and we really want to stay open, but i was out at the properties myself yesterday. it just i was out at the properties myself yesterday. itjust didn't seem sensible at all, given it was mother's day today and the weather this is bbc news. was lovely. we knew the numbers the headlines: would rise and it didn't feel in the the national health service public‘s interest to continue to be could soon be "overwhelmed" if people don't practice social open. regrettably, we decided to distancing to tackle coronavirus. that's the warning from close. which suggests you are putting advice forward on social the british prime minister. distancing but could you see people the number of people who have died we re distancing but could you see people were not observing it? after testing positive u nfortu nately, yes. were not observing it? unfortunately, yes. the properties i for coronavirus in scotland have a sad, they were busy like a has risen to ten. first minister normal day but they were still nicola sturgeon says pubs that refuse to close groups of people congregating and are putting lives at risk. using it as an opportunity. i guess people are desperate to get out to my message to them is, close now. have fresh air and that is what the we will have emergency powers within days to force you to close, trust is best. but really, this is a and we will use these powers if we have to. time for not travelling, for staying at home, staying safe and for nhs england writes looking at nature through your to 1.5 million people who are most at risk, window, if needs be over the next strongly advising them not number of weeks. the trust depends to go out for 12 weeks, on the support of our members to to protect themselves. continue to support our work and we spain reports nearly 400 more will be here at the end of it, but deaths from coronavirus. that's up by a third in 2a hours. we really do ask everyone to be

the country's state of emergency has sensible and observe the social distancing, that is so important at been extended by 15 days. this moment in time. like many in india, more than a billion people organisations, you have no way of have been asked to observe a 14—hour—long curfew knowing when you will be able to to try to limit the epidemic. reopen again? we have no way of knowing. 0ur open spaces, coastline and landscapes are still open, but again, please, please, please if you are local and walk the spaces, that is wonderful. but do not travel, it is wonderful. but do not travel, it is not good and not in the interests of the nation to do it. the trust will be here, with your support, we will be here, with your support, we will be here at the end of this and hello and welcome to viewers hopefully we can bring the sort of in the uk and around the world. benefit that we always have. did you the british prime minister boris think about anything interim, johnson has warned that unless the public starts to practise perhaps closing the cafe is in the houses, but keeping the outdoor "social distancing" more spaces open and perhaps being firmer effectively, hospitals here will soon be overwhelmed with people? i know it is difficult by the coronavirus. because no one wants to have to he urged people not to visit police this kind of thing. but their parents on mother's day because of the dangers approaching it differently, there to elderly relatives. was no halfway house as far as you nhs england is to contact 1.5 million people work on time? we did have the at greatest risk to tell them halfway house. we called the houses they must self—isolate for 12 weeks. and the cafes and so on the sunday

the number of people with the intention of keeping the who've died in the uk from coronavirus has risen to 244. gardens and estates open. but it was u nfortu nate, gardens and estates open. but it was unfortunate, as i say, it is a there are more than combination of people worried that 5000 confirmed cases. they will be locked in so they were the world health organisation has told having a final walk in the sunshine. the bbc it will take ‘at least a year‘ to develop plus, beautiful weather which we a vaccine against the virus. haven't had for quite a long time globally, more than 310,000 people are confirmed to have been and mother's day. if you put those infected with the virus, and over 13,500 have things together, our car parks and died. these estates are a honey pot and we spain, one of the worst—affected countries, had instances yesterday where there has extended its state of emergency we re had instances yesterday where there for another two weeks as their death were queues of traffic down the toll rose by nearly 400 in a day. roads, which is simply not good for the emergency services, for example. we'll have reports from around the world over the next and genuinely, the national trust half an hour, but first, richard galpin reports ta kes and genuinely, the national trust on the situation in the uk. takes its national responsibility really seriously. so hand on heart, as much as i want people to be able the streets across this country to enjoy the outdoors, it is not the are now quieter, this following increasingly urgent calls from the government right thing to do right now. for people to stay at home. what about your staff and continuing to look after the properties to the even the churches are closed, best of your ability? will you be reducing to a lesser service? we are and this is mothering sunday. and now, the government in the middle of making all of those

