but while the republic of ireland is expected to keep schools open, northern ireland, which has some of the highest levels of infection in the uk, closed schools from today, an extra week on the half term break. certainly if this break was to continue beyond two weeks, i think the pressures that would be brought to bear would be enormous, to try to say can we really have to make a change for this year because it's just proving to be impossible to provide those children with the level of education that they would require. in the irish counties with the highest rates of infection, food and hospitality businesses are already shut. but the government believes these localised measures aren't working. so, tonight, much more of ireland is braced for a near total return to the lockdown of before. i'm ros atkins with outside source. our lead story: french police arrest 15 people in raids on suspected islamic radicals, three days since the horrific beheading of a teacher — samuel paty — in paris. now, let's turn to brexit. it's been a pretty confusing day as we try and assess where the uk

from northern ireland. so, on tuesday, then, some early rain affecting parts of eastern england slowly pulling away. further heavy and perhaps prolonged downpours running in towards particularly northern ireland and scotland, just fringing north wales and north—west england as well. windy and wet still across the far north of scotland and northern isles, easterly winds here. mild south—westerlies elsewhere, and temperatures, particularly across much of england and wales, into the mid to high teens with sunny spells and a few showers. but gales through the irish sea. as we look through tuesday night and into wednesday, focus for the heaviest rain will be shifting into parts of england and wales. could well be some quite heavy rain moving through, exact position of this uncertain at this stage, but some of that may fringe northwards towards northern ireland and scotland again as we go through wednesday. so, we'll keep an eye on that. it could be quite windy again with that, too. so, again, it is all chang

from northern ireland. so, on tuesday, then, some early rain affecting parts of eastern england slowly pulling away. further heavy and perhaps prolonged downpours running in towards particularly northern ireland and scotland, just fringing north wales and north—west england as well. windy and wet still across the far north of scotland and northern isles, easterly winds here. mild south—westerlies elsewhere, and temperatures, particularly across much of england and wales, into the mid to high teens with sunny spells and a few showers. but gales through the irish sea. as we look through tuesday night and into wednesday, focus for the heaviest rain will be shifting into parts of england and wales. could well be some quite heavy rain moving through, exact position of this uncertain at this stage, but some of that may fringe northwards towards northern ireland and scotland again as we go through wednesday. so, we'll keep an eye on that. it could be quite windy again with that, too. so, again, it is all chang

it will be are —— northern ireland. it will be a windy day, and the strongest will be on that rain as it moves east. ahead of it, before it arrives in the south—east of england and east anglia, temperatures will be 16 or 17 celsius. the rain arrives here by the end of the day, and it still could be heavy. that moves through. remember, the clocks change on saturday night, sunday morning. what remains the same as that area of low pressure in the north—west, so here it will be windier, showers or longer spells of rain. elsewhere, sunny spells on sunday. there will be showers pushing inland, most of them around southern and western parts of england and into wales. the wind not quite as strong on sunday, but the temperatures will be lower, 11-14 c. into the but the temperatures will be lower, 11—14 c. into the early part of next week at least, it remains wet at times but also some very windy weather on the way. a reminder of oui’ weather on the way. a reminder of our top story: a16 day lockdown has begunin our top st

while the repubc of ireland keep schools open, northern ireland closed schools from today, an extra week on the half term break. >> if this break does continue beyond two weeks, i think the pressures that would be brought to bear would be enormous, to try to say, can we do we really have to make a change this year because, it's proving to be impossible to provide the level of education they require. >> in the counties with the highest rates of infection, food and hospitality businesses have already shut. but the government believes these localized measures are not working. so, tonight, much more of ireland is braced for a near total return of the lockdown up before. jane: ok, let's return to our top story and that is early voting in florida. katty kay is there for us. there is a particular voting block that is getting a lot of attention from both presidential candidates. who are they? katty: yeah, of course, latinos make up a big part of florida's population. there are 17% of registered voters. one of the fastest-growing groups are actually venezuelans. who fled from their home country t

