day. exams cancelled, the day. exams cancelled, schools closed —— headline. this is huge for so many people who have kids in school, so many pupils who have been studying for years for gcse‘s and a level. a huge step by the government. it is. and every time the government comes out with another sort of order around coronavirus that we have to do something, it raises more questions. so this article also picks up some those questions. so the children of key workers are still going to go to skeleton schools, and then who cou nts skeleton schools, and then who counts as the key workers? which schools are going to be the schools that are open? and then how is that assessment going to made of those pupils who have been studying for so long when they actually get their grades and they are not going to have exams as such? how will that work out? it is such a dynamic situation. you can understand that not all the a nswe i’s a re can understand that not all the answers are going to be there. it is also one of the many

articles that starts comparing the situation to a wartime situation and refers to the blitz and how schools in rural areas carried on teaching and there were many references, as you read through media articles, looking at the situation we are in and comparing it to a warlike situation. it is a line being used by so many people, so many leaders. the other thing that is interesting in this article is interesting in this article is apparently so patrick bell is apparently so patrick bell is comedy scientific advisor, said last week that schools would have to close for at least 13 weeks, because you can't trust children not to, basically, be kept apart for that time otherwise. that is taking us to the summer holidays, practically, isn't it? yes. this is what is putting quite a lot of fear into people's mines at the moment is how long is this going to last for and the

fraught concept that for months you might have to be confined to your own home in some way. and i think, again, here is an article or a comment saying people still have to take exercise when they are in social isolation. i think people have weird images conjuring up about how on earth are they going to stay in their homes for months and keep it at the same time? so yes indeed, some worrying thoughts it is staring up. we move onto the financial times. this article in the ft, sterling hammett as london prepares to go into lockdown. we take the two separately. the sterling hammett, unsurprising, really, given what is happening in the uk. yes. there are references in here to things such as brexit and there are so many different aspects in here talking about why the impact on stirling is so bad and it mentions though, andrew bailey, the new bank of england governor, and saying that they

are going to print more money, they will be offering short—term loans, and everyone is talking about boosting the economy and supporting the economy, but still stirling has slumped, alongside all of the other things that are going on, which is the oil price that has collapsed and of course the dramatic fall in demand for oil. the other thing that is interesting in here is the liquidation of assets that is going on and the need for cash and there is a comment that a lot of people are needing cash so lot of people are needing cash so they are liquidating the only thing they can, they are selling and getting out of there portfolio, their investment portfolios. interesting to see what they will have in terms of impact in the long—term. let's talk about the long—term. let's talk about the lockdown aspect of it. it says the prime minister has gone from advising people to wash their hands to planning the closure of london in a matter of days. these are rumours that have gone around the last 2a hours or so that

london will be in lockdown. what they don't understand is if london is in lockdown, how do the school stay open to teach the children of nhs workers and carers? i can't think about the two together. as london going to be in lockdown by the weekend? -- is london? i don't think it can be in total lockdown. we have heard about the public transport system, there will be closure of network ‘s —— stations across the network. there will be skeleton staff working to get key workers, as they are described, to places of work. that means that children will also have to get to school somehow if there are going to be these skeleton schools. i don't believe there can be total lockdown because we still need people to get around. i guess, as in many other countries, total lockdown might mean that actually food shops and chemists, pharmacists, are kept open, which is happening as other places. so people still have to get out and get physically to

these places. in italy and france are supermarkets, pharmacies, they are well—stocked and open. it is important to point that out even during times of lockdown. what interests me as some people are saying we may go to that length, because people, especially in big cities, not heeding the advice from the government. are still going out to pubs and to eat out. people just not listening? yeah, they are thinking, gosh, if it is only a small group and i am resilient in a' i've heard people say i am strong and fit, some people are not realising they can be a carrier, even though they are feeling 0k. some people are describing it as being slightly selfish. but this is, you know, this is happening day by day and we have heard more and more restau ra nts have heard more and more restaurants are actually now closing, more and more establishments are choosing to close so people will have even fewer options to go out. what they don't understand is the government didn't say at the

beginning, you need to shut down these places. theyjust advise people not to go. was that an insurance thing? obviously insurance can't kick in at that point. it can't. but actually a lot of the insurance policies that people have bought one particular cover coronavirus either. these policies are all about you had to have some physical damage to your premises or your property 01’ your premises or your property or facilities to stop you doing business. so a lot of policies wouldn't even cover this, u nfortu nately. wouldn't even cover this, unfortunately. 0k, we move onto the japan times. an article talking about support for jobs and firms being a priority. this is the japan times. it is not just the japanese government, it is governments around the world who are sitting down and thinking how much support can we give at this time? yes. in this article is actually challenging whether giving cash, so giving money to citizens, is the right way forward , citizens, is the right way forward, which is a proposal