is implementing decisions right now. this is a even more stringent measures to protect serious time. at the trust we have a 1.5 million people lot of staff, about 8000 full—time, who are most at risk. public staff, and potentially they effectively putting them don't have a lot of work to do at the moment. we, like everyone else, into a 12 week lockdown. wa nt to the moment. we, like everyone else, want to make sure that those who can work from home will work from home, but we are in the middle of trying to work out how we deploy our staff if you are one of these indiviuals, i well, so that when we get to the end understand he would be very worried. we wouldn't have done this lightly. of this we will still be able to we are doing this because it is absolutely critical to save lives. welcome people back through our at the same time, we will be setting gates again. the director-general of out to you how we are going to help the national trust, thank you very them so they might be staying much indeed. in the last few moments at home for a long time we have heard of new measures being but they should not feel alone. the 1.5 million people brought in in greece. the prime who will receive letters or text messages in the coming days minister of greece has announced it will impose a nationwide movement include those who have had organ transplants or who have severe restrictions from monday tomorrow. respiratory conditions, cystic there are no further details at the fibrosis or specific cancers. the advice is for them moment about what exactly those will not to go out for involve. that is what we have heard 12 weeks. and not to have any gatherings from greece in the last few moments, of friends or families, nor shopping, leisure or travel. from greece in the last few moments, from monday greece will have nationwide restrictions on movement. meanwhile, there is still concern more on that when we have it. about how seriously people who are spain has doubled the current healthy are taking the advice to 15—day state of emergency as its death toll rose by nearly 400 in the past 24 hours. whilst in italy, prime minister giuseppe conte has announced a new set of lockdown measures which edge closer to shutting

keep at least two metres apart from down the entire country. more than 4,800 people have now died in italy. freya cole reports. singing. they are the delivery drivers working in lombardy, italy's worst hit region. rallying his colleagues, each other. the worker belts out a tune, what is described encouraging them to keep going. as social distancing. in london, the police are expected to be given day by day, italy's lockdown extra powers. is growing more severe. in the lombardy region alone, the emergency bill that exercising outside has been banned. is going to go through parliament next week the use of vending will give additional powers to the police machines, forbidden. and others to enforce the law. i am not somebody who says these things and for the rest of the country, lightly. the prime minister has ordered but i am quite clear that all nonessential factories unless people stay at home, unless and businesses to close. people stop using public transport unless it is essential, unless translation: we are slowing down people stop interacting with each the country's productive engine, other, more people will die. but we're not stopping it. it's not an easy decision, but a decision that allows us to add to the challenge now facing the to face the most acute phase country, some nhs staff say they have still not received the of the contagion. protective equipment they need, such as masks, to stop them or their it's not yet clear what factories patients being infected. will close but supermarkets, pharmacies, post offices and banks will remain open. public transport will continue to run. the current why we are working on but the strict new measures the nhs is, i think, will span across all of the country, as a desperate attempt to slow the current why we are working on

the nhs is, ithink, adding the current why we are working on the nhs is, i think, adding to the the spread of the disease. problem, because it is notjust that on saturday alone, italy recorded we are infecting staff, those staff nearly 800 coronavirus deaths. are leaving, making for public translation: i believe we have now transport. the tube trains, when taken all measures we are able they do run, there is no way to to take before effectively shutting down the entire country. social distance, and these people but i ask myself, how will we live? are not rich enough to travel by and how will we be able to sustain ourselves if we are no longer taxi, so we are spreading this virus able to shop for food, and if supplies are not able to make more and more. it to our supermarkets? the fear is that the rapid infection rate in italy, which has overwhelmed the health services there, leaving 800 people dead on saturday alone, could be replicated here. and at the moment, there is nothing which can stop the virus spreading. spain is also in a race to save lives. authorities in madrid are working i think we have to be realistic. vaccines take a long time frantically to build a makeshift hospital to develop and test to make them safe and prove inside a large exhibition centre. they are effective and then you have got already, intensive care units to produce enough vaccine are struggling to cope. for everybody. that is a very long process. more beds are needed, we have to be very careful. and they're needed fast. this vaccine will be given around the world, more to potentially billions of people than 300,000 people have tested positive for the virus. and we have to make sure that it is

absolutely safe and that it scientists are developing does good and not harm. and testing possible vaccines, we are looking at at least a year. but as it stands, there is no cure and it's putting every health system the hope has to be that the increasingly stringent under immense strain. measures now being implemented will slow the spread of the disease. freya cole, bbc news. richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent more on spain, the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, is asking parliament to extend the state of emergency helen catt is here. there by another 15 days. the lockdown bars people we will be having one of the uk from leaving home except for "essential" outings. government's regular news translation: i am confident conferences shortly, but helen, we the government will support the extension of the state know from the prime minister today of emergency across the country. that there are worries about the i am very aware that it is a drastic measure, the most drastic extent to which people are observing ta ken by our country. everyone needs to self—isolate social distancing. there does seem until the 11th of april, as experts agree it is an effective to be some confusion. we don't know measure in the fight against the coronavirus. if people are confused or not listening, but there does seem to be the spanish prime minister, pedro some element of people not observing sanchez. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez. the advice the government has been let's take a look now

