doors shut to flown home days ago, doors shut to oui’ flown home days ago, doors shut to our travellers. dominic raab told parliament yesterday stabbed in 168 countries are working round the clock but it is still not enough. we doubled our capacity and we are now doubling it again to deal with this surge in demand. the malaga team took 28,000 calls in one day and as foreign another staff we are abused and spat at trying to help british nationals to come home and they are working in tough situations so there is no easy solution. tens of thousands of brits have now returned from spain but as 80 countries face restrictions on their borders the usual routes to international hubs are closed. it is thought 1000 brits have been stuck in peru, later today 200 people will leave the country and a government backed british airways flight can each passenger paid airways flight can each passenger pa id £250 to airways flight can each passenger paid £250 to get home and found all passengers have been prioritised. but with airports around the plate 110w but with airports around the plate now filled with grounded planes questions are being asked if the government should be stepping in to

provide more of these rescue flights. then and will have flights booked for next monday but as the situation changes day by day brits are leaning on the foreign office who faced demand for support as never seen before. time for a look at the weather. depending on where you are across the uk is very different views from your window this afternoon. in scotla nd your window this afternoon. in scotland and northern ireland a lot of cloud producing some rain. totally different for england and wales, largely blue skies overhead, dry with plenty of sunshine and feeling fairly warm in that sunshine. this is the view from space and this cloud really not moving, sitting across northern ireland and scotland and really not moving far in the next couple of days for that still producing some outbreaks of rain, eastern and southern scotland and eastern counties of northern ireland seeing some brightness. across england and

wales temperatures up to 16 degrees. tonight we keep that cloud still producing some patchy rain and drizzle at times for that if you are stuck underneath it is not going to bea stuck underneath it is not going to be a cold night and temperatures in glasgow, belfast, no lowerthan be a cold night and temperatures in glasgow, belfast, no lower than six 01’ glasgow, belfast, no lower than six or7 glasgow, belfast, no lower than six or 7 degrees. but there could be some fast amount in the north of scotla nd some fast amount in the north of scotland and across england and wales. but after that cold start it will again be a fine day with some spells of sunshine. the band of cloud is still there across the southern two thirds of scotland and parts of northern ireland as well, something a little brighter but colder with some showers across the far north of scotland. as we get into friday you guessed it, the band of cloud is still sitting there, the best of the sunshine again to be found across england and wales. a breeze coming from the north sea affecting some of the coastal counties and generally across the board just a little bit cooler than

it is at the moment. the band of cloud associated with this frontal system which finally moves away in the start of the week but a cold front and behind that we introduce some much colder air. we return to something of a wintry feel particularly factoring in the strength of the wind. saturday is a day of patchy cloud and sunny spells, some wintry showers perhaps for more than eastern coastal fringes and temperatures continuing to fall, six, 11 degrees further up the wind making it feel colder and then for sunday likely to feel colder still. again patchy cloud and sunny spells, and the increasing chance through the day of some wintry showers pushing in from the north—east. temperature stuck in single digits and in some places it will feel like it is freezing. turning colder over the next few days. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. brighton have started a campaign for clubs to donate match tickets to front—line nhs staff tackling the coronavirus. the club have set aside 1,000 tickets per game for when the premier league returns. they also suggested that other senior british clubs follow suit with similar offers. they said they were passing the baton on, along the south coast, to bournemouth — who duly took up the challenge and said they would offer 1,000 tickets from next season. manchester city manager pep guardiola has donated euros1 million to fight the coronavirus outbreak in spain. guardiola, who is currently at his home in barcelona, will give the money to a local hospital and charity — where it will be used to help purchase medical equipment

and protective material for staff involved in treating patients. roger federer is also donating one million swiss francs to the most vulnerable families in switzerland. players and directors from the bundesliga leaders bayern munich have agreed to a 20% pay cut, while there is no football being played. the club's board have agreed the cuts after a meeting with senior players, and means that other employees at the club will remain on theirfull salary. players at borussia dortmund are also believed to have accepted a similar reduction in their pay with the league having been suspended since the 8th of march. the international 0lympics committee president thomas bach has indicated that postponed tokyo 0lympics could be held in the spring of 2021 as a special task force looks at all options. some visitors took the opportunity to watch a small ceremony in iwaki, north—east of tokyo.

