The 90 minute covid test that doesnt need a lab for analysis. And the return of gareth bale. Hes on his way to tottenham, on loan for a season from real madrid. Further large areas of the north of england and the midlands are to face tighter coronavirus restrictions, to try to tackle rising infection rates. The stringent measures are in response to what ministers say are major increases in covid 19 rates. People in the north west, including merseyside, warrington, halton and lancashire will face limits on socialising, and a 10pm closing time for hospitality and leisure venues from next tuesday. In parts of the midlands such as wolverhampton, there will be new restrictions on socialising with people outside your own household or support bubble, and similar measures will be enforced in West Yorkshire, in bradford, kirklees, and calderdale. The measures cover a wider area than had been expected. Latest figures suggest an average of 6,000 new cases a day in england between the 4th and 10th
Who turned the weapon on himself, is in a Critical Condition in hospital. Also tonight. With new rules for cardiff, leeds and blackpool, a quarter of the uks population will now be under tighter coronavirus restrictions, while 1,700 students are tonight locked down at Manchester Metropolitan University after a major covid outbreak. And Lewis Hamilton, the only black driver in formula one, hoping to make the sport more diverse. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, working from home west ham manager david moyes is isolating after testing positive, but hell send instructions to the dugout for his teams match against wolves. Good evening. Tributes have been paid tonight to the Police Officer, sergeant matiu rata na, who was shot dead in a Custody Centre in croydon, in south london. The metropolitan police commissioner, Dame Cressida dick, said the force is mourning the great loss of a much loved colleague, and she described mr ratana as big in stature and big in heart. Originally from n
Main news stories a warning from a leading Cancer Charity that almost a million women have missed vital breast screening appointments because of the pandemic. Personal attacks and feisty exchanges from the two men who want to be the next president of the united states. Millions tuned into the first president ial tv debate. Im not going to answer the question because. Why wont you answer that question . The question is. Radical left. Will you shut up, man . A lifeline for the National League clubs are told they will receive emergency grants to enable them to start the new season on saturday. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The govermment has reached a compromise with a sizeable group of conservative backbenchers who were threatening to rebel unless mps were given more of a say over coronavirus regulations. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, told mps that in future, theyll be consulted on Significant National measures. Earlier, the commons speaker, sir Lindsay Hoyle, accused the
Restrictions will be or the broad parameter of that. Now, which area itself sits is a little bit more complicated. Going back to what happened the first time around as well, there were simplicity and the fa ct we well, there were simplicity and the fact we were all in it together and that has been a very different picture with the localised lockdowns and criticism of a lack of clarity over that. What can you tell us about what we are likely to hear later on with the three tier system and how it would operate and how areas would know where they are going to be locked down . Areas would know where they are going to be locked down7m areas would know where they are going to be locked down . It was in order to provide the clarity, to have neighbouring areas sometimes neighbouring boroughs with different rules even though the number of cases might be the same. It was supposed to be, lets make this more simple, so for example tijuana is the rule of six and the ten oclock cu rfew the rule of s
Into force across large parts of scotland, making many pubs and restaurants takeaway only. When you cant take any more of all the misery in life. And, the show must go on. Ten pantos could be staged across the country this christmas, after an injection of lottery money. And coming up on bbc news the king of clay, rafa nadal, reaches another french open final, as he bids to match Roger Federers all time grand slam record. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. The number of coronavirus cases in england has doubled in a week, with the north east, north west and yorkshire the humber the worst affected areas, according to the latest data. The office for National Statistics estimates that one in 240 people in england had the virus in the last week of september, with more than 17,000 people catching it every day. This figure is approximately double that reported for each of the last two weeks. 0ur Health Editor, hugh pym, has the latest. More testing, part of the drive to rein in