a different story for the north and hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. the numberof covid—19 cases globally has now passed 400,000. here are the headlines from around the world. ran across the far northwest of scotla nd ran across the far northwest of scotland which will be seeking southeastward getting across the northeastern parts of the norther ireland as well. for the south and east across and get a well slowing a touch of france for some. could just in the uk a conference centre be little bit misty and murky for some, anger wales for much of the time seeing sunshine once again. is being transformed rain will be affecting the northern ireland and the parts of scotland, into a field hospital, andi ireland and the parts of scotland, to help the public health service cope when the virus peaks. the world health organisation warns the us could become the next and i think... epicentre of the outbreak, but president trump is insisting it could be business as usual soon. in italy there's been another spike in deaths, after two days in which the death rate had fallen. a nationwide lockdown has come into effect in india.

the prime minister orders 1.3 billion people to stay at home to stop the virus from spreading. a massive stimulus deal. the dow sees its biggest percentage—gain since the 1930s. to save india and every india, to save indian to save you and your new measures take effect family from midnight tonight there will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes. across the uk, as people and we saw this one coming, finally confirmation that the tokyo olympics will be are told to stay at home unless absolutely necessary. postponed until next year. plus, olympic glory will have to wait. the summer games injapan are postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. welcome to this addition of outside source. welcome to this addition of outside source. the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating at dramatic speed. in the past couple of hours the number of infections worldwide passed 400 thosuand. just two days ago that figure stood at 300 thousand. her

we'll have updates from countries across the world. but first, lets bring you up to speed with developments in the uk where the death toll has risen sharply in the past 2a hours. 87 people have died since yesterday, bringing the total to 422. this is the biggest one day rise here. in the last few hours the government has announced. that next week a field hospital will be opened in east london, with the help of the military. the excel conference centre is being turned into the nightingale hopsital, with two wards for up to 4000 people. at a briefing earlier, the uk health secretary also announced that more staff would be returning to the national health service. the call we made at the weekend and for people to return to the nhs has been incredibly successful so far. so far 11,788 people have answered that call.

2,660 doctors over to have townsend other health professionals and pharmacists and 6000 and 147 nurses. and i pay tribute to each and every one of those who's returning to the nhs at its hour of need. in addition from next week, 5,500 medicics and 18,700 final year student nurses will move to the front line to make sure we have the people in need and are nhs to respond to this crisis. the uk has spent its first day under tough new coronavirus restrictions after prime minister borisjohnson declared a "national emergency" and ordered everyone to stay home. you can only leave your home for very limited purposes, such as shopping for basic

neccessities like food and medicine. you can go outside for one form of exercise each day, either alone or with members of your household. you can leave home for any medical need or to care for a vulnerable person. you can travel to and from work, but only where absolutely necessary, and only if you cannot work from home. jonthan blake is in westminster. restrictions & field hospital? i guess let's start with what the heck health secretary has announced. many more people returning back to the nhs. yes, the focus from the government point of view today was on protecting the nhs and making sure it has the resources that it needs to deal with the coronavirus crisis. as you set out there most strikingly the government announced that it was creating a temporary hospital at the xl centre. a big exhibition venue in east london which will house up to 40,000

patients. it will be staffed jointly by members of the armed forces. and also nhs medical staff. we don't know the detail yet of what sort of patients will be treated there whether they'll be coronavirus patients themselves or others moved from elsewhere in the nhs to free up space. but that is happening as of 110w. space. but that is happening as of now. that will be set up in the coming days and weeks. there was also at that call for volunteers. the government wants to recruit 250,000 people to help the nhs through the coronavirus crisis. they will mostly barely involved in delivering supplies, medical supplies as well as food supplies to the one and a half million people who've been contacted by the nhs in the last day or so. who are most at risk. very vulnerable people who the government wants to stay at home com pletely government wants to stay at home completely to shield themselves entirely for the next 12 weeks. as you also had heard the health

secretary outline many thousands of people who've recently retired from the nhs and also those who are about to qualify as doctors and nurses have volunteered to come forward and work in hospitals through this crisis. that very much the focus today. still big questions about the clarity of the government advice. after the prime ministers address the nation last night. briefly if you want, when it comes to the restrictions are police beginning to be on the streets describing any lodging group or inc. of people? what powers do they have, but how are they doing this? they don't quite have the power shut before some parliamentary business has to be done here at west minister. certainly they've been out and about stopping people, reminding them of the guidelines and when necessary asking people to disperse. we heard tonight that there will be several hundred officers of the british transport police out and about on the rail networks across the uk reminding people that they should

only be travelling if it's absolutely necessary. jonathan as always, thank you so much. that's the situation in the united kingdom. let's turn to the united states now because today the world health organisation warned the us has the potential to become the epicentre of the worlds pandemic. so far we have had almost 50,000 confirmed cases across the united states. as you can see, 600 people have died. despite those numbers in that warning from the who president trump is insisting that the country will very soon get back to business. that is despite nearly one and for americans living under a state—wide lockdown. here's what he said on monday. america will again and $0011 soon be open for business. very soon. a lot sooner than three or five months and somebody was suggesting. a lot sooner. we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.

