the time you buy by simply service. the time you buy by simply staying at home, we are increasing oui’ staying at home, we are increasing our stocks of equipment, accelerating our search for treatment, pioneering work on a vaccine and we are buying millions of testing kits that will enable us to turn the tide on this invisible killer. i want to thank everyone who is working flat out to beat the virus. everyone, from the supermarkets after the transport workers, to the carers, to the nurses and doctors on the front line. but in this fight, we can be in no doubt that each and every one of us is directly enlisted. each and every one of us is now obliged to join together to halt the spread of this disease, to protect our nhs and to save many, many thousands of lives. and i know, that as they have in the past, so many times the

people of this country will rise to that challenge and we will come through it stronger than ever. we will beat the coronavirus and we will beat the coronavirus and we will beat the coronavirus and we will beat it together. and therefore, i urge you, at this moment of national emergency, to stay—at—home, protect our nhs and save lives. thank you. good evening and welcome to this special news programme. as you may have just heard, the prime minister has made a statement announcing the most stringent and wide—ranging limits on our way of life that the uk has ever seen. the aim — in what the prime minister has called this national emergency — is to slow the spread of coronavirus and protect life. the measures will remain in place

for at least three weeks. for the next half hour, we're going to take you through the details of the announcement and, as best we can, what it means for you and how you live your daily life. so the key points tonight are: from tonight, you can only leave your home for very limited purposes. they are to shop for basic neccessities such as food and medicine. you can go outside for only one form of exercise a day, alone or with members of your household. you can leave home for any medical need or to care for a vulnerable person. and finally you can travel to and from work but only where absolutely necessary and if you cannot work from home. here's a reminder of what the prime minster said: from this evening i must give the british people a simple instruction. you must stay at home. because the critical thing we must do to stop

the disease spreading between households, that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes. shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible, one form of exercise per day such as a walk, run or cycle, alone or with members of your household. any medical need to provide care or help the vulnerable person, and travelling to and from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. these are the only reasons you should leave your home. you should not be meeting friends. if your friends ask you to meet, you should say no. you should not be meeting family members who do not live in your home. you should not be going shopping except for essentials like food and medicine. and you

should do this as little as you can. and use food delivery services where you can. if you don't follow the rules, the police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings. to ensure compliance with the government's instruction to stay at home we will immediately close all shops telling nonessential goods including clothing and electronics stores, and other premises, including libraries, playgrounds and outdoor gyms and places of worship. we will stop all gatherings of more than two people in public, excluding people you live with. and we will stop all social events including weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies but excluding funerals. parks will remain open for exercise, but gatherings will be dispersed. no prime minister wants to enact measures like this.

i know the damage that this disruption is doing and will do to people's lives, to their businesses and to theirjobs. let's talk first to our chief political correspondent vicki young at westminster. the prime minister clearly felt at this point he had no other option. yes, that's right. this is not the kind of address to the nation that borisjohnson or kind of address to the nation that boris johnson or any other kind of address to the nation that borisjohnson or any other british prime minister would ever have imagined they would have to make. listening to it, many people will have never heard this kind of thing said before. a huge restriction on oui’ said before. a huge restriction on our way of life. borisjohnson has been reluctant to bring in these measures, but he said earlier this week he thinks the uk, london in particular, is maybe a few weeks behind where italy is and we have seen what's happening there with the growing number of deaths. he has been coming under pressure from many

people to try and bring in these measures. i think they felt people in some places were not taking it seriously enough. if you look at the pictures shown on the bbc over the weekend, travelling to snowdonia in their hundreds and thousands, and that just had to their hundreds and thousands, and thatjust had to stop, not listening to the fact there has been no nonessential travel. so these measures being brought in because they feel they have to stop the nhs being overwhelmed with the number of cases because once doctors get to the stage where they cannot cope with the people in there, they have not got enough beds and equipment, people can die from other things. a real concern in downing street they had to act now and they are saying these measures will be enforced by police in the coming days. as far as you know, is this as far as it's going to go or might we expect more restrictions down the line? going to go or might we expect more restrictions down the line7m going to go or might we expect more restrictions down the line? it seems incredible to think of anything more than this, but if you look at other

