international vaccine programme with some notable exceptions like the united states who possibly would not be so keen to share their findings with everyone else until they have released it first. the vast majority of the international population and science committee are working together and that is quite an amazing silver lining. it's nice to find a silver lining in what is a difficult time, hasn't it? a really complicated story. the ft financial times looking back at focusing again on the northeast going into lockdown. john and i was talking to a pub landlord, i have to give a shout out to the schooner pub in gateshead. .. the landlord shout out to the schooner pub in gateshead... the landlord was just saying how fantastic his regulars we re saying how fantastic his regulars were in understanding and supporting the pub as well but it's not easy for these businesses. the pub as well but it's not easy for these businesseslj the pub as well but it's not easy for these businesses. i had a tiny sample at one stage of the newcastle night life as you may well know yourself pretty lively and i was listening to another pub when board oi'i listening to another pub when board on channel earlier today who said that the pubs and after clubs at —— these new restrictions will impact them. and he was talking about it being economically disastrous because there is so much trade after 10pm, the night—time income is worth £340 million a year and in addition to all those proms they have 40,000 students arriving in newcastle alone in the next couple of weeks and durham and sunderland universities as well, more students pouring in theirand as well, more students pouring in their and students like everyone else will want to go out and have a drink. pretty tough for the people of newcastle, the 2 million people in that region in the next couple of weeks at least and they will miss that nightlife which is pretty lively. i could not possibly comment! though pippa as well, i am sure we have all had a bit of a fun time. the guardian is focusing on the 10 million people who will be as we have been discussing facing lockdown but also talking about the test and trace being barely functional, pippa. based on figures which came out today in a committee hearing with dido harding who runs the nhs test and trace system. she released start figures about the numbers of people that were acquiring test demand, down four times capacity, 90% of tests are not meeting the 24 hour turnaround promised by boris johnson back in july. hour turnaround promised by boris johnson back injuly. it is struggling under pressure but what struck me about the committee and i am sure the guardian and others will have picked up on is dido harding said nobody could have predicted this. well, couldn't we? any parent knows that children go back to school suffer sniffles and start of term cold, children everywhere get it. and obviously, scientists and the government pension science chiefs and teaching unions and mps and parents were warning months ago we had to watch out when it came to schools going back. i should remember chris whitty talking about capacity and serve patrick balance the two scientific advisers talking about the testing system and how important it was if we would start loosening research and select nonessential retail and pubs that we need to have a test and trace system that was operating fully and properly in order to be able to keep opening society. —— sir patrick vallance. schools are going to be the last thing shut down quite rightly because the impact of school closures go far beyond the children themselves. but it is also the impact on parents who need to work and so on. some of the evidence that came forward from the committee but also right across the country, huge queues snaking around the box for testing centres, others turning people away and sending them off elsewhere. confusion about who will qualifying the sioux government system and which gets the key workers stomach —— and this new government system. teachers will be next and then other key workers as well... that message must get out and the government needs people to know that they need to get a test u nless know that they need to get a test unless they have symptoms. it's been confusing when you were told to get a test if you don't know. it comes back to government messaging and the need to clarify that for people because there will be more confusion over the coming days. sage was blamed, it was that no could have anticipated that they were taking sage advice for some in my memory at least, advisers advising politicians are the ones who make the decisions. she is not the politicians but the politicians alongside this government made that decision to keep the testing and tracing at the level it is that at the moment. she was optimistic saint the test and trace system was working very well however during a 50,000 today. they are hoping for 500,000 a day by the end of october for some iffy laboratories can't cope now, how will they cope with 500,000 by the end of october? there would be two new repertory is coming on in the future. they will not be here until the end of october so how would they reach that target of five from the thousand tests a day i do not know. one of the quotes the guardian picks up one of the quotes the guardian picks up unburied us harding is a she strongly refutes the system is failing when it comes to test and traces of —— picks up on baroness harding. we will have so much to talk about in the next edition of the papers. thank you for the time being. we will have more papers as and when we get them, thank you so much forjoining us and we will be backin much forjoining us and we will be back in about 30 minutes or so for the next edition of the papers. hello, i'm jane dougall with your latest sports news. gareth bale is expected to fly to england tomorrow to complete a season—long loan move to tottenham hotspur. the dealfrom real madrid is still being negotiated, but it looks almost certain he'll rejoin the club he left in 2013. he won four champions league titles whilst in the spanish capital, but his agent says that bale is "closer to leaving madrid than at any time in the last seven years". the biggest factor here i think is real madrid's willingness to pay at least half of gareth barry's salary which is going to allow him to go on and on. i believe they will be paying at least half of that over the season which means tottenham can pay less than half of it, between two and 50 or £300,000 a week. that isa two and 50 or £300,000 a week. that is a lot of money and more than totte n ha m is a lot of money and more than tottenham pay any of the current first—team players but given their not paying a transfer