from northern ireland. so, on tuesday, then, some early rain affecting parts of eastern england slowly pulling away. further heavy and perhaps prolonged downpours running in towards particularly northern ireland and scotland, just fringing north wales and north—west england as well. windy and wet still across the far north of scotland and northern isles, easterly winds here. mild south—westerlies elsewhere, and temperatures, particularly across much of england and wales, into the mid to high teens with sunny spells and a few showers. but gales through the irish sea. as we look through tuesday night and into wednesday, focus for the heaviest rain will be shifting into parts of england and wales. could well be some quite heavy rain moving through, exact position of this uncertain at this stage, but some of that may fringe northwards towards northern ireland and scotland again as we go through wednesday. so, we'll keep an eye on that. it could be quite windy again with that, too. so, again, it is all chang

but northern ireland will brighten up for a time. and parts of wales, and across the midlands, and southern england — a great chance of seeing sunny spells on sunday compared with saturday. it will still be another rather cool day. but for now the winds are light. some rain will push across northern ireland on through sunday evening, on across the northern isles too, and more widely into scotland, into parts of northern england as the night goes on. south of that there will be a few clear spells around. for all parts, the breezes starting to pick up. starting to come in, though, from the south. look at this. it has been so quiet, it is much more active on the big picture here, though, for monday. weather fronts out towards the north and west. and, of course, low pressure taking over. and during monday there will be some further heavy rain, particularly into northern ireland and scotland. but some outbreaks of rain also affecting some of us towards the west of wales and western fringes of england. whereas elsewhere cloud's going to

meanwhile, ireland women also won, beating italy 21—7. after an early wobble, ireland scored three tries, moving them into second place in the table. british cyclist tao geoghegan hart has a great chance of winning the giro d'italia after taking stage 20. in an exciting sprint finish, the londoner edged out australian jai hindley. geoghegan hart now moves into a share of the overall lead with one day remaining. match of the day and sportscene are on after the news, so if you don't want to know the scores, you know what to do. in the late game, jurgen klopp‘s liverpool sealed a 2—1win against sheffield united. elsewhere, west ham drew with manchester city. fulham stay bottom after losing to crystal palace. and a goalless draw between manchester united and chelsea. in scotland, hibs are back up to third in the premiership after a win at kilmarnock. a penalty gave them the 1—0 victory. motherwell scored four against ross county. and it was goalless between stjohnstone and dundee united. lewis hamilton is on course for a record breaking

course of the virus in northern ireland ? very course of the virus in northern ireland? very much focused on the hospitality sector, we are seeing that in france as well with a night—time curfew in big cities. is that where the main issue lies, as opposed to in schools or shops, which will remain open?” opposed to in schools or shops, which will remain open? i think the issue remains anywhere we are social with others, in workplaces, in restaurants and pubs, and in schools as well. we have to make a decision, they don't want the kids not going back to school, something else has to give. that is why you are looking at these restrictions on pubs and restaurants, but you still want people working in office jobs and i am hopeful the numbers will start coming back, the numbers are scarily high in northern ireland and really concerned that deaths will start going up as well. a lot more hospital admissions too. i am hopeful by bringing in partial restrictions for a few weeks, it should at least cause some dampening on the numbers, i hope it is enough. graham, arlene foster

some rain maybe to end the day, parts northern ireland was in scotland in northeast england. some rain maybe to end the day, in parts of northern ireland and western scotland as we go in to going to monday, that's due to the developing area of low pressure, these weather fronts coming our way and a significant change in this weather pattern to something much more active into next week and on monday, bringing rain to parts of northern england, northern ireland and scotland increasing cloud and breeze elsewhere. technically turning a bit milder on monday but then again, i'm not sure if we'll notice particularly in those areas that are seeing the rain. as we go through the rest of the week, low pressure remains close by, won't be rainy all the time but there will be some rain at times and some of that can be quite heavy and windy in places too. so, yes, a quieter spell of weather right now. make the most of that, if that's what you want, because it's all change next week. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a man has been killed

