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The premier leagues most prolific duo strike again. Son heung min and harry kane link up for the only goal of the game as tottenham claim victory at burnley. Shes got it. Yeah, baby, shes got it. Well hear from the ultimate 80s girl group about their career and why theyve been in a bananarama bubble since lockdown. Good morning from Hampton Court palace, which is hosting a ghost trail this week as halloween approaches. We have got some rain moving from the west towards the north east through the day, and behind that some blustery showers, and especially windy in the west and south. All the details in a few minutes. Its tuesday the 27th of october. Our top story. More than 50 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, calling for a clear road map out of tough coronavirus restrictions in the north of england. They say the pandemic is threatening the governments efforts to level up the country. 0ur Political Correspondent helen catt has this report. The north of england has been particularly hard hit by coronavirus warrington, the latest Northern City to be put into the highest tier of restrictions. Nottingham will follow later this week. More than 50 conservative mps have now written to the Prime Minister calling for a clear road map for how to get out again. In their letter, they warn that coronavirus threatens to continue to increase the disparity between north and south. They say that their constituents have been some of the worst affected by covid, with many losing jobs and businesses. And they ask borisjohnson to reflect carefully on the conservatives promise to People Living in the north during the last election, with the levelling up agenda and to make the region central to the countrys economic recovery. They suggest one way of doing that would be to prioritise and speed up big projects like a major rail upgrade to connect northern cities. Many of the mps who signed the letter represent constituencies that were traditionally held by labour until last years election. A downing street spokesman said the government had stood then on a solemn promise that it would improve peoples lives and that, although the pandemic had meant 2020 was not the year we all hoped it would be, the governments ambitions for the country were unchanged. One of the mps who signed the letter said it wasnt about giving the government a tough time, but a row with leaders in Greater Manchester over restrictions did put Government Strategy for the north of england back in the spotlight. This letter is likely to put more scrutiny on how it plans to deliver on those ambitions in such changed circumstances. Helen catt, bbc news. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is in westminsterfor us. Good morning. This is being portrayed on some of the front pages this morning as a northern revolt. Is it worrying for the Prime Minister, do you think . It might well cause him a bit of concern. I think whatever the intention was behind this letter it is certainly being seen as something of a warning shot to the government, effectively. Putting the Prime Minister on notice. Almost a year since the last election, that he needs to start delivering on some of the promises that he and the conservative party made back then, because the Prime Minister knows, as these 50 or so mps know very well, that if the tories are to hang onto their hefty majority come the next election, four years away, which may seem a long time away, they need to ensure that they do not lose these seats in the north of england, Scottish Borders, north wales and elsewhere and those are the mps who have written to the Prime Minister here. So downing street saying it is absolutely committed to its levelling up agenda, but i think this reflects a nervousness and frustration amongst those mps that the government needs to start delivering on its promises. Good to talk to you, thank you very much at. We will be talking about it throughout the programme. 0vernight, warrington became the latest area of england to be put under the tightest coronavirus restrictions, affecting a further 200,000 people. 0ur reporter Mairead Smyth is there for us this morning, good morning. How are people there reacting to this . Well, its very important to say that this wasnt a shock, but what has happened is it has come two days earlier and that was at the request of leaders here, who could see that the rate of infection was increasing here in warrington. Its moved into tier 3. It is sandwiched between Liverpool City Region to the west, Greater Manchester to the east. Both of those areas in tier 3 restrictions, as well. This changes the way people can live their lives. For more than 200,000 people here in the warrington area, it means they cannot mix with anyone that is not in their support bubble or family indoors. That rule of six outdoors, in public parks, and thats a big impact on pubs. If you dont serve a substantial meal then you are not able to have people in your business, so it will have a massive impact here but really here this has been welcomed, i suppose, by the Council Leader who described this as necessa ry Council Leader who described this as necessary and proportionate. Thank you very much. Immunity to the coronavirus could only last a few months, according to new research. The team at Imperial College london found that levels of protective antibodies drop quite rapidly which could suggest an increased risk of re infection. More than 350,000 people in england have taken an Antibody Test as part of the study. With just one week to go until the us president ial election, judge Amy Coney Barrett has been sworn into the Supreme Court, after being nominated for the role by President Trump. Democrats have criticised the timing of the vote and argued that it should have been postponed until after the election. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, reports. Question occurs on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. The vote was along party lines in a deeply divided senate. The ayes are 52. The nays are 48. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. Confirming that conservative christian Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime appointment on the highest court in the land. The process then moved swiftly to a prime time event at the white house. Described by President Trump as a towering intellect, Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in by the longest serving Supreme Courtjustice, clarence thomas. And i will well and faithfully discharge. Herfirstjob could be to decide the outcome of the president ial election, should the matter end up in the Supreme Court and with the president alongside her, the former appeals courtjudge pledged her independence from the political process. The oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means, at its core, that i will do myjob without any fear or favour, and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. Ruth bader ginsburg. But in taking the place of the liberaljustice ruth bader ginsburg, who died last month, she will change the political complexion of the nine member court possibly for decades to come. Amy Coney Barrett refused to be drawn on issues such as abortion, climate change, and gun control during her confirmation hearing, but few doubt her appointment could herald a new era of rulings on some of the key issues of American Life. But the confirmation of a Christian Conservative to the us Supreme Court is undoubtedly a huge victory for donald trump. And regardless of its impact on the election, experts agree it could change the shape of American Life long after he has left office. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. More on that laterfor more on that later for you. Covid i9 has thrived among black, asian and ethnic minority communities, because of race discrimination, according to a report. The review, commissioned by the labour party in april, was led by baroness doreen lawrence. It found that minority ethnic groups were over exposed to the virus, stigmatised and faced barriers to health care. Last week, a government adviser said that Structural Racism was not a reasonable explanation for rates of the virus differing between ethnic groups. The metropolitan police are investigating a traffic collision involving labour leader sir keir starmer and a cyclist in north london on sunday. The cyclist, who reportedly has minor injuries following a collision with a car, was taken to hospital as a precaution. Sir keir is not thought to have been injured, and reported the incident to the police later that day. Mobile phone companies have been ordered to stop selling phones locked to one network. The regulator 0fcom says the move should result in better deals and less inconvenience for consumers. The firms have said theyll work with 0fcom to comply with its guidelines. It is 6 10am. Very good morning. We will find out what the weather has in store today and carol is at another amazing place this morning. She is at Hampton Court palace, which is looking glorious. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, both, good morning to you. It certainly is. Inside Hampton Court palace there is a ghost trail taking place this week as halloween approaches and it is half term, as well. I was talking earlier to one of the chaps that works here he was telling me that a couple of years ago the fire alarm went off, so the security guys went up to have a look to see what was afoot and there was nothing there, but the doors were open. And then a couple of weeks later, same thing happened again, the fire alarm went off, they went running up at this time the doors we re running up at this time the doors were closed. And this ghost has been called skeletal. Lots of history in the palace and lots of gusts. We have some rain in the forecast. Todays forecast is one of rain coming in from the past, pushing eastwards and behind it we will see some blustery showers. Gusty winds today, especially in the west and also in the south. Gusting 40 mph plus with exposure. Temperature wise, looking at a range of ten to 14 degrees. As we head into the evening and overnight the rain continues to push up into the far north east of scotland and clears, and then behind it it is a return to blustery showers. Still windy with exposure across the west and also the south and a chilly night, not particularly cold, but chilly. Tomorrow the low pressure dominating out tomorrow the low pressure dominating our weather today will still be with us. Our weather today will still be with us. Tomorrow will be another day of blustery showers, some heavy and thundery. Driest in the east but we cant rule out a shower or two here. And because this is the area of low pressure dominating our weather is scented to the south of iceland, it contains an ex hurricane. Land speed of about 100 mph, contains an ex hurricane. Land speed ofabout100 mph, meaning it is picking up all these waves so Western Areas with exposure, waves five to ten metres high. Certainly something to bear in mind if you are planning a walk along the coastline. We shall look forward to seeing the ghost trail later, carol. Thank you. Enjoying those cozy gloves of yours, keeping the mitts warm. Its chili it looks cold, take care of yourself. Earlier this month liverpool became the first major city in england to be put into tier 3 restrictions as the number of cases of coronavirus rocketed. For the mayor joe anderson the crisis became very personal when his brother bill died with the virus. In his First Television interview since that devastating loss, i went to meet him. Im delighted to say im joined byjoe anderson, the mayor of liverpool. Thank you very much for inviting us here during what are really tough times. And i know yourfamily has been directly affected im so sorry about your brother, bill. Last week, we had 61 deaths in liverpool. Bill was one of the 61. This week, its up to 74. So we know the serious issues facing many, many families in the city. And, of course, bill was taken so suddenly that we never got the chance to say goodbye or to be with him. And both bill and his wife had covid. Jenny, im glad to say, is fine now but, of course, the loss of bill is a great blow to us all, because six weeks prior to that, wed lost my brother through cancer. So its been a traumatic time, to say the least. And tell us about bill, because he was notjust your brother, but he provided for you, as well. We had a reasonably tough upbringing. My father was in the merchant navy, but very seldom worked. He was an alcoholic. Bill went away to sea when he was 16, but provided for the family, sending money allotments, as they were called, to my mum. That kept us going. So i always looked up to him. He was somebody that inspired me, somebody that was, you know. Somebody that gave, as i said, more to this world than he ever took out. Hell be sadly missed. Been overwhelmed by the messages of support. Had he had covid for a while . Had he been ill for a little while . He was taken into hospital on the friday afternoon, around about two oclock, immediately put into the icu and within eight hours hed died. His heart had give up because he couldnt cope with the covid pressure. And you were very busy at the time, werent you . Dealing with things. Yeah, the sad thing was is that bill often spoke to me a couple of times a week over Different Things. And sometimes id just press the button saying, call you later sorry, busy. And i did that. And, um, because i was so busy we were dealing with funding issues on the phone to the government, Different Things as liverpool was entered in tier 3 so i was hugely busy that afternoon. And about two hours later, jenny rang on bills phone and i knew something was wrong immediately because when i heard her voice answer the phone. Thats his wife. Yeah, thats bills wife, jen, and and she told me that he was in hospital, yeah. So that was also sad. However, of course, with covid, theres very little you can do. You cant go visit, you cant sit, you cant be with somebody thats got covid. And its happened to thousands and thousands of people notjust here in liverpool, in the city region, but across the country. Its a disease that, you know, takes no prisoners. Its heartless in how it deals with people. This makes things so hard, doesnt it . That you cant go and say goodbye. I think the good thing for me is that, you know, weve already been contacted by people that were on duty, and a friend of the family one of the icu doctors his father sailed with bill. Thats incredible. And so he looked after him and made sure that he was ok. He actually did an extra shift to stay there with billy. So that was good to know that there were people talking to him, people, you know, having a conversation with them, people actually taking the time out to make sure that he was all right. You want a point at this time to be able to celebrate and remember his life, as well. Will you get a chance to do that . Well get the opportunity to laugh at the things that he did and, as a brother, ive got many tales and stories to tell about him but also remember what he did for people, you know why he was, you know, such a remarkable man because of what he did for people and the fights that he fought on behalf of people and the things that he gave and he never took back. At the time that he died, there was a protest or demonstration in liverpool people saying that, you know, this was perhaps a hoax. So what do you say when you see that . Its frustrating and it makes me angry. It makes me angry because i see and feeland hearand i get lots of messages every single day, every single week about the sacrifices that doctors and nurses and front line staff are making. You know, theyre not only sacrificing themselves, but sacrificing our families. We know that liverpools obviously in tier 3 would you back tougher restrictions if it were necessary at any point . I would back tougher measures if its necessary. You know, this is a fight against a virus that we cant see but we know is there, and we know its taking untold damage on peoples well being, health, Mental Health, but also a huge toll in terms of families as members of families are dying as a result. And i think that has to be our priority. That has to be the number one focus in reducing the Covid Infection rate in the city. So if anything was needed and required to actually bring it down faster, or to make things tougher, than i would do that. However, i want to make sure that we are giving tier 3 a chance and an opportunity to see if the measures that are in place now have that impact. Will the city survive . Weve lost around about 220 businesses in the hospitality sector. That has an enormous impact on the funding of liverpool city council. But we will get through it. People in this city are resilient. You know, people in this city are passionate. The values and the principles that we hold, they will see us through and well support one another. You know, everybody in this city knows that the fight that we have is with covid 19, not each other. And well Work Together, stick together, and well make sure that we get through it. So that was joe anderson so that wasjoe anderson talking to me and it really gives a stark reminder again of the impact that it has on families. So many families across the uk and around the world, and there . Is fast approaching 6 20am. Lets take a look at todays papers. Boris hit by red wall mps revolt is the headline for the daily mail. The story is referring to the letter coordinated by a group of conservative mps, demanding that the Prime Minister sets out a road map out of lockdown for the north of england. The times leads with the same story it says the group, led byjake berry, has urged the Prime Minister to give priority to Infrastructure Projects in the north of england. In response a downing street spokesman told the paper it was absolutely committed to levelling up across the country. The telegraph leads with new Research Suggesting immunity to coronavirus may only last for a few months which could mean that any successful vaccine might have to be administered twice a year. The most watched video on the bbc news website this morning is the story of former paratrooper john bream, who jumped from an aircraft into the sea without a parachute in an attempt to break two world records. He has been given the nickname the flying fish after he dropped about 130 feet from a helicopter off Hayling Island on the hampshire coast. Laughter i laugh because it terrifies me. I dont know why i laugh when im terrified. Probably a good thing to laugh when terrified. Laugh in the face of danger, im not sure. I think it makes other people a little bit nervous, but yes. Well done, him. Victoria derbyshire is on the front page of many papers. This story has been in the paper and she has been on social media this morning to add to the story. The story is that she says she will break the rule of six at christmas. This is an interview a few weeks ago in the radio times as saying, if the rule of six is still in place we are breaking it to have the rule of seven, we just breaking it to have the rule of seven, wejust are. This morning she has been on social media to say sorry, i shouldnt have said that, and she will abide by whatever rules are in place on christmas day. The interview was a few weeks ago and she said she misspoke so has cleared that up already. Do you want the pill that can banish snoring or the seas biggest skyscraper. pill that can banish snoring or the seas biggest skyscraper. I dont think i snore it. Seas biggest skyscraper. I dont thinki snore it. The pill has been voted for in the gallery, i dont wa nt to voted for in the gallery, i dont want to overrule you. A pill that can be taken at bed time could stop snoring for good. The new tablet eases the symptoms of destructive sleep apnoea, which affects up to 2 Million People in britain. Does it affect 2 million . 