changes will come in services. these changes will come in on august one, and may be delayed further depending how the virus develops. it is worth saying that there will be a cost, tens of millions, and that cost will be borne by the bbc, rather than the government. for all of the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak, including what symptoms to look out for, and how to reduce your risk, just visit our website at bbc.co.uk/news or go to the bbc news app. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. it may have been actually start this morning but it was sunny across much of the uk. that is now changing. the closer you are to this weather system, that means northern ireland and scotland, not just system, that means northern ireland and scotland, notjust cloud but rain moving in and especially for western scotland through the afternoon into the evening, becoming very wet, with a strengthening wind. some rain for northern ireland, the more persistent the further west you are. across england and wales,

although some of the song will turn hazy across western parts, it will stay fine the sunny spells in east anglia, light winds here, but strong winds with average speeds across north—west scotland, some gusts up to 60 mph, and not feeling one where you have got the rain, but pleasant where you have got the sunshine. that way the system will move south, clearing scotland and northern ireland, leaving clear spells and blustery showers. the rain merely for wales and west in england as it heads south, most persistent in the hills. clear spells in the far south—east of england. the far north—east of scotland remaining dry, a touch of frost possible going into the morning, but for most, a milder start tomorrow, a claudia stott across england and wales, not much rain left, this patchy rain to the west, some missed around koh sandhills, but no substantial rain coming into northern ireland and much of scotland as the day goes on. despite the cloud, rain and breeze it will be more mild with many areas

into double figures. this weather front has another go at moving south on tuesday into wednesday, it is the dividing line between milder air to the south and colder air to the north, and notice the arrows across northern scotland on wednesday, denoting strong to gale force winds with blustery, wintry showers, but some sunny with blustery, wintry showers, but some sunny spells away from the showers for scotland and northern ireland, and cloud for england and wales, you can pick out some patchy, mostly light rain, if you see any practise to the south of that, very mild potentially, but most of us turning colder, with the cold air winning out towards the weekend. still across southern parts, there could be a bit of rain for a time but notice elsewhere, high pressure is building in. what does that mean? rain across parts of southern england before it clears, whereas elsewhere, dry with some sunshine around, but notice it is colder, and

he called fuel to the weather will be enhanced by a chilly easterly breeze. —— decoder fuel to be enhanced by a chilly easterly breeze. —— decoderfuel to the weather. but most of us will be dry by the time we get to next weekend. that's your forecast. a reminder of our top story... plans for social distancing for the elderly and the vulnerable will be discussed at the government's emergency meeting on coronavirus this afternoon. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... it's certainly going to be a big couple of days for several sports as they plan their next steps amid this coronavirus pandemic. there's still plenty of questions surrounding the tokyo olympics this summer, but there has been some developments as organisers continue to plan for the games.

our sports correspondent, andy swissjoins me now, andy what more can you tell us? we understand that tomorrow the ioc will hold talks with the various international sports federations because a lot of them are struggling to hold their olympic qualifying competitions because of coronavirus. the ioc will also have an executive board meeting, their second in a fortnight to discuss the elitist elements. we are not expecting anything concrete, it is being described as an update but with just four months until the games that is clearly growing concern. we had the japanese prime minister insisting they would go ahead as planned but authorities surely know this is a very serious issue and when they have to address. —— it is one they have to address. —— it is one they have to address. —— it is one they have to address. england's rugby premiership is set to be postponed due to the pandemic.

european cup competitions are also set to be put on hold. our rugby union correspondent, chrisjones has all the details. football has put the season on hold for three weeks but nobody realistically thinks it will resume in three weeks even though premiership rugby might say four weeks there is also a feeling among some clubs that a suspension may be ten or 12 weeks is going to be needed but with so many things and only coronavirus that is very much a case of let's wait and see what unfolds. it will be a big day for super league clubs too, after four toronto wolkpack players were put into self isolation after experiencing mild symptoms of coronavirus. they will meet the rugby football league for talks on how the sport continues. st helens‘ chairman has warned the future of clubs is in real danger. there are huge financial implications, the very existence of oui’ implications, the very existence of our sport is on the line. we are different to soccer, we are at the beginning of our season, this is