we are not going to let the cure be worse than the problem. new york has more than 25 thousand cases, that's more than half of the total across the us. from the new york times tweeted this. "ny state is now virtually tied with italy. both have around 105 confirmed cases per 100 thousand residents. and it's worth bearing in mind, ny state is less densely populated than italy, and is two weeks behind italy." the governor of new york has warned that the number of cases was doubling every three days and the peak of the infection could come in two to three weeks. here's the mayor of new york bill de blasio. this is my appeal again to the federal government to ensure that we

get a lot more, we need thousand more ventilators here in new york city to stay ahead of the curve of the disease and to save lives that can be saved. away from new york some clinics in the us have warned they face closure because they are running out of equipment including masks and surgical gowns. one of them is the open cities community health center in minnesota. community health centres are essential front line providers. and the response, preparation and prevention of covert dean. as you are well aware it has cause a widespread shorted of personal protective equipment. shorted of personal protective equipment. for more on president trump's comments about the virus, here's gary o'donoghue in washington. he's been reinforcing that message again today on social media. talking about people returning to work even, talking about again his phrase the cure being worse than the problem. of course when he references that

some people are saying it's going to bea some people are saying it's going to be a three or farmlands, is not can be a three or farmlands, is not can be that. that was him saying that. let's bear in mind it was him saying july and august. essentially, just a week ago. now he's sort of disowning that analysis and suggesting that relate the country should be getting back to work much quicker than that. there is certainly no evidence they are anywhere near the top of the curve. if you look at what's going on in new york in particular, they are now projecting they will have 140,000 cases in new york. they say they are desperately short of the equipment to treat those, the government there has asked all hospitals in new york, he's asked every single hospital in the state of new york to increase its bed numbers by 50% is a mandatory order. lets turn to india, where a country—wide lockdown has come into effect, impacting 1.3 billion people.

the restrictions will be enforced for 21 days. here's the prime minister narendra modi earlier. to save india and every indian, to save you and your family from midnight tonight that will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes. stricter containment measures follow a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in india. 519 people are known to be infected, and a further ten people have died. the bbc‘s zubair ahmed is in delhi. the lockdown has just begun. it's going to be on for a 21 days. it is a mammoth task for the authorities to enforce the lockdown. it's a population of 1.3 billion people. keeping them indoors for 21 days it's not going to be easy. but so far the people have responded well

to the appeal of the prime minister. and as we know that several indian states and fleet that have already beenin states and fleet that have already been in lockdown for the last few days. so people are getting used to it. i'm told by many people i have spoken to that they will abide by the authorities appeal and they will try to stay indoors. and are the appearance clear? of the rules clear as to what people have to do? he addressed the nation for nearly half an hour trying to explain every bit, every little bit to the people of india. he did say how many, what kind of people are going to be exempted from this. for instance he talked about the health care officials and medics, paramedics, the media and people dealing with

essential services will be exempt. he did try to explain everything but largely he said the entire population needs to stay indoors. he appealed to the people not to violate the rules. he did say it will be like a nationwide curfew which means that the police is going to implement it to enforce it and if people are still violating the rules, they might be fined or even arrested. the situation in india. coronavirus the only story where focusing on on outside source. coronavirus the only story where focusing on on outside source. the number of coronavirus infections worldwide has passed 400,000. just two days ago that figure stood at 300—000. other stories around the bbc. china is lifting its lockdown in wuhan, the city where the global outbreak began.

restrictions will be partially eased from the eigth of april. healthy people who have received a special green code on their smart phone app will be allowed to leave the city. one single case was reported in wuhan today. up—to—date with the situation in spain. up—to—date with the situation in spain. the death toll in spain has jumped by more than 500 in a single day, as the situation in the country quickly worsens. there are now almost 40—thousand recorded cases, up from a little over 33 thousand yesterday. and more than 28—hundred people have now died — making spain the worst affected country in europe after italy. a number of emergency measures are in place, including the construction of a makeshift hospital in a conference centre, and an ice rink being used, temporarily, as a morgue. guy hedgecoe has more from madrid.