with plenty of precautions, the flame was displayed after its journey from greece, and an olympic cauldron was lit. meanwhile, ioc president thomas bach says yesterday's decision to postpone the games was a tough one. it was very hard to take because, first of all, we had to consider the dreams of the olympic athletes, which we wanted to make coming true. given the latest worldwide dramatic developments in the spreading of the virus, there we did not see the opportunity any more to organise the 0lympic opportunity any more to organise the olympic games which would safeguard the health of every participant.

well, the reaction continues to come in from athletes hoping to be there. vicky holland was the first british woman to win an olympic triathlon medal — with bronze in rio. she also won the last world cup event in australia just before the season was cut short due to the virus and while she understands the need to postpone the games, she says it'll make things more difficult for her. there was her earlier on in their careers will feel that they can put another year of strength work and endurance, but to me i am probably towards the end of my career and i was looking at one last push, going into the summerand was looking at one last push, going into the summer and then possibly thinking about winding things down a little bit and, for me, i have to think about, well, there is another winter to go now and winter as a triathlete is quite tough. so, yeah, we do try to escape the winter a little bit and we have actually been out —— just been in australia and thatis out —— just been in australia and that is the kind of thing will be trying to planning for next year.

well, sky brown — the 11—year—old skateboarder — was set to be britain's youngest ever 0lympian at a summer games... she could still break that record if she gets to compete by the 25th ofjuly next year. and well, she has a wise head on those young shoulders. we get to have a longerjourney and we just have to enjoy this journey and get better and better and stay healthy. more importantly is to keep the people safe, especially the grandmas and grandpas and the people that are already sick. their lives are way more important than my dreams right now, so... i honestly think that the world is going to be a better place after this. ijust think there is going to be —— people are going to be closer to their families. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport

iam sure i am sure we will see you again soon. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. the time edging up watching bbc news. the time edging up to 21 minutes to two. we will stay with the news that is dominating every day. let's remain just some of the key elements of the coronavirus study. the prince of wales has tested positive for coronavirus. clarence house says prince charles is displaying mild symptoms "but otherwise remains in good health". the duchess of cornwall has also been tested but does not have the virus. a statement from buckingham palace reads... "her majesty the queen remains in good health. the queen last saw the prince of wales briefly after the investiture on the morning of 12th march and is following all the appropriate advice with regard to her welfare". let's talk to associate edited our

i'm joined now by camilla tominey, associate editor at edited our the daily telegraph. the prince of wales a 71, that puts him statistically into the category of people who are being advised to look after themselves anyway. that is right. although, i think he would a lwa ys is right. although, i think he would always say himself that he has been in good health. he is into wellness and well—being and he does yoga and he eats the right things, as you would imagine, all organic, and he does not smoke or drink heavily, so i think he is in good shape and i think that is reflected in the statement that says his symptoms are mild. he quickens glad that he has not passed it to the duchess of cornwall. that statement that will be echoed in households around the uk of having to self—isolate between them. apparently prince charles is in one area of the scottish retreat and the duchess is in another, which

is obviously an unfortunate circumstance, but it does go to show that covid—19 does not mind her attacks, whether you're a royalty or otherwise. indeed. they will have people working for them, so they have to think about the staff are in quarters as well. new royals are in a unique situation in the sense that they do have people attending to them, people cooking for them, people keeping their houses, people who might be acting any kind of butler role. it is almost like downton abbey. the only place that exists in a world where that still goes on. they will not be wanting to ta ke goes on. they will not be wanting to take any chances with staff. we already know that there was a positive case of covid—19 at buckingham palace, no further information on the actual employee 01’ information on the actual employee or indeed, how much contact they may have had with members of the royal family. to be fair to the queen at 94 next month, she has been following the government guidance, you might remember that the first time we saw that the palace were taking notice of coronavirus was

