Sharp rise in cancellations. What does the latest measures mean for businesses like this, and what do they mean for your holidays . How a dip in cold water has proved to be a promising lead in the search to find a cure for dementia. There was a remarkable comeback by west ham at tottenham in the premier league. 3 0 down, the hammers fought back to draw 3 3 and scored one of the goals of the season. Good morning. This week we are looking at an unsettled week with periods of rain, windy at times, but certainly for the first half of the week it will also be milder. All the details in about ten minutes. Good morning. Its monday the 19th of october. Our top story. A Short National lockdown across wales which has been described as a fire break could be announced as early as this morning. The restrictions are expected to last for two to three weeks, and may include an instruction for people to stay at home. It follows talks over the last couple of days about how best to tackle rising cases of coronavirus. Heres our wales correspondent, hywel griffith. Ministers discuss the details of a time limited lockdown at length over the weekend but no decision was reached. The first minister, mark drakeford, has suggested it would be a short, sharp shock of 2 3 weeks, which would once again see people being told to stay at home, an instruction which was relaxed back in june. Other measures being considered include closing pubs, bars, restau ra nts a nd cafes as well as nonessential shops. The restrictions could begin as most schools close the half term on friday, with primary pupils returning after a week. Secondary School Students may be kept at home for longer. We are not blind to the fact this has a real impact in terms of the economy, to people paying their bills. We are also not blind to the fact that doing nothing means covid will continue to grow and we will continue to see harm, and we see the significance of that harm already taking place in other parts of the uk. So doing nothing isnt an option. Inevitably, there is real concern over the financial implications of a large scale temporary shutdown, and questions over how soon any benefit in slowing the spread of the virus would be felt. Hywel griffith, bbc news. Our correspondent tomos morgan joins lets get more on that right now. Our correspondent tomos morgan joins us now from cardiff. Good morning to you. How soon might these restrictions start . Well, we are expecting a decision to be made about lunch time today when the first minister, mark drakeford, has spoken to his cabinet members once again, when they will decide on whether or not they will go ahead. It is looking increasingly likely they will based on the numbers and they will based on the numbers and the coronavirus cases happening in wales, they continue to go up rather than down, and they said all along that if that was the case, a new set of measures would have to be put in place to bring the virus under control here. I have spoken to the first minister a couple of weeks ago, and this was an idea that he was in favour of back then, a Circuit Breaker, something to break the spread of the virus and keep the number of transmissions down. As hywel mentioned in his piece, this would be expected to last at least two weeks, because sage, the group that advises the government, the scientists, they always said that a Circuit Breaker leads to needs to last for at least two weeks to have any benefit and longer for the benefits to trickle down into the statistics. As hywel also mentioned, this could mean the closure of all nonessential shops, but the one thing the Welsh Government want to keep open as the schools, so that is something that people will be looking out for in any announcement later today. Tomos, thank you very much for bringing us up to date. Tens of millions of pounds is expected to be made available to Greater Manchester to persuade local officials to accept the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. The government has spent the last few days in a standoff with the regions mayor, andy burnham, who fears that the measures will cause severe economic harm. Our deputy political editor, vicki young, has the latest. Borisjohnson has said hed prefer to get local agreement on tighter restrictions for Greater Manchester, but he would be willing to impose them if necessary. After days of public recriminations, yesterdays talks between downing street and mr burnham were described as constructive by both sides. Allies of the mayor said it was now time for detailed conversations about a financial package and how it should be spent. Mr burnham has previously called on the government to fund a shielding scheme that would allow the medically vulnerable to isolate. The chancellor, rishi sunak, has already agreed to pay two thirds of workers wages if their business is forced to close under tier 3 rules, and he is unwilling to increase that. But treasury sources are indicating that broader support could be made available. The mayor of Liverpool City Region announced last week that his area would receive more than £40 million. Labour mps in Manchester Point out that their region has a much larger population, and that should be reflected in any settlement. Vicki young, bbc news. Lets speak now to our correspondent, dan johnson, who is in manchester for us this morning. Good morning to you. Talks continue today . Good morning, absolutely. There is some urgency to those talks because a recognition that every day goes past without these further restrictions being applied means potentially more people going at a hospital, more people getting ill, and there are reports that the hospitals around Greater Manchester are starting to fill up now, are starting to feel the pressure. So those talks yesterday continued, described as constructive, and today they will be taken over by Robert Jenrick, communities secretary, who will be talking to notjust the city mayor but local Council Leaders as well, trying to agree the details of what support will be in place for local businesses and workers who will be hit by those tighter restrictions if Greater Manchester does go into the very high tier of restrictions. And trying to reassure leaders, i think the government has to give the evidence that those restrictions will actually work, because that is the other thing that the mayor here has questioned, whether these restrictions will actually be effective. Thank you, dan. Lets go to westminster now, and our Political Correspondent, iain watson. Iain, how keen will the government be to resolve this deadlock quickly . The talks have been going for quite some time, and the sticking points are several. As you have been hearing before, it is the question ofa hearing before, it is the question of a financial package. There are concerns that people are not going to get as generous a subsidy to the wages as they got during the first wave of the Coronavirus Crisis if hospitality has to close down, but also there has been an alternative approach put forward by leaders in Greater Manchester saying do you really need the blanket closure of most pubs and bars, or could you look at different ways of getting the infection rate down, including for example shielding vulnerable residents . So there is a lot to talk about and sort out, but all the while is Critical Care beds beginning to fill up across the region, the government wants this to be sorted out. It is also having talks with South Yorkshire and the area around sheffield as well. So in terms of what the government needs to do, if its regional approach in england is going to work, it needs more restrictions. Negotiating locally necessarily slows down the pace. So one of the things andy burnham has suggested is that parliament should debate what measures would be imposed in tier 3 to ensure some consistency, but also what level of Financial Support ought to be there as well so that you dont get what effectively looks like a lot of haggling between the different regions before the restrictions are imposed. Iain, thank you very much for that. We will speak to you later. Tougher coronavirus restrictions are being introduced in italy, after it announced a Record Number of new cases yesterday. Restaurant Opening Times will be limited, and town mayors will have the power to shut public squares from nine oclock in the evening. In switzerland, face coverings must be worn in all public spaces from today. Ireland is preparing to announce restrictions which ministers say will be decisive and nationwide. The home secretary, priti patel, has agreed to look into whether there should be a Public Inquiry into the 1974 birmingham pub bombings that killed 21 and injured over 200. Although six people were jailed for the attacks, they were later cleared on appeal. Families of those killed say many questions remain unanswered about what happened before, during and immediately after the attacks. Ms patel has promised to meet the families before making a decision. The uks five anglican archbishops have warned the government that its new brexit bill could set a disastrous precedent. The internal market bill is intended to set out how trade between the four parts of the uk will proceed, once the transition period with the eu ends. In a rarejoint letter, the religious leaders say the bill risks undermining trust and goodwill if it becomes law without the consent of all parts of the uk. The government says it is a necessary safety net to protect the uks internal market. It is ten past six. Now the weather with carol. The autumn leaves are lovely at the moment, arent they . Arent they just . We moment, arent they . Arent theyjust . We may well see a few more of them coming off the branches of trees this week, because the few more of them coming off the branches of trees this week, because the forecast is quite windy, especially across the north and west. We a re especially across the north and west. We are also going to have heavy rain at times, and it will be milder, especially the first half of the week. Today what is happening is we have got this clutch of fronts, and you can see the squeeze on the isobars, gusty winds. But if you are further south and east, it is a dry start, there will be some sunshine but more cloud building through the course of the day means the sunshine will turn hazy. We have rain pushing across scotland, rain coming in across scotland, rain coming in across Northern Ireland, and the met office has weather warnings out for this. Northern ireland could have up to 60 millimetres of rainfall, and in argyll and bute, to 60 millimetres of rainfall, and in argylland bute, up to 60 millimetres of rainfall, and in argyll and bute, up to 80 millimetres, perhaps even a little bit more, so this could well lead to some issues. Temperatures today 8 15 oi some issues. Temperatures today 8 15 or16 in the some issues. Temperatures today 8 15 or 16 in the south. Through this evening and overnight, we continue with the rain moving out of Northern Ireland, pushing across Northern England and also into scotland, and another arm of rain coming back into Northern Ireland and coming in across wales, the midlands, Northern England and heading down towards the south. But at least that means it is not going to be a cold night, but it will be a windy one, especially in the north and the west. I will have more details in about half an hour. Look forward to it carroll, thank you very much. See you later. Schools in Northern Ireland are beginning an extended half term break today. Children will have two weeks holiday instead of one. The extension is part of the devolved governments measures to try to bring down the Coronavirus Infection rate, which is the highest of the uks four nations. Our ireland correspondent chris page has been speaking to students, teachers and parents. Schools werent meant to be still and silent this week, but half term has come unexpectedly early. A level students at the Belfast Model School for girls didnt want an extended break. The less time we have in school is a bit worrying. We wont have to have face to face contact with teachers for learning and things like that, which i know myself and a lot of my classmates really benefit from. Im quite worried for the exams that we have coming up, because we wont be able to be in class with our teachers probably as much with the way things are going at the minute. And its hard to learn online. I like to have things explained to me. Its just easier when youre face to face with the teacher. But pupils do say some good has come out of the turbulence of 2020. It makes you grateful for the time you have whenever you are in school. And it makes you appreciate things more, time spent with your friends and actually being able to be in the environment of a classroom. In my opinion its helped me a lot with my Mental Health and help to me get into, like, its helped me be more grateful for a lot of things and helped me understand to be more aware of some stuff. If theres another school shut down the online teaching is ready to go. We have to be ready, because we just dont know, as weve found out just recently, when we might have to close again. We just need to be there for the student because the most important thing is promoting their well being, their resilience and indeed extending their learning in whatever capacity we can. What are the most difficult things about the last few months, and have there been positives . I think the most challenging thing for us was ensuring that we had that we had our environment that was welcoming for staff and students but that was safe. Our students have had to develop more independence and resilience in their learning, and thats always going to be a life skill they can carry forward. A few miles away, parents at this Primary School were picking up their children for the last time until november. I work in a hospital, so i understand where theyre coming from. I think it needs to be done to try and curb this. My daughters got asthma and stuff, so i worry. Kids need to be protected, dont they . I mean, thats really what its all about. One of the ways in which educations different in Northern Ireland is that the vast majority of pupils in their last year of Primary School sit a series of exam papers, the transfer test, to decide who gets into grammar school. The tests have been postponed for about two months. Theyre due to take place in january. But parents and teachers of the children going through that Selection Process are particularly worried by the impact of all the covid disruption. Certainly if this break was to continue beyond two weeks, i think the pressures that would be brought to bear would be enormous to try to see, we really have to make a change for this year. Because its proving to be impossible to provide those children with the level of education that they would require. The pandemic pressures in schools include quarantined classes, self isolating staff and broken routines. Teachers, pupils and families are hoping for a brighter picture when they return. Chris page, bbc news, belfast. That is your situation in Northern Ireland. Across the uk, millions of families would normally be enjoying a half term break, or planning a trip, at around this time. Ninas at a holiday park in cumbria to find out how the new restrictions are affecting bookings. What is the breakfast like there . Havent had any yet but i always bring my own biscuits i suspect itll be one of those mornings. Good morning from in the stunning Lake District. You cant see much at the moment but trust me its gorgeous. A birds eye view of the caravanning, camping, glam ping that takes place here. This is exactly the sort of place that has benefited from the fact we cannot go abroad, more of us are staycationing but there has been an increase in cancellations. Let me just remind you what the restrictions will mean for you, depending on where you live. So, if you live in a tier1 area, so on medium alert, you can travel to other tier 1 places area, so on medium alert, you can travel to other tier1 places so if you lived in london you could come up you lived in london you could come up to keswick and you can stay overnight with people with other households as long as there are six or fewer of households as long as there are six orfewer of you. In households as long as there are six or fewer of you. In tier 2 you can travel to other tier 2 areas but you can only stay overnight with people from your household or bubble. What about tier 3, the highest alert level . You are being advised not to leave your area and not to overnight stay anywhere unless it is essential for example for work purposes. It is different depending on which herniation you live in as well. In wales for example if you live in a tier 3, do not travel to wales if you live in england because of the circuit break, and there is a circuit break, and there is a circuit break, and there is a circuit break coming in Northern Ireland so you cant holiday there. As for scotland, they are expected to head into a similar system, tenby and so it is complicated so Little Wonder that fewer than half of families surveyed are now planning to ta ke families surveyed are now planning to take an october half term trip at all. Visit britain has said it has had an enormous impact on trade because confidence is low and it is saying more than a third of accommodation places have recorded a decrease in business, which is costing each business £15,000 which isa costing each business £15,000 which is a lot of money after a difficult summer. Lets have a chat with david who runs this site. It looks like im asking you for an ice cream good morning. Took me through the run up to half term and how things have changed as the tier system was introduced. Weve seen some cancellations, we have had a lot of phone calls from people inquiring as to what the situation is, whether they can travel, and particularly about whether they are unable to travel, what would happen to their booking and the money they paid. What position does it put you in . There will be people from Greater Manchester and liverpool who would typically come here on holiday so are you having to police their postcodes . Are you having to police their postcodes . We cant because it isnt black and white. There are people who might be already on holiday touring with their motor home or caravan. If they are away already, the guidances they can complete their holiday. As an industry, we havent had the guidance of the public have had, so i think it is important to the public follow their own guidance from their own area. It being such a quickly changing situation does make it very difficult for the park operator to understand each and every area of the country, and, as you mentioned, the country, and, as you mentioned, the home nations, all the differences around these issues. The home nations, all the differences around these issuesm isa differences around these issuesm is a big ask because you are trying to maximise occupancy but at the same time make sure you are not part of the spread of the virus. Thats not easy. It isnt and the most important thing is the safety of our staff, our guests and the Wider Community so we take it seriously the fact we have all are covid Safety Measures in place and ensuring that those people who are on the park are following the guidelines, such as remaining in their bubble and groups of a maximum of six. There is a lot of talk about the circuit break is preferable to this tier system. Wales might be heading into one, Northern Ireland has taken the decision. For your business, would you prefer that . That is a difficult question and i dont know if i know the answer to that. The thing you read is a lot of contradictory evidence on the rate. I read last night about manchester and Greater Manchester, when you read the different figures, you get contradictory reports. So, i dont know the answer to that. |j contradictory reports. So, i dont know the answer to that. I dont think anybody knows for sure. Finally, are you finding people are behaving differently when they come on to this site . Are people more aware of social distancing . Most definitely. We have seen a big drop off, even though weve got a one way system. The holiday caravan park industry, you can self isolate in your