the important thing here is that thatjump in the number of deaths each day is still getting bigger. the previous job each day is still getting bigger. the previousjob had been for hundred and 62. over the last 25 hours. it's been 514. you can see that number still going out. the authorities very much want to see that taper off. they have warned us that taper off. they have warned us that this week is going to be a really key week in the fight against this virus. they said that we are going to see possibly a continuation of the increase in deaths. and that those kinds of jumps. of the increase in deaths. and that those kinds ofjumps. they have also said that they are hoping that the quite restrictive measures that they've introduced just over a week ago across the country are going to start bearing some kind of fruit. hopefully within a few days we might start to see those numbers start to taper off slightly. let's hope so. i just wa nt to want to tell you about a really sad

development. want to tell you about a really sad development. spain's defence minister says staff at some care homes left after the coronavirus was detected and "the army, during certain visits, found some older people completely abandoned, sometimes even dead in their beds". here's guy hedgecoe again. the chief prosecutor is announcing an investigation into all this. it's still not clear how many retirement homes this has happened in and where exactly they are. now to italy — and our correspondent mark lowen has this update "mixed bag from italy's coronavirus figures today. deaths are up again — daily toll up from 601 to 743 today — but daily increase in infections falls again, now down to 7.16%.

so a tragic increase in deaths but also a continued slowing of new cases. "starting to look like a trend." this is what he means. the orange bars are the number of new cases — that also went up today but the blue chart is the percentage rate of increase, and that's still trending downwards. the strict measures the italian government has taken should push that number even lower. bloomberg journalist tweeted "italy enforced a lock down 2 weeks ago. many of the patients who have died in recent days contracted the infection before it. "we should see the effects of the lock down on the number of hospital/icu admissions."

and other nations will be watching the italian numbers closely let's have a look at other countries across europe. they're going to be watching very very closely to shape their own responses. these are some of the latest pictures from rome. as you can see empty streets. as you can see empty streets. police checks are intensifying, with helicopters frequently flying over the city — making sure people are abiding by the strict measures. and this is the local mayor in bari in the south of italy a few days ago, telling a man "you must respect the decree and go home otherwise the police will come and use force". mayors around italy have been venting their frustration in videos online. you must stay at home, don't you understand that people are dying? more than for hundred people a day are dying. dying. and you're

insisting on trying to find tricks to dodge the law and leave your homes? let's get back to mark rowen in rome. the prime minister has spoken and he hopes to very soon be able to ease those restrictions in italy. he has also said that the fine for violating the rules will be increased. going up from eight maximum currently of 206 euros about $230. going up to 3000 euros. that's about three and a half thousand dollars. so a big hike in fines. trying to deter people from going out of the house and going around without justification. out of the house and going around withoutjustification. this is a critical week here in italy. if the downward trend in new infection continue for another three or fridays, then the italian government will be able to say to people here that their sacrifices are beginning to pay off. all around europe to be watching those figures

in italy. europe to be watching those figures in italy. in france, the death toll has now passed one—thousand and the country is struggling to keep up with the speed of the pandemic. intensive care units in eastern france are reportedly overwhelmed and the army has started transferring patients to other cities. five doctors have died from the illness and there are concerns there's not enough protective equipment for medical staff. lucy williamson is in paris. in places like lose it's a very ill that her leaving hospital. intensive ca re that her leaving hospital. intensive care units here are overflowing. and with dozens more critical cases admitted each day, patients are being sent to marce. even to germany and switzerland. in a never—ending scramble for beds. and one senior doctor told me that stocks of a key life—support drug has virtually run out. our health system wasn't ready for this. i'm not sure there's a health system that's ready for it. because the scale of the crisis is

bigger than any system could face. the mechanisms where putting in place aren't enough. in the hospital car park eight military field camp has been set up with 30 intensive ca re has been set up with 30 intensive care beds. enough to last the hospital here about a day. the government this week titan quarantine restrictions across the country and introduced a six—month jail sentence for those who regularly don't comply. the health ministry has at the epidemic could start to peek here this week. a doctor working in the heart of the crisis is described it as a huge wave moving west and warned it could saturate hospitals not hospitals in paris within days. so the situation in europe. now to an announcement that we are arguably expecting. announcement that we are arguably expecting. the tokyo olympics & paralympics will be delayed for a year because of coronavirus. japan's prime minister shinzo abe said he wanted to hold the games by the summer of 2021 at the latest,

