Many to so few, the immortal words of Winston Churchill about the women and men who fought in the battle of britain. We will take you on a flight this britain. We will take you on a flight this magnificent machine. Little bit of rain in the forecast. All the detail on breakfast. Its tuesday the 15th of september. Our top story a lack of coronavirus testing is leading to Staff Shortages across the nhs thats according to a warning from hospital bosses. They say the situation is putting services at risk and hampering efforts to prepare for winter. Greg mackenzie reports. Testing has come under intense scrutiny, after people across the uk reported that they were unable to book tests or been offered tests more than 100 miles away, like these people in plymouth. We were told by the nhs there was none in the uk whatsoever. We did it last week for my son and we were able to just come in. Back in july walking centres like this one were being promoted but now, walk in slots limited each day and, when they run out, people are simply turned away, including key workers. I have been trying since friday evening. Laboratories analysing swab tests in the uk are said to be overstretched, dealing with stuff shortages and logs. Said to be overstretched, dealing with stuff shortages and logsm said to be overstretched, dealing with stuff shortages and logs. It is having a real impact on the nhs overall so it means that trusts up and down the country are unable to restart services that we so desperately need after covid. The department of health is denied there was something problems. Meanwhile, the rate of infection has more than doubled in birmingham in a week, to 88 cases per 100,000 people. From today, households across birmingham, sandwell and solihull are banned to meet under certain conditions. Even stricter expressions could be imposed if the numbers do not improve. Restrictions will apply alongside england wide rules that make it illegal to meet up in social groups larger than a six. Similar restrictions are in place in wales and scotland but do not include children under 11 and 12, respectively. Greg mackenzie, bbc news. Lets get some more detail now on those extra restrictions which come into force in parts of the West Midlands today. Geeta pendse is in solihull. Good morning. How is life likely to change in solihull . Good morning, households are here in solihull, birmingham and sandwell, will not be allowed to mix because of the rise in coronavirus cases. In birmingham the rise has more than doubled to 88 cases in a week. They are trying to ta ke cases in a week. They are trying to take action. Essentially, if you live in these areas, you will not be allowed to have someone from outside your household or your social bubble into your home or private garden. 0fficials into your home or private garden. Officials have said that the rise in infection is largely due to social interactions, in particular household gatherings. People will still be able to go to school, to that workplace and also to venues like restaurants and pubs as long as they adhere to the england wide restrictions on the rule of six in those locations but with a population of 1. 6 million affected, it will be quite challenging for some people, particularly those who rely on another house of the things like childcare and other practical and emotional supports. Local officials really do believe that, by complying to these local restrictions, they will be able to bring the infection rate down here. Thank you for that. We will speak in throughout the morning. A proposed law, which would give the government the power to override parts of its Brexit Agreement with the eu, has passed its first test in the house of commons. Ministers say the internal markets bill contains vital safeguards, despite fears it could be in breach of International Law. 0ur Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. What happens next with this deal . Here we go again, lots of brexit noise. The uk and the eu cannot agree. It is like 2019 all over again. After all the noise, the government won easily. They have a majority of 18 and one with the majority of 18 and one with the majority of 18 and one with the majority of 77. Just a couple of tory mps outright rejected the idea for a change in the law. 30 conservatives either abstained or did not turn up. Keep a close eye on them because there has been a huge amount of noise, real concern and a breadth of concern about the government choosing to break International Law. The Opposition Party oppose it. You would expect them to do that but lots of conservative and former Prime Minister, attorney generals, who oversee the law, are not happy either. When we get to the later stages of these planned new laws, where mps can tweak it and amend it, thatis where mps can tweak it and amend it, that is when things can be interesting and the house of lords to follow as well. We have not heard the last of this. President trump is visiting california amid a deepening row over the unprecedented wildfires devastating huge parts of the us west coast. Mr trump said the fires were the result of poorForest Management, not climate change. Earlier, his election opponent joe biden called the president a climate arsonist whose policies are contributing to natural disasters. The bbc will reveal the latest details on the salaries of its most highly paid presenters today. The corporations annual report is expected to show that the gap between male and female salaries is closing, but there are also concerns about a drop in its income. Heres our media correspondent, david sillito. The gap in staff salaries has in recent yea rs the gap in staff salaries has in recent years been dropping especially with the agenda balancing and presenting rules. The mail female split is now around 55 45, down from 3 13 years ago but a concern in a drop of income is the main concern. Licence fees also an issue especially as the bbc has had to ta ke issue especially as the bbc has had to take the cast of free licenses for over 75 receiving pension credit. 