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tomorrow. all the details here on brea kfast. good morning full of your holiday it's wednesday may have been put on hold but with the 16th of september. our top story. plans to prioritise who can access a coronavirus test are being drawn up, as the government cargo the planes keep coming and is being warned time is running out going. iam cargo the planes keep coming and going. i am at the east midlands to fix the system. it's thought staff and patients airport. in the nhs and social care will be first in line could gareth bale be making a fairytale return to the premier to receive the tests. league? greg mckenzie reports. the welsh star is in talks to return to tottenham — seven years after leaving the signs are clear, the testing system is struggling for real madrid. to cope, with reports that some in desperation are turning up at accident and emergency seeking coronavirus tests. it is led to this and we hit 31 degrees again warning in bolton which yesterday. still warm across the currently has the highest south but things are turning cooler gci’oss south but things are turning cooler across the north. all the details here on breakfast. infection rate in england. it's wednesday, september 16. please, do not attend the mayor of greater manchester — home to england's highest coronavirus infection rate — the hospital here if you says time is running out to fix think you have covid—19. the testing system. andy burnham was speaking as the government prepares unless you are seriously unwell, to publish details of how it for example if you have difficulty will limit access to the tests breathing or if you have been sent as the system struggles to cope with demand. greg mckenzie reports. here from a consultation with a gp. the government says there are more tests being done in the uk than in most the signs are clear, the testing european countries and it wants to double the number by october. system is struggling to cope with but with the health secretary matt reports that some in desperation are hancock admitting the current crisis would take weeks to fix, turning up at accident and emergency seeking coronavirus tests. it is led many who need one are finding it to this warning in bolton which currently has the highest infection difficult to get a test now. rate in england. please, do not attend the hospital here if you this should not be a surprise to think you have covid—19. unless you anyone. we know that when you start mixing children, inevitably coughs are seriously unwell, for example if and colds, we go into winter, you have difficulty breathing or if children will get a temperature and you have difficulty breathing or if you have difficulty breathing or if a snotty nose, the demand will rise you have been sent here from a and the fact that this seems to be a consultation with a gp. the surprise to the government and the government says there are more tests being done in the uk than in most testing system beggars belief from our point of view. the idea that it european countries and it wants to will be several weeks before we get double the number by october. but with the health and secretary matt this sorted is just a disaster for the nhs. hancock admitting the current crisis backlogs in testing samples in labs would take weeks to fix, many who have led to a limit on the number need one are finding it difficult to of testing spots available. get a test now. a care worker, i the mayor of greater manchester said the system's struggles have come at the worst possible time. the problem is if testing fails, came in on sunday and i can't go to everything else fails with it. work. i tried online, without good testing came in on sunday and i can't go to work. itried online, on came in on sunday and i can't go to work. i tried online, on the government website but there is nothing there. it keeps saying that there is no tracing, no isolating and this will mean lam nothing there. it keeps saying that i am busy, nothing there. it keeps saying that we cannot have any effective control lam busy, come back in nothing there. it keeps saying that i am busy, come back in a couple of of the virus and it comes hours, come back in a couple of hours. it constantly does that and at the worst possible time. when you are off work, as a key i think we have two or three weeks to fix these things and if we don't, worker, it is very difficult. the worry is we will never regain backlogs in testing samples and control as we go into the rest laboratories have led to a limit on of the autumn and winter. the health secretary the number of testing spots has said there will available. the mayor of greater be prioritisation of tests manchester said of the system for people with acute clinical need struggles have come at the worst and those in social care settings. possible time. the problem is if but nhs leaders have called for health testing fails, everything else fails workers to be near the top of that with it. without good west testing there is no tracing, no isolating list as well as demand for tests continues to outstrip supply. and this will mean we cannot have any effective control of the virus and it comes at the worst possible time. i think we have two or three our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster for us. weeks to fix these things and if we jonathan, the prime minister is set to face some difficult questions don't, the worry is we will never today. regain control as we go into the rest of the autumn and winter. the health secretary has said there will be prioritisation of tests for when is testing going to reach people with acute clinical need and capacity and will everybody be able to get a test? it is undoubtedly the those in social care settings. but nhs leaders have called for health workers to be near the top of that biggest challenge for the government at the moment and yes this will be a day of questioning if not a day of list as well as demand for tests continues to outstrip supply. reckoning for the minister here today. firstly, prime minister ‘s our political correspondent questions in the house of commons at jonathan blake is in westminster for us. mid day. boris johnson questions in the house of commons at mid day. borisjohnson will face the jonathan, the prime minister is set to face some labour deputy leader because the difficult questions today. labour deputy leader because the labour leader is still self isolating at home and labour have, at every term throughout this pandemic, questioned the yes it will be a day of questioning government's competence in its response and i would expect them to for the prime minister if not a day do that again today. later on the of reckoning here at westminster. firstly, pmqs in the house of prime minister will face a more commons, unusually against the extended and detailed session of questioning from the liaison labour deputy leader, two very different politicians both in style committee made up of senior and substance. that might be worth a backbench mps from all the different parties here in parliament and i watch. the labour leader still self isolating, of course. and labour at think the challenge for him there will be demonstrating or explaining every term have tried to question why the government's rhetoric does the government's competence over its not quite meet the reality. there handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been no shortage of ambition soi handling of the coronavirus pandemic so i would not be surprised if the prime minister ‘s claim that the from the government, talking about a moonshot for mass community testing test and trace system would be world and also a world beating test and beating is turned back on him today. trace system. the trouble with setting targets like that is that later on, ina beating is turned back on him today. later on, in a slightly different setting, senior backbench mps who there will be questions for the prime minister to answer when the chose different select committees government does not appear to have achieved them. thank you very much. will face the prime minister as well foran we will discuss that in more detail will face the prime minister as well for an extended session of questions. they get to do that as well with the justice usually three times a year also and we will discuss that in more detail as well with thejustice secretary robert buckland who will be with us they will make the most of it, i am at 730. there will be tougher penalties for serious and violent criminals sure, to probe borisjohnson on his in england and wales under new measures being formally announced by the government today. government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. top of that the overhaul of sentencing laws will be outlined list will be the current pressing in a government white paper. it comes after the criminaljustice system ground to a halt issue of testing. as you heard in during the coronavirus pandemic. here's our home affairs red's report, at hancock has admitted this will take weeks to correspondent, june kelly sort out but time is pressing and the decisions to prioritise test for tougherjail terms for serious criminals. certain groups of people will not this is the government's message with this overhaul of the sentencing system. please everyone did it much to think about there, thank you very much. but the smarter sentencing, as it is being described, also includes greater use and we will discuss that with robert of measures aimed at rehabilitation. buckland, the justice and we will discuss that with robert buckland, thejustice secretary, who will be here with us on breakfast at chris mcgrath, with martin brewing, 7.30 this morning. the psychologist to help him to turn his life around with one—on—one there will be tougher penalties for serious and violent criminals sessions which addressed his mental health issues and his cycle in england and wales under of reoffending which had gone new measures being formally on for 16 years. announced by the government today. the overhaul of sentencing laws will be outlined in a government white paper. it comes after the criminaljustice system ground to a halt i'd be out from friday till sunday, during the coronavirus pandemic. sometimes even longer, here's our home affairs spending my wages, losing correspondent, june kelly. jobs and losing friends. suffered jail terms for serious criminals. this is the government's i have gained all that back and more. more friends, a betterjob, message with this overhaul of the a great relationship sentencing system. but the smarter with my children. sentencing, as it is being described, also includes greater use of measures aimed at rehabilitation. so why can community—based sentences chris mcgrath, with martin brewing, the psychologist to help him to turn be a better alternative to prison? his life around with one—on—one sessions which addressed his mental much of the clientele we see have been health issues and his cycle of struggling with long—term mental health or substance abuse difficulties for quite some time. reoffending which had gone on for 16 yea rs. without the support, reoffending which had gone on for 16 that creates a revolving door years. i'd be out from friday till where they are in and out of the justice system because no—one sunday, sometimes even longer, is treating the root cause of the problem. spending my wages, losing jobs and losing friends. i have gained all serious offenders like rapists, young killers and those convicted of terrorism face harsher penalties. that back and more. more friends, a but all these proposals come as the court system is facing betterjob, a great relationship with my children. so why can a massive battle with cases. that has left so many, community—based sentences be a better alternative to prison? much including victims, in legal limbo. of the clientele we see have been the foreign secretary, dominic raab, struggling with long—term mental will meet senior us politicians health or substance abuse in washington today amid anger over difficulties for quite some time. the government's plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal deal. without the support that creates a in a letter to borisjohnson last revolving door where they are in and night, four senior congressmen out of the justice system because warned that a uk—us trade deal no—one is treating the root cause of would be blocked if there was any the problem. serious offenders like risk to the good friday agreement. rapist, young killers and those convicted of terrorism face harsher in response, downing street said penalties. but all these proposals come as the court system is facing a the legislation was a legal safety massive battle with cases. it has net — to ensure the agreement was upheld in all circumstances. left so many, including victims, in eight minutes past seven. let's get on the date on the weather. good legal limbo. the number of confirmed morning to you both. a little mist and fog showing up in some of our shot here in north wales. it is dry coronavirus cases in india has now passed 5 million. it is the second here and a dry start to wednesday worst affected country in the world but the country is experiencing a and for most of it, a couple of fasters spread of the virus. the death rate is lower than many cases isolated showers and this zone of that make countries with a high cloud across parts of scotland and north—east england will produce caseload. dominic raab will meet light rain and drizzle. it is working southwards and westward and senior washington politicians today a keen north—easterly breeze developing around it and that will amid anger over the government's bring changes. more sunshine across plans. —— for senior congressmen final scotland compared to yesterday warned that a uk us trade deal would but will feel cooler with temperatures 12 five and 15 degrees. be blocked if there was any risk to the good friday agreement. in cooler across parts of scotland and response, downing street said the northern ireland although a fair bit legislation was illegal safety net. of cloud and temperatures could be around 10 degrees lower than —— a legal safety net. yesterday. lots of sunshine across president trump has issued a disaster declaration for oregon — the south into a channel islands, one of the states worst hit by the wildfires raging not the 31 degrees we saw yesterday in the western united states. the action makes federal funding available to but temperatures still around 24— 28 help mitigate the disaster. tens of thousands of people celsius, still a very warm day in have been displaced, the south, a muggy night to come and entire towns have been destroyed, by the blazes across the southern and south—west in california, oregon and washington. smoke from the fires has now spread areas but for most tonight it will right across the country bea areas but for most tonight it will be a fresh night with temperatures to new york. dropping back to single figures in barbados has announced its intention to remove the queen as head of state the countryside but another dry by november next year. the bajan government said the time had come to fully leave the colonial start to tomorrow, plenty of sunshine around as the early morning past behind and become a republic. mist and fog is cleared with plenty the caribbean island gained of sunshine and dry weather to come over the next few days. independence from britain in 1966. if you enjoyed watching breakfast‘s john maguire flying the problems with coronavirus a spitfire on yesterday's show, testing could take weeks to fix. then you'll want to see — those were the words and hear — this. of the health secretary matt hancock as he spoke to mps in parliament yesterday. officials in bolton have now issued this was filmed in the skies an urgent plea for people not above northamptonshire yesterday to attend hospitals during a special flight to try and get tested. to commemorate the 80th anniversary the town in greater manchester of the end of the battle of britain, currently has the highest infection when the raf successfully repelled rate in england. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin the largest ever daylight is there for us this morning. raid by the luftwaffe. good morning. we are here in the that is amazing. i was watching a programme about that last night, covid—19 capital of the country. about the importance of radar this is one of four test centres here in bolton and only this because the german planes out dond morning, good morning gentlemen, it the british ones but radar gave you will start getting busy, or maybe 20 minutes warning so if we had not not, at 10am because when we were had radar, things could have been different to. is ten minutes past here yesterday you would expect it to be busy because of what is happening, because of the escalating rates but it was really quiet stop six and matt is here with the weather. this picture is from yesterday but moscow skies like this even yesterday, even in this covid today. the rainfall radar is coming capital of the country, if you were in handy this morning but for most a key walker that make worker and it isa in handy this morning but for most it is a dry day. still warm in the logged onto the computer system yesterday to try and book a test you south, not quite 31 as we saw we re yesterday to try and book a test you were told that there were none yesterday and can buckle conditions available. absolutely not sitting developing from the north. a few nowhere in the country and certainly spots of rain around, some towards east anglia in the south—east, some none here in bolton. matt hancock link to the cloud drifting said he reckons you can turn this southwards to north—east england around ina said he reckons you can turn this around in a few weeks time. during the day. that will bring a yesterday we filmed him and stop change to cooler conditions, temperatures returning to normal but port, another area where rates are rising quite quickly. and what we it does mean through the day and into the afternoon much more sunshine around on the far north of found is that even with matt hancock scotla nd saying he wants to retires this sunshine around on the far north of scotland compared with just day. temperatures only 12— 15 degrees. short supply for people who need it, plenty of clout across southern there are other people out there who scotla nd plenty of clout across southern scotland the brightening relative to this morning. a breakfrom the cloud will do whatever it takes to get their hands on a test because when in northern ireland but temperatures in the mid— teens rather than they have been told, promised a squeezing into the 20s. 10 degrees world beating system they think they are entitled to it. have a look at cooler for some squeezing into the 20s. 10 degrees coolerfor some in northern england, this. particularly close to the north—east this is a message that signals a coast and still a couple of spots of light rain and drizzle but southern system in chaos. there are not enough tests to go around. today was counties into the channel, blue skies for many with some low cloud really bad. coughing and i couldn't lingering throughout for a west of sleep. last night in stock or, j wales. temperatures topping today at told me she top found a way to get 17 degrees, the around the supply online. told me she top found a way to get around the supply onlinelj told me she top found a way to get around the supply online. i put in that i was unemployed anderson is eclectic it said there was no site cloud is shifting south and west. available. as soon as i tried to change the unemployed it to a key temperatures in single figures for sun as we start tomorrow morning and while we could see some rain across worker that's how i got this. are you a key worker? no. two months northern scotland, most places stay ago, getting a test was a public dry and sunny. thank you and we duty. today, prioritisation is the key word. matt hancock is saying that they need to prioritise test shall see you through the morning. i think i saw a little dog in that for key workers because there are no picture, do you see a little dog? let's have a quick look. longer enough tests to go around to do you feel guilty about clicking that? no. because i am keeping my family that? no. because i am keeping my fa m ily safe that? no. because i am keeping my family safe and everyone else safe. i think there should be a lot more test otherwise what is the point? all going to get it to there is a dan, always the first to spot a dog. co nsta nt strea m of all going to get it to there is a constant stream of people of this test centre. some with appointments, let's have a look at the papers this some with that. some with symptoms, some with that. some with symptoms, morning. "why are they still some with that. i didn't even know failing the test?" asks the daily mail, as it calls the covid—19 testing it was here. i wasjust situation a "shambles". the daily telegraph reports some with that. i didn't even know it was here. i was just wondering that the archbishop of canterbury, bye. lance wants a test after justin welby, is concerned returning from holiday in spain.|j about the effect of the rule have done the two week isolation. of six, particularly on the poor, elderly and vulnerable. it also has a picture of the duchess of cambridge on a visit to a bakery but you think you fancy a test? but in east london. now i am thinking i might have a test. i don't feel poorly. i have no the daily mirror reports the sad cough, no sneezing. is it more for peace of mind? yeah. breakfast news of the death of a 12—day—old viewers across the country have baby boy who was killed inundated us with their stories. we have been trying to get hold of a covid—19 test for my daughter since by a dog in doncaster. la st covid—19 test for my daughter since last thursday stop of fighting and two people have been arrested failing to get a test when they need it most. she was told that she could following the attack on sunday. and the most read story on the bbc have a test but she would have to news website overnight travel to aberdeen. chris told us is about a social media boycott by celebrities including kim kardashian west. they're planning to freeze their accounts for 2h hours how this daughter's vital surgery to protest against the spread was cancelled because she could not of what they call "hate, get a test. she declined that offer propaganda and misinformation". because we live in office. hazel, a special—needs teacher is desperate for a test and to get back to school. i was offered one but it was what do you have on the inside in leicester which is over 60 miles away. jean, this family went private there? here we go. this may take a in exasperation. there were no appointments available so she bit of folding work but here, decided to pay for a private test which was £120. chloe and her everybody, is brian may of mcqueen flatmates who battled the system for and, waitfor a test to do we must have tried over 50 times. they now have to retake. everybody, is brian may of mcqueen and, wait for it... another dog! we spend hours going to scotland and man's best friend, a poodle called o nyx man's best friend, a poodle called then your test came back unclear. so onyx and he not only looks like brian may but apparently loves his now we are trying hard to get more test. and duncan. we started the music. the owner says she is often stopped by people who spot the lengthy process of trying to get a resemblance. oh, no! the test. amidst that he needs the two—year—old developed the curly certainty of a test result for this grey bouffant at seven months old daughter so he can return to work and protect this wife. my wife has and there is a rundown hear of queen mne which, if she catches covid—19, can be very serious. definitely song puns. "i want to bark free".