as proof of the world's victory over covid—19. this is the first time the games have been delayed in peacetime. the first time tokyo was due to hold the summer olympics was in 1940 but that was cancelled due to the outbreak of the second world war. shinzo abe said "the president of the international olympic committe and shinzo abe have together agreed that the tokyo olympic games would not be cancelled, but delayed until to the summer of 2021." here's the president of the tokyo games confirming that. cancelling the games is not an option so there was in agreement about that. what is most important is to provide a safe and secure environment for athletes and spectators. with that in mind and in light of the continuing global situation the holding of the games

injuly as situation the holding of the games in july as planned situation the holding of the games injuly as planned is impossible. it was also agreed that it was impossible to hold the games by the end of this year. therefore, we agreed that there was no choice but to postpone the games. the international olympic committee has also issued this statement about the delay, saying it hoped "the games could stand as a beacon of hope in these troubled times." for more on that and the mounting pressure on the ioc in recent days, here's michael payne, a former head of marketing at the ioc. when you think that japan olympic torch relay was due to start this thursday clearly the japanese now realise that it was much better to ta ke realise that it was much better to take the decision that everybody was coming to accept and that his postponement. for one year. that way they don't start the relay, they're not embarrassed they can move the olympic flame to tokyo and keep it burning ina olympic flame to tokyo and keep it burning in a cauldron as a beacon of light and hope until the games next year. next summer they could end up staging the greatest olympic games ever because it will be the ultimate

celebration of humanity and the world will be looking for a coming together after these dark times. i met and understandably olympic athletes again to be disappointed joining aside from aires of course a lot of disappointment but like but like somebody like yourself who has complications, health complications from cancer, there was no other decision was there? no. we were expecting this as you said. i think what the world and humanity are going on in these days is where far more important than buenos aires to wina more important than buenos aires to win a medal right now. obviously at the beginning when there was a little bit of doubt when the games we re little bit of doubt when the games were going to happen, you continue training really hard in your idea of highly athletes, you keep pushing but nowadays it's clear that human

beings is leaving, we should take that aside for a while and not regret what's going on. absolutely. you got two signs that were hoping to compete in japan you got two signs that were hoping to compete injapan your whole family affected how do you keep up your spirits, how do you look forward to summer 2021? as i said, we've been pushing very hard and now i stay quiet because i strongly believe things way more important that i can't complain. i cannot complain being an athlete waiting for getting back to train. that's a big part obviously i trained at home every day. i trying very hard and i'm doing a new planning, when will be able to start training. i think the most important thing. santiago, we cannot wait to see you compete.

we wish you and your sons the best of luck. stay safe into all our viewers thank you so much. we will be back for another edition of outside source. lots more is always on the bbc news website. thanks so much for watching. good evening. temperatures in north wales got as high as 19 degrees today. because of the southerly flow of air and plenty of spring sunshine, as you can see from the satellite picture. it wasn't like that everywhere, marcotte across the far northwest of the uk, bricks of rain here, and in some colder air right up to the north. that will eventually be heading our way over the next few days. as we go through the rest of this evening and tonight, we will continue to see a outbrakes of rain across parts of northwest scotland, some of that ring getting down into northern ireland. the been trying to think it's way southeast where it's coming out nick...

i think we are likely to see these wells as well. temperatures down to freezing. or a touch below. but here across the bulk of england and wales once again there be a lot of sunshine through the day tomorrow. whereas for northern islands in scotla nd whereas for northern islands in scotland we still have our slow—moving band of cloud. some outbreak of mostly fairly patchy rain. cabbage wise, once again up to 16,17 rain. cabbage wise, once again up to 16, 17 maybe 18 degrees. parts of north wales and merseyside. not quite as warm as mild and we have the cloud further north. as we go through wednesday night into thursday, the band of cloud and patchy rain associated with this frontal system really does drag its heels. gets stuck across part of sc gotland in northern islands. maybe still the odd spot of rain along that weather front. to the north of that weather front. to the north of that weather front. to the north of that we had that cold air starting to work in front of chilly but bright for the far north of scotland. a little bit cooler further south across england and wales because the winds will be coming in from the east or northeast was that we keep that northeasterly flow as we go into friday. despite

some sunshine towards the south, slightly cooler feel here. further north weather front still bringing a lot of cloud. those are your temperatures for friday afternoon between nine and 13 degrees. into the weekend we finally lose that frontal system. it will push away southwards. high—pressure building and behind. winds in a clockwise direction that is going to leave us with a brisk northerly winds. that when bringing some really cold air down across the uk. we will see a cold wind through the weekend, some sunny spells, when three showers there could even be some snow for some.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines. britain's coronavirus death toll rises sharply — as strict new measures come into force — 87 people have died in the past 24 hours alone — taking the total to 422. a huge new temporary hospital — withe 4,000 beds, will be opened next week at london's excel conference centre. with tight new measures now in force across the uk — many streets have been deserted today as shops are shut as people are told not to leave home unless absolutely necessary.

