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Showers and some sunny spells. Its sunday, september 6. Our top story. Tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton, in Greater Manchester, because of a rising number of cases. The infection rate is now the highest in england. The increase is being driven by a spike among younger people. Our reporter simonjones has this report. Everyone in bolton must play their part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter restrictions part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter restrictions are introduced. The infection rate has risen to 99 cases per 100,000 people per week, the highest in england, with people aged between 18 49 accounting for 90 of cases. Residents are now being told to only use public transport for essential purposes and not to mix with other households in any setting, indoors and outdoors, in this part of a support bubble. Although, some restrictions are being lifted elsewhere, a ban on people from different households meeting indoors remains in most areas of Greater Manchester. The evidence suggests that it manchester. The evidence suggests thatitis manchester. The evidence suggests that it is still the home and gatherings in the home where we are seeing the most community transmission. Lets be on is, people behave differently in the home, it is not as regulated as a public space, and that is why the restrictions are still there. The aim is to avoid a modric only local lockdown, like the one seen in in june, a more draconian, but there isa june, a more draconian, but there is a list of growing coronavirus hot spots. In leeds, students are about to return to their studies and officials are worried young people are becoming complacent. Other areas added to Public Health englands watchlist are corn b, middlesbrough, and catering. Restrictions on other households were reintroduced in glasgow. Extra testing is being promised in problem areas, but the think tank, the health foundation, is worried the public dont think coronavirus guidelines are clear enough, especially about who they can meet and where. Simonjones, bbc news. Lets speak to our correspondent mairead smith, who is in bolton. Mairead, whats been reaction to this news that the town now has the highest infection rates in the country . It was only last week restrictions we re it was only last week restrictions were lifted and then reimposed only a few hours later . That is right. You could be forgiven for being really confused about where you stand in Greater Manchester. The message is very clear, here in bolton you are not to take public transport unless you really need to. You are not allowed to mix with households outside of your support bubble anywhere. So that message is really, really clear and driving into this area this morning there we re into this area this morning there were mobile signs asking people to do their bit to avoid a local lockdown. The plea is to please take this seriously, adhering to those really important Public Health m essa 9 es really important Public Health messages that we all had at the start of this pandemic. Good hand hygiene, social distancing, and of course, Face Coverings where they are necessary. In the reaction from leaders here who have been guarding the people to this pandemic is to ta ke the people to this pandemic is to take it seriously guiding people through this pandemic. Even more serious measures. Lots of Greater Manchester on tuesday will enjoy some freedom of more businesses opening, such as gyms and indoor play areas, casinos, as well, but bolton was excluded from that announcement on friday because the rate of infections was too high. It has increased again, it is now at 99 new cases per 100,000 of the population. It was well over 100 when leicester was placed into local lockdown sometime ago. Those measures are but here in bolton, the plea is very clear, take it seriously to avoid local lockdown here. Mairead smith in bolton, thank you very much. Britains chief brexit negotiator, lord frost, has warned the European Union that the uk isnt scared of not having a trade deal at the end of the transition period. Lets get more on this from our political correspondent, nick eardley. Good morning. Its nice to see you. This is lord frosts first interview since the latest round of talks got under way. Are these strong words pa rt under way. Are these strong words part of the negotiating strategy . Yeah, ithink part of the negotiating strategy . Yeah, i think that is probably about right. Good morning, guys. I got here, you can from the headline, what hes trying to get the European Union to think. The uk isnt going to blink. Hes a bit critical of the way it has been negotiated in past, bang in the past the eu have called the uks laugh Strong Language from him, saying the uk isnt going to be a client state the uks bluff, and they wont be pressured into doing a deal. Although the uk has left the eu, we are still in the transition period where basically nothing has changed. Teams have a few weeks left to try and figure out a trade deal, which will figure out how the uk trade with europe. There are some real sticking points on things like state aid and on fishing. Those sticking points have been there for a few weeks now. I think what lord frost is trying to get the European Union to believe is that he is serious on this and they are not going to compromise on what they see as some of the fundamentals. The European Unions sides as they had heard this before and this is all about muscle flexing ahead of those final rounds of negotiations. Another political story doing the rounds this morning, going back to coronavirus. Labour for more testing at airports, not something that is particularly new in itself, but they think this is a way of helping the travel industry . Yeah, we have spoken so many times over the last few weeks, havent we, but warranty 90 changing rules over who has to self isolate when they return from holiday about quarantine and changing rules. Labour say they want a rapid review into the rules, make them clear as they are creating uncertainty. It has kinda been set for a while now andi has kinda been set for a while now and i think part of the problem with this demand is they are not coming up this demand is they are not coming up with a plan. They are saying testing should be one of the options, there are many tory mps who have gone a lot further than that, they have a lot of pressure on Boris Johnson to come up with that testing regime at airports. Ministers arent convinced yet, saying theyre not totally sure it will work, but they certainly have it as one of the things on the table. He, thank you, we will stay with coronavirus. It is not just we will stay with coronavirus. It is notjust an we will stay with coronavirus. It is not just an issue we will stay with coronavirus. It is notjust an issue here, as we know. A Strict Lockdown in melbourne is being extended by two weeks as the city battles a spike on covid 19 infections. The authorities have said the restrictions will be eased in the months ahead if rates of new cases continue to fall. Lets speak to our correspondent phil mercer. Hes sydney. Good morning, this is disappointing news for residents who we re disappointing news for residents who were hoping to enjoy freedom again . Spring has started here in australia, that certainly the people of melbourne, 5 million of them, 5 Million People will be disappointed the lockdown is to be extended. I dont think people will be surprised. The authorities in australias second most populous state say the number of new daily infections will have to fall significantly for the lockdown to end. The State Government has drawn up end. The State Government has drawn upa road end. The State Government has drawn up a road map to that end, but as it stands, the current lockdown in the city of melbourne is due to expire on september 28. There will be some easing of australias toughest coronavirus restrictions, the night time curfew is going to be made and hours shorter, playgrounds will reopen and people will be allowed to do more exercise outside curfew one hour shorter. But for millions of people in australias second largest city, they have felt like they have been in months of protective custody at home. This lockdown began in melbourne injuly, it is now slinking towards the end of september, and the government is saying compliance is the only way that the city will see the restrictions lifted. On saturday, we saw dozens of arrests at 80 lockdown protests across the country, so the Australian Authorities are urging people to do the right thing at anti lockdown protests, as they continue to about all this is like a cases in the state of victoria. Phil mercer in sydney, many thanks. Do something more light hearted. Now to something more light hearted. If youre feeling a bit sluggish this morning, this man might have an idea that will definitely make you feel more alert. Austrian athletejosef koeberl has set a new world record for standing in a box of ice cubes he kept his cool for two hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds, beating his own record by half an hour 0h, oh, why, though . Why . Laughter he wore only a pair of swimming trunks but said his positive thoughts kept him warm. That expression on his face it looks like hes having a lovely time. He must have been cold when he came out. An incredible performance. Wow a hospital injerusalem is carrying out a programme which it says is a world first in supporting covid 19 patients. Those who have recovered from the virus are volunteering to access the wards and help those currently being treated. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman has this report. In the sealed world of a coronavirus word, the sick feel better pondered. In the sealed world of a coronavirus ward, the sick fill bed upon bed, and fight illness alone. Shuki knows how the isolation feels. He had the disease in april. Now recovered, he is one of a small army volunteering to help those suffering now. I looked at this together with my wife, and i, we said, thats what weve been waiting for, i guess. Its a chance to give something back. Hadassah hospital started the trial last month, thought to be one of the first of its kind in the world. The volunteers are all survivors of the disease. Now reassuring current patients, feeding them or helping them call relatives. Foi under pressure nurses, its been vital support. All the patients are very lonely. They have nobody inside. No family, no friends, no one. Only the staff, and the staff are dressed like aliens, so its very important for them that someone can come, sit near to them and talk to them. There was this one person i walked into the room, and they were like hello, how are you . I said how you feeling he looked up when is that how you feeling, and he looked up when i said that, and he burst into tears, describing frustration of not knowing what was to be. They have about 30 volunteers who are the wards, they have all been tested to ensure they have the antibodies triggered by the virus, they have also donated blood in case that can help others. But the science is still unclear about just how much help others. But the science is still unclear aboutjust how much or even how long people may have immunity from having had the virus. And that is why all the volunteers here we are exactly the same protective gear as the nurses. Wear the same protective gear. Shuki says he knows the risks but feels safe enough. He hopes the project can help others overcome the desperate isolation coronavirus can bring. My assumption is that im geared up just like any other staff member. And then i have another layer of protection, these antibodies, you know, so the worst case, im like anybody else that goes in. Try to keep it simple and do whatever i can. Tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. It is 6 13am. Lets take a look at this mornings papers. What are they saying the sunday morning . The sunday telegraph say their paper is thinner this morning after Climate Change protestors blockaded their printing works on friday night. The paper adds the organisation behind the protest, extinction rebellion, could be treated as an organised crime group in the future. The mail on sunday has an exclusive interview with the Prime Ministers chief negotiator lord frost, which he says the uk will not blink in brexit negotiations. The observer reports on a leaked Public Health england document which suggests that covid 19 could be endemic in parts of the uk with a combination of severe deprivation, poor housing and large minority ethnic communities. And the most watched on bbc news online site is a story about a team of japanese scientists who have discovered a strain of bacteria which has managed to survive for three years after it was attached to the outside of the International Space station well. And one story we will be talking about is the right to get people back into offices, something the government is quite keen to promote, especially in regards with the servants. The kerry allen could have the solution for people who are able continue working from home ca nary islands, trying able continue working from home canary islands, trying to get people to log on and chill out and go to the canary to log on and chill out and go to the ca nary islands, to log on and chill out and go to the canary islands, because they see the canary islands, because they see the Internet Connection will be good enough and if you are able to work remotely, why not work with a bit of sunshine . Good question, isnt it, if you can exclusively work from home, why not do it somewhere lovely . The government report from last week argues we miss out on a lot of cross pollination of ideas and creativity. Well be talking to the former head of the Civil Service about that later. At the start of a new career you learn from people you work in the office with. Things you do wrong and it happened a lot in my case. Have you ever bought anything for mrsjohnson that have you ever bought anything for mrs johnson that she have you ever bought anything for mrsjohnson that she has never appreciated . I think we better move on. I bought a breadmaker. The first inclination was really not appreciated. 0k, inclination was really not appreciated. Ok, you got it wrong. A husband told by his wife to buy a gnome for the garden started screaming in fear after he bought a t rex. He spent 1600 quid on the model which is 11 foot tall plus 500 quid to winch it into position. He thought nothing could look nicer than the replica of a rampaging t rex. The neighbours love it, his wife less so. Not surprised. This is a extra story. Red hot silly peppers. Some of the faces is the your purpose when you slice them off in your kitchen. It is a bit like halloween. Heres tomasz with a look at this mornings weather. Good morning. That is unless scary face to look at thank you. It was a different story this morning when i got up at three oclock. Crikey, look at the mirror. The weather is not too bad, i guess. We may run into some show was or they may run into some show was or they may run into you, depending on your perspective but on balance not a bad day. A stream of air streaming of the north atlantic, north westerly breeze across the uk but the cloud not desperately think so for sure some sunshine around this morning. Showers across england and wales. I would not be surprised if there is the odd downpour in the afternoon across the south we are talking locally, a small town gets it and then miles down the road, you dont get it. But on the whole, sunny spells and scattered clouds today. Today, rain reaches scotland and Northern Ireland. If you have your washing out here, take it in, it is going to get wet. That takes us into monday, High Pressure to the south, just about influencing the weather for the southern part of the uk but for the southern part of the uk but for most of us a case of weather fronts sweeping off the atlantic so a lot of cloud, more cloud tomorrow, certainly across northern areas. The north west of england, wales as well but in the south east, monday is looking fine. Temperatures around 21 degrees with sunshine. Over the next few days, this moisture, buggy air heading our way. On tuesday, with the south westerly current, it will turn off and cloudy and murky, drizzly and raining especially in western coasts. If the clouds break across england, in particular, temperatures up to 25 celsius some time during the middle part of the week. Towards the end of the week, were back in the yellows which means it will cool off just a tater. A bit pessimistic on the temperatures. It depends on how much sunshine you will get. Even in belfast it could not up to 20 degrees. On the whole, not bad. Belfast it could not up to 20 degrees. On the whole, not badm could be worse but autumn definitely on the way. Some breaking news for you. We have now had a statement from west Midland Police who confirmed that at approximately 4 30am a report of a stabbing in birmingham is city centre. Police said that ended immediately along with colleagues from the Ambulance Service however, after that, a number of other stabbings reported in the area shortly afterwards. They have added, they know they there a number of injured people but they have not said how many or how serious. They are making sure they receive medical care. Confirmation that at approximately a 30am, reports of a stabbing. A 30am. In birmingham. Its time for this weeks travel show. This week on the travel show, castles in lockdown. Bagpipes skirl. He is walking like a man whos walked a very long time. Social distancing lessons from medieval italy. This week, im in scotland, a country famous for its hundreds of incredible castles. Its only the second time ive been here, but its a place that is close to my heart. Im canadian, and my name is mike corey, but my middle name is mcleod, and thats a scottish name, and thats whats brought us here today. Im beginning myjourney in skye, scotlands second largest island. This is dunvegan castle, the oldest inhabited castle in the country and, for the past 800 years, the ancestral home of the macleod clan. Hugh. Nice to meet you, mike. Excited to be here. Welcome to dunvegan castle. We are closed due to covid, so. I see. No problem with the mask but keep a distance. Would you like to come inside . Yeah, great. Fantastic. Come on in. My middle name is mcleod, not macleod, they cut the a at some point. Theres are many different spellings of macleod but, basically, welcome home, because but this is where it all started. And weve been holding fast. Thats the bull. Oh, yeah. Which is the hat, the family motto. Weve been going through clan battles, famine, and hopefully were gonna to manage to kind of survive the covid 19 pandemic as well, so come on this way. I think we will. Even by historical standards, dunvegan has faced a difficult year. It has remained closed to visitors since the coronavirus lockdown began in march. Weve managed now to open just the gardens and the gift shop in the car park, but its very much a partial reopening, so the castles still closed. We might trial opening for guided tours of no more than 25 people, but the mechanics of putting that in place is quite difficult, and actually the economics, its not that viable, really, from a business point of view. The loss of revenue has impacted ongoing restoration work. So, mike, welcome to the fairy tower, which is a slightly less, er, well, plush interior than the ones youve just visited downstairs. And still under repair . Yes, weve only managed to restore half the castle so far in the last 10 or 11 years, thats only the areas open to the public. So, this is the kind of reality behind the scenes. I mean, in the uk, privately owned heritage has got a £1. 