at what's happening in other countries around the world. giving out on this idea of social in a moment, we'll hear from our correspondents in paris and los angeles. but first, here's laura bicker distancing. what does that mean? in seoul, in south korea, where they seem to have dramatically trying to stay away physically from slowed down the spread of the virus. here in south korea, anyone you don't live within your despite having the worst outbreak in asia outside mainland china, there have been no household as much as possible. if restrictions on movement, there has been no lockdown. you have to have face—to—face contact, stay two metres apart. that but today the government has set out an urgent message, is the gist of it and it is what the saying that people should stop gathering in places like churches and karaoke halls. government has been advising since places like nightclubs, where we have seen people in gangnam last monday and that every single gathering in large groups, one of us should be doing, but we they are worried about one thing. saw that wasn't necessarily happening, so we saw the government closing clubs, pubs and bars on friday, but we are seeing that shifting to outdoor spaces. we heard from the prime minister earlier, blunt words and blunt warnings about

the impact of ignoring this advice, talking about the nhs being overwhelmed, being in the same situation italy is in in two or three weeks. indeed, today, spain has extended its state of emergency, so has extended its state of emergency, so people will be wondering if further restrictions are possible. the communities secretary was saying earlier that we are a free society. they would like the fact that people are able to get outdoors, which is important for exercise and mental well—being, but they may have to look at other measures of people are not observing this very basic thing. helen, thank you

this is bbc news. the headlines. the national health service could soon be "overwhelmed" if people don't practice social distancing to tackle coronavirus. that's the warning from the british prime minister. the number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus in scotland has risen to 10 — first minister, nicola sturgeon, says pubs that refuse to close are putting lives at risk. my my message to them is close now. we will have emergency powers within days to force you to close and we will use these powers if we have to. nhs england writes to 1.5 million people, who are most at risk — strongly advising them not to go out for 12 weeks, to protect themselves. spain reports nearly 400 more deaths from coronavirus. that's up by a third in 24 hours.

the country's state of emergency has been extended by 15 days. holland sees a 16% rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus. the death toll has gone up by 43 since yesterday. in india, more than a billion people have been asked to observe a 14 hour—long curfew to try to limit the epidemic. hello and welcome to viewers on bbc one and around the world. within the next hour hour, we'll be live in central london where we're expecting the government to give an update on measures to counter the spread of the coronavirus. but first, a reminder of today's key developments. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has warned that unless the public starts to practise

"social distancing" more effectively, hospitals here will soon be overwhelmed by the coronavirus. he's urged people not to visit their parents on mothers day because of the dangers to elderly relatives. nhs england is to contact 1.5 million people at greatest risk to tell them they must self—isolate for 12 weeks. the number of people who've died in the uk from coronavirus has risen to 244. there are more than 5,000 confirmed cases. the world health organization has told the bbc it will take at least a year to develop a vaccine against the virus. globally, more than 310,000 people are confirmed to have been infected with the virus, and over 13,500 have died. spain, one of the worst affected countries, has extended its state of emergency for another two weeks as their death toll rose by nearly 400 in a day. richard galpin reports.

the streets across this country are now quieter. this, following increasingly urgent calls from the government for people to stay at home. even the churches are closed and this is mothering sunday. and now the government's implementing even more stringent measures to protect 1.5 million people who are most at risk. effectively, putting them into a 12 week lockdown. if you are one of these individuals, i understand you will be very worried and we wouldn't have done this lightly. we are doing this because it is absolutely critical to save lives. at the same time, we will be setting out to them how we are going to help them, so they might be staying at home for a long time but they shouldn't feel alone. the 1.5 million people who will receive letters or text messages in the coming days, include those who have had organ transplants or who have severe respiratory conditions, cystic fibrosis or specific cancers.

the advice is for them not to go out for 12 weeks and not to have any gatherings of friends or families, nor shopping, leisure or travel. meanwhile, there is still concern about how seriously people who are healthy are taking the advice to keep at least two metres apart from each other. what is described as social distancing. in london, the police are expected to be given extra powers. the emergency bill that's going to go through parliament next week will give additional powers to the police and others, to enforce the law. i am not somebody who says these things lightly, but i am quite clear, unless people stay at home, unless people stop using public transport unless it's essential, unless people stop interacting with each other, more people will die. to add to the challenge now facing the country, some nhs staff say they've still not received the protective equipment they need, such as masks to stop them

