To the National Audit office. A businessman from leeds linked to organised crime and gangsters agrees to pay almost £10 million to the National Crime agency. Facebook and instagram are banning all accounts linked to the far right qanon Conspiracy Theory group after classifying it as dangerous. 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. Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is to announce a tightening of lockdown later to try and slow a surge in new covid cases. The plans are expected to include more restrictions for pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues. Travel restrictions could be put in place in parts of the country which have higher levels of covid. Across scotland, on average, around 730 people are testing positive and a half times higher than a fortnight ago, when 285 virus cases were recorded every day. Also this afternoon, scotlands education secretary, john
Impact they could have . Do get in touch with me. Details on screen below. Hundreds of thousands of hospitality jobs will below. Hundreds of thousands of hospitalityjobs will be at risk as a result of the new restrictions, according to the Industry Trade body. Joe biden accuses his rival donald trump of panicking in his handling of the coronavirus pandemic as the pair take part in separate tv events. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im annita mcveigh. Tensions are growing between local leaders and the government over regional restrictions as a scientific advisor warned that continuing the row is a very dangerous route to go on. The director of the Welcome Trust told the bbc. Wellcome trust. He said that would be very damaging. Its after the mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, rejected plans for the area to move to the highest risk category which would force bars, pubs and gyms to close. He said the north is fed up of being pushed around. Foreign secretary dominic raab accus
Droplets in the air . The Ground Breaking technology 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. And coming up in sport on bbc news, the latest from Roland Garros as the quarterfinals continue, with the former wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in action. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. 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. Busi
At least four people die and more than 100 are injured, after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of turkey, bringing down buildings in the third biggest city, izmir. After eight months, and at a cost of billions of pounds, the furlough scheme ends tomorrow we find out what its done for businesses i dont think we would have survived without it because i assume my only other option would have been to make everybody redundant. And in the run up to the womens fa cup final this weekend, we talk to the player whos helped both teams get to wembley. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Nottinghamshire has become the latest region to move into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. Before the tier 3 measures took effect at midnight, large groups of drinkers gathered in Nottingham City Centre. Police have said those involved will be punished, and warned that anyone caught breaking the new rules will be fined. West yorkshire will move into tier 3 on monday, bringing the total number o
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