have been a prominent government have been a prominent feature of the week's news agenda and one word has been widely used to describe the restrictions imposed there on travel and movement. up to 16 million people, one quarter of the population, are effectively under lockdown in the north of the country. italy is at war. that is according to one doctor living through a lockdown. the whole of italy is now under a kind of lockdown. with movement severely restricted. tonight at six, day one for italy in lockdown as it struggles with your‘s west coronavirus outbreak. phil horne wanted: —— wondered.

mike wharton thought: and david kelly e—mailed: coronavirus was so coronavirus was so pervasive on the news this week that even the budget seems like something of a side issue. many of the announcements in the speech on wednesday came as a surprise but some, as is normal, had been widely trailed, or at least guest stayed in the days leading up to the —— guest at in the days leading up to the budget, leading to:

since 2007, the bbc has run a project that gives young people the chance to get involved with media workshops and training and to tell their own stories online, on radio and on tv. young reporter which was previously known as a school report works with thousands of 11—18 year old and this week held its annual festival, and part of it was a celebration of those who had submitted stories they felt the bbc should be covering with awards handed out to the root winners. this is one of those winners, morgan, with her report on up skirting, the practice of taking images underneath of an's clothing without permission. —— a victim's clothing.

of an's clothing without permission. -- a victim's clothing. i asked sixth formers about their awareness about up skirting. i'm going to try and share my story to know that if you are ever putting the situation how to get out of it and how the can help you. i walked into my local change rooms and i had to —— i had photos ta ken of change rooms and i had to —— i had photos taken of my bare body from underneath the wall of the change i’ooiti underneath the wall of the change room next to me. i am delighted to say we arejoined room next to me. i am delighted to say we are joined now by morgan and also byjosie, head of young reporter. welcome to you both. morgan, starting with you, what made you want to get involved with young reporter? i think it is more when it happened to me i thought that he was going to get a slap on the wrist for it, there was a study done and 100 girls who were asked, if they would have reported it, 52% of them said no witch, but has to change, that has to be, all of them have to report it now. it is now a crime

which is really good and people have to know how to report it to police. so this was a story you felt that you wanted to tell and i suppose what i am asking is why you thought young reporter was the best way to tell it. i didn't know at first, i had one week left when i saw the tv advert. i thought why not? i may as well do it. and if it gets there thenit well do it. and if it gets there then it gets there. yeah, and what has been the response to the film? amazing. i have had over1 million views, something like 500 shares, loads of likes and messages. a lot of people did not think it was a crime and now that they know i think it was to happen to them they would know exactly what to do. and what if you got, more broadly speaking, out of the whole young reporter experience? confidence. in year ten idida experience? confidence. in year ten i did a presentation at school and i was so nervous, i did a presentation at school and i was so nervous, i i did a presentation at school and i was so nervous, l was i did a presentation at school and i was so nervous, i was shaking and sweating and i actually cried afterwards. this, going on tv, it is

out of my comfort zone but it has given me so much confidence to deal with things. tracy, presumably you would be delighted to hear that. what are you hoping the scheme will achieve —— josie. what are you hoping the scheme will achieve -- josie. those life skills are one of the things that we know is really valuable for lots of young people to take part and actually, we know that teachers really value in getting involved with the project and it is not necessarilyjust about the journalism but young reporter is an opportunity for young people to learn about media skills, the industry that we work in, but also as morgan says for her it was about youth voice, about her being able to raise an issue that she thought we should be hearing and seeing more about. in the era of fake news how do you help these young people distinguish between what is real and what is not? absolutely really important and part of the news literacy work that we do is part of the project, so we have worked a lot with colleagues in bbc news to try

and help explain what we do in our dayjobs. and actually, everyone has the power and the ability to question sources, to look at a range of sources. to understand where they are getting the news from. and we find that is a really valuable thing again, particularly in an education context. something that teachers have been telling us that they are crying out for. how do you think the stories that young people want to tell differ from i put stories that young people want to tell differfrom i put it stories that young people want to tell differ from i put it in' stories that young people want to tell differfrom i put it in' is stories that young people want to tell differ from i put it in' is the normal bbc output. i think the much more personal often. the competition gave young people the opportunity to suggest an idea that was about my life or our world so they are coming from a unique perspective. being young people, you and i, a lot older than morgan, and the other young people, the ii to 18 —year—olds than morgan, and the other young people, the 11 to 18 —year—olds that are involved in the project and they bring to their stories something thatis bring to their stories something that is unique to their generation, unique to their experience and

