Move back to tottenham today. We are talking all autumn bulb planting. A dry start to the day and many of us should see a fine and dry day ahead with more details in ten minutes. Its friday the 18th of september. Our top story. Tighter National Restrictions across the whole of england are being discussed by downing street to try and slow the surging number of coronavirus cases. The measures are being described as a circuit rate after a warning from the governments teeth scientific advisers that there would be a significant rise in the death rate without further intervention. This is what borisjohnson is desperate to avoid another full Scale National lockdown, which he says would be a disaster for the economy. Instead, the government could introduce whats being called a circuit break perhaps just for a fortnight of tightened restrictions in england. Schools would remain open, as would workplaces. But pubs and restaurants could have their Opening Hours cut. Some public premises would have to close. No final decisions have been taken as the government waits to see the effect of the new rule of six. Nearly 10 Million People are living under stricter restrictions already. At midnight, people in large part of the north east of england were told they could no longer socialise with those outside their own household or support bubble. Why take notice of these new rules when they didnt take notice other rules . They keep changing them all the time, so you dont know what youre doing when you come out. Its better than better than across the board. If we can try and do it where it is, it might stop it spreading. Lancashire, with the exception of blackpool, is expected to be the next area to face local restrictions, with similar controls to the north east on socialising and a 10pm closing time for pubs and restaurants. But criticism remains of the testing system. There was frustration in sunderland yesterday when people turned up at this site to find no sign of any testing. Ministers did not increase testing to levels that were needed, so it is not world beating, its a shambles. I wouldnt sit here and claim that this is, you know. World beating . Absolutely going, you know, exactly as i would hope it to go, but we are constantly improving. In the latest 24 hour period, 3,395 new Coronavirus Infections were recorded that s slightly higher than the average for the past week. And with the Prime Minister warned by his advisers that there could be a significant number of deaths by the end of october without further interventions, there are some tough decisions ahead. Simon jones, bbc news. Lets get more on this now from our Political Correspondent jessica parker. Good morning. What we have here is a clear warning from scientist, a discussion at downing street and a new phrase, so could break. What is the significance . So could break. The idea is to try and pause things, stop the virus from spreading too much but not going for a full National Lock down to hold it all together. The Prime Minister this week described the idea of that on the economy as potentially disastrous to the government is eager to avoid that at all costs. That it is interesting because if you look at what has happened over recent months when the government spoke about a whack a mole strategy, finding out local outbreaks and tackling them locally, increasingly those local restrictions have become regional. Millions of people and swathes of the country are under some kind of restriction which raises the question as to whether or not at some point this could become nationwide across england and while no decisions are yet made it certainly seems that there is deep concern within the government and they are monitoring the situation, waiting to see what impact the new rule of six would have had but that was a simpler and blunter message and perhaps Going Forward in terms of restrictions we could see a simple blunt approach again. And we have seen across simple blunt approach again. And we have seen across a simple blunt approach again. And we have seen across a large area of the north east, restrictions coming into play already. The question is where next. An area next we think for local lockdown for People Living in lancashire with the exception of blackpool. Comes after restrictions we re blackpool. Comes after restrictions were applied across large areas of the north east to we do not yet have exact details as to what will happen in lancashire. There was some sort of announcement expected in the department of health is not commenting. A further sign that there is concern locally and nationally about the spread of the virus. As jess mentioned there, new coronavirus rules came into force across most of the north east of england overnight. Our reporter Olivia Richwald is in sunderland for us this morning. Olivia, what do these new Restrictions Mean for people there . The mornings are turning later but this is a new dawn, so to speak. That is right. A foggy morning here in sunderland and as people wake this morning, 2 Million People gcioss this morning, 2 Million People across the north east of england awaking to new restrictions on those restrictions will have a big impact on the lives of people because they can no longer meet up with family and friends in homes and gardens and nightlife he will stop at ten oclock. Here in sunderland, the number of positive cases per hundred thousand of the population is now over 100 and that worries local authorities. It is notjust that figure that is worrying. There is also been an increase in the number of positive cases, in hospitals and in the proportion of people testing positive. It was a trio of worrying factors that lead to seven local authorities here in the north east of england urging the government to impose these restrictions. Those restrictions include not being able to meet with family and friends in gardens, restaurants and pubs having to close at ten oclock and people are being asked to avoid using public transport unless for essential travel. And everyone from rural northumberland in County Durham and urban areas