11 billion backlog of repairs. Wow. £58 million of that is in scotland, and in the dunvegan context in the estate, i think weve got a little bit i think its £2. 5 million of outstanding repairs, some of which are urgent, some of which arent, but, unfortunately, the pandemic is absolutely going to torpedo our restoration budgets. Right. And if you cant get that money, what consequences does it have for dunvegan . Well, in an exposed, unforgiving climate like skyes, you know, obviously there is going to be more repairs in a place like this. But some really importantjobs, sadly, you know, if we dont have the money, we dont have the money. They cant proceed. And dunvegan is far from the only place yet to fully reopen. The National Trust of scotland manages 80 visited properties, almost 90 of which are now open again in some shape orform. But you wont be able to see inside some of their most famous Historic Buildings until 2021 including Culzean Castle and ayrshire. Each one is unique, so they have very different layouts, theyre different in size, so Burns Cottage in alloway is a simple four room cottage with one way and in one way out, so thats much easier to manage, so things like that have been really important to think about how visitors access and enjoy these spaces. Despite a fundraising drive over the summer, the trust faces a £30 million shortfall. Theyve recently announced 200 job losses, a grim set of circumstances thats spurred one trust worker to mount his own charity event. Im here on the grounds of haddo house in aberdeenshire, where there is an Excited Group of people, even though the building is still closed. Were here to greet edoardo bedin, a local historian and archaeologist actually works here. Edoardos been walking for, give or take, 500 miles across the entirety of the country and, in a few minutes, hell be rounding this corner behind us. This is edoardo and this is the goodbye team party. This is crathes castle, day one of our adventure. We will see in 26 days where were going to be. Edoardo stopped off at nearly two dozen Historical Properties on his route. His goal was to raise money for the trusts save our scotland campaign, and highlight the uncertain situation of heritage workers like himself. And there he is with a smile on his face edoardo, hes walking like a man whos walked a very long time. And people are applauding woo bagpipes skirl. Scotland the brave plays. Yeah. Intense . It is. I was crying, but you couldnt see it. Mike laughs and i love scotland, and i love uk so much, and i was dreaming to have a bagpiper to welcome me back in haddo, and when he was playing scotland the brave, i just felt back home, and i was proud to be part of this country and part of this organisation. Coronavirus has had a major impact on scotlands heritage properties, affecting their upkeep and the people who look after them, but edoardo remains optimistic. These are centres of these communities. These buildings were here before the National Trust existed, and they will be here after the National Trust may be gone, one day, and wejust keep hoping for better days to come. And they will come back, good days, its just a matter of time. Everyone here is still congratulating edoardo and aberdeenshire, but us, were off to tuscany in italy, where the coronavirus lockdown has caused a revival of an odd mediaeval practice, one that had social distancing nailed centuries before we even coined the term. Babae is from ancient latin and it means, like, wow, like, magnificent, a very beautiful restaurant so, yeah, we like the word babae. We decided to start this restaurant in 2018, injune, and we are two friends, and this was a new experience for us. We found it inside the restaurant, so we decide to not to open the restaurant, butjust the buchette del vino. We start with selling wine and then cocktail. Not only wine, but food as well. So we decided to do pizza, because we are very good with the schiacciata, focaccia and pizza. When we started with the with first order in the pizza, we arrive here and we saw that the buchetta is too little for pizza, so we cannot do it with the buchetta. So that was fun. It explodes in, like, in one month, and people come and ask they call us and say, the buchetta is open, when can we come, we can eat, we can drink, what we can do . Maybe the lockdown and the post lockdown is important for the local people to know about the story, about the history of florence, the buchette, and give some happiness to the local people. It is definitely beautiful out here, but do you know what else is quite beautiful . A hot shower. So before we get going, make sure to follow us on social media. There is a longer episode on the bbc iplayer, and we have social media accounts. Were bbctravel basically everywhere. And from me, mike corey, and the rest of the travel show team, its goodbye. Hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. Hello, good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. West Midlands Police have declared a Major Incident after reports of a stabbing in Birmingham City centre overnight. They have said a number of people have been injured. Simon jones has more. Simon, we know this is a Major Incident and a number of people have been stabbed. Not clear on injuries at the moment. What details you have . Police say they were called to Birmingham City centre at about half past midnight, and initially it was a report that one person had been stabbed, so they attended along with the ambulance. At the scene they got reports of a number of other people having being stabbed, too. The seat is too early to confirm how many people been stabbed, and indeed what their injuries might be, but this has been declared to be a Major Incident by the police. They say officer is remain at the scene and their accordance in the city centre. They say the public should stay away from this area. As regards to any potential motive, police are saying it is too early to speculate on that. What we do know is a cord and is near the area known as the gay village in the centre of birmingham. It is unclear whether it might be linked, but for people out in the area yesterday evening, they said a lot of people were eating and drinking on tables outside in the streets. The streets have been shut down due to coronavirus to allow people to take part in events in the centre of birmingham. Details are coming in, but we do know this is a Major Incident with several people who have been stabbed. Simon jones with the latest. To confirm police in the midlands have confirmed at 12 30 a. M. , early this morning, they heard reports of a stabbing in Birmingham City centre and a number of other recordings were reported later in the area does make a number of other stabbings were reported later in the area. We will bring you details as we get them through the morning. Tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton, in Greater Manchester, because of a rising number of cases. More than 250,000 residents in the area have been told they wont be able to meet other households indoors or outdoors in most circumstances. 90 of the infections have been seen in people aged between 18 and 49. Britains chief brexit negotiator, david frost, has warned the European Union that the uk isnt scared of not having a trade deal with the eu at the end of the transition period. Lord frost told the mail on sunday that theresa mays government had had its bluff called by the eu, but he said borisjohnson would not compromise. Eu chief negotiator, michel barnier, said he was worried and disappointed about a lack of concessions from the uk. The labour party is calling for more robust covid 19 testing in airports, which they say could reduce the number of travellers who have to quarantine. The party say the current arrangements are chaotic and are having a dire impact on the travel industry. A government spokesman said assessment of how testing might help was ongoing. Donald trump has angrily denied that he called fallen american soldiers as losers, as anger grows in the United States over the alleged comments. The allegations, First Published in the atlantic magazine have been described byjoe biden, his rival in novembers election, as disgusting. President trump criticised the journalist who broke the story. To think that i would make state m e nts to think that i would make statements negative to our military and ourfallen statements negative to our military and our fallen heroes, statements negative to our military and ourfallen heroes, when nobody has done what i have done with the budget, with the military budgets, with getting pay raises for our military, it is a disgraceful situation by a magazine that is a terrible magazine. I dont read it. But i just heard terrible magazine. I dont read it. But ijust heard about it. They made it up. And probably commits a couple of people that have been failures in the administration that i got rid of, and the administration that i got rid of, and i couldnt have gotten rid of, and i couldnt have gotten rid of them fast enough. If what was written in the atlantic was true, thats disgusting. And it affirms what most of us believed to be true, that donald trump is not fit for the job of president and commander in chief. My son volunteered and joined the United States military as an attorney general, he went to iraq with a year, and earned a bronze star and other commendations. He wasnt a sucker. Servicemen and servicewomen he served with, particularly he, those he didnt come home with, were not losers. David smith is Washington Bureau chief for the Guardian Newspaper and joins us now. Thank you so much for staying up so late to talk to us. We do appreciate it. Fox news and the Associated Press say they have operated these comments that donald trump is alleged to have made Associated Press, but he says its fake news. Is it . Other Media Outlets have weighed in, saying he made disparaging remarks about vietnam war vetera ns. Disparaging remarks about vietnam war veterans. Donald trump has a real credibility problem here, in that in the past he has on the record made disparaging remarks about people who have served in the military, senatorjohn mccain, also the family of physio khan, kazir, he was a muslim serving in the us army, and others. So understandably his denials now are being treated with some scepticism, especially from Media Outlets who say they have corroborated and is part of this reporting. The reporting initially quotes anonymous sources. Obviously it is worth remembering here that President Trump is the commander in chief of the American Military forces. That is right. And joe biden, who you heard there, denouncing forcefully, has also been putting out ads and tweets, talking about the military in this way shows donald trump is not fit to lead the military. This really is something sacrosa nct military. This really is something sacrosanct in america and american politics. The president is the commander in chief, he is asking for the loyalty of those troops, and so often become presidency has taken us into completely uncharted territory, the idea that she would say insulting things about those soldiers putting their lives on the line is unthinkable to many the idea he would say insulting things about the soldiers putting their lives on the line is i think to many. And we have seen swift attack ads from veterans and veterans families, parents whose sons and daughters have died in combat, saying he is unfit to lead and should be defeated in novembers election. These comments were allegedly made tojohn kelly, who was one of his team at that time. I guess, if he were to come forward, to say whether or not the comments are true, that would at least be the only way we would ever know . Yeah, i think all roads lead tojohn kelly right now, he was the white house chief of staff and is a retired us marine general and his son died in combat. One of the incidents reported in the atlantic magazine was a conversation between donald trump and john kelly, where donald trump and john kelly, where donald trump said words to be effective i dont know whats in it for them, why soldiers serve abroad. I think there is some consternation among critics of donald trump thatjohn kelly has remained silenced so far. If he came forward on the records to confirm these things on a drum said, it would indeed be devastating. Things donald trump said. On his part, on friday donald trump denounced john kelly and said he wasnt up to the job of chief of staff and that he floated the idea thatjohn kelly could be one of the sources for this account. We really do want to hear whatjohn kelly has to say. He said devastating. Just briefly, if it is proved, he denies it, could it be a fatal blow to his president ial campaign . it, could it be a fatal blow to his president ial campaign . I dont think you could say fatal about donald trump, who are of course in 2016 survived a videotape in which he was heard bragging about grabbing womens private parts and owning up to sexual harassment. And he disparaged military veterans and got away with it. So i think it certainly would be a significant blow, but we have seen the trumpet presidency and in the selection trump presidency, the news cycle moves so fast, that next week well be talking about yet another blowing up. David smith, Washington Bureau chief for the Guardian Newspaper. Its time for sport now. So much anticipation over england last night, did they deliver . anticipation over england last night, did they deliver . I would say probably not, actually it wasnt a classic, i dont know if you were watching. England scraped past iceland in their opening Nations League game and what at extraordinary evening it was in reykjavik, missed chances for most of the match, before two penalties decided it. Andy swiss reports. A very ordinary match with an extraordinary finish. 489 minutes, englands return in reykjavik seemed to be falling flat. They should have see again in early lead through harry kane, who was properly ruled out for offside, but their frustration only grew. Declan rice slapping a glorious chance to leave england literally kicking themselves at the break. And their problems deepen, a second card for carl walker, and he was sent off. That was just the precursor to a chaotic and islay. First, iselin handball and islay. First, iselin handball and a penalty to england. Sterling coolly converted, seconds later with a game in stoppage time, joe gomez tangled and, guess what . Penalty to iceland could he hold his nerve . Well, that was his painful answer. Iceland bosnjak hopes of a draw moved over the bar. A draw. Not world beating, but back with a win. I dont know if you were watching, but it only got interesting in the last couple of minutes. The Womens Super League season returned with a 2 0 win for former champions manchester city, against newly promoted aston villa. And villa showed their lack of top flight experience, with georgia stanway twice taking advantage of defensive errors. She said she felt very sorry for the keeper, but a goals a goal. Isnt it . Britains adam yates will wear the leaders Yellow Jersey for a fourth day after the first High Mountain stage of the tour de france. He came under attack several times on stage eight in the pyrenees, but he finished in a group containing many of the overall race favourites to stay three seconds ahead. What a great picture that is. It was the frenchman nans peters who took the honours. Lewis hamilton, still looking unstoppable in his bid for a seventh formula 1 world title, breaking even more records. He posted the fastest qualifying lap in formula 1 history as he claimed pole position for the italian grand prix, averaging just over 164 miles per hour. His Mercedes Team mate Valtteri Bottas will start alongside him. Honestly, its every weekend, its very humbling to see what we do as a team. You know, wejust keep going from strength to strength to strength. Im so grateful and happy with my guys, theyjust do an incredible job every weekend. An average of 164 miles an hour, it really brings home quite how fast they are going, whizzing around those tracks. I just take they are going, whizzing around those tracks. Ijust take it they are going, whizzing around those tracks. I just take it for granted. So fast we are bringing you up to date with breaking news in birmingham. Reports ofa breaking news in birmingham. Reports of a stabbing last night in Birmingham City centre. Ambulance and police arrived. A number of other stabbings were also reported. Police are aware of a number of injuries. They cannot give any specifics at the moment but there area number of specifics at the moment but there are a number of injured people, not ina are a number of injured people, not in a position to say how many or how serious it all Emergency Services are working at the centre make sure they are receiving the best care and this is being treated as a Major Incidents, that means there has been serious harm. They are working at the moment and it may take a while to say exactly what is happening. People will jump to to say exactly what is happening. People willjump to that conclusion is. They have well rehearsed plans to dealing with Major Incidents. The middle of birmingham, as it starts to wa ke middle of birmingham, as it starts to wake up, they are accordance in place. The advice if you live in the area is to remain calm but vigilant but stay away from the city centre at the moment. To confirm at 4 30am, Police Called to a stabbing in Birmingham City centre. 1230 a. M. We will the latest throughout the morning. Lets find out about the morning. Lets find out about the weather. It is not looking too bad for most of us on the weather front. It will not be a dry day because we are expecting a few showers and maybe even a downpour to the south of the uk but on the whole, it is going to be dry. Cloud streaming out of the north west through the course of this morning. Showers across the la ke this morning. Showers across the lake district, the north west of england, almost anywhere it is possible in england and wales. Northern ireland and scotland should have pretty much dry weather all the way through. Temperatures 17 in belfast. 