this is primrose hill in london. when the police turn up, people begin to disperse, but local officers say the park has been much quieter than it was yesterday. that is my playground but we can't go in it because of the coronavirus. living in the same borough are five—year—old hayes and his mother. their home is a one—bedroom flat. life under restrictions for them isn't easy. so many others are in a similar position and with no garden space, parks are vital as access to the outdoors. but emma says under the rules, trying to get to her local park means they'd be out for too long. our nearest park is primrose hill and that's just... it's that little bit too far that once we've walked there, we have to walk back. so, unfortunately, what we have been doing isjust walking round the block. the warm weather across much of the country this weekend has brought many people out. most have stuck to the rules closely. for those who haven't, the message from the government is, if the rule breaking continues, even tighter res

and 20 degrees is on the cards in london. the pollen levels will be moderate across much of england and wales and peaking high in the south—east. even after the weekend, after the rows of a blip, taking london, for example, it looks as though the weather will be warming up again by when wednesday, temperatures are expected to exceed 20 celsius. so, yes, a warm spell of weather is on the way, but you know what the advice is. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. all 20 premier league clubs are meeting today via video, to discuss plans both for the conclusion of the season and the topic of players taking wage reductions. our sports news reporter laura scottjoins me now. laura, clubs and players have really been under the spotlight in recent days over their wages and what they are not doing? exactly. we have seen a furious reaction. a lot of mps piling in on football saying that the players have to take action an

voters beyond london and the south-east? he has always made the point that it does not really matter where you have come from geographically in the country so yes he was born in south london, he represents a north london constituency, but he would say, actually, his background means that he can be in touch with people who are not seen as metropolitan elite, thatis are not seen as metropolitan elite, that is not the kind of family that he was brought up in it, even though it was a family of the labour party, if you like. his big challenge is going to be reconnecting with those areas of... well particularly scotla nd areas of... well particularly scotland actually, somewhere where over the decades labour has been able to rely on a huge number of labour mps being sent back to westminster, that is no longer the che case, that is a massive challenge for any labour leader because they really need the scottish mps to be able to form a labour government. looking at the last general election the worst number of seats for labour that

instead, an army of volu nteers wealthy londoners. instead, an army of volunteers are supporting the city's poorest residents. olympia has donated the area to the local council, hammersmith and fulham, and the food bank to meet soaring demand. it has quadrupled in the last couple of weeks. an average week, we would be giving out 110 parcels, feeding or benefiting about 250 people each week. we are now doing pretty much those numbers in a day. a small survey by the independent food aid network suggests that demand for help has risen hugely, by almost 60% between february and march. food banks they many of their new clients are the formerly self—employed and the newly unemployed. jeremy simmons says he lost hisjob in unemployed. jeremy simmons says he lost his job in the unemployed. jeremy simmons says he lost hisjob in the property unemployed. jeremy simmons says he lost his job in the property sector asa lost his job in the property sector as a consequence of the pandemic, and has turned to the food bank for short—term help. and h

but temperatures likely to reach about 20 degrees in london. elsewhere, typically the mid to high teens. so, we're looking at a largely dry night tuesday night into wednesday, particularly across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland will have more cloud, and a few outbreaks of patchy rain moving in here. if you've been during some gardening recently, we are not expecting a frost overnight tuesday into wednesday, so it won't be as cold as it will be first thing tuesday morning. through the day on wednesday, again, most places, largely dry. plenty of sunshine across england and wales, a little bit of cloud drifting around too. thicker cloud for scotland and for northern ireland, with the odd light shower. across scotland and northern ireland, temperatures here around 13—14 degrees, whereas further south, i—2 spots could get up to 23—24 degrees. wednesday probably being the warmest day of the week. into thursday, high—pressure still holding on. so, again, quite a bit of dry weather, if you're able to open the window, get out in

now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week — we have more than a hundred thousand confirmed coronavirus deaths worldwide. we're heading towards two million infections. around the globe, billions of people are trapped in physical lockdown with the imf warning that the impact on the world economy could be as bad as the great depression of the 1930s. a mere three months since covid—19 flickered into our field of vision, it has already brought human suffering on a scale that is impossible to measure. my guests today on socially distanced screens. catherine pepinster, british commentator on religion and politics. and canadian—born american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman. and here in the studio observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. catherine, because you write on religion, and it is easter weekend, i am a non—christian and i think a lot of the audience will be too and i wondered if you think the easter message of suffering and resurrection and redemption has

she joins us from central london. well done to you, tell us about the 2.6 challenge which is the alternative way of raising money, as we we re alternative way of raising money, as we were saying there, charities will lose out on millions and millions of pounds. good morning, ben. the 2.6 challenge i think is brilliant because you can either do something that adds up to 2.60 uses the numbers of 2.6 or 26, so it is for all abilities, any level, personally iam doing all abilities, any level, personally i am doing 26, 26 planks at the same time as my mum is doing 26 times 2.6 planks so you can see that you can do everything or anything and the most important thing is that we still support uk charities because the london marathon supports so many charities, it turns millions and millions and keeps charities being able to keep going and at the moment they needed more than ever. personally, i am doing today the samaritans, which is desperately in need, desperately needed so that they can keep their phone lines open every day