open—ended and time and quantum, no one knows the full extent of it. the british horseracing authority are set to close it's doors to fans. however they've also just shut their headquarters with some staff self—isolating as a precaution. racing continues as normal, at hereford and southwell. kelso has already closed it's doors, making it the first meeting in britain without a crowd. that's due to the scottish government guidance banning all gatherings of more than 500 people. trainer nick alexander has four runners there and joined us a little earlier. export feel very odd, initially i was slightly uncomfortable because it seemed absurd to be going ahead but the other side of the coin it is important to keep any bits of the economy going that can be safe to be doing so but people are doing the right thing song as it is government recommended. and before we go, something to put

a smile on your face. we've seen how sportsmen and women have been keeping themselves busy with the majority of their events postponed. just take a look at this. over in melbourne, six time world champion, lewis hamilton has swapped the track for the waves as he went surfing.. after formula one's australian grand prix was called off, and he's not bad at that either..! that's all the sport for now. and on our website there's live boxing olympic qualifiers to watch. on wall street they have stopped trading because of losses, they were reporting a 9.7% loss at the start and trading has been halted after the opening bell, this is something

replicated across the world, markets across europe in terrible shape, the ftse 100 was down over across europe in terrible shape, the ftse100 was down over 7% this morning, markets in germany, france and spain lost between ten and 12% but a dramatic impact there in the united states and new york, wall street halting trading after the opening bell because of the losses. more on that once we have it. well, later this afternoon, we're expecting to hear more from the government about measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus — including social distancing and self—isolation. one woman who is currently doing both is 75 year—old maddy rijndorp . she started isolating herself two days ago. maddy appeared on the victoria derbyshire show and discussed her situation with a range of experts — who looked at what it could mean for over—705 to stay at home. maddy began by explaining why she chose to self—isolate. because i feel extremely vulnerable and because i am alone

and i have no family. i just don't want to be in that position where i don't know what to do and i can't breathe. having had pneumonia several times and asthma all my life, which is regulated, i know what it feels like to not be able to breathe. and i dont want to be then feeling that i might die and i'm all alone. so i'm trying my best to avoid it. so you're staying indoors 24/7 or are you going out at some point? no, i will be going out. i only started this properly yesterday. i will be going out because i have a very lively dog which needs to be exercise. my plan is to drive to i have a heath near here and to be able to let my dog off the lead and she can run around and hopefully there won't be too many people around. and that's partly going to give me exercise as well. it's going to be a focus part of my plan of what i'm going to do through the day. yeah, and i'm guessing you're

a pretty capable 75—year—old. yes. in normal times, i'm just i want to know how anxious you feel right now. ifeel very anxious, not quite as anxious as last week, because i feel that we've got to stop being selfish. i feel i'm being very selfish because i'm lucky i have a garden and i can go in the garden. there are lots of elderly people to be stuck in flats who weren't able to do the internet. so i'm trying to be like we're all in it together, so let's get on with it. yeah. and are you still gonna go to the shops or are you gonna get online deliveries if you can? i've had online deliveries for some time, so that's fine. i will do that. although i heard today on the news that some people have had their deliveries, they've made them, but they've been cancelled. and then i don't know what people do about that. and my real concern is also not me because i can do it online. but there are lots of people who will not be able to do the shopping online. so how do they get there.

absolutely right. well, let's bring in deborah , who is the head of the charity independent age. i mean, for those people who over 70 who at some point will be told to self—isolate and they they genuinely can't or don't want to go out to get supplies, how are they gonna be helped? well, i think as your other guest said, i think it's really important that we actually have an attitude of being in this together. so i would say that we need to be thinking about our older relatives or our friends and neighbours and supporting them to prepare now for potentially a prolonged period of self isolation. so, you know, lots and lots of older people are very technically savvy. but for those who aren't can we help them ensure that they're able to get them many medication delivered, that they do have an online shopping system set up, that they can perhaps make some video calls so they can see friendly faces as well? i think now is the time for us to be thinking ahead, supporting people to be ready as a whole community response.

