into tier two or high risk level from midnight on friday. It comes after mps in the capital met this morning to discuss the measures. Meanwhile, talks are also being held today about whether lancashire and Greater Manchester should be moved into tier three, the highest level of coronavirus restrictions in england. The stricter rules would mean pubs being closed and households banned from mixing. The
Obviously now put it into the system and we will send it on itsjourney. But royal mail isjoining an already crowded market, with rivals like dpd, hermes and dhl offering collections as well. It has been a very wet morning and end of the night with localised flooding and a number of weather station rainfall amounts from last night threw this morning across southern england. Nearly an inch of rain and the rain still falling in parts of North Western scotland being very wet over the last couple of days. You can see where the wet weather has been, quite windy in western scotland, and this cloud and rain affecting a proportion of england and wales which contains the re m na nts of england and wales which contains the remnants of storm barbora. Continuing wet across central and southern areas with Gale Force Winds running through the English Channel affecting the far south east for a while and wait across scotland as well. For many of us it is going to be quite mild, not as mild as yesterday