20 degrees in london. Tonight, it will stay dry in england and wales but through the night the cloud will thicken in scotland and Northern Ireland. Rain by the end of the night in belfast and glasgow. Not much variation from north to south. For monday, High Pressure to the south indicating things will be more settled for the southern counties but in the north low pressure and weather front moving through so often cloudy, in scotland, particularly in the west, the same for Northern Ireland, lancashire, northern wales, eastern pa rt lancashire, northern wales, eastern part of the uk, the south probably staying dry and bright for monday with temperatures of around 21 degrees. Tuesday, High Pressure still to the south. Also this current of moisture and warmth heading our way. Tuesday, wednesday, quite muggy across the uk with south westerly winds, a lot of cloud. A murky date was the west. If the cloud breaks, temperatures could get up to 25 degrees. But in the cloud the low 20s. Back to you. We will have the latest on the Major Incident in birmingham. Lets take a look at this weeks film review. Hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. Over the years, thereve been a plethora of movies called Les Miserables. From the 1935 best picture contender starring Fredric March and charles laughton, through the 1958 adaptation hailed as one of the first french blockbusters, to the more recent adaptation of the hit stage musical which proved that, whatever else he can do, like running you over with a big truck, unhinged star Russell Crowe really cannot sing. At all. Leave it all in flames. The latest film to take its title from victor hugos 19th century novel is a cesar winning contemporary urban drama that was oscar nominated for best international feature, a streetwise tale of dispossessed masses brought once again to the brink of rebellion. Writer director ladj lys film largely plays out in montfermeil, immortalised in hugos novel, where a new member of the anti crime unit learns about the neighbourhoods rival factions and two colleagues whose methods blur the line between policing and harassment. When a drone camera captures video footage of a violently botched arrest, tensions between police and residents reach boiling point, threatening to throw everyone in the lions den. Building on his 2017 short film, lys feature debut presents an admirably un cliched view of borneo life, as vibrant and diverse as that of celine sciammas girlhood. In stark contrast to the monochrome hues of mathieu kassovitzs 1995 masterpiece la haine, which gets the 25th anniversary re release next week, Les Miserables is lensed in vivid colour by cinematographer Julien Poupard whose cameras sneak in and out of the action, in this tangibly real world. There are echoes too of the Pressure Cooker structure of spike lees do the right thing and the even handed verite grit of david simons Ground Breaking tv series the wire. Taking care never to paint its complex characters in simple black and white strokes, Les Miserables slips stealthily from astute observation to urgent action, reminding us all the time of hugos maxim that there is no such thing as bad plants or bad men, only bad cultivators. Les miserables is in cinemas now and i urge you to seek it out. Its snowing. Winter is coming we have a real connection. A rare and intense attachment. Ive never experienced anything like it. Im thinking of ending things. Huh . Charlie kaufman is the screenwriting genius who won a bafta for being john malkovich, another for adaptation, and a third for eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, for which he also nabbed an oscar. Hes fared less well as a director, with 2008s synecdoche, new york polarising critics and bombing at the box office, earning less than a quarter of its 20 million budget. Well never know if kaufmans critically feted latest proves more popular, since its released direct to netflix their audience figures a closely guarded secret. I am visiting jakes parents for the first time. The typically solipsistic story centres on a snowy road trip taken by young couple played byjesse plemons and Jessie Buckley. Were here Toni Collette and David Thewlis are the mum and dad whose age changes between scenes and whose remote farmhouse seems to be the stuff of dreams or nightmares. What exactly is going on . And more importantly, do we care . Well, in the case of ian reeds short source novel, the answer is yes. Not least because the Twilight Zone with a levels narrative rushes towards a page turning third act in which cod psychology meets psycho splatter. You have to go. I have to go where . Forward. Not so the movie, which sheds the trashy treats of reeds book, replacing stalk and slash thrills with sombre song and dance theatrics, turning a potboiler into a chin stroker. Aimed, as Boris Grushenko would say, at the head than the heart. Its a credit to the brilliant Jessie Buckley that she managed to breathe such human life in what is essentially a cypher role. Buckley, who commanded the screen in movies as diverse as beast and wild rose, works wonders, ensuring that this generally remains more intriguing than irritating. Generally. If the absence of unsettling horror in kaufmans movie proves disappointing, then fear not, creepy thrills await in the swedish danish thriller koko di, koko da, which is available on bfi player, blu ray and digital download on monday. Traumatised by tragedy, a bereaved couple go on a woodland camping trip in a bid to save their marriage. But having bought a music box as an eighth birthday present for their daughter, the pair find themselves stuck in a nightmarish loop of grief, terrorised by a troop of fairy tale characters depicted on the side of the aforementioned gift. Built around a nursery rhyme that will get into your head and taunt you for days, this blackly comic oddity was brilliantly described by my friend and colleague trevorjohnson as a weird version of groundhog day and funny games, a phrase i wish i could claim as my own. Its deeply troubling and frequently very nasty stuff, rated 18 for Sexual Violence and threat, although its the twisted echoes of Heinrich Hoffmann and the brothers grimm that really got under my skin. Im going to ask you a series of questions. I want you to respond truthfully. Theres a hint of horror at play in the new mutants, the long delayed addendum to the x men series that was meant to launch a new trilogy but seems to be more of a full stop. We dont need no education. Co written and directed byjosh boone, who made the fault in our stars, and pitched as the Breakfast Club in a cuckoos nest institution, it centres on the new generation of mutants being held in a secret facility run by alice bragas authoritarian doctor reyes. With a talented top line cast, including anya taylorjoy, Maisie Williams and newcomer blu hunt, the new mutants was shot back in 2017 with an eye on a 2018 opening. But as executives swithered over whether they wanted a horror movie or a ya romp, and fox was acquired by disney, reshoots were planned and then dropped and everyone moved onto other things. It sounds like a recipe for disaster, and the film which finally opens in uk cinemas three years after principal photography is indeed something of a mishmash but its not a total disaster. Boasting an lgbt friendly narrative, some likeable performances, most notably for Maisie Williams, and a few creepy moments which redeem it from the silliness of scenes in which our heroes do battle with a giant cg demon bear. That thing will kill you. Hes right, its magic. So am i. Loyal, brave and true. While the new mutants may be getting a cinema release, the more high profile mulan has ruffled industry feathers by going straight to disney , where its available to rent forjust shy of 20 quid in addition to the cost of channel subscription. Directed by niki caro, best known for the 2002 film whale rider, this live action remake of disneys 90s animation has been cited as the most expensive movie ever directed by a woman. Unlike such recent house of mouse remakes like beauty and the beast, this new mulan isnt a musical although music plays a key role nor does it feature a talking dragon. It is my duty to fight for the kingdom. Instead, its a sumptuously attired coming of age adventure with martial arts action and much splendidly cinematic scenery. But you cant help wishing you were watching at a big screen. Still, unlike so many disney reboots, mulan is very much its own film, looking back to the chinese folk story which inspired the original animation and taking it in a direction thats different enough to justify its existence. Whether this straight this home viewing release can also justify its cost, reported to be around 200 million, remains to be seen. At the other end of the financial spectrum, socrates, which was made for under 20,000, is a striking brazilian feature about a 15 year old isolated by his sexuality and facing destitution following the death of his mother. Playing in selected cinemas and also available on digital platforms, this is the first feature produced by the Caro Institute in brazil, where it was co written, produced and acted by at risk teenagers from low income communities with the support of unicef. The result is a remarkably moving and accomplished film that combines the smack of verite realism with a poetic and ultimately redemptive sensibility. A mere 70 minutes in length, this urgent heartfelt drama packs more truth and insight into its compact running time than many, if not most, of its more mainstream competitors. Thats it for this week. Thanks to anna smith for holding the fort so brilliantly in my absence, thanks to you for watching, and id like to end this show by adding my voice to those mourning the loss of chadwick boseman, a remarkable and inspirational figure who lit up the screen in a string of movies from marshall, and 42, to get on up, 21 bridges, da 5 bloods and, of course, black panther. King tchalla its an extraordinary body of work, with a final film ma raineys black bottom still to come from one of cinemas most admired and most loved modern legends. My king. Wa kanda forever all Wakanda Forever good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. Good morning. Our headlines today west Midlands Police have declared a Major Incident after a number of people were stabbed in Birmingham City centre overnight. Its not clear how seriously injured they are, police have asked people to stay away from the area. Tougher coronavirus restrictions are imposed on bolton, which now has the highest infection rates in england. A warning to the eu, the uks chief brexit negotiator says the governments prepared to walk away with no deal. It all came down to a chaotic ending. But england just managed to beat iceland with a penalty. Their Nations League Campaign Starts with a win. On the whole of the weather is not looking too bad for most of us today, some scattered cloud, a few showers and some sunny spells. West Midlands Police have declared a Major Incident after reports of a stabbing in Birmingham City centre overnight. They have said a number of people have been injured. Simon jones has more. Good morning, simon. What more can you tell us . Police say they were cold at about half past midnight to Birmingham City centre, initially to report a Single Person had been stabbed. Called. They went to the scene straightaway with an ambulance. They say shortly afterwards several reports came in, other people had also been stabbed the city centre. Officers are telling us it is too early to confirm how many people have been injured or indeed what sort of injuries they have suffered, how serious those are. They say they are working together with the Emergency Services do make sure everyone gets the care they need and a Major Incident has been declared. Early daysin incident has been declared. Early days in this, but police say they dont want to speculate at the moment about what exactly lead up to this. That is going to be part of their investigation. They were looking to a possible motive for this. We know yesterday evening that this. We know yesterday evening that this area in Birmingham City centre near her street was particularly busy. There were a lot of people enjoying the evening, enjoying the evening and eating on tables in the street. The area was cordoned off this morning in the city centre, it is near the gay village, also near a number of other pubs and restau ra nts. Number of other pubs and restaurants. The police are looking into what exactly happened. They are asking people to stay away from the area, that if people are nearby, asking them to be calm, but vigilant. And simon, a Major Incident means there has been serious harm to the public or there isa serious harm to the public or there is a security risk. But at the moment, please not giving any detail on that . The police havent said whether they are looking for anyone else or whether they have made any arrests in this case. The fact they have declared it a Major Incident means the Emergency Services will be working very closely together to deal with this and just to ascertain exactly what has happened here. And potentially, the motive for this. Simonjones on the latest news, there has been a stabbing in birmingham, people have been injured, we dont have the full information but we will bring you details as they come to hand. Tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton in Greater Manchester because of a rising number of cases. Yes, the infection rate is now the highest in england. The increase is being driven by a spike among younger people. Lets speak to our correspondent, mairead smith, who is in bolton. Mairead, how are people there feeling . They are facing the prospect of tougher restrictions now . Yes, they really are. These increased measures really affect people who need to take public transport, the leader of the council is saying he wants people not to ta ke is saying he wants people not to take public transport unless they really have too. So, perhaps travelling to work or to school. And the messages really clear to bring the messages really clear to bring the number of infections down, that rate of new cases here in bolton, it is so important that people do not mix with anybody with anyone outside of their or their support bubble, indoor or outdoors. These measures are much tougher here than other parts of Greater Manchester, other areas are going to endure more freedoms on tuesday enjoy, when some businesses open such as gyms and indoor play centres, casinos as well. But here in bolton, the rate of cases is just too high. Well. But here in bolton, the rate of cases isjust too high. Last wednesday the government had to do a bit of a u turn because they thought it would be safe to try and ease restrictions here. The leader of the council, councillor David Reynolds pleaded with the government, saying it was just too soon. The government did pull back, and again, further restrictions here, last night we learnt people wont be able to take public transport unless they really need to. And of course, no mixing with people outside of the family. On that idea is to try and make sure that that Community Spread because people within doors, if you are in a family situation, perhaps you become a little bit less aware of the need to think about social distancing, hand hygiene as well. So the plead here is to try to take this seriously to avoid a local lockdown here in bolton. Mairead, thank you very much indeed. Britains chief brexit negotiator, lord frost, has warned the European Union that the uk isnt scared of not having a trade deal at the end of the transition period. Lets get more on this from our political correspondent, nick eardley. Good morning. All of this rhetorical brinkmanship, it all sounds a little bit familiar. Deja vu from last time . It has been a while, is to talk about this every day, every few weeks. The reason it is coming up now is because there are some pretty crucial rounds of thoughts about a trade deal in the next few weeks. Theyve been going on in the background, there is some big sticking points over things like how much help the uk will be able to give domestic businesses after brexit. Lord frost is saying in the mail on sunday this morning, basically he is not going to blink, he is not going to accept the uk becoming what he calls a client state, but it would have to follow some eu rules as part of a trade deal, also sang in the past the uk had basically blinked at the crucial moment and he wasnt going to do that. A lot of it is trying to sound bullish ahead of those thoughts, which are coming up, as i say, over the next few weeks. The eu is doing the next few weeks. The eu is doing the same, saying we have had this before, we know it the sticking points are, this isnt necessarily going to change our mind. But to get another Crucial Point on that, we have left the eu, things have stayed the same and they will into the end of this year, there is still that trade deal to be sorted to figure out what the future relationship looks like. The clock is ticking, isnt it, next . Talk to us about labours calls today, following the airline industry. We have talked about current scene and the ever evolving rules about quarantining when you return. Labour says they need a rapid review of the process and that basically the public dont trust it anymore. We have heard about how quickly it is changing. They say one of the options should be rapid testing, some robust testing when you get back from a foreign country. That is something we have heard for a while now from a lot of tory mps and the industry. The government have said they are exploring all options but arent convinced by this just yet, because they are worried you would miss a lot of positive cases and then potentially that could mean the virus being imported back into the country from elsewhere. Next, many thanks. You are up to date with the main stories. It is 708 a. M. There were a number of stabbings in birmingham late last night. The government has urged whitehall bosses to move quickly to get more Civil Servants back into the office. In a letter it says it is strongly encouraging attendance through rota systems, arguing this would be hugely beneficial. Joining us now is lord bob kerslake, former head of the Civil Service. Head of the Civil Service. You have been critical of this, but why . I have, because i think it is kind of imposing a requirement that doesnt seem to be justified by the need, really. There are a number of arguments being put forward, civil serva nts arguments being put forward, Civil Servants should provide leadership, we need to revive our city centres. But truthfully, the only thing that matters, ultimately, is whether people can do theirjob at home effectively. And if they can, then it seems to me to make sense to allow them to do that. We are seeing across the private sector, actually, quite low rates of returning to offices, because they have found out they can do the job effectively from home. Though, some quick return, there are quite a few operational challenges in doing this. I would allow each office and each service to make their own decisions based on the delivery of their particular services, that is the way to go forward. Not a lot of grandstanding state m e nts forward. Not a lot of grandstanding statements by ministers stop mark sedwill has said much is being lost, but social interaction, cross fertilisation of ideas and creativity, that does happen in an office. We are losing out without that at the top of the Civil Service . I think it does have an impact. I wouldnt deny that. I have spent many, many weeks now off on my ipad, and it isnt the same as being ina meeting. Ipad, and it isnt the same as being in a meeting. But i think you have got to allow the judgement to be made about how much you need to be meeting together. Bear in mind, with social distancing, only perhaps one in five of the staff at an office can be there at any one time. And where that connection, that meeting up where that connection, that meeting up is essential, or truly valuable, you might have a team meeting every so often to keep people together. Or, if you have to see something on site as i have had to, of course you want to go there physically. But do it on the basis of what is really needed to deliver the service, and do it in my view, in conjunction with working with the trade unions. This doesnt need to be a fight with the trade unions. We dont need to pick an argument here. This can be done working on the ground in each office, based on their local needs. There are direct consequences, though, arent there, the town and city centres at the moment . We know kosta coffee and other major coffee chains have said hundreds ofjobs. The cbi has said our towns and cities are becoming ghost towns was that if the Civil Service doesnt in lead doesnt lead from the front, then we will see a decrease in football. I have spent most of my career reviving and regenerating town centres. If youre this very acutely, particularly in the