|j there should be a priority because there should be a priority because there will be certain people in a lower risk category than others. backin lower risk category than others. back in stockport they are looking was watching video of mabel and olive, those labradors. we might be speaking to them later this week. if up. clint the delivery driver arrives to pick up the swabs from 12 hours of testing. some of the you've not seen those videos, though 220,000 processed every day. a big check them out. responsibility. that's what they say. tomorrow, they started all over this is an interesting story. this again. but with covid—19 figures is in the daily telegraph. it's rising and a promise that the test about long—range drones, which have capacity will do the same. been tested with a view to replace police helicopters, actually, in the pursuit of criminals and missing people. and this is information i spoke to a woman outside these released by the home office. the gates yesterday who was furious national police air service flies because she had been around all the helicopters for various forces in test centres in bolton, knowing full well that no—one would get a test england and wales and has tested this is really built military drone, and wondering why everyone is here twiddling their thumbs. why are they first used in disaster were to conduct surveillance and not agree queues outside where we reconnaissance against terrorists. know there are lots of people who wa nt know there are lots of people who want and need a test? so, a few details about what they can do, top speed of 140 miles an hour. a helicopter can scare tonyis tony is the chief executive of alton criminals, 18,000 feet, they fly out. it's interesting, the ways we are using technology in different counsellor. what is going on, and how concerned are you? we are ways. have you, louise minchin, when concerned, i have to say, this is highly frustrating and i totally attending a zoom meeting or that understand how that person fell sort of thing, have you been smart yesterday. the situation is as at the top and freestyle at the simple as this: these test centres, bottom? no, no, i am very much a scruffy all the way. i know people the labs, the ministers for these who do that. most folks at my house enquiries, is run not by local authorities but by government bodies are in shorts but a nice shirt. or private bodies that have been counsellors have been ordered to wear suits during virtual meetings commercially procured to run them. over fears of scruffy appearances we were concerned sometime ago, could give local authorities a bad because when we had the restrictions name. north lincolnshire council has introduced, we raise this very early been told to smarten up and comply on, about two weeks ago. we have with the dress code, even when been talking about it in that for about a week, but you have seen attending meetings on zoom or these problems bring for about two microsoft teams or whatever it may weeks? we knew we would have some be. councillor steve veterans has problems, because we knew the infection rate in bolton was hit back, i always respect the escalating at a faster rate. chair, but i'm not going to on this everyday we have conversations with occasion. my bedroom is only 12 by government partners and officials, 12 foot, i am not going to be which i have to say i really helpful, but we raise these matters, strikingly hot, so i willjust wear a shirtand we raised them again yesterday, and strikingly hot, so i willjust wear a shirt and a tie, i will not be a we raised them again yesterday, and we a ptly we raised them again yesterday, and we aptly said we need a more honest jacket. stifling. things that we conversation with notjust the voting public, but the country, because there is clearly a problem didn't know we had to do. it is 6:15am. —— the bolton public. the minister the coronavirus outbreak has had a huge impact on foreign travel was helpful in his announcement this summer — but it's not just holiday makers yesterday. it acknowledges this is a who have been affected. national problem that needs to be resolved. you're passing the buck to nina is at east midlands airport the government yesterday, me and my to find out how it's changing imports and exports. producers spent time talking to your good morning common enough. yes! people, saying when you testing centres open, when do they close was good morning common enough. yes! good morning! have a look at this, there they didn't know. how can that it's so cool. when you buy your bits be, when you are sitting on this emergency? first of all, i don't and bobs online, and we have been wa nt to emergency? first of all, i don't want to sound rude, but you are doing more of that of a lockdown, assuming you are talking to our did you think about how they got to people. so your viewers understand... they said they the uk? 1 million packages come couldn't find out. these sentences through east midlands airport every single night, the equivalent weight are run by other companies, they are of 83 double—decker buses. and what not run by the council. but you do need to know. if! could not run by the council. but you do is interesting, what has happened need to know. if i could answer your question, these are run by companies on the heart of the government, the have a lockdown is in before covid-19, the have a lockdown is in before covid—19, the vast majority of cargo test centre and arrangements are run would go in the belly of passenger by the government and bodies. we are having to wait to be informed and planes. obviously those plans have been grounded, by and large, so there has been an increase in freight specific plans like this advised and provided information. on one. there has been a real area of sunday or saturday, we hoped to growth there. other areas have establish, we just provide the obviously contracted. peter works science, that is all we do here. the running of the star, everything is with this company. good morning to you. talk us through how things have other people's response abilities. on saturday we had someone at the changed since march? first and armstrong hotel, that didn't dart because the supplier, the company foremost we have had to adapt didn't turn up. —— didn't start. through the pandemic period byjust a couple of requirements of the other partners helped us out in the private sector. on sunday, we had a government and also health and wellbeing standpoints of the people. we have seen this massive reduction total of 400 slots, as i am advised, that were available for the public. in passenger activity, passenger only 40 tests were taken. and this airline activity, and around the is because the demand is greater world. and as that passenger than the supply, and we have to work activity is reduced, we see that within the constraints of what we demand shift towards network have been informed and advised. tony aircraft stop and we want to adapt oakman, thank you for your time this our network and aircraft, our fleet morning. thank you. it's interesting to hear those voices, the health of aircraft to our customers' need. secretary saying prioritise those and make sure our networks are still tests a nd secretary saying prioritise those tests and people saying i will check servicing the demands of our my way around getting a test, i will do whatever it takes to try and get customers. overall growth with one. “— freight at this airport has been about 20%, does that reflect your do whatever it takes to try and get one. ——i do whatever it takes to try and get one. —— i will cheat. ok, we will numbers? how much of that is due to get more later in the programme. covid? could so, we are speaking to people all numbers? how much of that is due to covid ? could it numbers? how much of that is due to covid? could it have happened anyway? as countries around the around the uk as well. let's speak world have come out of lockdown, we have seen a big surge in volume and to tony cooke, chief executive of demand. what we see her at the cambridge clinical laboratories. moment there is midlands is 30% thank you for speaking with us this morning. hopefully you can get an growth year year on year, compared idea of what was happening in bolton to 2019, -- there was that give us a picture of what is happening for our viewers this morning. how we at this point growth year year on year, compared to 2019, —— growth here where there is a many people year—on—year. it's hard to tell if struggling to get a test? -- how are thatis year—on—year. it's hard to tell if that is due to covid or not but we are now seeing volumes that would usually align to the peak period, we? demand has outstripped the the last 4—5 weeks of the year. capacity of the testing labs. testing labs were working pretty well to capacity all the time or pretty close to capacity to maintain usually align to the peak period, the last 4-5 weeks of the year. and that translation to jobs? for the number of tests that have increased since april, we were doing activity, as it increases, we are 18,000 tests in april and now doing upscaling our resources here at east over 20,000 has a day. demand, midlands. as we usually would be enjoying the peak at the back of the 18,000 tests in april and now doing over20,000 has a day. demand, in the infection rate has doubled in year. whether those jobs turn into the infection rate has doubled in the last two weeks. testing cannot permanentjobs year. whether those jobs turn into permanent jobs in the year. whether those jobs turn into permanentjobs in the long—term, we will have to wait and see as we go double in two weeks. it is as simple into the new year. we just don't a calculation as that. i suppose the know how things are going to continue and when passenger flights will return. what is the funkiest criticism, we were speaking to a gp and hourago, criticism, we were speaking to a gp and hour ago, the criticism was this freight you have ever moved around the world? in my time working for was an entirely predictable rise and rise in demand for testing, given dhl we have seen everything. whether that loads and loads, thousands of it bea children were going back to school dhl we have seen everything. whether it be a james bond dv, i have seen and people were trying to go back to fibro through this facility, or work? yeah. it was predicted. it was things repatriated from the us into predicted to rise. the number of africa. we do a lot of work with tests required. i think the rate of the rise is surprising, and global organisations to support surprised everybody. but we are humanitarian causes as well. so we have seen a lot of different things. seeing a lot of testing requirement demand from, shall we say, low thank you, pead. lovely to see you. priority areas. i think prioritising and you can see another one coming the tests is going to be an on here. this is destined for important move going forward. that leipzig in germany, it is coming is what you health secretary, matt from all around the world. it will hancock, was talking about. making go from here to leipzig and then be sure people who need the tests can distributed across europe stop so it get them. we will be speaking to isa distributed across europe stop so it is a key hub for that purpose. now, robert buckland in a moment. in terms of trying to meet demand, you question, dan and the wheeze, and you are not allowed to google it are talking about that backlog in because we do not know it specifically. what is the difference the laboratories, is it more labs, between freight and cargo? we will more staff, what needs to be done? a nswer between freight and cargo? we will answer ina between freight and cargo? we will answer in a bit later. well! that is all of that is being worked on. more the big question this morning. we labs, mostar, more equipment, more will try to get to the bottom of testing. it takes time to develop that. i don't know. she doesn't la bs testing. it takes time to develop labs —— more staff. there is know, we don't know. if you can help, this is where the magic of the normally a 4—6 week delivery time. mind of the bbc breakfast viewer can staff are available, we have been come in. someone will know the recruiting, we have doubled star difference between freight and cargo. capacity in the last 4—5 weeks. and as many pupils returned to school this month to a new world of class we have more equipment on order. it bubbles and social distancing, for some the experience has just takes time to build. you know, been very different. parents of those with special educational needs say their children are facing that capacity. these are not easy barriers to education as schools struggle to meet their needs due tests to perform. it is as simple as to restrictions around coronavirus. our disability correspondent that, really. you heard jane talking about people being furious outside these testing centres. do your mind, nikki fox reports. is that legitimate anger? should we say how can we be in this situation, lewis needs routine and constant or is it completely unprecedented engagement in order to cope with his and virtually impossible to build autism and complex needs. his mum, this infrastructure in a short space of time? i think they are both dawn, is desperate for him to return to school to get a full—time right. it is very infuriating when education. she knows that is what is you can't get a test and you need best for his development and his one. but we are seeing areas such as mental health stop he thrives on fit to fly, we get a lot of demand for that, we don't do that here. we structure, times, he understands school is five days a week. he needs a routine. there was has been are seeing a huge variety of reasons offered two days per week and it is why you need to get a test. showing. two days? two days. so that sometimes it is inconvenience, a test ca n sometimes it is inconvenience, a test can get you out of some is no routine, no structure, and in situations. but for my work, they some aspects, worse than what we're doing now. how has this impacted the have not been able to get tests or ca re have not been able to get tests or care workers, that is not whole of the family? it has been acceptable. interesting to get your view on that. doctor tony cooke, who really, really ha rd. whole of the family? it has been really, really hard. my other son is 12 and he has no additional needs. has given us an idea of why there is that backlog in the system. a hello. leon? lovely to meet you. fivefold increase in demand for testing over the past two weeks. you leon is a wonderful young carer, but are watching bbc breakfast. it is it is tough. are you coping all 7:22am. the bbc published its annual report yesterday, right at school yourself? yeah, but outlining the corporation's finances as well as the salaries of its highest—paid sometimes, like, no, ican't go stars and executives. right at school yourself? yeah, but sometimes, like, no, i can't go to school to see my friends. they aren't there. if you was really and beyond the salaries which made headlines yesterday, the report raises a number guilty going back to school. because of questions about how the bbc his brother is more in need. and he will operate in the future. joining us now are former radio 4 controller, mark damazer, and former hides himself in the morning, he hides himself in the morning, he presenter, dame esther rantzen. hides that uniform. he runs out to good morning. let's look at the bbc school and it is really sad. he right now and where it sits in this new world of online, netflix, et cetera. where should its future lie, never liked seeing lewis in a do you think? well, it remains the uniform. because you know how much it means? yeah. ladies and most important media brand in the united kingdom. it delivers gentlemen! whereas lewis is fantastic value for money. it is desperate to go back to school still a great united kingdom success full—time, there are other children story, but it has got to keep with complex needs to post lockdown changing. it wouldn't be as need a more gradual return. successful as it is now if it hadn't with complex needs to post lockdown need a more gradual returnlj haven't been to school for six changed over many decades it has months now. and a field anxious and existed. what will the future be? it is going to be more and more around happy at the same time. connie is the iplayer and bbc sounds, linear eight years old. she's been worried channels like bbc one will continue about going back to school for to be important, more and more weeks. at home with her siblings, people will access more and more who are also autistic, is where she content in different ways. the iplayer‘s success last year is feels safe stop her anxiety, it can be quite high. sometimes it can get extremely important and a signal that the bbc can and will change. to the point where every single day, that is one aspect. and it needs to she isjust to the point where every single day, she is just literally exhausted and doesn't want to go to school. are be as attractive as it can be, and you drawing? this is us going back probably a little more attractive thanit probably a little more attractive than it is at the moment to younger audiences, which i suppose you can to school. and that is why you have characterise as people under 35. but put crosses? because you don't want to go back? yeah. connie has been don't be deceived of the rhetoric of decline. bbc is still massively back to school for a week and influential and for the good of the british media and public life. and jodie's years have been realised. the extra restrictions due to dame esther ra ntzen, british media and public life. and dame esther rantzen, good morning to coronavirus, within a week, connie you as well. there are challenges is finding it hard to cope. if you that either ends of the age can't manage and they won't allow spectrum. the decision to stop free her to be flexible schooling, then it will have to be me pulling her tv licences, 4/75, is one issue. and out and he registering her, because i'm not prepared to put our mental at the other end, the need to engage health at risk anymore. —— her with younger audiences as well. —— for those aged over 75. people with mental health. department of education says every child should be back at school full—time. lewis says these astronomical salaries being paid to people who have the best jobs in the world. and i speak as one who had one, being a bbc the phase returns are working. dawn says they don't work for her son. he is still at home. i am frustrated presenter gives you the key to so for lewis. upset to see him lose many magical kingdoms. you get invited to red carpet events, you skills that he had gained, be so get free gifts showered on you, and isolated. every day is draining, and to see gary lineker took a voluntary every day he asks me, one day, one pay cut of £400,000 sticks in your throat when you know that people day, he know he will be back to school like his brother. you know, i'm saying, not soon. not for you, over 75 are having their free licenses taken over 75 are having their free licenses ta ken away. over 75 are having their free anyway. licenses taken away. here is the solution. nobody working at the bbc, whether in front or behind the that was our disability camera, should be paid a salary more correspondent, nikki fox reporting. than the prime minister. cut them right down to the poverty level of you are watching bbc breakfast. it is wednesday morning. in the next £150,000 a year. they will still half—an—hour or so, we will see how have all the commercial benefits, a river in cumbria has been saved they will still be able to talk to their events and do their from tonnes of plastic in a major conservation project. that is coming commercials for potato crests, but at least you and i, paying our up conservation project. that is coming upa conservation project. that is coming up a little bit later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. license fee, will know no—one good morning from bbc london. working for the beeb will be paid more than the prime minister. dame a bbc london investigation has esther rantzen, more than the prime minister. dame esther ra ntzen, on more than the prime minister. dame exposed that at the height esther rantzen, on those points, of the coronavirus outbreak, there is this funding gap, it came bleach was on sale and being touted out yesterday. how would that be as a way to rid filled, and how do you, would you sufferers of covid—19. cut services? well, the bbc in real secret recording by bbc london revealed that the potentially dangerous mixtures were terms is about 3% less well off than being marketed as a way of protecting against coronavirus. it was in 2010. so in many ways, it is remarkable with the bbc has done as well as it is doing at the moment consuming these will not cure with so much less money. and it is a coronavirus, if you have the disease and have the symptoms. as a cleaning great optimistic case. the bbc will agent, sodium chloride will certainly help disinfect surfaces and would kill the virus, but if you gain some money from the licensing consumed it, no, it would you you fee income coming years but will, more harm than good. —— it would do need to extract more revenue out of you more harm than good. what the bbc can sell abroad. the the chairman and ceo of british airways, alex cruz, format it can create, the programme is appearing before is the bbc studio makes attic and the transport select committee today. the committee has been extremely fell onto others. and it is no easy critical of the company over its decision to make 12,000 staff redundant, calling ba "a national disgrace". task that would be enough to expect the multimillion pound the licensing fee income will upgrade of the m23 motorway provide all that bbc needs to make at gatwick airport is set to open this week. the new 11—mile stretch of motorway of the programmes it should make for between the m25 and gatwick uses all of its audiences. in terms of new technology to help identify the image of the bbc at the moment, incidents and queuing traffic. how damaged you think it is by what came out yesterday? well, i think it the hard shoulder has also been converted to a fourth is being damaged. yesterday happens lane, increasing capacity. to be the 80th anniversary of one of the historic royal palaces has the most crucial battles in the battle of britain, those wonderful announced that it will be entering a period of consultation kids age 19, went up in the sky, and on proposed redundancies. the charity which manages the tower shot the enemy out of it. and that of london and hampton court palace has seen income this year slashed is why i am here today, i am ajew, by 89% because of the pandemic, with sites shut during andi is why i am here today, i am ajew, and i would not be here today if it lockdown and a downturn in international tourism. we re and i would not be here today if it were not for that wonderful generation. so to take a —— away let's take a look at the travel situation now. what the government gave them, there's a good service on the tube gordon brown