let's look looking to react to that. let's look ahead to the next four days of play there. it was brilliant for warring mcelroy to 12 months ago but he's looking to make history because no player has successfully defended that title. lou no, it's extraordinary, given the long history the great champions that have one that no one has successfully defended the title. have one that no one has successfully defended the titlem his favour is the fact that his build—up to this year is very similarto build—up to this year is very similar to last year, a string of near misses on the pga tour. finishing in the top five in every event that he's played this year, but not challenging on sundays which isa but not challenging on sundays which is a source of frustration for him. this champions is so difficult to predict. last year mcllroy was the winner but by only a single shot. it can suit any different way of playing the game and that makes it extremely difficult to predict who's

going to win. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. welcome to our look ahead at what the papers are bringing us tomorrow. lots of the front pages are already in. let's take a look at the telegraph says that tomorrow the uk will move from the contained phase to the delay phase of dealing with the coronavirus outbreak which will involve social distancing measures. the metro reports of borisjohnson may not be tested for the virus. the

financial times reads the bubblyjet design to combat the effects of the outbreak. the express goes with the same story. let's have a look a bit closer at those. let's kick off with the telegraph and this line that the virus can only be delayed. i think this is a statement of the obvious. this is where was a lwa ys of the obvious. this is where was always going to be. governments can't do right from wrong in this. if they go to quickly, to draconian, they are accused of being alarmist and cause economic damage. if they

don't and they back off, and people die, they're accused of nasty stuff. they can't win. we're old and have phd in hindsight saying they got it right, they got wrong. on the other hand, i don't think, can somebody tell me why they are all panic buying toilet rolls? i don't know the major symptoms of this bug, but i think it deals with this going this way, not this going that way. on that basis, like toilet rolls? this herd instinct, there is alarmism, but on the other hand, we really have got a responsibility to those who are weaker. orjust being older, and we just have to ensure those people don't get it. moving into the next phase, if i could link it to the budget quickly, i think

the one thing the chancellor did today was majored on the small business, because at those small businesses that will be faced with this choice moving into the next phase, do you put food on the table and go to work or do you self—isolate? i would not like to make that choice about my family. we will come to small businesses, but on this question that we sold the who say they were worried at the lack of action, the alarming levels of inaction. denmark announced, lots of inaction. denmark announced, lots of countries have taken lots of different approaches on this. if there is a change now, is at the right time? time will tell. interesting parallels between the

states, and here. forallthe interesting parallels between the states, and here. for all the one nation is, we also have a sort of libertarian prime minister seeing himself as a one nation person as well. the message has been keep calm, carry on, we are a highly developed countries. we will go hysterical about this. we have this 4—phase thing, contain, delay, research and mitigate. i'm not quite sure what the differences between one or the other, but clearly the telegraph is signalling that we had move from one phase to the other. now it's a pandemic. we don't know if that will be announced, or whether the names accurately reflect the phrases, etc. except what's

going to come, because it's one thing to see the chinese president locking down the promises of 60 million people. italy have done this as well. i will be accepted here in this country? people might not want to comply. they don't think it will benefit them. let'sjust move on, we don't have enough time to date. the budget takes aim at the coronavirus and the question raised is whether the budget will help the people that need it most. there's a difference between the budget, which was setting out the plan, you using the majority, forcing through at last some spendings and notjust cuts, and that's to be welcomed. that's got nothing to do, that would happen anyway. in terms of the budget for the country, it's a shame that the coronavirus aspect will take away

from those aspects. but the, in terms of the first part of the speech which was about what are we doing about this crisis, i applaud what he's done to try and help small businesses. he's helping the lower paid as well. and he's trying to get it where it is. i think if the guardian with a very interesting headline. let's move onto guardian. that's one of the biggest problems. how do you make sure that your policy here gets delivered down there and quickly, of course, and that i think is a valid point to raise. is that enough money? we'll never know. is it targeted to the right people? yes, i think it is, but will he get there? the world health organisation have been holding up china as a paragon of virtue, it is very —— it's easier to