from northern ireland to wales. the government there has banned people from travelling into wales from virus hotspots elsewhere in the uk. the welsh first minister, mark drakeford, says he's written to borisjohnson twice requesting travel restrictions. he says both letters went unanswered, so he's now taking this next step. no letter from the prime minister has been received in the pledge my request, i have therefore asked for the necessary work to be brought forward which would allow for devolved powers to be used to prevent people from travelling into wales from high prevalence areas of the united kingdom. the new rule will come into effect on friday. here's the bbc‘s tomos morgan in cardiff. it's been suggested areas, tier three areas in england, such as the north of england, areas with enhanced enforcement measures in scotland, potentially the whole of northern ireland after today's announcement, will be banned from entry to wales. mr drakeford said the decision is one that has not been taken the decision is o

northern ireland to scotland has seen northern ireland to scotland has seen the wettest weather today, but it could be england and wales that will get the wettest weather over the next few days. we have had low whack —— low pressure towards the west which has rob green to northern ireland and southern scotland, 12 showers elsewhere but also some sunny spells. through this evening and overnight windy weather is confined to scotland. a lot of clutter on generally and we will see some persistent and heavy rain starting to push up into southern england. the temperature is pretty mild overnight, no lower than ten up to 40 mild overnight, no lower than ten up to a0 degrees for many. this new area of low pressure was named storm barbara by the spanish maths service. as it moved towards are short it will not be quite as severe, but it will bring quite a lot of rainfall throughout wednesday in parts of england and wales, particularly in the south—east quadrant. we will also see strong winds in the extreme south—east, through the channel there, gusting up through the channel there, gust

from northern ireland. so, on tuesday, then, some early rain affecting parts of eastern england slowly pulling away. further heavy and perhaps prolonged downpours running in towards particularly northern ireland and scotland, just fringing north wales and north—west england as well. windy and wet still across the far north of scotland and northern isles, easterly winds here. mild south—westerlies elsewhere, and temperatures, particularly across much of england and wales, into the mid to high teens with sunny spells and a few showers. but gales through the irish sea. as we look through tuesday night and into wednesday, focus for the heaviest rain will be shifting into parts of england and wales. could well be some quite heavy rain moving through, exact position of this uncertain at this stage, but some of that may fringe northwards towards northern ireland and scotland again as we go through wednesday. so, we'll keep an eye on that. it could be quite windy again with that, too. so, again, it is all chang

northern ireland has already introduced its own form of circuit breaker. beauty businesses are now closed for four weeks, along with hospitality venues. schools have an extended half term. there is, though, frustration. we have adhered to everything, we have done everything we should. we put all our hygiene practices in place. but yet we still come away feeling punished. at the royal liverpool hospital staff believe these tougher restrictions in their city and others are the only answer. this time last month the trust was looking after 33 patients with covid. today that figure stands at more than 300. we are overwhelmed, and it's not winter. it's not even winter yet. and look at us. you know, it'sjust really tiring and really upsetting. ensuring hospitals can cope in the weeks and months ahead is why the government says these restrictions are necessary, to control the spread of the virus and ultimately, save lives. daniela relph, bbc news. a new ceasefire has come into effect in the bitter conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh. the human

go along the ireland and dublin. go along the ireland team and the may be some surprising starters when seven are forced to sit out from covid rules. the last thing you need is more close contact. this is long getting on in the eyes. and giving the irish even more headaches. luckily, randolph provided some pain relief keeping wilson at bay. he may have made the heart skip a beat minutes later when he clashed with emperor do. just how much contacted to make with the ball? enough according to the referee. brady's hopes of easing the referee. brady's hopes of easing the nerves worldwide of the mark. shane longs for well over it. this was again lacking intensity, quality and james maclean‘s case lacking control. minutes after being booked, he did this. adding to ireland's number problems. zeroes on the scoresheet all that mattered in the end with whales unable to capitalise their numerical advantage for a dour draw in dublin. we have had goals in english game against belgium they currently lead to goes to want. two pen

should be a dry day, patchy cloud and sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures again, 12 to maybe 15 degrees in the south—west. for the end of the week, this is where things turn more definitely drier as high pressure ta kes definitely drier as high pressure takes control. some frontal systems around the edges, you see, high pressure should keep them at bay so mainly fine, often cloudy, staying rather chilly. then, thank you. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me hello, i'm jane dougall with your latest sports news. west ham have become the first premier league club to criticise a radical plan to shake up english football. it's been named "project big picture" and would see the top tier cut to 18 teams, plus the league cup and the community shield would be scrapped. the premier league would also hand over £250 million to the football league to help clubs through the pandemic, and 25% of it's annual income would go to the efl. it's a plan that's been welcomed by the efl, but criticised by the premier league, the government a