fee or even a loa n not paying a transfer fee or even a loan fee, it means tottenham can get the deal done. well, let's get the view from spain, because having won four champions league titles with real madrid, why are they so keen to get rid of him? juan castro is a spanish football journalist. it isa it is a question more of behaviour and attitude than a question of performance. of course the numbers are no doubt, 80 goals is ok but if you look at the number of games he has lost because of injuries, it is more than 150. gareth bale's potential new team—mates were in action this evening, pulling off a dramatic late victory over locamotiv plovidiv in the second round of qualifying for the europa league. they had to came from behind to beat the bulgarian side, who were reduced to nine men. harry kane and tanguy ndombele with the goals in a 2—1 win. spurs face another long trip next thursday to take on north macedonians shkendija in the third qualifying round. elsewhere, it's been a very busy evening with more than 40 ties taking place. rangers were comfortable winners against lincoln red imps of gibralter. that brilliant free kick from james tavernier was the first of theirfive goals. meanwhile motherwell went through on penalties against colreigne. motherwell keeper trevor carson the hero after saving three penalties. details on all tonights results are on the bbc sport website, including a disappointing i—o defeat for linfield by maltese side floriana, aberdeen will play sporting lisbon next after beating fk viking, and shamrock rovers, who'd had a great tie against italian giants ac milan, lost 2—0 at home, zlatan ibrahimovic scoring first in dublin. three matches in the carabao cup this evening, including a comfortable 4—0 win for brighton over portsmouth. this was the the pick of them, brighton's alireza jahanbakhsh — shooting from the edge of the box. elsewhere burnley knocked sheffield united out on penalties, whilst championship side stoke beat premier league wolves i—o with a late goal from jacob brown. rory mcilroy is firmly in contention after the first round of the second men's major of the year, the us open. the world number four — who is looking for his first major since 2014 — shot a three—under—par round of 67. but the shot of the day went to american patrick reed who managed this hole—in—one of the par—3 seventh. fantastic shot for him. you can find the full leaderboard over on the bbc sport website. let's take a look at some of the other sports news stories making the headlines this evening. liverpool are closing in on the signing of thigao alcantara from champions league winners bayern munich. the midfielder is expected to sign a four—year contrct for around £25 million. —— a four—year contract. hull city's crowd pilot on saturday has been cancelled amid a rising number of coronavirus cases in the city. the league! match against crewe was one of eight in the football league allowing supporters to attend. up to 1,000 fans will still be allowed at the seven other matches, the first efl crowds in six months. johanna konta's preparation for the french open is going well. she's into the third round of the italian open in rome after a straight sets win over irina—camelia begu. the world number 13 reached the semi—finals at roland garros last year. to the tour de france, where ineos grenadiers have their first stage win at this year's race. the british team have dominated for the last decade, but struggled this year, losing their leader and defending champion egan bernal yesterday. today they bounced back with mickal kwiatkowski crossing the line with team—mate richard carapaz to claim his first stage victory at a grand tour. primoz roglic retained the leader's yellow jersey. britain's adam yates slipped back to seventh overall. race leader annemiek van vleuten has been ruled out of the rest of the giro rosa after crashing towards the end of today's seventh stage. the dutch rider broke her wrist and will also miss defending her world title next weekend. belgium's lotte kopecky beat britain's lizzie deignan to win the stage. lizzy banks is the highest placed briton in tenth overall. tennis's fed cup is to be re—named the billie—jean king cup after the tennis great and founder of the wta. the 76—year—old is one of the greatest players of all time and won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. it is the first time a major global team competition has been named after a woman. i don't know what it feels like. i have such different emotions all day and just coming have such different emotions all day andjust coming up have such different emotions all day and just coming up to this day and of course we finally announced it. i am trying to wrap my head around it and pinch myself and all that but i think about a lot what we can do with this opportunity, what i can do for the future generations and how we can help make great girls and women on and off the court in whatever they decide to do for some more on some more on that interview with billiejean some more on that interview with billie jean king some more on that interview with billiejean king on the bbc sport website. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. the current spell of sudden weather is expected to last for the next few days. it is really very quiet on the weather front right now with no change expected for friday. for most of usa change expected for friday. for most of us a warm and sunny little bit of a breeze across the south of the country developing over the next day oi’ country developing over the next day or $0. country developing over the next day or so. this is how we are going to greet friday with clear skies, nippy in the north—east of vindman, but then right from the word go is a case of sunny skies and i mentioned that breeze strong around southern england despite the wind temperatures will get up to around 22 degrees in london and a fine and to the day as well. a settled conditions with temperatures rising to around 25 degrees or so in the south of the country but then later next week, it is all change. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the world health organisation warns the alarming rates of coronavirus transmission in europe must serve as a wake—up call. although these numbers reflect a more comprehensive testing, it also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region. coronavirus cases are on the rise in france, as doctors warn that hospitals are filling up. it's 47 days until the us presidential election. we report from north carolina, where some people are already voting by mail because of the pandemic. supporters of the russian opposition campaigner alexei navalny, say traces of novichok were found on a bottle