by the home secretary. the mother of one of those murdered says bereaved families "need answers". the home secretary priti patel backs calls to change the law, to give victims of domestic abuse more time to report crimes. the social care watchdog in england warns many people could be left without help this winter because of an �*exhausted and depleted' work force good evening and welcome to bbc news. scientists advising the uk government, say plans but, ministers in england are resisting calls to switch to their winter plan b that would see measures like compulsory face coverings in certain places. the scientists say early intervention, like asking more people to work from home, could have the greatest impact on preventing viral spread, and reduce the need for more stringent and longer—lasting measures. new figures from the office for national statistics, suggest that 1.1 million people were infected across the uk last week, the highest number since january. currently there are more than a thousand hospital admissions a day. the government has a new campaign urging those eligible to book their boosterjabs. borisjohnson says there are no plans to implement tighter rules, although the situation is under constant review. here's our health editor, hugh pym. winter is approaching, the virus is spreading. calls from experts for more widespread mask—wearing in england, more working from home and vaccine passports are growing, what the government has branded plan b. but borisjohnson said today he wasn't yet ready to activate the plan. we keep all measures under constant review. we'll do whatever we have to do to protect the public, but the numbers that we're seeing at the moment are fully in line with what we expected in the autumn and winter plan. and what we want people to do is to come forward and get their jabs. but cases in major european countries like italy are much lower than in the uk, and members of the expert sage committee, according to papers released today, note they have tougher restrictions, including proof of vaccine and testing status. sage says early intervention may reduce the need for tougher measures in future. one member of a government advisory committee, not sage, says plan b or something similar is needed very soon. if we try to rely simply and solely on the vaccine programme to bring things under control this winter, we stand a really high risk of getting into serious trouble. so something's got to be done to communicate with the public and encourage them and, if necessary, i guess, i suppose require them to do some of these things if we're going to stop getting into a really bad mess again. the latest infection survey by the office for national statistics shows that last week in england, one in 55 people had the virus. that was an increase. in wales at one in a5, and northern ireland at one in 130, the trend was said to be uncertain. in scotland, one in 90 had the virus. that was down on the previous week. this map shows in more detail varying infection rates around the uk. the lighter colours show the lowest rates, the darkest colours the highest, including north west england and parts of south wales. covid case increases have been largely driven so far by infections among schoolchildren, though vaccinations of under—16s have only been under way for a month. data for england last week from the ons reveals that the sharpest rises in case rates were among children, but there were slight increases recorded, as well, amongst some older age groups. vaccines boost our immunity and l protect us from dangerous viruses. a new government campaign has been launched urging people of all ages who haven't had a jab to get one and those eligible to get a booster. and that's been thrown into sharper focus by the latest hospital admission figures, up nearly 20% week on week. sage experts say it's unlikely they'll go higher than the peak injanuary, but planning for possible new measures should begin now. hugh pym, bbc news. let's take a look at the latest figures now on coronavirus, which show that there were 49,298 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means on average in the past week there were 47,415 cases per day. the number of people in hospital with covid has increased to 8,238. there were 180 more deaths recorded, that's people who have died within 28 days of a positive test. that takes the average number of deaths over the past seven days to 135. on vaccinations — 86.3 % of people aged 12 and over have now received a first dose. and just over 79% have had two doses of the vaccine. earlier, i spoke to dr kit yates, a senior lecturer in mathematical biology at the university of bath & a member of independent sage. he told me what he made of the recent rise in cases i think we are not in a particularly good situation, especially when you compare us to comparative european neighbours like italy, france, germany and spain. we are averaging around 47,000 cases a day, and 130 add deaths, —— we are averaging around 47,000 cases a day, and 130 odd deaths, which translates to around 50,000 deaths a year, which is an extraordinary high number for a disease which we can actually do something about. our case rates are maybe four times higher than germany, maybe ten times higher than france, maybe 20 times higher than spain, and our death rates are at least double those of germany and triple those of france and spain. so, compared to other countries in europe, we are not getting