own caravan, motorhome or tent, and you can enjoy your holiday with yourfamily in and you can enjoy your holiday with your family in that bubble, just head out onto the fells and away you go. And the freshest of air around here thank you, david. People are taking those extra precautionary measures themselves. Just a reminder of where you stand if you have to change holiday plans, if there is a circuit break in the area planning to visit, they will have to give you a refund because you wont be allowed to go there, essentially. Everywhere else, it is a grey area but opened the conversation with the place you booked. It may well be they will offer you a voucher to use ata they will offer you a voucher to use at a later date helping that business long term, too. Thank you, nina. We have to scrutinise rules carefully, dont we . Thank you. Prepare yourselves for goat news now, cast your mind back to lockdown and you may remember a herd of kashmiri goats taking over the empty streets of llandudno. Images of the roaming animals gained worldwide attention, and now theyre being used to fundraise for st davids hospice in the town, as Mairead Smyth reports. These goats gave a much needed laugh in llandudno when lockdown began. We are quite used to seeing the goats quite regularly here in llandudno. In fact, we often see them coming off the head lands in springtime to the hospice car park, much to our handymans delight, really but theyve been a worldwide phenomenon and so, to sort of expect that in normal times, itjust wouldnt happen. Lockdown meant more freedom for the goats but it closed some of the doors here at st davids hospice. Covid 19 has totally transformed life at the hospice. Weve reduced our visiting, unfortunately, for patients. The buzz of the place changed with the cafe being closed. The goats gained worldwide attention and the hospice took a punt, selling t shirts showing the goats on their abbey road. Without that boost that we got from the goats and all the interest from the goats, we wouldnt be where we are now, we wouldnt be trying to develop new services. By may, theyd raised £50,000. Today, around 120,000. Now they hope the goats can help save christmas with this new range of stock, packed by peter who became a volunteer after his wife, caroline, passed away here three years ago. Just loved it and felt safe and love here. Now he is busy sorting this christmas stock. I dream about goats most nights, yes. Ive been packing goats up and dispatching them out. There is no doubt who the star of this window will be but there is only 1000 of these limited edition goats, and the hope is they, along with the rest of the stock, will help the hospice make the money it needs to survive. The goats have been a vehicle to save the hospice. However, what is really true is that our community and our supporters have saved our hospice today. People like seven year old millie and her nanna, janet, who helped to raise thousands. Hello hi, millie, hi,janet, how are you . Are you ok . Hi, nanna. Janet, a former nurse at st davids hospice, was diagnosed with cancer last year. I did a bike ride for st davids hospice and i got this. You raised more than £2000 from your bike ride. Tell me what you did. You werentjust cycling around the garden, where you . No. I went around and back to my house, 20 miles. Why did you want to do it . Because nanna had cancer. Do you know what difference thats going to make . Make People Better . You said you did it to help nanna. Do you understand what nanna has gone through . Yes. And how does it make you feel . Sad. But doing the bike ride makes me happy. Its quite overwhelming to hear it talked about now again. Youve done some amazing work as well to raise money. Tell us what youve done during lockdown. Id planned to do a 65 mile walk last year when i was 65, so, i said i can still do it when im 66. I think i started walking about four miles a day, then it was slowly reducing. I hoped to raise £1,000 but i raised nearly 2,000. Janet, how are you now . So so. Im not going to get better, i know that. I can phone her, and if ive got a problem, i can talk about it. But now youve got millie who can take on your fundraising. Half the battle. Millie, are you happy to do that . Will you carry on fundraising for nanna . Definitely. Thats good. Today, this hospice has hope. Theyve raised half of their £1 million shortfall for this year. These goats, though, are blissfully unaware of the impact theyve had on the town down below. Mairead smyth, bbc news. Its just such a wonderful story. Its just such a wonderful story. Its just such a wonderful story. Its just lovely, isnt it . Its just such a wonderful story. Itsjust lovely, isnt it . Thank you to milianjanet and everyone else. And all those people fundraising as well. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. Nhs drones are to be tested by a hospital in essex after two trainee doctors from london developed the technology. The trial is backed by a grant from the Uk Space Agency and will be used to courier covid 19 samples, blood tests and personal protective equipment between hospitals. Itll fly under the direction of former raf pilots initially from broomfield and basildon hospitals in the hope of improving the speed of treatment. This is going to improve testing turnaround times, its going to be able to get doctors to tell patients whether they are covid positive or negative sooner, and what that can do, we can either discharge or treat patients faster. Tier 2 coronavirus measures are said to be on the cards for slough after the council confirmed talks have been taking place with the government. A spokesperson said they would voluntarily increase restrictions from medium to the high alert level after a rise in covid cases. A vlogger from north london says shes noticed a worrying development in filters used on social media. Shu lin accepts they started as a bit of funbut have now evolved into ways of transforming skin colour and the shape of eyes and faces. Instagram, says it bans effects that focus on harmful stereotypes, which this londoner told us more about. The choco skin probably made me look about 50 times darker. People who belong to that culture dont have the opportunity to just turn it on and off so it makes me feel really angry that its so easy to essentially do black face. More on that on our website. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Traffic is busy around vauxhall because of the ongoing closure of vauxhall bridge. South of the river, southwark park road is closed at jamaica road becuase of a burst water main. Ealing road is closed south of the m4 after a crash. Now the weather with elizabeth. Hello, good morning. Follower dry, cloudy weekend it is all change this week turning rather unsettled, with wet and wind weather at times but it is still dry and youll notice the southerly wind will pick up so it turns windier through the afternoon, starting off with temperatures and high single figure so it is a fairly mild start the day, some brightness with spells of sunshine, quite hazy at times with high cloud, top temperatures, 15. Itll be feeling warmer. Overnight tonight, a mild night to come, some of us staying in double figures but the cloud will thicken and into the start of tomorrow, some outbreaks of rain by pushing eastwards. We are starting off with wet weather tomorrow, clearing eastwards through the morning with sunny spells into the afternoon but staying rather wind on tuesday. On wednesday, some heavier spells of rain pushing in from the south so wet and windy at times through this week but temperatures mild, 14 17. Thats it, Vanessa Feltz will have her radio show from 7am. Bye bye. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Its half past six. We have got the latest news and sport, sally has got loads of that this morning. Also on the this morning. Also on sport, sally has got loads of that this morning. Also on the programme olympic hurdler colinjackson tells us about his panorama investigation, which explores why those involved in sport are more likely to have an eating disorder. Well catch up with singer and Youtuber Hrvy and his dance partnerjanette, as the new series of strictly gets under way. Were at an outdoor lido to find out why scientists believe cold water swimming could delay the onset of dementia. Lets get you up to date on the latest news. Tens of millions of pounds in extra funding could be on offer to Greater Manchester to break the deadlock over whether it should move into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. So far, the mayor of the region, andy burnham, has resisted the idea of tougher controls. Communities secretary robertjenrick will resume talks later today, and well speak to him at 7 30. The Welsh Government will announce later today whether it will impose a short term National Lockdown. Details have not yet been finalised, but the so called fire breaker is expected to last for two to three weeks and may include an instruction for people to stay at home. A spokesman for the Welsh Government says theres growing consensus that action is needed. Bars, cafes and restaurants across belgium are to be closed for a month following a surge in the number of covid 19 cases. Belgian citizens must also work from home where possible and the government has also enforced a nightime curfew between midnight and 5am. Just after half past six. If were struggling with our Mental Health, were often encouraged to open up and talk about how were feeling. Last friday, Edmund Oleary did just that on twitter. In a message to his followers, he wrote i am not ok. Feeling rock bottom. Please take a few seconds to say hello if you see this tweet. Thank you. Within minutes, he received thousands of heart warming replies and retweets from strangers across the world. Lets take a look at a few of them. What a response. It is edmunds birthday today and he joins us from his home in epsom. Very happy birthday to you. How are you today . Good morning. I. Im awake, and imjust. Left speechless, which is something that doesnt happen to me too often with the response to my rather mundane tweet last friday night. You say its mundane, but dr and a big thank you, a big thank you for wishing me a happy 52nd birthday. Do you know what, i wont be alone in wishing you happy birthday. If the messages you happy birthday. If the messages you have been sent are anything to go by. You say it is a mundane tweet, but it was straight from the heart. I want to know the motivation, you wanted to tell people, didnt you . I did. I love flying and aviation, and for obvious reasons im not doing much of that at the moment. But i do have quite a few followers on twitter, and one of my twitter friends suffers with mental illness, and from time to time, he sends a tweet to say, hi, im going to bed soon, if you see this, can you pleasejust im going to bed soon, if you see this, can you please just say hi. So i got the idea from him, really. I a lwa ys i got the idea from him, really. I always acknowledge his tweet, i say hi to him. It makes him feel good, evenif hi to him. It makes him feel good, even if its only for a few minutes. And i decided last friday as i was feeling rock bottom and feeling really depressed, i thought i would give it a go myself. Little did i realise that about two hours later i believe close on 1 Million People across the globe would actually view my tweet and i guess even more importantly has been the level of engagement with my tweet. The whole experience for me has been absolutely surreal, and it provides me with a lot of hope. We are just looking at some of the aviation themed replies you got as well. It must have been pretty overwhelming, actually. Well, as ive said in previous interviews over the weekend, ive gone from feeling that im a nobody to feeling a somebody, and to have that happen overnight is just surreal. Its something that most ordinary people never experience or will ever experience. I have to note, as well, i have to remind your viewers that 18. 5 Million People across the globe and counting have seen my tweet. And nothing can prepare you for that. |j nothing can prepare you for that. imagine that you will spend a lot of your birthday reading messages from those 18. 5 Million People. What else are you going to be doing today . Im delighted to tell you that my son patrick managed to get a first class masters in physics, and ive now ended up with two agents, the first agent helping me with the media response is the wonderful reverend sue ball, the chair of love me, love my sue ball, the chair of love me, love my mind. She has been my rock over the weekend. And my second agent is my dear son patrick oleary, who lives about two miles from where im standing. And at 5pm today, i will be having dinner at the hay wayne restau ra nt be having dinner at the hay wayne restaurant on the dorking road epsom with my son. White might enjoy your birthday, i know you will get so many messages. Thank you, edmund, best of luck. Louise, if i could just say quickly that i have enjoyed, i do enjoy watching you and dan from time to time on bbc brea kfast, dan from time to time on bbc breakfast, and i never imagined for a second i would end up being interviewed by you. Well, listen, we really appreciate every single one of our viewers, even if it is from time to time. Thank you. What a super star there are quite a few out there, louise. I know. A few million, every one counts. Hgppy happy birthday to edmund. Lets pick up happy birthday to edmund. Lets pick up on happy birthday to edmund. Lets pick up on some happy birthday to edmund. Lets pick up on some of the things he was talking about. Ourgp, nighat arif, joins us from chesham this morning. Mental health is something we have talked about a lot in the last few months, and it is something we are talking about throughout the day. Wasnt it lovely to see the response to somebody who was genuinely struggling, and have his spirits have been lifted. And also how making contact with someone to say hello perks them up, and it made him feel he wasnt alone. That is key, because acknowledging someone or acknowledging that they are low at those tiny Little Things that can brighten someones day even for those little moments. The statistics are shocking, actually. If you look at the data coming through since march, since we went into lockdown, there has been a 30 increase in relapse of depression and suicidal attem pts relapse of depression and suicidal attempts as well which is heartbreaking, and im seeing that in my general practice, im seeing that when i talk to my friends and family, and also everything when i look on social media as well. And the thing is as well that we need to be trying to talk about it more, reaching out more as edmund was doing, and secondly there are Services Available which the nhs have really tried to hit home recently, so to all the viewers listening today, please have a look at the nhs website, there are apps from mind and the samaritans, and lastly there are free access to Mental Health services, so improved access to psychology therapy, so iapt, and you can get in touch with a local therapist who should be able to support you further. That is very helpful advice, and looking at the issue of Mental Health among students, there is this new talking therapy scheme which has been unveiled by the nhs for students in england this morning. Can you give us england this morning. Can you give usa england this morning. Can you give us a bit of detail about that and how it might be helpful . That is the iapt services i was talking about. And we have had them for a while, as agpi and we have had them for a while, as a gp i have been saying to people, go online, you dont even need to see a go online, you dont even need to seea gp, go online, you dont even need to see a gp, because sometimes i know from having many discussions that getting access to the gp, going through the rigmarole, is slightly difficult, so if you go online and just type iapt, then you should be able to get access in your local area, and you fill out an online form. You do need an nhs gp, so all the students going off to university, see if you can register, but that is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that you either go online or phone them. And there is so much online things. We shouldnt underestimate the power of social media like tiktok, twitter, instagram, because there are so many Amazing Health professionals giving sound Clinical Evidence based information, and the stu d e nts evidence based information, and the students going to university, it is important that they look out for each other as well. So if you know your classmate or your friend isnt turning up for lectures or now it is remote access, they are not turning up remote access, they are not turning up to zoom, or their academic performance is going down or they are drinking a bit more, they sound hopeless or always on the brink of tea rs, hopeless or always on the brink of tears, then look out for your friends, that is what i would say to people, because then you can also support them as well. Again, very helpful. I wanted to talk to you about shielding as well this morning, because we get a lot of comments and questions from our viewers about this, and i know, explain to us where we are with shielding at the moment, because this is something a lot of your patients talk to you about as well. Yes, i get a lot on my social media saying that they feel they are the forgotten group. My son had a transplant, so it feels quite close to home to me, because he is in the shielded group having had a liver transplant, he is on immunosuppressant therapy. With the second wave coming in and now tier 1. Second wave coming in and now tier 1, tier2, second wave coming in and now tier 1, tier 2, tier second wave coming in and now tier 1, tier2, tier3, whetherwe are going to go into a lockdown or a Circuit Breaker lockdown, there are so many uncertainties, and what im finding with my shielded group and my surgery is that they feel slightly missed out because there is no guidance coming through for them. And they are literally playing it by earand and they are literally playing it by ear and seeing what they are doing. The difficulty is that those that work, what you do about them . If they have had a transplant or cancer or they have got a chronic condition which means that they need to shield, then how do they explain to their employer who was expecting them to work . So i personally as a gp, iam them to work . So i personally as a gp, i am giving a sick note on the basis that i think that we are in a pandemic and i think their health would be adversely affected if they do go to work. So that is, luckily from my experience, the employers have been really understanding, and they have asked people to accommodate and make workplace adjustments, but we really do need more guidance, because we need to know exactly how we can protect our most vulnerable in the community. Do they go back into shielding, and how long for . Brilliant, always good to have you on the programme. Have a lovely day. And we should say, on the back of talking to edmund as well. For details of organisations which offer Mental Health advice and support, go online to bbc. Co. Uk actionline. I would love to know how many birthday messages he is going to receive. One ortwo, i receive. One or two, i would think sally is here. Here is one more. Good morning edmund, from all of us that was gorgeous, the best start to the day. He would have had a really good day if he was a west ham fan it was supposed to be all about the return of gareth bale to tottenham, but the headlines are about west ham after they came from 3 0 down to draw 3 3 in the premier league. Son put spurs ahead in the first minute, and they went in at half time 3 0 up after two more goals from harry kane. The hammers fought back to 2 3 and substitute bale failed to put the game beyond them late on. Then one of the goals of the season. A rocket from Manuel Lanzini with the last kick of the match, all of which resulted in a delighted hammers boss. Ive just seen my celebration, and. That was my next question, how are your hamstrings . Ijust think david pleat moment came to mind. You know, i was saying i know somebody else who slid down the touchline, so i wasnt going to copy that. Aston villa are up to second after beating leicester 1 0 at the king power stadium. Ross barkley scored the winner in injury time. Villa have played four, won four, and have the only 100 record in the division. We are working hard and thats all you can do. I dont think theres an awful lot of fluidity and rhythm in many games at the moment. I think everybody has had a short pre season and weve got some people out there who have played three International Games in the week, as leicester have, so theres a lot of tired legs but theyre getting into the season slowly but surely. Elsewhere yesterday the games between Sheffield United and fulham and Crystal Palace and brighton ended in draws. Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk says hes already fully focussed on his recovery after learning he needs surgery on his knne following a rash challenge by everton keeperjordan pickford during saturdays derby match. Its unclearjust how long van dijk will be out for he took to social media yesterday and posted that. Vivianne miedema became the Womens Super League record scorer as arsenal thrashed tottenham 6 1. Miedema claimed a hat trick for the league leaders. Shes the first player to reach 50 goals in the wsl and her total now stands at 52. Manchester united are still unbeaten in the wsl after a 11 2 win over west ham. Us summer signing kristen press scored the fourth goal. Elsewhere everton and brighton drew, as did reading and manchester city. Birmingham putfour past bristol city. Britains Tao Geoghegan hart claimed a grand tour stage victory for the first time in his career at the giro ditalia. The 25 year old londoner left it till the finish line was almost in sight, at the end of stage 15 to make his move. It sees him jump to fourth in the Overall Standings and hes just a second off the podium places. Portugaljoao almeidas overal lead has been cut to 15 seconds. Today is a rest day. Having begun the final round as leader, Englands Matt Wallace was overtaken in the scottish championship golf spains adrian otaegui. Put togther a stunning final round 63 to win by four shots. It was his Third European tour victory. Youve got to feel for him a little bit, havent you . Dan you will be back. Great positivity dan he played some great golf in the first to make days. Thank you, sally. Louise weve seen some lovely autumnal leaves so how is the weather doing . This week, as we go through the week, itll be wet at times, windy at times, and the first half of the week will be milder but tomorrow some of us could have temperatures as high as 17 which is unusual for this time of year, above average. Today we have this collective front is moving across our shall is particularly the north and west bringing in some rain, isobars across the Northern Isles and irish sea which tells you weve got strong gusts of wind as well. Heres the rain across scotland and Northern Ireland, the met office has two mac yellow warning is out of this. In Northern Ireland we could have 16 millimetres of rain falling on the coasts and hills and argyll and bute will have 18 millimetres so likely issues with flooding from that rain. For the rest of england and wales, more cloud builds turning the sunshine hazy with the rain getting into north west england, parts of wales and potentially the south west as well. Temperatures ranging from eight in the north to 16 in the south. Through the evening and overnight we hang on to the rain across northern areas, then another batch coming in right behind it so still some heavy rain to watch out for and through the night rain coming in from the west starting its journey moving eastwards. As a result, it wont be a cold night, temperatures falling to 7 12. Tomorrow, this front moves eastwards, eventually clearing, itll be windy especially in the south east quarter and on the coast but low pressure isnt too far away. In between, the south westerly wind comes in hence the higher temperatures, feeling milder tomorrow out of the rain. We start off with the rain in central areas pushing off into the north sea, it could slow down from what youre seeing on the chart. We have the rain ensconced across the north and scotla nd rain ensconced across the north and scotland with gusts to gale force across the Northern Isles with showers coming into western areas, some of those will merge to give heavy and persistent periods of rain. You could hear the odd rumble of thunder. Ten in the north, 17 as parts of manchester, london and cardiff get the nice weather. Tuesday and wednesday we still have more rain crossing Northern Ireland and scotland, a fresh batch coming in across western parts of england and wales and this area of heavy rain with gusty winds coming on across the south east. The timing and position of this could change. It isa and position of this could change. It is a storm affecting spain, we are keeping a close eye on it but still thank you. A nice update for the next few days. In a surprising find, scientists have discovered that cold water swimming could protect the brain from degenerative diseases, like dementia. Its all to do with the production of a specific protein. Our chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt a keen cold water swimmer is at the Parliament Hill lido in london. How do you pronounce lino . There is a big debate. I am right here beside the lido, it is very inviting, would you go for a swim in there . Dan louise would be straight in extraordinary work has discovered there may be a link between cold water swimming and there may be a link between cold waterswimming and a there may be a link between cold water swimming and a possible cure for dementia. The link is to hibernation. Bizarrely, a latent hibernation. Bizarrely, a latent hibernation ability that all human beings retain. I discovered this extraordinary research coming here to Parliament Hill lido, and fellow swimmers said there was this scientist coming down, doing their blood, doing research into dementia. Asa blood, doing research into dementia. As a journalist, i was curious and i began to find more, i try to find out more, i tracked down the scientist in question who we will be speaking to in a moment but i filmed my own little investigation, filmed in february before the covid restrictions. The idea of going for a swim in a cold winter morning like this may not seem very appealing, especially when you know that the water temperature is just seven centigrade. But, here goes. It certainly is refreshing. Your whole body kind of screams in shock. But if you just stay here for a few seconds, you do begin to get used to it, and then you can. Ooh you can begin to get some lengths in and it now seems a chilly dip may offer more than just an exhilarating thrill. Scientists have discovered that being very cold can actually protect your brain. Six years ago, bbc radio reported a study that showed that cold mice develop more of a protein associated with hibernation. The study found the protein can protect against and even repair the damage dementia does. The obvious next step was to see if humans develop to the protein too. Which is where this place, Hampstead Heath lido, comes in. Its warm, yeah. Were from the north, so we can handle it. One lido swimmer heard the radio interview. Ijust had the idea that we have a cohort of people here that regularly get cold, and can we translate that through to that kind of environment . Dozens of volunteers agreed to be tested by the scientist leading the study. We compared you to a bunch of people doing tai chi, who didnt get cold, and none of them get increased levels of this protein. But many of you did. Shes here to give them the results. So what does it tell us . It tells us that cold does induce this protein in humans. You are the first non patient cohort to show that cold water swimming raises this protective protein, which is pretty cool. Professor malucci is now trying to find a drug that stimulates the production of the protein in humans, and to see if it really does help delay dementia. If you slowed the progress of dementia by even a couple of years, on the whole population that would have an enormous impact, economically and health wise. These cold proteins are a very promising line of research, but she warns it is still early days. Sadly, there are no guarantees that this will lead to a successful dementia treatment. So, no guarantees, but i am joined now by the scientist who led that research, professor malucci of the Uk Dementia Research Institute at cambridge university. So, what is the link between hibernation and dementia . The link is between cooling and hibernation which is a cold state and a protein that protects the connections between brain cells which is something you have to do when youre hibernating but weve exploited that protein in mice to prevent them from progressing to neurodegeneration or dementia so protects the brain cells in mice. Youve identified this link so what happens next . Youre nowhere near a treatment yet so what happens next . The point is the protein is highly protective and you can make its level is higher when you call which is what is happening in hospitals when youre cooling patients with brain injuries but we didnt know about the role of that protein is now that we have a potential key proteins that can do this, we are trying to find drugs to understand how this is regulated, and to find drugs that will up the levels of that protein without having to make people cold. Are you ina having to make people cold. Are you in a position to say how effective treatment using this protein might be . Highly protective in mice, only mice. It allows the brain cells to remain attached to each other which is what they need to make memories and to stay alive. And we know the protein is expressed in humans which isa protein is expressed in humans which is a great step forward. It is expressed in brains, we know the levels are low in alzheimers brain so it is all association at the moment and no guarantees. So it is all association at the moment and no guaranteesm so it is all association at the moment and no guarantees. It is a promising link but you are not in a position. It is an avenue for exploration. Excellent, thank you very much, professor malucci of the uk Dementia Research at cambridge university. We will ask you more later, it is fascinating. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. Nhs drones are to be tested by hospitals in essex after two trainee doctors from london developed the technology. The trial is backed by a grant from the Uk Space Agency and will be used to courier covid 19 samples, blood tests and personal protective equipment. Itll fly under the direction of former raf pilots, initially from broomfield and basildon hospitals, in the hope of improving the speed of treatments. This is going to improve testing turnaround times, its going to be able to get doctors to tell patients whether they are covid positive or negative sooner, and what that can do, we can either discharge or treat patients faster. Tier 2 coronavirus measures are said to be on the cards for slough after the council confirmed talks have been taking place with the government. A spokesperson said they would voluntarily increase restrictions from medium to the high alert level after a rise in covid cases. A vlogger from north london says shes noticed a worrying development in filters used on social media. Shu lin accepts they started as a bit of fun but have now evolved into ways of transforming skin colour and the shape of eyes and faces. Instagram, says it bans effects that focus on harmful stereotypes which this londoner told us more about. The choco skin probably made me look about 50 times darker. People who belong to that culture dont have the opportunity to just turn it on and off so it makes me feel really angry that its so easy to essentially do black face. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. Traffic is busy around vauxhall because of the ongoing closure of vauxhall bridge. South of the river, southwark park road is closed at jamaica road because of a burst water main. Theres only one woolwich ferry until at least 16 00 due to operational restrictions now the weather with elizabeth. Hello, good morning. Following a dry, cloudy weekend it is all change this week turning rather unsettled, with wet and windy weather at times but it is still dry and youll notice the southerly wind will pick up so it turns windier through the afternoon, starting off with temperatures in high single figure so it is a fairly mild start the day, some brightness with spells of sunshine, quite hazy at times with high cloud, top temperatures, 15. Itll be feeling warmer. Overnight tonight, a mild night to come, some of us staying in double figures but the cloud will thicken and into the start of tomorrow, some outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards. We are starting off with wet weather tomorrow, clearing eastwards through the morning with sunny spells into the afternoon but staying rather windy on tuesday. On wednesday, some heavier spells of rain pushing in from the south so wet and windy at times through this week but temperatures mild, 14 17. Va nessa Vanessa Feltz has just started her radio show on bbc london and im backin radio show on bbc london and im back in half an hour. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Our headlines today as talks resume to end the deadlock over increased restrictions in Greater Manchester, the governments expected to offer the city region tens of millions of pounds wales on the verge of a Short National lockdown, described as a fire break against coronavirus an announcement due to be made today. The misery of living with endometriosis mps demand much faster diagnosis. There was a remarkable comeback by west ham at tottenham in the premier league 3 0 down, the hammers fought back to draw 3 3 and scored one of the goals of the season. 3 3 and scored one of good morning. This week we are looking at an unsettled week, strong winds, but it will be milder, especially in the first half of the week. All the details in ten minutes. Good morning. Its monday 19th october. Our top story. Tens of millions of pounds is expected to be made available to Greater Manchester to try and persuade local officials to accept the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. The government has spent the last few days in a standoff with the regions mayor, andy burnham, who fears that the measures will cause severe economic harm. Communities secretary Robert Jenrick will hold further discussions later today, and well speak to him at 7 30. Our deputy political editor, vicki young, has the latest. Borisjohnson has said hed prefer to get local agreement on tighter restrictions for Greater Manchester, but he would be willing to impose them if necessary. After days of public recriminations, yesterdays talks between downing street and mr burnham were described as constructive by both sides. Allies of the mayor said it was now time for detailed conversations about a financial package and how it should be spent. Mr burnham has previously called on the government to fund a shielding scheme that would allow the medically vulnerable to isolate. The chancellor, rishi sunak, has already agreed to pay two thirds of workers wages if their business is forced to close under tier 3 rules, and he is unwilling to increase that. But treasury sources are indicating that broader support could be made available. The mayor of Liverpool City Region announced last week that his area would receive more than £40 million. Labour mps in Manchester Point out that their region has a much larger population, and that should be reflected in any settlement. Vicki young, bbc news. Lets speak now to our correspondent dan johnson, who is in manchester for us this morning. Good morning. Yes, good morning. Those talks yesterday described as constructive, and they will continue today, led by the communities secretary, robertjenrick. Today, led by the communities secretary, Robert Jenrick. He today, led by the communities secretary, robertjenrick. He has got to talk to the regions mayor and the leaders of the local councils in Greater Manchester to see if they can reach an agreement. They have been talking for more than a week now, and there is some urgency to this because there are reports that hospitals around the city are starting to fill up with coronavirus patients, and everyone accepts further restrictions are necessary , accepts further restrictions are necessary, although local leaders have questioned whether the evidence is there to show that these tier 3, the very high level measures, will actually do enough to bring down the case numbers. Thats the question thatis case numbers. Thats the question that is being asked, as well as what support will be available for workers, not just those support will be available for workers, notjust those directly affected if their businesses have to close, but what can be provided to help the people who may suffer as a knock on impact, the people who drive the taxis, who work in the Service Industries that may not directly be closed by these restrictions but may feel the impact of fewer people being out and about, able to enjoy social life, so a lot to talk about, and those discussions expected to continue through the day. Dan johnson, thank you. Lets go to westminster now, and our Political Correspondent, iain watson. We have heard the picture from manchester there. Iain, how keen will the government be to resolve this deadlock quickly . They do want to end the deadlock very quickly, because as you are hearing there, dan, they are worried that hospital beds, especially Critical Care beds in some parts of Greater Manchester, are filling up, but equally they also want to end the wrangling that has been going on for several days. As far as im aware, what at the very least would be available to Greater Manchester would be a similar deal per head of the population as has been hammered out in lancashire and liverpool, so for example liverpool say they have got £40 million, that city region has around 1. 