did, this free license, network this morning. seems cruel when know lonely and on southern trains, delays are possible for metro isolated people thanks to covid—19, there are more and more of them, i services, a power cut at their streatham hill depot means some trains are stuck. depended —— i depended on the bbc more than any other section of the voxel bridges closed until december, population for entertainment and so it is busy around the voxel area. friendship and to relieve that i renew parker's block because of a isolation. the bbc has to be careful burst water main. —— highbury new of its public image if it is going to do what mark has described as park. now, the weather with kate kinsella. extracting money, and that is what it does. it extracts money from we saw temperatures in saintjames is park in melbourne at 31.1 c. it licence payers, we have got to love the bbc, and the bbc has got to isn't going to be quite as wanted become lovable. thank you very much. david still temperatures getting up into the mid to high 20s. this dame esther ra ntzen become lovable. thank you very much. dame esther rantzen and mark damazer. and on one of the big morning, cloud towards the south stories at the moment. lots of will produce the odd spot of rain, coverage of that in the papers at nothing more. elsewhere we have the moment. it is 7:28am. sunshine, please go through the day and temperatures reaching 27 time now to get the news, travel celsius, so pretty impressive for the middle of the demo. now, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. overnight, we will start to see this i'm alpa patel. cloud moving south. as it does so, an investigation from bbc london has it will drag in some cool air from the north—east. the temperatures not exposed that at the height quite as muggy as last night, the of the coronavirus outbreak bleach was on sale minimum 11—14 c. there will be and being touted as a way to rid plenty of sunshine to once i cloud sufferers of covid—19. secret recordings revealed clears, but the temperature is going that the potentially dangerous mixtures were being marketed to feel good. north—easterly breeze as a way of protecting will start to develop through the against coronavirus. course of thursday and therefore the temperature isn't going to feel quite so warm. we're looking at a maximum tomorrow of 20—21 c. consuming these will not cure temperatures stay similar through coronavirus, if you have the disease the week but plenty of fine, dry and have the symptoms. as a cleaning agent, weather through the book a straight sodium chloride will certainly help through to the weekend. —— through disinfecting surfaces and would kill the virus, but if you consumed it, no, it would do you more harm the forecast. i'm back with the latest than it would good. from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. the chairman of british plenty more on our website airways, alex cruz, at the usual address. is appearing before now, though, it's back the transport select committee to dan and louise. today. bye for now. hello this is breakfast the committee has been extremely with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news critical of the company and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. based at heathrow, over its decision to cut 12,000 staff, as the health secretary matt hancock calling ba "a national disgrace". says it could take weeks to solve the company insists the redundancies problems with testing, are necessary in the face we'll hearfrom people in some of the areas worst of what they describe as the biggest affected by coronavirus. crisis in their history. ellie gould was just the multimillion pound 17 when she was killed upgrade of the m23 motorway by her ex—boyfriend — at gatwick airport is we'll speak to her mum carol set to open this week. the new 11—mile stretch as the government announces it between the m25 and gatwick uses will increase sentences for teenagers convicted of murder. new technology to help identify incidents and queuing traffic. the hard shoulder has also been and 400 years ago the mayflower set converted to a fourth lane, off from plymouth to cross increasing capacity. the atlantic — we'll be speaking the historic royal palaces has announced that it will be entering a period of consultation to historian and presenter dan snow. on proposed redundancies. the charity — which manages the tower of london good morning. and hampton court palace — here's a summary of today's main has seen income this year slashed stories from bbc news. by 89% because of the pandemic, plans to prioritise coronavirus testing are being drawn up with sites shut during lockdown and a downturn in by the government amid rising international tourism. concern that the system is struggling to cope with demand. let's take a look at the travel situation now. it follows a warning by the health secretary matt hancock a good service on the tube network that it could take weeks to resolve ongoing issues with capacity. it's thought staff and patients apart from waterloo & city line, closed until further notice. in the nhs and social care will be first in line to receive the tests. problems in southern trains, metro services are delayed because of a there will be tougher penalties power cut at the streatham hill for serious and violent criminals depot. in england and wales under on the roads — vauxhall bridge new measures being formally announced by the government today. is closed until december. so, it's busy around the vauxhall area. in highbury — highbury new park the overhaul of sentencing laws is blocked because of a burst water will be outlined in a government white paper, and will include extra main. time for the weather with gates in mental health support for those found guilty of less serious offences. it comes after the criminaljustice seller —— kate kinsella. we saw system ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will meet senior us politicians temperatures reach 31.1 c yesterday, todayis temperatures reach 31.1 c yesterday, today is not going to be as warm, president trump has issued a disaster declaration for oregon — temperatures to the mid—to high 20s. one of the states worst hit by the wildfires raging some cloud towards the south that in the western united states. could reduce the odd spot of rain, the action makes federal funding available to help nothing more. elsewhere we have mitigate the disaster. tens of thousands of people sunshine, blue sky through the day have been displaced, and entire towns have been destroyed, by the blazes and temperatures reaching 27 in california, oregon and washington. celsius. still pretty impressive for smoke from the fires has now spread right across the country the middle of september. overnight to new york. we will start to see this cloud moving south, as it does so it will bring in some cooler airfrom moving south, as it does so it will bring in some cooler air from the north—east. so temperatures not as muqqy north—east. so temperatures not as muggy as last night and minimum between 11—14 c. tomorrow, there is we can speak now to gp zoe norris. plenty of sunshine once that cloud clears, but the damage is going to good morning and lovely to have you feel cooler. north—easterly breezes on the programme. let's talk to you will develop to the cause of thursday and therefore the temperature is not going to feel about testing this morning because i quite so warm. a maximum tomorrow know it is an issue that is exercising many of our viewers and maybe 20—21 c. temperatures are similar through the week but plenty we talk about the priority system of fine, similar through the week but plenty offine, dry similar through the week but plenty of fine, dry weather through the that the health secretary is talking forecast. right through to the about wanting to bring in to try and weekend. that's it. i'll be back in half an hour. solve backlog issues. give us an plenty more on our website at the usual address. idea of your experience of testing. now though it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. may be for your colleagues or your patients you have spoken to. what is hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it like? it is chaos. and it is "time is running out to fix the testing system." really challenging and has been that's the warning from the mayor since schools returned. i have of greater manchester — home to england's highest collea g u es since schools returned. i have colleagues who have got young coronavirus infection rate. it comes as the government draws up plans to prioritise who can children who inevitably get a access a test. temperature or a runny nose and they are trying to get test. one we can speak now to thejustice colleague yesterday was told there secretary robert buckland. we re colleague yesterday was told there were no test and there was one on good morning and thank you for the isle of wight and one in joining us. again, we have been northern ireland but they do not live in either of those places. we inundated with people who have have patients who are doing the right thing, doing what they are coronavirus symptoms and are unable meant to be doing and trying to be to get a test. when is, when is the tested because they have symptoms but they cannot be tested and then system going to be fixed? as i think they contact us and it is incredibly frustrating. so a lot of your time you know, the government continues is taken up by people asking you to work tirelessly to increase the about how they can get a test or number of test centres, laboratory what they should do, rather than the capacity, all the things that are needed, not just to things you should be dealing with? capacity, all the things that are needed, notjust to get capacity, all the things that are needed, not just to get tests capacity, all the things that are needed, notjust to get tests that the turnaround right as well. for absolutely. it is hugely difficult and, really, ido absolutely. it is hugely difficult and, really, i do not have an answer in—person tests, 90% those are now for patients. might i ask, if you getting a return the day after. but look at the government guidelines like other mps, i am speaking to they say, it says on their website to only get a test if you have constituents about these issues as symptoms or if you have been asked well and i think it was important to be tested to help make sure that that the hills secretary announced yesterday this intention to create a people who need a test get one. you greater priority system and he will can pay for a private test if you do that in the next few days. are paying —— planning to head clearly the nhs has to be a top of abroad. you think enough people know list and then social care and, i about this guidance? abroad. you think enough people know about this guidance ?|j think, looking at the need to keep abroad. you think enough people know about this guidance? i think so. i've not seen any patients our economy going and our schools requesting a test unnecessarily and open, it is clear that making sure i think it is unfair to suggest there is an issue that people are that we get our priorities right so using it inappropriately. these are that we get our priorities right so that children can stay in school and all patients with symptoms trying to pa rents a re that children can stay in school and parents are able to go to work, do the right thing and follow the clearly must be at the heart of this guidance. was speaking to the home important work. i want to return to secretary yesterday and we used an example that came in from a gp the question, when will it be fixed surgery in england where they had so people can get a test common get six gps who were waiting for a test the result? every day we see an and had been waiting a number of days and had to cancel flu clinic at increase of 350,000 test, we will be the weekend because they did not up increase of 350,000 test, we will be up to half a million... think they would be back in time. do increase of 350,000 test, we will be up to halfa million... on increase of 350,000 test, we will be up to half a million... on that point, you say there are that many not have colleagues in that done every day but people are not situation or nhs workers who are still waiting but cannot get one? —— getting the results, are they? they are not being processed. in person do union know of colleagues? results are coming back the day particularly when you have after, coastal results are slightly husband—and—wife teams in the same longer and i hear stories of people surgery and they both need to be not hearing for quite a few days. isolated while waiting for a test that is a big concern and we are result so people have to pay for increasing laboratory capacity and private test and that is not ideal thatis increasing laboratory capacity and that is crucial if we are to get and not available to everybody. what these test done to scale. we are is the solution then? i know this is opening more test centres. 500 the million dollar question and something the government are centres open over the next few weeks desperately looking at. it's a is it so we are working as hard as we can a backlog in the testing system, to do this. this scale and rate of have you had a huge up lift in the increase is outpacing european countries but i accept the point number of people needing and wanting that i being made by members of the to be tested? this should not be a public and we want to address those. surprise to anyone. we know that that's 350 , 000 public and we want to address those. that's 350,000 capacity, not test being done. so many people have been when you start mixing children in touch with us today and none the again, inevitably coughs and colds, we are going into winter, they will least andy burnham who says testing get a temperature and a snotty nose. the demand is going to go up and the fails everything else fails with it. fa ct the demand is going to go up and the fact that this seems to be a without good testing there is no tracing and isolating of meaning surprise to the government and the there will be no effective control testing system really beggars belief of the virus. how dangerous from our point of view. the idea situation is this if you cannot that it will be several weeks before we get this sorted is just a sorted out within weeks? we are disaster for the working night and day to improve and we get this sorted is just a disasterfor the nhs we get this sorted is just a disaster for the nhs full interested to know also, bearing in mind we spoke to gps yesterday who said they increase the capacity and the had to cancel flu clinic, how much turnover, the turnaround, which is so important for families. the ofa had to cancel flu clinic, how much of a concern is that? we are in the stage where i imagine you are demand, of course, has picked up as schools have returned and the running flu jab clinics at the economy comes back to life. this is moment? it is a massive concern. flu a huge challenge in the hills clinics are starting across the area secretary has set out this bold agenda on this and we are putting and many surgeries are doing, like the resources into deal with it. the one you refer to, they open on yes, there is still a lot to be done the one you refer to, they open on the weekends or they try to work in andi yes, there is still a lot to be done and i do not shy away from that. but a different way to reduce the risk the combination of an effective test to patients, working on a system together with all the other drive—through or outside but, ultimately, you need staff and you measures we take on social cannot have staff if they do not distancing and making the rules know their covid—19 status. clear, i think, distancing and making the rules clear, ithink, together distancing and making the rules clear, i think, together it means we can get through this second wave and cannot have staff if they do not know their covid-19 status. quite an interesting discussion, thank you deal with it in a way that, armed very much. doctor zoe norris giving with the greater knowledge we now have about covid—19 and its nature, us very much. doctor zoe norris giving usa very much. doctor zoe norris giving us a clear indication of what the testing situation is where she is andi will mean that we can minimise the testing situation is where she is and i know many of you contacted us risk to the british public and, yesterday and today with issues about finding a test. send us in hopefully, and i expect so, to minimise the disruption that we see. your thoughts if you would like to can we talk about the warnings you on the, particularly. we re can we talk about the warnings you were given and we spoke to our gp it's a condition that affects one and see who said it was chaos and in every 1000 babies — hip dysplasia can lead challenging and it is no surprise to problems like dislocation that demand was going to go up. we and early on—set arthritis. but many of these problems are preventable if it is spotted early. now, gps are concerned that many spoke to the chief executive of newborns are going undiagnosed bolton council who said he raised because of the delay in physical theseissues bolton council who said he raised these issues with the government two check—ups during the pandemic. ellie costello has this report. weeks ago to and absolutely, government is acting on these concerns and has been right through the summer. where we are now this is amy. she was born in may and compared to where we were a few weeks ago is a dramatic improvement. yes, we still have a way to go and i due to lockdown restrictions her six—week checkup was delayed to 12 believe we will get there. as i say we are ramping up that capacity and weeks. she has since been diagnosed with a severe form of hip dysplasia and will need surgery. the news came concentrating on the need for a quick turnaround and i think that, asa and will need surgery. the news came together with the hills secretary's as a shock. we had a late loss in priorities list will make things clear, not just for the between my first child and me which priorities list will make things clear, notjust for the public but hit us hard, i think so she is very also for everyone involved in the system who wants to do the right thing and make sure the test and precious, a bit of a diva. and i trace process works. so it is one think for any parent it is quite thing to have the capacity but quite another to actually get these test concerning to see them go through surgery. it is not something that processed and that seems to be, at any parent surgery. it is not something that the moment, where the problem is. a ny pa rent wa nts surgery. it is not something that any parent wants to see happen but where do you say the problem is? the for a rainbow baby i think it is especially hard. so what is hip laboratories clearly are dealing dysplasia? ball with a huge demand and we are especially hard. so what is hip dysplasia ? ball is especially hard. so what is hip dysplasia? ball is the top of the opening more across the country in thigh bone and the socket is part of the pelvis. in a healthy normal hip order to get the turnaround right. we will do whatever it takes to make those to fit together perfectly. sure we have that capacity. so we like an egg in an egg cup. but for know where the pressure points are someone with hip dysplasia is not and we are piloting new walk—in test that simple. the socket can be centres, increasing the number of shallow and the ball can move in and centres, increasing the number of centres from 400 to 500. on the out, causing pain and discomfort. ground and in our laboratory natalie trice is a mother of two and capacity we are meeting and founder of the u.k.'s only hip answering the proper questions that dysplasia charity. she fears there are being asked of us. yes, the work will be many other children like emmy with delayed diagnosis because is huge but there is a big of lockdown. you could not diagnose determination within government and within everyone involved to improve hip dysplasia in a baby by video this and to minimise disruption for people and families. and in the consultation. it is the face—to—face contact with gps and health meantime you yourself said that visitors, the most crucial checks people are getting in touch and we where they look for other things. have people, nhs workers unable to but when they examine the hips they get a test and unable to return to have to feel the baby, they have to work and we heard from our gp that the idea that it could be several feel how that socket, that ball—and—socket is working. so if weeks to sort this out is a disaster for the nhs, that is what she told those are being missed, the longer us. as i said, i hear it directly the diagnosis is made, the harder it is to fix the problem. natalie's son and for me it is the number one issue. put this westminster bubble lucas has hip dysplasia. he is now stuff into a topped hat. the 11 but has had seven operations. he government view, the number one issue and we are bearing down on it suffered with ptsd and had to take a and the hills secretary will year out of school. the impact and announce the priority system in the next few days and i think that will help with clarity because, it is missed can be catastrophic. nobody knows that more thanjana. she has had a lifetime of health naturally, many people would be seeking a test or are worried that problems. i lost my mobility, i lost they may be asymptomatic. i understand that. people want to do the right wind. but with a sense of clear priorities then people will my confidence, starts to become fill much more assured and clear depressed. just 31 years old she has about when the right time is to get about when the right time is to get now had two hitler replacements. a test. i think that that sort of clarity, together with the increase in capacity, will help us improve two hip replacements.” the situation. you said the hills two hip replacements. i never secretary will outline who will be thought i could. i don't want prioritised but you must have an idea. is it nhs workers? who will it individuals going through the journey i have gone through but that be? nhs workers i think have to be at the top of the list and they is my hope, that is my wish and i a lwa ys at the top of the list and they always have been. and then the believe that, you know, today social care sector must be prioritised to detect bearing in mind the importance of education in schools i think schools and the detection is crucial. natalie says that new parents need to be aware of welfare of staff and, indeed, our children is also very important symptoms of hip dysplasia. my because that has a knock—on effect to the working lives of their biggest advice would be to trust your instincts. if you notice things pa rents to the working lives of their parents and carers. so i can see a such as a resistance in nappy changes all the leg length, get very sensible outline coming. the check. go to the gp. hills secretary will be responsible for the detail but i think people what a little poppet. holly is here can imagine that they will be putting the at the heart of this.