a particularly good job. don't we have to come at some point, get to a stage where co. don't we have to come at some point, get to a stage where covid is endemic and therefore, kind of presume people will get it in the majority of people will get over it because they've had it, they will have built up some kind of resistance to it getting it in future. i think i prefer to get immunity from a vaccine if it's at all possible because i think that's the safest way to get immunity. it doesn't really make sense to say we should let people get the disease to protect them from getting the disease. sure, but it's a combination of the two, isn't that? it's a combination for having the vaccination, which applies to the majority of the population, and for those either where the vaccination isn't as effective as it is for other people or they choose not to vaccinate, they get it, but overall then, the population, that's how it acquires immunity. it doesn't require it to permanently avoiding getting infected. well, our schoolchildren haven't been given the chance to have the vaccine yet. 17% of 12—15—year—olds in england have been vaccinated so far because we have done a really bad job of rolling out the vaccine to that age group. we have been trying to do it in a completely different way to the way we have been doing it so far. so, personally, ithink until we have given everyone who can safely have the vaccine a chance to get the vaccine, we should be doing everything we can to suppress cases and to keep them low. and actually, it doesn't really need that much for us to bring r below one. wearing masks, potentially getting people to work from home where they can, improving ventilation putting mitigations in schools, like our schoolchildren have been so badly impacted by this in terms of how much school they have missed, in terms of losing relatives, and, you know, we've let them down because we haven't done anything to prevent transmission in school, and they are suffering, and i think we should do more to protect them. you would therefore echo what sage is saying in that it would be better to introduce or reintroduce, i should say, measures like more people working from home, mask wearing in all enclosed spaces and shops and in public areas and all the rest of that as a mandate and presumably social distancing as well as the continuation with the vaccination programme now, or very soon, in order that we don't have to have a more serious and potentially more sustained lockdown at a later stage? absolutely. i think one of the lessons we should've learned so far from our mishandling of the pandemic is that early action is always better than late action. i prefer to implement plan b now than have to implement plan c later on, especially given that we don't seem to have a plan c at the moment. i think there are things that we can do like sage has suggested, which will help to bring cases down, and i think other countries have just kept mask mandates, because actually, it's not a huge imposition for most people to wear a mask. the reason we dropped masks was not because it has any economic detriment, it's purely ideological because the government is afraid of taking tough decisions that are unpopular. we saw that last christmas when boris said he was going to save christmas, and actually, we would've been much better off if he just said from the start, you know what, it's going to be difficult this year. so we are going to take a controlled measure and make sure that we don't put our loved ones at risk. i should ask you finally about the reports of a new variant or at least a variant of the delta variant, if i can put it that way, rather than a completely new one. what assessment is being made of that? what risk is that perceived to pose? so, i think we are keeping a close eye on this, this variant of delta, it's called ay4.2, it has grown a little bit in terms of the proportion of cases that come back from sequencing, maybe around 6% of cases in the uk at the moment, which could suggest it's got a slight increase in transmissibility over the other vanilla variant of delta, or it could be a super spreader event which is causing us to see that increase all steps of keeping an eye on it, but it's not at the moment of any particular concern over delta. so i think nothing to worry about so far, but we will keep an eye. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are benedicte paviot who is the uk it is worth watching the papers, because that was the first hand that the queen was in hospital notjust resting, because the sun had it on its front page. i was exclusive to the sun and you learned about it first on the papers. — our guestsjoining me tonight are benedicte paviot who is the uk correspondent at france 24 and the chair of reporters without borders uk advisory board and joe mayes who is the uk politics reporter at bloomberg. the hollywood actor, alec baldwin, says there are no words to convey his shock and sadness, after he shot two people with a gun being used as a prop, on the set of his new film. halyna hutchins, who was the film's director of photography died, and the director, joel souza, was injured. detectives have questioned mr baldwin, but say no—one has been arrested. sophie long has more from los angeles. halyna hutchins described herself as a restless dreamer and adrenaline junkie. the 42—year—old was considered by her peers to be an exceptionally talented cinematographer. i met her at a