. —— in a london nhs hospital. dominic raab will chair the government's daily 9:15am meeting on its response to the coronavirus. this is a national crisis of course, can a prime minister who is not well run a country in a crisis from hospital room? clearly i think it is a statement of fact that it is not as easy for a prime minister who is sufficiently unwell to be in hospital to meet the country with the same attention that he would be able to do in full health from downing street. that's just able to do in full health from downing street. that'sjust a basic statement of fact. daddy street are pointing out that he remains in charge. he is leaving the government response to the crisis. —— downing street are pointing out. what we do know in the last week to ten days that several senior figures of the top of government have had to self—isolate. matt hancock had to... matt hancock tested positive and self—isolate a for a week and had severe symptoms of it they do not require hospitalisation. he has been back o

a big drop there in london. so, yes, the next figures are staying warm across the majority of the uk but eventually things are going to gradually cool down. this is bbc news. the headlines... the prime minister remains in intensive care in hospital, being treated for coronavirus. downing street says he's in a stable condition and is responding to treatment. he's comfortable, he's stable he's in good spirits. more than two weeks into the uk wide lockdown, the government says it's too early to think about easing restrictions. and in wales in the past half hour the first minister confirmed that restrictions there will continue. more than nine million workers are expected to be fuloughed under the government's job retention scheme, costing billions billions more than expected. spain records a second successive rise in deaths — more than 14 and a half thousand people have died there. life in wuhan, the chinese city where the pandemic originated, starts to return to normal as some restrictions are lifted. and celebr

it isa the london marathon race last year. it is a huge target and we will only do led by britain being united. master's london marathon raise 66.4 million pounds breaking bad record for it a annual fundraising event. 34% of small charities say they can only meet running costs for three months and estimated the uk charities sector could lose income. during the lockdown sports ties to social media to raise money mostly for the nhs from adam auctioning off his swimming trunks. absolutely we have been hit quite significantly, our have been hit quite significantly, our income has been lost almost overnight so we are fighting really ha rd overnight so we are fighting really hard and made really tough decision. some smaller charities are struggling to survive and are wary they are not getting the money they need at this time. 2.6 challenge encourages people to do any form of activity related to number is or 26 whether it would be raining 2.6 miles or walking for 26 minutes or something quirky like hopping around the house 26 times.

philippa, erica in london wa nts to soap. philippa, erica in london wants to know... i didn't have a temperature but had cough, chest and back pain, pain in lungs, lethargic. still not right, five weeks on, with the ache in my back by my lungs. is it covid—i9? imean, i mean, obviously you can't know definitively, but could those symptoms last for five weeks? yes, sir, asi symptoms last for five weeks? yes, sir, as i said, the cough can persist for quite a few weeks afterwards. often the pain is related to straining the muscles between the ribs and back on coughing and that pain can also last a prolonged period of time. if you are feeling worse as opposed to better or if you get a new temperature, i'd definitely advise that you ring your gp for advice. sometimes we are seeing a secondary bacterial infection on top, and we are prescribing antibiotics for those. as i said, the cough can persist for quite a while afterwards, for quite a few weeks. cani afterwards, for quite a few weeks. can ijust afterwards, for quite a few weeks. can i just ask afterwards, for quite a

now i bbc news it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week — we have more than 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths worldwide. we're heading towards two million infections. around the globe, billions of people are trapped in physical lockdown with the imf warning that the impact on the world economy could be as bad as the great depression of the 1930s. a mere three months since covid 19 flickered into our field of vision, it has already brought human suffering on a scale that is impossible to measure. my guests today? on socially distanced screens. catherine pepinster, british commentator on religion and politics. and american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman. and here in the studio observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. because you're right on religion, it is easter weekend, i am a non—christian and i think a lot of audience will be and i wondered if you think the instant easter message of suffering and resurrection and redemption has an anyway something

