Reaction from hospitality businesses. President trump is accused of lying to the American People about the threat posed by coronavirus and there are fears that fa ns coronavirus and there are fears that fans could be shut out from sport again. All crowds of 1000 people will be allowed a pilot event this month all this is now under review after the rising infection rates. And it is a cool start to your thursday but for many a dry day in store. The full forecast here on brea kfast. Good morning. It is thursday, september ten. 0ur our top story is that borisjohnson has said it breaks is hard to ban gatherings of more than six people in england but he insisted the letter is necessary to avoid a second down. The Prime Minister also outlined an ambition to increase Testing Capacity to millions of People Per Day which could cost tens of billions of pounds according to lea ked of billions of pounds according to leaked documents. Back at the downing street podium, to announce new restrictions f
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
Our members, our supporters and the british public. Three dead in the french city of nice after a knife attack near a church the mayor calls it an act of terrorism. Donald trumps election rallies could be superspreading coronavirus, according to one of his own medical advisers. And a pride of britain award for the six year old boy who raised more than a Million Pounds for the hospital that saved his life. And coming up on bbc news, the legendary wales lions and llanelli rugby player williams has died at the age of 72. He helped wales win four five nations titles during the 19705. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. New Research Estimates that nearly 100,000 people are catching coronavirus every day in england. The analysis from Imperial College london shows the number of infections is doubling every nine days. The researchers say the pandemic has now reached a critical stage and have called for tighter restrictions. But the government says it has no plans, for now, for a
Three dead in the french city of nice after a knife attack near a church. The mayor calls it an act of terrorism. Jeremy corbyn has been suspended from the labour party, following his response to a damning report into how complaints of anti semitism were handled during his time as leader. The equality and Human Rights Commission found that the party was responsible for unlawful acts of harrasment and discrimination. The interim chair of the ehrc said, our investigation has highlighted multiple areas where its approach and leadership to tackling anti semitism was insufficient. This is inexcusable and appeared to be a result of a lack of willingness to tackle anti semitism rather than an inability to do so. In response, Jeremy Corbyn said, 0ne antisemite is one too many, but the scale of the problem was also dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents inside and outside the party, as well as by much of the media. That combination hurtjewish people and must never be rep
Agreed by politicians. The latest in the but theres some hope on the horizon brexit negotiations regulators are on the brink borisjohnson says the talks of authorizing a second are in a serious situation Coronavirus Vaccine and the president of the Eu Commission says inching closer . Big differences remain. Britains Prime Minister and the eu chief speak again by phone. They say progress but no deal yet. Also in the programme. And coming up, the west end performers staging virtual christmas a december snowstorm concerts in care homes. Hits the east coast of the United States bringing more snow to new york than the city had all of last winter and weve made it to ourfinal programme of the year. The impressionistjohn culshaw joins us to review 2020 good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than two thirds of englands population will be living under the toughest coronavirus restrictions from saturday, when a number of counties in east and south east england go into tier three. Bedfordshire