“ the situation as it is acceptable?” now to talk about the possible think we have a lot of work to do. return of this fellow. it has been a we're not shying away from that all. while, though. he has been gone for there are huge positives in the longer than most of us think, gareth imposing test. 90% of those are being returned within one day. that bale. is great but clearly when it comes a potentially huge transfer on the horizon in the premier to the test we post away and the league. gareth bale is in talks with tottenham, over what would be delayed response, there is much more a fairytale return work to be done. i do not deny that. to his former club. he left for real madrid seven years we list and act —— listen and act ago for £85 million, and the wales captain's been upon the concerns of everyone enormously successful there — winning the champions league four getting in touch and telling us times and the spanish league twice. but he doesn't get on with manager about the problems they experience. i know you are also talking about zinedine zidane and hasn't played much in the last year or so. changes to sentencing today. one of the points that people have been making is that at the moment there isa so a loan move to spurs is most making is that at the moment there is a huge backlog as well in the legal system. what will you do about likely, they'll need to figure out his wages though. he's thought to be paid £600,000 that? i have been working on that a week by real madrid. right through the summer with the help of the court service. we have and arsenal fans could breathe been putting in safety measures for a sigh of relief as their star striker pierre—emerick aubameyang all our core buildings using ended doubts about his future. he's signed a new three—year technology. we are the only court contract with the club — making him one of the premier system, one of the only court systems in the world to continue league's best payed players. through the crisis. we have now hit the peak in the magistrate's court it was a busy night in the efl cup, of the number of cases in the head over to the bbc sport website backlog is going down and the crown for all the results from those 16 court we are now running 125jury ties, but we'll show you a cracking trials every day. that will be goal from aston villa's win over burton albion. it was scored by captain jack grealish who's having increased to 250 trials by the end a pretty good september. of october, which is above the average for a normal year. we put investment in and we put the he made his england debut last tuesday, and then yesterday signed resources in, the people power, to make this work. and thanks to a new five—year contract with villa, before going out and helping his side jurors, witnesses and everybody for through to the next round in style. cooperating and working with us through this very difficult time. teams in the english football league are going to be allowed to continue and what you say to those victims to stage pilot events with up to 1000 fans who will have to wait, some of the at matches this weekend. many months, to get their day in court? i would say that we are doing they've been given permission to carry on by the government, but clubs in local covid lockdown everything we can to make sure that the case in which they are involved areas aren't allowed to take part. is listed as early as possible. it's all part of the bigger plan listing is a matterforjudges but i to allow fans to return to sporting know from my visits to courts and events from first october, and clubs could find out today discussions with the judges that if they're involved in the pilot. their listing cases as vigorously as meanwhile the man in charge possible in order to getjustice of silverstone says the racetrack done as early as possible and from might not survive if it can't stage the measures that i am seeing being the british grand prix at maximum capacity next year. silverstone staged two grand prixs last month, taken in court, i am confident that but both were held in we will get through this backlog over the next few months and help to front of empty stands. deliver a speedy justice for victims of crime. on the difference in idid not i did not want to run with a reduced sentencing. it is very, it is audience next year because it will simply make us lose more money eye—catching, how much difference will it make? it is a big package. quicker. so when the government talk about positive progress with vaccines and an expansive testing yes it is about toughening up the regimei vaccines and an expansive testing regime i hope that will that will most serious sentences in the most serious offences are making sure see us regime i hope that will that will see us back to full capacity in 2021 because if we are not there, that for serious violent and sexual silverstone will be in a dire place. offences prisoners they longer in jail but we have also expanded community orders, we are improving a range of support services for people in the nine time irish champion who have addictions and mental hills jockey pat smolen has died at the problems and for people who come into the system who might have some age of 43. he won the derby at epsom sort of rain disorder or a in 2016 and the irish derby twice. particular disability. i want to he retired from racing last year change the system. i have had 30 after treatment for pancreatic cancer. the 20 time champion jockey yea rs of change the system. i have had 30 years of working in it and i now have the opportunity to do something ap mccoy is among those paying really radical and meaningful and with the help of her probation tribute, describing him as a great service which we are increasing friend. capacity of, i believe we can have a the final week of the tour de france is hotting up — the race is in the alps balanced system of sentencing and the riders will tackle meaning that would protect the public from serious offenders but its hardest stage later today. tadej pogacar attacked on stage 16 also offer meaningful rehabilitation yesterday to try and gain ground, to those who want to take that but his fellow slovenian, primoz roglic stuck on his wheel to keep opportunity. we talk about brexit the yellow jersey. with five stages to go, and the internal markets bill that he still leads the race is currently going through by 40 seconds. parliament stop you directly involved in seeking a compromise with tory mps about it?” and there was a new world record set yesterday in the sport involved in seeking a compromise with tory mps about it? i think all of us in government and colleagues of free diving. this is the frenchman arnaud jerald in parliament are working very hard to make sure that we can get this attempting the feat off the coast of greece. done. i spoke to many colleagues every day and i will continue to do he managed to hold his breath that. these matters are all ultimately for the prime minister for almost three and a half minutes to reach 112 metres deep. and those responsible for the business in parliament but i am a great believer in trying to solve he faced a little anxious wait problems and get solutions and i after resurfacing before the record was confirmed and the will play my part along with other celebrations began. ministers and colleagues in order to get that done. so you're talking to an anxious wait would have been under the water. 3.5 minutes! in the prime minister and other mps? get that done. so you're talking to the prime minister and other mp57m course. and i believe there is a way context, that is the length of time through. i think it is important that all of us focus upon what is at i have been standing here talking. sta ke that all of us focus upon what is at it feels like a very long time. stake here. we want to make sure i have been standing here talking. it feels like a very long timelj knew you were going to say that! you that the uk has a meaningful and successful deal with the eu but we train to get better but, obviously, also have to be realistic about that still feels like an incredibly disputes that may arise and to long time. i have no idea how long i prepare for any eventualities. i can hold my breath for. do we have a believe if we are in a situation where there is such a big dispute bath here in the bbc? let's get the and such a problem for our single internal market in northern ireland weather now. ‘s position in the uk, that all this is the scene at the coast in plymouth this morning, where the mayflower launched conservative mps will vote in support of measures that protect 400 years ago today. that. but we're not there yet. the we will be speaking to dance know there later in the programme. let's talks are continuing and i believe and hope that they will be listen in, there is something successful. so just to return to that, you say there is a way through, a compromise somewhere on happening. the table is there? i am not going to speculate about what may or may there you go. it's the sound of the not happen but what i will say is seaside. that in terms of shared understanding, i have a ready seen laughter quite a difference. with explanation good morning. very relaxing for this and communication people get what the government is trying to do here. time of mourning. a lovely shot from one of our weather it is trying to be upfront honest watchers. a rainbow, just a few about the potential disruption that might happen if we do not have an showers dotted around here and there. most will have a dry day agreement about northern ireland in today but we will start to see things cool down a little bit. 31 in particular. and mps understand that. they would do the right thing if the southern england, mid—teens across northern scotland, the maximum today circumstances were so extreme that we needed to do that. in the is this weather front pushes meantime you have got to make sure southwards. this area of pride you that our negotiating partners understand the resolve of the uk and can see on the chart, under that, patchy rain and drizzle. since i was understand the resolve of the uk and understand that with a strong in east anglia, the south—east majority in parliament for the bill incoming hours, too, they will already that the house of commons largely fade and sunny conditions would indeed pass legislation that developing. some could lingering out it thinks it is in the national towards the west of wales and interest and that in 2019 we are not south—west england. that weather front will push its way south, in with a big majority, this government the afternoon captures could be 10 will be able to get its legislation degrees down on yesterday, particularly in northern england. through to robert buckman, thank you for your time this morning. being with the three parts of midlands and the south, 25—28 . but even that last of the heat and if you are a tottenham fan, i wonder humidity will be pushed away as we go through the night. and see how how you feel about the return of that cloud progresses its way gareth bale to your club. is he southwards and westwards, and that coming back? it is hard to believe. pressure our pushes its way in. a keen breeze for the english channel, seven yea rs coming back? it is hard to believe. seven years and how many have temperatures holding up and the styles ? yea h, seven years and how many have styles? yeah, a huge transfer on the mid—teens across the south—western channel islands, but further north we go to the countryside, certainly horizon. intervals earlier with his former club, tottenham, over that back into single figures. a good start to tomorrow morning for some potential loan move. of you, not a bad day at all. we will see some cloud because the far south—west, pretty crowded compared his agent has said, "it's where he wants to be!" he left for real madrid seven years to today, but for most it is going ago for £85 million, to today, but for most it is going to bea to today, but for most it is going to be a blue sky day. even though we and the wales captain's been enormously successful there — have lost that heat and humidity, it winning the champions league four times and the spanish league twice. but he hasn't played much will feel quite pleasant, temperatures back to where they in the last year or so. should be for this time of year, and if the deal goes ahead, well, spurs will need to figure 18-21 . a out his wages. should be for this time of year, 18—21 . a cool night follows, back he's thought to be paid £600,000 into single figures, the story for the next few nights. lots of a week by real madrid. and to north london. and arsenal fans could breathe sunshine, thick cloud around northern scotland, if you splashes a sigh of relief as their star of drainages are here and there, but striker pierre—emerick aubameyang temperatures where we should be at ended doubts about his future. he's signed a new three—year contract with the club — 19-22 c. temperatures where we should be at 19—22 c. warming up a little bit across scotland and northern making him one of the premier ireland, and then as we go towards league's best paid players. teams in the english football league are going to be allowed to continue the weekend, high pressure northwards, low pressure developing to stage pilot events over the bait of biscay, —— bay of with up to 1,000 fans at matches this weekend. biscay, and that will feel fresher they've been given permission across southern areas. maybe some to carry on by the government, rain to the english channel through this weekend. for most of you, we but clubs in local covid lockdown areas aren't allowed to take part. continue with a dry theme and plenty it's all part of the bigger plan of sunshine around. just before i to allow fans to return to sporting 90. of sunshine around. just before i go, though, let me take you to the other side of the atlantic. early events from october 1, and clubs could find out today if they're involved in the pilot. active storm season so far. this is the reality of it is our clubs and hurricane valley, a slow—moving category to hurricane going to bring tremendous flooding over the gulf coast here. if you step out of the at our level of the game depends on wider picture, one of a number of the food and drink that people named storms in the atlantic. it has consume at the games to pay their been the second most active dormer way. i think clubs have been well season on record. bowler, teddy, and supported by the government over the summer, like many other businesses, this cloud could become wilfred, and by football families. but we using the last of the allocated wa nt to and by football families. but we want to stand on our own two feet, storm names. after that, we move and that means being allowed to have spectators in the stadium is onto the greek alphabet, so a very watching the games. active storm season indeed. meanwhile, the man in charge of silverstone says the racetrack might thank you, matt. we will see you not survive if it cannot stage the later on. ellie gould's life was tragically british grand prix at maximum cut short last year capacity next year. silverstone staged two when she was murdered by her grand prix's last month, ex—boyfriend when she was just but both were held in 17 years old. front of empty stands. before she died, she had dreams and the final one—dayer of going to university. between england and australia gets now, her classmates are preparing under way at one o'clock this afternoon. to take that next step themselves. it's1—1 in the series, our reporter, fi lamdin, so it's winner takes has been talking to ellie's mum all at old trafford. and her best friends. are you vegetarian? it is like old times but there is one missing. it's weird to think i'm going off to uni there's ball—by—ball—coverage on 5 and ellie is not now. 16 months ago, live at sports extra. and that is sadly the last one of ellie gould was murdered by her the year. it will be the end of the boyfriend, thomas griffiths does make ex—boyfriend. —— ex—boyfriend. summer, officially. it doesn't feel like it! i don't like how you declare that live on television. ellie gould was my mother is hosting it's time for the weather now. and this is the scene at the coast one last it together before they go in plymouth this morning, to university. i know how excited where the mayflower launched 400 years ago today. 0h, oh, hello. ellie would have been to embrace the next stages of her life. she would here's matt with a look at the weather. have been going to shops and getting saucepa ns have been going to shops and getting saucepans and details and all of the things she would have needed. she would have been so excited, you and the whether further afield? know, embracing the next stage. and all that has been away from her. lovely weather in plymouth, and it has been pretty warm. holly may have does it help, spending time with her declared the end of summer, but not friends? we wanted to see them quite yet. you can see this chart. before they went and wish them the it shows you all of the red colours best. but at the same time, i should have been wishing ellie off as well. where temperatures are above average. record—breaking in belgium and the netherlands, but whatsoever nice to meet you, where you been? i what happens in the next few days. can show you incredible things. average and below average ellie, with her friend temperatures for the time of year, can show you incredible things. ellie, with herfriend raven, five yea rs ellie, with herfriend raven, five the heat comes to find fronts, and that includes us here in the uk. years ago. i went for the day i can temperatures set to drop substantially compared to what some see you again. when ellie was of you experienced over the last few murdered, raven wrote a song to days. still warm enough, though, express her grief stop if i could over some southern counties of write a song that could help other people to kind of have a release of england today, but starting the day with mist and fog. that is the how they feel about this, then that would be amazing. and i literally clifton suspension bridge in sat down and i wrote the thing in an bristol. one or two isolated showers hour, maybe. it was this song that in the south—east in east anglia, the change that we will experience, secured her place studying courtesy of this, because in songwriting at university. southern scotland, north—east secured her place studying songwriting at universitym secured her place studying songwriting at university. if it goes well, with all of us going up england, but she like rain and drizzle, that was slowly move its to uni, one thing with our year way south of the day into the rest group is we all came together of northern england, maybe the because we had to. we had to support northern midlands by the time we and each other. it is hard, then, with the afternoon. temperatures were oliver's moving to different cities, not having people who understand, summed down 10 degrees and what we necessarily. it has definitely made a huge impact on the way that i saw yesterday afternoon, particularly in northern england. think, and i think that is the same for everyone and the way we kind of for much of the midlands and wales view the world. it's like, trying to and southwards, this is where we will hold onto the heat and feel safe in it again, i guess, humidity. maybe not the 31 degrees yeah. ellie was still the's best yesterday, but temperatures up into the upper 20s. warm across the friend. losing her has changed south, but through to note that zone of cloud bringing the change will everything. i know after ellie died, gradually push its way towards the even the thought of it was awful and south—west and the channel islands, not quite getting there by dawn, made me have panic attacks. now, i temperatures around 14—15 as we start tomorrow morning, good figure think if i end up going, i will have temperatures, cycle start across much of northern england and a nervous breakdown. there is not a scotland. —— single figure. early day where i don't think about her. she is in my head all the time. how morning mist and low cloud towards many people i get close to or people the south—west gradually breaking up. it returns to the far north—west i meet, there is no—one quite like of scotland, with showers. most of her. i also grew up with her. we you tomorrow will have a dry day, it is going to be a sunny day as well. said each other as people, i think. and i am gratefulfor the person i the biggest change will be the feel of things across the south and much am today because she sort of shape to that. used to living in each pressure feeling, it would be nice enoughin pressure feeling, it would be nice enough in the sunshine. you've got the breeze to add onto that and the other‘s pockets, soon these friends breeze on a day making things feel a will be scattered around the country. carol has brought them a little bit cooler in some cloudy moments. the most of you it is going gift, so ellie can still go with to be largely drove the coming days, a little bit of rain on friday up them. the last time i saw ellie was towards the north of scotland —— in the school, sixth form study largely dry. and actually for this room. and alongside leaving that time of year, 19—22 c, strong chapter of my life behind, i also sunshine ahead, should feel quite feel like i am leaving ellie behind pleasant. and as we travel towards was that if something i struggle the weekend, high pressure towards with a lot, but i'm coming to terms the weekend, high pressure towards the north, low pressure over the bay with a lot, but i'm coming to terms with the fact that i will never leave her behind, she will come with me. wherever i go and wherever, i of biscay, and the breeze will be windier across the south. there will make new friendships and i know could be some rain through the english channel this weekend, but she would want us to carry on. so i for most, the dry and sunny story would never be leaving her behind, she will always be with us. fiona continues, and yes, someone may be over but it still feels very lamdin, bbc news. pleasa nt over but it still feels very pleasant in that sunshine where you have got it. and we'll be speaking to ellie's mum thank you, matt. some sunshine in caroljust after eight this morning. it was designed to protect a beautiful cumbrian waterway our lives. from pollution. 