or their patients being infected. the current way we are working in the nhs is actually, i think, adding to the problem. because it's notjust that we are infecting staff, those staff are leaving, they are taking public transport, the trains, the tube trains are now packed when they do run. there is no way to socially distance the health care workers who are obviously not rich enough to travel by taxi. and so we are spreading this virus more and more. the fear is, the rapid infection rate in italy, which has overwhelmed the health services there leaving 800 people dead on saturday alone, could be replicated here. and at the moment, there is nothing which can stop the virus spreading. i think we have to be realistic, vaccines take a long time to develop, test, make them safe, prove

they are effective and then you've got to produce enough vaccine for everybody. that's a very long process, we have to be very careful. this vaccine will be given to potentially billions of people and we have to make sure that it is absolutely safe and that it does good, not harm. we are looking at least a year. the hope has to be that the increasingly stringent measures now being implemented will slow the spread of the disease. richard galpin, bbc news. we can go live to westminster and join our chief political correspondent, vicki young. what are you expecting, vicky?” think the language from the prime minister will be pretty stark. if you read the articles he has written in the newspapers today that were issued overnight, there was no

getting away from the fact that that message, he is really trying to ram their home to people to follow this advice. talking about the uk being two or maybe three weeks behind what is happening in italy and for lots of people that will be pretty alarming, looking at the number of deaths there. but also saying the numbers here are stark and they are accelerating and unless we make a collective, national effort it is all too likely that the nhs will be overwhelmed. and so, up until now of course, that advice has been to everybody to social distance, staying two metres apart. but of course, that advice is more important for the elderly and those who have certain underlying health conditions. i think that message will be coming across very strongly. the question for the government does remain, whether they are willing to enforce this more robustly. up until 110w enforce this more robustly. up until now they are relying on people to read the advice, follow it and use common sense. but it is obvious some

are not doing that and it is an issue for the government. the m essa 9 es we issue for the government. the messages we heard from the mayor of london was simply too stay—at—home. similarly from nicola sturgeon. if you don't have to see somebody, don't do it. we have seen across the country as well, in some places they are closing parts, the national trust has closed its premises and in other parts of the country, parks are staying open. in some supermarkets they are restricting how many people can go in at one time, in others, they are not. it is whether those decisions will carry on being made locally whether the government will move towards what other you're european countries have done, and force people to do it. what have they been grappling with in the meantime, a reluctance to do something that may be perceived as

extreme? they have always talked about the timing of this. this is unlike anything any others will have experience. they worried about people getting tired of the things they are being asked to do and they stop doing itjust at the moment when the country hits the peak number of infections, because although those numbers are alarming at the moment, they will rise. that could be some weeks away, so they have been saying we have got to weigh up the impact it has on people's lives, with how effective it is. it is the reason why the schools were not close until friday because they felt the impact was so great compared to the difference it would make. that has been the message all along, hoping that people take this seriously and react. that is why i think you'll see these 1.5 million letters going to those who have certain underlying health conditions, making it plain to them they have to stay inside for weeks. so i think that is what they have been grappling with. of course, a reluctance to take some of these

measures, but hoping they do it in a way that they press the button, if you like, at the time when it will make the most difference and have the most impact on the spread of this virus. just a reminder we are expecting the news conference in the next 45 minutes or so from downing street. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has announced that 416 people have so far tested positive for the virus in scotland and 10 people have now died from the disease. speaking during a press briefing, the first minister said she will not hesitate to implement emergency legislation to shut down pubs which are avoiding advice to close. it's with huge sadness that i must confirm that ten people have now died in scotland, an increase of three since yesterday. and my thoughts are very much with their loved ones. today, we've also had to call on military help to transport a patient from one of scotland's islands to the mainland for treatment. and this underlines the fact that no part of scotland will not be affected by this virus, no part of our country will not have people who either have it now, or get it in the future.

and unfortunately, no corner of scotland is not at risk of seeing some of the residents die from it. let me say a word now about pubs, clubs, restaurants and gyms. i am glad to say that the vast majority have complied with the advice to close and i thank them for that. last night, a tiny minority of pubs however, stayed open. let me be blunt — in doing so they put lives at risk. my message to them is close now. we will have emergency powers within days to force you to close and we will use these powers if we have to. but you should not wait for that, you should do the right thing now and help us save lives. these are steps we all must take to protect scotland. the national trust is closing its parks and gardens from today. they say growing demand for outdoor space, including on mothering sunday, means they do not think they can keep people at a safe social distance. for more on this, i'm joined by hilary mcgrady,

director general of the national trust. shejoins me from belfast. had you hoped to avoid having to close ? had you hoped to avoid having to close? absolutely. the national trust from its formation 125 years ago, has tried to be here for the nation to provide, you know, clean airand the nation to provide, you know, clean air and the opportunity to engage with nature. that is what we wanted to do. genuinely, we tried our best