when she appeared at investiture herself with gloves on. there had been a somewhat of a keep calm and carry on mentality by her majesty and those around her, but when the later skaters suggested that people of her age should go into a form of self isolation she went to nz. it is worth noting that she carries on with her red boxes and her affairs of state. —— she went to she only has a break from the red boxes on christmas day and her birthday. and prince charles is still working from home, we are told. 0ne still working from home, we are told. one of the points here is that he was, of course, carrying out public engagements until relatively recently, until earlier in the month, so there might be people following this, thinking, oh, goodness, i was there at that public engagement, perhaps they met him, perhaps they were in the crowd, there could understandably be a

degree of nervousness, as with anyone in relation to this virus. there were not any awayday style engagements between the point at which he might have been infectious, which he might have been infectious, which we understand to have been around at the point of march the 13th, so a day after he saw the queen. and now, because they were not really doing public facing. the main events that people would be looking back to would be a wateraid event that he attended with prince albert of monaco who, himself, tested positive. clarence house are not commenting on who may have given him covid—19 because, who knows. they will be tracing back steps, but perhaps the saving grace, i don't think, unless you know otherwise, that there had been any scenarios over the last fortnight where he has been on a walkabout situation because that has not gone on for some time. the biggest major royal event that he attended was in much the ninth, which was at the commonwealth day service which got a great deal of publicity because it

was harry and meghan‘s last official royal engagement. 0ur was harry and meghan‘s last official royal engagement. our understanding is that he would not have been contagious then and that might even have been before he even caught it. he only started showing symptoms more recently than that. yes, of course. and absolutely, camilla, we're certainly not of anything of that nature. just a quick final thought, of course you have mentioned the queen continuing with her red boxes. the queen is very nearly 94 and the duke of edinburgh is 98. that is right. on one hand, i suppose that because she is nearly 94 then you think that special measures should be taken. she is following the current advice and feels fit and healthy and is showing no symptoms. and has a dayjob to do. we understand she will be having her regular call with the prime minister probably late at night, we do not know if it will be phone or video colic this one. life does have to continue, but yes, come she is

six years away from our 100th birthday and her husband is nearly 100. you have to make sure that every measure is being taken around them that at their age they are kept in the best of health. for now, thank you very much indeed. associate editor of the telegraph. i'll be very best to you. let's ta ke let's take some of the other key interviews that we have been looking at. earlier the bbc spoke to professor paul cosford, director for health protection for public health england. he says it is very important that people stay at home and keep a distance from eachother in order tohelp the nhs fight the virus 0ur our primary concern is that the social distancing measures that have been introduced this week should be effective and we should get them into play properly. there is quite a stark choice for us, really. if we can get these measures working properly and effectively, then at

the prospect is that we will continue to see rises in infection and we're just getting to the part of those rises, that will continue for a small number of weeks, but it will not continue as much as would do otherwise. it will come to a peak, we should be able to plateau, in the next a small number of weeks and then bring the numbers down again. that is the best way of making sure that as many people as possible avoid the infection and we get as a few people, sadly, suffering from the serious consequences where you may need hospital treatment, ventilation, or dying as a result, but if we do not get this into play, then i think we have got a prospect of the numbers increasing significantly more quickly and continuing to rise for several weeks. and a small number of months. that will put us in a much more difficult position. i think it ta kes a more difficult position. i think it takes a small number of days for people to really work out what this means. following the announcement of

the prime minister, things halted very significantly within 24 hours and they are continuing to do so. what we have to do and what the government does is monitor very carefully whether the measures, the restrictions are being complied with and, if not, then bringing more restrictions as needed to try and make absolutely certain that people do follow them. of course, the majority of people are following them. there are decisions about elements of the construction industry, which are essential, in terms of maintenance, in terms of keeping buildings going where that is absolutely needed, so it is not a ha rd is absolutely needed, so it is not a hard and fast rule, but we have been clear that people, if they are out doing essential work, they need to maintain that distance of two metres apart from each other. that must be complied with. it is very important to do so. it is a question of monitoring as we go on this one and we may well see more restrictions