a wet start in northern ireland, through much of scotland, and around any western fringes of england and wales. the rain heavy at times. clearing through northern ireland quite quickly to a blustery wind, sunshine and a few showers later. same too into scotland as we go into the afternoon and maybe some late sunshine into northwest england and north and west wales. winds strongest across the west during the second half of the day. light winds further east, but even though those winds coming in from a south—westerly direction, they won't bring much warmth with them. after a cold start, the cloud and the rain arriving means temperatures not going to lift much — parts of yorkshire through towards the midlands and lincolnshire could be only around nine degrees, same too in aberdeenshire. through monday night, the rain could linger across east anglia and the south—east, and it returns across parts of northern scotland with some heavy showers through northern ireland, wales and the south—west. with the clearest conditions in south—west and north—west england, here, a touch of f

some rain maybe to end the day, parts northern ireland was in scotland in northeast england. some rain maybe in the day, parts northern ireland was once calendars are going to monday, perhaps due to the developing area of low pressure and these are the fronts are coming pattern, much more active in the next week and on monday, bringing in the rains for parts of northern england, northern ireland and breeze elsewhere. that technically turning a bit milder on monday but then again, not sure if that is particularly those areas that are seeing the rain. as with the rest of the week, low pressure remains quite close by, will be rainy all the time but there will be some rain at times and some that can be quite heavy and windy in places too. so yes, quite a spell of weather right now, but most of that if that's what you want, you change next week. the prime minister warns he will impose the tighest coronavirus restrictions on greater manchester to save lives if agreement can't be reached with local leaders. as lancashire becomes the latest region to enter tier 3 restrictions, borisj

this rain band should not last long in northern ireland, patchy rain across scotla nd northern ireland, patchy rain across scotland in wetter weather over the cumbrian fells and onto the pennines, otherwise it is quite light and patchy rain running into eastern england in the afternoon. behind that sunshine and showers, mainly for western scotland and northern ireland where it is only 11 degrees here. they make 15 in the south—east ahead of the patchy rain. 0ver south—east ahead of the patchy rain. over the weekend, it looks u nsettled, over the weekend, it looks unsettled, windy on saturday where we see a band of rain followed by sunshine and showers on sunday.

and this is about keeping boarders an island open and keep in northern ireland time to the internal market of the european union because that's what the 2 parties the u.k. and the e.u. agreed to last year when there was draw agreement was signed so this has to be kept and of course the european union is standing by island where in dublin the government is of course very nervous watching all these shenanigans coming from london so it is sort of coming to the point where the 2 sides will really have to decide particularly london will have to decide what do we want do you want to leave europe with a big crash and bang at the end of the year have no trade agreement or are we willing to compromise and walk to spec barbara thank you very much that was brussels correspondent barbara. and just a quick recap the european commission president ursula underlying has announced that the european union will immediately launch legal action against the united kingdom for a breach of the good faith articles in the withdrawal agreement of course we'll be bringing you up to date on this story as we get

when the northern ireland. —— as the main rain band moves through england and the midlands. more ranges come overnight tonight, windy weather in the south—west, the rain here and across wales will ease, rain develops more widely across the rest of england and from the north—east into eastern scotland. clearer skies for western scotland and northern ireland, a bit chilly here, early sunshine tomorrow, but cloud and rain on the whole full saturday. that rain pushes westwards, developing more widely across england and wales, heavier at times, weather in scotland, gales in the south—west of england, the south east could get some sunshine as the rain clears, getting temperatures a boost, but 13 degrees also underneath the rain, which will be heavy at times. and the rain warnings from the met office continue into the weekend, the west country and into wales could have more than two inches of rain over the higher ground and we could see significantly mulraney over the higher ground in the north—east of scotla nd higher ground in the north—east of scotland as the north sea