0ther for over 75 receiving pension credit. Other topics include presenters corporate work, social media usage and the endless meetings but it will also reveal how much habits are changing. People streaming content, the last few months have seen an increasing use of the bbc iplayer. David sillito, bbc news. Soaring rates of alcohol abuse are placing too much pressure on Addiction Services, according to the Royal College of psychiatrists. The number of people drinking high risk levels of alcohol has almost doubled in england since the start of the pandemic, and the college says deep cuts made to Addiction Services mean patients could miss out on treatment. The government says it has increased Public Health spending by £3. 2 billion this year. Nightclubbers in berlin have found a way to have a proper dance while remaining socially distanced. Converted phone boxes complete with dry ice, strobe lights, the obligatory mirror ball and a choice of tunes means they can have the worlds smallest disco all to themselves for three minutes at a time. What an extraordinary but also brilliant idea. Not long enough for you though. It was really warm and lovely yesterday. How is it going to be . It was a warm and sunny day. This was the view injersey, where we saw the hottest spot, 31 degrees. Somewhere in Eastern England could hit that again today. Some of you however waking up to a bit of wet weather. Some splashes of rain to the far west. Eastern parts and Northern Ireland, the north and west of scotla nd Northern Ireland, the north and west of scotland with the heaviest post mixed among it. A lot of rain fizzling out into the afternoon. Lots more sunshine to come across the bulk of england and wales. Like yesterday. More in the wet cloud later towards the west and south west. Isolated showers. Largely dry for the majority. From london up through to cambridge 31 degrees possible. A warmer day for Northern Ireland and much of scotland. These areas could still see a bit of rain around as well as we go through the afternoon and evening. The rain fizzes out this afternoon. Most places will be dry but temperatures will not drop away too much. Another mild night before things turn fresher. As we know, the Coronavirus Health crisis is also an economic crisis, with Many Employers laying off staff. Well get an idea ofjust how bad the picture is later this morning. Nina can tell us more. Good morning. Remember the chancellor promised to support those who couldnt work because of covid 19, it made history. But it came with a warning; that it couldnt last forever. As that support has been reduced and our spending has radically changed theres been a huge impact. Weve seen tens of thousands ofjobs go at airlines, restaurants and high street shops. Theatres, and cinemas. Businesses have had to rise to the challnege of social distancing and not all have survived. Change has brought green shoots in some areas. Supermarkets, online retialers and even pizza firms are taking people on but those numbers are nowhere near those which have been lost. Last month, the official Unemployment Rate stood at 3. 9 meaning 1. 34 Million People officially out of work. Trouble is this data masks the true picture. Firstly its a bit delayed. It is a bit delayed, it shows people looking for a newjob, and many people might not even be trying at the moment if their industry is not back up and running plus the furlough scheme. At its peak, 9. 6 million jobs were supported by the governmentsjob retention scheme. It is being wound down but1 in 9 of all uk workers are still furloughed. About three and a half Million People. The big question is will those people be taken back on or will they sadly end up being made redundant . So when the official data comes out later we will want to keep a close eye on the payroll data which is taken in real time. Last time around it showed 730,000 fewer people were in paid employment when compared with pre pandemic. Whatever stat we pick out it cant tell us what the reality is like for families. Some who have seen numerous Family Members lose theirjobs. Man so, how close is this to the city centre . Life of the coombes family has dramatically changed. Woman not that one there. Back seat the first one of the three. Both parents, michael and karen, lost theirjobs in retail in the east midlands. Where theyre originally from, to look for work. Today, theyre helping daughter isabella move into a student house for her final year at university. All three know the months ahead will be tough. Woman welcome back. Well, this is the first time ive ever been without a job. So that in itself was a whole new experience and took some getting used to. You remain optimistic, but it gets tough. Its really hard. Michael has 20 Years Experience as a senior retail buyer. He was furloughed in march, made redundant in july. So far he has applied for 65 roles. How challenging has it been looking for a job at the moment . You begin to question yourself and you go, 0k, well, ive got a lot of passion for what i do, i have a lot of experience, but do i need to retrain . Am i in the wrong industry . I cant afford to sit and wait back for this to stabilise to the degree where, you know, thejobs start coming again. I may need to go do something entirely differently. Isabella is facing a different challenge searching for part time work in bars and restaurants as she studies. Just over the last couple of months, i mean, i was applying for like, 2 3 barjobs a day, just through hospitality websites and you might hear back from one or two of them, and then even, they still cant guarantee the hours. I mean, they arejust you know, theres nothing really there for us. One of my biggest concerns is with isabella is i cannot financially support her in the way i have been doing. And you talked a bit about savings only last so long. Yes. You are now having to navigate the benefits system. Yes. And that has been quite stressful. We will need to start to apply for benefits. Now, we