5 Million People in it. Greater manchester has just under 3 Million People in it, so you could see potentially perhaps, although the government is not putting a figure on it, perhaps £75 million being made available to Greater Manchester, but the question is how that money would be spent. The mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, says the government havent been generous enough in subsidising the wages of those who are forced to stay at home if their businesses are closed, so could that be used as a wage subsidy package . That is one issue. The other issue in Greater Manchester is both labour and conservative politicians requesting some of the measures in so called tier 3, whether you need a blanket closure of pubs and bars, or whether you can actually have more targeted approach. And again, what andy burnham has been arguing for is a debate here at westminster so that similar rules are applied anytime any similar rules are applied anytime a ny m oves similar rules are applied anytime any moves into tier 3. There are talks going on for example in South Yorkshire this morning as well, and at the moment, some people are worried about the inconsistencies between different regions and the need to have all these local and sometimes quite protracted negotiations. Much that ijust, iain, thank you very much. Meanwhile, a short lockdown across wales could be announced as early as this morning. Our correspondent, tomos morgan, joins us from cardiff. What is expected . What is expected . The first minister, mark drakeford, will be making his First Press Conference this morning of the week at about quarter past 12, and he will be talking about whether there will be a National Lockdown in wales. It is looking more likely than not with the number of cases not reducing, they keep going up, and the first minister has told me in the past this is something he is in favour of, a fire breaker, a set of rules, of, a fire breaker, a set of rules, of measures that will be in force for a matter of weeks not months so they can bring levels back under control. Now there has been a huge raft of speculation over the weekend, fuelled by a leaked letter to some of the media that hasnt been completely verified, that seems to suggest that maybe we would see measures back to what we saw back in march at the start of the lockdown, so the closure of nonessential businesses, things like that. But the one thing that the Welsh Government would want to keep open is the schools. They will make their utmost to make sure that remains, and the question would be whether it will be primary than secondary now that the rules and the guidance for the different transmission of the virus between different ages of schools is no different to what it was a few months ago. Thank you. Lets talk to you about belgium this morning. A night time curfew is to be introduced in belgium, as well as restrictions for bars and restaurants. Our europe correspondent gavin lee is in brussels. Gavin, give us an idea about some of these changes and restrictions, and these changes and restrictions, and the picture more broadly across the rest of europe as well. It wasnt an easy decision to make it all. It took hours and hours. Every single region, the brussels administration, the german speakers in the east, the various regions, they were up late on friday night, and they decided that they will close all bars, cafes and restau ra nts close all bars, cafes and restaurants from a month as of this morning. The new belgian Prime Minister said this is basically the least of the invasive methods to avoid catastrophe. Belgium is now seeing 7000 cases a day, and back two weeks, they were seeing 2000 a day, so there is an exponential rise, so there will be a curfew from midnight up until five oclock in the morning, no alcohol sales from eight oclock at night, and also the so called social bubble. You could see three other people outside of your household, and that has now been reduced to one. Giuseppe conte, the Prime Minister of italy, saying last night that they will also announce measures from today. It will be up to the local mayors in each town and city to decide after nine oclock to they shut the squares and the streets as well, and if you are in a restaurant or cafe after six oclock, it is table seating only, so less severe, but briefly around europe, germany saw the highest figures on saturday of 7000, in the Czech Republic it is mandatory as of today to wear masks in public. We are seeing a europe wide rise in cases in the past few weeks, and there isnt a single country that is avoiding that. Lots to take in there, gavin lee with the latest from brussels this morning. The home secretary, priti patel, has agreed to look into whether there should be a Public Inquiry into the 1974 birmingham pub bombings that killed 21 and injured over 200. Although six people were jailed for the attacks, they were later cleared on appeal. Families of those killed say many questions remain unanswered about what happened before, during and immediately after the attacks. Ms patel has promised to meet the families before making a decision. The uks five anglican archbishops have warned the government that its new brexit bill could set a disastrous precedent. The internal market bill is intended to set out how trade between the four parts of the uk will proceed once the transition period with the eu ends. In a rarejoint letter, the religious leaders say the bill risks undermining trust and goodwill if it becomes law without the consent of all parts of the uk. The government says it is a necessary safety net to protect the uks internal market. 12 minutes past seven. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. Iamjust i am just loving these autumnal leaves. Good morning both, good morning to you. Arent they beautiful . Some of those will be down off the branches this week, though, because we are looking at an unsettled week, it will often be windy and wet, but it is also going to be mild, especially the first half of the week. You can see all the rain has been falling for the course of the night has moved out of Northern Ireland temporarily and is all across scotland, but there is more on the way for Northern Ireland coming in through the course of the day, pushing in some heavy rain also across scotland, and some of that rain getting in eventually across north west england and also in through wales. We could see some spots getting into South West England as well. Through the afternoon, remaining dry across the channel islands, much of southern england, there will be some sunshine to start the day, turning hazy through the course of the afternoon, largely dry across eastern parts, and you could catch the odd splash of rain at this stage, but pretty wet across a large part of scotland. And in fact the met office has two yellow weather warnings out for rain, one for Northern Ireland for the next 24 36 hours for as much as 60 millimetres, and in scotland especially argyll and bute you could see 80 millimetres of rain, maybe a little bit more, so that could well give some issues with flooding. Todays temperatures, 8 15, and through the ceiling overnight, we continue with the rain moving across the northern half of the country, and then the next batch comes in from the west, moving steadily eastwards, but it is going to be a mild night, temperatures not falling lower than 7 12. I will have a longer broadcast with more detail the king further ahead in halfan more detail the king further ahead in half an hour. We will be with you then, carol. After days of uncertainty, the stand off between the government and Greater Manchester, over its coronavirus restrictions level could be edging closer to a compromise. Tens of millions of extra pounds is expected to be made available from the chancellor, rishi sunak after pressure from local leaders, who had resisted a move into the highest alert level. Lets speak now to one of them labour councillor sean fielding, who is the leader of oldham council. Good morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Any idea how close you are to deal at this this morning . Some of the media engagements my collea g u es some of the media engagements my colleagues and i did, we have seen the government start to reach out to. Sean. Im just going to ask you that question. I am not hearing you terribly well, im not sure there is anything you can do about it. Let me ask you one more time that question, to see if we can hear you properly. How close are you at this point to a deal . Well, we have started to have some more constructive and positive discussions with the government, with the communities secretary, so. Sean fielding, we are only hearing a couple of your words every now and then, so we are going to leave that for a moment and hopefully come back to you, thank you. We hope to speak to james daley, conservative mp for bury north, and quite of these people are having discussions with the government, one of these is robertjen rick, who will be hit at 7 30am so a lot of questions to ask him. We understand he is leading those negotiations, so, hopefully, he will have information for us. In fact, we can now speak to james daley, conservative mp for bury north. Which as you know, if you know your geography, is in Greater Manchester. Good to speak to you this morning. This is something i know lots of our viewers are interested in, whether or not they live in Greater Manchester because it could affect other parts of england. Are you in favour of tier 3 lockdown for the area of Greater Manchester . I am in favour of any measures that have the clinical and Scientific Evidence to back them up. The latest information that i have received regarding my area is that mortality rates up until the 25th of october and hospital admissions until the 8th of october and on the basis of that Clinical Evidence, i am infavourof basis of that Clinical Evidence, i am in favour of tier 3 but i need more information to put forward my view as to what the appropriate step is this week. What is your view of the continuing tussle that is ongoing between andy burnham and the government about potentially going into tier 3 and the Financial Support going alongside that . dont think anybody can be criticised for doing what they think is right, standing up for the residence of my area. The government are very open, they are very clear in that they want to protect lives, they are taking steps to do that and iam they are taking steps to do that and i am fully supportive of that decision. But like all elected representatives i am part of the debate and i want to put forward my view, and i want to make sure the voice of hospitality and all the sectors within my constituency are represented. So i look forward to speaking to ministers and be clear as to what i think on what my constituents need. By having your own discussions with andy burnham as well . He hasnt reached out to me. I am slightly concerned regarding some comments he made over the weekend supporting labours position, something i am vehemently opposed to, a National Lockdown. Ithink andy burnham has taken. He is elected mayor of Greater Manchester and must take a great role in these negotiations but it is equally important that local mps are part of that discussion and local Council Leaders. We have to remember my local Council Leader in berry has statutory responsibility for putting in place any coronavirus restrictions. So it is important he is at the table discussing this matter and making sure that local voices with residents from all over bury are heard in these discussions. Something else our viewers might have spotted as a group of some of your conservative colleagues writing to andy burnham and also to keir starmer saying that Greater Manchester needs to adhere to tier 3 restrictions to help areas with low transmission rates. Was that a good idea, do you think . What are your views on that . I think the letter was making the point that a National Lockdown would be a disaster for the whole country, bad forjobs in my constituency. I think that colleagues, when you are writing to politicians and other areas of the country, i think it was a mistake to Link Public Health outcomes in Greater Manchester to Public Health outcomes in other parts of the country. I think you need intimate knowledge of the Clinical Data at whats happening in local hospitals to do that. All my colleagues who signed that letter our friends and good people, they do what they do to represent their constituents to the best of their ability. But perhaps that letter was a mistake. 0k, james daley, thank you forjoining us, the conservative mp for bury north. He talked about council so lets go back to sean fielding, the labour councillor, leader of oldham council. I will ask the question one more time, how close are you to a deal . It certainly feels like things have moved on since the back end of last week, and i was due to have a call with robertjen rick at some point but he has spoken to a number of my colleagues. Andy burnham has spoken with eddie lister about what our concerns are around tier 3, and what the financial position is, too. Some of the rhetoric at the back end of last week, with that press conference with borisjohnson, we are trying to work together. M there more money at the table at this point . Ive not received details of what will come forward on the table but i know that discussions are ongoing with treasury and people in government such that a revised financial offer might come this week. How much negotiation is over the rules that people will have to abide by . We know that some cases, pubs and gyms are closed, in others they are not. How much negotiation is there over that kind of detail . I want to make it clear it isntjust about money. My it clear it isntjust about money. My colleagues and i have concerns whether the tier 3 will bring the infection rate down in the way we need to. We dont have evidence to support the idea that there is widespread transmission and hospitality is causing this problem. In if you go into hospitality in Greater Manchester, the vast majority are requiring people to sign in and doing all the things they have to do to keep people safe. That crucially is that controlled environment. If you close those down, the likelihood is youd for some of the activity people that do there, going for a drink, underground, where it is difficult to police so we are not convinced closing hospitality is the right thing. Ican closing hospitality is the right thing. I can say the same thing about gyms and sports centres. We you usually get a cloth and spray bottle to spray down the machine youre using. Many businesses are doing the right thing in Greater Manchester. We admit a small number continually flouts the restrictions and dont do the right thing but what we really ask for is the power to close those down, and those great Enforcement Powers and the resources we need to do that is a better solution rather than punishing every Hospitality Business and gym. The majority of which are very responsible. How are your hospitals coping in oldham . Across Greater Manchester we have 65 patients in hospital with covid 19. The peak of that was 220 60 we are some way off getting to the peak and i know theres been some coverage in the media saying we are close to where we we re media saying we are close to where we were back when things were really bad but that is not the case this time. We have capacity in hospitals so we are confident at this point our Health System is still able to cope but we are keeping a very close eye on it and we are continuing to keep the infection rate down by doing the right thing. Thank you very much, sean fielding, leader of oldham very much, sean fielding, leader of old ham council. We very much, sean fielding, leader of oldham council. We will be speaking to robertjen rick, Community Secretary, at 7 30am. Endometriosis is a condition which affects one in ten women in the uk. It can cause chronic pain, heavy periods and infertility but there is no known cause or cure. The average wait for a diagnosis has remained at eight years for more than a decade but today the results of a parliamentary inquiry will be published, calling for a commitment from government to reduce waiting times by half. Sarah campbell has been hearing from some women about their experiences of endometriosis. She gasps. Im having excruciating stabbing pains in my right ovary. I tried to kill myself more than once. Not living is so much better than the idea of continuing to live with this pain. You look fine on the outside, but on the inside you are bleeding, you are broken. It really doesnt care what dreams you have. I may not be dying, but its killed my soul. A personal trainer, natalie appears fit and healthy, but like more than a million others, on the inside, every month, tissue similar to that found in her womb builds up elsewhere. When it breaks down, unlike a period, the blood has no way to escape her body, leading to pain and inflammation. Nice, keeping those hips forward. Engage the core. There is currently no cure for endometriosis, but effective treatment depends on early diagnosis, and on average it takes around eight years for that to happen, and there are further barriers, according to the mps enquiry, for those from black, asian and minority ethnic communities. I just felt a bit dismissed and obviously not being listened to. Pain is pain. If a woman or a man has been in pain, they are feeling pain, it shouldnt matter about their race, they should be taken seriously. Ive probably been in hospital over 20 times across about a ten year period. To date ive had six surgeries and probably around 50 other invasive procedures. Its very much like a guinea pig. You try because you never know, this may help. We first met michelle a year ago. Aged just 41, she felt the only option left to her was to undergo a full hysterectomy. Its a year on, everything has changed. How have you been over the last year . Ive been very up and down. It still hasnt been easy. Its definitely not a cure. She told me her hope is that the parliamentary enquiry will lead to change. The best part is that weve been heard. Our experiences are feeding into the way society, the medical professionals, the government, treat endometriosis and see endometriosis for the problem it actually is. We should want to know more about this illness that is ravaging peoples lives left, right and centre. We need awareness, we need research and we need better treatment options. This change needs to happen now, because i dont want another woman suffering for ten years like i have. Thank you for listening. That report from sarah campbell. Chief executive of endometriosis uk, emma cox, joins us now. Good morning. We got a sense in that report how this can have a dramatic effect on peoples lives, cant it . Good morning. Absolutely. Sadly we have heard some very sad stories about how the impact of having endometriosis can have such devastating effects. And on average it takes eight years to diagnose during which time the person might be told they are imagining the pain or that people dont take it seriously, it can have a huge impact on their Mental Health and physical health. The target is to get it down by half, that diagnosis. Why does it ta ke by half, that diagnosis. Why does it take so long . Half by 2025 and by 2031 year or less is what we are hoping for in the long run. There is a range of reasons why take so long. Firstly, people need to realise what theyve got is a medical condition and sadly there is so much to be talking about menstruation, that people, some of their pain is told it is in their head, that they have to put up with it. Quite frankly, if you are having so much pain, it is stopping you being able to live your life, your daily life, and it isnt normal. On top of that, the symptoms are not always recognised by health ca re are not always recognised by Health Care Professionals. While some Health Care Professionals are brilliant at identifying symptoms and there can be diagnosis injust a few months, unfortunately, for many, it can be things like they are told their period pain is normal or sometimes they are put on the pill at quite an early age and there is no investigation as to why there are in so much pain and the diseases are diagnosed, and they realise they have a potentially life altering disease. Tell us a little bit because i did it to make it cannot because i did it to make it cannot be cured but can it make a difference to people . We dont know what it is caused by, theres too Little Research but in terms of treatments there is a range of things. Access to Pain Management, so supporting people who are in pain through a whole range of Pain Management, notjust through a whole range of Pain Management, not just strong through a whole range of Pain Management, notjust strong drugs but also physio or Pain Management services. There can be surgery. For many women, surgery is an option. Also, it can be treated by hormones. Again, that is, if you like, doesnt cu re again, that is, if you like, doesnt cure the symptoms but it stops periods, it stops the endometriosis growing, so hormone surgery and Pain Management are the main treatments. The people watching who think they might have it, what are the warning signs and what would your advice to then be . If you have any of the symptoms, go to see health care professional. The main symptoms are painful periods, but if it is disrupting your daily life, that might be it, painful bladder, painful peering, especially around your period, that can be a symptom as well. And infertility. It is the leading cause of infertility for women in the uk so if it is a problem, speak to a doctor. Really good information, emma cox, thank you for speaking to us. The Community Secretary will be here injusta the Community Secretary will be here injust a few the Community Secretary will be here in just a few minutes on breakfast. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. Nhs drones are to be tested by hospitals in essex after two trainee doctors from london developed the technology. The trial is backed by a grant from the Uk Space Agency and will be used to courier covid 19 samples, blood tests and personal protective equipment. Itll fly under the direction of former raf pilots, initially from broomfield and basildon hospitals, in the hope of improving the speed of treatments. Tier 2 coronavirus measures are said to be on the cards for slough after the council confirmed talks have been taking place with the government. A spokesperson said they would voluntarily increase restrictions from medium to the high alert level after a rise in covid cases. A vlogger from north london says shes noticed a worrying development in filters used on social media. Shu lin accepts they started as a bit of fun but have now evolved into ways of transforming skin colour and the shape of eyes and faces. Instagram says it bans effects that focus on harmful stereotypes which this londoner told us more about. The choco skin literally made me look about 50 times darker. People who belong to that culture dont have the opportunity to just turn it on and off so it makes me feel really angry that its so easy to essentially do black face. There is more on that on our website. A fox has been rescued by the london fire brigade, after it took a boat ride on the thames. Residents spotted it after it became stranded at in st saviours dock. Its now doing well. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. Apart from the waterloo city, which still isnt running. Traffic is busy around vauxhall because of the ongoing closure of vauxhall bridge. South of the river, southwark park road is closed at jamaica road because of a burst water main. Theres only one woolwich ferry until at least 4pm due to operational restrictions. Now the weather with elizabeth. Hello, good morning. Following a dry, cloudy weekend it is all change this week turning rather unsettled, with wet and windy weather at times but it is still dry and youll notice the southerly wind will pick up so it turns windier through the afternoon, starting off with temperatures in high single figure so it is a fairly mild start the day, some brightness with spells of sunshine, quite hazy at times with high cloud, top temperatures, 15. Itll be feeling warmer. Overnight tonight, a mild night to come, some of us staying in double figures but the cloud will thicken and into the start of tomorrow, some outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards. We are starting off with wet weather tomorrow, clearing eastwards through the morning with sunny spells into the afternoon but staying rather windy on tuesday. On wednesday, some heavier spells of rain pushing in from the south so wet and windy at times through this week but temperatures mild, 14 18. Feeling mild indeed. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in an hour. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Communities and local government secretary, robertjenrick, is to hold further discussions with leaders in Greater Manchester later today, to try to break the deadlock over moving into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. And we can speak to robertjenrick right now. I imagine you are going to have quite a busy day today. Are you leading these negotiations now . a busy day today. Are you leading these negotiations now . I am doing so with the Prime Ministers adviser, said edward lister, so the two of us will continue to discuss with local leaders and mayors across the country what further steps need to be taken in their communities, because clearly it is our preference that we take the steps by agreement and working closely with the people who know their communities best, thatis who know their communities best, that is how we are going to have the best outcomes for local people. How close are you to a deal . We have had productive discussions in Greater Manchester over the weekend, and im hopeful we can now bring this to a conclusion, because there has been some uncertainty as a result of the discussions going on too long in Greater Manchester, people who are living there, the Business Community and more importantly, or most importantly, the number of cases remains at a seriously high level across Greater Manchester and in particular in some parts of the region. Icu capacity is uncomfortably high. We do know need to ta ke uncomfortably high. We do know need to take action, so i hope we can reach agreement, but one way or another we need to draw this to conclusion, put in the measures that are conclusion, put in the measures that a re necessary conclusion, put in the measures that are necessary and move forward in Greater Manchester in the next day or two. So it could be by the end of the day, could it . You have sort of given at a time line but not exactly. We could reach an agreement, im sure, today, but that would require both sides to come together with the right spirit of desire to get this done in an amicable way and move forward. That is certainly the way im approaching these discussions. The conversations i have had over the weekend with Council Leaders in Greater Manchester have been constructive, soi manchester have been constructive, so i hope that we can make a decision, move Forward Together or tomorrow. We understand there is money on the table. How much . This is primarily about Public Health. It is primarily about Public Health. It is about protecting the nhs and helping to save befores lives, but we do want to ensure that all parts of the country have the resources that they need to tackle the virus. You can see from the arrangements we put in place with merseyside and with lancashire that we want to ensure that the local councils have the resources that they need, that there is support for the local Business Community and i think in manchester we are particularly conscious that there have been businesses that have been under strain now for many, many months, longer than in many other parts of the country, so we want to support them. And we also want to see what other things we can do together, including through local Contact Tracing and using the military as well, so we will pull all the levers that we have, use all the resources that we have, use all the resources that we have at our disposal to support people in Greater Manchester, to help them get through this. Using the military for what exactly . Some parts of the country has asked for use of the military to support them with Contact Tracing for example, and to put in the infrastructure for testing sites, and that has been done very successfully by the armed forces, so if that is useful for an area, we will be able to put that in place, and the armed forces are more than happy to assist us. Can ijust go back to the financial package . There are reports that one of the papers it could be up to £100 million. Are those correct . Im not going to comment on the exact sums of money, but we have offered and reached an agreement with merseyside on a very substantial package of support there. The regional mayor and the mayor of liverpool, steve rotherham, and joe anderson, worked very closely with us. They reached an agreement which involve tens of millions of pounds of support for the Business Community, for the council, for local Contact Tracing, all the sorts of things we want to put in place this week with Greater Manchester. Clearly to do that most effectively necessitates a deal with the local leaders themselves, rather than government simply stepping in and imposing it. That will be much more effective, because people in Greater Manchester want a single, coordinated Public Health message, and that is what the Prime Minister is keen to do, that is why we have gone to so much trouble to try to reach an agreement with local leaders. I hope that they will today come forward, support us, and that we can reach that sort of agreement. If not, then we will have to consider other options, because of this to the government has overarching responsibility to protect people in all parts of the country, including in Greater Manchester, but that, doing so by imposition has never been our desired approach. But it is something you would consider . think we have to consider all options, because at the end of the day, we are the government of the united kingdom, we are there to protect the public and this is a national Public Health crisis. So i cant rule that out. But you can see from the genuine, sincere efforts we have put in, including this weekend, our strong desire to do this by agreement, because that is the most effective way to deliver Public Health messages and to ensure that compliance and enforcement actually works on the ground. Because my department is the department for local government, wants to work closely with local councils in Greater Manchester. I sense that same feeling from the Council Leaders themselves, and i hope that we can reach that agreement, but as i say, if we cant, i think the situation now in Greater Manchester is sufficiently serious that we would have to take action either way. How long are you prepared to wait . Im going to talk today i hope with the Council Leaders, and i will be reporting back to the Prime Minister on the nature of those discussions. If they move forward, then well give it the time that is required. If it is clear today that u nfortu nately for whatever required. If it is clear today that unfortunately for whatever reason we are not able to reach agreement, then i will have to report back to then i will have to report back to the Prime Minister that we werent able to do so, regrettably, and then able to do so, regrettably, and then a decision will have to be made about what further steps are required. And he would get involved at that stage, would he . The Prime Minister . Yes. Yes, i have been discussing this with the Prime Minister throughout, he has been very closely involved. His clear direction to me and to others is to try to reach an amicable agreement with local leaders, that is the approach that he wants us to take. But at the end of the day, he has to ta ke but at the end of the day, he has to take overall responsibility for keeping people safe in Greater Manchester, and we cantjust sit by and watch the number of cases rising, the number of cases amongst the over 60s, those at greatest risk, rising now quite significantly, and in particular the strain on local hospitals. We have seen hospitals like salford, for example, reaching almost 100 icu capacity. Over 70 icu capacity in manchester, in bolton and in other hospitals within the region. That is a serious situation, and it demands action this week, preferably today, and so action this week, preferably today, and so i hope that leaders in Greater Manchester, who obviously ca re Greater Manchester, who obviously care about their city and local people, will see that, reach an agreement and now move forward with the Decisive Action that is necessary. Delay, im afraid, will only make the situation worse, will only make the situation worse, will only put more lives at risk and make the economic fallout for the city worse in the long term. On the financial package, can cancel top up wages with that financial package . There is flexibility within the package of support that we have given in other parts of the country to deploy that money how local areas see fit. What weve offered his extra funding for local councils, so that they can cover that covid related expenditure, further support for the local Business Community, and support for other things like enforcement, local Contact Tracing, and obviously all of that comes on top of the National Package that the chancellor has set out, the jobs support scheme that guarantees people who are in work, and businesses who have been asked to close as a result of these extra restrictions, two thirds of their unowned wages. Can i ask also, you have highlighted what has been going on here, several days of negotiations and negotiations with different areas. Would it be better to have one formula so you didnt have to have these ongoing deep discussions . We do have one formula, and that is the tiered approach that has been set out. Within each formula there is a baseline of the measures that we think are necessary for those situations, but we also will respond to what is happening on the ground in local places by providing a degree of flexibility so that if you were in merseyside, a local leader trying to respond effectively to a Public Health crisis in your area, in addition to the baseline, you could say, well there is a particular problem, i think, with certain settings, therefore i think there should be further restrictions on those. There is obviously a balance to be struck here between simplicity and clarity ata here between simplicity and clarity at a National Scale and responding to the particular circumstances in one area. Thats the way that we have tried to play this, and that has actually been designed in response to the feedback we have received from local leaders and mayors who have said to us that you cant treat nottingham is exactly the same situation to manchester or to liverpool or to tyneside. I think thatis to liverpool or to tyneside. I think that is the right way forward, because as we know, there are significant differences in the types of settings where we are seeing the virus, but the particular areas of the local community, and honestly there is a wide variation across the country, and that is one of the reasons why the blanket Circuit Breaker approach that some have suggested just doesnt seem sensible. I wanted to ask you exactly about that. The welsh first minister expected to announce a Circuit Breaker, i think they are calling it a firebreak, in the region today, following Northern Ireland. Are you still ruling out that short, sharp National Lockdown . We dont think that that is a sensible way forward. Obviously we will continue to keep things under review, but it doesnt seem sensible, because we see such wide variations in the concentration of the virus. If you were sat in herefordshire or somerset this morning, the number of cases per 100,000 is around 40. If you are in nottingham, manchester or liverpool, it is 400800 nottingham, manchester or liverpool, it is 400 800 cases per 100,000, so a localised approach seems the most sensible way forward given that what we know about the incidents in england today. And the damage that could be done through an indefinite circuit break to the economy, to peoples livelihoods but also to Broader Health and well being, Mental Health, for example, and other hospital cases like elective surgery that wouldnt be able to proceed, i think are very, very significant, and we must, therefore, only use that as the absolute worst case scenario. It is not something that we are considering an england. Robertjenrick, communities and local government secretary, thank you for your time on breakfast, thank you. You like it is a quarter to eight. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. For quite a few people out there today, it is going to be quite a mild stuck to the week . Temperatures higher than wed expect this time of year. A beautiful sunrise ta ken this time of year. A beautiful sunrise taken in norfolk, many of us seeing a beautiful sunrise but some of us seeing some torrential rain. As dan says itll be milder the first half of the week with heavy rain at times and itll be pretty winds, today especially across the Northern Isles and the irish sea. As you see from the isobars, with low pressure with these fronts dominating our weekend. Thats a thing of the past, low pressure will be with us until thursday and back again on friday. You can see this rain coming in across scotland and Northern Ireland, some of it moving steadily eastward through the day will get in across north west england and wales, the odd splash getting across South West England. For the rest of england and wales, where we start off with sunshine, you will notice the cloud continuing to build and the sunshine hazy by the afternoon, temperatures ranging from eight in the north, maybe 16 in the south. This evening and overnight, this rain continues its journey moving northwards and eastwards with this fresh batch coming in from the west, moving eastwards. Still brisk winds, gusty across the Northern Isles. It wont bea across the Northern Isles. It wont be a cold night. Itll be quite a mild night for this time of year. Tomorrow, there goes this front taking the rain with it, the second front is ensconced across northern scotla nd front is ensconced across northern scotland and with low pressure nearby, we are packing in a fair few showers but the wind direction is south westerly so you can see yellows a nd south westerly so you can see yellows and ambers indicating higher temperatures. We say goodbye to the rain, moving across the north sea, might not be away from east coast until early afternoon, the rain remains across scotland, brisk winds in the Northern Isles. Some of the showers will merge, some of them will be heavy in the country, and in between we see brightness with highs of 1017. Between we see brightness with highs of 10 17. We could see 18 somewhere. By of 10 17. We could see 18 somewhere. By the time we go into wednesday, you can see we have the rain in scotland, is the showers in the west, then this area of rain and windy conditions from the near continent. The position and timing of this could change. If youre asking why, its because we are looking at a storm across spain bringing torrential rain to spain, and it is just the progress bringing torrential rain to spain, and it isjust the progress it bringing torrential rain to spain, and it is just the progress it makes towards us that leaves it open to question. The temperatures, 10 17. Thanks for that. Thats the next few days. And sally is looking back at the last few days. Its been bonkers, perhaps nothing more bonkers than this year. It was supposed to be all about the return of gareth bale to tottenham, but the headlines are about west ham after they came from 3 0 down to draw 3 3 in the premier league. Son put spurs ahead in the first minute, and they went in at half time 3 0 up after two more goals from harry kane. The hammers fought back to 2 3 and substitute bale failed to put the game beyond them late on. Then one of the goals of the season. A rocket from Manuel Lanzini with the last kick of the match, all of which resulted in a delighted hammers boss. David moyes doing his dance. Aston villa are up to second after beating leicester 1 0 at the king power stadium. Ross barkley scored the winner in injury time. Villa have played four, won four, and have the only 100 record in the division. Elsewhere yesterday the games between Sheffield United and fulham and Crystal Palace and brighton ended in draws. Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk says hes already fully focussed on his recovery after learning he needs surgery on his knne following a rash challenge by everton keeperjordan pickford during saturdays derby match. It is unclear how long he will be out for. He took to social media posting. I will return better, fitter and better than ever before with the support of my wife, kids family and everyone at liverpool and iam family and everyone at liverpool and i am ready for the challenge ahead. Its been a weekend of british success in sport. Exeter chiefs won the champions cup, jonathan rae won his sixth straight world superbike title, and there was high drama at wembley as leeds rhinos won rugby leagues challenge cup, beating Salford Red Devils 17 16. It was an emotional day, as former rhinos player rob burrow was guest of honour in his absence. His story of living with Motor Neurone Disease is one weve been following closely. The leeds legend watched the action at home. It is the 2020 challenge cup final, leeds versus salford. Guest of honour today in absentia robert barrow. Abide with me fast falls the eventide. The whole Rugby League Family and now an even bigger constituency very much behind rob in his challenge with Motor Neurone Disease. He comes back. Leeds are going to win. Definitely. Gayle, all the way, williams tries but he cant. We are so proud, we shout so loud, we love you, leeds leeds one towards the sticks. Luke gayle with the drop goal and he does it in celebration of the moment because he knew the moment it left the boot. The klaxon sounds. We won told you, leeds are the best. What rob means to our club, what he means to the sport, we are bigger now because of how far it has gone, the support hes had from everywhere has been unbelievable so refuse watching unbelievable so if hes watching at home, im sure he is, this is for you, rob. And i bet a few of those were thinking about the battle robert is having when they were trying to battle their way back into the second half. Hes an inspiration to people both on and off the field, and in and out of leeds rhinos club. Hes been very much an inspiration for us. I think its really fitting that weve done it this year for rob, and gayle with the number seven on his back hes come up with the big play. I hope i did rob proud today and his family. Im sure hes watching, hope youre proud, mate. Im delighted to tell you that leeds rhinos richie myler and club captain luke galejoin us. Well done ill talk to about the end of the game in a but, ritchie, youre not alone, youre celebrating with Company Straight back down to earth, i have school run to do. Thats harder than the match say hello hi. Lovely to see. Luke, you couldnt have left that any later at the weekend, could you, with that final kick, you won it wearing the number seven shirt. Special is that victory . Yes, its a great victory. We left it too close to comfort. It was a great tribute, the number seven on my back in honour of rob. Luke, ithink seven on my back in honour of rob. Luke, i think we have a technical problem so ill go to ritchie. Goodness me, you have been such an integral part of this team, man of the match performance, has 2020 turn things around for you . It has been a different year, to say the least i never thought id play, come back, so im very proud and very proud of the team effort. We were rubbish in the team effort. We were rubbish in the second half to say the least, but we did enough to get the win. Which is all that matters. How are where were you all that rob was at home watching . It was a massive focus as it has been all year, for where weve been at as a team, and his inspiration, the way he is tackling this fight is inspiring us all and it has been spoken by kevin and everybody, so he is a massive pa rt and everybody, so he is a massive part of what we are about. When salford started to pile the pressure on in the second half, how difficult was it for you to turn it around and keep that focus . I think it helped when we got certain players in our tea m when we got certain players in our team that you know they can pull it off and we always knew if we gave luke a shot, well we gave him two chances and in the end he did it. When you saw luke was going for that, how confident were you in that moment . I thought he nailed his first one i thought the first one went over ive been on the end of many of those so im glad hes on ourteam, and many of those so im glad hes on our team, and hes done it for us, and salford put up such a great game and salford put up such a great game and they threw everything at us. And it could have gone either way at one point. But im happy we got the win, bit of a sore throat from singing but we are all right. Were actually seeing pictures of the moment of you celebrating that trophy. What is the plan now, and can you in any way share this moment with rob burrow . We hope so. Im sure the guys will sort something out to be around him. Rob is very close with his family at the moment, and our thoughts and prayers are with him. We hope we can share it with him. He has been a massive focal point of what we are about. How come i can see you. Im sure we will get more funding from the club, and hes been a massive focal point of everything we are about. There has been a huge reaction to the documentary we did earlier in the week with rob and we are seeing pictures of him now with his young family. You have two young boys yourself. When you watch him, it must be even harder for you thinking about the position hes in right now. It is heartbreaking. I think he. It is the fight he has come and the thing hes going through. Its touched everybody because of his family and because everybody has grown up with him, i certainly have, knowing him personally. I think it touches everybody, even away from the rugby league community. He is a family man. To see the way it has gripped him, it is heartbreaking but we are all around him, it is heartbreaking but we are allaround him, him, it is heartbreaking but we are all around him, supporting him, it is heartbreaking but we are allaround him, supporting him and the family. And we will do anything we can. Im going to see if we can get hold of luke. Hopefully, you can hear us now. I know when we watched the footage of rob watching your kick, he was beyond delighted. I hope at some point you get the chance to see that. Have you got any message youd like to share with him this morning . I am immensely proud, and privileged i got to lead the boys out and what more fitting than playing in the number sevenjersey that rob made famous at leeds rhinos, and every time he went to the pitch, he gave it his all and thats what hes doing now, fighting mnd so it is a massive honour. And im privileged to play in that number seven jersey on my back. wa nt to number seven jersey on my back. want to ask you about another person that has been instrumental in all of this, this is robs friend, kevin sinfield, who has been running marathons, going through different physical challenges, how important has he been in this Leeds Campaign . Hes fantastic. He was the guy who brought leeds back, since he joined the Coaching Staff for three years ago. Kevin has been instrumental behind all the signings and all that. I think the person that he is, he isa that. I think the person that he is, he is a great leader on and off the field and he has been great for me as well. He doesnt often say too much but the things that he does say are normally great nuggets that stick with you. So hes been instrumental for me and the team. Luke, great to talk to you, congratulations. Richard, thank you very much indeed, pass on our sincere thanks to ernie who i think has stolen the show this morning. Hes gone off, its has stolen the show this morning. Hes gone off, its live television. Youd better get off onto the school run. I dont know where he is. Wish me luck. Lovely to see you, thank you very much indeed. Richie myler and luke gale. And you can watch the full documentary, produced by bbc breakfast and bbc sport rob burrow my year with mnd on the bbc iplayer. Sally, thank you. Some other people might be on the school run as well this morning but if youre staying with us we have the headlines coming up. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Our headlines today the government calls for an agreement to be reached today over increased coronavirus restrictions in Greater Manchester as it prepares to offer the city region tens of millions of pounds. Wales on the verge of a Short National lockdown, described as a firebreak against coronavirus an announcement due to be made today. Good morning. Yes, it was set to be a bumper october for the Lake District and other uk holiday destinations. But the tier system means that cancellations are up, half term holiday nightmares for thousands of businesses. What does it mean for your trip . How a dip in cold water has proved to be a promising lead in the search to find a cure for dementia. Good morning. This week we are looking at some unsettled weather. There will be some heavy rain at times, strong wind. The first half, at least, will be milder than we would expect this time of year. I will have the details in ten minutes. Its monday 19th october. Our top story. Communities secretary robertjenrick says a conclusion needs to be reached today with leaders in Greater Manchester, about moving into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. The government has spent the last few days in a standoff with the regions mayor, andy burnham, who fears that the measures will cause severe economic harm. Our Political Correspondent iain watsonjoins us now from westminster. What you make what he had to say . Its interesting that the negotiations will continue, notjust with robertjenrick the Community Secretary, but one the most senior officials in downing street, edward distin, very keen to get an agreement with Greater Manchester. They dont want to impose these tighter restrictions without local agreement, partly because they would be worried about how they would be enforced or how people would comply if they are seen to be going over peoples heads. They are very keen to reach agreement. Robertjenrick, when he was asked earlier about how soon that could happen, he seemed to think we might get a breakthrough within the next 48 hours. The number of cases remains at a seriously high level across Greater Manchester and in particular across some parts of the region. Icu capacity is uncomfortably high. We do now need to take action. So, i hope that we can reach agreement. But, one way or another, we need to draw this to a conclusion, put in place the measures that are necessary to move forward in Greater Manchester in the next day or two. Obviously some money might grease the wheels. Interesting that Robert Jenrick was also talking about the amount of Financial Support available at liverpool, which has agreed to the tighter restrictions, about £40 million for a region of 1. 5 Million People. Greater manchester, it is just under 3 Million People. We could see £75 Million People. We could see £75 million or £85 million on the table. The question is how much of that could be used for things that the mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, believes are essential, like topping up wages in a more generous way that the Governments National scheme for people who were forced to see businesses closed. Could there be money to help local residents shield again if there is a threat in Greater Manchester . What is also interesting is that Robert Jenrick ruled out the idea of a short, Sharp National Circuit Breaker, a National Lockdown. We know that wales will introduce more stringent measures, probably to be announced about lunch time today. But in england, a regional approach is favoured, which means the negotiations with Greater Manchester, the separate negotiations with South Yorkshire, each area hammering out its own separate deal. That may well delay the imposition of measures which the government believes are necessary. Iain watson, thank you for taking us through that. Danjohnson is in manchester for us this morning. Iam sure i am sure that you heard what Robert Jenrick said. What are leaders asking for there . Good morning. They have been talking for more than a week now and i think there is a cce pta nce week now and i think there is acceptance that something needs to happen, that something needs to change on extra measures will be needed. Because case numbers have kept rising. As you heard, the number of people in hospital is reaching worrying levels. The suspicion from local politicians here has been that there was highest levels of restrictions may not even be enough to be effective. The feeling is, well, whats the point in doing that if it is not even going to bring down the case numbers enough . There needs to be a properly tailored package that is going to be effective, on the one hand, for bringing case numbers under control, but also that looks after local people who will be affected if businesses have to close. Its not just about the furlough payments that will be available for those businesses and those workers directly affected, if pubs, bars, restau ra nts a nd directly affected, if pubs, bars, restaurants and gems are told to close, it is also about the other people that work in hospitality, and the service industry, that will be affected indirectly as a knock on if social life here is disrupted further and there is an interruption, and lower numbers of people out and about. Those are the sorts of issues that local leaders have been raising, and wanting money for. They are also talking about the cash to actually enforce these restrictions. Because its going to mean more pressure on council teams, the local police. How would they make sure that local people are abiding by those restrictions . All of that is a full debate as the discussions continue. Meanwhile, a short lockdown across wales, which has been described as a firebreak lasting for two to three weeks, could be announced as early as this morning. Our correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. Tomos, what are we expecting . We are expecting the first minister to make that announcement today. Its looking more likely now that there will be a firebreak in wales, which will be a National Lockdown. The set period of duration for the National Lockdown here is for at least two weeks, so the first minister, as you say, can bring the virus back under control in wales. The numbers have been increasing, even though the majority of the country have been in a local lockdown in wales for the past few weeks. Local lockdown is in wales mean that nobody should be leaving the area, by law, or going into another area, which is different from an england, where people are advised not to. Here, people are being fined and turned home if they break the law. A travel ban came in last friday, meaning people coming in from hotspots in other areas of the uk are banned from visiting wales now. I think the government here are deciding this is the only other option they can do now to curb the spread of the virus in wales, as we get closer to christmas and as all the signs suggest we could see another surge. They are wanting to do this. The first minister has mentioned this is something he wants to see to curb the threat. After this firebreak happens, there will be another National Lockdown set of rules, he said, so that they can continue on some sort of fashion to bring some sort of normality towards christmas. What this will mean, and it will be very similar to what we saw back in march, potentially, the closure of nonessential businesses, and we should be hearing that schools will remain open for the best part. Tougher coronavirus restrictions are being introduced in italy, after it announced a Record Number of new cases yesterday. Restaurant Opening Times will be limited, and town mayors will have the power to shut public squares from nine oclock in the evening. In switzerland, face coverings must be worn in all public spaces from today. Ireland is preparing to announce restrictions which ministers say will be decisive and nationwide. The home secretary, priti patel, has agreed to look into whether there should be a Public Inquiry into the 1974 birmingham pub bombings that killed 21 and injured over 200. Although six people were jailed for the attacks, they were later cleared on appeal. Families of those killed say many questions remain unanswered about what happened before, during and immediately after the attacks. Ms patel has promised to meet the families before making a decision. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. Are you having a problem with your voice . What do you need, what can we do . Send me loads of honey it is coming and going. Some are seeing really heavy rain and others are starting on a bright note with gorgeous sunrises. What we haveis note with gorgeous sunrises. What we have is a lot of rain. It is moving out of Northern Ireland, dont be fooled, there is more coming your way. You can see all this rain across scotland. If you are travelling first thing, there will be lots of surface water and spray on the roads. As we go through the morning, more rain arrives in Northern Ireland. We will see it continue across scotland, across scotland, across north west england, parts of wales. Potentially we could see the old splash getting on across South West England. Largely dry at this stage, as it will be in the channel islands. What a sunny start for some. That is going to build, the cloud, turning sunshine hazy. That extends up the west coast to parts of eastern scotland. Equally, there is a lot of rain. The met office has two yellow for rain across Northern Ireland and scotland, with the potentialfor flooding. Temperatures, eight, 215 or16 flooding. Temperatures, eight, 215 or 16 degrees. Fairly mild. As we head overnight, the rain continues to push northwards and eastwards across scotland and Northern Ireland and then we have a fresh coming from the west across england and also wales. Still gusty wind. We will have gusty wind across the Northern Isles, the irish sea, and they will prevail tonight. At least it is not going to be a cold night. I am off for some honey. Have a nice cup of tea. A nice brew makes everything all right. Its been a week since borisjohnson announced new covid alert levels would be introduced across england. The new three tier system sees areas classed as being on medium, high or very high alert also known as tiers. Under tier1 restrictions, which are places with medium levels of risk, you can only meet in a group of six people either indoors or outside, and pubs, bars and restaurants must close by 10pm. Next is tier 2, which includes areas with high levels of risk. You are not allowed to meet socially with people you do not live with indoors. This includes private homes, as well as pubs or restaurants. You can still meet friends and family outdoors, but only in a group of up to six people. Pubs, bars and restaurants must still close by 10pm. Areas with the most rapidly rising transmission rates are placed in tier 3. Pubs and bars must close completely unless they are serving substantial meals. You are not allowed to meet indoors with anybody who is not part of your household. You can meet in parks, beaches, or countryside, as long as you are not in a group of more than six. You are also advised not to travel into or out of tier 3 areas, other than for work, education, orfor caring responsibilities. More than half of englands population is now living under high or very high alert restrictions. So far Liverpool City Region and lancashire are in tier 3. Lots of you have been getting in touch with questions about the tiered system and how it might affect you. To help answer some of them, were joined by professor sian griffiths, shes an expert in how diseases spread, and our medical editor, fergus walsh. Good morning to both of you. Thank you so much for being with us today. Lets crack on with some of these questions. The first question is here. I think this is for you, fergus. If my partner lives under a different tier system to me, can we still see each other . 