supermarkets and other essential services that are allowed to stay open — bring in new measures to make sure people don't come into close contact. good evening. the death toll in the uk from the coronavirus has risen sharply in the past 24 hours. 87 people have died since yesterday bringing the total to 422 — the biggest one day rise here. next week a field hospital will be opened in east london — with the help of the military. the excel conference centre is being turned into the nightingale hopsital — with two wards for up to 4000 people. the health secretary, matt hancock says 35 thousand more staff are being brought into the nhs — from final year medical students to retired doctors and nurses who are returning to help fight the virus. last night strict new measures came into force with people told

they could only leave their homes for "very limited purposes". but there was a warning that those restrictions would be tightened further if people flout the rules. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. was it meant to look like this this morning? with more cases and more deaths there's more reason to take it seriously every day. the instruction last night was clear, stay at home if you possibly can, but this morning, workers in the rush hour in london, builders crowded together on a building site, is it really possible to keep your distance? the first minister in scotland says not. we would expect them to be closed unless the building being worked on is essential, such as a hospital. the london mayor in charge of the tube system, which is running fewer trains, has doubts as well. there has been a difference of opinion, i've got to be frank, between myself and the government on this issue. i'm quite clear that only go to work

if you really need to go to work. here's the dilemma... last night the prime minister was firm, as many of us must stay at home as possible, to get a grip on the spread of the virus, that's black—and—white, but ministers don't want the economy to grind to a halt, so if you can only do yourjob when you're physically at your place of work, and if you can stay safely more than two metres away from people, then it is ok to go. there are shades of grey. ministers have changed how they work, this is not an arcade game, but this morning's cabinet meeting. today, for the first time, journalists were asked online to put questions to no 10 and the health secretary began with the quickening pace of the disease. very sadly overnight 87 more people have died bringing the total to 422 and our hearts go out to their families and friends. yesterday the prime minister announced the most radical steps yet to slow the spread of this virus and these steps are not requests. they're rules. yesterday the prime minister

announced the most radical steps yet to slow the spread of this virus and these steps are not requests. they're rules. we have heard from many people who have been told they have to work by their boss, even though they think their work is essential right now, right now they don't think they can stay safely two metres apart from everyone else there. the message to many people has not been that clear from the government, who are they meant to listen to, their boss or the advice? the advice is crystal clear — go to work where that work cannot be done at home, and if you're a key worker, for instance if you work in the nhs and social care, you should go to work. there was rather unlikely public health advice for couples who don't yet live together. test really carefully your strength of feeling, stay with the household, either together or apart, but keep it that way while we go forward.

action is quickening, though. ministers announced this huge site in east london will very soon be a vast new hospital. police in plymouth politely today asking drivers where they are going. so much change already and this really is hardly the start. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. this time of crisis raises worries about mental well—being and the financial impact on employees. let's speak to anna bassi, editor in chief of "the weekjunior", which is a new current affairs magazine for children aged between eight and 14. and the virus will have a financial impact on employees. april banbury works for a small business that has already been hit by the consequences of the lockdown. let's start off with you, anna. i think you are working from home now, your husband is working from home.

you got a couple of kids that are off school, must be a very busy house. it is a busy house. we are lucky that we've just about got enough room for all of us, so my husband has a working upstairs in the bedroom, i've taken over the kitchen table and the girls are doing school work in their bedrooms. quite lucky also because the girls are 14 and ten and said that actually don't needing constant supervision and they've got quite a lot of schoolwork to do. we are trying to stick to a school timetable during the day and the heat up to get out. it is tricky, i'm set up quite well working from home, i've been doing that on and off at least one day a week for last four and off at least one day a week for last fourand a off at least one day a week for last four and a half years or so. so far actually manage to work together really well and hit our deadlines and kind of keep the work life balance going really well. how about