film festival, and within just a few moments of talking to her i felt like she had such a strong vibe, such a sense of commitment to art, and, like, sort of the integrity of wanting to make cinema, that i wanted to work with her. she was on set at the bonanza creek ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th—century western they were filming became all too real. police say that alec baldwin, the star and co—producer of the movie rust, discharged a prop gun carrying blanks. halyna hutchins was airlifted to hospital, but she died from her injuries. directorjoel souza was also seriously hurt. in a statement, alec baldwin said... the incident has rocked hollywood, with many of those in the film industry now morning one of their rising stars and infuriated this could happen on set. and it comes just days after a nationwide strike was averted after a tentative deal between producers and set workers that included an upgrading of safety standards. this isn't the first time someone�*s been fatally shot during filming. nearly 20 years ago, brandon lee died after being shot by a prop gun on the set of the crow. now people are demanding to know how it could've happened again. there are instances when you do shoot a blank that you can be injured. often what comes out of the muzzle after you've discharged the weapon that has blank ammunition is sometimes a cotton wad, and that coming out at a very high velocity to an individual that's really close by can cause significant damage, and in some cases can cause death. an investigation into what happened here is still in its early stages. what we do know is something went terribly, tragically wrong. sophie long, bbc news, hollywood. our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles and he sent this update on the reaction there. hollywood is shellshocked by what has happened. it is quite unimaginable in this day and age with intense security and safety measures on film sets anyway, they can always be tightened, as we have been hearing. there are moves to even further tighten safety measures on sets. nevertheless, the fact that whatever happened, and we really don't know the details yet, there is lots of speculation about the kind of gun that might have been used and how it might have been used and what might have gone wrong. the fact is we just don't know. that investigation is in the early stages. but the very fact that it happened has really left people numb with shock. a lot of tributes being played to halyna hutchins who lost her life and also thoughts are with the director, who has survived this, and he was treated in hospital and has been released. clearly when he is able, he will be talking to investigators, but that inquiry has quite a way to go yet. they will be looking at the forensics on the site, looking at the gun, looking at the mechanics of it and how it was used, and perhaps even revealing any footage if any of the cameras were rolling. so a lot of work to be done yet to try to find out what happened in this case, to determine, perhaps, the future of this production and, yes, perhaps introduce any measures that can stop it happening in the future. p reporting there from los angeles. it's a quarter past 8pm. the headlines on bbc news... scientists advising the government say stricter covid measures should be made ready for "rapid deployment" — but the prime minister insists plan b for england isn't needed yet. tributes are being paid to cinematographer, halyna hutchins, who's died after actor alec baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of his latest film. a man with alleged links to the manchester arena bombing has had his british citizenship restored by the home secretary. the mother of one of those murdered says bereaved families "need answers". the bbc understands the home secretary, priti patel, has agreed the law should be changed, to give victims of domestic abuse more time, to report a crime to the police. the current time limit of six months, could be extended to two years, in cases of alleged common assault, involving domestic abuse. earlier i spoke to valerie wise, the national domestic abuse lead for victim support, and she told me she was delighted with today's developments. it's shocking that many cases — 13,000 cases over the last five years — have been dropped because they have run out of time. i think it has to be recognised that it's really difficult to report domestic abuse to the police. sometimes women or men, indeed, might feel that they won't be believed, and sometimes they might feel that they might be living still in an abusive relationship and it could make things worse. there's a whole raft of reasons why it might not be possible to report the incident straight away. and the time starts from the day the incident happens. and then, say you report it, and the police are investigating it and ran out of time — thatjust means the case gets dropped and the alleged offender is not brought to justice. so i think it is really, really important. it may surprise people that there are time limits on these things at all. i agree, i agree. i think what also should be borne in mind is that sometimes, a more serious offence might be looked at, like actual bodily harm or coercive control, but the police or the crime prosecution don't think there's enough evidence, and so they go to the crime of common assault. and so, what it means is that i think people are just being able to continue to abuse without