Of restrictions are now in place. In france, theres a strict night time curfew being imposed in paris and in eight other big cities. In florida, the hugely influential senior vote is in play, with just three weeks to the president ial election. Commentator two yellow cards in half an hour. And tonights football, all four home nations have been playing, and england struggled against denmark. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Premier league clubs reject project big picture, but will work togther on a new plan for the financing of english football. Good evening. The latest moves to contain the pandemic have exposed even wider differences across the united kingdom. Northern ireland is now set to impose the toughest coronavirus restrictions anywhere in the uk. Wales is set to ban visitors coming from the worst affected parts of england, scotland and Northern Ireland. And in england the new three tier system has started with the liverpool region at the highest alert level. We start with No
Recognition for the uks Unsung Heroes of the pandemic as hundreds of key workers and volunteers are awarded in the delayed queens birthday honours. And england and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford gets an mbe for his work on Free School Meals and says hell keep campaigning. What i would like to do now that i am in this position is to speak directly to the Prime Minister and really ask for the vouchers to be extended until at least until the october half term. And in half an hour, click, goes behind the scenes of the video chat company, zoom. Good afternoon. Political leaders in the north of england say the package of financial help being offered by the government isnt enough to protect their communities from hardship, as parts of england face greater restrictions from next week. At a joint press conference, the mayors of manchester, liverpool, sheffield and north of tyne said the job support scheme was not enough to protect communities going into winter. The labour mayor of
We want action. The labour mayor of Greater Manchester andy burnham says he will stand firm but it has to be the right action. Against plans to put the area in the very high the latest test and trace figures coronavirus alert category. For england show the highest number of positive cases since the system they are asking us to gamble our was launched in may. Residentssjobs, homes the pub chain marstons is to cut they are asking us to gamble our more than 2,000 jobs, residentss jobs, homes and saying its been badly hit businesses, and a large chunk of our by the coronavirus restrictions economy, on a strategy that their own experts tell them might not and the queen carries work. Out her first engagement outside millions of people in england a royal residence for seven months. Face tougher coronavirus good afternoon. Twenty eight Million People across england will be living under the two highest covid alert levels from this weekend, as the government announces increased restrictions acro
In the last 2a hours and a further shut, weddings are 67 people have died. Banned. Vigils and rallies are held cyprus has hit a new peak of over across france in a show 200 daily infections. Of solidarity with the teaching profession following the killing and in italy, the Northern Region of a of lombardy, worst hit teacher on by the first wave in february, friday. Has ordered all bars britains high streets under threat to shut as a Record Number of shops close at midnight. Over the First Six Months in germany, it is a of this year. Similar message stay at home. Translation meet far fewer people, whether outdoors or at home. Give up any travel that is not really necessary, any celebration that is not really necessary. Please stay at home good afternoon. As much as possible. The labour mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, has accused borisjohnson the netherlands, too, of exaggerating the severity has had tough restrictions imposed after a surge in cases. Of coronavirus in the regi
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