of newcastle and sunderland are affected full message from the local authority here is to adhere to the guidelines if we are to continue in the way we have been going with children able to attend school and people able to go back to work. These restrictions have been described as temporary and there is no guidance as to when they might end but they do, is the universities in newcastle, sunderland and durham get ready to welcome students back. Thank you so much, olivia. Care homes in england are to receive extra funding of more than half a billion pounds to help them control Coronavirus Infections over the winter. The money will be used to provide free personal protective equipment until march and ensure workers are still paid if they need to take time off to self isolate. Care directors have welcomed the initiative, but have said it does not address the need to pay staff better. Scientists say a rapid coronavirus test has been developed, that can accurately diagnose an infection within 90 minutes, without needing a specialist laboratory. The device is already being used in eight nhs hospitals and the government has ordered more. Its most useful for helping to quickly identify people with covid 19 in hospitals, rather than mass testing. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world have now risen beyond 30 million. More than 940,000 people have died with covid 19 since the outbreak began in china according to figures from Johns Hopkins university. The worst hit nations are the us, india and brazil, although infection rates across europe are rising rapidly. Israel will today become the first country to return to a nationwide lockdown after a surge of new cases. The closure which begins this afternoon will last for three weeks and comes at the start of the jewish new year. Yolande knell reports. Getting ready for the jewish new year. And a new lockdown. Crowded ultra orthodox neighbourhoods in israel are among the hot spots where covid cases have jumped, pushing the infection rate up to one of the highest in the world. Synagogues are at the heart of religious communities. We are only allowed to have sometimes ten, sometimes 20, depending on the regulations. But strict rules now mean few can gather inside. Its a remarkable time of the year, the most exceptional time of the year in thejewish calendar, and people are not going to be able to pray in their usual prayer areas, in their synagogues, they will not be able to be with family. Shalom soldiers have been drafting into lead the battle stay at home is again the message here. But the new lockdown to deal with the Public Health emergency is only going to deepen israels economic crisis. Unemployment is at a record high, many businesses are failing, leading to mounting criticism of the government. This closure, i hope they are going to end this story once and for all. This new mother, who has already lost herjob, does not believe it will. Its gonna be worse than now. It didnt work in the first time, it is not going to work and the second time. When israels tight controls quickly curbed the first wave of covid 19 earlier this year, it was seen as setting a world example. Now, as it is forced into another painful shutdown, many other countries will be hoping to avoid following its lead. Yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. The barbadian Prime Minister has said she wants the country to become a republic by november next year, when it will celebrate the 55th anniversary of its independence from britain. It is unusual for a country to remove the queen as head of state mauritius was the last to do it in 1992. The Prime Minister said she hopes the move isnt seen as divisive. We believe that the only reason it hasnt happened is because this is a vestige of our colonial past. Without rancour or divisiveness we will remove the that we continue to accept that our relationship with the royalfamily, accept that our relationship with the royal family, a accept that our relationship with the royalfamily, a relationship with the United Kingdom matters in the same way that your family to people who from ghana and we are family to people from the uk and family to people from the uk and family still matters. The royal mint says its not planning to make any new two pence or two pound coins in the next ten years, as demand has dropped. With more of us using contactless payments, the mint says there is a mountain of unused coins in storage. The National Audit office says it could become harder to access cash in the future for those who rely on it. Time for the weather now. And sarah is at rhs wisley in surrey this morning, how are you feeling about the morning being dark now. It definitely feels like autumn is here. It does. Good morning to you both. An autumn morning, fresh out there with mr dennis around first thing this morning but i am here at risley and we are talking all things autumn full of autumn planting. A little later we will show you how to plant bulbs at this time of year at home as well. Many people do not realise that autumn is a key season for gardening and many of us have taken up gardening during lockdown so we are all in need of a few hints on how to plant autumn bulbs. Here this morning it is a fresh start to the day and i am in the alpine display house. How is the weather looking . It is a fresh start to the day, fresh for many of us with High Pressure dominating the weather today and that will stick around as we head into the weekend. A sunny warm day ahead for many of us today but similar to yesterday it will be breezy, especially across southern parts of england and wales as well. Initially we have mist an murkiness around, particularly around parts of Northern England and scotland, that clears away and then we look at blue skies for many of us. It will feel warm with temperatures around 16 2a degrees also today. But you will notice that breeze coming in from the east and that will make things feel cooler, especially across parts of england and wales. Around those east coast it will feel cool where you have the breeze coming in off the