city i worked out for over a decade in sheffield. But i think in reality, it is not going to be Civil Servants going back to the office that is going back to the office that is going to sort that issue out. For the moment, i think the government needs to provide more support. A lot of the furlough scheme support teams, if they could run for a longer period, support schemes, because we are not out of the covid situation was that it could take a while yet, we all hope we wont but we could see a lockdown in the winter. I think for the moment, rather than trying to force civil serva nts rather than trying to force Civil Servants back when they dont need to be back to do theirjobs, and thatis to be back to do theirjobs, and that is the key point, then i think we should look instead to provide longer term support for those businesses in the city centres, so they are there when we have truly got on top of this pandemic. they are there when we have truly got on top of this pandemic. I mean, is it about supporting them for the long term, or is it time to accept things have changed . There is no 29 solutions for what has become a 2020 weld there is no 2019 solutions for what has become a 2020 world. We have seen changes in peoples shopping habits, that is the case, and how they work in their office. It may be if we got rid of coronavirus completely they would still have fewer people going into the office. Certainly people would go in less, maybe 2 3 days a week rather than the whole week. Then we have to think about how to adapt our city centres to take account of that. Truthfully, at the moment, we dont know how it is going to play out, and that is why government should keep the support going for now and allow more time to just see how the new world develops, really. How practical would it be to bring Civil Service staff at whitehall backin Civil Service staff at whitehall back in and maintain social distancing . What percentage do you think could practically work . Well, its a good question. And in the organisations i work, im not in the Civil Service now, but the ones i do work with, they are about 20 , maybe 30 in the actual office. But youve got to think about two other things. One is having an interior office, i know at least one Civil Service office where you can have one person in the lift at any one time. That is quite a constraint and also, the transport to the office has got to be an issue as well, and that is still not completely resolved, it has to be said. So, there are constraints here. Theyre not impossible, and for some staff who dont have a home environment that allows them to work at home very easily, you do want to help them to get into the office, because they need to be able to in that kind of environment. But they are going to have constraints for some considerable time. And we just need to be realistic and honest about this and adapt the way we do things. And finally, sarah bob, is the Prime Minister right to put pressure on the Civil Service . Sarah bob kerslake . I dont think he is, i think it would there is general encouragement to work through it and deliver the service you are responsible for, as they say, Service Based service, office by office, let the managers do that, just them to do theirjob, basically, and work with the local trade unions on how best to deliver it. Sir bob kerslake, former head of the Civil Service. Thank you for your time this morning. Heres tomasz with a look at this mornings weather. It is looking pretty good for most of us. Not a completely dry day if thatis of us. Not a completely dry day if that is what you are after but most of the time bright if not sunny. Sunny skies away to the south of us but we have some of the cloud from the north atlantic drifting. Most of it is fairly thin hands sunshine coming through. Some of it is a thinker. Its an pieces of rain. Showers through the morning and afternoon mostly across england and wales. Today in Northern Ireland and scotland, the weather looking dry pretty much all the way through. For the southern counties, the possibility of a heavier shower actually this afternoon that the exception. Tonight, dry in england and wales but a new weather front approaches scotland and Northern Ireland so by the end of the night it is going to be pretty soggy in belfast and glasgow and the Western Isles but england and wales dry first thing on monday. Monday, the weather fronts will move further across england. For the southern counties, from the isle of wight to london and norwich, it will stay dry and sunny but for the rest of the company, fairly cloudy, quite think in the west and rain around wales, the lakes, western scotland as well. Tuesday and High Pressure to the south but we are just on the edge of the High Pressure and on the edge of this current of warmth and humidity which is heading away and you can clearly see the orange plume coming the atlantic. A south westerly wind dragging in what a lot of cloud in our direction. With that, a fair bit of dampness, drizzle and rain around the western coast. Tuesday wednesday, because he temperatures around 25 degrees and then towards the end of the week, slightly fresher conditions coming in from the north. This is the outlook for the north. This is the outlook for the week ahead. Temperatures are possibly creeping up towards the middle of the week and then back down a little bit towards the end of the week. Thank you very much indeed. People living in bolton are being urged to play their part to avoid a full lockdown after a rise in cases in the town. The infection rate there is now the highest in england, with those aged 18 to 49 accounting for most of the cases. Joining us now is saeed atcha whos the founder of a Youth Charity in bolton. Good morning to you and thank you for joining good morning to you and thank you forjoining us. What is the reaction from young people in bolton this morning . Good morning, the reaction from young people is they are a bit stunned that it has happened because for a lot of young people they felt everything had gone away and everything had gone away and everything had gone back to normal. Does that count for the case that younger people, there is between 20 and 29 have the highest number of infection dash do you think they have returned to normal too quickly . I think we had to return to normal pretty quickly for these young people who were kind of desperate, ina people who were kind of desperate, in a position of desperation in terms of how manyjobs were going and we have to remember that so many of these people work in hospitality and obviously, when the first wave of this hit, they were affected because they were not working and socialising in the same way so the large number of people working and out socialising it was only a matter of time for when all of this was to come up again. I think, i do not think it was too quickly stop i think it was too quickly stop i think it was too quickly stop i think it would have happened anyway it was just a case of when and where. The council is doing a great job working with charities like mine, faith organisations, or different paths across a one to see how we can get this figure which is nearly a hundred, up from 17, back down to manageable levels. nearly a hundred, up from 17, back down to manageable levels. If the public message is out there, why is that the highest number in the country . What is going wrong along that chain . We were a bit shocked. It came out of nowhere from us. The young people we work with have been doing this social distancing, our organisation through our youth work have been doing it. We do place a lot of it on the hospitality and i know that there was a bit of information that came from the local authorities saying people had come back from holiday and not quarantined which had an impact as well. I think the local mp raise that as well. A bit of Top Television is that it got to this point where it spiralled out of control. And to try and rain it back m, control. And to try and rain it back in, we have these new restrictions that are there to try and avoid a fuller lockdown. Where do you go from here, that is the big question because whatever reason, the number has been rising specifically among young people and many of them enjoy getting back to work, socialising once again, how do you make sure the message gets through . once again, how do you make sure the message gets through . I think we have to be very pragmatic in our approach with young people. I think the whole thing about staying at home again, i do not think that will resonate with young people. At my charity, we are about to launch a campaign which aims to get people to reduce the number of people they come into contact with, reduce the number of places they visit and if each young person does that by one or two, it will amount to a big enough change to get this under control. We are also buying a whole load of masks because a lot of people cannot afford masks in bolton and they are going back to college, public transport and school and so i think, with all of those things in place, we should get it under control but, if not, it will continue to spiral as more and more of society reopens. Do you have a sense that even when they get this virus, they are not getting sick and so feel invincible and not thinking through the implications to the Wider Community . You have hit the nail on the head with that. A number of young people we have spoken to have said as much. For months we we re have said as much. For months we were told we would not be in for buy that we do feel as if it is something that is not there and so i think the message to keep pushing to young people is to get tested, make sure you wear your mask and think about others, think about your loved ones, yourgrandma, your about others, think about your loved ones, your grandma, your uncle who may have a medical condition because you will ultimately be protecting them. And doing the things you normally do without those measures isa normally do without those measures is a real risk to your family. Many thanks to your time. I believe you have a very busy day ahead of you. We will pick up on that point about young people without gp. Its time now to speak with our gp this morning, joining us is dr william bird. Our guest talking about it not resonating with young people. It is a case of we need you for the greater good of society to do as you are asked. It is. It is a bit like vaccination. It does not matter for the individual so much but it creates benefit for society. They have had a pretty torrid time young people, lock team and finally they are out and i can understand why it has been so difficult. But do not get the coronavirus symptoms very badly at all and yet we know that, if he gets back into the community and level start to come up, and the i and level start to come up, and the rnumber and level start to come up, and the r number comes and level start to come up, and the 1 number comes up, and level start to come up, and the r number comes up, it starts to impact the elderly. The death rate is lower because of the lower rates. So young people say we only get a mild influence but it matters because, in spain for example, you start to create a Community Coronavirus surge and it starts to come through and starts to affect the elderly. Properly knockdown and not even october but as we get into november and december, if it is still in the community by then, and the r number as got up above one, that would be the problem. Young people will be essential for that. One of the possible future scenarios that i know is very unpopular with a lot of people who are older, quite understandably, is that society goes back to Something Like normal and they have to continue to shield and protect themselves. I know it is not a popular thing to say, but you can see why people are not keen on that. I know and i think we will be caught up i know and i think we will be caught up with some very difficult decisions. We cannot go into a com plete decisions. We cannot go into a complete lockdown again. I do not think that would be acceptable to society and the economy. On the other hand, we are going to see the numbers come up and because younger people, we just heard, numbers come up and because younger people, wejust heard, we numbers come up and because younger people, we just heard, we are numbers come up and because younger people, wejust heard, we are going to get to that decision about do we allow people to get back to their normal business but the people who are vulnerable have to be kept indoors all the time. There will have to be a compromise in the fact that we all have to play our part because you just have to keep that number down. It is not because were going to have to get rid of it by keeping the number down. It isjust that if we keep it gently ticking over to the 1. 1 level than we are not going to see this big search affecting the elderly. We all have to play our part but the elderly are going to have to make that choice and they are going to have to really play their part unfortunately more because it will affect them. We do not have a complete polarisation of young people doing what they like and of people completely stuck indoors but it would be a compromise. Well have to play a pa rt compromise. Well have to play a part in this. It is all about thinking about your loved ones think about those around you and taking that responsibility. On the subject of returning to business, in the final week of august, 50 of people would go back to their offices. Anyone out on the road yesterday, they can see more traffic around, with the schools now back, more people expected to go back to their places of work this coming week. Government is calling a Civil Servant to go back to work. Is it a goodidea . Servant to go back to work. Is it a good idea . Is it safe . servant to go back to work. Is it a good idea . Is it safe . I am both a gp and an employer and i know how difficult it is to seek some stuff really terrified to come back, really terrified to come back, really anxious and they have been anxious all the way through. Some have got conditions which are not the classified conditions but they feel things like asthma it can affect them. Another people desperate to get back to work, feeling 15 and not coping with being locked in. And then you have the employers say, when people are in the office they talk to each other, you get more creativity and interaction. So you have to balance all these different parts. You need to bring employees on board with you and you have to do this. They are very real anxieties for some people and it is affecting their work and Mental Health et cetera and people who want to really come back or to understand that we are all different in the way were going back. As far as will increase coronavirus, you have more people mixing together but, if the employer and employees work together, to go to the rules, you do the two metre distancing, you make sure the office is much less full and younger people to be able to work or cycling or coming their cloud because public transport is probably ok except when you get the congestion on the tube or buses and if applied to all those rules, it will make little difference and it will make little difference and it will increase the risk a bit but we do have to look wider than just the coronavirus but look at the Mental Health, the economyjobs. I think the best way forward for any employer and certainly for myself as well, is to really talk to the and employees, how can we make this right . Are we doing the best we can . We all want to keep ourjobs and make sure things are going well but it will be a big difference between those really want to those who are terrified and then of course you have the shielded people who are going to struggle because they are not allowed to come back to work. Were very grateful for time this morning. Thank you. Stay with us. Headlines coming up. We will of course bring you the latest on the Major Incidents declared and over ago in Birmingham City centre. Just over an hour ago. Hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. Good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news west Midlands Police have declared a Major Incident after a number of stabbings in Birmingham City centre overnight. The force said they were called to the scene just after 12 30am, and a number of people have been injured, its not clear of many of them seriously. They said they are not in a position to disclose how many or the severity of the injuries but the services remained at the scene. They have been giving as much medical care as possible. It has been declared a Major Incident, meaning there has been serious harm to the public or a security risk. All of the Emergency Services are working closely together. At this stage, they dont have any reason for why this happened, nothing to confirm anything. They said it would be inappropriate to speculate on the causes. Cordons remain in place in Birmingham City centre as the city centre Birmingham City centre as the city ce ntre wa kes Birmingham City centre as the city centre wakes up this morning. We understand it is the gay village of the city centre, lots of busy bars and the city centre, lots of busy bars a nd restau ra nts the city centre, lots of busy bars and restaurants around that area. Police have urged residents who live in birmingham to remain vigilant and come and stay away from the city centre unless absolutely necessary. We will keep you updated with any details as we get them throughout the morning. A reminder, a Major Incident in Birmingham City centre, a number of stabbings, and number of people injured. Tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton in Greater Manchester because of a rising number of cases. More than 250,000 residents in the area have been told they wont be able to meet other households indoors or outdoors in most circumstances. 