passing between northern ireland and the rest of mainland u.k. now the u.k. has decided that well what happens if the e.u. takes a kind of hardline approach on that which they may well do the u.k. wanted to put this new law into place giving ministers the right to unilaterally rip up the requirement for paperwork on goods passing between those 2 sides of the irish sea and that is the problem that is a massive problem for the european union which sees 1st of all bad faith and article 5 of the withdrawal agreements and 2nd of all the talks which are ongoing the free trade agreement talks which are trying to be thrashed out the 9th round of the ongoing in brussels right now you know what does that leave them strictly speaking to a separate one won't necessarily impact the other but it gives you a sense of the sort of bad blood that there is at the moment between the 2 sides and all the while the clock is ticking down a pole brennan that life for us in london thank you very much indeed let's get the view from the e.u. dominic cain joins us now. domin

just a few, i think, further south and for northern ireland. the front finally off into the continent after lunch, and that's when we'll see things brighten for southernmost counties. for much of england and wales, though, not a bad second half of the day at all. perhaps just some cloud hanging back across east anglia, but up to 17 degrees in the brightness, 11—12 further north for scotland and northern ireland. through thursday evening and overnight into friday, plenty of showers crossing scotland, a more organised band of rain trails back into northern ireland and sinks into northern england. either side of that cloud and rain, quite a chilly start to friday, patchy frost perhaps in some rural spots across england and wales and northern scotland. and then a lot of cloud around for northern england, northern ireland and wales first thing on friday, then this whole system sinks its way southeastwards through the day. so, we'll see cloud and rain moving in for southern and eastern england, i think, later on on friday. still plenty of showers f

to the west of northern ireland to start the day. that will slowly fade, staying damp in shetland, but much of scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and a dry afternoon after a chilly start. a chilly start in northern england, a few fog patches around. cloud increasing from the south. the further south you are in northern england, you could see some rain edging in during the afternoon. highs of around 12—16 degrees — that will make for a warmer day in northern scotland then we had on thursday. so, still some rain and brisk winds into england and wales overnight and into saturday morning. if anything, these north—easterly winds will start to strengthen a bit further as the night goes on. slightly chilly where we have some clear spells in scotland and northern ireland. so, as we go on through saturday, then, more rain to come, heavy at times in england and wales. it may clear from parts of south—east england and east anglia into the afternoon. rain heading from east to west across scotland, reaching in towards northern ir

coming up, the search for a famous dolphin of ireland's west coast. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: a call to step up and take action on racist abuse online — raheem stirling adds his voice, as a new survey shows almost half the premier league have been targeted. during the peak of the pandemic in the spring, it became clear that black and asian people were disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. now, a unit set up by the government to look into the issue has found thart race alone does not explain the disparity. other factors such as jobs and housing have to be ta ken into account. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell has more. the adina campbell has more. coronavirus pandemic hi life the coronavirus pandemic has had a life changing personal and professional impact on this man who has been taken off the front line is a critical care doctor in barnsley. because of my age, ethnic minority, made existing medical problems, i am in the high—risk so from september i stopped working in intensive care unit because my risk for a

area. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy has the details. derry and strabane now has the highest rate in the uk and medical experts here say that they were seeing clusters arising from social gatherings and then, more recently, have seen a majority of cases happening — or lots of those cases happening — in hospitality settings. it's important to say this is a border area, lots of cross—border travel is the norm, and the neighbouring county to derry and strabane — donegal in the republic of ireland — has also had higher rates of the virus than other parts of ireland, too. so a number of new restrictions have come on in derry and strabane in the last few days. currently there at the moment, pubs, restaurants and cafes can be take away only or outdoor dining, museums and attractions closed in that area, and across northern ireland at the moment the rule is no mixing of households in private homes. similarly, next door in donegal, tighter restrictions there have been imposed by the irish government including asking people not to travel

in northern ireland — pubs and restaurants will set in northern ireland — pubs and restau ra nts will set ta keaway in northern ireland — pubs and restaurants will set takeaway is only forfour restaurants will set takeaway is only for four weeks and schools were shut for two weeks from monday. we appreciate that this will be a difficult and worrying news for a lot of people. the executive has taken this decision because it is necessary , taken this decision because it is necessary, and we discussed the impact in great detail. the prime minister denies labour claims that he is ignoring scientific advice about a short lockdown in england, and insists that local measures will work. the package of interventions, including a circuit breaker, will be needed to prevent an exponential rise in cases.