education, while looking ahead to future careers or ambitions and that really comes across. morgan, be honest. do you watch or listen to bbc news? i do. ido, honest. do you watch or listen to bbc news? i do. i do, yeah! 0h, right! we listen to the six o'clock news, so leading up to seven o'clock, and i sometimes watch news in the morning as well while i am ready for college. how much do you feel it speaks to you? not a lot. not a lot. i think it is more, there isa not a lot. i think it is more, there is a lot of issues that would resonate with older people, i think. there is a lot about stock markets, businesses, mortgages. that does not impact on us a lot. i think there should be a segment during the news that should cover young people's stories so go out to schools and ask them, involve them, which means he would get more viewers of my age possibly. that is interesting. can you give us a sense of what those sorts of stories would be?|j you give us a sense of what those sorts of stories would be? i think there is a lot about climate change,

we have a massive passion for that, i think we have a massive passion for that, ithinka we have a massive passion for that, i think a lot of stories should be donein i think a lot of stories should be done in communities, so around schools and for schools are doing. this is a problem, isn't it, for the bbc? encouraging young people to watch and listen to the news? yeah, and that is obviously what young reporter does is encourage young people to have a place within our news agendas and that they can see themselves reflected in the stories that they may be seeing, whether on tv or radio, local radio, on their phones and online. and that is why we phones and online. and that is why we think it is really important that we empower we think it is really important that we empowerand give we think it is really important that we empower and give young people the ability to share their own stories so ability to share their own stories so they can see themselves and their peers and also young people tell us all the time i do not know what morgan thinks about this some more positive news is really important to them so actually kind of thinking about the news agenda in a different way. morgan, what is your take about that? i think what i like about the news is when it sparks a conversation. i think instead of giving facts and facts and facts, if

something that can spark a conversation at home with people, and some of it has different opinions. and i have to ask you has young reporter whetted your appetite for a career in journalism? young reporter whetted your appetite for a career in journalism ?|j young reporter whetted your appetite for a career in journalism? i think i would rather go down the physiotherapy route! 0h! i would rather go down the physiotherapy route! oh! i think thatis physiotherapy route! oh! i think that is more for me at the moment. morgan and josie verghese, thank you both so much. thank you! thank you for all of your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or even appear on the programme, do e—mail newswatch at: or you can find us on twitter at: you can call us. and to have a look at our website. —— and do have a look at our website. that is all from us. samaria will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. until the next time, from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.

hello again. well, yesterday, what a glorious start to the day it was. most of us did have a lot more in the way of sunshine and some stunning weather which pictures were sent in from scotland. —— and some stunning weather watch pictures were sent in from scotland. you can see the snow glistening under those clear blue skies in the spring sunshine. it wasn't like that everywhere, though. we did have this line of showers that developed from merseyside down towards the midlands. that is where some of the heavier showers were during friday afternoon. and of course the skies looked quite different. this was the scene in tamworth as it turned pretty cloudy through the afternoon. and we had the heavy downpours and of course a few rainbows. the latest satellite picture, though, shows an area of cloud coming in across england and wales. this weather front is weakening quickly because out in the atlantic we have a developing low pressure system, and it is really starting to take over. and what it means over the next few hours is that the rain, so what it means over the next few hours is that the rain, as it pushes east across england and wales,

is fragmenting, becoming light and patchy, whereas further is fragmenting, it's becoming light and patchy, whereas further north in scotland, there is still a bit of oomph to the rain as it comes in across western areas over the next few hours. and indeed there will be hill snow in scotland about 200 metres of elevation. the weekend is quite unsettled. it will be windy, some rain and sunshine as well. many of us will start on a grey note, although some sunshine quite quickly for northern ireland. eventually, as the patchy rain clears england and wales and later in the day for western scotland, we will see some sunshine coming through, then quite quickly, the next low pressure system comes in and that is going to be feeding rain back into northern ireland. rain getting into western scotland, western parts of england and wales, as we go into the afternoon. it will be mild and quite windy as well. through saturday night, this weather front becomes quite slow—moving for a time across wales and south—west england. over the hills, we could see around 30, maybe a0 millimetres of rain building up. it will be a very mild night — temperatures nine or ten for england and wales. cooler air for scotland and northern ireland.

now, on sunday, that rain pushes east, but as it does so the front will be decelerating, slowing down, so really dragging its heels as it works into east anglia and south—east england. behind the front, the cool air extends in across many areas, so feeling pressure. a mixture of sunshine and showers around, some of the showers heavy with some hail and thunder in those heavy ones for scotland. now, into next week, pressure rises towards the south of the uk, so the weather is becoming settled across southern areas, whereas further north we have got rain and showers in the forecast. something of a north—south split. in the south it's notjust dry, it will get quite mild, up to 16 in london. showers at times for the north. that's your weather.

hello, this is bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: president trump declares a national emergency, unlocking billions of dollars to fight coronavirus in the us. to unleash the full power of the federal government with this effort, today i am officially declaring a national emergency. two very big words. as italy struggles to cope, the world health organization says europe is now the epicentre of the pandemic. more cases are now being reported every day than were reported in china at the height of its epidemic. more european countries seal their borders, and the uk is thought to be drawing up plans to ban mass gatherings. and the pandemic wipes out most of the world's major