0k, ok, so, if they live in a different tier, yes, under certain circumstances. If you are in tier 1, your partner lives in tier 2, you can meet, but you could only meet in a setting outside, so a restaurant outside, you couldnt stay overnight with them. You should stick with the social contact rules for your area if you are in a high area or a very high area, even if you move to a lower area. Of course, high area, even if you move to a lowerarea. Of course, household support bubbles, if your partner was in your house or support bubble, that would trump everything and then you could stay overnight with them and, effectively, be in your own household and you would not need to socially distance. Another question for you. Could the restrictions in tier 3 areas affect more sectors, like beauty or retail . How often will this be reviewed . So, they are going to be reviewed every 28 days. And, yes, other measures could come in. Last monday, chris whitty, in downing street, standing next to the Prime Minister, said he thought the base restrictions for the very high tier 3 areas restrictions for the very high tier 3areas in restrictions for the very high tier 3 areas in liverpool would not be sufficient to rein in the virus. And there are already differences. In liverpool, gems are shut, but not in lancashire. The gyms. In lancashire, soft play areas are closed, but they are open in liverpool. We could see restrictions on nonessential retail, things like hairdressers, depending on what happens to the level of virus and the nhs in the coming weeks. I ,we , we have spoken to many local leaders, and they want to see the Science Behind the move from 2 to 3, can you understand that . understand that, because throughout the pandemic, we have been talking about science guiding quality decisions, so when sage, the specialist body, presents advice, it does so quoting these studies, the Research Studies that have been done, which gave a support to the decisions that are made, so wanting to see the science, i think, is part of how you make the decisions. know we have got a question for you here, sian, how does the government decide who goes into the highest tier . We have been speaking to the communities secretary about exactly that today. Well, i didnt hear that interview, but in general scientific terms, it is about the rate of disease in the community, the rate at which it is changing, the numbers of cases, the numbers of cases going into hospital, the number of itu beds that are being used, and General Information like that, which gives you some measure of not only the absolute numbers, but also the rate of change, how fast is the disease spreading, who is it spreading to. So we saw it spread from younger people, who are less affected by the disease, into some of the older populations, and that was some of the data that was presented by chris whitty last week. As fergus says, when he was talking about the system, he was in that they werent sure, you know, from a scientific perspective, that tier 3 would be adequate in the worst hit areas. Another question for you, fergus if i live in a tier 3 area and my elderly mother lives in tier 1. And my elderly mother lives in tier 1, can she still remain part of our family bubble . Yes, she can. Now, the government recommends that you form, where possible, those household bubbles, support bubbles, with people locally, but obviously, if your mum lives far away, that is not possible. Now, there is supposed to be guidance on not travelling in or out of 83 area, but there are exceptions, you know, for work, education and caring responsibilities. Or out of a tier 3 area. So it would be possible, because mum is part of that bubble, they can still meet, but the recommendation is to minimise contact with people outside of your bubble, in your bubble, if they dont live in the same area as you, in tier 3. I love the way you are taking us through this in a very calm and clear manner, fergus sian griffiths, on that point, how long will it be before we know what effect it is having on, you know, the number of infections et cetera . Well, we know that it takes a couple of weeks from infection, infection rates in the community to show in hospital admissions, so there is a sort of time period over which you need to follow the figures. I think that the best thing to do is to say you need to take regular checks, and regular checks means, as is being done, weekly checks on how the rates are changing, so that you can be pre warned. And as measures are brought in, it will take several weeks for them to show a proper downturn, but we remain hopeful, and i really hope people dont forget the message that it is notjust up to the external constraints, it is also up to each and every one of us to rememberthe also up to each and every one of us to remember the basics, to wash our hands, to wear masks, to keep our social distance. And as fergus says, you can meet, you can care, you can provide care, there are exemptions for frail and elderly relatives. It is possible to provide care, but if you do so, you need to take all the precautions of social distancing. Really good to speak to you, sian griffiths, fergus walsh. Thank you for all your questions that you have been sending as well, we have done quite a few, we have done sessions with our experts over the last few months, and i am sure we will continue to do those in the weeks and months ahead. Schools in Northern Ireland are beginning an extended half term break today. Children will have two weeks holiday instead of one. The extension is part of the devolved governments measures to try to bring down the Coronavirus Infection rate, which is the highest of the uks four nations. Our ireland correspondent chris page has been speaking to students, teachers and parents. Schools werent meant to be still and silent this week, but half term has come unexpectedly early. A level students at the Belfast Model School for girls didnt want an extended break. The less time we have in school is a bit worrying. We wont have to have face to face contact with teachers for learning and things like that, which i know myself and a lot of my classmates really benefit from. Im quite worried for the exams that we have coming up, because we wont be able to be in class with our teachers probably as much with the way things are going at the minute. And its hard to learn online. I like to have things explained to me. Its just easier when youre face to face with the teacher. But pupils do say some good has come out of the turbulence of 2020. It makes you grateful for the time you have whenever you are in school. And it makes you appreciate things more, time spent with your friends and actually being able to be in the environment of a classroom. In my opinion, its helped me a lot with my Mental Health and helped to me get into, like. Its helped me be more grateful for a lot of things and helped me understand to be more aware of some stuff. If theres another school shutdown, the online teaching is ready to go. We have to be ready, because we just dont know, as weve found out just recently, when we might have to close again. We just need to be there for the student because the most important thing is promoting their well being, their resilience and indeed extending their learning in whatever capacity we can. What are the most difficult things about the last few months, and have there been positives . I think the most challenging thing for us was ensuring that we had our environment that was welcoming for staff and students but that was safe. Our students have had to develop more independence and resilience in their learning, and thats always going to be a life skill they can carry forward. A few miles away, parents at this Primary School were picking up their children for the last time until november. I work in a hospital, so i understand where theyre coming from. I think it needs to be done to try and curb this. My daughters got asthma and stuff, so i worry. Kids need to be protected, dont they . I mean, thats really what its all about. One of the ways in which educations different in Northern Ireland is that the vast majority of pupils in their last year of Primary School sit a series of exam papers, the transfer test, to decide who gets into grammar school. The tests have been postponed for about two months. Theyre due to take place in january. But parents and teachers of the children going through that Selection Process are particularly worried by the impact of all the covid disruption. Certainly, if this break was to continue beyond two weeks, i think the pressures that would be brought to bear would be enormous to try to see, we really have to make a change for this year. Because its proving to be impossible to provide those children with the level of education that they would require. The pandemic pressures in schools include quarantined classes, self isolating staff and broken routines. Teachers, pupils and families are hoping for a brighter picture when they return. Chris page, bbc news, belfast. Thats the situation in Northern Ireland, and across the uk, millions of families would normally be enjoying a half term break, or planning a trip, at around this time. Ninas at a holiday park in cumbria to find out how the new restrictions are affecting bookings. Something so many of our viewers might have been planning to do but welcome to 2020 absolutely right, dan, good morning to you. Aces castlerigg campsite in cumbria, feast your eyes on this view, opening your caravan daughter that, derwentwater, one of 16 bodies of water in the Lake District, only one of them is officially allowed, so this is one of the places, like so many across the country, that has benefited from us not being able to go to as many foreign destinations for october half term, so bookings we re for october half term, so bookings were up significantly, but then came the tier system, and then came the cancellations. Let me just remind you what you can and cannot do according to the guidelines, depending on where you live. If you live somewhere in tier 1, you can travel freely and stay overnight in other tier 1 destinations, including with other households, if the rule of six is kept to. People in tier 2, or high risk places, can travel to other tier 2 places, but the government advises you to limit the number ofjourneys you make and you can only stay overnight in self catered facilities with people in your household or support bubble. If you live in the highest tier, tier 3, like parts of lancashire and the Liverpool City Region, then you are advised against any travel out of your area and other people are advised to not travel in. As for the other nations, we are waiting to see what happens with wales, at the moment they are asking people from tier 2 and tier 3 not to visit wales. Northern ireland has entered its Circuit Breaker, so no holidays there for now, and we are waiting to see what scotland will do. Little wonder, with all of those complexities, that fewer than half of families are now planning an october half term break. Visit britain has said that confidence has really plummeted. About one in three self catering accommodation places has reported an increase in cancellations, on average that is costing each business £15,000. Lets talk to david, who runs this site, it has been in his family for three generations, it obviously means a great deal to him. Thanks for having us. When you look at how things were in the run up to october half term, the changes through the system is, what a roller coaster the changes through the system is, what a rollercoaster it certainly is, yes. Trying to navigate all the different rules and regulations that are changing has been, yeah, a challenge for ourselves and our staff. What has been the biggest question when customers have been calling you ahead of half term . Certainly, wanting some guidance, wanting to know, if they have to cancel, would they be able to transfer, have a refund. Obviously, if they are from a tier 3 area, we will happily refund them, transfer to another date, just urging them to follow their local guidance and restrictions. It is quite a big responsibility for you, david, almost having to enforce those rules, at the same time as making sure people have a nice time on their holidays. It is really difficult. Yeah, theres quite a lot of grey areas, somebody may be on holiday already that is in a lockdown tier, with a touring caravan, motorhome, you may have spent a week in the north of the cou nty spent a week in the north of the county or at hadrians wall, so you may not actually be travelling from your place of residence, your address, you may be travelling on from where you were a week earlier, so very difficult, a lot of grey areas. And it poses questions for thousands of businesses. Thank you, david. You are talking to places throughout cumbria, you work for the tourist board, good morning. Over all, how do you think that you will look when we compare it to previous yea rs . Look when we compare it to previous years . Yes, staycations has been up, but then these knocks time after time. You used the word roller coaster, and that is what the year has been, we estimate the value of the visitor economy in cumbria, where it is so to communities, we have lost more than half of that already this year. Looking at a business like davids, he has not been able to operate anywhere near his capacity, so even though we has been open and busy, that is against a reduced capacity. Wales have made an announcement, Northern Ireland have called it, would a Circuit Breaker be preferable for england businesses you talk to . In the hospitality sector, ourjob is to welcome people, and people like david have worked incredibly hard to provide covid save experiences in glorious open spaces, so we want to be able to continue to do that. It is not for us to make that decision. If that decision were to come, we would be, obviously, adhering to that, but we would also need to make sure that the amount of Government Support for businesses like davids is there, because at the minute that is there, because at the minute that is not what the support is for. And they want more guidance on what they should be saying to customers. If you have booked a holiday and it is looking like you might have to cancel, talk as quickly as you can to the person you have booked with. It could be that you are entitled to a free refund if they have to cancel, but you might get a credit note for later in the year or next year. But there is no simple solution to this at the moment, im afraid. Watch out for that car behind you, nina thank you very much, nina thank you so much, good luck to everybody trying to get a bit of a bride. If you can get a few days summer, it might be worth it. News, travel and weather wherever you are, we will see you in a moment. Good morning, im asad ahmad. 16 leading fashion and luxury goods brands have written to the chancellor, asking him not to scrap tax free shopping. Fortnum and mason in piccadilly are among the signatories who say it would be a hammer blow to the British Fashion industry and the uk would become the least attractive market in europe. Nhs drones are to be tested by hospitals in essex, after two trainee doctors from london developed the technology. The trial is backed by a grant from the Uk Space Agency and will be used to courier covid 19 samples, blood tests and personal protective equipment. Itll fly under the direction of former raf pilots, initially from broomfield and basildon hospitals. A vlogger from north london says shes noticed a worrying development in filters used on social media. Shu lin accepts they started as a bit of fun but have now evolved into ways of transforming skin colour and the shape of eyes and faces. Instagram says it bans effects that focus on harmful stereotypes, which this londoner told us more about. The choco skin literally made me look about 50 times darker. People who belong to that culture dont have the opportunity to just turn it on and off, so it makes me feel really angry that its so easy to essentially do blackface. A fox has been rescued by the london fire brigade after it took a boat ride on the thames. Residents spotted it after it became stranded at st saviours dock. Its now doing well. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. There are minor delays on thejubilee line in north london due to a faulty train. Traffic is busy around vauxhall because of the ongoing closure of vauxhall bridge. South of the river, southwark park road is closed at jamaica road because of a burst water main. Now the weather with elizabeth. Hello, good morning. Following a dry, cloudy weekend, its all change this week, turning rather unsettled, with wet and windy weather at times. But today it is still dry, and youll notice the southerly wind will pick up, so it turns windier through the afternoon, starting off with temperatures in high single figures, so it is a fairly mild to start the day. Some brightness with spells of sunshine, quite hazy at times with high cloud, top temperature 15. Itll be feeling warmer. Overnight tonight, a mild night to come, some of us staying in double figures, but the cloud will thicken and into the start of tomorrow, some outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards. We are starting off with wet weather tomorrow, clearing eastwards through the morning with sunny spells into the afternoon but staying rather windy on tuesday. On wednesday, some heavier spells of rain pushing in from the south, so wet and windy at times through this week but temperatures mild, 14 18. If you want to know if the londons new years day parade is going to ta ke new years day parade is going to take place, tune into Vanessa Feltz on bbc radio london. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. It is 8. 32 and we are here until 9. 15. Still to come on the programme. Lockdown meant freedom to roam for this herd of kashmiri goats, who took over the streets of llandudno. They gained worldwide attention and weve been finding out how theyre now helping a hospice to fundraise. Were also at an outdoor lido to find out why scientists believe cold water swimming could delay the onset of dementia. Straight after we come off air this morning, the rip off britain ladies are back with the first of another week of live programmes. Gloria, angela, and julia are here to tell us more. Good morning. Thank you very much indeed. I might be having a hot flush, because we are excited to be back here. We are kicking off with the shocking story that if you are in the market for a newjob, you wont want to miss it, because we have discovered the scam is preying on people looking for work in the most despicable ways. One man decided to turn the tables on them. So, if we have to meet at a Police Station somewhere . Where . A Police Station, would that be ok . Police . I dont care about the police, man. And if you have been unfortunate enough to be the victim of a scam, you would hope that your bank would help you sort it out quickly. At some of you have been telling us that has not been the case, because you have been left hanging on the phone, just when you need to talk to someone. So, well see how we get on when we try to get hold of the banks will stop as ever, we have got loads of advice from our experts. So if youve got questions for them, comments on any of our stories, you can e mail us right now. And we look forward very much to seeing you back here at 9. 15 see you then. We are glad to see you back. Saturday night saw a bit of normality return to our tv screens, as the brand new strictly come dancing series got underway. Singer and Youtuber Hrvy is one of those dusting off his dancing shoes this year. Well talk to him and his new partner in a moment, but, first, lets see the moment they found out theyd be dancing together. Here we go i get this feeling, rising through the ceiling. Yes give me a hug, come on, bring it in yes so happy that ive partnered with jeanette. We got the same sort of excitement and i think werejust going to bounce off each other really well. I think were going to be a good team. What kind of teacher are you . Are you going to be strict . I like working really, really hard. So do i. Im always going to be honest, if its not good, im going to tell you. I think we are going to be really hyper. Think were like a fiery mess. But a good mess shes going to mess with your head, oh, yeah. Ive had over 1. 5 billion streams. On instagram, ive got like 4. 