90 of the infections have been seen in people aged between 18 and 49. Britains chief brexit negotiator, david frost, has warned the European Union that the uk isnt scared of not having a trade deal with the eu. Lord frost told the mail on sunday, the uk would not agree to observe european rules on state aid to companies, a key demand from the European Union. Large crowds are expected to take to the streets in belarus again today, calling for the countrys president to step down. There havenow been four weeks of street protests since alexander lukashenko, the man whos run the country for the last 26 years, claimed victory in an election that was widely seen as rigged. Jonah fisher joins us from minsk with the latest. Jonah fisher, what is the latest picture this morning . We are expecting very large crowds later today, sunday has been the last four big day for demonstrations here in minsk. The last big day. People are demanding alexander lukashenko, the man who has run this country for the man who has run this country for the last 26 years stepdown. It will be interesting to see whether the numbers are boosted today by what has been happening over the last week or so. We have seen intensifying efforts from the Security Forces here to try and crackdown on smaller demonstrations that have been taking place, effectively rightfully stressed all in black, wearing balaclavas, going out onto the streets and dragging demonstrators into unmarked minivans and taking them away. Of those people who have been dragged away our students. Some of those people minsk students. It will be interesting to see if more people turn out as a result of the wave of revulsion in response to those techniques being used. And a trip down memory lane last night in sport. It wasnt that bad they savedit sport. It wasnt that bad they saved it at the ending. You could be a bit she off if you dedicated your whole evenings about game. It came down to the last few minutes. You could be a bit cheesed of. There was a chaotic end to englands opening Nations League match but they did come away from iceland with a 1 0 win. England were reduced to ten men when kyle walker was given a second yellow card for a lunging tackle. Hes onlyjust returned to the side, and he said hed be speaking to manager Gareth Southgate about his international future. That was just about the most excitement we had until the 89th minute, when Raheem Sterling gave england the lead from the penalty spot. But in injury time, iceland were awarded a penalty themselves, but it blasted over the bar. I think if we had scored the road penalty, they would have been the end of it. We had a performance of great character and we got through, of course. We then gave a really poor penalty away, and it feels like we got out ofjail. The Womens Super League season returned with a 2 0 win for former champions manchester city, against newly promoted aston villa. England forward georgia stanway said she felt very sorry for villas goalkeeper, after defensive errors allowed her to score both citys goals. Lewis hamilton is still looking unstoppable in his bid for a seventh formula 1 world title, breaking even more records. He posted the fastest qualifying lap in formula 1 history as he claimed pole position for the italian grand prix, averaging just over 164 miles an hour. His team mate Valtteri Bottas will start alongside him. But for the first time in 36 years, both ferraris finished outside the top ten at their home circuit. Their troubles continue in formula 1. The england captain owen farrell could miss saracens champions cup quarterfinal, after being sent off in their defeat to wasps in rugby unions premiership. He was dismissed for this high tackle on charlie atkinson. Farrell apologised and atkinson appeared to be ok, but saracens must now wait to hear the extent of his punishment. Wasps won 28 18. England face australia in the second t20 of the series later today. More live cricket, then, on the bbc for you, later. But one england legend announced his retirement from the sport yesterday. Ian bell scored 22 test centuries, won five ashes urns and is celebrated as one of the most the sport has seen. But hell retire at the end of the season with warwickshire, the county hes played for since he was 10 years old. Theres still british interest at the us open afterjamie murray and neal skupski reached the mens doubles quarterfinals with a straight sets win over Matwe Middelkoop and marcelo demoliner. In the singles, Serena Willams came from a set down to beat fellow american Sloane Stephens and reach the fourth round. Stephens, the champion here in 2017, took the first set before williams fought back to win in three. Shell face greek 16th seed Maria Sakkari next. Sakkari beat williams at the western and southern open at flushing meadows last month. And britains Georgia Taylor brown put in a brilliant performance to become the new World Triathlon champion for the first time. The title is usually decided with a series of races, but this year, because of the pandemic, there was a one off race in hamburg. Taylor brown broke clear early in the run section and gradually extended her advantage to win by nine seconds. Frances vincent luis retained the mens title, with Alistair Brownlee finishing ninth and brotherjonny back in 31st. The british athletics championships in manchester produced a remarkable finish in the mens 800 metres. Daniel rowden got the better of jake wightman, powering past him with 50 metres to go. It was a great performance from rowden, who didnt run a single race last year after suffering serious illness and being forced to undergo major surgery on his stomach. And european bronze medallist Holly Bradshaw dedicated her win to her biggest fan, her grandfather, who died on friday. Thisjump of 4. 35m meant she became british champion for the eighth time. Ididnt i didnt get much sleep last night, trying to rally the family, but was important for me for them to come. I think my grandfather would be really, really happy. What a lovely tribute to her grandfather. Plenty of sport across the weekend, it feels like old times. And cricket is about. It does feel like old times. Thank you very much, we will see see you later. Lets check in with the weather. Have you had a haircut . lets check in with the weather. Have you had a haircut . I yeah, of course. I did about a couple of weeks ago, but im going to grow it back. It was a mistake. Yeah. I liked it. I loved it, too, but it has to go for now. Love 0k. Lets talk about the weather. The skies are probably going to look a bit like this over the next day or so, next few days in fact, changeable, quite a mixed bag of cloud and sunshine to perhaps because of rain. This is what the satellite picture looks right now, you can see the clouds are drifting in of the north atlantic, not particularly warm air over us. It is going to warm up in the next few days a little bit but today, i think very fresh in the north of scotland, temperatures probably only getting up temperatures probably only getting up to about 12 30 degrees, but for most of us in the middle high teens 13, the most of us in the middle high teens 13, the showers wont be with us for too long. A possibility of a downpour in the south of the country, kent and sussex might hear the crack of thunder, but that will be the exception. Its in pieces of rain, this weather front is be the exception. Its in pieces of rain, this weatherfront is more significant. But the note will stay dry in england and wales. Overnight lows of 9 12 degrees, pretty much what we would expect to see. The weather map for monday shows weather fronts across these northern two thirds of the uk, but does mean these northern two thirds will be broadly speaking, cloudy and rainy at times, whereas in the south, particularly the southeast at times we should get away with some sunshine, temperatures of around 21 celsius, 19 there in belfast and 15 for our friends celsius, 19 there in belfast and 15 for ourfriends in celsius, 19 there in belfast and 15 for our friends in stornoway. Celsius, 19 there in belfast and 15 for ourfriends in stornoway. That is the weather map for tuesday, and High Pressure to the south, weather fronts to the north, just on that boundary there is a little tone of orange you can see here. What does that mean . That is quite a humid, warm patch of air from the subtropics, quite often these currents of our bring a lot of cloud, particularly to Western Areas of the uk, where at times we have rain and drizzle. But sheltered by the mountains, the clouds break up, and even if they do, and temperatures could nudge up to 25 degrees. So sometime are our so some summer warmth. By the middle of the day we lose that and we will see only ever so slightly cooler air heading our way. There is a summary for today in the next few days. Often cloudy, no rain icons here because generally speaking it is going to be a dry day. A bit of rain on monday and tuesday, then temperatures, possibly picking up two may be the mid 20s for tuesday and wednesday. So, yeah, on the whole its not looking too bad at all, i think. Not whole its not looking too bad at all, ithink. Not bad whole its not looking too bad at all, i think. Not bad at all. I have definitely seen it worse in early september. Thank you. Back to our main story this morning, the breaking news about a stabbing incident in Birmingham City centre that west Midlands Police save a number of people have been stabbed, not clear how severely say a number of people have been stabbed. Being well, we will talk to an eyewitness. Kara works at a bar near the scene. Thank you for talking to us on bbc breakfast this morning. Can you tell it what you saw . us on bbc breakfast this morning. Can you tell it what you saw . I saw the night escalate quite quickly. I had been working at a shift since 9pm at the bar a workout. The vibes we re 9pm at the bar a workout. The vibes were good, social distance was in place, i were good, social distance was in place, i work at, but as the night wore on, things started to progress quite quickly. Tensions started running high, fight started to break out in the centre of arcadia, and security was in full force. So, after my shift finished, i decided it was time for me to go home. So, while making my way to the arcadia car park, where me and my boyfriend had parked, we heard a loud bang, quite a lot of commotion. We thought nothing of it and got in the car and started to head out when around 15 police cars went full blast up the road in front of us. I started to panic and got out of the carand started to panic and got out of the car and went towards where they were headed, which happens to bejust right of the arcadia car park, where i found multiple people right of the arcadia car park, where ifound multiple people having fistfights, and girls were starting to get involved. People from inside the clubs and pubs had started to then come out and see what was going on. Quite a lot of people were on the floor. Sorry to interrupts you, kara. I apologise. The floor. Sorry to interrupts you, kara. Iapologise. What the floor. Sorry to interrupts you, kara. I apologise. What you are describing is a build up of tensions from people who are in the nig htclu bs from people who are in the nightclubs and bars during the course of the evening, which then came toa course of the evening, which then came to a crescendo in the early hours . I have been working in a club for over two years and the club scene andi over two years and the club scene and i have always seen quite a lot of fights and commotion but nothing quite like tonight. Just the body language and demeanour of people was so much different. Sorry, i apologise again, tell us a bit about the area in which you work, cara. work in this Arcadian Centre which is the hotspot of clubs, which is wet five main clubs of birmingham. I woke in the Club Directly at the start of arcadian, which is by the 93v start of arcadian, which is by the gay village and around the area of all the food bars and pubs in birmingham. Have you often felt threatened or the picture we are getting is a quite febrile atmosphere, a lot of hostility and aggression built during the course of the evening. I have never actually felt threatened while working on my nights out, due to the fa ct working on my nights out, due to the fact that security is i was very high. I fact that security is i was very high. I was over Security Guard within a two metre reach of me and i a lwa ys within a two metre reach of me and i always keep a headset on which means iam always keep a headset on which means i am always in touch with the security officers. But tonight, like, the amount of people that were out, especially during coronavirus was absolutely insane. The whole of arcadian was full so you did not know who was around, what time, because of how quickly it escalated and the words that were used and how the fight started and ended. It was nothing like i have ever seen before. You describe seeing people involved in fight. Did you see people injured . Involved in fight. Did you see people injured . Police involved in fight. Did you see people injured . Police are telling us there are reports of multiple stabbings perhaps. At the start of the night, the fight started off as just fistfights and people want away and it was fine but got to the point where security was not able to pull them off each other which is never really been a a problem for us simply started to get involved more and then, walking out of arcadian to the incident, which is now headline news, it was multiple people at a time fighting. It was notjust one on one. There were groups. It was a blow what was going on. Blur. They were males, old people, young people, it was just such a mix of people, it was just such a mix of people that it did not seem like it was real at the time. Birmingham is a buzzing and vibrant city. I studied in birmingham, it is a great place. How do you feel that your city has deteriorated like this on these one night . The amount of things i had happened tonight in the space of three hours, with the stabbings, the car crashes, and multiple other things, it is such a huge shock to me. I see news stories on the type of things that happened in birmingham all the time and, as horrible as it sounds, it has never really fazed me because i never saw it and really fazed me because i never saw itandi really fazed me because i never saw it and i know social media is an evil thing where things are exaggerated quite a lot so for me to be an eyewitness is something that has happened has been quite an emotional night went to the point i am actually still shellshocked by what has happened. I am not sure i have fully comprehended the extent of what tonight was, in front of my eyes and how closely i was involved with it. Cara, we are very grateful to you talking to us. Please say it isa to you talking to us. Please say it is a Major Incident and told us there are multiple injuries but they have not given a substantial information so we are grateful for you to paint a picture of what you saw. An eyewitness of last night. West Midlands Police are aware of comments like cara that gunshots we re comments like cara that gunshots were fired but that has not been reported to them. Obviously quite a complicated picture, obviously a noisy picture and for everybody else who was there this morning. A Major Incident declared. At 20 past six police told us that had been a number of stabbings and injured people though no detail of how many or how bad those injuries. We will be back with a full round of the headlight at eight a. M. Now its time for click. Hey, welcome back. Hope youre doing ok. We are still here for you and we always will be. Until we get the memo at least lara, how are you . How was your time off . Do you feel refreshed . I certainly do but its really weird going back to workjust involving going to a different bit of the house and, in my case, putting a click sign up how has your time off been . It was quiet, to be honest. Didnt go away, obviously. Usually over the summer i would have taken in a festival or two as well, not this year of course. I cant imagine you going to a festival. It has been known, ill thank you in fact, the Edinburgh Fringe festival is a big deal and i love seeing all the comedians trying out their new material. But you have been making up for it online . I have. Ive been going to quite a few virtual comedy gigs and this is the new way that comedians are getting themselves heard. Welcome to the covid arms give me a massive cheer for the start of the show drop in to the online comedy club the covid arms and you will find landlady Kiri Pritchard mclean introducing a host of stand ups and while they do their gigs, the club has so far raised more than £100,000 for charity. One of the things about lockdown is you get to know your kids a lot better because you are with them 24 7. You have thoughts like, i need to give the teachers a big present but doing stand up without being able to hear the audiences reaction is a tough gig and you really have to craft your routine carefully. New material is very hard to do online without an audience because it is so symbiotic, the relationship of working with new material because you are basically going, taking this precious butterfly of an idea and you are like, is this rubbish . And they are like, yes 0r no let it fly i think you definitely need some kind of Live Audience if youre doing new material but if youre doing tried and tested, you know where the funnies are. No point in saying anything amusing, there is no one to hear it comedy panel shows on tv and radio have also gone on air without an audience and, in many cases, without a studio. Ive just realised, weirdly, ive never been to your house. Thats true we are certainly not going to be inviting you round any time soon because of the lockdown sure one of the first to try recording in lockdown was the mash report where Rachel Parris and nish kumar went from feeding off live laughs too hoping that theirjokes hit home at home. As a performer, man, i missed the audience so much and i can tell the difference between my performances when im in front of a Live Audience and when im not and when you have an audience, just this light comes on. Its Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke now rachel and her husband, fellow comedian Marcus Brigstocke, can hear the laughs again. You keep chatting and ill give it a go. Ill keep chatting about mini cheddars we had a conversation. Thats the most upstaging thing you could do youve made it worse this is their weekly online show at the always be comedy club and it has a live front row. I think the front row we hear and see at these online gigs is only ten people and it makes such a huge difference. It changes the gig, in my mind, completely, and it means you can do yourjokes with the correct timing. And, as we heard earlier, a Live Audience is vital in helping comedians workshop new material. After all, barnstorming routines dont arrive fully formed. So, i would be going out at least five nights a week to play tiny venues with a brand new hour and they pay a very small amount of money and i suppose in a sense that is what the tuesday night abc show is, £3, which we regret thats a bit too much but its £3 of us tumbling through a string of ideas, some of which will turn into hopefully great and long lasting routines that we do for the next year. James gill is the mc and warm up for the couple and he has found that there are certain hazards to having an audience who are live in their own living rooms. Two of our regulars, and they are such lovely people, but they have a dog and so. Again, you dont get this at the palladium a couple of times a comedian might be in the middle of a set and you can hear the dog barking i know that tim, quick as a flash, is finding that box, clicking mute. This is a different world for comedians who are so used to a mic, a stage and very ittle else and some are experimenting. Harry hill hides in the edge of his webcam shots. 5g of course, it is 5g al murrays pub landlord character now preaches from a virtual beer cellar. Straight on the van. And the virtual background video feature means stuart laws is sometimes upstaged by himself during his gig. They are both brown sauces, leave it. Different sauces for different courses. And some comedians have gone even more interactive. Great this is how comedian monica gaga teaches improvisation in online lessons. She is also part of an online improv show called hell yeah where the line up react and improvise with each other remotely. It is a skill she says is useful in life and work as well as on stage. It is all of those key skills, like listening, being able to be open to failure, it is about listening to yourself, notjudging yourself, and also about playing and creativity, something ifind, as an adult, we kind of condition ourselves out of. If a situation happens and you think, i know what im doing, and all of a sudden it changes and that is not panic inducing for you, it means that whatever situation you are put into, you are able to deal with it. Comedy clubs are now starting to reopen and the comedians that i have spoken to are gagging to get back to them but online gigs may just stick around. One thing that has come out of this i think is that when and if my tour comes back, i will have a digital date on the tour. Also it means anyone who was not able to get a baby sitter that night or whatever, you know, has anxiety, gets to go and see it as well. But if anyone can visit a gig anywhere in the world, it does cause a problem for comedians who are still honing their acts. You are just blasting through material. You know, when i do a tour, each night is special and you talk about where you are and all the rest of it. Broadly speaking i do the same show every time with some stuff thats special to that night. You cant do that online and therefore what you develop, you know, it cannot get good in the same way. Because you cannot repeat it. But who knows . Maybe a new generation of live comics will be born out of this situation who can make the medium work in new ways. After all, how many gigs have you been to that end like this . This is samsungs third attempt at a folding phone and honestly, what a difference a year makes. Compared to the original galaxy fold, almost everything has been improved, apart from the name. This is the Samsung Galaxy zfold 2 5g. When the original galaxy fold went on sale in september 2019, it had a tiny screen on the outside, a huge camera on the inside and a metal finish that was a total fingerprint magnet. This time, the outside screen is a sensible 6. 