anything happening to them. and can ijust say obviously it is difficult to report to the police, and if you want to just get in touch with victim support, you don't have to report to the police. we are independent from them. indeed, and the website is available and people can contact you and find your information. and i think your organisation is listed on the bbc action line, as well, but i will not swear to that but i think that is certainly worth looking at the action line page for people who are in the situation. but can ijust pick of something you said — you said that on occasion, prosecutors will recommend to the police that they charge at a lower or arguably... and i don't mean necessarily a more serious, but it's technically defined as a less serious offence because they don't think they can get a prosecution. it or not an argument that that detention of that, and you may disagree with the consequence, but the intention is to at least ensure there is a conviction? and that that can be one thing that dustup a pattern of domestic abuse — whereas if you take it to a high level, the person gets out and then they are to abuse again. it's a difficult trade—off, isn't it? it is, but that's why it is so essential this time limit is extended to two years. because, by the time the police have looked at a more serious offence like actual bodily harm, decided there is not sufficient evidence — you could find that the clock has been ticking away and the case has to be dropped. that's why it is so essential that this amendment to the policing bill is put into place by the home secretary, and obviously is carried. the man accused of murdering the mp, sir david amess, will face trial in march next year. ali harbi ali, who's 25, is also charged with the preparation of terrorist acts. a two minutes silence has been held in leigh—on—sea in essex, close to where sir david was killed, at his constituency surgery, last friday. a 24—year—old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the manchester arena attack back in may, 2017. he's being detained on suspicion of engaging in the preparation of acts of terrorism. our north of england correspondent judith moritz gave us this update. we know that this man, as you say is 24, was arrested at manchester airport earlier today on his way back into the uk, having left the country in april 2017, which is a month before the arena attack. he's now in custody, and as you say, he's being questioned on suspicion of engaging in preparation of acts of terrorism and helping others to do the same. now, we know that he's from the fallowfield area of manchester, which is the same area of the city as the abedi family, and you may remember there was criticism earlier this week of that fact that ismail abedi, the bomber�*s brother, has been able to leave the country in defiance of a court order demanding that he gives evidence to the public inquiry. there's been speculation as to where he is. well, i can tell you that the man arrested today is not ismail abedi. greater manchester police say that four years after the attack, they are continuing to pursue lines of investigation relating to it. there's renewed pressure on ministers to come up with a long term plan, to help schools in england recover from the pandemic. earlier this year, the governments education recovery commissioner, sir kevan collins, resigned in protest, saying the funding earmarked was inadequate. now, the department for education says it's to spend millions of pounds, helping pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds unable to attend school due to covid, access lessons with hew laptops and tablets. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. this was once a coal town. but ashington�*s pit closed in the 1980s. the rail line had already gone. it's been hard to build hope around education, and the pandemic has set back children in the north east even further. years, i think we're talking years. we're not talking about covid catch—up that will happen in the autumn term. good morning! are you all right this morning? schools are an anchor for the families, supporting parents who see the effect on children. they seem to be more irritable in the classroom. like, their tempers seem to be more high and they're not engaging properly. and they're not even working nicely as a group anymore. in the youngest pupils, speaking and language have suffered in isolation. they want to feed children a rich diet of education. but parents isolated in the pandemic have struggled, so teachers are having to help toilet—train pupils. we have some children who are still in nappies, are still in pull—ups, notjust in our early—years setting, in our key stage 1 setting as well, and that's highly unusual. i have five units, i am adding two more. how many have i got altogether, harley? in maths, primary pupils in the north east fell behind by more than five months last year. government cash has paid for some tutoring here and help with the transition to secondary. excellent, so the power is? two... and the variable is? perfect, well done. many year sevens came to summer schools — part of a huge effort already by schools to help get children back on track with their learning. but the worry is that without a sustained effort over many years, they won't have quite the same chances as the richest bits of the country. the catch—up funding so far has helped with their laptops, and for year 11, the school day has been made longer. with school putting, like, an extra lesson on, half an hour after school, that's helping us catch up. it has definitely had a big impact on our grades, and our marks that we are going to get, because we obviously missed half of year ten. ashington is due to get a rail line, newjobs are on the horizon — but it's the long term recovery of schools that will make its future. