to get out and about until it does that to you, that was the scene earlier in merseyside. as in the atlantic, something that has really caught my eye, an awful lot of weather on its way towards the british isles. through the afternoon, the rain from the merseyside area pushes across the border into scotland, turning more showery. sunshine north of that, there will be some thunderstorms, sunshine further south, temperatures in the low 20s. at at the same time the weather mightjust do that to you, there could be sharper shallow than thunderstorms. this evening and overnight, much of the activity will fade away, two showers lingering. a mild night, temperatures down to 15 oi’ mild night, temperatures down to 15 or 16. the first signs of a spell of wet and windy weather towards the south—west, which is the theme of the next few days, unusual spells of pretty windy weather with significant rain rather than hit and myth showers. if you have a line of washing to do across england and wales, do it early, the rain will cover a ll wales, do it early, the rain will cover all parts by around tea—time and eventually push into northern ireland. if you are away from some of the murky coast in scotland, a decent day with highs of 22 or 23 before the rain arrives in eastern parts of the british isles. the rain comes and spells associated with the fronts, that never take up in proceedings until the next set of front start working in. showers towards the north of scotland, then a pretty decent day until the next pulse of weapons windy weather piles into the west of the british isles, gusty winds to the irish sea coast, 50 mph or more. towards the eastern side of the british isles, the breeze comes from the south so it feels like summer, with some of the highest temperatures of the week, around 25 or 26. cooler towards the west, where it will look more like autumn. towards the end of the week, forget about the bits and pieces, one big area of low pressure close by to the western side of the british isles, lots and i suppose, weapons windy across northern and western parts, wherever you are, it will be blustery —— lots of isobars, wet and windy. a reminder of our top story... as students scramble to secure university places after the exam fiasco in england, an apology from the education secretary. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. it'sjust after 1.30pm. i'm john watson with the latest from the bbc sport centre. clubs could be lost forever — that's the warning from a group of mps who have written to the government urging them to allow non—league fans back into stadiums. the clubs, who rely on gate receipts for income, say they wont be able to start the new season next month without them. the former sports minster tracey crouch has helped co—ordinate the letter and joins us now. the government hoping to see fans permitted into football grounds from 1st october, but you and a number of others believe allowances should be made for non—league clubs? that is right. at the moment we are in danger of putting non—league clu bs in danger of putting non—league clubs into the same consideration as league clubs, but they are very, very different. non—league clubs have much smaller gates and could go back to normal as quickly as possible as long as they are secure. but at the moment they are being treated the same way as league clu bs, treated the same way as league clubs, andi treated the same way as league clubs, and i think that is the mistake. you can sense the frustration, when you consider a lot of it is safe standing and on the terraces, when you talk about ensuring those kamala harris measures are met “— ensuring those kamala harris measures are met —— covid measures are met, you could do this at this level of football? absolutely. i understand the pyramid of football, iama understand the pyramid of football, i am a premier league season ticket holder, but i grew up watching smaller clubs and now i represent chatham town. non—league is the heart and soul of football. it is something that is very different to league football, and you can look at the fan base and treated very differently to that of the premier league club, for example. most people live very near by the clubs that they support in the non—league world and i think they are not using public transport, they are getting there in their own private ways, either by car or by walking, so considering the health aspects and how we keep coronavirus under control, which is a very important thing that is to be considered, that it can't be done very differently to lea k level clu bs. it can't be done very differently to leak level clubs. we are expecting news from department for digital, culture, media and sport tomorrow. we have seen trails and other sports such as snooker and cricket already. has there been enough success there that makes you think it could be some movement on this and it could be broadened out to include football, perhaps before that 1st of 0ctober deadline that the government has put in place to allow some fans back at the stadiums?” has put in place to allow some fans back at the stadiums? i hope so. there was a trial event at the snicker at the weekend, which is indoors. we are talking about the same level of crowd that you will get ina same level of crowd that you will get in a club like chesham united, who inspired the lecture, in the outdoors. for me it doesn't make any sense. i think that we need to review how we are doing this. there are some anomalies in the way we are getting people back to supporting events. i can go to a casino, bowling alley, but i can go and watch my local non—league club. it doesn't make any sense whatsoever, yet the financial security of these clu bs yet the financial security of these clubs is at risk. many of these clu bs clubs is at risk. many of these clubs rely on the gate, they don't have broadcasting money or sponsorship money to support them, so they need people to come