could scotland and northern ireland secure the wins that would keep their hopes of qualifying for next summer's european championships alive? england and wales are also in friendly action. good evening. the damage being done to many hospital services in england in the wake of the pandemic is exposed by new nhs figures. more than four million patients are now waiting for routine surgery and treatments. nearly half have been waiting for longer than the official target of 18 weeks. doctors are warning that a second wave of the pandemic, especially during the winter months, could make things even worse. in fact, more than 110,000 people in england have been waiting for treatment for more than a year — that's the highest figure for 12 years. more than 20,000 cancer patients did begin treatment in august, but that's a reduction of 5,000 on the same period last year. and hospital admissions for covid are still rising, and they've doubled in the past two weeks in england. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports from a hospital in bournemouth preparing for the challenges ahead. eight in the mornin

that's what they do in england that's what they have just begun to do in northern ireland and there was a big move to try and deal that kind of suite of sex and sex selective abortions in the u.k. research went into there was actually very very little evidence of it actually happening so what it is is generally a straw man argument put up by the pro-life side the bottom line is this most abortions happen before 12 weeks most abortions happened and were approved of by the church up by the catholic church up until 1836 when there was quicken and when there was movement in the women and the reason that they changed their mind and this wasn't because of a moral turnaround it was because of something different so i think the idea that the catholic church has always been against abortion firstly is a misnomer the idea that there are no catholic pro-choice people is also inaccurate there are thousands of catholics who have abortions there are hundreds of spies and what have they let me just eventually just. maybe a controversial opinion but it is something that we do hear from certain coun

will actually stay dry but we will be getting off to a damp start across much of scotland, northern ireland, northern and eastern england. this area with thick cloud and patchy rain will spread north again during the day, so scotland remains very much in the zone for seeing some occasional light rain, but northern ireland will brighten up for a time. part of wales, the midlands and southern england, a greater chance of seeing a few sunny spells coming through the cloud compared to saturday. but what is still a rather cool day with just light winds. the winds are starting to pick up overnight and into monday, as we see rain heading across northern ireland and into parts of northern england and scotland. for the rest of england and wales, monday is starting with a few sunny spells around, but clearly, our weather is changing and there will be more heavy rain around in parts of northern ireland and scotland on monday. affecting some of us in western areas of wales and the far west of england, elsewhere in england though, increasing cloud and breeze but from a milder direction. temperatures edg

so, tonight, much more of ireland is braced for a near total return of the lockdown up before. jane: ok, let's return to our top story and that is early voting in florida. katty kay is there for us. there is a particular voting block that is getting a lot of attention from both presidential candidates. who are they? katty: yeah, of course, latinos make up a big part of florida's population. there are 17% of registered voters. one of the fastest-growing groups are actually venezuelans. who fled from their home country to escape famine, political unrest. between 2008 and 2018 the number of venezuela eligible voters in florida grew by a staggering 184%, which makes up about 2% of the total latino voting population. that might not sound like a lot but their votes in a tight election in florida can be very tight, could decide who is elected the next president. how are venezuelans going to vote? i spoke to a venezuela native and journalist who now lives in florida. we heaa lot about the cuban vote in florida and how important it is. but this election it seems to me that theenezuelan

berlin european states reimpose their toughest restrictions to fight the resurgence of cope with 19 ireland's prime minister orders a 6 week long down for his country leaders in belgium impose similar curbs calling the health situation there worse than during the pandemic 1st one. also coming up another victim of the coronavirus reporting the truth journalists around the world are facing censorship and intimidation. and the champions league group stage gets underway she used. turkey's champions should hear the german side will be keen to make home advantage count against the clock. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us with corona virus case loads now equalling or exceeding the peaks last seen in the spring countries in europe are imposing national lockdowns ireland has become the 1st announcing its reactivating its highest level of restrictions prime minister michel martin said all non-essential retailers must close for 6 weeks starting at midnight on wednesday schools be allowed to stay open but bars and restaurants will only be able to serve takeaways then people have been told t