you come april? you work for a small business and as her quite badly hit by all of this. it definitely has. i work for a bridal company and truly heartbreaking to see, my director has spent years trying to build the business, and did a very good job of it and now the tickets are being taken it and now the tickets are being ta ken away from it and now the tickets are being taken away from them. i think ijust feel really helplessness situation because i wish there was more that i could do. can you even work from home it's situations like this, address brides for a living and cannot have any contact with humans at the moment. i'm ill myself. it's beena at the moment. i'm ill myself. it's been a struggle and it's really tough, my heart goes out to anyone within this whole business right 110w. within this whole business right now. what's happening to yourjobs, do you know whether you are going to have be able to keep your employment? i honestly don't know. my director will be doing everything in their powerto my director will be doing everything in their power to make sure that myself and my colleagues keep their jobs, but these times are so

uncertain andl jobs, but these times are so uncertain and i be lying ifi jobs, but these times are so uncertain and i be lying if i said i was not extremely anxious and had not quite a lot about it. —— cried a lot. do you find a psychologically destabilising with everything going on? we don't know one day from the next. it's very hard to think or plan any future at this point. uncertainty is all we can do and try to stick together and help each other as much as we can in this awful time. what about you, anna? what are you thinking about the future because this like down to go on for quite a long time. are you as afamily ok on for quite a long time. are you as a family ok to face this together, do you think? i think we have to be. i think we have been quite honest with our children about what's to expect of the coming weeks and months and not necessarily going to be easy. and we don't know when it's going to end, that's the hardest thing of all to explain to children is that you don't know when it's

going to come to an end, we don't have all of the answers and i think we are trying to be patient with each other and be kind with each other, going to be difficult. she's a teenager in her life revolves around herfriends. a teenager in her life revolves around her friends. a a teenager in her life revolves around herfriends. a very a teenager in her life revolves around her friends. a very good and staying in touch with video calls is going to be ups and downs and tears to my home, we are very focused on just try to keep up morale and make life as easy as possible while we are in this situation. your quite prominent on social media. you won miss great britain, but is that a distraction or it does that sometimes make it worse? it's difficult in this situation because i had difficult in this situation because ihada difficult in this situation because i had a lot of events planned, charity events planned. i was supposed to be in and right now with

the company. it has affected the a lot and put that on pause. i've been trying my hardest to build more of an interaction up by my for social media platforms. many just an interaction up by my for social media platforms. manyjust reaching out to people are lonely in this time because i think the people that suffer from depression and people suffering extremely badly at this time. iwant suffering extremely badly at this time. i want to reach out to the make sure they are ok at times. are you feeling lonely at the moment? it's understandable that anyone that doesn't have immediate family around them obviously must do at the moment. i definitely do feel lonely right now. i cannot see my dad because i have got symptoms of a cold, you never know what that is even. from it's really hard not being able to go home to my and be with them, i'm here in london and lucky of got amazing housemates.

it'sjust so awful lucky of got amazing housemates. it's just so awful never knowing when i'm going to see my family next. thank you very much for speaking to us. stay safe and we hope that the next few weeks will bring slightly better news for all of us. but many thanks for talking to us. police have been given the task of making sure people stick to the new rules on social distancing. so less than 24 hours into the more stringent regime, are people clear about what is being asked of them and are they complying? our home editor mark easton reports from watford in hertfordshire. the virus patrols were policing the new rules in watford's high street today. they don't yet have powers to enforce people to keep their distance or stay at home, but today at least most seemed they don't yet have powers to enforce people to keep their distance or stay at home, but today at least most seemed to want to do the right thing.

so far everyone has been really good, doing what they are being asked to do, because it is for everybody‘s safety and well—being. people seem to be standing quite close together. they do, that's what we're trying move about. if they're two and their family, that's fair enough. but any groups, three, four, five, we are speaking to them. they are splitting up. everyone has watched the news so they know what the situation is. the police station is shuttered up like most shops and businesses. supermarket marshals encouraging customers to observe the etiquette of the epidemic. you are standing rather close together. do you think it's clear what you are supposed to be doing? it is, but i think a lot of people still aren't listening and paying attention to it. do you live in the same house? no, separate. you shouldn't be standing that close together, you know that? yeah, i'm not worried about it. do you think the rules are clear? from what i've seen today, no. we've been forced to examine every

aspect of our society and the way we live to answer a very difficult question, how much does this matter right now? the prime minister's beloved land and liberty has become a kingdom in captivity and not everyone agrees with it. i tell you what, they're all in parliament spreading it around all of their subsidised bloody bars, drinking, but we can't do nothing. all of the flights coming in from china, italy and all that. so what are we, we are penalised? we can't do nothing. in the west midlands local police tweeted, "unbelievably we just had to deal with 20 plus people having a barbecue." in south london today metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick was making clear that her police officers would keep the public safe. we only want to use enforcement if we absolutely have to but we won't hesitate if there are people who are flagrantly breaching the law. in watford, like everywhere, the authorities are trying to help people learn unfamiliar habits.