5 million followers. When i was 17, i thought, you know what, i need to be a bit cooler. I thought, why notjust take the vowels out my name . Hopefully it looks cool. I mean, i think it looks cool, but im bias three, two, one idid it strictly 2020, im coming for you. And we can speak to hrvy and janette now. Good morning to you both. Thank you for joining good morning to you both. Thank you forjoining us live on the programme. So, we saw the launch show, getting ready for the new series. Jeanette, talk us through it. How have the first few days of working with hrvy bean . What is he like as a student . Laughter we have been rehearsing for a week. We have been rehearsing for a week. We started last tuesday. He puts in a lot of hours, he is dedicated to learning information. More than anything, we are having a lot of fun, getting to know each other, its been nice. Its been a lot of ha rd its been nice. Its been a lot of hard work. Its been quite tiring as well. Early mornings. Im not the biggest Early Morning person. What time is an Early Morning . Oh, well, i dont know, eight or nine is quite early for me ten is quite early for me, to be quite honest. We would ta ke me, to be quite honest. We would take a me, to be quite honest. We would takea ten, me, to be quite honest. We would take a ten, woodbury, louise . Strictly has had to follow all of the guidelines, they have gone out of their way to make sure you are covid secure. When you in isolation, no, you had coronavirus . covid secure. When you in isolation, no, you had coronavirus . I was tested positive and had to isolate for two weeks. I was fine, i didnt have any symptoms, luckily. But it shows how easily it is that you can get it and not realise. But i had a bit of a rocky start, but i made it to the show. Hopefully i will continue to do the other shows. I feel great. Everybody is getting tested regularly as well. Jeanette, you have worked on the programme for a number of years now. How is this series, i know we are only one episode in, as it felt very different to the others . We saw on saturday that the professional dancers were isolating, and then together for a few weeks, recording all of the show dances for the series . It has been very different to the other years i have been on the show. But i think all of us pros, celebs, and all of the people on the strictly team are just so excited that we can put the show on, period. It is nice that we can bring happiness, escapism and joy to saturday night tv, especially with the way things are looking at the moment. Very different, but also we are going to have one of the most special series yet for all of us, i think. Hrvy, how have your fans reacted . Think. Hrvy, how have your fans reacted . You think. Hrvy, how have your fans reacted . You looked think. Hrvy, how have your fans reacted . You looked like a natural on saturday night. Yes, he did my fa ns on saturday night. Yes, he did my fans have been incredible. Lots of nice comments, they are so happy i am on thatjob. And i am so happy, as well. They have been really great. Im just really happy i can be part of the show. Like you said, its going to be a very special year. Im having the best time. It is all very new to me, but im loving it. Hrvy, you got that natural performing ability in you. I wonder if the element of when it comes to being on display, in front of thosejudges, is comes to being on display, in front of those judges, is that something that you are worried about . Are you just trusting jeanette about that . was really worried and really nervous about being judged. Im not the most elegant of people. So for the most elegant of people. So for the ballroom stuff ill be nervous as well. But i can take criticism. I am there to bejudged, i dont mind. I want to learn and get better. Im fine with that, but i will definitely be nervous. My hands were sweating at everything. But we got it. How will you cope with that . That moment when you must be at the top of the stairs, or it is coming top of the stairs, or it is coming to the end of your film and youre about to go on, i can see that you are scared im very excited about going out and dancing, ive always loved dancing. The nerves might get the better of me. I think illjust be more excited. But i will definitely be very anxious to go out. I am definitely be very anxious to go out. Iam here definitely be very anxious to go out. I am here to do it. Its going to be great. All of those that are well into their strictly, so many of our viewers, they will know that you are married to one of the other professional dancers. The way the bubbles work, you will not be with him during the course of the series, how will that be for the pair of you . This year, they have been very kind and they bought me a lovely flat that i cant move into for the duration of the series. It isjust an added layer of protection so we can protect ourselves, protect the contestants and protect everybody in the series. I do miss them terribly. But thank god for facetime. The hardest is when i see him Walking Around in the studio, i havent seen him all week and i cant run up and hug him. But as for the best of us. And ive got no. Sorry you are all in the same boat, does that help . And ive got no. Sorry you are all in the same boat, does that help7m course, and im not the only one, a lot of people had to make sacrifices to put the show forward. All of those are just so thrilled that we can put bbc strictly on the tv every saturday night. We will do whatever it takes to make sure it is done safely, sticking to government guidelines, but hopefully making a magical show for everybody. Guidelines, but hopefully making a magical show for everybodym guidelines, but hopefully making a magical show for everybody. It will be an important release for millions of people to watch every week. I dont want to put you on the spot, you are having private meetings with h rvy, you are having private meetings with hrvy, you have been very honest with him, we know what his strengths are, what are his weaknesses . What does he need to work on . Oooh well, we can work on this a little bit. need to hit the gym a little bit more. I do pick her up yes, to be honest, he has done a lot of dancing in his music videos which is fantastic, he has natural rhythm and ability, but he is still starting from scratch, when it comes to latin and ballroom. Honestly, hes going to be fantastic. And hes a great student. Who is your biggest rival, h rvy . Student. Who is your biggest rival, hrvy . Oooh oooh no, no. Ijust lost you, you were talking and we couldnt hear what you said. lost you, you were talking and we couldnt hear what you said. I said they are all my rivals. They all have amazing strengths. Who knows. We really appreciate you talking, very diplomatic. We look forward to seeing your guns improving in size. You wait, they are going to be massive. Clearly loving it. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, guys. Six weeks on, he will be in a tank top with the biceps out. He is still talking. I love that. Now, cast your mind back to lockdown and you may remember a herd of kashmiri goats taking over the empty streets of llandudno. Images of the roaming animals gained worldwide attention and now theyre being used to fundraise for st davids hospice in the town, as Mairead Smyth reports. These goats gave a much needed laugh in llandudno when lockdown began. We are quite used to seeing the goats quite regularly here in llandudno. In fact, we often see them coming off the headlands in springtime to the hospice car park, much to our handymans delight, really but theyve been a worldwide phenomenon and so, to sort of expect that in normal times, itjust wouldnt happen. Lockdown meant more freedom for the goats but it closed some of the doors here at st davids hospice. Covid 19 has totally transformed life at the hospice. Weve reduced our visiting, unfortunately, for patients. The buzz of the place changed with the cafe being closed. The goats gained worldwide attention and the hospice took a punt, selling t shirts showing the goats on their abbey road. Without that boost that we got from the goats and all the interest from the goats, we wouldnt be where we are now, we wouldnt be trying to develop new services. By may, theyd raised £50,000. Today, around 120,000. Now they hope the goats can help save christmas with this new range of stock, packed by peter who became a volunteer after his wife, caroline, passed away here three years ago. Just loved it and felt safe and love here. Now he is busy sorting this christmas stock. I dream about goats most nights, yes. Ive been packing goats up and dispatching them out. There is no doubt who the star of this window will be but there is only 1000 of these limited edition goats, and the hope is they, along with the rest of the stock, will help the hospice make the money it needs to survive. The goats have been a vehicle to save the hospice. However, what is really true is that our community and our supporters have saved our hospice today. People like seven year old millie and her nanna, janet, who helped to raise thousands. Hello hi, millie, hi,janet, how are you . Are you ok . Hi, nanna. Janet, a former nurse at st davids hospice, was diagnosed with cancer last year. I did a bike ride for st davids hospice and i got this. You raised more than £2000 from your bike ride. Tell me what you did. You werentjust cycling around the garden, were you . No. I went around and back to my house, 20 miles. Why did you want to do it . Because nanna had cancer. Do you know what difference thats going to make . Make People Better . You said you did it to help nanna. Do you understand what nanna has gone through . Yes. And how does it make you feel . Sad. But doing the bike ride makes me happy. Its quite overwhelming to hear it talked about now again. Youve done some amazing work as well to raise money. Tell us what youve done during lockdown. Id planned to do a 65 mile walk last year when i was 65, so i said i can still do it when im 66. I think i started walking about four miles a day, then it was slowly reducing. I hoped to raise £1,000, but i raised nearly 2,000. Janet, how are you now . So so. Im not going to get better, i know that. I can phone her, and if ive got a problem, i can talk about it. But now youve got millie who can take on your fundraising. Carry the battle millie, are you happy to do that . Will you carry on fundraising for nanna . Definitely. Thats good. Today, this hospice has hope. Theyve raised half of their £1 million shortfall for this year. These goats, though, are blissfully unaware of the impact theyve had on the town down below. Mairead smyth, bbc news. I love those codes. It is one of your stories of the i have done a bike ride around where they live, they are incredible, it must be my story of the year. In a surprising find, scientists have discovered that cold water swimming could protect the brain from degenerative diseases like dementia. Its all to do with the production of a specific protein. Our chief environment correspondentJustin Rowlatt, a keen cold water swimmer, is at the Parliament Hill lido in london. Good morning, yeah, here beside my favour pool, but the link between cold water and dementia is hibernation, and a latent hibernation, and a latent hibernation ability that all human beings appear to retain. Now, hibernation ability that all human beings appearto retain. Now, i discovered this because i swim here, i was talking to other swimmers, and they said there was this doctor coming down, taking bloods, testing for a protein that may be associated with dementia. I was really curious about this, so back in february, before the covid restrictions, we made this film. The idea of going for a swim in a cold winter morning like this may not seem very appealing, especially when you know that the water temperature is just seven centigrade. But here goes. It certainly is refreshing. Your whole body kind of screams in shock. But if you just stay here for a few seconds, you do begin to get used to it, and then you can. Ooh you can begin to get some lengths in and it now seems a chilly dip may offer more than just an exhilarating thrill. Scientists have discovered that being very cold can actually protect your brain. Six years ago, bbc radio reported a study that showed that cold mice develop more of a protein associated with hibernation. The study found the protein can protect against and even repair the damage dementia does. The obvious next step was to see if humans develop to the protein too. Which is where this place, Hampstead Heath lido, comes in. Its warm, yeah. Were from the north, so we can handle it. One lido swimmer heard the radio interview. Ijust had the idea that we have a cohort of people here that regularly get cold, and can we translate that through to that kind of environment . Dozens of volunteers agreed to be tested by the scientist leading the study. We compared you to a bunch of people doing tai chi, who didnt get cold, and none of them get increased levels of this protein. But many of you did. Shes here to give them the results. So what does it tell us . It tells us that cold does induce this protein in humans. You are the first non patient cohort to show that cold water swimming raises this protective protein, which is pretty cool. Professor malucci is now trying to find a drug that stimulates the production of the protein in humans, and to see if it really does help delay dementia. If you slowed the progress of dementia by even a couple of years, on the whole population that would have an enormous impact, economically and health wise. These cold proteins are a very promising line of research, but she warns it is still early days. Sadly, there are no guarantees that this will lead to a successful dementia treatment. I have got so many questions for him,i i have got so many questions for him, ithink i have got so many questions for him, i think he has agreed to try to a nswer him, i think he has agreed to try to answer some of them, how long do you have to swim for, how cold does it have to swim for, how cold does it have to swim for, how cold does it have to be . You have to get significantly cold, technically hypothermic, so your core body temperature has to go below 35 celsius, so cold so you are properly shivering. What they found was the more regularly people swim, the higher the levels of this protein, so you have to do it a lot. Lets be realistic, it is not a practical treatment for people, they cant think thatjust by treatment for people, they cant think that just by jumping treatment for people, they cant think thatjust byjumping in cold water, they were miraculously cured themselves, it is something you need to do regularly and get really cold. More questions . No, you have literally answered about three i was going to ask i think youre going to get in in a minute. I am, but i have got a couple of guest, martin is the guy who originally found the professor and said, look, is the guy who originally found the professorand said, look, i have is the guy who originally found the professor and said, look, i have got these people get hypothermic, how does it feel that this connection has been made between cold water swimming at the dementia experiments . I think it is great, very humbling for me to be involved with it. What started off, we aimed to get about ten people in the study, it grew to about 50 or 60 people jumping in the cold water, and then giving blood straight afterwards, and then further down the line, we found that this cold shock protein was actually evident in their blood for the first time. Really excited, yeah. And im also joined by kate, now, you swim here virtually every day, dont you . What is it . Because the water temperature is it . Because the water temperature is now about 11, a cold glass of water, why on earth do you do it . You come here in the morning, you feel pretty groggy and half asleep, and by the time you get out, you feel really alive, and your brain has really woken up, and you feel great for the rest of the day. How cold does it get . When do you stop swimming in the water . You dont ever stop, we have been swimming when there is ice, and you have to make a little hole. Normally it does not freeze because it is moving, but it can happen. You actually went through a hole in the ice . Safely do people say to you, you are a nutter . They do, but there are so many more of us now, it doesnt seem quite so mad as it did. On a more serious note, your mother, during the course of the experiment, your mother was diagnosed with dementia, wasnt she . A terrible diagnosis for someone to get out for the family as well. She knew something was wrong, it took her a few goes to be able to be diagnosed with it, but she couldnt read numbers any more, she couldnt read numbers any more, she couldnt read numbers any more, she couldnt read very well, she couldnt read very well, she couldnt play and read music any more, and things were disappearing. And she would get very frustrated and upset with it. I hope that other people wont have to go through it if we can find some help for them. Absolutely, which emphasis is why the research is so important. Thank you both very much indeed. And now comes the time where i go for a swim. Come round here, we should say, we have shut this lane off, there is no one in the line for covid reasons, and im going to prepare for my swim. I will leave you in the studio, take my earpiece out, take my clothes off. Yes, i was wearing shorts the whole time. He is getting ready here. There are a few safety warnings i have to do. We will try to listen to his safety warnings. Oh, god, look at this . if you are just tuning warnings. Oh, god, look at this . if you arejust tuning in, there is a reason for this before you do what iam about reason for this before you do what i am about to do, 11 celsius, this water, be aware thatjumping into cold water can be very dangerous. The first thing that happens, you get a gasp reflex, you inhale, and so. At that point, you can inhale water, you can drown, right . If you have an underlying illness, you could have a heart attack or stroke, so go toa could have a heart attack or stroke, so go to a doctor, make sure you are fit enough and there are no dangers for you. And when you swim in cold water, always do it with people who are accustomed to it and can look out for the signs of hypothermia, because you can become confused and not be aware of your circumstances. So with those warnings, i do this practically every day, i know it sounds insane, but it does feel fantastic so here goes we are ready when you are oh, look at that textbook dive there and he is off oh, absolutely brilliant, i am so intrigued by all of that, i am sure we will keep following up on the science, and that is that video, he talked about cold water shock, that video which we have put out so many times in breakfast, how to survive if you do, by mistake fall into cold water. We will put it out again. We need to apologise, we are late for the weather it was worth it this morning we have seen some beautiful pictures of sunrises, you can see here there is quite a bit of cloud around, but for some it has been a wet start, and as we go through this week, they will be heavy rain at times, windier than it was at the weekend, but milder for the first half of the week. Today, driving our weather, for the first half of the week. Today, driving ourweather, High Pressure at the weekend, and with this attendant front, it is bringing rain and gusty winds across the Northern Isles and the irish sea. First thing this morning, there is a lot of dry weather, as we saw there, but the cloud will continue to build across england and wales, turning any sunshine hazy. Meanwhile, a lull in Northern Ireland, excuse me, this morning, more rain on the cards for you, and continuing across scotland come into north west england and also parts of wales, possibly the south west later on. Temperatures, 816 south west later on. Temperatures, 8 16 degrees. Through this evening and overnight, we hang on to the rain, moving northwards, and also eastwards, and then a whole new batch comes in from the west, and that will be drifting eastwards as well. Still brisk winds, especially across the Northern Isles and irish sea, but it is not going to be a cold night, temperatures falling to between 7 12 degrees. Now, through tuesday, we eventually say goodbye to this waterfront, but we hang onto this one, and with low pressure nearby, we see a lot of showers. But the temperature is going to change, a south westerly wind coming in which means temperatures will increase, is mild for the time of year, 17 for some, possibly even 18 degrees. So we lose this rain, for some not until the early part of the afternoon, a dry interlude with sunny skies, the rain still ensconced across the far north of scotland, with gusts to gale force across the Northern Isles, then this packet of showers in the west, some of those heavy and also thundery. These are the temperatures, 9 18. As we move through the evening and overnight, though, we still hang on to the rain in the west and also the north, but watch what is happening in the south, this band of rain is coming up from the near continent, and with it we will see strengthening winds, particularly through the day in the south eastern corner of the country, and with exposure, especially in the south east corner, around the strait of dover, for example, the wind will be particularly gusty. In between, some dry and bright conditions, temperatures 10 17. That eventually moves away, a ridge of High Pressure here settling things down a touch, then on friday it is back to square one, as low pressure takes charge once again. See you tomorrow youre watching bbc breakfast. Its 8 59. Good morning, welcome to monday, im victoria deryshire, here are the headlines. A short, sharp lockdown is expected to be announced in wales today. 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