through the gates. that £10 is really important to the future of these clu bs. important to the future of these clubs. tracy, many thanks indeed for your time this afternoon. tracy, many thanks indeed for your time this afternoon. elsewhere today, the opening game of the new season in france has been postponed because of four positive coronavirus tests. marseille were supposed to be playing st etienne on friday, but their squad returned four positive tests for covid—19. it was the first of eight fixtures due to be played this weekend. no word yet as to whether the rest of the games will be affected. confirmation this afternoon that the former manchester city goalkeeperjoe hart has joined tottenham on a free transfer. this is the announcement video from social media. he's signed a two—year deal after leaving burnley at the end ofjune. i'll have more for you in the next hour. in scotland, three pupils at separate schools have tested positive for covid—19. two of the cases were detected in pupils in perth and kinross and one in renfrewshire. the scotland first minister, nicola sturgeon, gave a press briefing earlier this afternoon. i can confirm that an additional 49 positive cases were confirmed yesterday, representing 1% of people who were newly tested yesterday, taking the total number of cases to 19,407. a full health board breakdown will be available later but my provisional information suggests that seven of those 49 new cases are in the grampian health board area, 12 are in greater glasgow and clyde, six in lanarkshire, 16 in tayside. we are dealing with known clusters in each of these health board areas and i will come back to those shortly. i can also confirm a total of 254 patients are in hospital with confirmed covid, six more than i reported yesterday. three people in intensive care, same as yesterday. in the past 2a hours, no deaths were registered for patients who tested positive over the previous 28 days, and the number of deaths under that measurement remains 2,491. however, we should remember that the weekly national records of scotland figures which include confirmed and presumed covid deaths, showed five people died in the preceding seven days who were either presumed to have have covid or whose test was more than 28 days prior to death. these figures will be published tomorrow. that is a stark reminder of the impact of this virus. still potentially very dangerous. and of course my condolences again go to everybody who has suffered loss. as always, i want to thank everyone working hard still to help our country through this pandemic in whatever capacity you are doing so. you have our appreciation. i am hoping that circumstances permitting we might shortly move to have these updates slightly less frequently, perhaps three days a week rather than five. however, i have concluded that it is important this week that i give regular updates on the variety of different clusters and outbreaks that are currently being tackled across the country. let me start firstly with aberdeen. given that aberdeen and indeed the grampian area more generally has been responsible for a very significant proportion of all new cases that we have seen in recent weeks. i mentioned earlier that seven of today's 49 new cases were in the grampian area. i can report today that, according to the latest figures we have, a total of 386 cases have now been identified in grampian since the 26th ofjuly. 220 of these are associated with the cluster linked to aberdeen pubs and 1,125 contacts have now been identified from those 220 cases. i can confirm today that 13 cases which had previously been identified but not allocated to the cluster have now, following further investigation, been added because they are considered to be associated with that cluster. the slightly more positive news is that in recent days we have seen a decline in new cases across the grampian area. ten days ago for example we reported 39 new cases in one day. today, as you havejust heard, the figure we are reporting is seven. the seven—day average for cases has also fallen. so that suggests that the restrictions that were put in place two weeks ago are having an impact, as of course are the efforts of our health protection teams. however, it is worth highlighting that over the past week new cases in grampian are still higher than in other parts of the country. we will have to take that fact into account when we announce tomorrow whether or not there will be any change to the restrictions currently in place in aberdeen. the situation there does appear to be improving but it is important to stress that we cannot yet say that outbreak is completely over. i also mentioned yesterday a cluster in cooper angus which is linked to a 2 sisters food processing plant. so far i can report this outbreak has nine associated cases. i would be very surprised, albeit pleasantly, if we don't see that number rise in the days ahead. seven of the cases identified so far are employees of the factory and two are people in the wider community, and contact tracing is ongoing for all of these cases. the factory, which employs approximately 900 people in total, a big workplace, closed down yesterday and a mobile testing unit is due on site today so that the whole workforce can be tested. this is a complex and potentially significant cluster. the head of the world health organization has warned against what he's called "vaccine nationalism". it comes as the who is increasingly concerned that wealthier countries are doing deals to buy up vast stocks of potential vaccines. dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus has said it won't be possible for the entire global population to get a vaccine as soon as it becomes available and he's appealed to countries to set priorities for essential workers and vulnerable people. sharing finite supply strategies globally is actually in each country's national interest. no one is safe until everyone is