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, ashington. the queen is said to be in good spirits, as she continues to rest at windsor castle, following her overnight stay in hospital on wednesday for medical tests. it's thought she'll continue to carry out light duties. aged 95, she missed a two day trip to northern ireland this week, on medical grounds. our royal correspondent, nick witchell, has the very latest. windsor, wednesday afternoon. a convoy of royal vehicles moving under police escort in the direction of london. was this the convoy taking the queen to hospital? at around the same time, at windsor castle itself, a very small royal standard was said to be flying, its presence giving weight to the palace�*s claim that the queen was resting at the castle. but that was not the case. in fact, the queen was here, at the private king edward vii hospital in central london. the palace clearly hoped her visit would go unnoticed. it did, until last night when the sun led with the story that she'd spent the night in hospital. the palace was forced to issue this statement. buckingham palace insists that, like any citizen, the queen is entitled to privacy of medical issues. the palace will therefore say nothing about the nature of the investigations ordered by her doctors. i think this is a matter of concern rather than alarm. had this been a procedure or an operation, then they would have put out a medical bulletin, but this trip to hospital is sort of somewhere in between, so i think the initial intention of being just to do this covertly, but it came out in the open, and now we all know about it. less than 24 hours before the queen's hospital visit, she was hosting a reception for global business leaders at windsor castle. she appeared to be relaxed and on good form, but the inescapable reality is her age — she's 95. the queen's advisors have a difficult balancing act at several levels. first of all, they must balance the queen's instinctive wish to do as much as possible against the realities of her age. and they must also balance the concerns of millions of people for her well—being against her wish that medical matters should remain as private as possible. for now, we have to rely on what the palace says, which is that the queen has resumed the relentless and unseen work which goes with her role. she is, the palace says, continuing with light duties and remains determined to attend the cop26 summit in glasgow at the end of this month. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben. good evening. in what's been a decidedly mixed week of weather, today has been one of the quieter days. we keep a mix of conditions into the weekend. it will be mild, increasingly mild, quite windy, with rain at times, but not all the time. through tonight, a lot of cloud filtering in from the west, some mist and murk, some spots of drizzle. but where skies do remain clear, especially in north east scotland, it will turn chilly. lows of —2 could allow for a touch of frost. tomorrow, a lot of cloud in the picture. best of any sunshine across eastern parts of england. some spots of drizzle for western england and wales. eastern scotland should see some spells of sunshine, but western scotland turning really quite windy. those are the average speeds. gusts could touch 50 mph. rain arriving here through the afternoon. rain also setting in through northern ireland, but it will be mild, highs of 13—14 degrees. sunday likely to be milder still. some spells of sunshine, but some showers, too. some of those heavy and thundery, particularly in the west. a brisk southerly wind, but top temperatures of 14—15 degrees. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... scientists advising the government say stricter covid measures should be made ready for �*rapid deployment�* — but the prime minister insists plan b for england isn�*t needed yet. tributes are being paid to cinematographer, halyna hutchins, who�*s died after actor alec baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of his latest film. a man with alleged links to the manchester arena bombing has had his british citizenship restored by the home secretary. the mother of one of those murdered says bereaved families "need answers". the social care watchdog in england warns many people could be left without help this winter because of an �*exhausted and depleted�* work force. the home secretary priti patel backs calls to change the law, to give victims of domestic abuse more time to report crimes. let�*s get more now on the accidental shooting on a film set involving the hollywood actor, alec baldwin. he shot two people with a gun being used as a prop on the set of his new film. halyna hutchins, who was the film�*s director of photography, died, and the director, joel souza, was injured. joining me from los angeles is entertainment journalist kj matthews. always love you to talk to you, but these circumstances are not particularly happy— these circumstances are not particularly happy ones to be talkin: particularly happy ones to be talking about. _ particularly