friday front is going to do. by friday could turn quite wet across more southern parts of the uk. that is reflected in cardiff. a beautiful start for monday. variable amounts of cloud. friday it is raining. come at the weekend, it is going to once again dry out across the uk with more sunshine on the way. good night.

hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. 1a more patients who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the number of deaths in the uk to 35. the government is to hold daily televised press conferences to update the public on the fight against the virus. the united states cuts interest rates to almost zero and launches a stimulus programme in a bid to protect the economy from the impact of coronavirus

the health secretary warns that measures to combat coronavirus will disrupt the lives of everybody — and older people and those with underlying health conditions will be asked to stay at home. huge queues today as supermarkets urge shoppers not to buy more than they need, saying there is enough for everyone if people are considerate. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the writer and broadcaster dawn foster, and the broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford. i feel a ifeel a bit i feel a bit left out because i am just a broadcaster. many of tomorrow's front pages are already no prizes for guessing what's on the front of each and every one. the us decision to cut interest rates is the lead

for the times. the federal reserve cut rates by i% in an attempt to calm markets which have been rocked by the coronavirus outbreak. the guardian leads on the content of a secret briefing given by public health england to senior nhs managers which claims the pandemic may hang on until next year and cause nearly 8 million people in the uk to be hospitalised. the paper also carries an image of pope francis delivering his sunday blessing to a deserted st peter's square in the vatican. the i outlines ways in which the government is likely to step up its response to the coronavirus outbreak. one of those measures calls for people over 70 to stay at home forfour months. the telegraph carries the same story, but says those over 70s who refuse to self—isolate face a hefty fine and a possible prison sentence. the paper also carries an image of shoppers with overflowing trollies at a superstore in watford. the metro focuses on the growing number of grassroots volunteer groups established to help those vulnerable and elderly people who may be preparing to self—isolate. the ft casts its eye over the european countries closing their borders to tackle the pandemic. it features a striking picture of ba rcelona's empty catalunya square.

a concerted effort by places, to put it up. there is a huge amount of concern because of the us federal reserve have cut its base rate by i% and that is only the second time it has done it since 2008. it is key that the 2008 one came out of nowhere. they were warning signs but we know that the market is going to be rocked now, we have known it for a while. must have time and resources and the opportunity to actually try and mitigate all of these are acts. this one came from

inside the sector and this is from outside. markets obviously don't like uncertainty at all and you definitely had that back in the financial crash and you had the sense of when will it end. you wouldn't know. where is at least we know, with a pandemic, even though we don't know when it is going to end, it will eventually die out. maybe a spec —— second spike will come but nevertheless, banks want to be seen to be acting. if these figures are correct and they could be potentially millions of people, where do you put them, where do you treat them? no health service, as well funded as you possibly wish it to be, could cope with those levels was not you have to get inventive about where you put people. there are thoughts that perhaps we ought to turn some of these hotels that

are not going to be occupied because none of us are going to be travelling around the world, maybe they could be put to use. maybe governments could commandeer them, they could pay the hoteliers to actually convert hotels into some kind of ward and then that would free up the actual hospitals that have got operating theatres where actual operations could be carried out because this is the other problem. we know that coronavirus is going to soak up resources but that doesn't mean to say that everybody else is going to stop being unwell or people aren't going to need surgery because or people aren't going to need surgery because they broke their leg ina skiing surgery because they broke their leg in a skiing accident in a car accident. life has got to go on at the same time as trying to deal with this crisis. and what a huge crisis it is. the guardian has said it may last a year and put up to 8 million people in hospital. this has come to what seems to have been a secret

briefing from public health england. yes, it is a huge number of people and apparently four in five of the population are expected to be in fa ct population are expected to be in fact —— —— infected, 80% of people, an incredible number. it will affect every aspect of life. there is a photo of the pope and he —— his address in st peter's square which is normally packed and it is empty. that must be very intense experience for him. absolutely rammed with people over the world.|j for him. absolutely rammed with people over the world. i wish they could give some context about that 80% figure. for example the common cold which is nowhere near as virulent and doesn't have the same kind of mortality rate, i would love to know what the average year, how many people in a year, the percentage of the nation gets a cold, what figures are we playing with? if that is a similar statistic thenl with? if that is a similar statistic then i could quite understand why this pandemic would kind of fit that

model. but is this four times as we learnt —— virulent? is it a standard figure for a pathogen? and we know some people are asymptomatic, they don't have symptoms but they could be carrying it. how we going to until we carry out tests? yes, we're guessing. i have teenagers who are doing gcses and a—levels. well, are they? they will be delighted, i won't be. gcses could be postponed till after the holidays which throws all sorts of things into going to universities. at the moment, a lot of universities are calling their holidays early and moving to teaching by the internet. what happens to students who are due to