european countries there has been an incremental shut down in many of those countries. they started with some things and moved even further. in some countries you have to have paperwork to leave the house. there are cu rfews in paperwork to leave the house. there are curfews in other countries and parks have been closed. parks will stay open so people can exercise once a day but there is always room to go further. borisjohnson relu cta nt to to go further. borisjohnson reluctant to do this. he's talked about the country being a proud liberal democracy. it's not the kind of thing you would ever expect to happen, but things have got to the stage where they felt they had to act to try to stop this virus spreading further and they do want people to take this seriously. if they don't, it will be enforced by police. vicki young outside downing street, thank you. fergus walsh, our medical correspondent, is here. you've been following the spread of the virus fromn the outset. was it inevitable we would get to this point? well, when this began, december the

sist well, when this began, december the 31st of the first recorded case in wuhan, it would have been unthinkable we would be in this situation now. unthinkable on the 23rd of january when wuhan situation now. unthinkable on the 23rd ofjanuary when wuhan and 60 million people in hubei the province went into lockdown. unthinkable when the first case it started happening in europe, but then we had the spread of the virus in italy, being overwhelmed. the turning point, this has been an inevitable event, has been since last monday when the new analysis showed that unless we switch to total suppression of the virus, the health service here really risked being overwhelmed with huge loss of life. it is that analysis that has led us here. you mentioned italy, and in terms of being overwhelmed in the north of italy the health service is seriously struggling. where is uk relative to italy at this point?

each country has its own unique epidemic but there are startling similarities between italy, and if you look at italy's cases they reached 233 deaths on the 7th of march, that was 15 days after their first death. the uk, if we overlay the graph, which shows on the 21st of march and the uk reached the same total iii days behind italy. we have reached 335 deaths, italy 6000 deaths so it looks like we are around two weeks behind them. and the social distancing the prime minister has now announced with such stringent measures, how much of an impact can that make? it can have an extraordinary impact and this is a positive point because it is thought each person with covid—i9 infects around 2.5 people and that each chain of transmission takes about

five days. if you do nothing, you just let them walk about, you will have after 30 days 406 people infected. but if you manage to cut the exposure by 50%, then after 30 days that will just the exposure by 50%, then after 30 days that willjust be 15 infected people. a huge difference. it is absolutely massive, 95% reduction, so it is really a lesson to us all to avoid unnecessary contact and that's the reason these measures have been brought in, because it really ca n have been brought in, because it really can bear down on the virus immensely. fergus walsh, thank you for that. we can go now to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford, who's at new scotland yard. these new measures, he says they will be enforced by the police, what does that mean? senior officers are

still very reluctant to get involved in continental style enforcement, they have always wanted to stick to policing by consent. they are hoping that although they will have fines behind them, ultimately if someone is being totally disobedient they will have the power to fine. they are hoping they will be able to do this by persuasion. say they find small shop open, they will go round with council officials and ask why they are still open. you know you are not supposed to be still open, we will stay here until you close your shop. they hope by doing that they will get away from to fine people unnecessarily. it is not a revenue raising exercise, someone once said to me it's all about trying to make sure that those shops are closed. the same thing applies to the idea of no public gatherings of more than two people. it is very ha rd to

of more than two people. it is very hard to go in and fine people, take them away in this kind of environment but you can persuade them and say, come on, you know you are not supposed to be doing this, disperse now, and try to policing in that way. they will need to use the powers of persuasion rather than manpower because don't forget, over the next three weeks the police themselves are expecting to lose a lot of their own offices through illness or family's illness. lot of their own offices through illness orfamily‘s illness. some offices think they could be 40% down in three weeks so that will also be a concern in terms of trying to enforce these rules. they hope it is now so clear that people will do what they are told and police officers will only have to mop up a few people around the edges. daniel sa ndford few people around the edges. daniel sandford at scotland yard, thank you. so what will this evening's announcement mean for how we live our day to day lives? in a moment we'll be speaking tojon kay who's in bristol