here. they know some other, i think hong kong already decided they would give $10,000 to each one of their citizens over the age of 18, here they are proposing... eye suddenly want to become a citizen of hong kong —— eye suddenly. laughter. they might give cash to individuals. how will it help if people can't go out and spend the cash? so they will put it in their savings for the future. there is a challenge there as to whether that is the right stimulus to do. i don't know how zero hours contracts and things like that works in japan, but my concern for a lot of these people are when you are on zero houi’s of these people are when you are on zero hours 01’ you of these people are when you are on zero hours 01’ you are paid are living week by week getting enough money may be in cash to pay your rent and things, how are you going to actually survive and pay the bills? i think this is a lot of what governments are concerned about, how are we going to keep the population with their head above water? let's skip over, i

wa nt to ta ke above water? let's skip over, i want to take us to our last story and skip over the us stimulus package. they want to talk about emissions. some people have been talking about this. you've seen those maps of china showing the amount of pollution has diminished to such a vast extent, especially above the wuhan area. this is a story within itself that the pandemic has created, on the one hand, obviously, devastation and death in 70 places, but on the other hand we are seeing an impact on the environment which is wholly positive. there is one piece of analysis here which says there was a stunning 25% reduction in china's emissions through the virus, the coronavirus crisis that they were going through. so that is dramatic. and with people not flying and thousands and thousands of lights been cancelled, that is also helping. but there is, u nfortu nately, helping. but there is, unfortunately, this other side to this, which says, actually,

economies, countries, they are going to want to bounce back after this crisis and, therefore, there will be a dramatic increase in emissions as they get, you know, they get... 0h as they get, you know, they get... oh no, that was my one good news story of the coronavirus epidemic and you have basically said it will not last. oh well, thank you very much indeed, inga, forjoining us much indeed, inga, forjoining us and doing the paper so brilliantly from the comfort of your own home. thank you. i have been very glad to have your company. thank you so much for watching bbc news in what are particularly difficult times. iam are particularly difficult times. i am on twitter. goodbye from me.

hello, there. yesterday it was scotland that had the best of the day's bright weather, with some spells of sunshine coming through, for example in this weather watch picture from the aviemore area. it was not like that everywhere though. for england and wales, we've had a slow—moving weather front with us for a couple of days now, and that's been bringing some murky weather and outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. that front is this stripe of cloud you can see here. and it is this weather front that separates the mild but rather murky weather to the south, to the clearer, sunnier conditions, but colder conditions that we have across the north of the uk. now, over the next few hours, that weather front is still with us, bringing cloud and rain, murky as well across parts of the midlands, wales and southern counties of england, with some hill fog patches. but it is the cloud that stops it from getting too cold, so it's actually quite mild. temperatures for some at around eight celsius over the next few hours. whereas, further north, with those clearer skies in place, yes, it i cold enough for a few bits of frost, although quite windy for the northern isles, and that will keep temperature from dropping too far. it will though bring a few showers into shetland and orkney as we start the day. there will be a few more showers coming and going into the north—west

of scotland later on as well. but the winds will be getting lighter all the time. further south, we've got our weather front, that's not really moving very far through the day. if you start off with outbreaks of rain, chances are they will still probably be there, even into the latter part of the afternoon. temperatures for most around 8—10 degrees. but on the northern edge of this front, it could be quite chilly for one or two areas, with temperatures around 5 degrees in one or two spots. for friday, well, our front is a still there but it is moving a little bit further southwards so the cloud still thick enough for an odd patch of rain. we'll have these cold winds, gusty winds, particularly around the headlands of south—west england, the hills and coasts of south wales and the wind will make you feel quite chilly even though there will be a little bit more of that sunshine to go around. looking at the weather charts into the weekend — this area of high pressure really is setting up for quite a prolonged dry spell of weather for the uk, but the amount of cloud that we see is likely to vary from place to place. now, on saturday, we could see some areas of cloud come across the north sea. that may well affect some of our eastern coast. but the best of any bright

or sunny weather, well, probably west of scotland, north—west england, western wales, the favourite areas for seeing some lengthy spells of sunshine. that cool wind though will knock the edge off those temperatures around these eastern coasts. temperatures just 6 in aberdeen — that's not particularly warm for that time of year. the second half of the weekend also looks like it will stay dry with occasional bright or sunny spells and the fine weather looks set to last for many of us into the first part of next week as well.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: calls for urgent clarification about what will happen to the thousands of students hit by the scrapping of this year's gcses and a—levels because of school closures. the government will introduce emergency legislation to help tackle the cornonavirus crisis as parts of the london transport network are shut down. good morning. what next in the world of work? with millions working from home, and millions more wondering how safe theirjobs are, i'll be looking at your rights when it comes to pay. good morning. in sport: going ahead with the olympics would be "irresponsible", the words of an organising committee member, as pressure builds