2 inches, the inside bezels are reduced to a sliver and the back is a pleasant matte finish. Everything is so much more refined this time round that it makes last years galaxy fold seem like it was a prototype, a £1800 prototype, which is probably why people say it is not always a good idea to be an early adopter. What are we supposed to use this for . Evidently, it combines the convenience of a phone with a screen the size of a tablet and some apps support flex mode which splits the folding display in two so you can watch youtube videos like this and in the camera you can take photos like this although im not exactly sure why you would want to. Although with the external display you can use the phone is its own stand for video calls, which is quite useful. I think it would be quite nice if you could keep it on your desk sideways to see notifications and calendar events although the lock screen is vertical only so its not really optimised for this and actually, you get that feeling from a lot of apps. Samsung acknowledges that it needs more developers to modify their apps to work in this format and in time it will probably improve but this disconnect extends to the operating system. You can put your favourite apps and a wallpaper on the home screen, close the phone and they are gone because they are two independent home screens which, i suppose makes sense, but its not how i expected it to work. The category of folding phones is definitely put some excitement back into smartphones but its difficult to say what will become the most popular format, if any. Companies are still figuring out what works best. Samsung has its zflip. Instead of expanding into a tablet, that one is just a regular phone that folds in half. And the new Microsoft Surface duo has two displays but the screens themselves dont fold. This latest effort from samsung still doesnt fold completely flat, there is still a gap in between the screens which i expect they will change in the future. Crucially, unlike other flagship smartphones, this is not water or even dust resistant and i think if people are spending £1800 on a smartphone, they probably dont want it to get broken by dust, although if you are rich enough to spend that much on a phone, you can probablyjust buy a second as a spare brilliant stuff, that was chris and that is it for the short cut of click this week. The full length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. And as ever, you can find the team on social media, on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter, bbcclick. Thanks for watching, see you soon. Bye bye. Good morning and welcome to breakfast, with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. Our headlines today. West Midlands Police have declared a Major Incident after a number of people were stabbed in Birmingham City centre overnight. Its not clear how seriously injured they are and police have asked people to stay away from the area. Tougher coronavirus restrictions are imposed on bolton, which now has the highest infection rates in england. A warning to the eu the uks chief brexit negotiator says the governments prepared to walk away with no deal. A story of two penalties one scored, one missed but england just managed to beat iceland and start their Nations League campaign with a win. On the whole, the weathers not looking too bad for most of us today. Some scattered cloud, a few showers and some sunny spells, too. A Major Incident has been declared in Birmingham City centre after a number of stabbings overnight. West Midlands Police have said they were called to the scene just after midnight, and a number of people have been injured. Eyewitness, cara, described what she saw. At the start of the night, the fight started off as fistfights and people walked away, and it was fine, but progressively it got to the point where security was not able to pull them off each other, which has never been a problem for us, so this was quite a shock. And police started to get involved more. And then walking out of arcadian and into the incident, which is now headline news, it was multiple people at a time fighting, it was notjust one on one, there were just groups, to a stage where it was just a blur for what was going on. It was people upon people, there were females, they were males, there was old people, young people. It was just such a mix of people that it did not seem like it was real at the time. We can get some more details with simonjones. Simon, karrar describing what it sounds like from her perspective a fistfight that quickly escalated, any more details from police . Let us run through what police have come this morning. They were called to Birmingham City centre at half past midnight initially to a report that one person had been stabbed. Officers were quickly on the scene, they tell us, and the Ambulance Service was present, too. The pelissier quickly after that they got reports that several other people had also been stabbed in the area. Officers have said it is too early to tell us exactly how many people have been injured or even how severely they have been injured. They have said their investigations are ongoing but they have declared a Major Incident this morning. The police have said it is too early to speculate on what the motive behind this might be and what might have led up to it, it is all part of an Ongoing Investigation which may take some time but we know this morning that recording is in place around hurst street. That is close to a lot of bars and restaurants in Birmingham City centre and also close to the gay village. We understand from people who were out last night that it was very busy, they were a lot of people eating and drinking on tables outside in that area. The police have said they will be at the scene for the foreseeable future, and they are telling the public to remain vigilant and also to remain calm because it is shocking news for people who witnessed it, like the woman we just heard from, who witnessed the aftermath of it, or people waking up to this news as to what has happened overnight in the city centre. Simon, thank you. Simon jones, overnight in the city centre. Simon, thank you. Simonjones, who has been following that Major Incident throughout the morning. Tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton, in Greater Manchester, because of a rising number of cases. The infection rate is now the highest in england. The increase is being driven by a spike among younger people. Lets speak to our correspondent, mairead smyth, who is in bolton. Mairead, whats been the reaction to this news that the town now has the highest infection rates in the country . You mention there are signs for people to stick to the rows and not mix with each other. They are on the brink of a leicester star lockdown if they dont get this number under control, arent they . Thats correct. As i drove into bolton to do those mobile signs were let up, it was very dark and they were very clear messages. This place needs to ta ke clear messages. This place needs to take this message seriously to avoid a local lockdown, and the message coming out of the town hall behind me from the leader, it was that now is the time more than ever for people to play their part. It is up to people who live in bolton to do what they can to bring the numbers down and specifically that younger age group. More than 90 of these cases are among the age group of 18 to 49, really the working population, as people are going out and mixing with people, and it seems that the cases have spread as a result and increased. And the plea now is that you do not mix with anybody outside of your family and support bubble, indoor or outdoor and this is a step further here than in any other area of Greater Manchester is that you cannot go on public transport unless it is absolutely necessary. So, if you need to go to work or school, that is fine, but any other journey, need to go to work or school, that is fine, but any otherjourney, you are not allowed to do that. Also, the plea is to pay heed to the important Public Health messages that we have heard throughout the pandemic, good hand hygiene, social distancing and Face Coverings as well where necessary. The message here is clear, take this message seriously, the cases are high and to avoid a local lockdown, people who live in bolton need to do their part. Mairead smyth, thank you very much indeed. Mairead smyth live this morning from bolton. Britains chief brexit negotiator, lord frost, has warned the European Union that the uk isnt scared of not having a trade deal at the end of the transition period. Lets get more on this from our political correspondent, nick eardley. He has said this time that they will not blink, why the escalation in language . The uk with the European Union in feathery but were still trying to work out what the future trade agreement will look like. Things have not changed because we are any transition period but the talks on the future trade deal have been stuck for quite a few weeks now because the uk and the eu cannot agree on things like fishing and how much support we should be able to give to businesses in your country. The warning from david frost, i think, this morning, is all about sending out a signal that basically the uk is not going to budge on this, it feels quite strongly that it shouldnt be, in his words, a client state, it should be able to set its own rules when it comes to things like state aid. We have heard this before, havent we . Last year, almost every week we had a warning from the uk government that it was not prepared to compromise and walk away if needed to. This is important at the moment, there are only a few weeks left in those talks. Europe thinks that both sides have to compromise folly due to be done, but i think this is the uk sort of saying, well, on these two things, we are not prepared go much further than we are. As always, these things tend to go down to the wire, so it is quite possible there will still be movement, but it is only a few weeks to find some sort of compromise against at the trade deal that will begin on the 1st of january. All sounding strangely familiar, nick many thanks. The labour party is calling for more robust covid testing in airports which they say could reduce the number of travellers who have to quarantine. The party say the current arrangements are chaotic and are having a dire impact on the travel industry. A government spokesman said assessment of how testing might help was ongoing. It is coming up to eight to 10am. Good morning, you are watching brea kfast. 8 10am. Were being encouraged to go back to the workplace, with employers being asked to reassure staff it is safe to return. Business leaders have warned of damage being done to city centres as people stay away from offices. Mark serwotka, general secretary of the public and commercial services union, and chief executive of the british retail consortium, Helen Dickinsonjoin us. We are grateful to both of you for taking the time to talk to us, i think possibly on different sides of the fence. Mairead smyth two mark serwotka, what do you think of the call from the government to get people back to work . call from the government to get people back to work . I think what has been done this week is frankly irresponsible. We heard about the big increase of cases in bolton, we know that the whole country is on the precipice in terms of the infection rate. We know that the government is considering seriously concerned about the second way. If it looks at the Civil Service, it has done the most astonishing job during the pandemic and out with 2. 5 million claims to universal credit, it has done the furlough scheme, kept prisons running, kept the ports and borders open, ourjustice system running, with many thousands of people and a workplace all along and we have ensured they have been safe, with the majority successfully working from home. So, for the government to now instruct, it is not advising, the Civil Service is issuing instructions that 80 of people must now return to work, that is irresponsible because they cannot keep those people safe, they cannot observe social distancing in all of those offices and frankly, when the head of the cbi in a radio interview with me last week told the audience that the cbi would not be insisting on anyone going back to work until the new year, it is irresponsible and outrageous frankly that the government is going to try to force its hard working government is going to try to force its ha rd working Staff Government is going to try to force its hard working staff to go back this month. Helen, let us bring you in. The perspective from the british retail consortium. Everyone understands the problems for retail in towns and city centres but it is not up to Civil Servants to correct that, especially if they think they are not safe. Yes, indeed. As you highlight, we all can see when we do visit our towns and city centres, the devastating impact that that lower foot ball the devastating impact that that lower football is having on the ecosystems that sit around them, and thatis ecosystems that sit around them, and that is about, you know, closures with the risk ofjob losses. So, that risk is real, but i completely agree that it is all about people feeling confident to return to places, knowing that they are safe, and not to be instructed to do so because that confidence is built through recognition that the employer has invested the time, the effort in making workplaces safe, in the same way that retailers have been investing time and effort in ensuring that all of the shops up and down the country are safe for us all to visit. So, it is all about ensuring people feel confident, and schools, transport the test and tray system, they are all part of this, and so we need much better and clearer visibility as to what the consequences and implications, how the opening of schools is going, how we can get greater assurance that travelling on public transport is safe and that there is the capacity thatis safe and that there is the capacity that is needed, and that if there is a risk in any part of the country that the test and trace system will work effectively and make sure that we are all advised and there is a right numberof we are all advised and there is a right number of tests available. We are all advised and there is a right number of tests availablem the safety procedures are put in place, as any Good Employer would, to ensure that people are safe to return to work, dont they need to go back . Every time we talk about this we have nurses, supermarket workers who have said, we what right through the heart of this pandemic, and now we need to get going again. Yes, and as i have already said, you know, members of my union, civil serva nts know, members of my union, Civil Servants what right throughout the pandemic, injob servants what right throughout the pandemic, in job centres for example, and in many parts of the Civil Service. And our aim has a lwa ys Civil Service. And our aim has always been you have to be any workplace to provide a an essential service, and we have to work with employers to ensure that they are safe. But where people can do that job from home, and let us remember that the chancellor of the exchequer a few months ago lauded members for delivering the furlough scheme and he said they have done it from their studies, their kitchens and their front rooms. So, if all that is working well, why do we notjust accept that to no force people, and it is really interesting that Many Private Companies are taking a far more enlightened lines than the government does, because they are now trying to force people back to work when it is unnecessary. And my point here about the economy and about the dreadful situation that many people find themselves in, clearly in retail, is that the government should look to europe where countries are extending furlough schemes, extending Financial Support and not ending it, and they certainly should not be using their own workforce as an example to others, when that means exposing their own workforce to risk. Helen, to bring you back in, is there a harsh reality here . Mark is there a harsh reality here . Mark is correct, the Civil Service, many members of them doing a fantastic job from being at home, as there are some Collateral Damage which are the city centre businesses, which, inevitably, will not have the same help that they were in during the pandemic . I think there will be long lasting effects in terms of whichever trajectory we go from here. Ithink whichever trajectory we go from here. I think we should not see this issue as a black and white one, there is a whole shade of greed grey in between in terms of working much more flexibly and i guess what they hope is, to avoid a devastating impact on the businesses that we have relied upon historically in terms of the numbers and volumes of people going into workplaces, is that there is somewhere else between where we are now and what we had before that it takes us a little bit closer towards what we had before, because otherwise we will see that devastating impact. So, i dont think we should be imagining that it will be back to business as usual, because as mark said, the way that people have worked has really shifted over the course of the last six months, and many people have learned to work in different ways. And in many cases, in better ways, and so we must find something that seizes and keeps hold of those good things but also gets the balance further down that spectrum than where we are at the moment. There is no straightforward answer, is there . Mark serwotka and Helen Dickinson from the british retail consortium, thank you for your time this morning. Heres tomasz with a look at this mornings weather. Is that a nice rainbow from this morning . Or does that come from your library of pictures . It is from the library of pictures . It is from the library of pictures . It is from the library of pictures. Yes, i have a colourful tie this morning the weather is going to be mostly find today. What does that mean, mostly fine . Fairly bright with some sunshine there will be some scattered showers. Some rainbow makers as well but only whole for the vast majority of the uk, you should be able to go out there without a brolly. But it is not a sunny start to the day. There are sikh banks of cloud across the uk, but the clouds will be thinning through the course of the morning seck banks. Thick banks. There