and emma simpson who's at london kings cross but first, sarah corker is in manchester city centre. what does the announcement mean in terms of what shops we can go to and what shops we cannot go to? these stricter rules will force people to social distance after some ignored the official guidelines over the course of the weekend, and the message from the prime minister is you must only go out to shop to pick up you must only go out to shop to pick up essential supplies. from midnight tonight, all nonessential retail stores will have to close, so that includes clothing shops and electronic stores, and those who don't essentially sell food and vital supplies, they will no longer be allowed to stay open. 0ver vital supplies, they will no longer be allowed to stay open. over the course of the last couple of days, many big name retail chains have already made the decision to close to protect their staff and customers, so to name a fewjohn lewis, hmv, primark, they have already closed their doors and in fa ct already closed their doors and in fact there were not many shoppers

coming in in the first place. from tonight mcdonald's and subway take a ways will also close. as for the list of those that will be able to remain open, defined as vital retailers, we understand they will include supermarkets, pharmacies, funeral homes and also online shops. that is the —— not the entire list but it gives you a sense of the things which are deemed as vital. 0ne things which are deemed as vital. one thing that will also help, some of these businesses that will be under great financial strain, you remember the government said on friday it will pay 80% of staff wages for those affected by these closures. 0k, sarah thank you. jon kay is in bristol— very strictr rules about actaully leaving your house. yes, fiona, right through the sunny weekend and this afternoon, places like this, this park in bristol have

been absolutely packed. this afternoon there were kids and families unable to go to school any more, so playing on the climbing frame is here instead. from now on, all of that changes. the prime minister says although parks might remain open as public spaces for now where you can go once a day with a member of your household for exercise only, apart from that the other things you might come to the park for exercise only, apart from that the other things you might come to the part four will close. anywhere you might gather. the climbing frames and areas like that will shut down. the cafe where you might geta will shut down. the cafe where you might get a takeaway coffee or cup of tea, will shut down. the tennis courts will close down, basically anywhere where people congregate. we have seen those pictures across the country over the weekend of groups of people gathering. that is what the prime minister, the government, the prime minister, the government, the advisers, the scientific advisers are trying to crack down on. they said the police could issue fines and dispersal notices to try to move people on. you can kinda

begin to get your head around that when it is a cold, dark night in march, but just remember, when it is a cold, dark night in march, butjust remember, the clocks go forward at the weekend and there is no time limit on this. the adjustment in all our lives is only, i think, just beginning to dawn on all of us. as the weather gets better and the nights get longer how a trip to the park, everything is about to change. jon kay, thank you. emma simpson is at london kings cross. how this change, for the railways and public transport? it is the start of the working week and already it is so far removed from normality. i am at one of london's busiest stations and i can count the number of passengers on the concourse on my finger tips. it is extraordinary, eerily quiet. we already have measures in place for public transport, so just to reiterate, the trains are still running but it is a reduced service,

they are focused on keeping the key routes open so key workers can travel to do theirjobs. you may have seen pictures today, we have had some real trouble on the london underground where pictures are packed, crowded carriages at certain points on the network, the exact opposite of social distancing. they really hope that will not continue tomorrow, the authorities clearly think there have been more people travelling on this part of the network than should be. so the message age, only use public transport if you are a key worker or if it is absolutely essential. although it is not quite clear what that latter point really means. emma simpson, sarah caulker and jon kay, thank you all very much. in the last few minutes, labour welcomed the prime minister's announcement. the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth, told our political correspondent jonathan blake that the previous measures were simply not working. well something did have to change.