plotting to make sure that we do get the spread of infection as long as possible. professor parker spread from public health england. we will just turn we willjust turn our attentions to russia for a few months because president putin has been making a televised address to the nation and the last little while. we talked a little bit about the situation in russia just a few minutes ago on the one o'clock news, but vladimir putin addressing the nation on the topic of coronavirus, as you can see therefrom what is on your screen. he has just therefrom what is on your screen. he hasjust said on therefrom what is on your screen. he has just said on television that it is going to be impossible to stop the spread of the virus in russia because of the size of the country. that is a nod to the inevitable, i suppose, they are. but actually seeing it on television. we cannot stop the spread of the virus because of the sheer size of the country. 0ne of the sheer size of the country. one other interesting thing coming out of this, on politics were

generally there, he said that he is going to postpone a vote that was going to postpone a vote that was going to postpone a vote that was going to happen in russia that would allow him to essentially, potentially, stay much longer in office. you might remember that there was going to be about on scrapping that constitutional ban on him running again for president. there was good to be a national vote on that in april. it would have meant that he could have run again for president in 2024. in fact, he has just for president in 2024. in fact, he hasjust said for president in 2024. in fact, he has just said that he is going to postpone that nationwide vote. no suggestion as to when or whether that vote will yet take place, but it is certainly not going to happen as planned in april. that nationwide vote will not be happening. but a key element there at the moment from that national televised address thereby vladimir putin is he is acknowledging it is simply impossible to stop the spread of the virus in russia because of the size of the country. a grandmother who had a gall bladder operation is believed to be

the first identified british person to die from coronavirus — having caught it in hospital. 80—year—old marita edwards passed away on friday. her son, stuart loud, says his mum was fairly fit and had no underlying health problems and hopes her death will make people really now follow the new government restrictions to stay at home. mr loud told my colleague victoria derbyshire that in the days leading up to her death, no physical contact was allowed with her family. it was very strict. we had protocols, wear masks, gloves and aprons, at all times, strict protocol of hand washing, and getting out of those items afterwards. ican imagine. of course, presumably you couldn't hug her, you could not kiss her or hold her hand? we were not able to have any physical contact at all. we could touch her

hand through gloves. but there was no physical contact. we were not allowed to hug her, you know, touch herface or her head, or any display of affection which you would normally want, if you had a loved one in that position. it was extremely difficult. how are you trying to rationalise what has happened to your mum? it's extremely difficult. i was still questioning why she went in for a routine operation, and if she would still be with us. she wanted the operation. she was having difficulty with her digestive system, which is why she wanted it, and she was pleased to go in. but she never asked for this. i urge anybody, if you are listening, to not... hospitals are a last resort at this stage. self treat at home if you think you are positive, take very

good care of yourselves. but i wouldn't want to be anywhere near a hospital right now. there are millions of people listening to you right now, stuart. there are still some people who perhaps aren't taking this as seriously as they should. what would you say to them? please, please, listen to what you are being told. don't put money ahead of being sensible. this needs to be a lockdown. this needs to be recognised nationally. we need to lockdown to eradicate this disease. please don't go out and mix with people. you may be young and healthy, you may think you are not in danger, but it is the people you come in contact with and the people that you may pass it onto. i don't want another family to watch such an horrific death as my mum's. it was horrific, truly horrific. i don't know what else to say, please, please listen.

stewart is now to bbc news this morning about the death of his mother who has died in hospital there are long queues and food shortages in india as its population of 1.3 billion people enter a 3—week lockdown. panic buying broke out in a number of major cities, including delhi, within hours of the announcement being made by the prime minister narendra modi. arunoday mukharji gave us the latest from delhi. india woke up to its first day of a complete lockdown across the country. a country which has a population of 1.3 billion people and some of the most bustling and crowded cities saw them turning into ghost towns overnight. the prime minister made that address last night. soon after, we saw long queues outside essential stores as people tried to stock up on items, preparing for the long haul ahead. 21 days is the duration for which people across the country have to stay indoors. there's a lot of anxiety and concerns about whether essential