safe, as new diagnostics, medicines and viruses come through the pipeline. it is critical that countries don't repeat the same mistakes. we need to prevent vaccine nationalism. we need to prevent vaccine nationalism. let's get more now on the fresh scramble for university places that's begun in earnest today for those hit by the chaos over a—level results. the government's u—turn yesterday, that results would be given on teacher assessment, followed an outcry over students being graded down by an algorithm. the turmoil means that thousands have lost out on uni places they would otherwise have secured. my colleague victoria derbyshire spoke to vice—chancellor of keele university, trevor mcmillan, and mike nicholson, director of undergraduate admissions at the university of bath, about how universities were preparing to deal with the sudden government u—turn on results. there is a lot of work to be done helping young people sort out what the future is going to be over the next few days and weeks. there will be some serious issues for some universities whether it be in terms of the volume that they now have to take, that is extra, and for others there will be specific situations like medicine where there are very real limits to how many students we can take in on any one year, but because of the placements that we have available, but also because of government caps on the numbers. on the points about medicine, professor, i have an e—mailfrom someone who had an offer from keele university to do medicine, her grades were downgraded so she didn't meet the criteria. she explained that the school is going to appeal on her behalf, and they said, ok, if you are successful you can come next year and to medicine. now she has got the grades, can she come this year? we are currently full. what we are saying to students in that situation as it stands at the moment, we will guarantee them a place next year rather than this year. i think that is one of the areas where there has got to be some careful discussion very quickly between government and the universities as to whether there is any opportunity to make increased places available this year. can you go back on decision to have already made in the last week? no, and nor would we want to because those students that we have admitted or admitted on the basis of the grades they were awarded. there isn't any suggestion that rates would be downgraded from what they achieved. we seem to have forgotten that there isa pandemic we seem to have forgotten that there is a pandemic on and most universities have had to think very carefully about the safety of their students, the staff of the wider community around them, and that's restricts taking on additional students. i wonder, do restricts taking on additional students. iwonder, do you restricts taking on additional students. i wonder, do you feel that the government has pushed this now onto your shoulders, and the shoulders of other vice chancellors to sort out? i don't think that is how we feel. we are concentrating now on looking after the young people. there is no doubt that it would have been helpful if a decision could have been made a couple of weeks ago and a lot of heartache would have been avoided for young people. as i say, i think we now have to get on with it. we have got constraints, thinking about what campuses will look like with covid, and we will work through it. i think we can be confident that universities will really bend over backwards to make sure that students get there, but there will be some capacity issues in some areas that might mean that our referral is one of the routes that may be available. the boss of the so—called group of universities, which i assume includes yours, we need urgent clarification from the government on the additional support it will provide with universities and the expected increase in numbers, particularly for the high cost courses like chemistry and engineering. do you need more money from the government to put into operation to make that happen? we are not with the russell group of universities, but i applaud their sentiment. we have carefully thought through what we can do this you are attentive restrictions around social distancing, accommodation. it is important that some universities, because of the change in student decision—making, they may be fairly exposed and it is important that the sector is protected. also of course students will need to be supported financially, potentially, in this period because many of them will have to take on costs that they weren't expecting, not least because there will be fewerjobs available for them there will be fewerjobs available forthem in there will be fewerjobs available for them in part—time work. there will be fewerjobs available for them in part-time work. trevor mcmillan, where does responsibility for the algorithm lie? is it 0fqual, was that the education secretary?” am not particularly knowledgeable about the ins and outs of that. where do you think responsibility lies? the responsibility is down to all of the snow to sort out the young people. looking back now and sorting out that claim is not what it is about. it is about those young people. if anything has gone wrong, thatis people. if anything has gone wrong, that is probably what has been lost in the last few weeks. the algorithm is statistical, it was looking at numbers and at some point in the process to people behind that have been perhaps forgotten a little bit. and so, that is what you'll have to concentrate on now. ijust want to know if you come as a vice chancellor of the university in this country, have confidence in the education secretary?” country, have confidence in the education secretary? i think he has got to work with us in order to do all sorts of things around universities, some immediate questions that we have got to go through. i don't think it is my position to express that confidence or otherwise. i don't know why, you