have never claimed benefits in the whole of our life, not even the child benefit. You know . So, you know, you try to deal with it day to day. There is no one to talk to anymore. I found that so distressing. It took us an hour to find someone to explain what the differences were. And as the furlough scheme ends in october, recruiters warn of a second wave ofjob losses. But the economic fallout from coronavirus will affect every generation. Sarah corker, bbc news. If you survive it you can grow afterwards. You want to be here at the end of this. Everywhere across the end of this. Everywhere across the ukfamily the end of this. Everywhere across the uk Family Finances are being squeezed. In berkshire, this family have taken a mortgage holiday to help ease the strain. We are both out of work at the moment and we are really concerned about what will christmas bring, how the next bills will be paid, we are trying to find a job will be paid, we are trying to find ajob and will be paid, we are trying to find a job and that is really difficult. Ashley started a newjob in march and escort rascals but after four months with no race goers, she was let go. Her husband left a job in Financial Technology before lockdown so Financial Technology before lockdown so neither qualify for fellow and have now applied for universal credit. Furlough. Have now applied for universal credit. Furlough. Now we are taking fault from somebody who needs it. A lot more applicants. What i am doing is looking more to the short term. I have applied for jobs in retail, in local shops for Automotive Companies. You just get blankly rejected because you do not have that relative experience or your perceived as a senior. As the economy opens up again, they are hopeful opportunities will emerge but the economic fallout from coronavirus will affect every generation. Jobs all really tough road ahead for so many families. We will get an update on official numbers. What we are hearing is, so many people in sarahs piece, unemployed for the first time trying to navigate the benefits systems thatis to navigate the benefits systems that is unusual and i keep saying its like a broken record, this is just the beginning. Its the end of 0ctober just the beginning. Its the end of october when the furlough scheme ends but even though the economy is picking up, its starting from somewhere way back and often, those redundancies after the economy picks up, so were waiting to see what happens later in the autumn. At the businesses are struggling to go because they dont know where they will be so they are not taking chancesin will be so they are not taking chances in recruiting. Hard times. Its exactly 80 years today since the raf managed to repel two massive attacks by germanys luftwaffe winning what became known as the battle breakfasts john maguire is at an airfield in northamptonshire to tell us more. Morning, john. Good morning to you both. You are going to love some of the pictures we are about to show you. Spitfire. We hate using the word iconic but it has to be the most iconic aircraft ever created, there with concorde. The very memorable and notable rg mitchell design on this plane along with the hurricane were huge parts of winning and securing victory in the battle of britain. This particular aircraft has been converted, it is a trainer, you have a seat in the backjar was very privileged to get a ride in yesterday but built in 191m, 90 original this aircraft, flew 176 combat sorties, credited with 6004 6. 5 kills, combat sorties, credited with 6004 6. 5 kills, the half kill meaning it was shared with another our craft that i want to show you when the cockpit, very cramped and noisy and warm as you will see in a couple of minutes, but can you imagine what its like, not just minutes, but can you imagine what its like, notjust flying in a club like this but getting involved in a dogfight as well. The pilot had such a short amount of training, the idea was to get them on the front line so quickly, the turnaround of course, the turnover was quite rapid. Before getting a chance to find one of these. Then being handed the keys to a ferrari, extraordinary. We will ta ke a ferrari, extraordinary. We will take you want a flight in the moment but first, lets take you to this. The men and women in these machines you won the battle of britain eight yea rs you won the battle of britain eight years ago. Due to covid, 1990 old geoff burton has left home since january but this was a reunion eight years in the making geoff was determined not to miss. It was wonderful to see it, absolutely wonderful. Its unbelievable. As a young man, he served at raf croydon and remembers working on this hurricane fighter. As groundcrew, their job working on this hurricane fighter. As groundcrew, theirjob was to keep the planes flying whatever it took. The main problem that we had was the fabrics, really, on the bodywork, where they would all get covered in bullet holes. Very often, the pilot didnt even know that they would get. They were on the way up to flying again. Geoff has been treated to his own personal display here at the Imperial War Museum in duxford. Still a teenager in 1940, he witnessed how the battle of britain took its toll. Someone told us that only flown four hours in training, and they come out for the first time in action and never come back again. Young 19 year olds can be no. Its absolutely shocking. We admire them. We couldnt do anything else really, but admire them. If you put yourself injusts shoes but admire them. If you put yourself in justs shoes and but admire them. If you put yourself injusts shoes and imagine what it would have been like to see those out would have been like to see those our craft off for their next sortie into the skies, and wondering how many of those men would have returned. To try and gain some insight of what life was like the man who flew against the might of german luftwaffe, i am taking to the skies above sywell aerodrome in a spitfire. This aircraft was built in 1944, and regi