0r Million People in britain. Does it affect 2 million . Or is it also the people sleeping beside them . Just talking about the figures. Up to 2 Million People have it, because its heavy snoring and sometimes interrupted breathing and initial results from Clinical Trials say it could reduce the problem by 74 dan sneezes and label sorry about that, ill have to sanitise. This lad is five years old and his mum. Every parent thinks their child is gifted but his mum has called him the next picasso. This little lad is jaden and can you see his picture . He is five years old. That is an autumnal scene. Amazing. Thats not a photograph . No. Im not doubting it here are some of his other artworks and he obviously has a bit of a gift and people are already offering money to try to buy this artwork. Quite a few people on facebook have said we will give 100 quid to charity for his autumnal landscape. Let me quickly tell you about this amazing coral reef which has been found. It is taller than the empire state building, naturalwonderfound taller than the empire state building, natural wonder found in australias Great Barrier reef, the first to be covered in more than 120 yea rs first to be covered in more than 120 years and reaches 1640 feet high. Half a kilometre. Isnt that amazing . You give me the choice of two stories and then gave them both this is beautiful. I wasnt really giving you a choice. No, it was a fa ke giving you a choice. No, it was a fake choice. It was which one first bite essentially i had no choice. Good morning, you are watching brea kfast. Earlier this year we covered the story of single dad samuel and his two sons. They spent lockdown in their small one bedroomed flat in bristol with nowhere to play outside. Two bbc breakfast viewers were so moved by samuels story, they offered the family a free stay at their holiday park in devon. Fiona lamdin reports. Its like rabbits in a hutch were all cooped up. Theres not that much we can do cos were just in a one bedroom. When we first met single dad samuel. When we go in the lifts, what do we do . We spray. It was six months ago, when the country was in full lockdown. If you could pan around and see the walls, theyve turned into graffiti artists some good, some bad. Samuel and his two boys six year old lysander and three year old denuel share this one bedroom flat on the 15th floor. Ill tell you about some of the things in the block. Weve had neighbours having to go at each other when theyre so tightly close together. Weve had arguments heated arguments heated arguments in the laundry and it was a big bust up in there the other day, as well. Yeah, its all due to lockdown. People being together so much. With nearby parks closed and the lifts often broken, this family would spend 23 hours in here. But after months of being inside, today theyre off. Holiday go on, then. 100 miles away to north devon. Ken and sheila bbc breakfast viewers wanted to give samuel and his boys a break, so they offered them their home in devon. We saw your piece that you did on samuel, about him living on the 15th floor of a block of flats and trying to, you know, get the children not to touch the inside of the lift in case they picked up the virus. And it was that that really made me think. Took you back to when you were. Yeah. Little. I lived in east london in a block of flats. I thought, if we could get him down here to north devon, you know, theyve got the best beaches. We got all countryside, lots of place. So you can run round here, theres room. And for the next week, itll be all theirs to explore. Oh, its lovely. The boys are enjoying themselves. I know weve only been here for an hour or so, but theyre really enjoying themselves. I dont know, i cant find the words. Its just. Overwhelming. Just to see them doing what theyre doing now. 12 steps from one side of the room to the other and probably eight or ten width wise, but here no. Run wild. Beautiful. Look at them loving it. As we head towards a winter full of unknowns, for this family, this space and this freedom feels all the more precious. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Its lovely to see them enjoying the beach, isnt it . A lovely bit of generosity. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im alice salfield. Transphobic hate crimes in london have more than quadrupled over the last nine years. Thats according to figures from the met police. Physical violence and name calling make up just part of that, but practices such as misgendering and outing a trans person are becoming more common. One man from east london faced transphobic bullying so severe, it almost made him take his own life. I experience a lot of hate, yeah, a lot of fear. There was a couple of times where i was followed home for a while, there was a couple of times where i could feel things being thrown at me, times where i wouldnt want to get on the bus. Ive had quite a few suicide attempts. I did not have any desire to be alive. If youve been affected by any of the issues raised, the bbc action line has details of organisations who can offer help and advice. As the effects of the pandemic continue to affect jobs. Londoners working in many sectors are concerned as we head towards christmas. Its usually one of the busiest seasons for tourism. But for this tour guide in tottenham, the future is uncertain. Now, its. It was a ghost city. We were hoping that it will be all right for Christmas Holidays, that we can work in winter, but now it seems that were not going to be working. So we cant see any future now we dont know whats going to happen within one year. A womans been attacked by thieves who broke into her home in basildon, and stole three english bulldog puppies. She was sprayed in the face with a substance by the raiders, who took the dogs on friday night. Their owner is pleading for help in finding her pets. 0n the tubes all looking good at the moment. And on the roads its slow into the blackwall tunnel northound through greenwich. Heres sara with the weather. Good morning. A dry start this morning across london and the south east. Cool in the suburbs. We have got some early brightness, very short lived. Clouds are coming in from the west in the coming hours. 0utbreaks from the west in the coming hours. Outbreaks of rain by the end of the brea kfast outbreaks of rain by the end of the breakfast period, with us for much of the day. Not clearing away until the middle of the afternoon. Late brightness and sharp showers. A breezy day too. Tonight, you can see a story of what we are going to see through the day tomorrow. A lot of clear weather. Still a few showers here and there. Temperatures falling away into mid to high single figures for the start of wednesday. Tomorrow there will be a few showers but a lot of dry and sunny weather on offer as well. Make the very most of it because it turns wet and windy again on thursday. Friday much milder and often dry. Just before we go, in case you missed it, theres a story on our Facebook Page about the friends who fought Breast Cancer and opened a Bra Fitting Service for other survivors. Im back with the latest in half an hour. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. But also on breakfast this morning. He became only the second british man to win the giro ditalia on sunday well speak to Tao Geoghegan hart the 25th jack reacher novel will be released today but for the first time, author lee child has written it with his brother andrew. Well be joined by them both just before eight. And Chris Packham will be telling us all about the latest series of autumnwatch. Good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. More than 50 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, calling for a clear roadmap out of tough coronavirus restrictions. The mps who represent areas in the north of england, north wales and the Scottish Borders say the pandemic is threatening the governments efforts to level up the country. A number 10 spokesperson said the government was committed to Building Back better after coronavirus. Warrington has become the latest area of england to be put under the tightest coronavirus restrictions. The local authority will receive a financial package of almost 6 Million Pounds to support businesses that have to close, including betting shops and soft play centres. Nottingham and three neighbouring boroughs will also be moved into tier three from thursday. With just one week to go until the us president ial election, judge Amy Coney Barrett has been sworn into the Supreme Court, after being nominated by President Trump. The timing of the vote has been criticised by the democrats whove argued that it should have been postponed until after the election. Although her appointment gives the conservatives a majority in the court, judge barrett has maintained she will remain independent. Immunity to coronavirus could only last a few months, according to new research. The team at Imperial College london found that levels of protective antibodies drop quite rapidly which could suggest an increased risk of re infection. More than 350,000 people in england have taken an Antibody Test as part of the study. Time now for our daily appointment with a gp. Dr nighat arifjoins us now from chesham. Good morning. Lovely to speak to you as ever. I am sure good morning. Lovely to speak to you as ever. I am sure as always good morning. Lovely to speak to you as ever. I am sure as always you are across all of these stories. What you think of the research about antibodies . Is that of interest . Is that something our viewers should be thinking about it . It is a significant piece of research. Ive had patients trying to get Antibody Tests through the private surgery since march, to see whether levels are. On some occasions we have had to repeat those tests to make sure they have immunity. Whats interesting about this report is that it doesnt showers if you are really infected how severe that infection is going to be. That is the most significant bit. If you have some antibodies, that means it protects you somehow. Also what this Research Shows is that the whole notion of herd immunity does not really work because it means that if about 95 of the population havent had immunity, that cant provide you, from person to person, getting the protection we thought was going to happen. This is where the vaccine is so important. That is a way race against time trying to get the vaccine out. It all comes back to what we as individuals can do to protect ourselves to stop spreading the virus, wash your hands, cover yourface. The virus, wash your hands, cover your face. That brings an end to the herd immunity argument, you think . It does sort of put the fly in the ointment. As we know right at the start borisjohnson ointment. As we know right at the start Boris Johnson and ointment. As we know right at the start borisjohnson and the government saying, there is herd immunity. Epidemiologists were saying that as well. This is the first bit that i said, actually, people who had covid 19, from the antibodies, those antibodies might not last, so where is that immunity we we re not last, so where is that immunity we were expecting from person to person . This is the first bit of research to actually counterargument that. Research is one of those things. You cant just that. Research is one of those things. You cantjust rely on one piece of evidence. You have to have a collection, collaboration, to understand the picture. |j a collection, collaboration, to understand the picture. I am sure we will see further Research Based on the research we have seen this morning. Can i ask you your thoughts on the vaccine . Im so you saw the National Clinical director of scotla nd National Clinical director of scotland has suggested some doses will be available as early as christmas. This is something the health secretary, matt hancock, was talking about yesterday. He was talking about yesterday. He was talking about yesterday. He was talking about the first half of next year . Yes, the importance of the vaccine, i cant understate it, it is really important. Vaccines take yea rs is really important. Vaccines take years and years to make. The fact we could get one by christmas, even early next year, is fantastic and really helpful, because we, as communities, as a country, we need to start getting out and about and doing what we need to do, because i am seeing Mental Health going through the roof, the clocks have turned back, we have got food shortages, families are trying to get free meals, we need to be able to live with the virus but also protect our vulnerable as well. The vaccine is the way forward. But i have to sort of say as a gp. As a clinician i know these things take time. We as communities need to support each other as much as possible. Its always lovely to spend some time with you in the morning. Thank you. Enjoy the rest of your day. Look at you with your brea kfast of your day. Look at you with your breakfast mug im very on point, and brand. You have colour coded it as well, beautiful. You cant say i am notarmband as well, beautiful. You cant say i am not armband lovely. Whatever she is talking about, still cheers me up. Ididnt is talking about, still cheers me up. I didnt know we were allowed brea kfast up. I didnt know we were allowed breakfast mug is outside the building. Youre not it is because she broke a mug. She is very proud ofa she broke a mug. She is very proud of a birthday moxey god. So i am going to break a mug. We are talking about the premier league this morning. We had some action last night. The dynamic duo have struck again. Forget starte and hodge, shana comes in whats on, this is the dew of the moment. Yes, harry kane and son heung min have got Something Special going on we saw them link up yet again in the premier league last night. Kane in particular proving crucial at both ends for that match at burnley, clearing James Tarkowskis header off the line to stop spurs from going behind, before setting up the only goal of the game, flicking the ball into the path of son heung min, who headed it home. This means these two have come together to score 29 premier league goals altogether, making them the joint second most prolific combination in premier league history. When you want to win, you do everything for your team. There is no space for individuals, there is no is space for prima donnas. Even a top player like harry has this spirit, fantastic. Ijust have to say, fantastic. Elsewhere, karlan grant scored a late equaliser for west brom to deny brighton a first home win of the season. Brighton went ahead through a Jake Livermore own goal, before grant earned his side a point. Newcastle united owner mike ashley says the broadcasting of some premier League Matches on pay per view at £14. 95 per match is unacceptable. He says the premier league should look at getting the price cut to £4. 95 per game instead. A fan boycott of the matches has already raised over £300,000 for charity. More Champions League action tonight, as Manchester City travel to marseille and liverpool host danish champions fc midtjylland for the first time, when they meet in group d. The six time champions are again without injured defender virgil van dijk. Hes likely to be out for some months, butjurgen klopps side have still won their last two matches without him. Klopp says van dijk has set a High Standard in the team. We all expect pretty much, not perfection, but not too far from perfection from us. And that means there is space for improvement, thats ok. But we need Everybody Needs time to replace a Massive Player or person or whatever. But so far we did 0k. There was a surprise in super league, with salford beating leaders st helens, 12 8. Salford recovered from being 10 0 down, and krisnan inu struck late to deny saints their 11th super league win in a row. St helens remain on course for the League Leaders shield despite the defeat. Elsewhere, leeds beat castleford 28 24 dojoin me in an hour. I do have cyclings man of the momentjoining me here on breakfast. Very excited about this. The giro ditalia champion, Tao Geoghegan hart, 25 yea rs champion, Tao Geoghegan hart, 25 years old, the fifth briton to ever wina grand years old, the fifth briton to ever win a grand tour. He is going to be here at half past seven. Really looking forward to that. Thank you. In just one week the us election will take place to decide whether donald trump remains president , orjoe biden takes his place in the white house. Four years ago, jon kay went on a road trip along route 45 meeting people along the way. In five days he made his way through wisconsin, chicago, tennessee, mississippi and alabama. Now, jon has been back in touch with some of the people he met to see how theyve been feeling about life since then. Milwaukee, four years ago, just after Donald Trumps victory. Cheering. This place helped him win. Ifeel you should be, like, square on top of it. And back then we met nancy here. Its time to get real. Its time to be a little risky. She told me at the time shed voted trump to shake up politics. Trump makes a decision, he gets it done. Hi, how are you . 0k. Four years on, time to reconnect. I wish the American People either had more choices. She tells me shell probably vote trump again for his policies, but she feels let down by the man himself. Donald trump is somebody who potentially had the world in his hands. Hes made people so disappointed in how hes conducting himself. Were just fighting over here. Its insane. What is it about donald trump that has disappointed you . I think that a leader, personality, and their conduct and respect for the people will be taken on by the people. And i think he screwed that up. If hes going to stay in the white house, donald trump must hold on to wisconsin and the other states we visited on route 45 during our road trip four years ago. So can he still drum up the support he needs . Steven and jared are now in college. First time voters. When we met them four years ago, they were playing in their Mississippi High School band, and stephen was keen to support donald trump. I think some of his ideas are actually pretty great, and i think he actually can make America Great again. After these four years of trump. I dont really support him that much. But now, stephen says trump has caused too Much Division on issues like race and the environment. Donald trump, representing the country as a whole hasnt really been. You know, the best. You have someone like joe biden whos, you know, maybe not the best president , but i think he can represent america better than donald trump can. When we filmed four years ago, the band was off to washington to play at President Trumps inauguration. Even then, jared wasnt so sure. I dont like him. Youre about to go and play for him i know but, like. Im forced to play. I Like Washington and ijust, i dont like him. You were never a fan, i could tell that when we met. Now a student in the swing state of florida, jared is also voting biden, but isnt overly enthusiastic. Ithink imjust going to go with him. And then, watching the debate, i mean, hes pretty. Hes pretty solid, so im going tojust, you know, stick with him probably. How happy are you voting for biden, jared . I say, like, uh. 50 . 