is a possibility of an isolated thunderstorm and they usually are isolated but the chance of one across the south of the country. Scotland and Northern Ireland today should have a dry day, the drain reaches here later tonight and probably from midnight the cloud will thicken, the rain will reach the Western Isles and by the early hours of the morning it will turn fairly wet in belfast and in glasgow, but england and wales overnight is going to stay dry. Temperatures whether you are in north or the south of the country, more or less the same in towns and cities, about 10 degrees. Here is the map for monday, weatherfronts cross the northern two thirds or three quarters, Something Like that. You can see cloud and rain affecting western parts of the uk, but in this situation it is often used and the south east that gets the best of the brightness. So the best of the weather tomorrow in london, norwich, cambridge, with temperatures around 20, whereas in the ways that will be cooler with thicker cloud and some rain. On tuesday, we will see more weather fronts heading our way but the are also going to drag any fair amount of moisture and some warmth out of the subtropics. This is the south westerly current of air laden with a lot of moisture and that means that there will be a lot of cloud, particularly around Western Areas with rain at times but in this situation it is to the east of the pennines, east anglia and the south where the clouds will break up and if they do, temperatures could get up if they do, temperatures could get up to around 25 celsius. This warm, humid here you see being pushed out of the scene gives way to a slightly cooler air out of the north. You can see that north westerly pushes out into the near continent. That it does mean that through the week we will see a very gradual rise in the temperatures. So, not just will see a very gradual rise in the temperatures. So, notjust in the south but also in the north you can see belfast at 20 celsius. It could be higher than that for temperatures if the clouds break. Then we will go back down, particularly you can see in belfast from 20 down to 15. That by thursday. Thank you very much indeed, great stuff. Weve all had to adapt to a new way of living under coronavirus, but changes in our towns and cities have left many disabled people feeling anxious about venturing out. The Charity Scope say their Research Shows people with disabilities worry that their lives will be more difficult if Face Coverings and pedestrianisation of streets becomes the norm. Weve been hearing some of those concerns. Because of a lot of these new cycle lanes, i now cant access london taxis. We cant pull up to the side of the kerb to pick up wheelchair users. So, its very dangerous for them, cos im going to have to stop in the middle of the road, get the ramp out the side of the cab to load a passenger in in a wheelchair. Its not. It doesnt work. I have had so many problems trying to access a store because of my disability and because of social distancing measures put into place. We were met by this, all of the disabled bays taped off, and we had to park here, where it is incredibly tight. Queueing for disabled people can be quite a problem, as we have bladder problems. People who have mobility problems and have to stand in queues for a long time, thats not possible. It can cause lots and lots of pain and fatigue. I know with myself i get in a lot of pain as well. I really think that more needs to be done. Theres a big change coming as a result of trying to get the majority of people to start thinking differently about how they move around, and i think thats a brilliant thing, its a brilliant initiative. The problem is disabled people have not been thought of. Include us, think about us, and it will work much better. Were joined now by alison kerry from the Charity Scope and disability rights campaigner, gem hubbard. Gem, we heard from you in that little report. Some of your issues. Alison kerry, you havejoined us as well. Can you give us some ideas of theissues well. Can you give us some ideas of the issues you want to discuss . Good morning, at scope we are hearing from many disabled people about the barriers that they are facing, a multitude of them, in their communities. Long queues when people are at supermarkets and shops which can be difficult for people who might need to set or rest after long periods. As you head a new report, blue Blue Badge Parking bays across the country being cordoned off making its inaccessible for some people. There is also a lack of accessible toilets which does not give people the confidence they need sometimes to go out and it is making a lot of disabled people isolated at home. Gem, let us have a chat with you. Lockdown has been difficult for everybody, people feeling anxious getting out and about as things begin to unlock. Talk about the major challenges for you that lots of people might not necessarily appreciate or anticipate. The first challenge that i faced was the disabled parking bays being completely blocked off in city centres and in retail parks, which is something that i never thought i was going to have to face in 2020. I have seen that they have replaced, they have put cafe chairs into disabled bays and i have even seen plant pots put into disabled bays as well. So, it is almost like they are being seen as a luxury area rather than an absolute necessity for people. It does. But the point that i make people. It does. But the point that imake is people. It does. But the point that i make is that accessibility is a right, it is not a privilege. And i was about confidence and feeling that you can get out and about and return to normal life, how much does it affect your confidence when you head out and the parking bays are blocked off and you cannot access to i lets, blocked off and you cannot access toilets, for example . Nina, it has affected my confidence greatly, i am so affected my confidence greatly, i am so anxious. I started going out at the beginning ofjuly and every time igo out, the beginning ofjuly and every time i go out, i am faced with some sort of barrier. It does not necessarily have to be with the parking, it is also the attitude of people as well. I was also the attitude of people as well. Iwas ina also the attitude of people as well. I was in a supermarket, i sensed there was someone behind me, so i moved to the side, and as the person we nt moved to the side, and as the person went past, he grabbed the back of my wheelchair and shook it, and i looked at him, and i thought it must be someone i know bearing a joke playing a joke on me given that we are all wearing mass at the moment. I looked at him and he said, i am only joking. I looked at him and he said, i am onlyjoking. So, my confidence has been knocked greatly. With accessibility screens being cooked up, they are not wide enough for my wheelchair and also where we have one way systems, it might have a mmp one way systems, it might have a ramp to go in, but then it is steps to come out. So, i have to go at the entranceway, which is not safe. Alison, the government has spoken about maintaining an Inclusive Society is important and they are working with local partnerships and councils to make public spaces are safe as possible for everyone, including people with disabilities, but in writing to the government you have written an open letter that has 30,000 signatories so far. What do you want from the government now . That is right, scope hasjoined the 30,000 disability campaigners in this open letter to borisjohnson calling on him not to forget about disabled people during the pandemic asa disabled people during the pandemic as a consequence of the coronavirus and the impact that is having another communities. It is not right that the 14 million disabled people in the uk are being forgotten, they need to be considered and factored into the governments recovery plans. What sort of volume of contact plans. What sort of volume of co nta ct have plans. What sort of volume of contact have you had over the course of the pandemic . Have you had more calls and contact from people with bringing their problems to you and asking for help . Yes, certainly at scope we have a helpline and an Online Community and people are regularly telling us how fearful they are about coronavirus and about catching and contracting it, and what it would mean, the serious consequences that could have for their health, as well as how it is impacting their day to day life. We are concerned about the negative attitudes that people are facing when they are out on the high street if they are not wearing a Face Covering and they are not doing that because they are exempt and they have a valid reason and yet they are being challenged and facing verbal abuse, and there must be more awareness and understanding from the public about those exemptions. Question for you, gem, alison spoke about the governments awareness, but it is about the individual and people are feeling nervous and tense when out and about. People can be less self aware and selfish, cant they . What would your advice be to eve ryo ne they . What would your advice be to everyone when they are heading out today . Be respectful of social distancing, be respectful of other people. Bear in mind that some people. Bear in mind that some people need extra time, they need extra measures, and not everyone can wear a face mask, people are exempt. Just think a little more, show compassion and kindness. We are supposed to all be in this together. Thank you. Gem hubbard, disability rights campaigner and alison kerry from scope, thank you. That has really got me thinking, people need extra 5 pa ce really got me thinking, people need extra space for queueing, for example, and so on. Yes, and there was no ramp, another point. We are on bbc one and bbc news channel until nine oclock. After that andrew marr returns great to see you. Thank you, back after the summer on a you. Thank you, back after the summerona busy you. Thank you, back after the summer on a busy news day, i will be joined by the foreign secretary dominic raab, shadow secretary nick thomas symonds, the chief of staff of Alexei Navalny who you may remember has been poisoned, the german say, by novichok and is only Poor Condition any german hospital. I will be talking about that. And also to the global Vice President of facebook, one nick clegg, you may remember him about this information and fake news ahead of us elections and fake news ahead of us elections and around the area of coronavirus, because a lot of people in britain will not take a vaccine if and when it arrives. Very busy, thank you, andrew, but it feels like you have never been away it is 8 29am. The headlines are on the way. Hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. It is 830 exactly heres a summary of this mornings main news. A Major Incident has been declared in Birmingham City centre after a number of stabbings overnight. West Midlands Police have said they were called to the scene just after midnight, and a number of people have been injured. Eyewitness cara described what she saw. At the start of the night the fight started off asjust at the start of the night the fight started off as just fistfights and people walked away and it was fine but progressively, got to the point where security wasnt able to pull them off each other. Which has never really been a problem for us, this was quite a shock. Police started to get involved more. And then, walking out of arcadian, into the incident, which is now headline news, it was, multiple people at a time fighting, it wasntjust one multiple people at a time fighting, it wasnt just one on multiple people at a time fighting, it wasntjust one on one, there was just groups, to this stage, it was just groups, to this stage, it was just a blur, for what was going on. It was people upon people, there was males, females, there was all people, young people. It wasjust such a mix of people. It didnt seem like it was real at the time. And we can speak to the mayor of the West Midlands, andy street. Interesting to get your thoughts on the government trying to encourage people back to the office but first of all, can you tell us what unfolded last night. Weve heard it was a fistfight that rapidly escalated but what do you know . Obviously, ive been briefed by the chief constable this morning and the we st chief constable this morning and the west Midlands Police will be doing a proper Media Briefing a little later this morning. But it is true there have been a series of incidents in the hurst street area of the city, they look to be related but the motivation for them is not yet understood. And it is an Ongoing Police operation but at the moment, the area is calm and the advice to the area is calm and the advice to the public is go about their business as normal but of course, you need to be vigilant. They have confirmed there have been a number of stabbings and injuries but we do not know the severityjust of stabbings and injuries but we do not know the severity just yet. Of stabbings and injuries but we do not know the severityjust yet. You can see the eyewitness there, karen, she raised issues about social distancing, birmingham is on a watch list, she doesnt think those measures are always being maintained. There has been a lot of talk about this in the course of the la st talk about this in the course of the last few weeks. Very, very clear advice to everyone running premises in the entertainment sector of the economy, to say it is critical that, given the outbreak of the virus in birmingham, the escalation that those social distancing rules apply, the advice of the public is very simple. If you go to a venue where you are not confident with their own precautions, then walk away. Reported to the authorities. It will be followed up, there have already beena be followed up, there have already been a few Enforcement Actions against venues in birmingham that have not been following the advice properly. There were clearly lots of people at the scene last night, whats your reaction to the level of violence in your area . Obviously, first of all you should say a huge thank you to the Emergency Services, it is always to them we turn, there will be some heroic stories of public intervention around this and of course, i am public intervention around this and of course, lam very, public intervention around this and of course, i am very, very sorry that members of the public going out for a much needed night out will have witnessed that and we wait, just to understand the severity of what has happened and of course, thank everyone who is dealing with that issue just at the moment. You are sending out messages for people to maintain social distancing when out and about but is that working . Do you think birmingham may be on its way to enhanced lockdown measures . I want to be really clear, this is reviewed every week, not just locally but also by the National Silver and gold command, the structure is the department of health has in place and for three weeks birmingham has been at the strain the same level of enhanced support and we welcome that, there is much more testing going on and at the moment, there is no intention to move beyond that and if everybody its everybodys collective, Civic Responsibility to make sure we do not move beyond that current level of support. We wish you the best with that. The government encouraging 80 of Civil Servants to be back in the workplace at least one day a week by the end of the month. Do you welcome that . Are the people of birmingham willing and ready . The key word in that sentence is encouragement and so i can give you a straight answer, i welcome it because i do believe it is really important that subject to safety, and building confidence, that our city centres which of course is where the majority of the officers are, to restore the sort of experience that they offered before covid 19. They have been the drivers of our economic recovery across the we st of our economic recovery across the West Midlands which is very strong before covid 19 and they are also the place where things happen, social life occurs, people meet and so, providing its safe, i do believe we need to get back to that, in time. As the government right to pushit in time. As the government right to push it so firmly . Lord kerslake, we spoke to him earlier, he said its a misjudgment and insulting to be so forceful. This is about individual businesses and people making their own decisions. And what weve seen isjust a slow, steady recovery, some things had to be put into place to make this happen, a safe return to make this happen, a safe return to school is needed to happen so people with childcare responsibilities could go back to work. That was done last week. Huge majority of schools across the West Midlands, great effort by teachers, returning safely. And we have to make sure transport is safe for people to return to the city centre, thats been done well here, 100 of services pre coronavirus levels, running, and we are trying to say to people, everything has been put in place for you to return safely, particularly all health and safety checks going on in places of work. I hope that will give people confidence that they can return. You are passionate about the businesses in your city centre and in the areas around the West Midlands. Is it time to a cce pt around the West Midlands. Is it time to accept that our town and city centre economies are going to look very different as we move more towards the suburbs, working from home, there will be some Collateral Damage in the form of some businesses . Yes and that is going to happen and we cant see that lots of the businesses that hang off the big office occupiers, the theatres, exhibition centres, whether it be restaurants, although Services Like the dry cleaners, the cobblers, id testing, all of that, its really ha rd testing, all of that, its really hard for them, those i talk to are really concerned about the footfall. But i do think that will recover steadily. Probably wont mean that everyone is working 100 of their time in the office as they did before, weve all got used to doing things differently and some things can be done remotely as this interview is being but some things people will need to come back together, thats where innovation occurs, the great breakthroughs occurs, the great breakthroughs occur but its also about where those working relationships occur. A lot of what we have done is use the relationships we set up the four coronavirus with all this remote working, we hear from all major offices that they will want to come back together sometime so people i think will do a mix of home working and office working. Andy street, the mayor of West Midlands, we thank you and a busy day ahead for you, no doubt. We began that interview talking about the situation overnight in birmingham, Major Incident declared by police, we heard from an eyewitness who said it was groups fighting in Birmingham City centre last night. Lets go live to birmingham. Nick clitheroe joins, nice to see you. Theyre at the corner, bring us up to date with the corner, bring us up to date with the latest at the scene. As you say police were called about half past midnight reports of a stabbing here ina very midnight reports of a stabbing here in a very busy area of the city nightlife. When they arrived they found out there were reports of far more people having been stabbed as well. As a result of that they declared a Major Incident having taken declared a Major Incident having ta ken place declared a Major Incident having taken place here. We had reports from eyewitnesses suggesting a large fight broke