clapping for the carers today in lincolnshire. indeed, across the world, it has become the way of saying thank you. even in the house of commons. and, here in india, and tonight the uk willjoin in with an event that began with a single post on social media by a dutch yoga teacher living in london. this was just an idea of yours and it took off really quickly, didn't it? yes, it went really fast. the next day, even before lunch, my friends were showing me that victoria beckham had posted it on her page and the sussex royals did it on their instagram stories, and it was unbelievable.

this is a thank you to everyone who has helped. here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in. bicycles, water, toilet rolls. a500 hand creams. money. there's also a gift list. these are present. essentially, yeah, so it's an iphone charger and we've made an amazon wish list so we've asked the things and people can go on to the link on the website. in restaurants are doing their bit. we have sent them for two days of 50 portions of pasta. so much of our news at the moment is worrying and frightening, but it's also revealing kindness and generosity. this little film made by a teenager seems to capture the mood. a chance in our isolation to come together, to say thank you. david sillitoe, bbc news.

so that's happening at 8 o'clock tonight, and i'll be here on bbc one to capture that moment live as happens across the uk. dojoin us if you can applaud and watch the tv at the same time. time now for a look at the weather with darren bett. it was 18 degrees today in cumbria in the sunshine but cooler if you are stuck underneath all of the cloud. where that persists overnight across much of scotland and northern ireland, at least temperatures won't fall far and there will be further outbreaks of rain and drizzle but we have clear skies across england and wales which means another widespread frost and there may well be frost around in the north—west of scotland to the north of that band of cloud. increasing is sunshine across northern scotland but dull, damp and misty across central and southern scotland. it might brighten up at times across northern ireland but the best of the sunshine will be across england and wales. but because there is a stronger breeze picking up, temperatures will not be quite as high. we could make 50 ——

15 across western areas. we still have high pressure in the north—west of the uk dragging down more cloud, and we are changing the wind direction to more of a northerly, and that will bring colder air and it will feel colder with the wind strengthening as well and those winds really start to pick up during saturday. as you can see much more cloud, not just for scotland saturday. as you can see much more cloud, notjust for scotland and northern ireland are put into england and wales. maybe one or two light showers on the east coast but on the whole drive. the top temperature this time more like 12 degrees across southern parts of england and wales and it will begin to feel colder because those winds will be strengthening through the day as well. as we move into british summer day as well. as we move into british summertime, day as well. as we move into british summer time, sunday really will feel cold out there and again, limited amounts of sunshine, a lot of cloud and showers more likely in the north—east of scotland. these temperatures, between seven and 9 degrees, more typical of january. add on the strength of the wind and it will be windy across southern and

eastern parts of the uk, and temperatures will feel nearer to two 01’ temperatures will feel nearer to two or three degrees. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, i'm maz farookhi with the latest sports news. planning for some key events at the postponed 0lympics may have to start all over again. the task force set up by tokyo 2020 organisers to plan for the delayed event met for the first time on thursday and hope to finalise a new schedule within a month. the international olympic committee is reportedly aiming for a july—august 2021 window for the rearranged games, but say there are "many thousands of questions" to address before a new timeframe can be confirmed. translation: we are not going to go

com pletely translation: we are not going to go completely back to a year ago but i guess we need to step back a little bit. already there are some plans. we can still use but for some plans we had to go back to the drawing board and we can. well, the postponement of the tokyo 0lympics has come as a disappointment to many, but most athletes are trying to find a way to stay fit and train for the games, now most likely next summer. here's 0lympic champion max whitlock. this year will be a year without competition which is difficult. that does add into the build up of tokyo next year. it will make it harder but it is what it is. as an athlete, you have to be adaptable so i have been created, have a pommel horse in my garden and keep up with the training and be ready to do what you can with what you have got. keep fit, keep healthy and keep ready. eddiejones is one of the latest high—profile figures in sport to take a paycut because of the coronavirus outbreak. the england head coach hasjoined

the rugby football union's highest—paid executives in accepting a reduction to help limit the financial impact. the cut is more than 25%. according to the rfu boss bill sweeney, jones agreed to the pay proposal immediately. all football in england below national league level in the men's game and below the women's championship has ended immediately because of the coronavirus pandemic, with all results this season declared null and void. it means there will be no promotion or relegation in these leagues. at a video conference call on tuesday, the national league board urged to end the season "as soon as possible for the purposes of player contracts", but not all clubs are happy with the decision. the chairman of south shields, who were 12 points clear at the top of the northern premier division, has described it as "appalling". you look at us for an example. we have spent a lot of money both in terms of infrastructure and building a squad in an attempt to get out of the northern premier league and get

into the national league system and they looked well—placed and were well clear at the top of the table. so it looked with certainty that they would be promoted to the national league north and them as it stands is not going to happen. but further down the pyramid as well, even at the lower—level levels, clu bs even at the lower—level levels, clubs spend money to reach minimum standards in order to get promoted into the leagues they are trying to get into and if they have not been promoted, they have effectively wasted their money. it is a difficult situation, we all appreciate that. but this exacerbates what is already a tough financial world out there knowing that you spent money to try and achieve something that ultimately has been proved that you could not have done anyway. england fast bowlerjames anderson has highlighted the importance of maintaining contact with friends and family during the current lockdown. all cricket in england has been postponed until the end of may as it stands, but anderson is finding other ways to stay in contact with team mates.