they may not all be based in london. what is really important for anyone returning to the service, what we are telling our nurses that again they are deployed in areas they are comfortable in that they are well supported, and they are given help and training to bring them back up to speed and people returning will have vast experience and things will move quickly and they will need support come back into the system. thank you for talking to us. china's decision to lock down the city of wuhan — the epicentre of the covid—19 outbreak — may have prevented more than 700—thousand new cases, according to research published today in the journal science. restrictions in china are being eased, although international visitors are currently banned from entering the country. our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell, explained the significance of these estimated figures. the only thing we can kind of see as the trend and some analysts would say don't look so much at the numbers, but look at the government decisions. i'm

i work for the nhs in east london. i'm in east london and day by day we starting the reality of that. they by day —— saying they couldn't make it. vivian is a nature lover. to cope should normally go to the countryside but now even the local park or packs. and what else am i supposed to do to pick myself up? i just felt like there's no point in trying. but, people like emily are trying to help by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trust has set up around 20 webcams across the country. we seem to hundred and 75% increase in the number of visitors watching compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in and it's an important right now the people are getting major. they're doing it through digital platforms and online programs. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that as human society struggles to cope with the virus the natural world carries on uninterrupted. and just to let you know that you can keep up with the latest device on her

in some london hospitals it's up to 40% so they are trying to recruit from across london nhs, that's going to be difficult. i know locum agencies had been putting out calls to doctors offering hundreds of pounds an hourto doctors offering hundreds of pounds an hour to work here. there also putting out calls to retired staff, doctors and nurses, to come back from retirement to work here. we anticipate there will be some military medics and we also know that stjohn ambulance is putting forward hundreds of volunteers but yes, staffing is going to be a really serious issue. and one thing to point out is that only patients who are already on ventilators will be admitted here. normally, the ratio of staff to patient in that situation is about six or seven staff to man bed, that's simply not practical here, it simply can't happen so that's why the wards here are very long and very open. doctors and nurses can look after multiple bets at one time. but still, even with that, they still need thousands of staff, the appeal is out there and we have to wait and see whether they will get sufficien

and i work for the nhs in east london. and then, day by day, we started seeing the kind of reality of that, so you know, day by day, staff calling and saying they couldn't make it. vivienne is a nature lover. to cope, she'd normally go to the countryside but now, even the local parks are packed. and what else am i supposed to do to try and pick myself up? yes, so i just felt there's just no point in trying. but people like emily are trying to help by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trust has set up around 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we've seen a 275% increase in the number of visitors who are watching it compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in and it's so important right now that people are getting that connection with nature, so they're doing it through digital platforms and online wildlife webcams. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that, as human society struggles to cope with the virus, the natural world carr

a call has gone out across nhs london for other staff to come in. we also know a call went out to retired staff. some are coming back. there will be military medics. there will be st john ambulance medics, who i have seen around the site for the past few days. there will be many volunteers. we know that ba and virgin cabin crew have been asked to volunteer. then it comes to what is actually happening inside. this is a conference centre, not a hospital. it would be loud, it will be noisy, it will be difficult to communicate in. there are many challenges. as you say, a celebration of its opening but maybe now is the point at which staff do now face the harsh reality. the harsh reality of this place is it only exists because of the crisis we are in and they may face a wave of patients coming into this facility in the weeks to come. angus, thank you so much. we will talk again later. the virus is changing so many lives. let's look at one. the captain of the american aircraft carrier stricken with coronavirus has been sacked — apparently for going publ

this is larry, usually works at a top london re sta u ra nt usually works at a top london restaurant what is now providing meals for nhs staff. lam only meals for nhs staff. i am only doing 60 covers. this means each day for the next few weeks. it is high volume, mass production. i am leaving a team of 18. ina production. i am leaving a team of 18. in a day about eight to ten chefs. we do it completely free and volunteering. it is a time we come together and do what we can do to help. you can volunteer what you would have to speak to your boss if you wa nt have to speak to your boss if you want to take any paid work. this has undoubtedly rescued thousands of businesses which would have otherwise struggled, but the government has come in for criticism. firstly, some workers have not been with their employers long enough to qualify for this scheme. self—employed workers are undera scheme. self—employed workers are under a more complicated scheme where it is harder to get their hands on this money. and also this cash is not available until the end of april. by which time lots of fam

londoners would have to do their bit to keep it that way. we've had some really good news, which is a few weeks ago we started planning for the worst, which is a peak where we would need in london about 8000 intensive care unit beds. to give you the scale of the challenge we normally have across the whole of london about 800 intensive care unit beds with ventilators, oxygen and those sorts of things. because of the brilliance of things. because of the brilliance of the nhs, the army, planners and many others, you saw we have opened the nightingale hospital, we've got the nightingale hospital, we've got the capacity now to deal with our needs. at the moment, thankfully, we are nowhere near reaching 8000. at the moment we still have 25% above capacity on the nhs before we even go to the nightingale. so it demonstrates the can—do attitude of not just demonstrates the can—do attitude of notjust londoners, demonstrates the can—do attitude of not just londoners, but demonstrates the can—do attitude of notjust londoners, but those around th

amol rajan in central london, working with producer elizabeth in kent, and editorjonathan in north london, bbc news. that's it for now, but before we go, we thought we'd share some of the striking images from the last week from around the world as the coronavirus continues to upend the lives of hundreds of millions of people. and a reminder you can keep up to date with all of the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. thanks for watching. now on bbc news, mark kermode gives his unique take on the best and worst of the week's streaming and dvd releases.