out involving a large numberof fight broke out involving a large number of people of all ages, outside some of the venues here. Originally, it seemed to be a fistfight but obviously at some point, a knife was pulled and used during that fight. Police have declared this a Major Incident but they say it may take some time before they are able to establish exactly what has gone on here in the ce ntre exactly what has gone on here in the centre of birmingham last night. Thank you very much. We will speak to you during the course of the morning, and history telling us some moments ago west Midlands Police will issue and will have a press conference later in the morning to confirm more details of what they can tell us but we know it seems, there were numerous casualties last night. Its coming up to 20 to nine, you watching breakfast. Lets catching with kathryn dance for the sport. I thought nothing is happening here when i went to bed last night. I was watching the tennis. Quite pleased that was the choice i made. Only the last couple of minutes. It got exciting. Chaotic end to the england opening Nations League match. But they did come away from iceland with a 1 0 win. England were reduced to 10 men when kyle walker was given a second yellow card for a lunging tackle. Hes onlyjust returned to the side and he said hed be speaking to manager Gareth Southgate about his international future. That was just about the most excitement we had until the 89th minute, when Raheem Sterling gave england the lead from the penalty spot. But, in injury time, iceland were awarded a penalthy themselves, which birkir bjaranason blasted over the bar. I think if wed scored the late penalty and that had been the end of it, wed have been talking about a performance of great character and we got through stop of course, we then gave a really pert penalty away. It feels like weve got out of jail. Gareth southgate finding the positives there the Womens Super League season returned with a 2 0 win forformer champions manchester city, against newly promoted aston villa. England forward georgia stanway said she felt very sorry for villas keeper after defensive errors allowed her to score both citys goals. Britains adam yates will wear the leaders Yellow Jersey for a fourth day, after the first High Mountain stage of the tour de france. He came under attack several times on stage eight in the pyrenees, but he finished in a group containing many of the overall race favourites to stay three seconds ahead. It was the frenchman nans peters who took the honours. Lewis hamilton is still looking unstoppable in his bid for a seventh formula one world title, breaking even more records. He posted the fastest qualifying lap in formula one history as he claimed pole position for the italian grand prix, averaging just over 164 miles an hour. His Mercedes Team mate Valtteri Bottas will start alongside him. And ferraris troubles continue for the first time in 36 years, both their cars finished outside the top 10 at their home circuit. The england captain owen farrell could miss saracens champions cup quarter final, after being sent off in their defeat to wasps in rugby unions premiership. He was dismissed for this high tackle on charlie atkinson. Farrell apologised and atkinson appeared to be ok but saracens must now wait to hear the extent of his punishment. Wasps won 28 18. Crowds returned to english rugby for the First Time Since lockdown, with 2,700 supporters were allowed at the stoop to watch harlequins play bath. The latest government test event. But despite the return of supporters, it was the away side who got the victory bath winning 41 27 to close in on a premiership play off place. We have seen supporters back at cricket, rugby, it cannot be long now until we get full steady again. Catherine, thank you. Lots of people very eager to get back to the stance to support their team in whatever sport. Thank you very much. Feeling a bit more like back to normal, sporting mice, even athletics. In terms of sporting events. He was the face of swinging london and created some of the most Iconic Images of the sixties. Now at the age of 82 the iconic photographer david bailey has put on a new exhibition in the capital on a massive scale. Alex stanger has been to meet him. These are the never seen before Oil Paintings of one of the uks best known artists photographer david bailey. You were saying before that you have been painting since you were really young . Three. Yes. Been 80 years. 80 years and i end up with that instead of hanging on the walls of a gallery, david bailey paintings are actually here in a shop, in the west end of london. I like the idea, i like the idea of anything thats different. Sort of lead somewhere else and things are changing rapidly now with this silly virus thing. Things arent going to be the same as they were, which is quite exciting. And the best way to see this exhibition is apparently from the number 75. On the bus is the best. When you drive up oxford street, especially if its raining, you get on the front of the bus, i did it last time, its most exciting. Only lasts three minutes or two minutes but its worth doing i do them because i like doing them. Like a child really. Dabbling with his paints. I used to scribble in books when i was a kid. I think being dyslexic helps because you never know what youre going to do. Like taking a picture. Its difficult. I drive my assistants mad, they say how are we going to do it and i dont know until i met the person and then when i meet the person use them to find out how we are going to do their picture. And those pictures have been doing a roaring trade during lockdown. Sales of prints are rocketing. I think people have time to think about things. When they are on lockdown. They sort of thought, maybe ive always fancied buying a david bailey print which ones have been the most popular . Jean shrimpton is always popular, always popular. Shes the most popular one. Even if you put her on the internet, she gets more hits than anybody else. The winsome david bailey who created the famous model Jean Shrimpton and married the famous mother catherine deneuve, shows how to bring out the best in a woman. Is there anybody that you would have liked to have photographed that you never managed to photograph . Ive done everybody i like. I mean, theres ones i missed. I always wanted to do the cuban guy, castro, but i dont have any regrets because you cant do everybody. Everybody has got a story to tell, everybody, even the most boring person has got a story if you dig deep enough. Fantastic, david bailey. The stories he could tell, those stories this is where we say goodbye to you. You are off to read the news on the andrew marr programme. Its 8 45am. Heres tomasz with a look at this mornings weather. Misty start this morning . I change the picture from earlier on, i showed it too many times it is a little bit misty, maybe in one or two spots, the weather today is actually fine, some of us waking up to skies like this, blue sky, some low, medium level cloud, today going to be pretty good for most of us. There are clients, you see them streaming in from the north west, some of them thicker in places. There are clouds. Certainly not a com pletely there are clouds. Certainly not a completely dry day. With anything, we could see heavy showers developing, particularly the greatest chance in the south, it may be even thunderstorms but dont be surprised. That will be in the minority, the vast majority of us with sunny spells, temperatures up to 17 in glasgow, in belfast, possibly 20 degrees in london. Fresh along the north sea coast, not higher than round about 14 degrees with that breeze. Tonight, dry across england and wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland turned cloudy and Northern Ireland turned cloudy and wet, temperatures in most towns and wet, temperatures in most towns and cities early on monday it will be more or less the same, hovering around 10 degrees or so. The weather map monday, High Pressure to the south keeping things settle but for the majority of the country its a case of cloud and outbreaks of rain moving from west in an easterly direction, these weather fronts moving through. Bit of a breeze in western scotland, best of the weather as is often the case will be on the south coast, around kent and sussex, also east anglia, temperatures getting to around 21 degrees. The weather map produced a High Pressure to the south, low to the north, in between we have this stuck current of air, this orange, and that means someone is in the atmosphere, quite a bit of moisture, that means a lot of cloud, you can see if i move out of the way, cloud streaming in our direction, some of these coastal areas will be quite murky at times, bit of rain but once the air goes over the mountains the cloud breaks, giving sunshine and for some of us, the temperature in the middle part of the week could get to around 25 degrees if the sun comes out. But this is what happens towards the end of the week, through thursday, wednesday night, thursday come into friday, we see slightly cooler air coming from the north atlantic, i think we will probably notice that in northern parts of the uk. You can see temperatures declining through the week. That is it, have a great sunday and you. Thank you very much. We are going back to birmingham shortly. Going back to birmingham shortly. Going back to birmingham shortly. Going back to the top story, all about the series of prose that happened overnight and the stabbings but before that. Something cosier. With the nights drawing in lots of us will be looking forward to cosy nights in front of the telly. But this autumns tv will look a bit different as our favourite shows coming up with innovative ways to film in a socially distanced way. Lets take a look. Strike up the band, hit the lights. Were back on saturday nights. Its time to turn up the tablet. Lets begin, strap in, hold tight. We are finally here, and as you would expect, there have been a few changes. We have got a beautiful new studio, plus, a big wall of audience behind us as well. Look at everybody there. Give us a wave this is it, mum, fresh start. Go on, overthere. Whay hey i just want you to know how grateful i am. I love you, baby. Enough what is all this . I am inside your head. I really dont want to lose you over this. Anyone would think you aint pleased to see me. I am all out, have you got any . I wish come on, man, please how many times . No all right, nan . Bay golf is back lets talk telly with tv critic and broadcaster scott bryan a reminder of aunt and deck, there pj a reminder of aunt and deck, there pj and duncan days. Tell us, i remember that sincerely, to be fair, eve ryo ne remember that sincerely, to be fair, everyone was laughing at me. Lets talk about britains got talent, first of all, back with the semifinals, they were recorded, as we saw aunt and deck explain, amazing virtual wall of audience behind. I think that gets over the hurdle of having audiences in a very cramped area. Ant and dec. You see with other shows like 01, they have audience spaced apart and it looks weird but with britains got talent, we see the audience so that kind of, is the fashion. I guess the challenge is with strictly come dancing coming up not that far around the corner, audience is so integral to the success of that show, i guess they are thinking we cannot really have people visibly on screen cramped up together for a long period of time, are we going to have to do without them . Its interesting you mention that, ive never been to strictly come dancing but people who have been, say its something they can go to the whole evening, live show, bits they record, there is a lot to be thought about not least how the couples for that are able to prepare in order to get the dancers ready. Exactly. A few weeks ago there was a big announcement about what they were planning on doing with the programme and the idea that they are taking it ona and the idea that they are taking it on a week by week basis, each couple essentially making sure they have as minimalamount of essentially making sure they have as minimal amount of contact with other people during the week, as well as testing. These shows rely a lot on costu mes, testing. These shows rely a lot on costumes, make up, its difficult to have people being told they cannot be with people for our long period of time. But other shows have managed to make it work, with bay golf, they completed strip filming for the latest series and eve ryo ne filming for the latest series and everyone more than 100 people, separated in a different location, they had regular testing, they were able to make that go without a hitch. Able to make that go without a hitch. Bake off. When that show comes to air later in september i dont think viewers will notice the difference to a regular series of bake off, but the issue is the cost of it can be so much more. You have to have regular testing, the wise you have to go and manoeuvre eve ryo ne you have to go and manoeuvre everyone around security. As big a challenge with other tv shows, coming this autumn, maybe next year, they might be thinking, its going to be so much more expensive, the risks getting higher as we head towards christmas because we do not know what is going to happen with cases so do we delight the series until the start of next year or do we decide to proceed with caution . Its interesting, you give an insight into the behind the scenes production with bake off, what you see on screen, people on distance workbenches, cooking, you think there is the problem but its all there is the problem but its all the people involved in the production behind the scenes who also have to be socially distant . I guess that will be the same going back to ant and dec again with curtains got talent and im a celebrity, it was there. They are not in australia this year, they are ina not in australia this year, they are in a castle in north wales. That programme is going to be different. There is a massive behind the scenes production crew involved in that. Huge behind the scenes production crew. Its not going to be in australia this year, going to be in the uk and i think thats one big hurdle they managed to overcome. The idea is that by having the teams together, all of the celebrities, possibly being asked to isolate before they enter the jungle, given regular testing, they were able to get around some of the big hurdles that shows might be having. I think theissueisif that shows might be having. I think the issue is if so many test positive within the team, of course that cant really create a real difficulty and what some shows have been doing according to the guidelines, is basically having the Production Team in separate bubbles so if someone gets ill within that team, the production at large will be able to continue. Weve been seeing with dramas, line of duty was able to resume filming, that is, i guess, filmed in the same way. The problem is unforeseen circumstances, what comes up along the way, particularly if there is local lockdown, it might be for a particular show is filmed, that can have a big impact and there is the larger, existential things about will it really affect the flow of the show, will it affect the ways in which people really enjoy the show because at the end of the day, these shows are here for escapism from our normal lives which have been arguably quite stale over the last year because of the circumstances weve all been in. These are supposed to be real, true, escapism and its going to be hard at these shows arent able to provide that. cant believe i forgot the name of im a celebrity, its a big favourite in our house, and its going to be interesting, some of the challenges they have to get quite close together. Eastenders coming together and coming back this week. Coronation street, but what can we expect from eastenders . The First Episode are going to be shorter in length, socially distant, they will be using visual trickery to make people a appear closer than they are but they have resumed normal filming schedules now, new rules have been put in place that allow actors to be closer so expect some sort of normality to return quite soon. Thank you very much for talking to us. Looking ahead to the autumn tv schedule. Back to birmingham. More on the top story this morning, raking during the course of this morning, police incident, Major Incident last night, eyewitnesses describing a series of fights, mass street brawl it almost sounded like, which happened last night, number of stabbings stop police and crime commissioner David Jamieson saying this morning following the Major Incident our thoughts are with those affected, we urge people to remain calm but vigilant, stay away from the area, no reports of any arrests lets get the arrest the latest from Nick Clitheroe who are standing by the court and for us. Tell us what the atmosphere is like this morning. Its very quiet. Most people are Police Officers who are here, you get the occasional Early Morning riser coming up to the cording and wondering why they cannot get past and wondering why much of this popular area of the city centre has been cordoned off. Police were called in on past midnight to reports of a stabbing, this is a part of birmingham for the gay village meet the chinese quarter, filled with clubs and bars, called to a report of one stabbing, they got further reports of other stabbings as well. We dont know yet what the status of any of those casualties are but obviously this was a Major Incident which has been declared by the police and they are trying to establish exactly what went on last night. We spoke to an eyewitness earlier cara, who spoke of tension is rising during the night which eventually spilled over. Birmingham isa night which eventually spilled over. Birmingham is a brilliant city, as you know, you work there, i studied there. Not something that the city will be particularly proud of this morning . No, absolutely not. Like all major cities there are instances of stabbings that take place throughout the year, the police and the police and crime commissioner working hard to try and keep a lid on that but this appears to have started out as a major fight between large groups of people but obviously, at some point, knives have been pulled and stabbings have taken place have been pulled and stabbings have ta ken place but have been pulled and stabbings have taken place but this will be very worrying for all the People Living around there, very worrying to for the businesses who had so much to put up with during this time of coronavirus and now, obviously, this might be another factor to put people off coming back to the vibrant Birmingham City centre nightlife. Thank you so much for talking to his. The mayor of the West Midlands telling us west Midlands Police will hold a press conference later this morning, coverage of that on the bbc news channel including confirmation of the details of the people who were injured. Thats all from us this morning. Dan and louise will be back tomorrow from 6. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Police in the uk declare a Major Incident in Birmingham City centre after number of people are stabbed in the area. One local bar worker said there was an escalation of violence. I have always seen quite a lot of fights and drunken commotions, but there was nothing quite like tonight. The Uk Labour Party calls for extensive coronavirus testing at airports and a review on quarantine measures for those returning to the uk from abroad. A coronavirus lockdown in the australian city of melbourne is extended for another two weeks. The uks chief brexit negotiator david frost says