happy ones to be talking about. what - particularly happy ones to be talking about. what we - particularly happy ones to bej talking about. what we know particularly happy ones to be - talking about. what we know about what happened on yesterday? weill. talking about. what we know about what happened on yesterday? well, we know a lot more _ what happened on yesterday? well, we know a lot more than _ what happened on yesterday? well, we know a lot more than we _ what happened on yesterday? well, we know a lot more than we did _ what happened on yesterday? well, we know a lot more than we did a - what happened on yesterday? well, we know a lot more than we did a few - know a lot more than we did a few hours ago. of course, many people are still being interviewed — but in are still being interviewed — but in a nutshell, what happened was they were filming the film in santa fe, new mexico, but they were taping a scene. alec baldwin, the lead actor in this film and also a co—writer and co—producer, had a prop firearm in his hand when he discharged it. we have now learned that there was a live round, according to the local union here, there was a live round and that gun, and that live round struck the directory director of photography, halyna hutchins, who was 42 years old, and also struck the director of the film, joel souza, hitting him in the shoulder. he�*s obvious lee since been released so he didn�*t sustain super serious injuries, but halyna hutchins lost her life —— he�*s obviously been released. the question is, why was there a live round in the prop firearm and how could that happen? one of the interesting things we�*ve learned, according to the union here, is that the people that were on set to make sure the safety measures were taken regarding props and sets, and especially when you�*re dealing with firearms — they are saying that many of those people were staffed by people in new mexico, as opposed to local members who are here in hollywood. who those people are, what they have to say, we still don�*t know yet because the local authorities have interviewed them and not release the information. of course alec baldwin has released a statement saying he�*s deeply sorry and that his heart goes out to halyna hutchins, with obviously her loss, her husband and son — they lived in venice beach, and she was a mother and wife. all around shock and trying to figure out how something like this could�*ve happened when there were so many safety procedures and safety protocols put in place every single day all around the globe whenever you�*re having a firearm onset or you�*re having a firearm onset or you�*re dealing with any type of scene that deals with a gun. so very interesting, lots more questions need to be asked. it interesting, lots more questions need to be asked.— interesting, lots more questions need to be asked. it feels horribly similar to what _ need to be asked. it feels horribly similar to what happened - need to be asked. it feels horribly similar to what happened 30 - need to be asked. it feels horribly| similar to what happened 30 years ago when michael massey fired a gun at brandon lee on the set of the crow, and brandon lee was shot in the and he died after surgery which was unsuccessful in saving his life. at the time, it turned out there had been a horrible series of coincidences and mistakes that had ended up with the effect of not a life around, but something that ends up life around, but something that ends up being discharged with the force of a live round and was enough to kill him. you say this was actually a live round and the gun — that�*ll ask serious questions about how that could possibly have happened and whether it amounts to criminal negligence. . whether it amounts to criminal negligence- -— whether it amounts to criminal neualience. . . . , ., negligence. . and that is the reason wh a negligence. . and that is the reason why a yacht — negligence. . and that is the reason why a yacht see. — negligence. . and that is the reason why a yacht see, the _ negligence. . and that is the reason why a yacht see, the union - negligence. . and that is the reason why a yacht see, the union that - why a yacht see, the union that represents the cinematographers, which is what halyna hutchins was, and the directors and everybody onset wanted to issue a statement to add a little bit more clarification as to who was on the set for this movie, who would have been in charge of handling all those safety protocols, and whether or not it was a live round or not. so we still don�*t have all the answers but we are starting to get a better picture as to what happened. and who was responsible? they�*re saying alec baldwin was onset, he was surprised and crying, asking who put a live round and there. we still don�*t have all those answers yet we still don�*t know the exact name of the person who was the prop master — that�*s either the person on the set of a tv series orfilm, and either the person on the set of a tv series or film, and they are the chart —— in charge of firearms. we don�*t have their name yet, nor has that person released any information as to how this could�*ve happened. michael massey talk about the trauma he experience knowing he killed brandon lee. it�*s hard to know about what is going through alec baldwin�*s mind at a time like this. good to speak to despite the circumstance, look forward to speaking to you again. look forward to speaking to you aaain. . ~' ,. the welsh government has defended bringing in changes to testing requirements for travellers returning to wales, a week later than england. from sunday, fully vaccinated adults and most school—aged children in england returning from red—list countries can take a lateral flow test instead of a more expensive pcr test. but in wales, the update won�*t take place until the end of the half—term break, on 31 october. chris dearden reports. working hard and in need of a break. this woman has operated her dog grooming business in cardiff almost non— delicate nonstop to the pandemic will stop now she�*d like to be the one sitting down, ideally somewhere warm and sunny. up until now, booking a foreign holiday has just been too stressful.