kieran from london were staying in the hotel while on business. anneka and from australia had booked a last—minute holiday here. everything was done really well. the service, the quality, everything was done in a really high quality. i loved it, those first few days. i was walking through the corridor to the left and i pressed the button and the lift opened and i got in. two local men had also checked in. they were caught on security cameras on their way breakfast. we walked into the restaurant passed all of the stations of food. these two men brushed past me, they were swinging around these big backpacks that i found quite odd at the time. once i was looking quite intensely around the area. we got quite close to my face and a memberfinding that the area. we got quite close to my face and a member finding that very uncomfortable. the two men had sworn allegiance to the islamic state group and were here to kill tourists. i heard the big bang, the bomb underneath. ringo silent, you don't hear any sound anymore. literally for a moment you freeze. a

and i work for the nhs in east london. and then, day by day, we started seeing the kind of reality of that, so you know, day by day staff calling and saying they couldn't make it. vivienne is a nature lover, to cope she'd normally go to the countryside but now, even the local parks are packed. and what else am i supposed to do to try and pick myself up? yes, so i just felt there's just no point in trying. but, people like emily are trying to help by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trust has set up around 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we've seen 275% increase in the number of visitors who are watching compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in and it's so important right now that people

one of the world's largest hospitals opens in london to treat 4000 coronavirus patients and there's a stern warning for people in britain to stay indoors this weekend. as the us suffers its worst daily death toll from coronavirus, america's health watchdog says people should wear face masks when they go out — but the president doesn't seem to agree. so, with the masks, it's going to be really a voluntary thing. you can do it, you don't have to do it. i'm choosing not to do it but some people may want to do it and that's ok. the head of the imf says the pandemic has caused an economic crisis like no other, with the world's economy at a standstill. and police in paris step up spot checks to prevent people heading out of town for the traditional easter break and taking the virus with them. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world health organization says the pandemic is developing into more than a health crisis and has called for all lock down restrictions to be kept in place to attack the spread of the virus. here, the uk's health secretary has urged people to stay at home over fears

this is bbc news, the headlines: as one of the largest hospitals in the world opens in london to treat 4,000 coronavirus patients people in the uk are being urged to stay at home this weekend to try to stop the spread of covid—19. britain's health secretary said the advice was not a request but an instruction. this advice is not a request, it is an instruction. stay—at—home, protect lives and then you will be doing your part. president trump has announced new recommendations for americans to wear masks when they go outside to slow the spread of the virus. us health officials have advised people to cover their faces but to keep medical—grade masks free for health workers. although mr trump stressed the suggestion wasn't compulsory. so if the masks, it's going to be really a voluntary thing. you can do it, you don't have to do it. i'm choosing not to do it but some people want to do it and it is ok. the head of the imf has said the coronavirus pandemic had created an economic crisis like no other. kristalina georgieva said that never in the history of the imf had the world econom

marathon ride £66.4 last year's london marathon ride £661; million. without that and other fundraising events this spring, 34% of small charities say they can only meet running costs for three months. it is estimated that the uk charity sector could lose £4 billion in income. during the lockdown, sports stars have taken social media to raise money, mostly for the nhs, from adam peaty raffling off his swimming trunks to geraint thomas cycling in his garage in 12 hour blocks to replicate nhs workers shifts. absolutely, we have been hit quite significantly, probably 60% of our income has been lost overnight, so we are fighting really hard and making tough decisions to try and get through that. but some smaller charities are struggling to survive and are worried they are not getting the money they need at this time. the 2.6 challenge encourages people to do any form of activity related to the numbers 2.6 or 26, whether it is running 2.6 miles, walking for 26 minutes or something quirky yet like flipping pancakes or hopping around the house 26 times. olym