50 , only 50 . Yeah, 50 . Four years ago, we also headed to washington washington county, alabama. Were open, ladies, were open for business. And at the food bank we met willean. These all for me . Handing out parcels and singing the praises of donald trump. Hes not afraid to go into poverty areas and talk to the people. I support him 100 . Catching up again now, willean tells me that like many in the bible belt shes still devoted to trump and predicts a landslide next week. I think hes a god man and i think hes going to follow what god tells him to do. Isjoe biden not a god man . No. Biden is a puppet. I cant stand the man. When we visited four years ago, we found poverty and a sense of powerlessness. And many voters told us they voted for donald trump to boost the economy. I cant believe that dude won. But back then, army veteran tyrone was horrified. I will never respect him as my president no. He is untrustworthy. Four years on, tyrone tells me hes lost friends to the pandemic, and hes angry. How important do you think covid will be as an issue in the way people vote this november . I believe its going to be a big issue. A lot of lives could have been saved if the Trump Administration would have acted faster, and i think we could have saved a lot of lives. So after four years, these voters have one thing in common theyre as divided at this election as they were at the last. John kay, bbc news. We shall be following that very closely in the next few days. We will. It was a lovely day out and about yesterday. I can see that it is again this morning. Lets find out what the weather has in store for us. Carols at Hampton Court palace this morning. You have got a Lovely Garden and you are going to show us around later. Good morning. Thats right. A beautiful sunrise as well. We have moved into the rose garden. You can smell the scent of the old english roses planted here. You can imagine what it must be like in the summer. It was want it was once used for training and competitions like jousting. Way back in 1924, it was made back into this beautiful rose garden that you can see behind me now. It is dry here in london currently but there is rain on the way. The forecast for today is rain moving from the west to the east, followed by some blustery showers, some of which have hail and thunder and lightning embedded in them. This morning, eastern areas are starting off in morning, eastern areas are starting offina morning, eastern areas are starting off in a largely drying out. We have got the rain across parts of Northern Ireland, western scotland, heading in through wales and the southwest. All of that will migrate south eastwards through the day. Some of it will be heavy. Behind it, blustery showers with the chance of hailand blustery showers with the chance of hail and thunder and lightning. Gusty winds. Especially with exposure in the west and the south. Temperatures today ten to 14 degrees. This evening and overnight many of the showers will continue. Some of them will fade. It will be fairly blustery. Not particularly cold. If you are out it will be chilly. That leads us into tomorrow. Tomorrow what we are looking at is a return to some heavy and blustery showers. The best chance you have of staying dry will be further eased. Even here we cant completely rule out a shower. The strongest winds will be in the west and the south but there will be some large waves tomorrow, with exposure in Western Areas, five to ten metres high, possibly a little bit more. Something to certainly bear in mind if you are planning a stroll along the shoreline. More later. Now back to you. Thank you, carol. We will see you in half an hour. Thank you. Actually we want. It is closer than that. Best move on. Ive been distracted. They were childhood friends and the ultimate eighties girl group, but since lockdown sarah dallin and Keren Woodward have formed their very own bananarama bubble. Instead of the planned tour, the pop superstars behind hits like venus and really saying something used the time to write their autobiography. Theyve taken our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson back to one of their old stomping grounds. Here we are. Its been a while. Bananarama. Oh, its still got the squeaky floor. Back at londons pineapple dance studios. All the classics were rehearsed here. I heard a rumour, love in the first degree. Did we do venus here . I think we may. I forgot. Ive got a bad arm. I am your venus i am yourfire of desire. This trip down memory lane is because bananarama used lockdown to write their autobiography. You have actually been bubbling during lockdown . Weve been bubbling since lockdown, yeah. How has it been for you . Great great, actually, yeah. Really good. Yeah, i mean, it made sense because of the book and the fact were best mates anyway. So while everyone else was doing boxed sets and jigsaws, bananarama were writing away . Yes, absolutely. It aint what you do, its the way that you do it it aint what you do its a way that you do it and thats what gets results. It was 1981 when bananarama first shuffled onto top of the pops. Keren and sarah have been the two constants in the band ever since. Writing the book has allowed them to think about their contribution to pop history. There were moments where i got quite emotional. Like, i think writing the book for me brought a real sense of achievement. That may i wasnt as proud of myself as i should have been. He was really saying something. There were so few girl groups around at the time, that i think thats probably why we sort of stuck out as something different. Yeah, we worked hard and i think we deserve our place in pop history. You dont want to go on and on about how hard it is for women, but it is harderfor women. Its harder to get respect. Looking back you realise what a battle it actually was. Its a cruel, cruel summer leaving me here on my own its a cruel. The book also deals with some metoo moments, including when their own Security Guard stripped naked and expected to get into bed with them. I think that weve been saved in a lot of situations by the fact that there were three of us, and actually, you know, one young girl isnt overly intimidating, but three of you. Three laughing at those situations, which is what we tended to do. Were there many of those situations . Do you know what . Yes, quite a few. Feed the world. Im looking at the only two people to have sung on band aid and band aid two. Hurrah how much does that achievement mean to you . I think the first one was quite extraordinary in that. We had absolutely no idea when we got the call. Let them know its christmas time. We were quite young stepping out of the little mini metro, or whatever we were in, then seeing sting, i wasjust like, oh, my god, whats going on . Its incredible looking back there was only you and jody whatley from shalamar as females on the single. What was going on . When you see the Group Picture you realise it was just a sea of men and a couple of little girls in there. It was quite extraordinary. I mean, there must have been other artists around at the time. Alison moyet, kim wilde, i mean. Where were they . Feed the world. Let them know its christmas time. What was the second recording like . Now who was in that . Bros . Cliff richard was in it. Yeah. My abiding memory was thinking that cliff must think im incredibly rude, because he went to tell me what to sing and i said, yes, darling, i was on the first one when you read a book like this you are hoping the big names get mentioned. You dont disappoint in that. Paul mccartney is in there. An amazing story about andy warhol. Meeting andy warhol, because he was so iconic, he was on this mtv boat and came up and was doing, literally taking polaroids of us. Thats the sort of thing he was known for. But that was incredible meeting him. Robert de niros waiting, talking italian. And you do tell the Robert De Niro story. You did get to meet up after releasing the single . We had a pay phone in our holding our council flat. And the phone went and my boyfriend answered it. The three of us were watching brookside in the other room. And he came and said, Robert De Niro is on the phone, very excitedly, and were obviously thinking, as if. But we all scuttled to the phone and i think siobhan sort of spoke monosyllabic. Do you want to go for a drink . Yeah. This, that and the other. So we met up and had a drink with him. It was just really strange. What do you talk to Robert De Niro about . I have no recollection. No idea only you can set me free. Because im guilty guilty as a girl can be. And despite all bananaramas 2022 tour dates being cancelled due to covid, they insist they will be back on the road next year. It was so easy every step of the way to think you could easily be written off and disappear, become invisible. But why should you when you love what you do . I mean, im proud that were still here and still going. Come on baby, cant you see . I stand accused of love in the first degree guilty of love in the first degree. I defy you to be at home and not have been smiling and dancing along to that. Ifi to that. If i close my eyes i can hear that song blaring out of my sister passed my bedroom. Takes me right back. Some proper tunes there. Endless. Brilliant. That has cheered me up enormously. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im alice salfield. Transphobic hate crimes in london have more than quadrupled over the last nine years. Thats according to figures from the met police. Physical violence and name calling make up just part of that, but practices such as misgendering and outing a trans person are becoming more common. One man from east london faced transphobic bullying so severe, it almost made him take his own life. I experience a lot of hate, yeah, a lot of fear. There was a couple of times where i was followed home for a while, there was a couple of times where i could feel things being thrown at me, times where i wouldnt want to get on the bus. Ive had quite a few suicide attempts. I did not have any desire to be alive. Well, if youve been affected by any of the issues raised, the bbc action line has details of organisations who can offer help and advice. A toddler in a pushchair has been killed and a man in his 30s critically injured in a crash in north west london. It happened in eastcote road in ruislip on sunday afternoon. A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and driving while on drugs. As the effects of the pandemic continue to affect jobs, londoners working in many sectors are concerned as we head towards christmas. Its usually a particularly busy season for tourism, but for one tour guide in tottenham, the future is uncertain. Now, its. It was a ghost city. We were hoping that it will be all right for Christmas Holidays, that we can work in winter, but now it seems that were not going to be working. So we cant see any future now we dont know whats going to happen within one year. A womans been attacked by thieves who broke into her home in basildon and stole three english bulldog puppies. She was sprayed in the face with a substance by the raiders, who took the dogs on friday night. She is now pleading for help in finding her pets. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Ok on the tubes all looking good at the moment. And in westminster, Victoria Street is closed westbound between Parliament Square and Victoria Station because of a burst water main. Heres sara with the weather. Good morning to you. A dry start this morning across london and the south east. A bit cool in the suburbs, though, it must be said. But weve got some early brightness very short lived, though. Weve got clouds spilling in from the west in the coming hours and outbreaks of rain even by the end of the breakfast period with us for much of the day. Not clearing away until the middle part of the afternoon, then therell be some late brightness but also some sharp showers around. Itll be a breezy day, too. As we go through the night tonight, you can see pretty much a story of what were going to see through the day tomorrow a lot of clear weather, still a few showers here and there, and again the temperatures falling away into mid to high single figures for the start of your wednesday. And then tomorrow there will be a few showers around, but a lot of dry and sunny weather on offer, as well. Make the very most of it because it turns wet and windy again on thursday. Friday, as you can see, much milder and often dry. Thats all ill be back in half an hour. See you then. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today. More than 50 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, calling for a clear roadmap out of tough coronavirus restrictions. And im in warrington, the latest area in england to move into tier 3. The tightest coronavirus restrictions. Hard times for hotels. Pressure on the premier inn owners with 6,000 jobs already to go, will government money help solve their problems . Ill have more. Hes cyclings man of the moment. Well be hearing from only the fifth british winner of a grand tour the newly crowned giro ditalia champion, Tao Geoghegan hart. Good morning from the rose garden at Hampton Court palace. We have rain moving from the west to the east through the day, followed by some heavy, blustery showers. I will have all the details in ten minutes. Its tuesday, the 27th of october. Our top story. More than 50 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, calling for a clear roadmap out of tough coronavirus restrictions. The mps who represent areas in the north of england, north wales and the Scottish Borders say the pandemic is threatening the governments efforts to level up the country. 0ur Political Correspondent helen catt has this report. The north of england has been particularly hard hit by coronavirus warrington, the latest Northern City to be put into the highest tier of restrictions. Nottingham will follow later this week. More than 50 conservative mps have now written to the Prime Minister calling for a clear road map for how to get out again. In their letter, they warn that coronavirus threatens to continue to increase the disparity between north and south. They say that their constituents have been some of the worst affected by covid, with many losing jobs and businesses. And they ask borisjohnson to reflect carefully on the conservatives promise to People Living in the north during the last election, with the levelling up agenda and to make the region central to the countrys economic recovery. They suggest one way of doing that would be to prioritise and speed up big projects like a major rail upgrade to connect northern cities. Many of the mps who signed the letter represent constituencies that were traditionally held by labour until last years election. A downing street spokesman said the government had stood then on a solemn promise that it would improve peoples lives and that, although the pandemic had meant 2020 was not the year we all hoped it would be, the governments ambitions for the country were unchanged. One of the mps who signed the letter said it wasnt about giving the government a tough time, but a row with leaders in Greater Manchester over restrictions did put Government Strategy for the north of england back in the spotlight. This letter is likely to put more scrutiny on how it plans to deliver on those ambitions in such changed circumstances. Helen catt, bbc news. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is in westminsterfor us. Its on the front pages of the newspapers. How serious is this a criticism of the government . Well, one mp who has signed this letter said to me last night that it was not meant to be an expression of angen not meant to be an expression of anger, more a friendly reminder of what the government had promised to do. But i think whatever the intention behind this it is certainly being seen as a warning shot to the government and effectively these mps putting the Prime Minister on a notice to start delivering some of the promises the conservatives made up the last election or risk losing votes. The main point is that the coronavirus pandemic risks not only highlighting the north south divide in england, but making it worse. They want a clear route map for those areas in the tightest level of restrictions, they want the government to get on with those big Infrastructure Projects they planned, and also a tailored economic Recovery Plan for the north. Downing street saying its ambition has not been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, but although the next election might seem a long time away, four years away indeed, this reflects a nervousness among any mps many mps that the government doesnt have anything to show for its promises. Thank you. Residents in nottingham will be moved into the tightest coronavirus restrictions from thursday. In a moment we will speak to our reporter geeta pendse who is there. First, lets speak to Mairead Smyth in warrington where a further 200,000 people were placed into tier 3 overnight. How have the council responded to that . Morning. Good morning. The Council Leader ross bowden responded when they knew that warrington was headed for this three level. He said it was necessary and appropriate because there is a rising number, a rising infection rate here in warrington. Around 399 people per 100,000 of the population. Slightly less tha n 100,000 of the population. Slightly less than a being areas of the rebel city region and Greater Manchester just up the road, but height nonetheless. The main concern is in the working population over the age of 60, where they are seeking a growing number of cases and, really, because the whole population here, as well. So it is something that has been welcomed. There is a package of support ofjust been welcomed. There is a package of support of just under £6 been welcomed. There is a package of support ofjust under £6 million that will be split for Public Health needs and to support businesses, but there was tier 3 rules come into effect here, it reduces the interaction you can have with people. You cannot meet anyone outside of your support bubble or yourfamily indoors, outside of your support bubble or your family indoors, and restrictions on who you can meet outdoors, of course sticking to that number of six. Thank you. As promised, lets take you straight to nottingham. Geeta pendse is there. They also go into tier 3 this week. Good morning. Talk us through the concerns that this morning. Well, i think one of the concerns, or certainly the questions, is why wont these restrictions brought in sooner. You remember early this month we were in nottingham reporting on it having one of the highest rates of infection in england. At one stage that was 830 per 100,000 people but that was 830 per 100,000 people but that has steadily dropped and is now around 444 per 100,000 people. But official leaders here say that, whilst the rate is dropping in the 1822 whilst the rate is dropping in the 18 22 age group, that they are concerned, a bit like we were hearing in warrington about a rising older age groups. Today they are seeing raise the neck a rise in hospital admissions. That is why the restrictions are proud now. Nothing, most live, broxtowe and gedling will also move from tier 2 to tier 3. They willjoin restrictions on other parts of england, including the closure of pubs and bars that dont serve meals. For a place like nottingham that will have a huge impact. We are waiting to hear what the details are in terms of the support package that the councils have been negotiating with the government to. 0k, thank you for that. That is Something Else we will look at through the morning. Immunity to coronavirus could only last a few months, according to new research. The team at Imperial College london found that levels of protective antibodies drop quite rapidly which could suggest an increased risk of re infection. More than 350,000 people in england have taken an Antibody Test as part of the study. With just one week to go until the us president ial election, judge Amy Coney Barrett has been sworn into the Supreme Court, after being nominated by President Trump. The timing of the vote has been criticised by the democrats whove argued that it should have been postponed until after the election. Although her appointment gives the conservatives a majority in the court, judge barrett has maintained she will remain independent. The metropolitan police are investigating a traffic collision involving labour leader sir keir starmer and a cyclist in north london on sunday. The cyclist, who reportedly has minor injuries following a collision with a car, was taken to hospital as a precaution. Sir keir is not thought to have been injured and reported the incident to the police later that day. Mobile phone companies have been ordered to stop selling phones locked to one network. The regulator 0fcom says the move should result in better deals and less inconvenience for consumers. The firms have said theyll work with 0fcom to comply with its guidelines. So, we are eight minutes past seven. It is Tuesday Morning, time to find out what is happening with the weather. Carol is at Hampton Court palace somewhere. Im sure she will pounce. There she is good morning. I had to run off and get my umbrella because i am getting soaked good morning, this is the rose garden and it is lovely. The rose garden and it is lovely. The rose garden and it is lovely. The rose garden in Hampton Court palace is next to the World Kitchen garden and into the World Kitchen garden you will find the pumpkin trail in honour of halloween. In fact, i put this down for a jiffy. This is really heavy. Here is one of them and this one was grown here, as indeed they have all been. If you are planning on coming to Hampton Court palace, dont forget youve got to pre book before you do so and all the usual covid restrictions apply. It is raining here in london. The forecast for today is one of rain and that rain will move from the west to the east. My asthma is kicking in because i was running. Behind that band of rain we also have blustery showers stop some of those are heavy and also likely to have some thunder in them, as well, as well as some hail. Strongest winds in the west and the south with gusts up to about 40 mph, perhaps a bit more with exposure. And then as we head through the evening and overnight, we continue with some of those showers but it will still be quite blustery, as well, and overnight temperatures not falling particularly low. We are looking at most particularly low. We are looking at m ost pla ces particularly low. We are looking at most places are staying in high single figures, even into the lower double figures. So then, for tomorrow, once again we are looking at that mixture of bright spells, sunshine and also some showers. The showers coming in from the west, you have a better chance tomorrow of staying dry in eastern areas. Even here we cannot rule out a shower and we are still looking at gusty winds, gusting in the west and also the south, but tomorrow we are still being covered by the same area of low pressure driving our weather today, and you will find, in the west, there will be some very large waves. Five to ten metres high. That is something worth bearing in mind if you are planning a walk along the shore. We will move in a jiffy and give you a different view of Hampton Court palace, but for now, back to you in the nice dry, toasty studio. Are you talking gusts later on . Yes yes, we are. A couple of stories to tell you. That is why we are going to move to one of the areas close to where one of the gusts is meant to be. Ok. Excellent. Spooky carol, see you later. In the last half hour, whitbread, the owner of premier inn and brewers fayre, has announced results. Vish is here with the details. Whitbread have reported a bit of a hit to their sales, as expected. 