— just been too stressful. trying to ian just been too stressful. trying to [an a just been too stressful. trying to plan a few _ just been too stressful. trying to plan a few things, _ just been too stressful. trying to plan a few things, but _ just been too stressful. trying to plan a few things, but then - just been too stressful. trying to plan a few things, but then with | just been too stressful. trying to i plan a few things, but then with the uncertainty of not knowing how to go about with the testing — because i am myself and my husband would like am myself and my husband would like a quick break away, and a factor in the cost of a pcr test willjust take away the balance of having a quick and easy weekend break. 50 iii quick and easy weekend break. so if paula does go _ quick and easy weekend break. so if paula does go abroad, this is how the rules will have changed here in wales on 31 october. from that date, if you�*re fully vaccinated and not coming from a location on the red list, then you won�*t need the pcr lab tests, which cost more than £60 per passenger. you can have a cheaper lateral flow test instead. you could take the test at home within two days of arriving back. the same rule will come into force a week later in england and wales. the welsh government says things will change here at the same time as england because the uk government didn�*t give enough notice. and today, the health minister said whatever type of test people need to take, it doesn�*t change the official line on foreign travel. we take, it doesn't change the official line on foreign travel.— line on foreign travel. we are encouraging _ line on foreign travel. we are encouraging people - line on foreign travel. we are encouraging people not- line on foreign travel. we are encouraging people not to i line on foreign travel. we are - encouraging people not to abroad. while we are in a situation where there is a risk of importing a new variant which could cause havoc in our country — we are frankly unhappy with the situation that�*s happening in england, but the reality is we have an open border and most of the people who do travel abroad travel through english airports. so for us to have a different system would be extremely difficult. . find to have a different system would be extremely difficult. ._ extremely difficult. . and the chan . e extremely difficult. . and the change of — extremely difficult. . and the change of rules _ extremely difficult. . and the change of rules also - extremely difficult. . and the change of rules also means l extremely difficult. . and the - change of rules also means changes for travel agents. and has been doing travel tests as well as helping people organise their holidays. she�*ll carry on doing lateral flow tests, but is forward to more of her usual type of work. i to more of her usual type of work. i can't wait for the day where we can�*t wait for the day where we don�*t even have to do any more at all. but we do understand that for travelling, we do need it. fit travelling, we do need it. of course, many of us and wales have not been abroad this year and don�*t necessarily have any plans to do so just yet. but we have seen in the last few months is larger numbers of people than ever taking holidays in wales and the uk. but with covid case numbers rising here in england and wales, how do people feel about tourism here? we and wales, how do people feel about tourism here?— tourism here? we deftly feel safe. there's deftly _ tourism here? we deftly feel safe. there's deftly parts _ tourism here? we deftly feel safe. there's deftly parts in _ tourism here? we deftly feel safe. there's deftly parts in the - tourism here? we deftly feel safe. there's deftly parts in the states i there�*s deftly parts in the states where it�*s a wild west. at the moment. i where it's a wild west. at the moment. ~ , where it's a wild west. at the moment-— where it's a wild west. at the moment. ~' , , , . , moment. i keep very strict rules. it must be worn _ moment. i keep very strict rules. it must be worn at _ moment. i keep very strict rules. it must be worn at all— moment. i keep very 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travelling took can _ moment. and whether you're travelling took can arvin - moment. and whether you're travelling took can arvin or. travelling took can arvin or california, the welsh government says it�*s keeping all covid rules under review, reminding everyone that comes back from abroad that if they test positive, they still need i say for ten days. and it is non— red list countries that you�*ll be able to take a lateral flow test, rather than pcr tests if you�*re travelling and from certainly not read list countries. in scotland, nhs