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is in west london. and it's not just whatsapp taking action against so called fake news? it is not just it is notjust whatsapp, there has been concern about whatsapp because facebook, which owns it, cannot see what is going on. we know there is a lot of activity and a lot of fake news stories being shared on it, and they have decided the way to stop thatis they have decided the way to stop that is make it much more difficult to forward those fake stories, make people go through a lot more work to do it. but what we have seen this morning, very interestingly, is action from youtube, which has been under pressure. there is an awful lot of material on youtube with people making all sorts of dubious claims about the virus, and in particular over the last few days its connection to the 5g roll—out, the sg its connection to the 5g roll—out, the 5g mobile network roll—out. the bbc alerted youtube last night to a conspiracy theory video featuring david ike in which he made a number of extraordinary claims

amol rajan in central london, working with producer elizabeth in kent, and editorjonathan in north london, bbc news. that is our media editor about how the appetite for trusted news from reputable broadcasters is soaring. but along with verifiable news comes a lot of misleading information from fake health advice to speculation about government action. some information may be being spread by people who mean well but are nevertheless wrong. zeinab badawi has these tips to make sure you know the facts you're getting are reliable. in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, passing on information can feel like one way we can support our families and friends. here at the bbc, we are working very hard to make sure that everything we broadcast and publish is accurate and up—to—date, but there is a whole load of information out there that isn't. and misinformation can spread fast. if a message is sent to a whatsapp group of 20, then each of them shares it with 20 other people, and this happens five times, it can reach more than 3 million people very quickly. untruths can take many forms. one o

nightingale hospital in east london reaches capacity. 16,000 staff may be needed when the newly converted nightingale hospital in east london reaches capacity. just to have data on the figures we have been bringing you, we mention some of that any headlines. the latest figures that have come from the department of health in the last 15 minutes or so. a rise, sadly, and inevitably, on the day before. just to remind you, 2352 patients have died in hospital. that is a uk wide figure. so, that is uk wide. more than 2300, after testing positive for coronavirus. those figures, to remind you, are accurate as of 5pm yesterday evening. there is a slight lag, but that is how they calculate the figures. that is from the department of health, in terms of the rise, just to put it into some context, the figure that we gave you on the headline, it is up by 563 on the day before. so, that is the context, the day before. so, that is the co ntext, u p the day before. so, that is the context, up by 563. to try to give you figures on testing as well, the de

but temperatures likely to reach about 20 degrees in london. elsewhere, typically the mid to high teens. so, we‘re looking at a largely dry night tuesday night into wednesday, particularly across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland will have more cloud, and a few outbreaks of patchy rain moving in here. if you‘ve been during some gardening recently, we are not expecting a frost overnight tuesday into wednesday, so it won‘t be as cold as it will be first thing tuesday morning. through the day on wednesday, again, most places, largely dry. plenty of sunshine across england and wales, a little bit of cloud drifting around too. thicker cloud for scotland and for northern ireland, with the odd light shower. across scotland and northern ireland, temperatures here around 13—14 degrees, whereas further south, 1—2 spots could get up to 23—24 degrees. wednesday probably being the warmest day of the week. into thursday, high—pressure still holding on. so, again, quite a bit of dry weather, if you‘re able to open the window, ge

our top stories: one of the world's largest hospitals opens in london to treat 4,000 coronavirus patients, and there's a stern warning for people in britain to stay indoors this weekend. this advice is not a request. it is an instruction. stay at home, protect lives, and then you will be doing your part. as the us suffers its worst daily death toll from coronavirus, america's health watchdog says people should wear face masks when they go out — but the president doesn't seem to agree. so, with the — the masks, it's going to be really a voluntary thing. you can do it, you don't have to do it. i'm choosing not to do it but some people may want to do it and that's ok. the head of the imf says the pandemic has caused an economic crisis like no other with the world's economy at a standstill. and battling the virus in asia's biggest slum, where social distancing is virtually impossible. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world health organization says the pandemic is developing into more than a health crisis and has called for all lockdown restrictions to be kept in place to attack the spre

amol rajan in central london, working with producer elizabeth in kent and editorjonathan in north london, bbc news. city am, a free business newspaper in the uk, has stopped producing its printed edition. its editor, christian may joins us now. when it came to her decision to do this, what was the thinking behind that? because cam is one of those papers handed out in the mornings during rush hour ash city of course for people not travelling support of the change came very quickly. for 15 yea rs the change came very quickly. for 15 years we produced a daily business and financial newspaper in the city of london. reprinted about 100,000 copies and are distributed at about 1000 locations across london in the southeast. quickly over a period of a few days, the number of commuters on the bank of the flow into london dried up, which was a heavy fit of the formal lockdown which spelled the formal lockdown which spelled the end of that that work for us. now that was joined by the other people of the advertising market drying up, understandably people just putting puddles on the print advertising