0ur social lives are all on hold so it is no surprise that hospitality are feeling the bite. Morning everyone so, hotel and restaurants are having a hard time at the moment and this morning we found out just how tough. Whitbread, which owns premier inn and restaurant chains beefeater and brewers fayre, says last month that it plans to cut around 6,000 jobs across the group. Well, last week the chancellor announced some new support for businesses, with extra money for those in hospitality. Thejob support scheme which will replace the furlough scheme at the end of this week will see the government cover around two thirds of workers wages, if they do a minimum of 20 of their normal hours. Grants were also made available specifically for accommodation, hospitality and leisure businesses in high risk tier 2 areas thats worth up to around £2,100 a month while in tier two. And restaurants are also benefiting from a vat cut to five percent. That cut will now run until the end of march next year. But will all these measures be enough . We can talk to Sarah Willingham, former dragon on dragons den and owner of the tonkotsu restaurants. This is helping to cover costs, will it help . Any money from the governance , we it help . Any money from the governance, we will be grateful for. Anything we can get that is going to slightly move the needle on saving our massive and wonderful industry that we all rely on so much. 0ne our massive and wonderful industry that we all rely on so much. One of the most important things for all of us the most important things for all of us is that the objective of everyone has to be to contain the virus and thatis has to be to contain the virus and that is what the Hospitality Industry has done from day one and, actually, it have been grateful for it. What we saw in august and september was consumers going out into hospitality and saying, thank you for making this a safe environment for me. What is happening at the moment of course is restrictions are so rough on the industry, especially in tier 2, the impact has been colossal. Now. Sorry, the impact has been absolutely colossal on the industry from tier 2 and what we are seeing now is that consumers are coming in and saying, we want to be here and what we are grateful for is the fact that youve made it safe during this period of time. Yeah, but its interesting because the takeaway market has been doing quite well. Lots of restaurants have said, actually, we have had lots of orders in. Do you think that will help at all . The takeaway market helps to those that do take away, but one of my businesses, the london cocktail club, we are all drinks so we havent benefited in the slightest from the vat. We didnt benefit from eat 0ut from the vat. We didnt benefit from eat out to help 0ut. But where we did benefit was from consumers supporting us and that is the interesting things. I often get asked,is interesting things. I often get asked, is there hope . I interesting things. I often get asked, is there hope . Lam interesting things. I often get asked, is there hope . I am an Eternal Optimist and yes, there is hope. What we are seeing is that even with the restrictions, Consumers Want to be there. So what we are doing is trying to make it as safe as humanly possible. We want to contain the virus but it has to be donein contain the virus but it has to be done ina contain the virus but it has to be done in a Sustainable Way and something that moves the needle. The impact it has had on hospitality is disproportionate. The problem is that consumers are seeing the same statistics that i am. Under 5 of cases are being traced back to the Hospitality Industry. We are doing everything we can to make sure that we contain that. You know, when you look at it, it is still care homes, universities, schools. Actually, what we need is. What we are trying to do is buy time. We need to do it ina trying to do is buy time. We need to do it in a way that saves our industry and saves the millions of jobs that are about to be lost within our industry. Is it also, like you say, a matter of confidence. You go into a restaurant and know you will be safe. Yeah, i lived in brighton and we were the biggest town to use eat 0ut lived in brighton and we were the biggest town to use eat out to help 0ut biggest town to use eat out to help out and we still have one of the lowest cases in the uk. We are big eaters out in brighton, but people are taking it very, very seriously. You go in, you have your mask on, you sit down, you are served by somebody with your mask, you are more than two metres away from the next person. So this is actually helping peoples Mental Health, helping peoples Mental Health, helping peoples Mental Health, helping people to feel that there is a sense of normality but in a very, very safe environment. That is what is working. I think that is where we are getting help from the government, we will be forever grateful for that, but actually what we need them to see is that these restrictions, they are not sustainable and they are not moving the needle. Thank you very much for joining us, Sarah Willingham there. It is hard, because as we approach winter, the thought of going outside to socialise is probably not as appealing as in the summer when you can meet someone outside for a drink when the sun was out but it will be really ha rd. When the sun was out but it will be really hard. Thank you. As coronavirus cases rise, hospitals are facing more pressure throughout the uk and nhs staff are having to cope with competing demands. More than a thousand people have been admitted to hospital on average every day in the week up to last monday. So how prepared are they . 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been given access to the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle. Intensive care, the sharp end of the covid 19 pandemic. The disease hasnt changed, but now doctors know much more about how best to treat it, such as only using ventilators for the very sickest patients. The experiences we had the beginning of the year, theyve certainly made it easier for us to have a feel for which patients we need to admit to Critical Care urgently, which patients we can maybe send to a respiratory ward. Really, right at the beginning, we didnt really know how long people would need to be on a ventilatorfor, and who would get better. And i think weve got a much better understanding of that. It means many patients are Getting Better sooner, and spending less time in hospital. The most frightening thing that ever happened to me. Albert, whos 67, collapsed at home in the middle of the night, but is now out of intensive care. He thinks many dont take coronavirus seriously enough. It can attack anybody. It doesnt pick and choose, but its certainly not a joke, thats the last thing it is. The royal victoria infirmary has far fewer Covid Patients than in april. The staff feel better prepared this time, but now they face a long winter. I think it took a lot of courage first time round for our staff to come and face up and front up to this, to a disease we were unfamiliar with. I should think the familiarity we have with it now, means that processes are smoother, we feel that days are shorter. Its still a challenge, theres no doubt about that. The hospital is expanding its intensive care facilities. This ward is being revamped, ready to deal with any surge. The rvi treated the very first confirmed Covid Patients in the uk in late january. Back then, the disease was a complete unknown. Now, half the patients here, like gordon, are taking part in Clinical Trials, looking for new treatments. I just want to help. If you. You know, if you dont do anything in life to help others, you dont feel so good. So its just important to say yes, weigh up the consequences and the side effects, which are all clearly printed, and its a no brainer. In march, nonurgent surgery was postponed to make way for covid. This winter the rv says it is determined to keep other services going, such as hip replacements and cataract operations. Things that can make a big difference to peoples lives. But so much depends on coronavirus. There is only one set of staff. The more covid there is in the city, the more other patients could lose out. Fergus walsh, bbc news, newcastle. Its half term for most schools and a Welcome Break for thousands of children across the country, but for parents who rely on Free School Meals, its a more worrying time. Despite extensive campaigning from the footballer Marcus Rashford and opposition mps, the government has said it wont extend the meal Voucher Scheme through half term. But the Prime Minister insists that children wont go hungry. Luxmy gopal has been to meet one family who are relying on donations this week. Single mum of three leah hill has had this food donated and delivered to feed her children. Basically, its helpful for when youve run out of cash. Like, i get paid fortnightly, but its still very hard with the bills you pay. Her eldest two boys are eligible for Free School Meals without which leahs limited income doesnt last as long. Through the holiday, it does go more, but when theyre at school its a lot better because they dont eat as much cos they get dinners at school. Has it been a struggle to make ends meet . It depends on what comes out of my bank with certain bills. If. If it all comes out the same time, its quite hard because right now im putting more on the gas an electric coming into winter. And electric coming into winter. And what was your favourite thing in the food parcel . Tomato do you like the tomatoes . This half term, a local Community Project in pudsey is stepping in like countless others across the country following Marcus Rashford campaign. The footballers twitter timeline became a directory of donations from businesses themselves ha rd hit offering what they could, like this restaurant in york. Theres nothing more important than this right now. And i dont think we can just keep passing the blame on and wait for someone else to take the lead. I think, as an industry and as our restaurant, we want to help with this and there will never be a better time to do so. At this Great Yarmouth pub, the chef jack knows what its like to be on Free School Meals, and has come in on his day off to help todays children in the same boat. Very personal, because i understand the struggle of coming home after a day at school or in the holidays when you was wondering if you was going to be able to eat. And at this restaurant in stevenage, its clear how much the meals matter. Blows me away, to be honest. I came out of hospital about four weeks ago ive got a spinal injury again, on benefits, money is very, very limited. To know that theres people in the community that. Can see us and know that we actually exist. In some ways i felt embarrassed about having to do this, but its to ensure my sons eating properly. I know i try my best normally, but during half terms or even any holidays its always difficult. This pub in morley in West Yorkshire is sending out 60 packed lunches a day. The Community Around here, obviously, they support us with the pub, so wed just like to give Something Back to them. Obviously, a lot of people are struggling at the minute and its just a way to say thanks for supporting us through these hard times, as well. A reminder that the worst of times even a pandemic can bring out the best in people in our communities. Luxmy gopal, bbc news. Thats the picture for many across the country. Lets go to darlington. Darlington council is one local authority providing extra funding for meals this half term. Were joined now by the conservative Council Leader, heather scott. Good morning to you. Thank you for being with us this morning. Your council received, i think, £135,000 from the £63 Million Hardship Fund the government had been talking about over the last 24 hours or so. Some of that, they say, is to help with funding a Free School Meals. Has it helped at all . Yes, good morning, and im sorry i have problems with the sound but i will try my best. Yes, we got £135,000 in july, but it had to be spent in 12 weeks and, in fact, at that time we did spend it to help families who we re did spend it to help families who were having problems in that period. We link in with an organisation but dyla n we link in with an organisation but dylan ago called bread and butter but what we are doing now, we are putting extra funding in from other sources to make sure we are providing free food not only to families who have children on Free School Meals but any family who was in difficulty and i think this is something we have to do. We have to make sure that nobody in darlington goes hungry during this october holiday period. Essentially that money that you were given ran out a couple of weeks ago. Was it ever explicitly said that money should be, some of that money should be put aside forfree be, some of that money should be put aside for Free School Meals . How was it divvied up . Aside for Free School Meals . How was it diwied up . No, it wasnt. When it diwied up . No, it wasnt. When it was given to us it was given as welfare support and we had to spend it in12 welfare support and we had to spend it in 12 weeks. When you get it in july obviously 0ctober it in 12 weeks. When you get it in july obviously october is an awful lot longer away than 12 weeks. 0bviously lot longer away than 12 weeks. Obviously we spent it. Whatever money we get allocated from the cove na nt we ensure money we get allocated from the covenant we ensure it is distributed to the people of darlington as quickly as we could. Are you able to just tilt your camera up a little bit . We can only see the bottom half of yourface. Bit . We can only see the bottom half of your face. There you are. Thank you. Its nice to see you in glorious technicolor this morning. Cani glorious technicolor this morning. Can i ask, in terms of the emergency funding you have put in for Free School Meals, where have you had to find that money from fort this week . Well, we have taken it out of the money that has been allocated to us because, as i say, i think it is a priority. Local authorities do have flexibility to prioritise funding and so, you know, we have taken it out of our general funding pot, but we do feel it is extremely important that we do provide this funding. As i say, we work closely with bread and butter but also organisations in the town and they, you know, businesses have been providing food, as well. I think it is just Great Community spirit and this is what we have to do in these difficult times. What are your plans when it comes to the Christmas Holidays . Will you do the Christmas Holidays . Will you do the same thing if there is not additionalfunding . The same thing if there is not additional funding . Well, the same thing if there is not additionalfunding . Well, obviously, we would hope there may be a u turn and the government will certainly look at Christmas Holidays, but yes, we will have to make the same. You know, organisational adjustments, and this is what we will do. We have to make sure that children dont go hungry, and christmas is going to be a difficult time. 0bviously with the coronavirus situation and perhaps, you know, still being in lockdown. So, yes, we will make sure that we provide the funding to do that but i certainly do hope that boris and the government are listening and do have a change of heart. 0k, we will put some of those points to the government. We will speak to nadeem zaha way in a few minutes. Helen scott, thank you very much. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im alice salfield. Transphobic hate crimes in london have more than quadrupled over the last nine years. Thats according to figures from the met police. Physical violence and name calling make up just part of that, but practices such as misgendering and outing a trans person are becoming more common. One man from east london faced transphobic bullying so severe, it almost made him take his own life. I experience a lot of hate, yeah, a lot of fear. There was a couple of times where i was followed home for a while, there was a couple of times where i could feel things being thrown at me, times where i wouldnt want to get on the bus. Ive had quite a few suicide attempts. I did not have any desire to be alive. Well, if youve been affected by any of the issues raised, the bbc action line has details of organisations who can offer help and advice. A toddler in a pushchair has been killed and a man critically injured in a crash in north west london. It happened in ruislip on sunday afternoon. A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving while on drugs. As the effects of the pandemic continue to affect jobs, londoners working in many sectors are concerned as we head towards christmas. Its usually a particularly busy season for tourism. But for one tour guide in tottenham, the future is uncertain. Now, its. It was a ghost city. We were hoping that it will be all right for Christmas Holidays, that we can work in winter, but now it seems that were not going to be working. So we cant see any future now we dont know whats going to happen within one year. A womans been attacked by thieves who broke into her home in basildon, and stole three english bulldog puppies. She was sprayed in the face with a substance by the raiders, who took the dogs on friday night. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Ok, on the tubes all looking good at the moment. And traffic is slow on the a13 coming into Central London between dagenham and barking. Heres sara with the weather. Good morning to you. A dry start this morning across london and the south east. A bit cool in the suburbs, though, it must be said. But weve got some early brightness very short lived, though. Weve got clouds spilling in from the west in the coming hours and outbreaks of rain even by the end of the breakfast period with us for much of the day. Not clearing away until the middle part of the afternoon, then therell be some late brightness, but also some sharp showers around. Itll be a breezy day, too. As we go through the night tonight, you can see pretty much a story of what were going to see through the day tomorrow a lot of clear weather, still a few showers here and there, and again the temperatures falling away into mid to high single figures for the start of your wednesday. And then tomorrow there will be a few showers around, but a lot of dry and sunny weather on offer, as well. Make the very most of it because it turns wet and windy again on thursday. Friday, as you can see, much milder and often dry. In case you missed it, weve been running a really inspirtional story about a group of friends who fought Breast Cancer and opened a Bra Fitting Service for other survivors. You can find it on our facebook. Ill be back in an hour. See you then. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. More than 50 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, calling for a clear roadmap out of tough coronavirus restrictions. The mps, who represent areas in the north of england, north wales and the Scottish Borders, say the pandemic is threatening the governments efforts to level up the country. We can speak now to the business minister Nadhim Zahawi. Thank you very much as ever for joining us here on the bbc brea kfast. Joining us here on the bbc breakfast. Im sure you have read this letter. They say in the letter, the north has seen a level of disruption unparalleled with other parts of the country and it threatens to continue to increase the disparity between the north and the disparity between the north and the south still further. Are you concerned by what they say is a north south divide . Concerned by what they say is a northsouth divide . Of course im concerned, as we all should be. People like jake berry and simon clarke are champions for their constituencies and for the north. If you look at the announcement we are making today, on seven towns getting £180 million as part of the £3. 6 billion tans fund, places like blackpool and warrington, there are 45 towns out of the 101 towns that would share that money. 45 of them are in the northern powerhouse. 14 of the hospitals in our Hospital Building programmes are in the northern powerhouse. We are looking at the industrial strategy refresh. The industrial strategy was developed in 2017, in a world of near full developed in 2017, in a world of nearfull employment, developed in 2017, in a world of near full employment, and they quite rightly worried now about the post pandemic world for their constituencies. So we are repressing the industrial strategy. As well as a big announcement. I knowjake really does care about stuff around jobs and skills. The Prime Minister announced. The government will stand behind it and pay for it. They say in the letter, and you are reflecting some of it, you state m e nts reflecting some of it, you statements have been some of the worst affected by covid, with many losing jobs and businesses. That is happening right now. One is that money going to make a difference . That money is happening now. The announcement today for 39 billion, 39 million for blackpool, for an enterprise zone, for warrington as well my 21 million, so this money is happening right now, as well as, of course, the additional 200 billion that we have put behind all businesses, all people in work, both the people who are employed and of course the self employed as well. You have seen the further extension of thejob you have seen the further extension of the job support you have seen the further extension of thejob support scheme where, if employers have to close down, an employee can get a two thirds of their wages in the tier 3 areas. In their wages in the tier 3 areas. In the lower tier in the area is still impacted, where demand has lowered, the employee will only need to find about 5 . And the employer has to find a 5 . The employee will only have to work one day a week to still get that additional support. There is support across the board for businesses. And as well as targeted support for manchester and other areas, warrington thats going into tier 3, but for those areas to be able to cope further and their businesses to be able to survive the pandemic. And very specifically about those tiers come over because we know that many hundreds of thousands of people now living in the highest level of restrictions, they are calling in this letter for a Clear Pathway down the tiering system, a way out of it. They say people want to see measures come to an end. What is the pathway . Its a really important question. In every area that is entering tier 3, the highest tier level, there is a provision within that to say that after 28 days, it will be reviewed to see where we have got to. If we Work Together both nationally and locally, and do the right thing, follow the rules in era, make sure we work with local leaders, they are the best place to people to deliver that message and that additional help as well, then i think we can get through this and get through it and come out of the other end. Its and come out of the other end. Its a really tough balance, louise, between the harms of the virus and the harms to the economy, livelihoods, and of course lives ultimately in health if you lose yourjob or business. We try to strike that balance every day. What are the measurements it will be judged on, going from tier 3 to tier 2 . So the experts, whether it be the bio security centre, Public Health england, local Public Health officers, will Work Together to look at how quickly we can bring the r number back down. Its at 1. 2 to 1. 4 nationally. We want to bring it down to one, so that we stop the greater infection from increasing exponentially. At the moment were seeing some good science, early signs, but i would be very cautious about this. The rate of infection is slowing down but not slowing down sufficiently enough, because our priority has to be to protect lives, to protect the nhs but also balance that against protecting the economy and lives. Can i also ask about the discussion is ongoing in the past ten days about Free School Meals, particularly in the holidays . Boris johnson says, we will do everything in our power to make sure no child goes hungry in the holidays. Whats he doing . I will tell you what we are doing. 0ne he doing . I will tell you what we are doing. One is that the £63 million the head at darlington spoke about. My own local authority. Million the head at darlington spoke about. My own localauthority. I know you were listening in that interview from the leader of darlington council, saying that money has already been spent. It was not ring fenced, was it, for children and Free School Meals . Yes, and so local authorities have chosen to target. Warwickshire county council got 500,000. The leader is chosen to continue to deliver those meals through this half term and for christmas. As well as, of course, the additional welfare support, £9 billion going into welfare. Plus, we have run the holiday activities and Food Programme pilot this summer, £9 million, very proud of it. I initiated it when i was to the children and families minister in the department for education. We fed 50,000 children, 70 local authorities. The best way to do this is Work Together with charities and local authorities to make sure no child goes without food. And more importantly, the activities they do as well. You talked about that money specifically, and money that has been spent. This £63 million, that is now coming to an end. What now . He said no child goes hungry in the holidays. What concrete measures happen . As i said, local authorities have stepped up, like warwickshire cou nty have stepped up, like Warwickshire County Council are doing it for this half term and christmas. The additional help with the £1000 per family through the welfare system, three universal credit, is an additional help that goes on until march, april next year. That, all combined with what local authorities are doing, is helping children. And of course we are looking at the pilot as well. 50,000 children, 70 local authorities. I was speaking last night to Carol Shannon in stoke on trent. A brilliant lady. She has delivered 150,000 meals through the summer. She will continue to do more this half term and for christmas. It is notjust about the meal. In some of the wards in stoke on trent, where there are high crime rates, parents would see that four hour respite a day for their children somewhere safe where they can continue to have activities, whether arts and crafts orfurther activities, whether arts and crafts or further learning, activities, whether arts and crafts orfurther learning, to bridge some of the education gap because of covid. A lot of work going on, as well as breakfast clubs. 35 William Patton is going to breakfast clubs. This is a combined effort of the whole nation, together with the help of the government and the taxpayer. Senior conservative mps say you have misjudged the mood on this . senior conservative mps say you have misjudged the mood on this . I think its important that we learn. We are the first golf does r number government to introduce the Food Programme of any garment. If you read Hansard Programme of any garment. If you read hansa rd you programme of any garment. If you read hansard you will see frank field commending the government, the man who knows more about this particular subject than anybody probably in our country. Commending the government for the pilots that we have run. So that we can take the learnings from those pilots and make sure that we continue to support those children and families who are most in need. So i would respectfully disagree. I think we are doing the right thing and we are backing the local authorities to help the most Vulnerable Children and families. So as it stands right now the government is not committing specifically to Free School Meals for half term and the Christmas Holidays, you are not committing to that . Free school meals continue as we brought schools back and that carries on. Half term and christmas . I hear you. We are learning from the pilot. Local authorities have used the money we have given them. We have announced an additional £1 billion for local authorities as well to continue the activities, as well to continue the activities, as well as, of course, what other charities are doing, and of course £9 billion going to those most vulnerable families. All the way through to next april. Nadhim zahawi, through to next april. Nadhim za hawi, thank you through to next april. Nadhim zahawi, thank you for your time. Holly promised us to earlier a chat with somebody who has had a remarkable weekend. Youre about to deliver. Yes, he is the man of the moment in cycling. Now, if youre only going to wear the giro ditalia pink leadersjersey once, then you may as well make it at the end of the race. Which is exactly what 25 year old Tao Geoghegan hart did on sunday, becoming the fifth british rider to win a grand tour in the most dramatic of fashions, winning the rescheduled race byjust 39 seconds in milan. This morning im delighted to say we can now speak to the man of the moment. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning everyone. You have not stopped. You are in a car on the road. You are in andorra, i believe . Yes, we arejust road. You are in andorra, i believe . Yes, we are just driving back from, well, we came back from the race, and we are looking forward to seeing friends and family soon. And we are looking forward to seeing friends and family soonlj and we are looking forward to seeing friends and family soon. I am sure it has been the most bizarre 48 hours for you. There has been an incredible reaction. Do you feel like youve had a chance to come up forair . Like youve had a chance to come up for air . Well, not really. Its been a pretty busy couple of days. Since crossing the line ive just been trying to enjoy it as much as possible, take it in. We had a super nice dinner with all my team mates and staff that we have been in the race bubble with for the past three and a half weeks. We did what we could to enjoy that moment. Then we all go our separate ways for what is now the off in this rescheduled covid cycling year. You want even the leading contender within your tea m the leading contender within your team you werent even the leading contender within your team, you will need took the role after Geraint Thomas pulled out with injury. What was going through your mind on the final stage . We knew it was coming down to the wire. Myself and jay hindley, the australian writer, were tight coming into the last stage, an individual time trial into milan. I had to focus on myself. It was around 18 minutes of effort, used all my experience in the years since i started cycling and even in other sports before that, tojust i started cycling and even in other sports before that, to just focus on what i was doing and not get too caught up by the occasion and the grandeur of it all. We have seen a lot of images of the past couple of days of you as a 14 year boy in 2010. You actually skipped school to go and ride with some of the Team Sky Cyclists when that first team first started. How do you feel no looking back at those days . Yeah, i think it shows the teams goal from the outset to inspire people not only to race bikes, butjust to participate in cycling and use a bike asa participate in cycling and use a bike as a mode of transport, i think the team really inspired me to get into the sport, not only with its su ccesses , into the sport, not only with its successes, but the fact it had british riders, the fact that help people like can really look up to, knowing that it has come from fairly similar places to myself. Now i find myself in this situation, its incredible. The team has evolved over the years. Faces come and go but what an incredible journey its been since those days. But what an incredible journey its been since those dayslj but what an incredible journey its been since those days. I know your family have played a huge part in this. You actually posted a tweet straight after the win saying that sundays will always be about playing football in the marshes, going to the market with your old man and brother. Today is just another sunday. It wasnt just another sunday. It wasnt just another sunday. Have you had a chance to see yourfamily yet . Sunday. Have you had a chance to see your family yet . I sunday. Have you had a chance to see yourfamily yet . I know sunday. Have you had a chance to see your family yet . I know you sunday. Have you had a chance to see yourfamily yet . I know you have been apart for a long time. 0bviously with all the restrictions that everyone has gone through this year, i have not seen them since last year. At the season is over now. Ive got about a month or so off the bike, so im looking forward to catching up with them and making the most of this time to soak it all in and obviously stay conscientious with everything that is going on and stay really careful. But at the same time spend a little bit of quality time spend a little bit of quality time with my closest family because its really important to see them. Enjoy every moment of it. Tao geoghegan hart, giro ditalia champion, thank you forjoining us. Iam champion, thank you forjoining us. I am interested to know what he is going to do with that trophy. It is not a subtle one, is it . i love that trophy. Its wonderful. If you are going to get one trophy, that is they want to have. He was so modest, 18 minutes of effort. It has been really fascinating to see what happens now and next in that team going forward. Exactly, especially with the olympic next year. Exactly. Big future. Thank you. Carol is at Hampton Court palace this morning to give us an update on the weather. And hopefully ghosts as well. Good morning. Good morning good morning to you. Yes indeed, Hampton Court palaces said to be one of the most haunted buildings in the uk. There area haunted buildings in the uk. There are a few ghosts that are said to roa m are a few ghosts that are said to roam the corridors, but it is very much where Much Associated with henry viii, had six wives, not all of the same time. Two of them are said to roam the corridors. Jane seymour, who died after giving birth toa son, seymour, who died after giving birth to a son, and also catherine howard. Catherine howard was accused of adultery. Henry viii sentenced her to death. She is said to have actually ran down the corridor fleeing for her life. The guards caught her and took to the tower of london where she met her fate. It is said that to date she runs down the haunted gallery with her tutor gown is flowing behind her, screaming as she does so. And quite a few visitors, apparently, have actually fainted in that corridor, but nobody knows why. That runs a bit of a chill down your spine. The cold weather will as well. It is a nippy start. Today what we are looking at asa start. Today what we are looking at as a forecast is one of rain. That rain coming in from the west and progressively moving eastwards. Behind it we will see quite a few showers. Some of those will be heavy and thundery with some hale and blustery winds. Low pressure is driving our weather. That area of low pressure, anchored in the mid atlantic, low pressure, anchored in the mid atla ntic, has low pressure, anchored in the mid atlantic, has got the remnants ofan mid atlantic, has got the remnants of an old hurricane embedded in it. If you look at the isobars around it, in the mid Atlantic Wind speeds will be 100 mph. Not where we are. We are looking at wind in the west end exposed parts of the south up to 40 mph today. That rain continuing to push north east was, not getting into the northern ads until later, followed behind by a lot of showers. A little bit of sun sign in between. The showers likely to be heavy and thundery. Temperature wise between ten to 14 degrees. Through this evening and overnight the rain getting to the Northern Isles and clears. Behind it a fair few showers. Still blustery winds as well. Temperature wise most of us staying in height single figures or just into double figures. So tomorrow, once again we do see a lot of showers. They will be almost anywhere. A particularly heavy in the west and also part of the south. A better chance of missing them in the east. Even here we cant rule them out. Still gusty winds. Tomorrow we could be looking at large waves, five to ten metres high in some Western Areas. The west of 0uter in some Western Areas. The west of outer hebrides, for example, west of Northern Ireland. As we head into thursday it is a repeat performance of what were looking at today. The next band of rain comes in from the south west pushes north east. There is the risk of flooding from this because we will have seen a lot of rain in these few days, particularly so across north wales, north west england and south west scotland. The first signs it is going to get milder. 0n first signs it is going to get milder. On friday it will be a lot milder, particularly in southern parts of england and around the midlands. Im off to find some more ghost stories. I really enjoyed that one myself i love the way you spook yourself thank you. You cant whack a good ghost story. You cant. Earlier this year we covered the story of single dad samuel and his two sons. They spent lockdown in their small one bedroomed flat in bristol with nowhere to play outside. If you need a lift, watch this. Two bbc breakfast viewers were so moved by samuels story, they offered the family a free stay at their holiday park in devon. Fiona lamdin reports. Its like rabbits in a hutch were all cooped up. Theres not that much we can do cos were just in a one bedroom. When we first met single dad samuel. When we go in the lifts, what do we do . We spray. It was six months ago, when the country was in full lockdown. If you could pan around and see the walls, theyve turned into graffiti artists some good, some bad. Samuel and his two boys six year old lysander and three year old denuel share this one bedroom flat on the 15th floor. Ill tell you about some of the things in the block. Weve had neighbours having to go at each other when theyre so tightly close together. Weve had arguments heated arguments heated arguments in the laundry and it was a big bust up in there the other day, as well. This yeah, its all due to lockdown. People being together so much. With nearby parks closed and the lifts often broken, this family would spend 23 hours in here. But after months of being inside, today theyre off. Holiday go on, then. 100 miles away to north devon. Ken and sheila bbc breakfast viewers wanted to give samuel and his boys a break, so they offered them their home in devon. We saw your piece that you did on samuel, about him living on the 15th floor of a block of flats and trying to, you know, get the children not to touch the inside of the lift in case they picked up the virus. And it was that that really made me think. Took you back to when you were. Yeah. Little. I lived in east london in a block of flats. I thought, if we could get him down here to north devon, you know, theyve got the best beaches. We got all countryside, lots of place. So you can run round here, theres room. And for the next week, itll be all theirs to explore. Oh, its lovely. The boys are enjoying themselves. I know weve only been here for an hour or so, but theyre really enjoying themselves. I dont know, i cant find the words. Its just. Overwhelming. Just to see them doing what theyre doing now. 12 steps from one side of the room to the other and probably eight or ten width wise, but here look. Just run wild. Beautiful. Look at them loving it. As we head towards a winter full of unknowns, for this family, this space and this freedom feels all the more precious. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Thatis that is officially lovely, louise. It is really lovely. Having a lovely time. A slice of kindness. Ken and sheila simms, thank you for that. A wonderful story. The jack reacher novels have been topping best seller lists around the globe and thrilling millions of fans for more than 20 years. So when author lee child decided the time had come to retire, he didnt want it to be the end of the story. He handed the creative reigns over to his brother, andrew, and together theyve written the latest novel. We can speak to both lee and andrew now, from their homes in the us. Good morning both. Thank you so much for joining good morning both. Thank you so much forjoining us. I love this story. Lee, first of all, why come to this decision that you needed to hand over . Well, it all started about a 60 years ago, to be honest. When i started Primary School and i was wrestling with sums and reading, my grandad was retiring. I didnt know what that meant. My mum said, it means he doesnt have to work any more, he can stay at home and do what he wants. I thought, that sounds pretty good. So in a way it has been a target on my life. But i did not want to let down the jack reacher readers, who i love. We have had such a great writer together for 24 years now. I didnt want to let them down, i didnt want to stop the series. How could i keep it going . Initially i thought, if i can find some magic potion that would make me 15 years younger and more full of energy, that would be a solution. Then i realised, im related to that my brother is very similar to me. He is a great writer by himself. Would he do it . So i asked him. And happily he said yeah. Now andrew, you can talk us through in terms of creative control, has lee been able to let go, or is he still guiding things carefully . He is guiding very carefully but he has given me plenty of creative freedom, because lee is a very logical guy. Part of the idea, as he just said, was to bring in some extra energy, a little bit of nudging jack reacher closer towards the 21st century, so it wouldnt make any sense to set out with that as a goal and put the shackles on me. He has been great in terms of the creative freedom. And also, part of the appeal ofjack reacher books is how propulsive they are. So if i needed any help with, how do we achieve that, he has been right there. At the beginning before they lock down, literally looking over my shoulder. Once we got to the point where we couldnt physically be together, he was there at the end of the phone, the end of the text and e mail. It was great from that point of view. He gave me lots of freedom. I will come back to you any moment lee. Andrew, tell us about that conversation . It is quite irresponsibility, isnt it . Oh my goodness, it certainly is when he popped goodness, it certainly is when he popped the question, i was actually driving. We had been to a book event together in denver, colorado, won one of my other books id launched. We had been down to this store for the event. I was driving back. It wasjanuary, which the event. I was driving back. It was january, which meant the event. I was driving back. It wasjanuary, which meant horrendous weather. I was desperately trying not to cross the car and kill us. Then he landed that idea on me. At first i was shocked. That he would even consider letting me take the reins ofjack reacher, his wonderful creation, global phenomenon. Then i was worried, would i be able to do it . But ultimately, he mentioned the jack reacher fans. I am the worlds oldest of jack reacher fan. Jack reacher fans. I am the worlds oldest ofjack reacher fan. I read the first one when it was written in pencil and a piece of paper. So the thing that clinched it for me was, didl thing that clinched it for me was, did i want to be the one who was going to make it that there were no more jack reacher books . I couldnt live with that. I said, lets try it. We came up with the plan to do the first two or three together and may branch out on my own. So far, things are going according to plan. Lets go back to lee. Tell us practically how it works . Does andrew write most of it and you check it, or are you writing bits together . Can you let go . Have you handed the baby over to the baby sitter . Handed the baby over to the babysitter . My biggest worry, to be honest, was that he would be better at it than i was i made him do the plot because, as he said, part of the idea was to drag jack reacher just a little bit closer to the present day. So i wanted him to do the plot because hes more modern than i am. He would get it more in tune with Current Events and so on. So he had of the plot. And the problem is that all writers work slightly differently. I work with no plan at all. So constantly we would write a great scene and we would be really ha p py write a great scene and we would be really happy with that and andrew would say, ok, what do you see happening next . And i would say, ive got no idea, because thats how i used to work. I would make it up asi i used to work. I would make it up as i went along. It took us a few months to get used to that, working together. Andrea is not a huge planner but slightly more of a planner but slightly more of a planner than i planner but slightly more of a plannerthan i am. Planner but slightly more of a planner than i am. Andrew. That was the only real difficulty. I dont have a problem giving him away. Because any way the whole aspect of being successful is a character is, first of all, the author owns him. The authors are the only people youve ever heard of him. Then its only people youve ever heard of him. Then its readers. The ownership migrates outward. So jack reacher is actually owned by millions of individual readers. Andrew is one of them. He is perfectly entitled to do what he wa nts perfectly entitled to do what he wants with him. I am happy to sit back. I am wants with him. I am happy to sit back. Iam really looking wants with him. I am happy to sit back. I am really looking forward to two or three years from now, when he is doing it by himself, so i can just read them like a normal reader. Readers must be so excited to know it is going to continue. How have they responded to you, lee . They have been really generous about it. I have done 24. They have been very understanding. Im an old guy now. I wa nt to ta ke understanding. Im an old guy now. I want to take it easy. Theyve backed me on that 100 . Ive found that really sweet and im very grateful for it. You are not entirely retired. You are involved in a tv series with jack reacher, briefly, arent you . Yes, im going to have some kind of input. It is installed at the moment like everything in the world because of the pandemic. But it is going well and we will pick it up it is going well and we will pick it up as soon as we can. Im really looking forward to working on that. But basically what im going to do is lie on myself and read the books that i havent had time to read over the past 20 years. This is a lovely image. Good luck with that. Im sure you will enjoy. Thank you both. Fantastic. Lee and andrews novel, the sentinel, is available from today. Stay with us, headlines coming up. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today more than 50 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, calling for a clear road map out of tough coronavirus restrictions. Im in warrington, the latest area in england to move into tier 3, the tightest coronavirus restrictions. A Study Suggests immunity may only last a few months for those who contract coronavirus. We arejust we are just fighting over here, it is insane. A divided nation with a week to go to the us president ial election, we speak to voters in the key battlegrounds. Guy, baby, shes got it. Well hear from the ultimate 80s girl group about their career and why theyve been in a bananarama bubble since lockdown. This morning from Hampton Court palace, where we are talking ghostly goings on as Hampton Court palace is meant to be one of the most haunted buildings in the uk. Nothing spooky about the weather, rain is moving from west to east, followed by two heavy, blustery showers. All the details and a few gust stories in about ten minutes its tuesday, the 27th october. More than 50 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, calling for a clear roadmap out of tough coronavirus restrictions. The mps who represent areas in the north of england, north wales and the Scottish Borders say the pandemic is threatening the governments efforts to level up the country. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is in westminsterfor us. This morning. I know you have been listening to Nadhim Zahawi this morning, there are questions for the Prime Minister on this . Yes, it is a bit of a warning shot, i think, from these 50 or so mps who represent a lot of the former redwall seats as they are known in the north of england, some in north wales and the Scottish Borders, which the conservatives won at the last election, and they are effectively putting the Prime Minister unnoticed to start delivering on some of the promises that he or they made at the next election to stop them risking losing the election in four years. This might seem like a long time but there is some nervousness among conservative backbenchers at the government is not giving enough sea and to answer boaters questions and deliver on promises. The government is dealing with its response to the coronavirus pandemic which means it has not had time or capacity to do very much else, but answering some of the criticism or the questions posed at least by the mps in this letter this morning, business minister Nadhim Zahawi here on brea kfast minister Nadhim Zahawi here on breakfast praised these mps possibly can upfortheir breakfast praised these mps possibly can up for their areas but also insisting that the government is investing in the north praised these mps for speaking up for their areas. Of course i am concerned, as we schedl be, and people like jake berry and simon clark are champions for their constituencies in the north. I am the local growth minister as well as the business and industry minister, seven tonnes are getting £180 million, places like blackpool and warrington, blackpool getting 39 million, warrington getting 39 million, warrington getting 21 million, there are 45,000 out of the 100 montanans sharing that money, 45 are in the northern powerhouse. To get you a flavour of what these mps have had to say, they say the coronavirus pandemic has exposed in sharp relief the deep, structural and systematic disadvantage faced by our communities, essentially that the north south divide has been exposed by coronavirus and is at risk of getting worse, so they want Infrastructure Project accelerated and a spoke plan for the north. Downing street said they ran for the last election on a solemn promise to the people of the uk, although 2020 has not been the year we have hoped for, our they say, are unchanged. Thank you for clearing that up, jonathan. Residents in nottingham will be moved into the tightest coronavirus restrictions from thursday. In a moment we will speak to our reporter geeta pendse, who is there. First, lets speak to Mairead Smyth in warrington, where a further 200,000 people were placed into tier 3 overnight. This was expected in some ways . Yes, this was expected. It has come a bit earlier, it was due to come into full sun thursday but was brought forward to today so people in warrington, more than 200,000 people, are waking up under tighter coronavirus restrictions meaning they cant operate as they normally would have done, they cant mix with people not in their immediate family or support bubble anywhere indoors, outdoors, if they meet in a public parkitis outdoors, if they meet in a public park it is the rule of six, and the biggest impact would be on businesses, herbs that do not serve substantial meals will have to be closed states which do not serve. The rules will be reviewed on 28 days and they come with support, almost £6 million to support warrington borough council. Thank you, Mairead Smyth. Geeta pendse is in nottingham where those tier 3 restrictions can end later this week. What are the sorts of residents there . Were those tier 3 restrictions come into full later this week. It is not easy to judge jeff, and ebay concerns it is not easy to tie jeff, jeff, and ebay concerns it is not easy to tiejeff, and debate concerns are around the support package going into tier 3 and questions about why nottingham was not placed into tier 3 sooner. It has one of the highest infection rates in the uk, the highest in england, earlier this month. That has changed, the infection rate has dropped steadily and it is the 24th highest but Council Officials say while they are seeing a drop in the 18 to 22 age group, they are concerned about a rise in the over 65 age group when it to contracting the virus and i had seen a rise in hospital admissions which is why they say they are acting now to bring in these restrictions. There are bring in these restrictions. There a re lots of bring in these restrictions. There are lots of questions about what the support package will look Council Leaders say it will be similar to other parts of england in tier 3 but we are awaiting the details later today which affect nottingham and three neighbouring boroughs. The metropolitan police are investigating a traffic collision involving labour leader sir keir starmer and a cyclist in north london on sunday. The cyclist, who reportedly has minor injuries following a collision with a car, was taken to hospital as a precaution. Sir keir is not thought to have been injured and reported the incident to the police later that day. Mobile phone companies have been ordered to stop selling phones locked to one network. The regulator 0fcom says the move should result in better deals and less inconvenience for consumers. The firms have said theyll work with 0fcom to comply with its guidelines. We are going to go to carol, who has been scaring herself and her team as Hampton Court palace. What is going on . spooky things. I had some gust stories for you as we go through the rest of this morning. Here is another one, way back in 1871 there was an excavation taking place in one of the courtyards here and the skeleton one of the courtyards here and the s keleto n of one of the courtyards here and the skeleton of two male builders was actually found. That was a great relief to one of the palace residents who lived in an apartment nearby, because for a long time she had been hearing banning and knocking on the walls and was terrified by it, but when the builders were found, they were reburied in consecrated ground and all that banging and the racket going on stopped. It was reckoned that the builders were killed in an accident at the back of the building. But enough of this, nothing spooky about the weather, we have rain coming in from the west and pushing steadily eastwards. Behind that rain, heavy and thundery, blustery showers. We already have the right making good progress, showers ahead of and behind at the blustery showers again, but some brightness in an under showers. Gusty winds in the west and the cells, gusts could top 40 mph and temperatures ten to around 14 degrees. This evening and overnight we are looking at the rain eventually getting into the Northern Ireland clearing, we will be left with a rash of showers, some heavy, potentially thundery, and the temperatures ranging from high single figures into the low teens getting into the Northern Isles and clearing. We will be left with showers tomorrow, many in the west and the south, some heavy and thundery, fewer in the east but still strong wind, especially with exposure in the west and the cells. It is worth mentioning there will be large waves tomorrow in western exposed areas, as much as five to ten metres high, worth bearing in mind if you are planning a walk along the shoreline. I will have to try to find similar gust stories. That was an excellent gust story, thank you. More later. Take that spooky light with you in just one week the us election will take place to decide whether donald trump remains president orjoe biden takes his place in the white house. Four years ago, jon kay went on a road trip along route 45 meeting people along the way. In five days he made his way through wisconsin, chicago, tennessee, mississippi and alabama. Now, jon has been back in touch with some of the people he met to see how theyve been feeling about life since then. Milwaukee, four years ago, just after Donald Trumps victory. Cheering. This place helped him win. Ifeel you should be, like, square on top of it. And back then we met nancy here. Its time to get real. Its time to be a little risky. She told me at the time shed voted trump to shake up politics. Trump makes a decision, he gets it done. Hi, how are you . 0k. Four years on, time to reconnect. I wish the American People either had more choices. She tells me shell probably vote trump again for his policies, but she feels let down by the man himself. Donald trump is somebody who potentially had the world in his hands. Hes made people so disappointed in how hes conducting himself. Were just fighting over here. Its insane. What is it about donald trump that has disappointed you . I think that a leader, personality, and their conduct and respect for the people will be taken on by the people. And i think he screwed that up. If hes going to stay in the white house, donald trump must hold on to wisconsin and the other states we visited on route 45 during our road trip four years ago. So can he still drum up the support he needs . Steven and jared are now in college. First time voters. When we met them four years ago, they were playing in their Mississippi High School band, and stephen was keen to support donald trump. I think some of his ideas are actually pretty great, and i think he actually can make America Great again. After these four years of trump. I dont really support him that much. But now, stephen says trump has caused too Much Division on issues like race and the environment. Donald trump, representing the country as a whole hasnt really been. You know, the best. You have someone like joe biden whos, you know, maybe not the best president , but i think he can represent america better than donald trump can. When we filmed four years ago, the band was off to washington to play at President Trumps inauguration. Even then, jared wasnt so sure. I dont like him. Youre about to go and play for him i know but, like. Im forced to play. I Like Washington and ijust, i dont like him. You were never a fan, i could tell that when we met. Now a student in the swing state of florida, jared is also voting biden, but isnt overly enthusiastic. Ithink imjust going to go with him. And then, watching the debate, i mean, hes pretty. Hes pretty solid, so im going tojust, you know, stick with him probably. How happy are you voting for biden, jared . I say, like, uh. 50 . 