not everyone in ireland will be behind dundalk tonight though. arsenal have a big irish fan base, and michael duffy has terry as his hero. he was my hero when i was growing up, for terry. he came back two weeks later saying he was a saint, i can have it. in normal times, saying he was a saint, i can have it. in normaltimes, michaelterry, duffy and co. would be boisterously backed by the army. not there will be few witnesses to their moment. but the team town rooted in warrior stories are hoping to record a modern one. patrick gary, bbc news. big stage for dundalk tonight then at the emirates. has a bit of a david versus goliath field. regarding admitting fans into stadiums, we know that there's no progress here in england, but as far as the bundesliga, which has readmitted fans, this means no spectators in the bundesliga for another month now? that's right, this'll be the last one with fans. germany has led the weight during the peak of the pandemic. they were the peak of the pandemic. they were the first leak to resume in may and they've allowed

as the wind picks up overnight, we blow in cloud and rain into scotland and northern ireland, eventually pushing down into northern england and north wales by the end of the night. by which time it's going to be quite chilly ahead of the clearer skies, colder than last night. could be five or six degrees, maybe a touch colder than that even in the glens of scotland, where after the overnight rain, tomorrow we're going to see sunshine and showers for scotland, northern ireland chasing and behind this band of cloud and rain as it moves its way southwards. arriving in southern england for the afternoon, the rain could be rather heavy. the showers following there will be heavy in the northwest, where the winds are strongest. may well be some hail and thunder in there too, and typical temperatures are only i! degrees in the afternoon, a touch higher than that ahead of that rain in the southeast. over the weekend, a chilly wind at least on saturday. there'll be some sunshine and some showers as well. goodbye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world

it is worth breaking seven years now from ireland. this is copy sent by our ireland correspondent. he writes the irish, is to move the country to the irish, is to move the country to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, broadly similarto the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, broadly similar to the spring lockdown. the cabinet has agreed to move to level five restrictions, irish restrictions, from midnight on wednesday. they are such a loss for six weeks but will be reviewed after four weeks. such a loss for six weeks but will be reviewed afterfour weeks. the restrictions this time will be similarto restrictions this time will be similar to those in ireland in march and april but schools and crashes will remain open this time, construction will continue. people will be able to exercise within five kilometres of their homes. they will be able to exercise with another household. the irish prime minster is due to make a televised address around 9pm. that is 35 minutes from now. let's move on. safa and marwa were born joined at the head — conjoined twins — a very

was i mentioned the regional government in northern ireland in the u.k. is reimposing tough lock down restrictions the number of coronavirus cases that explodes and britain's prime minister barak's johnson is under pressure to go further on the newly agreed 3 tier system of regional restrictions in england and imposed a national lockdown this week the u.k. government scientific advisory committee came out in favor of a 2 week lock down mr johnston says that would be a disaster for the country you can have suffered europe's worst time demick death toll for the death toll 243000 cases by. correspondent the mass is in london welcome burkett so the prime minister has been in parliament defending these latest pandemic control figures for england how did that go. we've seen a dramatic change in tact from the opposition so far the opposition has more or less supportive of what the prime minister was planning in terms of lockdowns so all the way through the law the hardrock down early in the year the opposition was supportive of that mattia and also when. then wa

but northern ireland will brighten up for a time. and parts of wales, and across the midlands, and southern england — a great chance of seeing sunny spells on sunday compared with saturday. it will still be another rather cool day. but for now the winds are light. some rain will push across northern ireland on through sunday evening, on across the northern isles too, and more widely into scotland, into parts of northern england as the night goes on. south of that there will be a few clear spells around. for all parts, the breezes starting to pick up. starting to come in, though, from the south. look at this. it has been so quiet, it is much more active on the big picture here, though, for monday. weather fronts out towards the north and west. and, of course, low pressure taking over. and during monday there will be some further heavy rain, particularly into northern ireland and scotland. but some outbreaks of rain also affecting some of us towards the west of wales and western fringes of england. whereas elsewhere cloud's going to