amol rajan in central london, working with producer elizabeth in kent and editorjonathan in north london. bbc news. that is it for now, but before we go we thought we would share some of the striking images from the last week from around the world as the coronavirus continues to upend the lives of hundreds of millions of people. hello and welcome to the film review with me mark kermode. with cinemas closed and everybody being urged to stay indoors due to the coronavirus, new films are still opening in the uk through streaming services, being made available for home viewing. so, for example, last week, the surrealist thriller vivarium, which was going to have a theatrical opening, became available exclusively on streaming services. wait, this isn't the right way. yes, this is the way we came in. is it? to we just do some kind of loop? hello? i have never heard such silence. jesse eisenberg and imogen poots are the couple looking for a perfect dream home who find themselves trapped a nightmarish, stepford style suburban development called yonder, where they are forced to raise an alien chi

max was one of 14 public transport workers in london who have died from covid—19 in recent days. most of them were bus drivers. it is extremely tough, knowing that his life was put at risk. transport for london says passengers should now only bored through the middle door, but this morning, not everyone had got the message. we are using antiviral disinfectant. we have also made sure there is a perspex barrier between the driver and passengers with a protective film to avoid droplets coming from peoples melts onto the driver. we have also made sure that... boarding only via the middle door might make it harderfor passengers to keep their distance from each other, but for now, it is just being trialled. elsewhere in the uk, screens to protect drivers and empty seats at the front should now be the norm. a bus driver in bristol also died from covid—19 last month. in liverpool, the mayor wants more clarity on what measures should be taken to protect drivers. at the moment it seems to be a bit wishy—washy and we are getting confused messages, notjust on this issue but on a whole ho

danny sharma, a dj from london, was 38. he didn't expect to die. he'd been documenting his time in hospital on facebook. hilda churchill was 108 and died of covid—19 in her nursing home. she lost a younger sister to the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago and lived through two world wars. she remembered seeing the soldiers off to the first world war, which very few came back. she'd only be a young girl then. she was tremendous. she remembered all of those things, and didn't half tell us about them as well! we weren't even able to say goodbye to her, which is very upsetting. dave roland was 65 and planning to retire this year. three decades ago, he survived the hillsborough disaster. this photograph of him was taken that day. he'd tried to help a 17—year—old caught in the crush. he later rang the boy's family to tell them that their son had not been alone when he died. his family said he was a proud scouser, youthful, unique, kind and fun. elsie sazuze, who was 44, was originally from malawi. she came here to work in the care sector.

had by far the biggest outbreak and the numbers are significantly falling in london. they are shrinking and shrinking pretty much across the country and that is down to social distancing a down to the measures we have. and until we get a consistent and sustained drop in both deaths, daily deaths, and infections, we will not see an easing of the restrictions. and we are getting more information about who is getting most badly affected by the virus. the office for national statistics had been looking at this and we know three things fairly certain. one, the older you are, the greater your risk of dying from covid—19. in fact, greater your risk of dying from covid—19. infact, over50% greater your risk of dying from covid—19. in fact, over 50% of deaths are among the over 80s. we also know that nine in ten people who have died with covid have underlying health conditions, on average things like heart disease and diabetes and we also know but we don't know why, but men are at much higher risk of dying from covid—19 and women. we know that one in three people who ar

i work for the nhs in east london. and then, day by day, we started seeing the kind of reality of that, so you know, day by day, staff calling and saying they couldn't make it. vivienne is a nature lover. to cope, she'd normally go to the countryside, but now even the local parks are packed. and what else am i supposed to do to try and pick myself up? yeah, so itjust felt like there's just no point in trying. but people like emily are trying to help, by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trust has set up around 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we've seen a 275% increase in the number of visitors who are watching it compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in, and it's so important right now that people are getting that connection with nature, so they're doing it through digital platforms and online wildlife webcams. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that, as human society struggles to cope with the virus, the natural wo

in london the numbers have dropped a lot. in the midlands they are flat. the east of england has picked up a bit, but scotland and wales are flat as well. but, chris whitty, the chief medical adviser for the government, said the number of deaths would continue rising, it may be quite sharply in the next few days because of delays with registration over the bank holiday. in the last hour we have had sad and tragic news of the death ofa had sad and tragic news of the death of a 28—year—old nurse who was pregnant. she died with coronavirus. the trust where she worked, luton and dunstable, said the baby was safely delivered by cesarean section and is doing well. hugh pym, our health editor. a partnership between clinicians, university researchers and industry, which we reported on a few weeks ago, has now resulted in the production of 10,000 thousand breathing aids for seriously ill coronavirus patients. this afternoon, mercedes formula one completed manufacture of the continuous positive airway pressure — or cpap — devices which were designed in partn