50 , only 50 . Yeah, 50 . Four years ago, we also headed to washington washington county, alabama. Were open, ladies, were open for business. And at the food bank we met willean. These all for me . Handing out parcels and singing the praises of donald trump. Hes not afraid to go into poverty areas and talk to the people. I support him 100 . Catching up again now, willean tells me that like many in the bible belt shes still devoted to trump and predicts a landslide next week. I think hes a god man and i think hes going to follow what god tells him to do. Isjoe biden not a god man . No. Biden is a puppet. I cant stand the man. When we visited four years ago, we found poverty and a sense of powerlessness. And many voters told us they voted for donald trump to boost the economy. I cant believe that dude won. But back then, army veteran tyrone was horrified. I will never respect him as my president no. He is untrustworthy. Four years on, tyrone tells me hes lost friends to the pandemic, and hes angry. How important do you think covid will be as an issue in the way people vote this november . I believe its going to be a big issue. A lot of lives could have been saved if the Trump Administration would have acted faster, and i think we could have saved a lot of lives. So after four years, these voters have one thing in common theyre as divided at this election as they were at the last. John kay, bbc news. And very interesting to go back and talk to them after that length of time. For years, yes. Later on well be speaking to Chris Packham about the return of autumn watch. One of the highlights of the series is these beautiful shots of seal colonies on the isle of may. All is quiet right now. Are you going to give me some seal facts . Louise, did you know. I probably did but go on. The average life span is 3040 did but go on. The average life span is 30 40 years. Did but go on. The average life span is 3040 years. Very interesting. 120,000 grey seals in britain, 40 of the entire world s population. And i think one of the reasons autumnwatch is going to be there is because grey seals give birth to fluffy white pubs in the autumn. Any more facts . You go ahead, you are on a roll. The grey seal can be distinguished from the common seal by its larger head, and a sloping roman nose profile. I was going to tell you about the nose profile, i didnt even need notes for that everyone has that sort of silt knowledge. We will be joined by someone who knows more than we do. Chris packham will join someone who knows more than we do. Chris packham willjoin us just after 9am. Every year, cider producer hawkes asks local people to donate their excess apples and receive a bottle of booze in return. This year, with coronavirus restrictions in place, theyve turned to postal donations as well. And the london based producer has been inundated with tonnes of fruit. Ben bland is there to find out more. Good morning morning it has been a bumperyearfor good morning morning it has been a bumper year for apples and when life gives you apples, you make cider, of course. Theyve had 12 tonnes of apples donated from all across the country. We have some here from glasgow. This box. This lot have come from birmingham. And this lot just north of newport in wales . Doing my bit for the cider making process, they go into the vat, all of those, and from there they get sorted, you can see them coming out of the conveyor belt. Look at how lovely they look they have been washed and sorted. Then they get chopped up in the machine. Down there. You see them being chopped up in the big grinder and from there they go up through that tube, they go into this machine. They go forwards and backwards about seven oreight times, forwards and backwards about seven or eight times, the juice forwards and backwards about seven or eight times, thejuice is extracted. Thats what you can see being collected underneath. Just follow me through, the pulp ends up here. That gets used, goes to make biofuel. The juice is put into these huge vats for a couple of weeks, gets fermented, and its stored for about six months, then its ready to drink in about march or april but lets find out more from elliott. He is the product of Development Manager here. Explain how all of this came about. We were making ginger beer in 2014, people in the local area thought we were making cider so they started dropping apples outside the production facility. We thought, if we are given apples we should make cider theres a huge amount this year, why is that . Theres been a massive, bumper crop this year, because we had a really wet winter last year. What happened was, given the huge sunny period we had over the summer, there was a massive blossom and all there was a massive blossom and all the blossom means loads of great pollination and that means loads more apples. Bigger quantities of apples, that is what we are talking about. I know from personal experience, my mum has an apple tree, this year we have given the neighbours, their families, and tree, this year we have given the neighbours, theirfamilies, and so on, but if we had sent them in here, what would be get back . How does that work . Every three kilos of apples donated we give one cider backin apples donated we give one cider back in the special boxes we created, they hold ten kilos of apple so everyone who donated one of those boxes got a three pack of cider back. Speaking of cider, naturally, i am cider back. Speaking of cider, naturally, lam not cider back. Speaking of cider, naturally, i am not going to come here and not taste any, you sort these by region. Im going to go for this. I think thats all right i quite like that. Is that from . At the london variety. We had a really good donation from london. Even we are a london cider maker. I dont want to be accused of being too london focused so what is your favourite . Be accused of being too london focused so what is your favourite . |j like this one. The midlands cider. Asa like this one. The midlands cider. As a midlands born lad i will obviously go for that. But there is a lot more. You know, i think am with you. There is a bit more to that. A little bit more. Elliott, thank you so much. Guys, we are here, we have work to do |j thank you so much. Guys, we are here, we have work to do i amjust a little bit envious. Thank you. I love that sort of inside the factory look. Its brilliant. Its 8 21am. We are talking about this story today, amongst others. Number 10 has said it is committed to levelling up across the country as it faces criticism from backbenchers. More than 50 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister asking him to set out a road map out of lockdown. One of those is jake berry, the mp for rossendale and darwen in lancashire, which is currently under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. Hejoins us now. Thank you for spending some time with us today. Tell us what you are calling for exactly with this letter . This is a group of northern conservative mps coming together and saying we want to refocus on how we can build back better across the north of england and in truth, there is also an element of lets build back with hope. We are saying show usa back with hope. We are saying show us a route out of lockdown restrictions, provide a bespoke northern growth plan. And support that levelling up agenda which we know the Prime Minister is absolutely committed to for delivering for the north of england. Are you concerned some of the ground the conservatives picked up in the last general election, particularly in the north, which was one of the big stories of the general election last year, will be lost and maybe has been lost already . last year, will be lost and maybe has been lost already . I dont think the ground has been lost, i think we have the most tremendous opportunity in the north of england. Look at something called the pmi, the barometer of confidence in manufacturing, you see in september every single part of the north of england was recovering faster on that measure than london. That is a huge opportunity. In this letter is about saying to the government lets come together, give people hope about how we can see the back of this awful disease and lets use the powerhouse of the northern economy to ensure that we can come out of this a better, fairerand more to ensure that we can come out of this a better, fairer and more equal society which we know is a vision the Prime Minister shares. Last week we saw and we were talking about the rout with regards to Greater Manchester and the tiered restrictions and the funding that was discussed, promised, withdrawn and eventually came to some sort of arrangement but do you feel come on the back of that, there is an accusation that the government is out of touch with large areas of the north . How do you respond to that . Of course, manchester is not the north and there were brilliant and productive discussions with lancashire, i understand the discussions with liverpool in South Yorkshire went well, as well. This government has really shown it is going to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of the north and this letter saying lets build back with hope, show us the way out of these restrictions, show us how we can unleash the power of the manufacturing economy in the real economy across the north of england to enable britain to recover from this terrible disease. There are groups in your constituency who are offering Free School Meals during this half term and you along with many of your fellow conservative mps voted against that motion last week for the government to do that. Would that not have been a way to start a procedure like this . First of all, well done and congratulations, not just to those groups up and down the country who are playing such a fantastic role supporting children in poverty. Theres two reactions to this, the first is the one advocated by the labour party which is to send people a £15 voucher if they receive school meals through the summer holidays. The second approach is the approach by this government, giving people more money through universal credit and family tax credit every single day of the week. That is the approach i support. Because anyone who tells you Child Poverty is just an issue during the School Holidays does not understand the issue itself. And that is why i am really supportive of what the government has done and on top of that, over £1 million has gone to lancashire to target the most vulnerable, £80,000 to Rossendale Council in my constituency. Those councils, every single day of the week when school is in, are in charge of feeding those very same children, in fact, they run most of the schools. They have a granular understanding of those in need and its right they should administer this scheme. When senior conservative say you have misjudged the mood of the nation, you disagree . I dont disagree. Ive set out my approach but i think it isa set out my approach but i think it is a great method to say if you believe in one approach, the approach of sending people vouchers, the second approach, the approach of giving people more cash every single day of the year, not just during School Holidays, in some ways you wa nt School Holidays, in some ways you want children to go hungry. In fact, this is an issue on which the conservative party and labour party ee, conservative party and labour party ou conservative party and labour party agree, you wouldnt believe it, if you looked at the recent press cove rage you looked at the recent press coverage but we want to tackle the injustice of children going hungry, we just come in some ways, disagree about the best way of doing that. Ive set out and advocated the way i believe in, other people will take a different view, that doesnt mean any of us including people who take any of us including people who take a different view, dont care about young people. Jake berry, thank you for spending some time with us today. Thank you. If you enjoyed looking at the grey seals, there is more coming up shortly. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im alice salfield. Transphobic hate crimes in london have more than quadrupled over the last nine years. Thats according to figures from the met police. Physical violence and name calling make up just part of that, but practices such as misgendering and outing a trans person are becoming more common. One man from east london faced transphobic bullying so severe, it almost made him take his own life. I experience a lot of hate, yeah, a lot of fear. There was a couple of times where i was followed home for a while, there was a couple of times where i could feel things being thrown at me, times where i wouldnt want to get on the bus. Ive had quite a few suicide attempts. I did not have any desire to be alive. Well, if youve been affected by any of the issues raised, the bbc action line has details of organisations who can offer help and advice. A toddler in a pushchair has been killed and a man critically injured in a crash in north west london. It happened in ruislip on sunday afternoon. A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving while on drugs. As the effects of the pandemic continue to affect jobs, londoners working in many sectors are concerned as we head towards christmas. Its usually a particularly busy season for tourism. But for one tour guide in tottenham, the future is uncertain. Now, its. It was a ghost city. We were hoping that it will be all right for Christmas Holidays, that we can work in winter, but now it seems that were not going to be working. So we cant see any future now we dont know whats going to happen within one year. A womans been attacked by thieves who broke into her home in basildon and stole three english bulldog puppies. She was sprayed in the face with a substance by the raiders, who took the dogs on friday night. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes, all looking good at the moment. And traffic is slow on the a2 heading out of london from falconwood to danson due to roadworks. Heres sara with the weather. Good morning to you. A dry start this morning across london and the south east. A bit cool in the suburbs, though, it must be said. But weve got some early brightness very short lived, though. Weve got clouds spilling in from the west in the coming hours and outbreaks of rain even by the end of the breakfast period with us for much of the day. Not clearing away until the middle part of the afternoon, then therell be some late brightness but also some sharp showers around. Itll be a breezy day, too. As we go through the night tonight, you can see pretty much a story of what were going to see through the day tomorrow a lot of clear weather, still a few showers here and there, and again the temperatures falling away into mid to high single figures for the start of your wednesday. And then tomorrow there will be a few showers around, but a lot of dry and sunny weather on offer, as well. Make the very most of it because it turns wet and windy again on thursday. Friday, as you can see, much milder and often dry. If you missed it, weve been running a really inspirational story about a group of friends who fought Breast Cancer and opened a Bra Fitting Service for other survivors. You can find it on our facebook. Ill be back atjust after 9am. See you then. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. After breakfast on bbc one this morning is morning live. Kym and gethin are here to tell us what we can expect. Good morning, once you have filled up good morning, once you have filled up on your breakfast we will be keeping you company until 10am. We loved having you with that yesterday and we hope you willjoin us again when we will be live talking about the things that matter most to you. We have seen anxiety levels go to the roof during lockdown, it is something i know all too well because my mum has really struggled. Lam because my mum has really struggled. Iamjust because my mum has really struggled. I am just frustrated that i cannot go to the shops. Every time i hear the Television Little that i was getting worse and worse and worse, it makes me more nervous again and i have not been anywhere, as you know. If, like my mum, you are finding things difficult, we had some great tips that have actually been used by the shs rash by the sas and really work. I could not believe the difference they made and they are so simple. Pet sales are soaring right now but it may be biting off more than we can chew . With so much financial uncertainty, Animal Charities are being braced for a rise in what is called pet poverty. If that is something you are worried about all have adu on it, please get in touch. We will be putting your questions to our resident vet, doctorjames greenwood. What is a Tuesday Morning without sparkle . You are used to hearing him on strictly, but in an exclusive interview, alyos ha but in an exclusive interview, alyosha is opening up the condition which has crippled his confidence. Studio and a dog, what more could you want . immunity to the coronavirus could only last a few months according to new research. The team at Imperial College london found that levels of protective antibodies drop quite rapidly which could suggest an increased risk of re infection. Werejoined by one of the reports lead authors, professor helen ward. Thank you very much forjoining us. Good morning. What have you found . What happens with the antibodies . This is one of the largest Testing Programme that has been done, we went to 365,000 people who filled in a questionnaire and hidden Antibody Test, dated a fingerprint blood sample and tested themselves for antibodies, injune, the third round, about 6 of adults in england we re round, about 6 of adults in england were positive, when we went back, not to the same people but another representative sample in september, it was about 4. 