20 years ago, 2.5 he's one of this year's nominees for lead actor in a drama series at the emmys — but succession star brian cox says kilometres of plastic it was the king's theatre in edinburgh that was the catalyst of his acting career. the theatre, like many others, is now facing an uncertain future sheeting was laid because of the coronavirus outbreak. in the river keekle. and brian has now written but it ended up doing to scotland's first minister, more harm than good. calling for funding to help save it. now, it has finally been removed he joins us now from new york. in what's thought to be the biggest good morning to you. lovely to speak restoration project to you. it must be the middle of the of its kind in the uk. alison freeman is at the river note for you. so, thank you very for us this morning. there has been quite a change. good much. it is very early in the morning. good morning, for a rather tranquil west cumbria river keekle. morning. take us back to those days this is the offending material. this black, plastic sheeting was that if when you started out in theatre and you listen, it is a lot tougher than how important it was.” you listen, it is a lot tougher than you might think it be, compared to a normal pond liner. it was on an when you started out in theatre and how important it was. i used to spend a lot of time, i'm from dundee industrial scale, and that was why was it difficult to remove from the originally, but i used to spend time water here. it was quite in edinburgh with my aunt and she took me to a pantomime at the kings inaccessible and required heavy machinery to tear it out. the change theatre. and it has always been here is rather dramatic. this once fast flowing river, skimming over known as the king's theatre because the past it, it is now calm with of its pantomime. the theatre itself balls. and we have been watching the fishjumping balls. and we have been watching the fish jumping around, really enjoying themselves here this morning. so it sells over 200,000 tickets annually. is not just about aesthetics, and that is across the capital themselves here this morning. so it is notjust about aesthetics, the way it looks, or even the fact this was degrading and going into the theatres —— the region sells over 200,000 tickets per year. and that water, its about creating a much more welcoming environment for includes the playhouse, the festival nature. theatre and the king's theatre. but the natural beauty of this theatre and the king's theatre. but the king's theatre was in a redevelopment stage because the meandering river, but things months building is really unsafe, and ago, things look very different. needed to be fixed up. it is also key to the international festival, held a dark secret, dreams of black plastic liner had been installed 20 because it actually requires, in the yea rs plastic liner had been installed 20 years ago to stop pollution seeping into the water from a nearby this is international festival, the stages mine. but instead, the plastic have are equipped for those international become the problem. there is 2.5 productions. and that is why they go from year to year to year. and it is kilometres of plastic lying around, a massive eyesore and look to your tragic that the theatre has slipped bowling in the landscape. and if you through a sort of crack between look back at the photos we have of the videos of the river, it looks so emergency funding and — it doesn't alien. we knew the plastic was receive any public funding, it has breaking down and there is literally tonnes and tonnes of this micro its own, has its own funding through plastic which has sunk down and are embedded into the riverbed. ticket sales. and that is how it makes its money. and we desperately something i 500 embedded into the riverbed. something 1500 kilograms a year is being washed out and sent further need the theatre to be given some downstream. -- something like. so, kind of emergency funding so that we the west cumbria rivers trust in can continue operating, otherwise we spring of last year started to will have two cease operation, and remove the plastic. it was an epic this would be really tragic. judging for the international community, but task, costing £1.5 million. now all of the liner, more than 120 tonnes, more or less, more tragic for the has been taken out. this project has people of edinburgh. and it's interesting to know. i have to even more benefits. people living consult my notes, because i am the further downstream are going to get spokes man, but, you know, there are greater protection from flooding, because the flow of the river has so many facts about the theatre. for instance, the economic impact would slowed, and the environment is going to be much more welcoming to be like, you know, when it does wildlife. this is one of my redevelop, it would bring £10 million to the scottish economy, favourite bits of the river, we have plus £15 million a year to the a deep pool, we have a border edinburgh economy. so it's a very, cascade, we have a gravel bar in the middle of the river with two very key asset, and it is a people's channels, and it is the variety the riversleigh should have. maybe theatre, because it also goes down to deal with the lgbt q community, because of the plastic, the habitat was very poor for spawning fish, particularly the salmon and the drought. and ultimately, we should also dealing with alzheimer's. so we find now across this whole ridge of river there is much more area where have a lot of broad reading the fish can spawn and lay their programmes, several reaching eggs. we should see a resurgence in programmes, several reaching programmes, which we do as a charity, and it is tragic that this the numbers in the future. all of the numbers in the future. all of the plastic is going to be recycled, theatre may not survive. you are the plastic is going to be recycled, the last of it is still on site talking to us about the king's being washed, packed up and ready to theatre specifically which has a key being washed, packed up and ready to base in your heart and many others be taken away. more than £10 was sent to this plant in dumb freeze, as well. what about the impact more broadly of the pandemic across the where it was turned into plastic theatre industry? are you worried lumber to make picnic benches and about the future? well, yeah. i'm furniture. one has been put near the worried in the sense that we have river for people to enjoy. and for had this interruption, we have had people who have carried out the work, the rewards will be long this paws on everything. so we have lasting. we can come back with our to get back, and we will get back, family, ourfriends lasting. we can come back with our family, our friends and say this is it is inevitable, because people what we did. this river was lined like to congregate, people like, as with plastic, and we have put all we see, sometimes unsafely, but these features in and removed the plastic. we can say we did that. it safely, we need people congregating. is going to be here for years the but these theatres need to be up and dust forever. it's good to know you running. ready to resume when there have done something good for the isa environment. all the machinery should be gone by the end of this running. ready to resume when there is a vaccine and hopefully things month, and the river river keekle's will be better, they march.” is a vaccine and hopefully things will be better, they march. i mean, it is not just plastic for future should allow it will be better, they march. i mean, it is notjust theatres as well, it is television, the film industry, to thrive. just to see a natural all affected by this. television river instead of this awful, black plastic sheeting, yeah, absolutely isn't as — we have lots of thrilled. protocols. there are several television productions that have well, as you can see, there is still some evidence of the work of the started and there are protocols for human work that has been going on those which have been put in by the various companies. very good here. the ground is really turned up here, still. so the next stage is to protocols. most television shows be said of the banks and bring back that you get started to have their some of the natural wildlife, those own covid—19 team —— that you get native plants, and that need to get on and do its thing. those behind the project rack in the temper knack started —— do get started. that should really look as it always should really look as it always should have done by the end of 2022. ta kes started —— do get started. that takes care of the physical side of people being safe. and as i say, television is actually in a very 0h, oh, it's an amazing story. i'm good stage and slowly getting back. watching and looking at that beautiful river and slightly distracted by it. what a beautiful film, some are, but the problem with story. did you forget you are at work? iforgot i film is going to various countries. story. did you forget you are at work? i forgot i was presenting the one must be very careful which programme and just watching it! what is happening next? you are on next, country you are in, you know, filming. but on the whole, there is louise. it's time to get the news, a future, and the future is there, travel and weather where you are. but at the moment we are still made because in the theatre, and this is good morning from bbc london. i'm alpa patel. my concern today, is that theatre needs emergency funding —— we are stymied. so i have written to the an investigation from bbc london has first minister pleading the case for exposed that at the height the king's theatre. hopefully she of the coronavirus outbreak — will respond. other theatres have grants, but they also have money bleach was on sale and being from the emergency funding, so it is touted as a way to rid a double whammy for them, but it is sufferers of covid—19. secret recordings by bbc london not the case for the king's. it's revealed that the potentially dangerous mixtures were being marketed as a way of protecting great to talk you about something against coronavirus. consuming these will not cure you are so passionate about morning. coronavirus, if you have the disease and have the symptoms. i know many of our viewers have seen as a cleaning agent, sodium chloride will you in succession and enjoyed the certainly help disinfecting surfaces show. and the emmy nominations, one and would kill the virus, but if you consumed it, no, it would do you for yourself stop congratulations. more harm than it would good. thank you. what sort of programmes that to on and how much work have you been doing during the pandemic? have you been able to work still? we the chairman and ceo of british airways alex cruz is appearing before not doing succession, we are hopefully going to try and get the transport select committee today. succession going towards the end of the committee has been extremely the year. i mean, it is sort of a, critical of the company over its decision to make twelve you know, open book. the show is in thousand staff redundant, calling ba "a national disgrace". very good neck, we are already to do the chairman and ceo it, we are all ready to go. we are of british airways, alex cruz, all standing by to go. have excellent but we will go with the the multi—million pound upgrade of the m23 motorway maximum of safety. —— we have at gatwick airport is set to open this week. excellent producers. people are missing the show and they want a the new 11—mile stretch of motorway third season. there is a third between the m25 and gatwick uses season. i know the third season is new technology to help identify incidents and queuing traffic. incredibly exciting, as i was the hard shoulder has also been finally let in on it. normally i converted to a fourth lane, increasing capacity. wouldn't be bothered by that but our the historic royal palaces has announced that it will be entering genius writer, jesse armstrong told a period of consultation on proposed redundancies. me what the third season was going the charity which manages to be about. there is a very the tower of london and hampton court palace has seen exciting season. hopefully it will income this year slashed by 89% because of the pandemic, with sites shut during lockdown get going. i love the smile! this and a downturn in international tourism. mail seems to suggest. i know you let's take a look at are an actorand mail seems to suggest. i know you are an actor and everything but it the travel situation now. seems to give away a lot. i always there is a good service on the tube wonder where people put their awards. i think i can see yours on your mantelpiece? my son did this network, apart from the waterloo & last night, actually. i can — i city line, which is closed until further notice. on southern trains, didn't realise they were up there! delays are possible for metropolitan services. a power cut at streatham hill depot means that some trains these little details. these old are stuck. things. i mean, ijust saw it when i on the roads — vauxhall bridge is closed until december. came up on the screen. i didn't realise it was going to be there. it's busy around the vauxhall area. so, iama realise it was going to be there. so, i am a little embarrassed by it, but i am also rather proud as well. we saw temperatures in st james's you might need to make a little space for emmies. do they still park at 31 celsius. it isn't going matter to you? space for emmies. do they still matter to you ? obviously space for emmies. do they still to be as warm today but getting into matter to you? obviously your son is very proud of them but do they mean the mid to high 20s. we have a a lot to you? well, as somebody little bit of cloud, particularly towards the south are good but is says, if they are going to be given, the odds spot of rain, nothing more. you may as well take them. and i but elsewhere we have sunshine, blue skies through the day and think that is my opinion. i won the temperatures reaching 27 celsius. golden globe this year and it was so, still pretty impressive for the great. i mean, the thing i miss is middle of september. now, even i, we the comer artery. we did have that, will start to see this cloud moving because this was before the south, as it does so it will drag in lockdown. golden globe was a some cooler airfrom the south, as it does so it will drag in some cooler air from the north—east. wonderful opportunity to see friends so, attempt is not quite as muggy as last night, the minimum between like brad pitt and various people. 11-14 c. for last night, the minimum between 11—14 c. for tomorrow there's going to be that if sunshine once that cloud clears, but the temperature is naomi watts, a whole bunch of people going to feel cooler. north—easterly that one doesn't normally see. and that one doesn't normally see. and that was very pleasant. this is reasons will develop the course of thursday and therefore the temperature isn't going to feel going to be — we are having a quite so warm. we are looking at a virtual ceremony on monday. we have maximum tomorrow of 20, it may be 21 a man, this is the weirdest thing, there will be a man standing outside there will be a man standing outside the door with an emmy, i may not win celsius. temperatures stay similar to the week but plenty of fine and dry weather through the forecast rate the way through to the weekend. it... but there is a man standing that's it. i'll be back in half an hour. plenty more on our website outside everyone's daughter, there at the usual address. will be a man standing outside with an emmy. i love that followed. now though it's back to dan and louise. 00:59:40,011 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 bye for now. brian, thank you so much forjoining us. just brilliant to and on. that is the name drop on the programme so far today. brad pitt was great to speak to you —— brad pitt. great to speak to you —— brad pitt. great to speak to you —— brad pitt. great to speak to you. you can be quite crazy. stay with us, the headlines are coming up shortly. good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: the government admits a lot of work needs to be done to meet demand for covid tests and it will prioritise health, care workers and teachers. tougher penalties for serious criminals as an overhaul of prison sentences is unveiled. moving on without their best friend. ellie gould's classmates share their memories of the teenager who was killed by her ex boyfriend, as they start a new chapter of their lives. yeah holiday may have been on hold but mcardle kept going. i am looking at why the freight train is flying when most planes are grounded. a warm day across the southern half of the country but things are cooling down from the north. it's wednesday the 16th of september. the government has admitted that there's a lot of work to be done to get the testing system back on track. speaking on this programme, thejustice secretary robert buckland said nhs workers, social care staff and teachers are likely to be prioritised. but critics say the delays to testing could have been predicted and need to be resolved. this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. we know when you start mixing children again inevitably coughs and colds, they are going to get temperatures, the demand is going to go up, and the fact there seems to be a surprise to the government and testing system beggars belief from our point of view. the idea it is going to be several weeks before we get this sorted is just a several weeks before we get this sorted isjust a disasterfor the nhs. every day we have conversations which are very helpful but we raise these matters and we raised them again yesterday and we said we needed more honest conversation with the country because clearly there is a problem and i am glad to see the announcement made yesterday by the minister was very helpful because at least people know that this is a national problem that needs to be resolved. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminsterfor us. jonathan, thejustice secretary has admitted that more needs to be done. yes, there is no question that this is the biggest challenge facing the government at the moment. the strain we have seen on the testing system and the problem is that ministers face an increasing capacity and allowing people who need tests to get them. with the lockdown restriction is easing, school is opening up again and some are turning to autumn, the demand for tests is increasing hugely and the system at the moment isn't holding up system at the moment isn't holding up to that strain as you have seen and heard the stories from many people who have tried and failed to get a test in good time in the last few days. thejustice secretary on this programme this morning made it clear that the government was in his words working hard to increase capacity but didn't deny the scale of the task. we are working night and day to improve and increase the capacity and the turnaround, which is so important for families. the demand of course has picked up our schools have come back and as the economy comes back to life. this is a huge challenge. the health secretary has set out his bold agenda on this and we are putting the resources and to deal with this. yes there is still a lot to be done, i am not shying away from that for a minute. interesting hearing him say that his constituents are telling him about problems they were facing. ministers as with any other mp will be getting it in the neck from voters about this particular problem so they will be well aware of the task in hand but we have had the problem is that time is tight and matt hancock saying yesterday that problem will ta ke saying yesterday that problem will take weeks to fix. we will get more details soon about how the government intends to prioritise tests. nhs and care home staff will come first and after that we will see. the prime minister later will undoubtedly face questions on this first in the house of commons at midday from prime minister's questions and later a sustained detailed session of questioning from backbench mps on the parliament liaison committee. thank you. there will be tougher penalties for serious and violent criminals in england and wales under new measures being formally announced by the government today. the overhaul of sentencing laws will be outlined in a government white paper, and will include extra mental health support for those found guilty of less serious offences. it comes after the criminaljustice system ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic. the rate of inflation in the uk fell sharply last month. it dropped to 0.2% from 1% injuly as the effect of the eat out to help out scheme pushed down restaurant prices. that's the lowest inflation rate since late 2015. president trump has issued a disaster declaration for oregon — one of the states worst hit by the wildfires raging in the western united states. the action makes federal funding available to help mitigate the disaster. tens of thousands of people have been displaced, and entire towns have been destroyed, by the blazes in california, oregon and washington. smoke from the fires has now spread right across the country to new york. barbados has announced its intention to remove the queen as head of state by november next year. the bajan government said the time had come to fully leave the colonial past behind and become a republic. the caribbean island gained independence from britain in 1966. if you enjoyed watching breakfast‘s john maguire flying a spitfire on yesterday's show, then you'll want to see — and hear — this. engine roars. this was filmed in the skies above northamptonshire yesterday during a special flight to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the battle of britain — when the raf successfully repelled the largest ever daylight raid by the luftwaffe. i mentioned earlier i watched a documentary yesterday which talked about the importance of radar but also about the thousands of people whose job it was to watch these guys 24 hours a day to see if there were any planes, with binoculars and telescopes. i think there were about 30,000 people. ewan mcgregor and's brother was then the raf and he was voicing this documentary. it looks like there are clear skies ahead. a lovely view in somerset, the countryside draped in fog at the moment. a few showers particularly across east anglia and the south—east. another warm day across the south but changes are afoot. notice the wind direction developing. that is bringing cloud, patchy drizzle. a drop in temperature as well. 11 to 15 degrees across northern scotland but compared with the last two days it isa compared with the last two days it is a much sunnier day. a fair amount of cloud. patchy cloud in northern ireland and a much cooler day for northern england. some drizzle making it as far south as the north midlands but across much of southern england, south wales, the channel islands, it is going to be another warm one, anywhere between 22 and 28 celsius. we will see the fresher air move into these areas tonight. the cloud and wind is continuing to push southwards and westwards. making it an off night across the channel islands and south west. temperatures in single figures in the north. if fresh start tomorrow but over the coming days some rain through the english channel on sunday, most places staying dry and sunny. ellie gould's life was tragically cut short last year as she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend when she was just 17 years old. before she died, she had dreams of going to university. now, her classmates are preparing to take that next step themselves. our reporter fi lamdin has been talking to ellie's mum and her best friends. are you vegetarian? it is like old times but there is one missing. it's weird to think i'm going off to uni and ellie is not now. 16 months ago, ellie gould was murdered by her ex—boyfriend, thomas griffiths. she was 17 years old. ellie gould's mum carole is hosting one last get together before they go to university. it's really hard because ijust know how excited ellie would have been to embrace the next stages of her life. i often think she would have had me running round all the shops, and getting saucepans and tea towels and all the things she would have needed, and you know, she would have been so excited. you know, facing the next stage, and all that has been taken away from her. does it help, spending time with ellie's friends? we wanted to see them all before they went and wish them all the best. but at the same time, i should have been wishing ellie off as well. # nice to meet you, where you been? # i can show you incredible things...# ellie, with her friend raven, five years ago. # but i hope for the day i can see you again.