lock down a country that will go to prison if they disobey you. it's more difficult in a democracy. it was china whose public health issues started this in the first place. when the who say they are really alarmed... the alarming levels of inaction. but the thing is... blue they bought the rest of the world sometime. it began to cascade. initially they were hiding things, then they began to open up. do you think the government is being too slow to act? obviously i'm no expert, but when you look at what some of our counterparts in that european union, i came in from ghana. no incidents, no cases, nothing in ghana. but i came in to

terminal three thinking there other people and what would happen when we arrive. no signs, no directions, nothing. maybe there was at terminal two or five, but nothing at terminal three. i was a bit concerned. in terms of sticking with the budget reaction, whether the right targets are going to be given the support they need. taxi drivers, or they can be helped? i don't know how they will be helped. it was very clear who he's targeting this money at. smes, those businesses that are already eligible for rate relief, their markets are very tight. within three months if they are not getting the business, they will go out of business. look at flybe. we saw some

of the kata crop —— catastrophic drops in business. there are other people i think who might be missed in this. look at people in universal credit or social care. all of these big—ticket items would expect to hearin big—ticket items would expect to hear ina big—ticket items would expect to hear in a budget. he did address universal credit. not enough. the policies not working. universal credit. not enough. the policies not workinglj universal credit. not enough. the policies not working. i sincerely hope that people will not politicize this issue. as highly political. it's not. there are two different things. the budget, which could have been driven by left or centre. today's budget could have been brandon in many ways, including the way was delivered. but there's a difference. the first bit was all

about, what we do in emergencies? in that respect, i don't think it was political but... people were nodding and agreeing, so there was a unified house on that. i don't want the socialist weekly to talk about how eve ryo ne socialist weekly to talk about how everyone got it wrong. that's not what this should be. all these decisions are political! we will discuss further in half an hour. don't forget you can see the front pages online on the bbc‘s website. if you miss the programme you can catch up on the bbc iplayer. we will be back at 11:30 p:m.. bye— bye.

good evening. technically we now are into the start of spring. winter's not that far behind us and it kind of crept back in into north of the uk today. 50 degrees in the southeast, just to to the north of scotland. what's going on? basically an area of low pressure to the west of the uk starting to feed polar air southwards and today, while the country's been divided into, but at the time we get to the end of the night, that colder air will have worked its way all the way south. quite squally showers pushing southeastern, the colder air behind that. for scotland, but foralso parts of northern england and northern ireland. there could be a covering of snow in some spots at lower levels first thing on thursday. i snow a risk of cross the northern half of the uk. —— ice. across northern britain, that ice

could bring some problems for travel first thing tomorrow and indeed, the snow will accumulate and potentially keep on doing so across the highlands through thursday. elsewhere, i think a windley start. the snow web two level will rise. a few squally showers whipping through but generally a drier story in contrast to the north, where the showers will be pretty frequent. temperatures a couple of degrees below average, but you have to factor in the winds and the wind will be particularly gusty. across the board, pretty much under a0 mph, a little lower close to the centre. could have gusts up to 60 mph. things get quieter overnight thursday into friday thanks to high pressure building. some wintry showers first thing on friday, not a bad day for most though. still

feeling somewhat chilly, chances a few showers across england and wales, but towards the southwest in terms in time for the weekend, nothing quite that dramatic. a lot of cloud around on saturday and then for sunday, i think rain will sweep across all parts of the uk. pretty windy throughout the course of the weekend. the temperatures still lagging behind a little bit, but it does look like it will get to much more settled, especially to the south of the uk.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: the prime minister will chair a cobra meeting tomorrow and the government is expected to move into the next stage of the coronavirus strategy, from contain to delay. today, the chancellor unveiled the biggest spending budget for over 25 yea rs, biggest spending budget for over 25 years, with more cash to protect the economy against the impact of the coronavirus. whether its millions of pounds or billions of pounds, whatever it means, whatever it costs, we stand behind our nhs. to more people have died from coronavirus in the uk as the world health organization declares the outbreak a global pandemic, urging action to contain it. a case of coronavirus is confirmed at a care

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