items and supplies would be hit. but there was an assurance coming in from the prime minister's office that nothing like that is going to happen. supplies will go on as it were, food, medicines will not be affected. however, it being the first day of the curfew, there are reports coming in from across the country of confusion on the ground about how the police is handling this entire lockdown. many essential service workers have been stopped, essential supply trucks, which are supposed to ferry important items to various households, have been stopped. officials say they are hoping that things smoothen out over the next few days. the prime minister also announced a massive economic package of nearly $2 billion, only for health infrastructure to battle the coronavirus. 21 days is going to be very, very difficult for a country like india, where 90% of the workforce is in the unorganised sector. many people who are migrant workers, who work on daily wages, will be the worst hit.

arunoday mukharji, bbc news, delhi. those who care for vulnerable people are on the list of critical workers who are allowed to come and go to work. but with this comes the risk for the carers and for those being cared for. fiona lamdin went to film last week with some of the most vulnerable before more stringent measures came in. 70—year—old bob alderman has advanced motor neuron disease. for this interview, we kept our distance, staying in separate rooms. the fact that you're keeping two metres away from bob makes it much safer for him. bob can still swallow and move his eyes to communicate through a machine, but the couple rely heavily on carers visiting them twice a day here in somerset. travelling around puts them at extreme risk.

you are extremely vulnerable, are you scared at this time? i was scared, but less now that we have a plan. but for the plan to work, his wife sheila needs to stay well. so i'm worried for me giving it to him. if he gets any sort of chest infection, then he would not survive it, basically. they've decided if bob contracts coronavirus, he doesn't want to go to hospital. instead, he'll stay at home with sheila who will care for him during his final days. will i do this one? 100 miles away in gloucester, jessica looks after young men like robert who have severe nonverbal autism. jessica can't keep the two—metre rule — robert communicates through touch. they need 24—hour care, seven days a week from the minute

they get up to the minute they go to bed and obviously, throughout the night as well. already, she's self isolating from her family so she can look after the men here. if they get coronavirus, she'll risk her own health to care for them. well, i would stay here the whole time so i wouldn't leave with him because someone's got to look after him because he can't be here on his own, especially with the other guys as well. but you then would also be putting yourself at huge risk of catching it? yeah. does that worry you? um...not really. ijust think i'd rather be here caring for them because nobody else can. nobody else can so these carers will. fiona lamdin, bbc news. and just a reminder that that report from fiona was filmed last week, before the tighter restrictions

were put in place by the government. much more coming up from two p. still plenty more to discuss both at home and abroad. so many countries try to deal with coronavirus. we will pass right now. we will catch up will pass right now. we will catch up with the weather prospects whenever you're in the country. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. lots of sunshine to england and wales. as we go through this evening and into tonight, this band of cloud across the north—west are really not moving anywhere quickly. still producing some outbreaks of patchy rain. underneath the band of cloud and patch event, it is going to be a relatively mild night, 607 celsius. foran relatively mild night, 607 celsius. for an ardent scholar, a touch of frost has passed up as the sky is clear and across northern scotland. they could be the odd mismatch as well. essentially, tomorrow it is a mostly dry sunny day across wales.

we still have this band of patchy rain affecting northern ireland, parts of scotland. it will see something brighter, colder with one or two showers. temperatures by the side, 13 or 14 maybe 15 celsius. looking to read their weekend, it is going to turn colder and it is going to turn increasingly windy.

this is bbc news. i'mjane hill. the headlines set 2pm. the prince of wales has tested positive for coronavirus — clarence house says charles is suffering mild symptoms; his last public engagement was on march 12th. measures to help the 5 million self employed will be announced tomorrow — the prime minister says the government is working hard on a fair package. we have produced quite an incredible package to support the businesses and workforce of this country. we do need to ensure that we protect the self employed as well, and he will be hearing more about that in the next couple of days. some construction companies halt projects, to try to help fight the pandemic — but others are still working, amid confusion about the government advice.