none of this comes naturally. mark easton, bbc news, watford. let's speak to rosie weatherley from the mental health charity "mind" who is in milton keynes. we just want to talk to you with your advice, really and tips for people. to keep mentally well during all of this. it's not always easy we are confined to home. what are your tips? you're totally right. it is not easy but the things we know that are going to keep us well right now other things that keep us well generally. so that means making sure that you've got structure, and variety in routine and equilibrium in your life. and obviously your old routines are probably not practical right now and you federal place them is something new. finding ways to fill your days that feel productive, if you can work from home great, if

you cannot as of the things you can do to fill your time. the things that we need to keep us well or things like making sure you could access to sunlight and fresh air, and contact with nature. which is still possible it would if you are staying indoors a 100% of the time. these rules around going out once a day for exercise, and to support we observe the distancing rules, even if you are not leaving her house, if you have a garden then use that. if you have a garden then use that. if you don't come open your windows, look at the birds. tend due something new. and change your phone screen to something natural. he had the screensaver on your tv that has the screensaver on your tv that has the pictures of natural things. there's nature and exercise, and the main provision for us to exercise and it's important now more than ever that we keep our body effective, because we are out of her usual routines which might have included a little bit more moving around, for example. so nature can

activity, there is creativity and some of us might not be naturally creative to me might not think of yourself as much of an artist, that's fine. could be something like fixing wonky shelves or problem—solving in some way committed to just doing a bit of colouring camorra getting creative with glue and collage materials with your kids. anything that allows your brain to work in a different way to how you are normally working with your brain is great. and stimulation as well. learning something new, thinking about new ideas about being careful with media, like social media stuff and may be thinking about the times that you are checking in on the coronavirus situation. the types of social media and maybe continue checking on this group because it's really helping.

most important thing all is that we remain naked to each other and remain naked to each other and remain our relationships and stay in touch with the people we care about. that's including a lot of skype and phone calls and video chat. some great tips there, thank you very much indeed. very good to hearfrom you. i am joined by the neuroscientist dr. mattjohnson — he wrote a piece in psychology today called "can social isolation be positive?". plenty of people are socially isolated right now, what are, what's the good news that of being isolated? yet, so it's definitely worth pointing out that social isolation is generally not associated with positive outcomes, a huge ease of literature attesting to the opposite. i think it's that we are examining individuals who have chosen to live a life alone which is

so counter to our usual instincts, and we get to see some of the potentially positive aspects of solitude. some of the insights that came out of this this idea that we can be pretty good company to ourselves, that only ourselves to talk to you we can actually discover the depth of our own internal experience. the other interesting insight that comes out of this is that there seems to be this really increased ability to focus and an a ccu ra cy increased ability to focus and an a ccu ra cy of increased ability to focus and an accuracy of thought and precision of thought, so it's really no accident that a lot of great works throughout history have been created in solitude, going from ernest hemingway, to montaigne, the list goes on and it would have came into the world if not for these prolonged periods of solitude. the counter argument to all of that is that we

are argument to all of that is that we a re naturally argument to all of that is that we are naturally coming human beings are naturally coming human beings a re naturally are naturally coming human beings are naturally social creatures. they crave to be with other people. absolutely. we are absolutely naturally social creatures. it's important to note that we all do differ in our social media. being a hermit and seeking a life of solitude with not be a generally positive description for most people. they're interesting because they are an anomaly themselves. but i think it's worth noting that some of the insights that come out of their experiences might provide solace to us and we are engaging in isolation, generally speaking outside of our own will. matt johnson, a neuroscientist there. just highlighting the potential positives for self isolation. cancer charities are concerned that treatment for some patients is now being postponed. that's because doctors don't want

them exposed to the risk of infection if they come into hospitals and it's also a result of wards being cleared to be prepared for patients with the virus. one hospital in essex has postponed chemotherapy for two weeks as our health editor hugh pym reports. edward won't be outside his front door again for a while. an nhs text has told him he is in the highest risk category because of his health and he will have to stay inside for 12 weeks. but he is not complaining. it is an opportunity now to come together and stay at home and stay safe. one virus patient michelle had this plea to people, be careful and responsible with the new rules. please... please be careful. be responsible. some patients receiving care for different conditions including cancer are worried about what will happen as hospitals postpone some treatments to focus