# when ellie was murdered, raven wrote a song to express her grief. if i can write a song that could help other people to kind of have a release of how they feel about this, then that would be amazing. and i literally sat down and i wrote the whole thing in about an hour, maybe. it was this song that secured her place studying songwriting at university. with, as well, like obvious all of us moving off to uni, like, one thing with our year group, is like we all came together because we had to. it is hard, then, with all of us moving to different cities, not having people who understand, necessarily. it has definitely made a huge impact on the way that i think, and i think that is the same for everyone and the way we kind of view the world. it's like, trying to feel safe in it again, i guess, yeah. ellie was still tilda's best friend. losing her has changed everything. i know especially after ellie died, even the thought of uni made me want to have a panic attack. it was awful. now, i'm actually at the stage where i could be going off, ijust thought if i end up going i will have a nervous breakdown. there is not a day where i don't think about her. she is in my head all the time. doesn't matter how many people i get close to or people i meet, there is no—one quite like her. i grew up with her. we shaped each other as people, i think. i am gratefulfor the person i am today because she sort of shaped that. used to living in each other‘s pockets, soon these friends will be scattered around the country. carole has brought them a gift, so ellie can still go with them. the last time i saw ellie was in the school, sixth form study room. and alongside leaving that chapter of my life behind, i also feel like i am leaving ellie behind. it's something i struggle with a lot, but i'm coming to terms with the fact that i will never leave her behind, she will come with me. wherever i go and wherever i will make new friendships, and i know she would want us to carry on. so i would never be leaving her behind, she will always be with us. that was fiona lamdin reporting there. we can speak now to ellie's mum, carole. thank ellie's mum, carole. you for being with us today. men thank you for being with us today. men must have been an emotional meeting with so many of ellie's friend is preparing to go on to a new stage of life. it was another really difficult milestone we have had to go through after the devastating loss of our dear daughter. it was really difficult but also lovely to see they have found the resilience to be able to go forward with their lives. they will always carry this with them but iam glad will always carry this with them but i am glad they canjust will always carry this with them but i am glad they can just move will always carry this with them but i am glad they canjust move on will always carry this with them but i am glad they can just move on and ta ke i am glad they can just move on and take the next steps. your daughter's death has had a huge impact on her circle of friends. we have been speaking to thejustice secretary about proposals to change sentencing guidelines, longersentencing about proposals to change sentencing guidelines, longer sentencing for 15 to 17—year—olds who commit murder. i am interested to get your reaction to that this morning. we welcome any sentencing increase for young offenders because what people forget is the devastation that it causes to the victims' family and their friends so keeping violent criminals behind bars for longer has to be a good thing and to give justice for the victims. i know you are due to speak to the justice secretary a little bit later today. what will you be seeing in that conversation? do you think these go far enough? certainly the starting point is a good thing, increasing the starting point for offenders between 16 and 18 so they are treated more like adults but importantly we want to ask him to scrap the halfway review tariff for convicted murderers like thomas griffiths. it does not seem right that he can apply halfway through the sentence to get it reviewed. a high courtjudge said he had serve a minimum time of 12.5 yea rs had serve a minimum time of 12.5 years and that is what he should be serving and he should not have that registered in any way so that is what we will be asking this afternoon, if he scrap that. is that something, that idea of him not being injail, is that something, that idea of him not being in jail, is that something that weighs heavily on you being able to deal with the loss your daughter? i can't bear the thought he will be out before he is 30. he has devastated our lives and it seems so wrong that by the age of 30 he could be out, and he has a second chance to have a second life. we really ought to, in the sentencing, reflect the life that is lost, and doesn't appear to happen at the the moment the sentencing guidelines that exist. in the meetings you have had already and that meeting you will have later today, do you feel that the government are listening to you and some of the concerns you are raising? definitely. robert buckland was very raising? definitely. robert buckland was very kind when we met him, and we could tell our case struck a chord with him, and i do feel they are listening. obviously, we believe that rehabilitation should exist as well but for the most violent criminals, they need to have sentences where the punishment really does fit the crime. do you these these proposals will have an impact on your daughter's killers on his sentence? i don't suppose his sentence can be changed. the only thing that could be changed is they scrap this review which he is entitled to half way through his sentence, if that is scrapped then he will be forced to serve the minimum 12—and—a—half years before he can apply for parole. and how you doing carol? probably sounds like a stupid question, but i know it is, must be so difficult for you to do interviews like this but as the same time it's a really important subject, and something i know you feel passionately about.” don't know. i sometimes ask myself how we carry on but you do, you get up how we carry on but you do, you get up every morning and you have to face the next day. but i do have a fight inside me, i do want victims lives to be reflected in sentencing. the lives that have been so tragically taken away by brutal murderers like griffiths. we really appreciate your time this morning. thank you for talking to us and i am sure we will continue to follow this story for the coming weeks and months. raise praise it's a condition that affects one in every 1000 babies — hip dysplasia can lead to problems like dislocation and early on—set arthritis. but many of these problems are preventable if it is spotted early. now, gps are concerned that many newborns are going undiagnosed because of the delay in physical check—ups during the pandemic. ellie costello has this report. this is emmy. she was born in may and due to lockdown restrictions, her six—week checkup was delayed to 12 weeks. she has since been diagnosed with a severe form of hip dysplasia and will need surgery. the news came as a shock. we had a late loss in between my first child and emmy, which hit us hard, i think. so she is very precious, a bit of a diva. and i think for any parent it is quite concerning to see them go through surgery. it is not something that any parent wants to see happen but for a rainbow baby i think it is especially hard. so what is hip dysplasia? the ball is the top of the thigh bone and the socket is part of the pelvis. in a healthy normal hip those to fit together perfectly. like an egg in an egg cup. but for someone with hip dysplasia, it is not that simple. the socket can be shallow and the ball can move in and out, causing pain and discomfort. natalie trice is a mother of two and founder of the uk's only hip dysplasia charity. she fears there will be many other children like emmy with delayed diagnosis because of lockdown. you could not diagnose hip dysplasia in a baby by video consultation. it is the face—to—face contact with gps and health visitors, the most crucial checks where they look for other things. but when they examine the hips they have to feel the baby, they have to feel how that socket, that ball—and—socket is working. so if those are being missed, the longer the diagnosis is made, the harder it is to fix the problem. natalie's son lucas has hip dysplasia. he is now 11, but has had seven operations. he suffered with ptsd and had to take a year out of school. the impact when it is missed can be catastrophic. nobody knows that more than gemma. she has had a lifetime of health problems. i lost my mobility, i lost my confidence, started to become depressed. atjust 31 years old, she has now had two hip replacements. i'm now walking every day, i am pain free, iam i'm now walking every day, i am pain free, i am able to take up activities i never thought i would. i don't want individuals going through the journey i have gone through but that is my hope, that is my wish and i believe that, you know, today detection is crucial. emmy‘s mum natalie says that new parents need to be aware of symptoms of hip dysplasia. my biggest advice would be to trust your instincts. if you notice things such as a resistance in nappy changes or the leg length, get check. length, get checked. go to the gp. let's speak to kiran webster, whose daughter was very recently diagnosed with hip dysplasia, and dr adam hoad—reddick, who specialises in hip and knee surgery. morning both. thank you forjoining us, was it you no who noticed there was something up your daughter? no, when she was born she had her checks immediately, and they did the physical hip check, and noticed a slight click in the left hip, but nothing that they said concerned them. and then we did, we had the six week gp check, and again, nothing concerned the doctor that the point but it was as he was checking that i remembered about the slight click that the midwife said they could hear, orfeel, and i mentioned it, and then he, the doctor asked if she was breach at any point, in the pregnancy, which she was, and it turns out that any breech babies should be scanned, for hip dysplasia, she didn't have any physical symptoms. tell us about the treatment that she is ing at the moment, is he is in a harness or anything you can show us she has got at the moment? yes, she is in a par necessary , at the moment? yes, she is in a par necessary, so you can see her legs like that, she had the strap round her chest and over her shoulders as well. so, she should be in think have been told eight to 12 week, we are on week 11, next week she will have a review, another scan, to see if there has been enough improvement for it to come off. oh, i am going to go to adam in a second, how is she doing with it. you picked her up andi she doing with it. you picked her up and i could hear she should be in think have been told eight to 12 week, we are on week 11, next week she will have a review, another scan, to see if there has been enough improvement for it to come off. oh, i am enough improvement for it to come off. oh, iam going enough improvement for it to come off. oh, i am going to go to adam in a second, how is she doing with it. you picked her up and i could hear the whole she should be in think have been told eight to 12 week, we are on week 11, next week she will have a review, another scan, to see if there has been enough improvement for it to come off. oh, i am going to go to adam in a second, how is she doing with it. you picked her up andi she doing with it. you picked her up and i could hear the whole nation go "aww" _ and i could hear the whole nation go ‘aww'. he has done brilliantly. she is perfectly content. it is more us as pants that have kind of been upset by looking at her like this, and not being able to balotelli her or take her and not being able to balotelli her ortake herswimming, and not being able to balotelli her or take her swimming, things like that. hopefully she won't remember any of this in the future. let us come to adam about this. why is this such an important condition to find early? i think it has been recognised that the earlier hip dysplasia can be recognised, the more simple the treatments are and the better the outcome, so i think the better the outcome, so i think the worst case scenario is you have a missed dislocation or significant dysplasia tray that only gets picked up dysplasia tray that only gets picked up when the child is older so once they start walking and get to 18 months the treatment options become much more difficult, so in early childhood, and when the child is six weeks or 12 weeks old, treatment has to be paired with a harness, although inconvenient and difficult having a baby in a split for a period of time, but it's a lot different to requiring surgical treatment with with an open reduction for example of the hip and one of these plaster casts spikers you may hear about is required and the outcomes from that situation are much different, so you can treat it earlier and get the cup to form properly, early on, then the treatment and the outlook for that child going into adulthood is a lot different than these cases that we have heard of already, where presumably there are missed diagnosis of displace with in the early babe weibel and that leads toe recurrent problems and requirement for further surgery moving forward. we know the charity is talking about that there may be babies being misdiagnosed, is that something you are concerned about?” misdiagnosed, is that something you are concerned about? i am. i have, i treat the other end of this spectrum so treat the other end of this spectrum sol treat the other end of this spectrum so i treat the adolescents is and the young adults who have secondary wear and tear arthritis because of missed dysplasia, speaking to my colleagues who are working in the, in the infant screening area and seeing those baby, yes, there has been some impact but they are working very hard in these exceptional times to try and make sure they are catching up in terms of face to face appointments and it is correct, these assessments do need an examination by somebody who is used to examining those babies and then also investigations with oleate stray sound which are impossible to perform with a non—face to face consultation. impossible to perform with a non-face to face consultation. you have the gorgeous baby with you today, you have also had your son tested, you think your son might haveit tested, you think your son might have it as well. yes, so again his checks when he was a babe ate six week mark were fine, but, learning more about the condition and knowing it can be hereditary as well, if he had been born after my daughter he would have been referred for a scan, so we have had him x—rayed we are waiting for the results but i was one of the symptoms is hip crease, i noticed on one side he has got a double crease at the top of his leg and the other is only one, so that isa and the other is only one, so that is a symptom i wasn't wear of before my daughter, so, yes. we are waiting for his results, and hopefully he will be fine, otherwise as you have heard, it would mean kind of surgery and a cast. and adam, to come back to you, what sort of things should pa rents to you, what sort of things should parents be looking out for?m to you, what sort of things should parents be looking out for? it is right, i think there needs to be a good understanding and concern for parents, that concern perhaps is the wrong word, an awareness for parents this is an important thing that needs to be picked up on, so particularly if there is a family history of hip problems, if there is a breech position, certainly in the la st a breech position, certainly in the last four weeks of pregnancy, first born females are more affected, because they have less strong ligaments, and the uterus is tiger, so there is an —— tighter, if the problem has a club foot type problem, that would be an indication for them to have their hips checked or for them to have their hips checked ora for them to have their hips checked ora direct family for them to have their hips checked or a direct family history, and the other thing, then, as or a direct family history, and the otherthing, then, as has or a direct family history, and the other thing, then, as has been said by one of your people on today, that both decreased range of movement in the hip would be very important to note. ace symmetry of the skin creases, a juan—manuel leguizamon discrepancy and adds they start moving, so crawling with the leg held in an unusual position or if they are limping when they are walking that would be very important, and you should speak do your health visitor or gp and ask foran on ward your health visitor or gp and ask for an on ward refever rail to a specialist centre —— referral. for imaging. thank you. hopefully that was helpful to some o you. hopefully that was helpful to some o you. you're watching breakfast. coming up in the next half hour. this is the scene in plymouth this morning, where 400 years ago the mayflower set off to cross the atlantic. we'll be speaking to historian and presenter dan snow. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alpa patel. an investigation from bbc london has exposed that at the height of the coronavirus outbreak — bleach was on sale. and being touted as a way to rid sufferers of covid—19. secret recordings revealed that the potentially dangerous mixtures were being marketed as a way of protecting against coronavirus. consuming these will not cure coronavirus, if you have the disease and have the symptoms. as a cleaning agents, it will help, disinfecting surfaces and would kill the virus but if you consumed it no, it would do more harm than good. detectives are investigating an alleged attempted abduction of two schoolgirls in bromley. they say it happend at around 3pm last wednesday. two 11—year—old girls were near a bus stop in crofton road in orpington when a man got out of a car and attempted to grab them, but they were able to get away. the suspect is described as a white man, aged in his 30s the chairman of british airways, alex cruz, is appearing before the transport select committee today. the committee has been extremely critical of the company based at heathrow, over its decision to cut 12,000 staff, calling ba "a national disgrace". the company insists the redundancies are necessary, in the face of what they describe as the biggest crisis in their history. the historic royal palaces has announced that it will be entering a period of consultation on proposed redundancies. the charity — which manages the tower of london and hampton court palace — has seen income this year slashed by 89% because of the pandemic, with sites shut during lockdown and a downturn in international tourism. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube network, apart from the waterloo & city line, which is closed until further notice. on the trains, thameslink has 15min delays because of a signal failrue at farringdon. on the roads — it's quesues in and around vauxhall because vauxhall bridge is closed until december. now the weather. temperature temperatures in st james' now the weather. temperature temperatures in stjames' park in london 30.is celsius. today it won't be quite as warm but still temperatures getting up into the mid to high 20s. now this morning we have a bit of cloud, particularly towards the south that could produce the odd spot of rain. nothing more, but elsewhere we have sunshine, blue sky through the day and temperatures reaching 27 celsius. so still pretty impressive, for the middle of september. now overnight, we will start to to this cloud michael goving south. it will drag in cooler air, from the north east. so temperatures not quite as muggy as last night. the minimum between 11 and 14 celsius. for tomorrow, there is going to be plenty of sunshine, once that cloud clears, but the temperature is going to feel cooler, north—easterly breeze will start to develop through the course of thursday, and therefore the temperature isn't going to feel so warm. we are looking at a maximum of round 20, maybe 21 celsius. temperatures stay similar through the week but plenty of fine dry weather through to the weekend. that's it. i'll be back in half an hour. now though it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. in the past hour thejustice secretary robert buckland has told this programme there's a lot of work to be done to get the coronavirus testing system back on track. it comes ahead of government plans to prioritise nhs and care workers for tests. ivan browne is the director of public health for the city of leicester and joins us now. what is the situation in leicester? are people able to get tests and results ? are people able to get tests and results? like in many other areas of the country we are struggling in terms of tests or test results. the challenge we face is that lots of people are trying to get tests but the simply isn't the capacity in the system. we spoke to the government today and they said they are working on it. have you seen evidence things are beginning to improve? people trying to get hold of tests, contacting me is the director of public health to see if we can do anything, so we are still under considerable pressure. if people cannot get tests they do not know whether their symptoms might be coronavirus. are you worried has become something you cannot control? iam become something you cannot control? i am really worried about that. in leicester we had some issues around the numbers we saw. we have done a huge amount of work to push our numbers right down and quite successfully but clearly one of the key strands of that was testing and when you take away such a pivotal element of that or reduce it in any way it leads to some real concerns as to how we manage and we keep control of the situation. with regards to people getting in contact with you is it that they have coronavirus symptoms and are trying to get a test? is itjust people with symptoms? yes, it is generally people who have symptoms, they want to have it confirmed. workplaces and school settings where people need to know. we are hearing that the government may prioritise who is able to get tests, for example nhs workers, care workers as well. what is your view on that? while that is really important and i support that, the challenges that there are many other areas that need that degree of support, so this is not going to be resolved unless it can increase the capacity. what other areas do you mean? if we think about education, think about essential services, we still need to keep those going as well and people are naturally being responsible and making sure they do not go into those environments if they have symptoms or suspect they have symptoms but equally they want to get back if they are not positive so just to get back if they are not positive sojust keeping to get back if they are not positive so just keeping everything to get back if they are not positive sojust keeping everything going requires people to know what their status is. are you seeing classes having to be sent home, school is having to be sent home, school is having to be sent home, school is having to close at this point? yes, we have all seen that across the country where people have, because they don't know, we are taking a precautionary approach, asking people to stay home until they can get a test result that is positive if they have symptoms, so yes, those things are happening. when people have symptoms are they doing what they need to be doing and saying home? it is always really difficult. i think the vast majority of people are being responsible but i guess the other challenge is there are individuals