you can see very pleasant temperatures here, around 19 in cardiff, 23 in london. then it looks like things will be clouding over as we head into sunday. monday, a big drop in the temperature towards the south from 23 down to 13 in london. thank you. a reminder of our top story: more than a fortnight after the lockdown started, there is another record number of deaths in the uk, with 938 reported over a 24—hour period. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. you are watching bbc news. the time is coming up to 6:35pm. good evening, i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. the new uk athletics chief executive joanna coates has been talking about the size of the task she's taken on and she has promised huge change. the immediate priority is, like every other sport, dealing with the impact of coronavirus. they will be furloughing staff from tomorrow and look to protect what events they still have in the calendar, like the anniversary games in london injuly but that could see them cl

our facebook as london city voices. in the description of the youtube video, there is the link for the just giving page where you can get. a brilliant thoughts. well done. great project. best of luck with that. that's a brilliant project. with at least three more weeks of the lockdown ahead in the uk, the duke and duchess of cambridge are urging people to look after their mental health. prince william said ‘the stress and isolation is building' and said there's an ‘ever—increasing need' for people to know where to access help and support. he also spoke about his concern for his father, the prince of wales, when he was diagnosed with the virus last month. the couple were speaking to the bbc‘s tina daheley. tina, hi. hi! hello! hello. there may be many who are experiencing mental health challenges for the first time during the lockdown. what can we do to help them and help each other? like you said, a lot of people won't necessarily have thought about their mental health, maybe ever before. and, suddenly, this env

last week we saw the completion of the nightingale hospital in east london. it was planned, constructed and fully staffed within nine days. it was humbling to see the nhs, the military and everyone involved in its construction pulling together in this time of need. and there are many more nightingales to come across our entire united kingdom, including harrogate, birmingham, manchester, glasgow, belfast and cardiff —— many these hospitals are on top of the expanding health care provision across the nhs. there are 2336 spare critical health care beds in england and over 9000 ventilators are now available to nhs coronavirus patients across the country thanks to the national effort to ramp up capacity. 300 ventilators arrive this weekend from china and we have seen uk manufacturers working at pace to develop new ones. of course, hospitals and ventilators are critical but our nhs is nothing without the people who work there. and it has been so encouraging to see over 27,000 former health care professionals signing up to return to the nhs front line. i want to

this is a council estate in north london. very important. they are north london. very important. they a re lifesavers. north london. very important. they are lifesavers. they are the heart and soul of this world. the nhs, all the frontline, you can't pull any of them. they are great. the neighbours that are not well, they are important. they are doing a fantasticjob. are important. they are doing a fantastic job. are you a doctor. what impact is this happening? it is wonderful. it is great, a sign of a united country. this is the third time we have clapped for carers. for three weeks in any ideas that enthusiasm or participation would have dropped... well, not here. massively important. the only way we can communicate because we have been locked in. from newcastle to brighton. the sound of applause filled the streets in disguise. 0ff the coast of falmouth, horns replaced clapping but the sentiment was the same. 200 miles off the coast of aberdeen, workers on this oil and gas platform also wanted to say thank you. politicians and police in dorset and on london's westminster bridge

charlotte rose, thank you, at that drive and testing centre in north london. the scheme which offers government—backed loans to businesses which are struggling to survive is to be expanded. the chancellor — rishi sunak — says more small firms will be eligible, and those with a turnover of up to £500 million will also qualify. so far, more than 130,000 enquiries have been received, but only about 1,000 have been approved. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. the government has been listening to criticism that its government backed business interruption loans weren't getting through to many firms because the rules had said banks had to check first to see if they could get a normal loan. now it has lifted that rule and made it easier to lend the government backed loans faster. we are also acutely aware that there is an urgent need for an additional product for businesses with a turnover of over £45 million, so we are working at pace with banks, with the treasury, to try and offer a better solution for those businesses up to a turnover of £500

london should see highs of 25. but with the heat building we should see some heavy showers and thunderstorms, especially in the central parts of wales, through the midlands, northern ireland, towards east anglia. the rumble of thunder this evening. they push south and fade away overnight. further north we have those clearing skies. a cold night with a touch of frost across parts of scotland. temperatures in the countryside getting down to freezing first thing easter monday. a very different feeling day tomorrow. especially across eastern parts of scotland and down the east coast of england. here you are exposed to this cold northerly wind coming in off the north sea. strong winds for the south—east of england and the english channel. we could see 50 mph gusts. less windy for the likes of wales, north—west england, south—west scotland and northern ireland. temperatures in cardiff, for example, getting up to 14 degrees. down the east coast, just seven to nine celsius. around about ten to 15 degrees cooler than