on coronavirus cases. a bowel cancer surgeon told me some procedures were having to be rescheduled. it's quite terrifying to them. these are patients who were expecting to have surgery done and now they are facing uncertain dates and they are facing hospitals that are going to be full of patients with covid—19. we are doing our best to deal with both the psychology of the situation but also get them to timely care. there is pressure on everyone... marsha is having chemotherapy in a private ward at an nhs hospital. she has been told it is not certain it will continue there. i'm uncertain if there will be enough nurses there to look after me or if i will even be able to get my treatment. it's very scary because once you start chemotherapy you need to carry on, and once i pause it i won't know for how long i got to pause it. i won't know then what it

will do to my health. one hospital trust has postpone chemotherapy treatment along with other outpatient appointments for two weeks while they prepare their wards and staff for an influx of coronavirus patients. we are increasing our preparations for care for patients with covid—19 and we are seeing increasing numbers of admissions to hospitals. we are very conscious that our cancer patients are at particular risk especially if they develop covid—19, they can can become seriously ill. and the good news for the health minister nadine dorries is that she has made a full recovery from her coronavirus infection. she was welcomed back to the house of commons by the health secretary. hugh pym, bbc news. well the government has issued a list of businesses that will allowed to continue — supermarkets, petrol stations, post offices, banks, hardware stores, pet shops and bike shops. but many others can't — leisure centres, beauty salons, car showrooms, betting shops, museums — among others. but there's been some

confusion over whether people working in the construction industry, and on building sites, should carry on working. judith moritz reports from manchester. not locking down, but clocking on. these construction workers in south london were queueing to get on site this morning, crowding together to begin their shift. and building has been continuing all over the country. it's the self employed people who are worrying more than anything. in salford, we found gary delivering concrete. i go from site to site. i've been on a few sites this morning and it's just the same wherever you go. there are still people rubbing up against each other, they are working together, not taking any guidelines of what they have been told. we are trying our best, we carry gloves, masks but it's the other people we've got to keep educating all the time. but there has been huge inconsistency. builders on this site downed tools first thing,

but on a different site, others were continuing to work. the government has said it is fine for construction staff to work outside and at a safe distance. on this site in salford they say they're sticking to the rules. over the last couple of weeks we've increased on hand sanitisers and those things and then we made it perfectly clear that we've got to be two metres apart. the numbers, we've got more in the canteen area and we're having tables service, so we are maintaining the two metre rule more or less as best we can. whilst work here continued, only half of the 150 construction workers normally here have turned up and they've told me they can see sites like this closing naturally in time anyway because it's becoming increasingly difficult to get supplies. builders merchants like this one in hampshire have shut and some construction companies have closed and projects including the crossrail scheme in london have halted.

the unions say photographs of building workers crammed together show they're still at risk, but warn that as are many self employed, many have the stark choice of working orfacing hunger. judith moritz, bbc news. supermarkets and those providing other essential services such as building societies are bringing in new measures for customers and staff. many are aimed at encouraging people to follow the government's plea for social distancing and to keep at least two metres apart, when they are doing their shopping. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. the great high—street shutdown. in norwich, the shoppers have gone and leeds city centre saw the streets quiet and the doors locked. right across the uk, we're only allowed out to buy necessities now. communities are adapting to the new coronavirus retail rules. supermarkets have been overwhelmed, and now they have got to keep everyone safe and fed.

so, how will this work? all of our main supermarkets will have to limit the number of customers going in, where necessary, so that social distancing rules can be followed. here at this waitrose store, it's already one out, one in. the queue is managed and good—natu red. if you keep a two metre distance between you and the next person... i came to waitrose specifically because i know they are doing the two metre thing and i've got my precautions. i am very mindful about it all. it's a lot better and i think the government has done the right thing. it is so calm here compared to last week. here in the aisles, everyone is also going to have to keep their distance. you will see lots of signs and possibly fewer tills as a result. every retailer is doing more to protect staff, from simple gloves, to screens at the checkout, here with a green

border at morrisons. customers are being encouraged to pay by card if they can, instead of cash. we can still shop for everything online. grocery websites, though, are really struggling. on this one, it's at least three weeks for a delivery. they are doing their best to expand all the capacity and the technical stuff to increase the number of lorries and we've already seen them be allowed to deliver until later in the day, to allow longer hours for delivery drivers, but the huge, huge volume of people trying to get online deliveries now means it's impossible to meet all of that demand yet, although they are trying to expand their capacity. this industry is having to adjust to so much rapid change and we'll just have to get used to it, as well. emma simpson, bbc news. and remember you can find out much more on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic on our website — including information on how to protect yourself

and your loved ones against it — on the bbc news app and on our website bbc.co.uk/news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. torches on the way up to 19 degrees and parts of the north wales today.