we are seeing more and more people sadly lose their lives with this virus. and the social distancing measures the government had announced, had simply not been working. we had seen beaches full of people, parks full of people, bustling markets. so we were encouraging the prime minister to go further this morning. we called on him to take compulsory action to enforce social distancing and it looks like that's what he's done this evening. so we do support him in the drastic measures he's taken tonight. the prime minister said these measures will be enforced, the police will have powers to disperse groups. are you confident that is workable? i hope it is. obviously the prime minister's statement tonight has made a lot of announcements, there were a lot of instructions in there. we do need to understand how they will be enforced. we do need to understand the details of who can actually travel to work and who cannot travel to work. people are frightened, people are concerned and people just want certainty and clarity.

so we welcome what the prime minister has said tonight, it is what we were calling for. but we hope the government can quickly follow it up with the details that families tonight deserve to hear. alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow for us. the first minister, nicola sturgeon has been speaking in the last few minutes? that's right, she has, and over the weekend she has been speaking in an increasingly stark and serious language as this virus has spread quicker than they had originally thought it would. scotland's first minister has spoken in the last few minutes and this is what she had to say. let me be blunt, the stringent restrictions on our normal everyday lives i am about to set out are difficult and they are unprecedented. the amount effectively to what has been described as a lockdown. i know how difficult all of that is and i am not going to seek to sugar—coat it

in any way. but these measures are essential for the protection of all of us. so life in scotland is going to be incredibly different for everyone. but the reason for that, as the first minister has been telling us is to save lives and to make sure our nhs is not overwhelmed. alexander in glasgow, thank you. in the past few minutes the first minister of wales, mark drakeford has said that tighter measures will also be introduced in wales. from now on, all high street shops will be closed except those selling food, pharmacies, banks and post offices. local nhs services, including yourgp offices. local nhs services, including your gp will continue to be open. but all social events, including weddings, ba ptisms be open. but all social events, including weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies, as well as gatherings of more than two people in public should not take place. funerals will continue to be held,

but only with close family present. following this extraordinary announcement, let me just following this extraordinary announcement, let mejust remind following this extraordinary announcement, let me just remind you of the key points. from tonight, you can only leave your home for very limited purposes. they are to shop for basic neccessities such as food and medicine. you can go outside for only one form of exercise a day, alone or with members of your household. you can leave home for any medical need or to care for a vulnerable person. and finally you can travel to and from work but only where absolutely necessary and if you cannot work from home. in this fight, we can be in no doubt that each and every one of us is directly enlisted. each and every one of us is now obliged to join together, to halt the spread of this disease, to protect our nhs and to

save many, many thousands of lives. and i know, that as they have in the past so many times, the people of this country will rise to that challenge and we will come through it stronger than ever. we will beat the coronavirus and we will beat it together. and therefore, i urge you, at this moment of national emergency, to stay—at—home, protect our nhs and save lives. let's get a final word from our chief political correspondent vicki young at westminster. we are alljust absorbing what the prime minister has had to say, your reflections on what you have heard this evening? it is interesting, in the last couple of weeks i have heard the prime minister speak many times and he has talked about this being a wartime government. he was talking in those terms again tonight, saying that each of us is now enlisted. i think part of that

is to help people who are watching this, feeling frightened in some cases, concern for their jobs, this, feeling frightened in some cases, concern for theirjobs, their families, for the future. it is telling them you can do something, we all have friends who work in the nhs on the front line, but all of us now have a responsibility to make sure that the country gets through this in the best way that it can and that means effectively staying at home to help save lives. he is not disputing for the next few weeks and months, are going to be incredibly difficult. vicki young, outside number ten, thank you. there's more information on the government's website — that's gov.uk/coronavirus and of course more advice on everything we've learnt tonight and the impact on all of our lives — on our website bbc.co.uk/news. i'll be back with more in an extended ten o'clock news— until then goodbye.

hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source with the latest on the coronavirus for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister announces strict new curbs on life in the uk to tackle the virus. i urge you, at this moment of national emergency, to stay—at—home, protect our nhs, and save lives. spain records its highest daily death toll so far. but deaths in italy have dropped for the second day in a row, as it enters tougher lockdown. meanwhile, the head of the world health organisation is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is rapidly accelerating. to win, we need to attack the virus with aggressive and