what do you think of this plan for all over 70s to self—isolate at some point? well, it's very blunt, isn't it? you know, not all over 70s are the same, you know, 70—year—olds and 90—year—olds are just not not in the same category at all. we wouldn't treat 20—year—olds and 40—year—olds in that way. there are also 6.5 million over seventies in the uk at them. and that's a lot of people who are potentially going to be on their own for a prolonged period of time that will inevitably cause a lot of both physical and mental health problems that the health service needs to be able to pick up on as well. so i guess one thing that's very clear is that not all experts agree. and so this is because it's a rapidly emerging situation. but what we do need to focus on is practical help, advice and guidance and community response to enable people to get through this crisis together. can i ask?

are the over 70s more likely to contract coronavirus or compared to a 35—year—old or not. you may want to answer this, katrina. my understanding is that we don't have evidence to say they're necessarily more likely to contract. we do know is that the mortality rates steeply increase beginning really after 60, but particularly in 70 and above. that's interesting you say where you're no more at risk you're no more at risk of catching it. i don't know of any evidence to suggest you're more likely to catch it. i completely agree with that. we know that there's just like. yeah, this kind of increasing mortality rate from young children up until elderly people. but we really don't know how that relates to the likelihood of contracting it. a lot of the age related mortality is to do with underlying health conditions, which are much more common in older people. understood. tell us about your group in east london and how many people are now on your whatsapp group? oh, yeah.

so started a facebook group and on thursday, just two in response to the fact that people are self—isolation, people who are socially distance in, and we know that the impact of that is can be different on different kinds of people. so if you're elderly and you don't have a family around or if you're a single parent or, you know, even an international student, you know, that's going to have really serious implications if you dont have food and you need your prescription. so started that we're going into your smaller whatsapp groups based on your ward. so just a very, very localised area giving out leaflets and door to door just to say we're here, give us a call if you need anything. you know, we want to be there for you kind of thing. i started the group and the worked out, you know, no onejoined, no one cared. and they now it's 2,500 people. yeah, it's amazing. i'm really genuinely touched that so many people have come forward and been really proactive, really self—organizing.

people were just doing this themselves, figuring out the best way to do it. is this the kind of thing that you're talking about in terms of helping? it's clearly fantastic to see that kind of community response in us coming together. and actually, there could be an opportunity here to recreate some sense of community that that has been lost. groups want to deliver shopping. so certainly one of the things that we would encourage people to do, if you know that a neighbour needs shopping, that you can actually safely deliver it to a doorstep and then step back. so it is this two meters place. so actually somebody go for a walk with their dog and being two meters apart from probably is not at risk in contracting the disease. but of course, they need them to go home if they've touched anything to to wash their hands. and the normal advice we're all being given. let me ask our panel some questions, if i may. particularly on this issue of over 705, roy text to say you can't ask over 70s to self isolate across the board. i'm 79 and if i don't work, i can't pay my rent and i would be homeless. my housing association dont give any leeway on rent payments. elizabeth, which is a fair point. you know, there are plenty of 70s

who work at the moment. it feels as though every 70s are being treated as this one homogenous group. that's completely not the case, is it? elizabeth wants to know, can we know why i was over 17 and not elizabeth wants to know, can we know why us over 70s are not being asked to self—isolate? now it's good that it's too big and ask. i mean, the thing is, if you're going to say to people, i mean, firstly, there are a lot of these off economically active. i know in my local super big supermarket. most of the people working there are older people and it's great. it has huge both economic impact and also mental health and physical health impact on older people. if you're saying don't go out, don't meet yourfriends. this is bad for people's physical and mental health. but the reason matt hancock gave on the television yesterday on the andrew marr programme was that this is in the plan. we're not asking people to do it yet because people might tire of it if it's too long a period and therefore they won't comply, i think.

i was just going to say that this idea that we can delay social distancing measures that are known to be effective and then time itjust right and implement them are just the right moment to blunt. the epidemic has never been done successfully to my knowledge before and rarely even been tried. what we know from flu pandemic dating back to 1918, as well as our experience with this pandemic, is that the places that implement these measures early do better than those that don't. ok, so the behavior question, which if you do it for too long, people won't comply. what do you say to that? that's a conjecture. and i think that's a difficult problem. but i would rather that we end up three weeks from now in a situation more like china, where in a country of a billion people, there are ten new cases per day than in a situation like italy where doctors are having to ration ventilators and figure that stuff out in a few weeks. and we do also need to come together and we're going to need to learn

how to live and work and support one another differently. yeah, i mean, another message. this is ian who's emailed. i have friends in my 70s.