who might be on the cusp and might not be certain i might not make the right decision to do that so it is really important that they know what their status is, they know where they stand in relation to testing positive or negative. director of public health at leicester city, thank you. hugh pym is the bbc‘s health editor and joins us now. hugh, we've heard from the justice secretary this morning that the government is set to announce a priority list for testing, what more do we know? it was made clear by matt hancock yesterday and has been repeated this morning the priorities will be nhs staff and patients and care home staff and patients and care home staff and patients and care home staff and residents. the intention is to do everything possible to protect staff so they can get into work and protect the people they are looking after the close of the risks involved here but what about everybody else? that is not being made clear at the moment. when the plan is spelt out we might know more but in essence they are seeing the rest of the available capacity is what it is and the demand will have to deal with that. by implication for the next few weeks people will continue to experience issues booking, delays, distances to travel and so on. the government hope is a big new laboratory, one of the lighthouse labs that has been set up to two, deal with tests, a new one is coming in october, but that is a few weeks away and the message up until then will be do not book a test u nless until then will be do not book a test unless you have symptoms. you mention the keyword capacity and when louise was speaking to robert buckland earlier he talked about capacity of 350000 and louise preston on the difference between capacity and the number of tests being done. there are so many numbers flying around. the 350,000 includes antibody tests to see if you have had the virus which is different from the daily swab tests and includes research. the actual capacity for the nhs and the community and social care is around 240000 and as of now about 220,000 tests are being processed but that number of tests has gone up quite a lot since getting close to that capacity. you always need a little bit of headroom. you cannot say we have 240,000, that means the number of tests is the same, so in reality the capacity is extremely stretched because of, we are told, this great increase in demand that had had not been anticipated. should it have been anticipated. should it have been with children going back to school and people going back to work? maybe that is a key question. last week we were telling our viewers and the government promising very ambitious targets, half a million by october, beyond that towards the end of the year, to those ambitious targets look anything like a reality that may happen? they are still talking about are happen? they are still talking about a re targets happen? they are still talking about are targets of 500,000 tests a day by the end of october. that is based on these big new labs coming on strea m on these big new labs coming on stream but it is all very well saying they are going to open but will they get to that? they have a different target of millions of tests that were set out by the prime minister that is going to involve something different, rapid testing something different, rapid testing so you can tell within 20 minutes whether you have the virus or not, people were sceptical about that but the prime minister and the government are sticking to that because of the problems we have right now. and if stairs know they have to demonstrate they can get the current system working more smoothly and show everybody how they are going to get to half a million by the end of october. lots of numbers to digest, in terms of the number of people being tested a day, do we have that number? the number of tests processed is not the same as the number of people because you could have one person doing several tests or you might need to repeat a tests or you might need to repeat a test or one didn't quite get done properly but the number of people being tested is less than that. there are different sets of figures for that. one view is it is may be around 100,000 or less, it depends on any given day. there are a lot of numbers being thrown around but tests processed as the one that is published. thank you very much for trying to digest some of those figures for us. that is one of the big issues of today. thank you for your comments and questions and your experiences of trying to get a taste and being honest about where you are going. jane had been in all done and now in bolton, two hotspots where it is really ha rd now in bolton, two hotspots where it is really hard for many front line workers to get tested. really good to hear that analysis of what the numbers mean. the coronavirus outbreak has had a huge impact on foreign travel this summer — but it's notjust holiday makers who have been affected. nina is at east midlands airport to find out how it's changing imports and exports. you were talking earlier about the difference between freight and cargo. hopefully you will tell us what it is. it is deal with that. we will keep that until the end. typical live tv, there was lots of activity behind me analytical and now it has stopped. there are lots of packages inside that parable. that is being sent from here, it has come from around the world, off to germany to be disseminated around europe. that is happening with all of theirs. that is going to make its way in the next couple of hours. about1 million packages come through this airport every night and that number is up by ff to last year, partly covid related. cargo gets to go in the underbelly of passenger planes and most of them have been grounded for months so the freight industry has seen an uptick. we can speak to the managing director here. it is lovely to see it. i naturally know that is due to covid? we have seen year—on—year growth in cargo but over the summer we have had unprecedented levels. levels we would expect in the run—up to christmas or black friday. it would be reasonable to assume people working from home not able to access the high street, the chances are if you are did something online yesterday it would have come through the east midlands last night and be on its way to unite. it is incredible how efficient that is. you are saying it would like to see increased testing because although there is growth in the area of freight and cargo it doesn't necessarily mitigate what you have lost in terms of passengers coming through the doors. we have been talking about testing a lot. people might argue passenger travel is not a priority. the cardio operation is busy by night. normally at this time of day we would see the passenger operation. the industry has been decimated. we have a of the passengers we would expect to see as a result of quarantine and people not being available to travel to see friends and family and we need government action and policy to open up government action and policy to open up travel again for passengers and we see testing is an answer. with respect to priority, we can do this for the private sector. we would not be using nhs capacity. we understand public health is the priority. we have an alternative. we just need the government policy to be able to do that. every airport across the country will tell you the same thing that there has been an increasing threat but many passengers through the door safe travel to bring back the door safe travel to bring back the revenue they have lost so massively over the last few months but certainly freight and cargo is a big area of growth. cargo is everything that travels in bulk, freight, is this right, does not include mail, freight is commercial only. i know you will all be talking about that today! i am just making notes. i cannot wait to ask the kids about that later when they come home from school. you will probably remember that, i know you. the weather is looking rather nice. this is the flip side of the coin in clevela nd, is the flip side of the coin in cleveland, grey skies. betty the poaching, reporting a cool and strengthening bodies. it is all linked into this weather front. some patchy rain or drizzle in southern scotla nd patchy rain or drizzle in southern scotland and northern england and are developing north—easterly wind. to the south, mist and fog, some clinging on to the coasts of wales, devon and cornwall but sunshine for many and another warm one. north of that zone of cloud temperatures will drop relative to yesterday. somewhere around 10 degrees cooler than yesterday afternoon. we could still hit the high 20s for fear. this evening and overnight the cloud is pushing southwards and westwards. taking that to all but the far south and south—west by the end of the night. temperatures in the mid teens. further north temperatures in the countryside into single figures. thursday starting dry with a bit of cloud across northern and western areas but a lot of the mist will break up and not as sunny tomorrow. for most long spells of sunshine developing for the afternoon. not the heat of recent days but pleasant in the sunshine. close to where we should be for the time of year tempered by a breeze across southern counties so if you are out in the sun and shade you will notice that, the same on friday, long spells of blue sky. a bit more cloud in the far north of scotland with one or two showers and temperatures in the high teens and may low 20s. the weekend we have a battle between high and low pressure. the high means dry. i stay close in on each other that means more of a breeze. maybe some rain getting close to the south coast of england for sunday but for most the dry conditions continuous lots of sunshine around. not as warm as it has been. temperatures closer to normal. if you fancy a dip in the sea it is at this time of year the sea temperatures are highest but family 13, 14 degrees is too low. louise will be much braver. thank you matt. selma van de perre was just 17 years old when world war two broke out — but she spent the conflict in the dutch resistance fighting the nazis under her alias marga. despite being caught and sent to a concentration camp as a political prisoner, selma not only survived, but managed to conceal herjewish faith from her captors. i had the chance to speak with her and get a small insight into her incredible story. one by one your family one by one yourfamily are one by one your family are taken away, and you find yourself at a really young age, living alone, and you start living, don't you, under an assumed identity. that in some ways saved your life, didn't it. yes, definitely, yeah. in the beginning i was in hiding, with family in amsterdam. my friend, were then i realised by that time, they we re then i realised by that time, they were in the resistance movement and we re were in the resistance movement and were taking people, jewish people into hiding place, and she got one of the doctors and he took me to the house where i stayed for a long time. so you... that is where i met the resistance movement, really. you started doing work for the resista nce started doing work for the resistance and it started with sort of taking messagings and it got increasingly dangerous, why did you wa nt to increasingly dangerous, why did you want to do that work?” increasingly dangerous, why did you want to do that work? i just wanted to help. i had heard all those stories of all the non—jewish people helping, assisting and helping, that i found helping, assisting and helping, that ifound i helping, assisting and helping, that i found i should helping, assisting and helping, that ifound i should do something helping, assisting and helping, that i found i should do something too. you went on a series of missions, and you had, i mean, i can't even count how many escapes, like really close escape, hiding in cupboards. almost every day, of course, there was always check up in the train. you say whether people lived or died depended on coincidence or a split second decision. of all those decisions is there one that stands out in your mind? on my very first job, i was given in amsterdam a huge suitcase, with legal papers, and i had to go out, because it was near in the evening, 8.00, you see, well, 7.00 but i couldn't very much do any more, so i wanted to go home, and when i went out of the train, i could see at the exit, there was control, check up, so i was there with my big suitcase at suitcase, with my big suitcase at suitcase, with legal papers, and i had to go out, because it was near in the evening, 8.00, you see, well, 7.00 but i couldn't very much do any more, so i wanted to go home, and when i went out of the train, i could see at the exit, there was control, check up, so i was there with my big suitcase at the exit and suitcase, with legal papers, and i had to go out, because it was near in the evening, 8.00, you see, well, 7.00 but i couldn't very much do any more, so i wanted to go home, and when i went out of the train, i could see at the exit, there was control, check up, so i was there with my big suitcase at the exit and he said "open" so i fiddled with the locks, so i didn't know the suitcase, so i didn't know the lock, but in the end they opened and there we re but in the end they opened and there were five parcels which i didn't know they were in parcel, i knew they were going to be papers but not parcels, but on the five parcels had the, the letters of the main town i had to bring them to, and they would divide them there again, and so, he, soi divide them there again, and so, he, so i looked at it and i thought this is my end, the end of me, you know, but he said, go on. and so that was really anxious. went outside of the station, and i trembled. i could feel myself almost going, you know, and when i got home to flat, the girls said, my friends there said what happened ? girls said, my friends there said what happened? you look terrible? so i told them and they gave me a stiff drink! something you needed, didn't you! but that was the first time i had... that must have been so many memories when you were hiding in cupboards, when you had to hide on the top of rooftop, when somebody recognised you and used your old name. that was very bad too, when i came from the registration office, i came from the registration office, i came out of the building, and he said selma, and i got a shock, you know, i thought, said selma, and i got a shock, you know, ithought, so said selma, and i got a shock, you know, i thought, so that is when i took my bike and travelled very quickly home, again, an escape. you then eventually in some ways, but your luck in some ways ran out because you ended up in a camp. yes, my boss was arrested in the train. and they took him to his room and unluckily just that day, and they took him to his room and unluckilyjust that day, i was there, because another resistance movement man had made me book shelves with secret compartments in it, because i had the big suitcase under my bed, full of papers, i heard the door opening downstairs so i opened, this was on the first floor, so i opened the door and i said oh, there is the boss, and i could see him then, standing between two police and he became very white, because he didn't expect us to be there. so you went to this camp, and it was really important there, because this was not where dues were sent and you were currently under a non—jewish identity, so it was important you stuck do your stories because otherwise that would have been a threat do your life. did try from the beginning not to think of anything from home any more, you know, or my own name or my own life. i tried to push that away, because i was scared to death in the prisoner for instance i was very scared to go to sleep, that was soon after i was arrested. tell us a bit about conditions at ray silence brook because they sound horrific. oh they we re because they sound horrific. oh they were horrible, terrible. it is unbelievable that people can do to each other. you were part of this movement, you described it as starting as a small slow movement there was lots of dues, have you any idea of how many were involved in the resistance it is not known. it is always said they went like lambs to their death. it is not true, because jewish people to their death. it is not true, becausejewish people also resisted but most of them were taken, imprisoned and killed, so there is nobody after the war who can tell the tory. what is your message for people who hear that, what is your message? well, to try and be tolerant, to try and not hate people, we are not all the same, you should accept that, and i think the past should have learned this, that, that we should be more tolerant. thank you for talking to us and thank you for telling your story. thank you for coming. selma's remarkable story has now been written down in her memoir "my name is selma." it was designed to protect a beautiful cumbrian waterway from pollution — 20 years ago two and a half kilometres of plastic sheeting was laid in the river keekle. but it ended up doing more harm than good. now, it has finally been removed in what's thought to be the biggest restoration project of its kind in the uk. alison freeman is at the river for us this morning. the sun has come up but what we are talking about is this black plastic, it tougher than you might imagine if you compared it to normal pond line, thatis you compared it to normal pond line, that is why it was so difficult to remove. it was installed on an industrial scale, it has been removed. 120 tonnes of this stuff has stopped this river being so fast flowing, now as you can see it is calmer, we have been watching fish jumping out of the pond beside us, so it wasn'tjust jumping out of the pond beside us, so it wasn't just aboutst tick, the way it looked, it has been about protecting the environment and making it much more welcoming for nature. making it much more welcoming for nature. the natural beauty of this meandering river, but things months ago, things looked very different. the river keekle held a dark secret — reams of black plastic liner had been installed 20 years ago to stop pollution seeping into the water from a nearby mine. but instead, the plastic has become the problem. there's 2.5 kilometres of plastic lying around, a massive eyesore and looked appalling in the landscape. and if you look back at the photos, we have of the videos of the river, it looks so alien. we knew the plastic was breaking down and there is literally tonnes and tonnes of this microplastic which has sunk down and are embedded into the riverbed. something like 500 kilograms a year is being washed out and sent further downstream. so, the west cumbria rivers trust in spring of last year started to remove the plastic. it was an epic task, costing £1.5 million. now all of the liner, more than 120 tonnes, has been taken out. this project has even more benefits. people living further downstream are going to get greater protection from flooding, because the flow of the river has slowed, and the environment is going to be much more welcoming to wildlife. this is one of my favourite bits of the river, we have a deep pool, we have a border cascade, we have a gravel bar in the middle of the river with two channels, and it is the variety the river keekle should have. maybe because of the plastic, the habitat was very poor for spawning fish, particularly the salmon and the trout. and ultimately, we should find now across this whole ridge of river there is much more area where the fish can spawn and lay their eggs. we should see a resurgence in the numbers in the future. all of the plastic is going to be recycled, the last of it is still on site, being washed, packed up and ready to be taken away. more than £10 was sent to this plant in dumfries, where it was turned into plastic lumber to make park benches and furniture. one has been put near the river for people to enjoy. and for people who have carried out the work, the rewards will be long—lasting. we can come back with our family, our friends and say, "this is what we did. this river was lined with plastic, and we have put all these features in and removed the plastic. we can say we did that. it is going to be here for years — forever. it's good to know you have done something good for the environment. all the machinery should be gone by the end of this month, and the river river keekle's plastic—free future should allow it to thrive. just to see a natural river instead of this awful, black plastic sheeting, yeah, absolutely thrilled. there is still some evidence of the work that has been done here, so the nextjob is work that has been done here, so the next job is recede work that has been done here, so the nextjob is recede the bank with native plants and let nature do its thing, by 2022 they say the river should be looking as it always should be looking as it always should have. back to you. it is an incredible turn round, thank you very much for talking us through that. it is lovely see it this morning. it looks like a fantastic morning. it looks like a fantastic morning there as well. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59. good morning, it's wednesday morning, i'm victoria derbyshire, here are the latest headlines: nhs staff and care workers will be prioritised — as the government tries to get to grips with the surge in demand for coronavirus tests. we are working night and day to improve and increase the capacity and the turnaround. the uk's inflation rate fell to a five—year low in august — as the effect of the eat out to help out scheme pushed down restaurant prices. longer jail sentences for serious criminals under plans announced by the government. drinking when you're pregnant — official advice is don't drink at all — now it's being proposed that even one glass of wine should be marked on your child's medical records. the reason for that? to accurately identify children at risk of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