north sea. A bit more cloud and the north sea. A bit more cloud and the odd shower across the far north of scotla nd the odd shower across the far north of scotland at times but dry elsewhere, into the evening and tonight that is how it looks. Largely dry with temperatures somewhere around 8 1a degrees first thing tomorrow morning. Saturday brings us a dry day, similar to the day with a great deal of sunshine but againa day with a great deal of sunshine but again a brisk easterly wind coming in across parts of england and wales as well. Later in the day, the threat of a few heavy downpours, especially for the channel islands, south west of england perhaps along the south coast as well. Most of us should stay dry with temperatures around 16 2a degrees on saturday but you will notice the breeze through the weekend full of weekend for getting out in the garden and join me in about 30 minutes where we will bring you some tips about how to get involved with autumn planting. Thank you. You have green fingers. Thank you. You have green fingersi like to spend time in the garden. Thank you. You have green fingersi like to spend time in the gardenm that the same thing . Sit down, have a cup of tea. Lovely. Have you got green fingers . I like sitting down, cup of tea, comfortable chair, that is my kind of thing. Im getting deja vu, its not a good thing. Do you have green fingers, charlie . Deja vu, its not a good thing. Do you have green fingers, charlie7m is 6 14am. Lets take a look at todays papers. North east lockdown leads the front of the newcastle chronicle this morning. It outlines some of the new restrictions residents in parts of the region are now under, including a ban on meeting other households in homes and gardens, and a curfew on pubs. The metro looks at the coronavirus numbers, reporting that the number of people testing positive in england has risen by 75 in one week. The telegraph reports that hospitals and councils have been told to find extra beds for coronavirus patients within two weeks. It also says family visits to care homes could be paused in virus hot spots. And a Different Health story makes the front of todays daily mail. It reports that the nhs is facing nearly £1 billion in legal fees over law suits against maternity wards. The former Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, has written about the issue in the paper. In what is on quite a lot of heavyweight news today, the recipe for the perfect fish finger. My favourite thing. Im really excited about this. How are the fish fingers cooked . I will take you through it, step by step. Cooked . I will take you through it, stepbystep. Thank you. This is from a chef, richard. He says it must be made with 2 two pieces of soft, white bread. No. Must be made with 2 two pieces of soft, white bread. Noll must be made with 2 two pieces of soft, white bread. No. Iwill go through the whole thing. Two pieces of soft, white bread, each half beef thickness of the fish fingers each half the thickness, and salad garnish. The sandwich left for 60 90 seconds before eating. Should i tell you my issues with that . Yeah . One, the fish fingers have to be drilled and they have to be juicy fish fingers. The problem withjust bread is if you leave it for 60 90 seconds, it soaks up the heat and the bread goes soggy. The red should be toast, toasted, lightly toasted, there should be letters in the sandwich. There are some howls around the nation. It doesnt matter. There should be four fish fingers inside the sandwich and when the sandwich is cut, corner to corner. They are interested in credentials. How many of these sandwiches have you made in your lifetime . Hundreds. So this is a chef, his credentials i he has made more than 15,000. Are that she has made more than 15,000. And yet he has still got it wrong. When was the last time you had a fish finger sandwich . A long time ago. It is something associated with childhood, something associated with childhood, soi something associated with childhood, so i havent done that. Dont you indulge in childhood delights . so i havent done that. Dont you indulge in childhood delights . I may be old. How would you have it . It would be white bread, and it would and it would be heavy on the butter, which i probably shouldnt say out loud. I would have tartar sauce and english mustard. Its interesting. We are talking to a member of pink floyd later, the drummer, im a big fan of van morrison and his music. He has written some new music, producing three tracks van morrison, he is protesting against the restrictions. Timely, considering we may potentially have a new National Lockdown. When you listen to some of the van morrison songs, brilliant songs there, the top line of this in the telegraph is have a told you lately that i hate the governments covid restrictions . So, the governments covid restrictions . So, he the governments covid restrictions . So, he has sung how i told you lately and bright side of the road. Its interesting to see musicians and artists express expressing how they feel. We will be speaking to pete mason later. Lets take a look at todays papers. The pandemic has left behind devastated family and friends. Group of 1600 bereaved families has now called for an urgent enquiry into the government does make handling of the crisis in the hope that lessons can be learned ahead of a possible winter surge. Alex forsyth has spoken to families involved. She had a really infectious laugh, thatis she had a really infectious laugh, that is how everyone knew her. She would do anything for anyone. Carrys mother went into hospital in january for an operation to try and treat cancer. But there were complications. Her mother, caroline, ended up in intensive care for months and kerry got a phone call. There is no easy way to say, my mother tested positive for covid 19. That is what the doctor said. They said they were going to have to stop the treatment. I think its because we couldnt go inside, thinking of her being alone. Kerry has joined a group campaigning foran her being alone. Kerry has joined a group campaigning for an