area or otherwise. i don't know why, you are a vice chancellor of a really popular university in the uk. yeah, but we work with the system we have. three individual universities, they work very closely with the department for education and the policy that comes through from them and tries to influence those. there needs to be much more discussion around that and then some of these things could well be avoided in respect of the individual specifically concerned. this afternoon we'll be answering your questions on the government u—turn on how a—level exams will be graded. simon mccoy will be joined by grainne hallahan from the time educational supplement, and mary curnock cook, former chief executive of ucas. you can email your questions to [email protected] or tweet them to the hash tag #bbcyourquestions. that's coming up at 3.30pm this afternoon. it's the venue which helped launch the careers of the beatles, but the famous cavern club in liverpool is now facing financial ruin because of the coronavirus lockdown. the sites owners have warned they're losing thirty thousand pounds a week and have already had to make 20 staff redundant. jayne mccubbin reports on the club that has become an institution but its future is now under threat. the cavern club is the most famous club in the world. the place is packed, people listen to the music. it's hot, it's sweaty. when this all happened, i mean, you know, you're thinking, how are we going to continue? the thought of the cavern club not being here, that is inconceivable. but it's a real threat. so this is it. welcome to the cavern. # i like it, i like it #. it is an institution. today, empty — and at risk of staying that way. how scary was it when all of this hit and you knew you just couldn't carry on? er. . . it was very scary. it's costing us — to not open — £30,000 a week. we can keep that going a bit longer without reopening. but then our reserves will be gone. this is where legends were born. famously the beatles — but notjust the beatles. countless bands over 63 years. 0utside today, john lennon looks on to a matthew street still covid—quiet. roberta is here from rome. i like beatles very much. have you ever been in the cavern, robert? never. was this going to be yourfirst time? yes. 0h! give us a twirl, riley, in your beatles t—shirt. riley is here from essex. proof the legacy of this place touches even the youngest generations. how much of a fan are you, riley? see that? yeah. probably bigger than that. bigger than that? bigger than that! get out of town! do you want to start a rendition of heyjude? # na, na, na, na—na—na—nah #. he had hoped today would be his very first visit to the world—famous cavern club. # hey, jude #. can you imagine a world without the cavern club? i cannot, no. it's like the earth is built around it. not the cavern club is built around the earth. jayne laughs. if # na, na, na, na, hey, jude #. round of applause for riley! woo—woo! woop—woop! since this place opened in 1957, it's closed and reopened five times, but no—one could have foreseen a global pandemic threatening its very existence. 20 staff have been laid off, 20 more jobs are at risk, and of course, live music venues across the uk are struggling right now, but few have the cultural collateral of this place. # gonna find her. # i'm gonna find her #. people will be writing about the cavern in a hundred years' time — what shakespeare is to stratford, the cavern is to liverpool and they will be talking about it. and this unfortunately will go down as a major closure. but not the end. absolutely. you don't think? no, absolutely not the end. you know, we've got to be positive. we've got to be positive. we've been taking small steps and we'll continue. and with support we can take bigger steps and we are keeping very positive. you've got to. yeah. he gulps. you gulped then. did i gulp? he laughs. this is a perilous time for all live music venues... take care. bye. ..but there are people around the world rooting for this one. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil. as you would expect in august, there is decent sunny weather to be had for the rest of the day, but it is not like that everywhere. jeanette was struggling for a decent view earlier. one or two areas have been with hefty showers and thunderstorms. the atlantic looking pretty unsettled, much of that is coming our way over the next couple of days, but closer to home we have had a hook of cloud which started the day over the north of england producing fairly miserable fare there. it is gradually worked further north, dissolving into showers. one of the areas of cloud i showed you in the atlantic by the end of the night will reach the south—west corner. it will be another mild night, between 12 and 16. that unsettled picture in the atlantic, very much closer to home for some of you on wednesday as the front brings cloud, wind and rain, initially across the southern half of the british isles, but more widely. you will notice the strength of the wind at times during the week, and there will be spells of rain. here is the first one, which much of england and wales will see as we get into the afternoon. by teatime, some of that will be getting towards county down, as well. scotland faring that bit better. those are the strength of the gusts. it is a combination of wet and windy weather, i suspect it will feel like autumn. 23 the best of the temperature. the best of the sunshine in parts of scotland. that is not the end of the story. as one pulse of rain works its way north, another pulse of rain will swing in towards the east. it will take a time. the wet and windy fare gets into the north of scotland, then there is a lull in proceedings. the wind will come in from the south, so provided you don't get the wind and rain, and it will be pretty gusty, the temperatures will pick up, the maximum about 26 in the east. take care, 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