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music. dubai always puts on a good show, doesn't it? that is a world—class tactile list building, —— the world's tallest building, with the fantastic skyline as a backdrop to the fireworks. the new year has arrived in the united arab emirates. music. you may recall as we were saying on the screen there, when 2015 became 2016 there was a huge fire that engulfed part of a luxury hotel in dubai very close to where those people gathered to watch the fireworks display and that particular year brought under control without any fatalities but that fire lit up the side of the address downtown hotel close to the city centre and scattering bysta nders city centre and scattering bystanders into a nearby shopping mall. but thankfully everything has passed off calmly but beautifully in dubai. four hours ahead of us. lots of controversy about whether fireworks display should be taking place and all parts of the world particularly australia. thousands of people in south—eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. we have been reporting on those for weeks. in the state of victoria, 4000 people, including locals and tourists, prepared to flee into the ocean as a last resort. fire chiefs have warned that they face a "very long, difficult and dangerous night". in new south wales — where over a hundred fires are now burning — two more people have been killed, and dozens of properties destroyed along a stretch of coastline. 0ur sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil, reports. this is what uncontrollable blazes pushed by strong winds have done to towns across eastern australia. and this is what firefighters have been up against for weeks now. this crew trapped in their fire engine as they fight an impossible battle. in the coastal town of batemans bay in new south wales, residents have fled, taking shelter on the beach, desperately trying to escape the hellish fire conditions. 300 kilometres south in the state of victoria, thousands in mallacoota also escaped to the shores. at one point, people were told to jump in the water if the fire came their way. more than a dozen emergency level blazes, spanning 500 kilometres, have stretched across the two states of victoria and new south wales. several holiday spots along the coast have now been cut off and the main road in the region is closed. military aircraft and vessels could be sent to help rescue efforts and to bring aid to those trapped in the worst hit areas. time and time again, people have told us that the scale of these fires is unlike anything they'd ever seen before and so too is the extent of the damage. and as these blazes continue to rage across eastern and southern australia, many are dealing with the reality of going back home when they've lost everything. the village of balmoral in new south wales has seen some of the worst devastation in recent weeks. everywhere you look is a sign of how the blazes ravaged through the area. rosemary doyle lived in this house for 13 years with her late husband. she tells me she felt relatively safe, living just across the road from the local fire station. but nothing here has been spared. and then i stood across the road and just watched it burn, room by room, which was really, really difficult. the last room to burn was where i'd left my husband's ashes. soaring temperatures, strong winds and relentless drought have made it impossible to stop the trail of these huge fires and with no rain predicted, australians will now head into the new year with the threat of more blazes looming over them. there've been violent clashes outside the american embassy in the iraqi capital, baghdad. tens of thousands of militiamen attacked the complex, in response to us airstrikes against its members on sunday. president trump has accused iran of orchestrating the violence, and criticised the iraqi government for failing to prevent it. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams reports. chanting. furious crowds and an american embassy, the largest in the world, under siege. protesters and pro—iranian militiamen inside baghdad's protected green zone, venting their anger. attempting to breach the embassy walls. 0ne entrance is pushed open, but the crowd is forced back by tear gas fired from inside. a sentry post is attacked. this is a heavily fortified compound. the soldiers inside seem alert, but not yet alarmed. fires are lit outside, the air thick with smoke and anti—american slogans. but the crowd is not huge. sources inside the compound say the situation appears to be under control. no one has been evacuated. directing the protests are some of the country's leading shi'ite militiamen. they are backed by iran and deeply hostile towards america. translation: this embassy has been proved to be an embassy of plotting against iraq, the embassy of spying on iraq and the embassy of running schemes of sabotage in iraq. tensions rose dramatically over the weekend as american warplanes carried out air strikes against military targets in iraq and syria. at least 25 fighters were killed. the us blamed the pro—iranian group kata'ib hezbollah for a rocket attack on friday that killed an american civilian in the northern city of kirkuk. donald trump points the finger at neighbouring iran. iran killed an american contractor, he tweeted this morning, we strongly responded and always will. now iran is orchestrating an attack on the us embassy in iraq. they will be held fully responsible. he also warned iraq to do more to protect the embassy. but iraq's government is in a bind. the us is still an ally in the fight against so—called islamic state, but its relationship with iran is much closer. the prime minister condemned america's air strikes at the weekend, but when the crowd moved on the embassy this morning, iraqi security forces did not stop them. paul adams, bbc news. and these are some of the latest pictures showing the protesters outside the embassy — and what is presumably the sentry building now set on fire. and we've also learned that more us troops have been deployed to baghdad from kuwait, to boost numbers at the embassy. the iraq he president has condemned attem pts the iraq he president has condemned atte m pts to the iraq he president has condemned attempts to attack and gain interest to the embassy and baghdad, saying it was a violation of binding international agreements which are meant to protect foreign missions and the government is a signatory to the agreements and. says a peaceful protest is a right and guaranteed by the constitution but a attacking foreign missions is against its reputation. they called to protect all foreign missions and for protesters to leave the embassy. those are the latest pictures. a 10—year—old girl who was knocked down by an ambulance on an emergency call—out in nottingham has died. shaniqua loftman—smith was hit while walking in the bulwell area of the city three days before christmas. police are appealing for witnesses. a woman is in hospital after being stabbed three times in front of her child, on a street in south london. police were called to downton avenue in streatham hill yesterday evening. the met says the 36—year—old mother was attacked from behind whilst pushing her child in a pushchair — but her injuries are not considered life threatening. the lone suspect is described as a black man, who was around 6ft and wearing dark clothing, and the force is appealing for witnesses after the attacker ran off away from the high road. the national living wage is to rise by 6 point 2 per cent, more than four times the rate of inflation. the 51 pence rise to £8.72 pence per hour will come into effect in april. the government says it'll be the biggest ever cash increase to the minimum wage. but small businesses claim they'll need government support to afford it. the former boss of the car company nissan has fled japan — where he was facing trial over allegations of financial misconduct. once one of the most powerful figures in the car industry, carlos ghosn flew to lebanon to escape what he called "injustice and political persecution". lebanon said it had no prior warning about his arrival. rupert wingfield hayes' report from tokyo contains flash photography. last march, carlos ghosn disguised himself as a construction worker as he attempted to slip past the waiting media on his release from jail. now he has succeeded in slipping out ofjapan, perhaps in another disguise. even his own defence team have been left dumbfounded, unable to explain how mrghosn did it. translation: we didn't know anything about it. it's a complete surprise. we still have all his passports. somehow mr ghosn managed to board a privatejet and last night he landed here, in the lebanese capital beirut. he said he had not fled japanese justice, but escaped from injustice. i am now in lebanon, he said, and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied. this is a truly extraordinary development in what was already an extraordinary story. japanese prosecutors will say by fleeing, carlos ghosn is admitting his guilt. but many others agree with carlos ghosn and his defence team that the charges against him were essentially politically motivated. and that carlos ghosn‘s real crime was trying to force a merger between a japanese company, nissan, and its french parent, renault. in the 1990s carlos ghosn helped save french car—maker renault. in the 2000s, he took on an even biggerjob, turning around japan's moribund car—maker, nissan. he rose to become one of the most powerful figures in the global car industry. but in 2018 he was arrested at tokyo airport on suspicion of financial misconduct. he was held in this tokyo detention centre for more than 100 days, facing daily interrogations. this is a conspiracy. since his release on bail, carlos ghosn has angrily proclaimed his innocence. accusing his former colleagues at nissan of conspiring with japanese prosecutors to manufacture a case against him. the media injapan have been preparing for what was expected to be the trial of the decade. instead carlos ghosn is now far away in lebanon, a country that has no extradition agreement with japan. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. thousands of mixed—sex couples in england and wales are expected to enter into civil partnerships from today. it comes after a long battle against a law that had previously only permitted same—sex couples to become civil partners. daniela relph's report contains flash photography. cheering. finally, civil partners. something they had always wanted, but until today, had been legally impossible. rebecca steinfeld, charles keidan, and their two young daughters, mark the occasion at chelsea registry office in london. i love you. this wasn't a wedding. they didn't even call it a ceremony. it was the registration of a civil partnership. giving the family the legal and financial protection that a marriage provides. there are lots of reasons why people don't want to get married. they might have had a previous bad experience of marriage, their own parents marriage, they might have feminist objections like we do. and we feel thrilled and honoured that we have opened up the institution of civil partnership so that everyone can now form one regardless of whether they are in a mixed sex or same—sex relationship. it is just an amazing moment for us, it is the end of a long journey and the start of a new decade and the beginning of my life together as civil partners in law. i couldn't have wished for a better moment than that. for rebecca and charles this is both a private, family celebration and public recognition of a change in the law. something they have been fighting for through the courts for more than five years. the couple took their challenge to the highest court in the land. the supreme court agreed with charles and rebecca, excluding different sex couples from civil partnership was willed incompatible with their right to a family life. i don't believe this change would have happened without charles and rebecca. but whilst, as of today, they are civilly partnered, this is something now which will affect thousands and potentially millions of people across the uk. one of the things people just don't realise until things go wrong in a relationship is that unless they were married or now have a civil partnership, they are not legally protected. rebecca and charles were amongst the first but the government predicts as many as 84,000 heterosexual couples could become civil partners in 2020. daniela relph, bbc news, west london. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. that evening to you, it has been a quiet day on the football front. but brace yourself for nine matches in the premier league tomorrow, and of course the januray transfer window opens. the manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer says he has money to spend but won't buy anyone just for the sake of it because he could upset the team dynamic. iam i am optimistic we can keep players fit and if the right ones become available, yeah, we do have the resources in a do have the backing from the board but it is also about getting the right ones. it has to be, there is no point suddenly thinking bringing someone else and 110w thinking bringing someone else and now for the sake of three or four months, if that can disrupt any not any good feeling in the group at the chemistry in the group is really good. the west ham captain mark noble has backed david moyes to turn things around. there has been a mixed response from hammers fans to the scots' return to the club. he helped keep them up 2 years ago but was then replaced by manuel pellegrini who was sacked on saturday with the club one point above the relegation zone. noble says moyes is the best person for the job and in his first spell in charge brought out the best in the players, so everyone should support him. ian holloway is the new manager of league two side grimsby, he'll also have shares in the club and take a place on the board. in a long maangerial career, he led blackpool and crystal palace into the premier league but his last post was at qpr last year. grimsby are 21st in league two and without a win since september. when former premier league referee bobby madley stopped officiating in august 2018, the reason given was that he was re—locating for personal reasons. in a lenghty post online today, the 34—year—old has revealed that he was sacked for what he calls ‘a dark humoured joke' mocking a disabled person at his daughter's school sportsday he says he had previouslyjoked about not taking part in the parents race and had been criticised in a national newspaper for making mistakes because he was overweight. he filmed the disabled person before sending it to a friend saying that he finally "had a chance of winning the race that year". madley says he was dismissed for "gross misconduct on grounds of discrimination". the ecb have said they're "cautiously" in favour of four day tests. that's a proposal being looked at by the icc as they try and finalise an increasingly congested cricket calendar from 2023. here's our correspondent katie gornall. supporters of this four—day limit on test matches argue it will ease congestion and ease up around a0 daysin congestion and ease up around a0 days in the grace king calendar and ease the workload on players and help cricket to become more accessible to a new audience and make the point that most test matches these days do not know go to the distance. today they formally gave their support for this for the very first time and released a statement where they say they cautiously backed the concept of a four—day test match but acknowledged itan four—day test match but acknowledged it an emotive topic for those who have concerns about challenging the heritage, that is what they say. gerwen price and peter wright have both apologised for their conduct in their ill—tempered pdc world darts championship semi—final. wright won and will play defending champion michael van gerwen in tomorrow's final. meanwhile, fallon sherrock, who this year became the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship and reached the 3rd round, has withdrawn from the bdo women's world championship next week. a factor behind that decision is the reduction of prize money following poor ticket sales. don't forget a look back on the year in sport on the bbc news channel at around 8.30. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, it is over and out. do you call that an evening shift? that is pathetic?” out. do you call that an evening shift? that is pathetic? i have been through for a press enter is pathetic? i have been through four presenters now. i will see you next decade. do not be better. me? never. celebrations to usher in 2020 are taking place in many parts of the world... auckland in new zealand was the first major city to see in the new year and a new decade — with the sky tower at the centre of celebratory fireworks. china welcomed the new year with an 0lympics themed performance ahead of the beijing 2022 winter olympics. and in the last few minutes the united arab emirates brought in 2020 at the world's tallest building the burj khalifa. dan johnson has more. a quiet moment to contemplate what's been before embracing what comes next. a new year, a new decade, and new zealand kicked it off with auckland the first major capital to welcome 2020. sydney put on a spectacular, despite calls to cancel the fireworks because of widespread bushfires. it's a global stage, after all, and the show did indeed go on. a big bong and a tub—thumping soundtrack saw the start of celebrations in japan, the first new year's eve of a whole new era. across the water, kim jong—un‘s resisted too many rocket launches this year, perhaps saving north korea's firepower for this display. and in hong kong, the fireworks echoed the firecrackers of protests that have reverberated through its streets. in london, it will be all eyes on the wheel that has become the icon of a global city and the focus for a nation waiting to see what 2020 brings around. dan johnson, bbc news. police are warning people not to attend new year celebrations on the river thames in london without a ticket. charlotte gallagher is at embankment now where london's new year's eve event will be taking place tonight. yes and i have one of the best spots on the embankment because the london eye directly behind me, that is the main attraction for everyone coming down here. at the stroke of midnight around 2000 fireworks will be set off from the wheel and another 10,000 fireworks will be set off from arejust 10,000 fireworks will be set off from are just marred along the river thames and it will promise to be a spectacular show, themed around football this year and the euro 2020 matches that will be hosted and landed 20/20 next year. and i've been speaking to the mayor of london about the show. well, i don't want to ruin the surprise, but i can say, hand on heart, they'll be the best fireworks london's ever seen. look, we may be leaving the european union, but we're not leaving europe. tonight's fireworks will celebrate us as a global city, a european city, but next year we are really lucky in london to have the european 2020 finals — seven games, the final, the semifinals and four other games. so there will be a football theme with the fireworks tonight but it will be a great night. and 100,000 people as they said coming down here to watch the fireworks and they are coming from all over the world, italy, japan, south korea and indian event. he said he has come from india, why did you want to be here? there are a lot of good things that happened to me andl of good things that happened to me and i take it as a decade and i wanted to end it on a higher note and start my new year by witnessing this. that is why i am here. all the way from india just to be here tonight. yes. i want to come here andl tonight. yes. i want to come here and i was here and iq and finally i got to this spot sol and i was here and iq and finally i got to this spot so i am really happy here. i hope you have a wonderful night. people have real dedication and another person here from america, you were queuing for hours to get here as well. where are you from an america? alabama originally. why did you want to come down from london? today is my birthday and so every year and make ita birthday and so every year and make it a tradition to go to a major city to see the fireworks display so london was the next one on the last. what is your experience in london so far. beautiful, the weather has been pretty cooperative and the rain let up pretty cooperative and the rain let up so the virus will be great tonight. not as tight as where you are from either. —— not as hot as where you are from either. lots of people down here and they cannot wait for the show to begin and we are promised music and there are people from brazil and mexico down here and apparently there will be some football anthems as well so if you like three lions, you are in for a treat tonight. thank you. lorna gordon is in edinburgh for us ahead of tonight's hogmanay celebrations. we canjoin we can join her we canjoin her now. we can join her now. yes the street here, for those of you who know it is starting to fill up and they are respecting about 75,000 people down here and it is quite a compact city so here and it is quite a compact city so that is a lot of people in quite a small area and lots going on and streets and entertainers and performers on stilts going down the streets already and of course there are big acts as well among them. and big operation for the police and they said one of the biggest challenges of the year is this an event and they say causes the biggest difficulty but not this year because though it is nippy, it is dry. i list speaking to the chief and here is what he had to say. we're here to police the event and to make sure that the events pass safely. so, we've had real considerable engagement with our partners, the city of edinburgh council, the organisers running all that, and there's real detailed plans in place for the policing of it in the safety of it. we're quite comfortable with that. but what about the communication that's going out to local residents and staff? man yelling. that's what you can expect from your neighbours here in edinburgh! no, i think from a policing perspective, really comfortable with the communication. there has obviously been some tensions around about visitors to edinburgh versus local residents. we're here to police both equally and that's what's going to happen tonight. and what's your message to those people who are coming to town to see hogmanay? you can probably hear in the background there's a real buzz about the town. come, enjoy the city, have fun, take care of yourselves, that's what i'd like. make sure you arrive here and you get home safely. have a plan for getting home safely, look after each other, and if you're going to have a drink, do so but don't push yourself because that's where you're more vulnerable than you would like to be. but have a good time, it's ready for you. there is simply saying have at that time but stay safe. we will speak to a few visitors from the city tonight. where you from? liverpool. lincoln share. why did you come down here? let edinburgh and love the city and the culture so just looking for a street party to get the new year going. ever been to the celebration? now. looking forward to it. about three or four hours but my second time and edinburgh so we just thought why not come for new year. what will be the highlights for you and what are you looking out for you is. last night the torch fastball. i see you have been standing here for a while is that why, the music? and fireworks as well. yes. looking forward to it. where you from? cape town. are you here for the holiday? we came here for hogmanay. we went looking forward to the fireworks and cannot wait. you are wrapped up warm for the weather though aren't you?” bet cold. a tree scotsman would not bet cold. a tree scotsman would not be complaining but it is a beautiful castle. just a taste of some of the this address, from south africa, liverpool and even further we have been speaking to people from brazil and australia as well. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there, it's quite cold at the moment across parts of scotland and northern england but cloudier skies that we've had further south are moving their way northwards. so, for many as we head into the new year, it will be dry and cloudy. some mist and fog patches. still quite chilly though for north—eastern scotland and north east england with a touch of frost around here. and most of the mist and fog probably affecting parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire. milder weather towards the south but still quite cloudy. and it looks like the first day of 2020 is going to be a cloudy day. there may be some brightness at times but the best of the sunshine likely to be in the north east of scotland

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