start in september — october? everything has been thrown into disarray. a lot of parents will be sited home with their children, unsure when the exams are going to happen, and it will be very difficult to try and convince these teenagers to spend that time advising rather than relaxing a little bit more. some of the exams have started already. my goddaughter has a french oral exam on tuesday. already quite a lot of information need to be downloaded has been downloaded. assume it keep hold of that until september or october? and as you say, what about a—levels. ? they are what you need in order to go they are what you need in order to go to university. if you haven't taken go to university. if you haven't ta ken those go to university. if you haven't taken those address! exams, does that mean the whole university syste m that mean the whole university system will also be delayed by a year and what does that do to university funding, at year and what does that do to university funding, et cetera. it will be very difficult for them to be able to cancel these or postpone

these exams. naturally, is it possible? you these exams. naturally, is it possible ? you always these exams. naturally, is it possible? you always have to sit apart. it is not like you said in a line, use sit probably a metre apart a nyway line, use sit probably a metre apart anyway when you are sitting on exams so anyway when you are sitting on exams so maybe it will be fine, any —— in an exam hall. you won't be in close proximity to the other student. point kindly made in my ear was that the nhs, every august, has a new influx of medical students who you would hope would be coming through. if exams are being affected, if people are not moving on through the education system at all levels, the ramifications of it are enormous. first—aid badge isn't going to cut it is it? the other thing is that stu d e nts it is it? the other thing is that students from abroad. we are always keen to have them because they pay such lower —— large fees and if they aren't able to travel... had a huge amount of students from china, the middle east, italy, all sorts of

places. universities are very, very worried that if they suspend teaching at the moment, short—term, those students will travel home which will increase the risk.|j thought the whole point was that children aren't meant to be at such risk for this particular... they can carry it. lim so why would you delay the exams? that is what the bit i don't understand. you would want to delay something and obviously all of these sporting events have been postponed or cancelled because we don't want crowds coming together but surely, an exam programme, if you are getting all of your students to sit in school halls, is it going to sit in school halls, is it going to bea to sit in school halls, is it going to be a problem? a lot of schools are closed in parts of the world, it could happen here, too. we don't know how long they will be closed for. i assume that the government is hoping to try to delay that moment until actually the schools will be closed for the easter holidays a nyway closed for the easter holidays anyway and then you have bought yourself an extra two weeks. they

are saying the peak is slap bang in the middle of exams. the daily mirror... virus crisis grows. save our elderly. concerns that people will have to self isolate for four months. that is a very, very long time isn't it, to be stuck in your own time —— own home and to be dependent on other people coming to help you. four months is an incredible amount of time. older people have, we have a huge problem in britain with a massive, massive loneliness crisis so if all of a sudden you have pensioners who are very, very vulnerable, very lonely, at home forfour very, very vulnerable, very lonely, at home for four months, first of all they are lonely, that will affect their mental health. no there isa affect their mental health. no there is a big link between mental health and physical health and how loneliness can actually decrease your immune system. but also what happens to old age pensioners who don't have people who can help them out? what happens to old age

pensioners who put off going to see a gp? the knock—on effect is huge. yes, you are vulnerable to coronavirus but there are so many other things that will actually worsen things. and that doesn't have to be the case just for elderly people. self isolation could affect, because a lot of other people who are younger will still be self isolating, the mental health impact isolating, the mental health impact is actually going to be very great and while there are some really positive things that could happen, families could reconnect, couples could find quality time with each other, what we may find is that there is a spike in the divorce rate, for example. iwould there is a spike in the divorce rate, for example. i would love to think that there might be a baby boom in nine months time at unfortunately research last week came out talking about domestic violence and how there is a real worry that that could actually increase as couples are forced to be more at home and perhaps the controlling partner is at home more often. we know that is a problem over the christmas period stop it is

just a matter of days people are encouraged or forced to spend just a matter of days people are encouraged orforced to spend quite a bit of time together and this is over much longer period. it is heartening, though, to see that communities are getting organised in advance of this, having been warned by the health secretary that this is going to be necessary. and charities have come out, make age uk have come out and are said to make sure that the elderly people in your area have got food and essentials but also some kind of communication. we have to make sure that as many elderly people as we know are as tech savvy as possible because if they are going to be isolated than having communicated by skype, facetime, whatsapp, i don't think any longer is it enough —— it is enough to say they are too old to understand it. we need to get them set up. the times. democrats to hold virtual offence. we have the technology so why not? the democratic race is

still very much under way. bernie sanders is looking to topplejoe biden who is seen as the establishment figure. clearly in the past year have been able to have the crowd cheering. bernie sanders in particular responds very well to this. they want this to carry on, they want this to continue stop that they want this to continue stop that they will keep trying to hold these big town hall meetings. the big worry is that as we saw earlier in the contest, when it came to democratic voting, the democrats brought in electronic collection of boating and it all failed abysmally. can they actually do it? talking of elderly people and tech, i suppose bernie sanders and joe biden, they might need to get their tech house in order. i don't know how you get that atmosphere when you have that distance down the screen. they will have to have some sort of canned laughter, probably. that is it for the papers tonight.