lanarkshire has moved to the "highest risk level" as its three hospitals are at maximum capacity. the military was already asked to provide additional support at three university hospitals, but the health board said occupancy levels are still "critical". alexandra mackenzie says there�*s pressure right across the nhs in scotland. nhs lanarkshire have confirmed that they are at the highest risk level due to what the health board described as critical occupancy levels and also the overall pressure on the whole system. they have described the situation in nhs lanarkshire as unprecedented. the health board said there was sustained pressure across its three university hospitals and that is not showing any signs of easing. the hospitals they are talking about are hairmyers, monklands, and also wishaw. the health board described the situation as relentless. they said it was due to bed shortages but also a shortage of staff. they said there was a lot of staff sickness, staff who are stressed and also a lot of self isolation because of the covid pandemic. the health board said their priority is the safety of their patients and also staff so they are working through options to try and increase the number of staff and also to increase the flow of patients through the hospital. the military has already been providing some help. that is medical help and also with drivers as well. in august, nhs lanarkshire had started postponing some of their operations. they are now doing a bit more of that and some elective cancer operations are also going to be postponed. the hospital has said they will reschedule those as soon as possible. the green party is calling for every household to be given 320 pounds to help pay for higher energy bills. the policy was unveiled as the party�*s annual conference gets underway in birmingham. our political correspondent ione wells sent this update from the conference. one message that really came across from the co—leaders was how much of a key moment this is for the green party who have a record number of councillors in england and wales. their sister party is in government in scotland and of course the government is gearing up to host cop26. they also touched on points like the rising cost of living and the energy crisis we are seeing at the moment with gas prices higher than they have been and people seeing rising energy bills which has got all parties talking about the need to move away from a reliance on fossil fuels and the big policy announced today was that the green party would like to give every household £320 to cope with these additional bills which they say would be paid for by a one—off tax on landlords to raise £9 billion. they have laid out what their vision is. the challenge for the green party is getting seats on the table in positions of power. both leaders emphasising the want to be seen notjust as a pressure group but a serious electoral party and win more seats also in the houses of parliament as well. they face a couple of challenges. one of the key ones being the fact that at the moment we are seeing some of the more radical green groups like extinction rebellion dominate the headlines when it comes to the green agenda at the moment and those groups both the co—leaders have actively distanced themselves from as part of their election campaign as well. secondly we are seeing all major political parties trumpet their green policies with the uk conservative government just this week announcing their net zero strategy so with all parties talking about this, and this of course being the green party�*s usp, they are having to fight a little bit harderfor that acknowledgement and for those seats around the tables in the halls of power. the care regulator for england is warning that the sector faces a "tsunami of unmet need" this winter unless staffing shortages are tackled. the care quality commission has called for immediate measures to fill job vacancies. the government says it�*s providing 162 million pounds to boost recruitment. the headlines on bbc news... scientists advising the government say stricter covid measures should be made ready for "rapid deployment" — but the prime minister insists plan b for england isn�*t needed yet. tributes are being paid to cinematographer, halyna hutchins, who�*s died after actor alec baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of his latest film. a man with alleged links to the manchester arena bombing has had his british citizenship restored by the home secretary. the mother of one of those murdered says bereaved families "need answers". now on bbc news, it�*s time for newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up — as he leaves the bbc, rory cellan—jones tells us how reporting on technology has changed in his 40 years at corporation. and in covering the death of sir david amess, how relevant is the ethnicity of the man charged with his murder? the death of sir david amess at his constituency surgery last friday has led to a lot of soul—searching in commentary and analysis of the possible reasons behind the attack, and what can be done to prevent similar incidents is in the future. alan lomax sent his thoughts on this... as for the bbc�*s reporting of the murder itself, one aspect caught the attention of some of you — demonstrated here by daniel sanford on last friday�*s news at 6pm. one witness who was opposite the church when it happened told

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