to the west of northern ireland to start the day. that will slowly fade, staying damp in shetland, but much of scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and a dry afternoon after a chilly start. a chilly start in northern england, a few fog patches around. cloud increasing from the south. the further south you are in northern england, you could see some rain edging in during the afternoon. highs of around 12—16 degrees — that will make for a warmer day in northern scotland then we had on thursday. so, still some rain and brisk winds into england and wales overnight and into saturday morning. if anything, these northeasterly winds will start to strengthen a bit further as the night goes on. slightly chilly where we have some clear spells in scotland and northern ireland. so, as we go on through saturday, then, more rain to come, heavy at times in england and wales. it may clear from parts of southeast england and east anglia into the afternoon. rain heading from east to west across scotland, reaching in towards northern ireland

widespread gales with severe gale is likely across northern ireland and western scotland. some heavy rain continuing across scotland and northern ireland, so the combination of rain and gales is likely to cause some issues, the risk of minor flooding in some western hills so disruption is likely. head online to check out the latest weather warnings. this is storm aidan, it is likely to bring a spell of severe winds to northern ireland and western scotland for the rest of today. some heavy rain continuing here as well. further south after the rain clears will be brighter briefly. one or two blustery showers. the winds, 40 or 50 mph, may be more in exposure. stronger than that around the coasts of the irish sea. 70 to 80 miles an hour across western scotland and northern ireland for a time. by the end of the day, still fairly mild although it will not feel like it because of the strength of the winds. that rain begins to become more showery, then sky is clearfor begins to become more showery, then sky is clear for the many areas will be dry for sky is clear for the many area

in northern ireland, new restrictions have just been announced for derry and strabane. areas of northern ireland which some have some of the highest cases of coronavirus in the uk, highest rates of the virus in the uk. so the decision has been made that in these areas, pubs, restaurants and cafes will have to revert to a takeaway only service or order out or outdoor dining. also, the advice now is for people to avoid any unnecessary travel into and out of these areas. now, derry is in fact very famous worldwide for its huge halloween celebrations and in the last few hours some scaled—back celebrations, which had still been planned this year, they have now been cancelled as well. but the health minister here at stormont said, look, with such high cases of coronavirus being recorded it was inevitable that new restrictions would have to come into place. meanwhile, across northern ireland some new rules coming into force tonight for pubs and restaurants and bars. they are going to have limits on their opening times, they will have to serve everything by 10:30pm, they will

thursday, some heavy rain and the parts of scotland gradually easing with a windy night in northern ireland which we will see slowly ease and be a across the uk and still in scotland in northern england, a lot of cloud during the morning and some patio bricks of rain, southern counties of northern england should improve in the afternoon, some sunny spells brightening up in northern ireland in the mid—areas of southern england having a dry afternoon with sunny spells after a chance to sing some patchy rain in the morning. and up to 17 in the southeast of england, cloudless, the northern parts of northern england will be a cool day the chance to in this other parts of southeast england and some quite heavy showers moving through and the next weather system over night into friday morning to northern ireland pushing onto scotland and another speu pushing onto scotland and another spell of rain is heading our way. moving on to fred in the system continues to push us with southeast words, it is going to weekend. patchy rain and saw the morning on friday for western scotland too. sunny spells an

place tonight in northern ireland. just a few hours left of trading until bars, cafes, restaurants will have to close their doors, some have been trying to get rid of the stock they have, the provisions, a lot of the beer in cellars will go off over this period. here in belfast there are a few customers in enjoying a final few drinks and a meal out, before that will all be closed off to people for the next few weeks. 6pm tonight is when those is measures start. as well as pubs and bars, it is also close contact services like hairdressers and beauticians that will also have to close. this is all happening because northern ireland, like many places, is seeing its numbers of confirmed covid—19 cases going up and up. northern ireland has had some of the highest infection rates within the uk. there has been lots of criticism from business groups about this second period of lockdown restrictions. the belfast chamber of commerce saying the support measures don't cut it and they are calling on westminster to be more generous