4 , about 26 lower. So were looking at antibodies, it is not everything about the immune system but it suggests that immunity is likely to wane over time after you have been infected, we are now about six months past first wave. Presumably that makes the search for a vaccine even more important . M makes, well, two things, the first is that even if you know you have had coronavirus, you have had covid, you cannot be sure you will not get it again so we therefore advise everybody to follow recommendations about hand hygiene, mass acquiring and keeping a distance from people. And secondly, of course, it means we are and secondly, of course, it means we a re really and secondly, of course, it means we are really in need of a vaccine which would hopefully produce a more long lived immunity to protect people. This is not particularly surprising, seasonal coronaviruses, which we have known about for a long time, they tend to produce an immunity budget wanes after six to 12 months. Many people might have hoped that they might not get it again, but this is completely opposite. They may not get it again and they are likely to have some of the immune responses that might be protected and maybe they could get a milder infection in the future, so it is important that we continue following a people who know they have covid and find out whether they are at risk. Some people have been proven to have reinfection, but it isa proven to have reinfection, but it is a small number. Hopefully there will be some continued resistance, but we do not know as it is such an early stage of the epidemic. Professor helen ward from imperial couege professor helen ward from Imperial College london, thank you so much. Earlier this month liverpool became the first major city in england to be put into tier three restrictions as the number of cases of coronavirus rocketed. For the mayor joe anderson the crisis became very personal when his brother bill died with the virus. In his First Television interview since that devastating loss, i went to meet him. Im delighted to say im joined byjoe anderson, the mayor of liverpool. Thank you very much for inviting us here during what are really tough times. And i know yourfamily has been directly affected im so sorry about your brother, bill. Last week, we had 61 deaths in liverpool. Bill was one of the 61. This week, its up to 74. So we know the serious issues facing many, many families in the city. And, of course, bill was taken so suddenly that we never got the chance to say goodbye or to be with him. And both bill and his wife had covid. Jenny, im glad to say, is fine now but, of course, the loss of bill is a great blow to us all, because six weeks prior to that, wed lost my brother through cancer. So its been a traumatic time, to say the least. And tell us about bill, because he was notjust your brother, but he provided for you, as well. We had a reasonably tough upbringing. My father was in the merchant navy, but very seldom worked. He was an alcoholic. Bill went away to sea when he was 16, but provided for the family, sending money allotments, as they were called, to my mum. That kept us going. So i always looked up to him. He was somebody that inspired me, somebody that was, you know. Somebody that gave, as i said, more to this world than he ever took out. Hell be sadly missed. Been overwhelmed by the messages of support. Had he had covid for a while . Had he been ill for a little while . He was taken into hospital on the friday afternoon, around about two oclock, immediately put into the icu and within eight hours hed died. His heart had give up because he couldnt cope with the covid pressure. And you were very busy at the time, werent you . Dealing with things. Yeah, the sad thing was is that bill often spoke to me a couple of times a week over Different Things. And sometimes id just press the button saying, call you later sorry, busy. And i did that. And, um, because i was so busy we were dealing with funding issues on the phone to the government, Different Things as liverpool was entering tier 3 so i was hugely busy that afternoon. And about two hours later, jenny rang on bills phone and i knew something was wrong immediately because when i heard her voice answer the phone. Thats his wife. Yeah, thats bills wife, jen, and and she told me that he was in hospital, yeah. So that was also sad. However, of course, with covid, theres very little you can do. You cant go and visit, you cant sit, you cant be with somebody thats got covid. And its happened to thousands and thousands of people notjust here in liverpool, in the city region, but across the country. Its a disease that, you know, takes no prisoners. Its heartless in how it deals with people. This makes things so hard, doesnt it . That you cant go and say goodbye. I think the good thing for me is that, you know, weve already been contacted by people that were on duty, and a friend of the family one of the icu doctors his father sailed with bill. Thats incredible. And so he looked after him and made sure that he was ok. He actually did an extra shift to stay there with billy. So that was good to know that there were people talking to him, people, you know, having a conversation with him, people actually taking the time out to make sure that he was all right. You want a point at this time to be able to celebrate and remember his life, as well. Will you get a chance to do that . Well get the opportunity to laugh at the things that he did and, as a brother, ive got many tales and stories to tell about him but also remember what he did for people, you know why he was, you know, such a remarkable man because of what he did for people and the fights that he fought on behalf of people and the things that he gave and he never took back. At the time that he died, there was a protest or demonstration in liverpool people saying that, you know, this was perhaps a hoax. So what do you say when you see that . Its frustrating and it makes me angry. It makes me angry because i see and feeland hearand i get lots of messages every single day, every single week about the sacrifices that doctors and nurses and front line staff are making. You know, theyre not only sacrificing themselves, but sacrificing our families. We know that liverpools obviously in tier 3 would you back tougher restrictions if it were necessary at any point . I would back tougher measures if its necessary. You know, this is a fight against a virus that we cant see but we know is there, and we know its taking untold damage on peoples well being, health, Mental Health, but also a huge toll in terms of families as members of families are dying as a result. And i think that has to be our priority. That has to be the number one focus in reducing the Covid Infection rate in the city. So if anything was needed and required to actually bring it down faster, or to make things tougher, than i would do that. However, i want to make sure that we are giving tier 3 a chance and an opportunity to see if the measures that are in place now have that impact. Will the city survive . Weve lost around about 220 businesses in the hospitality sector. That has an enormous impact on the funding of liverpool city council. But we will get through it. People in this city are resilient. You know, people in this city are passionate. The values and the principles that we hold, they will see us through and well support one another. You know, everybody in this city knows that the fight that we have is with covid 19, not each other. And well Work Together, stick together, and well make sure that we get through it. A really stark reminder from joe anderson of how difficult it can be. So many people affected all over the country. Thank you for being with us this morning. Every year our colleagues at bbc music showcase the unsigned acts who are making an impact, and name one of them as the introducing artist of the year. This year, weve got the honour of announcing the winner. I need a drum roll shes had her songs played across bbc radio and played on stage at glastonbury its singer songwriter arlo parks. Shejoins us now. Good morning, and huge congratulations. Thank you so much. What an honour, how do you feel . Honestly, it feels incredible, i remember being 16 and uploading my demos and to be picked as the artist of the year, it feels full circle, i and so grateful. Take us back to you at16, and so grateful. Take us back to you at 16, uploading videos with the hopes and dreams of what might happen, it must feel strange to now be an award winner . It definitely feels a little bit surreal. I rememberjournalling feels a little bit surreal. I remember journalling about this, wanting to be a professional musician since i was very young, so it feels amazing to finally get there. We will listen to some of your music, you have the most beautiful voice, let listen to your single fares. Your dad said he felt like hed lost you. Soi lost you. So i know why we lasted two months. Couldnt hold my hand in public. Couldnt hold my hand in public. Felt their eyes touching our love and painfor felt their eyes touching our love and pain for blood. I could never play new, darling. Never blame you, darling. Some of these thoughts want to make you cry. How are you going to trust what you feel inside . As lily says, you have a beautiful voice. As louise says. I know you area voice. As louise says. I know you are a poet, your lyrics come first and that the music afterwards, or how does it work . It has always been lyrics first for me, i started writing stories when i was eight or nine soi writing stories when i was eight or nine so i have always gravitated towards words that have been interested in energy and storytelling, so it is always lyrics first. Black dog, you can tell me about that song, your lyrics have a lot of insight into helping people with Mental Health issues. Tell about black dog, it is another beautiful song. I voted for a friend he was having a difficult time in terms of her Mental Health, i wanted to make people feel less alone i wrote it for a friend. Especially putting it out during lockdown, i got a lot of messages from people saying it made them feel less isolated and part of something, that was a beautiful moment. You are an ambassadorfor sage, was a beautiful moment. You are an ambassador for sage, the campaign against reading miserably. White is that set well with you . An ambassadorfor calm. That set well with you . An ambassador for calm. It is about helping people in their lowest moment, that is a nation i align myself with completely because many people close to my heart had struggled and it is a beautiful result. How have you been, you say you release music during lockdown, how has it been for you . you release music during lockdown, how has it been for you . I have been lucky enough to have felt inspired during this time and to have been able to write my album, that it has been an emotional roller coaster. Spending a lot of time on the road and thenjust spending a lot of time on the road and then just being spending a lot of time on the road and thenjust being inside spending a lot of time on the road and then just being inside with spending a lot of time on the road and thenjust being inside with my pa rents and thenjust being inside with my parents and not really working felt difficult, but i think it was about seeing the positive and focusing on what i could do. I know you are planning a tour for next year, is it one of those touches on hold just in case . I guess i am hopeful i will be able to be out on the road, im optimistic but we will see. Best of luck, thank you, your music is absolutely beautiful. We appreciate you talking to us. Thank you very much. She has the most calming, lovely voice. Both speaking and song. Now, something completely different. Time for a weather update. Carol kirkwood is at Hampton Court palace rose this morning and she has been telling us ghost stories. Do you have another one . I certainly have, sheila joins, she is state apartment water. Good morning. Tell us about the ghostly trial taking place here around halloween. For the half term to entertain many families and visitors, we have a Spooky Halloween trail, covering most of the important ghostly stories. Visitors can come and find certain areas where ghosts have been seen and if they want a ghostly tale or two theres always the trusty state apartment warders who are willing to share knowledge with them. Have you ever seen or experienced a go steer yourself . Funny you should ask that many yea rs funny you should ask that many years ago, i had finished my ghost tourfor years ago, i had finished my ghost tour for the years ago, i had finished my ghost tourfor the evening, i had a member of the press on it and he said can we go back up to the famous hunted gallery and can you tell me the story again . Wed only been there for about five minutes, it wasnt a cold evening, he was perfectly 0k. For about five minutes, it wasnt a cold evening, he was perfectly ok. I was attempting to tell him the story when all of a sudden, i started to feel very unwell. My head seemed to be very heavy on my shoulders, and asi be very heavy on my shoulders, and as i continued with the tail, i had as i continued with the tail, i had a tense, intense cold through my body that i have never felt before. And then, my teeth started to chat uncontrollably. He was absolutely fine. Needless to say, i couldnt finish the story, and when i got downstairs into the courtyard, i felt fine. Sheila itell you, i will be leaving here at high speed this morning thank you so much, its been fascinating. Thank you. The weather this morning has been kind to us, weve had showers and there is more rain to come but the forecast today is rain spreading from west to east followed by blustery showers. Some of those heavy and thundery, some will have some hail in there as well. This morning, weve already got the rent which is continuing to push towards the north east, behind it, we see the north east, behind it, we see the blustery showers but it will brighten up as well particularly so in parts of wales and south west england. But here is where we are likely to see the heavy showers, wind is gusting at 40 miles an hour plus, exposure in the west and through the English Channel coast line. Temperatures 10 14. Through the English Channel coast line. Temperatures 10 14. This evening and overnight the rain eventually making it into the far north east of scotland, clearing, behind it we look at blustery showers again, some will be heavy. Not a particularly cold night, but it will be chilly if you are heading out early. Tomorrow we continue with the theme of blustery showers, some of them heavy and thundery, especially in the west, it will continue to be windy, strong gusts, very large waves as well with exposure in Western Areas, the west of Northern Ireland, the outer hebrides, 5 10 metres high and the u nsettled hebrides, 5 10 metres high and the unsettled theme continues. Speaking of unsettled, i am high tailing it out of here. I will see you tomorrow goodbye carol, you have been scared off, its been really enjoyable from here. Sprinting off before the end of the weather. That is it, she is gone. They were childhood friends and the ultimate 80s girl group, but since lockdown sarah dallin and Keren Woodward have formed their very own bananarama bubble. Imagine that instead of the planned tour the pop superstars behind hits like venus and really saying something used the time to write their autobiography. Theyve taken our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson back to one of their old stomping grounds. Here we are. Its been a while. Bananarama. Oh, its still got the squeaky floor. Back at londons pineapple dance studios. All the classics were rehearsed here. I heard a rumour, love in the first degree. Did we do venus here . I think we may. I forgot. Ive got a bad arm. I am your venus i am yourfire of desire. This trip down memory lane is because bananarama used lockdown to write their autobiography. You have actually been bubbling during lockdown . Weve been bubbling since lockdown, yeah. How has it been for you . Great great, actually, yeah. Really good. Yeah, i mean, it made sense because of the book and the fact were best mates anyway. So while everyone else was doing boxed sets and jigsaws, bananarama were writing away . Yes, absolutely. It aint what you do, its the way that you do it it aint what you do its the way that you do it and thats what gets results. It was 1981 when bananarama first shuffled onto top of the pops. Keren and sarah have been the two constants in the band ever since. Writing the book has allowed them to think about their contribution to pop history. There were moments where i got quite emotional. Like, i think writing the book for me brought a real sense of achievement. That maybe i wasnt as proud of myself as i should have been. He was really saying something. There were so few girl groups around at the time, that i think thats probably why we sort of stuck out as something different. Yeah, we worked hard and i think we deserve our place in pop history. You dont want to go on and on about how hard it is for women, but it is harderfor women. Its harder to get respect. Looking back you realise what a battle it actually was. Its a cruel, cruel summer leaving me here on my own its a cruel. The book also deals with some metoo moments, including when their own Security Guard stripped naked and expected to get into bed with them. I think that weve been saved in a lot of situations by the fact that there were three of us, and actually, you know, one young girl isnt overly intimidating, but three of you. Three laughing at those situations, which is what we tended to do. Were there many of those situations . Do you know what . Yes, quite a few. Feed the world. Im looking at the only two people to have sung on band aid and band aid two. Hurrah how much does that achievement mean to you . I think the first one was quite extraordinary in that. We had absolutely no idea when we got the call. Let them know its christmas time. We were quite young stepping out of the little mini metro, or whatever we were in, then seeing sting, i wasjust like, oh, my god, whats going on . Its incredible looking back there was only you and jody whatley from shalamar as females on the single. What was going on . When you see the Group Picture you realise it was just a sea of men and a couple of little girls in there. It is quite extraordinary. I mean, there must have been other artists around at the time. Alison moyet, kim wilde, i mean. Where were they . Feed the world. Let them know its christmas time. What was the second recording like . Now who was in that . Bros . Cliff richard was in it. Yeah. My abiding memory was thinking that cliff must think im incredibly rude, because he went to tell me what to sing and i said, yes, darling, i was on the first one when you read a book like this you are hoping the big names get mentioned. You dont disappoint in that. Paul mccartney is in there. An amazing story about andy warhol. Meeting andy warhol, because he was so iconic, he was on this mtv boat and came up and was doing, literally taking polaroids of us. Thats the sort of thing he was known for. But that was incredible meeting him. Robert de niros waiting, talking italian. And you do tell the Robert De Niro story. You did get to meet up after releasing the single . We had a pay phone in our hall in our council flat. And the phone went and my boyfriend answered it. The three of us were watching brookside in the other room. And he came and said, bob de niro is on the phone, very excitedly, and were obviously thinking, as if. But we all scuttled to the phone and i think siobhan sort of spoke monosyllabic. Do you want to go for a drink . Yeah. This, that and the other. So we met up and had a drink with him. It was just really strange. What do you talk to Robert De Niro about . I have no recollection. No idea only you can set me free. Cos im guilty guilty as a girl can be. And despite all bananaramas 2020 tour dates being cancelled due to covid, they insist they will be back on the road next year. It was so easy every step of the way to think you could easily be written off and disappear, become invisible. But why should you when you love what you do . I mean, im proud that were still here and still going. Come on baby, cant you see . I stand accused of love in the first degree guilty of love in the first degree. Excellent some proper music its a major step in the mission to explore our solar system nasa has announced that theres conclusive evidence of water in sunlit areas of the moon. The discovery could boost plans for further exploration of the satellite, and even hopes of a human base there. To help us understand what it all means, were joined by hannah sergeant, a planetary scientist at the open university. Good morning to you and thank you for joining good morning to you and thank you forjoining us. What has been found and is it significant . It is significant, the first confirmation of water on the moon. Weve had lots of water on the moon. Weve had lots of indirect evidence that there is water there and we had a lot of missions that are planned to go and explore these potential water deposits but now it is actual confirmation which is really exciting. What is most interesting about it is that this water is not necessarily stored in these really ha rd necessarily stored in these really hard to access areas that we thought it might be. So potentially, there is more easily accessible water for us to go and investigate. What is easily accessible water it mean, potentially, building a base on the moon . What is the logical next step . Easily accessible, this is all relative, we think these water molecules are perhaps trapped inside some of the glassy grains there on the service and they still need to be extracted which is quite intensive, you still need a lot of energy to do that but bearing in mind, a few decades ago we thought the moon was bone dry, this is still really exciting news. But we have been planning to have a moon base and this is definitely, in the long term, the goals of major space agencies and this isjust term, the goals of major space agencies and this is just at potential, extra bonus, if it is more easily accessible. This is not related to evidence of life on the moon, is it . No, we are not really considering life at this point. Like isaid, considering life at this point. Like i said, its trapped inside these glassy materials, its frozen in a star, incredibly dark and cold craters. Life is not really part of the discussion at this point. When we speak about the subject we speak about the moon being potentially a future stopping point on the way to mars so how far off Something Like that rb . Now, weve lost hannah we will not know the answer to that question. We probably will know the a nswer to question. We probably will know the answer to that but not right now. Houston, we have a problem im so sorry hannah, about that. 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