ismail mohamed abdulwahab from brixton in south london london died in king's college hospital early on monday. he is thought to be the youngest person to have died with the virus in the uk. his family say they are ‘beyond devastated' by his death. the total number of uk deaths is now 1,789 — up by 381 in the last 24 hours. 0ur correspondent has the latest. this is luca, described by his family asa this is luca, described by his family as a strong and healthy 19—year—old. he was a chef from italy living in london. his brother both of this photo of them together, saying i will express your wishes and fulfil your dreams. after feeling ill for a your dreams. after feeling ill foraa your dreams. after feeling ill for a a week, he died within half—an—hour of arriving at hospital. this is the fundraising effort to support another grieving family, mourning the loss of 13—year—old is male, the sun they couldn't even say goodbye to. it has only reached 47,000 pounds. is male was admitted here at king's college hospital in south london on friday with reading difficulties. his fami

one of the world's largest hospitals opens in london to treat 4,000 coronavirus patients and there's a stern warning for people in britain to stay indoors this weekend. this advice is not a request. it is an instruction. stay—at—home, protect lives, and then you will be doing your part. as the us suffers its worst daily death toll from coronavirus america's health watchdog says people should wear face masks when they go out — but the president doesn't seem to agree. so, with the masks, it's going to be really a voluntary thing. you can do it, you don't have to do it. i'm choosing not to do it but some people may want to do it and that's ok. the head of the imf says the pandemic has caused an economic crisis like no other with the world's economy at a standstill. battling the virus in asia's biggest slum, where social distancing, is virtually impossible. police in paris step up spot checks to prevent people heading out of town for the traditional easter break and taking the virus with them. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the lat

amol rajan in central london, working with producer elizabeth in kent, and editorjonathan in north london, bbc news. that's it for now, but before we go, we thought we'd share some of the striking images from the last week from around the world as the coronavirus continues to upend the lives of hundreds of millions of people. and a reminder, you can keep up to date with all of the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. thanks for watching. hat, white plenty of sunshine across the uk, it will be breezy, especially in the west, where we will see outbreaks of rain arriving later in the day, but a lot of sunshine around throughout the day for many places, turning hazy with wispy high cloud from the west, and later raining to northern ireland, western scotland, perhaps pembrokeshire and cornwall, gusts of up pembrokeshire and cornwall, gusts of up to 50 mph for parts of northern ireland and western scotland. with the winds from the south, yes, one, 201 the winds from the south, yes, one, 20 1 degrees the winds from the south, yes, one, 201 degrees in l

the nightingale in london is of course open. he said there were 10,000 ventilators, and at 5000 former nhs staff are now back and able to work on the front line, having answered the call and coming out of retirement to come back to work. they have gone through the re—induction and will be joining thousands of others in the coming weeks. he also mentioned that they are increasing the amount of personal protective equipment getting out there still. we are hearing from various medics and nurses across the country that there still isn't enough in all areas of the country. he says they are delivering even more over the bank holiday. and testing as well, that was an interesting point that was mentioned. 42,812 nhs and social ca re mentioned. 42,812 nhs and social care staff and their families have been tested over the past couple of weeks. matt hancock saying what a sombre day it is as we pass this death toll for the uk of 10,000 coronavirus deaths. we heard earlier from a scientific adviser to the government that actually the uk de

our reporter helena wilkinson is outside st thomas' hospital in london. improving all the time, the prime minister. yes, he is. we heard the news last night that the prime minister was moved out of the intensive care unit and onto award here at the hospital. it is the fifth night he spent at the hospital. he was in intensive care for three nights. a huge concern about the prime minister, who was brought here on sunday, not as an emergency but because his symptoms we re emergency but because his symptoms were persisting. he was here on monday, still working from his hospital bed. his condition got worse in the afternoon and that is where he was transferred into the intensive care unit as a precaution. doctors wanted him to be near a ventilator in case he needed it. we know he did not need to go on to a ventilator. the prime minister on award in hospital. the statement last night from hospital in downing street saying he would be closely monitored during the early phase of his recovery. important to note the word, early, in that statement and this probably

he was a chef from italy living in london. his brother both of this photo of them together, saying, "i will express your wishes and fulfil your dreams." after feeling ill for a week, luca died within half an hour of arriving at hospital. and this is the fundraising effort to support another grieving family, mourning the loss of 13—year—old ismail wahhab, a son they couldn't say goodbye to. ismail was admitted here at king's college hospital in south london on friday with reading difficulties. his family says he was given ventilation and put into an induced coma, but three days later, he died, isolated, on his own, despite his family saying he had no underlying health conditions. the statement ends, "we are beyond devastated." another stark illustration of the capacity of this virus to quickly claim the lives of even the youngest and fittest. and it was also underlined by the latest it underlined by the latest is a really sad reminder th matter it is a really sad reminder that no matter what age you are, you should be stayi