yesterday i talked to a few of the lads, stuart broad, we did a bike ride together on a sort of group. that sort of thing i think it's going to become more sort of prominent in the next coming months. because you know i think the anxiety side of it comes from just the not knowing, the uncertainty of what is going to happen over the next few months. and also we are just worrying about your family as well. you have got to keep your family safe. and try and stay indoors as much as we can and follow the government guidelines. and that is all the sport for now. there is many more on the website. for me in the support team, goodbye.

you're watching bbc news. in the last half an hour, we've had an update in figures for the number of coronavirus deaths and cases in the united kingdom. a further 115 people have died in the uk after testing positive for coronavirus. that's the first time the death toll has surpassed 100 in a single day. so, that brings the total number of deaths in the to 578. and the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 11,658, an increase of over 2000 compared to yesterday. earlier this afternoon, the uk's chancellor, rishi sunak, announced his plans

to help the self—employed. he's called it "fair and deliverable" and one of the most generous policies in the world, aiming to cover 95% of people. the measures which come into effect from june include a taxable grant which would cover 80% of average earnings over the past three up to a cap of £2500 per month. it will be open to those with trading profits of up to £50,000. i'm proud of what we've done so far, but i know that many self—employed people are deeply anxious about the support available for them. musicians and sound engineers, plumbers and electricians, taxi drivers and driving instructors, hairdressers and child—minders and many others, through no fault of their own, risk losing their livelihoods. to you, i say this — you have not been forgotten. we will not let you behind. we all stand together. so, to support those who work for themselves, today, i'm announcing a new self—employed

income support scheme. the government will pay self—employed people who have been adversely affected by the coronavirus a taxable grant worth 80% of their average monthly profits over the last three years, up to £2500 a month. this scheme will be open to people across the uk for at least three months, and i will extend it for longer if necessary. you'll be able to claim these grants and continue to do business. and we're covering the same amount of income for a self—employed person as we are for furloughed employees, who also receive a grant worth 80%. that's unlike almost any other country and makes our scheme one of the most generous in the world.

i want to bring you some breaking news. 0ne i want to bring you some breaking news. one of the biggest fashion chains in the uk, next, is to close one of its biggest operations this evening. it is after workers showed concern about having to come into the operation so that they have announced it will close this entire online operation from thursday evening. let's find out the reaction to the chancellor's announcement earlier today. carl emmerson is the deputy director of the institute for fiscal studies. hejoins me now. vitally important. 50% of the british economy is self—employed. there are many cabbies, child minders, plumbers, you name it who are desperate for cash. does this help them equipment if the majority of their income is coming from self—employment and if their income is below £50,000 a year, it looks like this scheme really is very

generous, more generous than what is put in place for employees. so it is a big offer for that group of the self—employed indeed. a big offer for that group of the self-employed indeed. can we be clear they can receive this money from jane and will come back to that point, as well as working. they can bring some income in as well. yes, where exit employee will be not able to work for their employer and their employer can to work for their employer and their employercan claim to work for their employer and their employer can claim 80% of their salary, the self—employed will not have that requirement it seems based on this so they continue to work. they may be less able to work at the moment if they are a plumber or a hairdresser as you say. and they will get what looks like a fairly generous payment although they will have to wait for it. because the government needs to get this scheme in place and it is not up and running yet. precisely. people other than the country need the money now. they are desperate and their income has dropped off a cliff and they will have to wait three months. they are and it is difficult for the government to work out exactly how

much people are entitled to and have the scheme up and running so therefore there is going to be a delay and clearly individuals in that situation might need to go and get loans to cover themselves for the period before the grant from the government comes into place. no doubt as you say it is generous by any historic measure. it is pretty tough on those who have been self—employed since april 2019 because they have not been able to put ina because they have not been able to put in a tax return. there are certainly some groups who will fall between the cracks just as there are some groups amongst the employed population. if you are an employee and are able to work for example have time but there is no compensation for you. if you take the self—employed, it is certainly for those who have become so if employed recently will be getting any have a session either. those whose incomes are buffeted thousand pounds a year will not get any compensation there are some groups for the generosity is much less in some where it is much more. there was a sting in the tail. the price of mechanism employed right now it seems will be on into the national

insurance advantage for the self—employed in the years to come. there is a long—standing issue in the system with this of employed person will pay less taxes somebody who is employed and generates the same income each year and that is if he does not seem fair. previous governments have tried to address this problem and failed and the chancellor handed today that he would return to this in the longer term. there is a strong case for doing so although it remains to be seen whether he will actually be able to carry that through. philip hammond tried and failed to do this. good to get your thoughts, thank you very much indeed. chancellor rishi sunak says the scheme would come into effect injune and would cover 95% of those who work for themselves. providing such unprecedented support for self—employed people has been difficult to do in practice, and the self—employed are a diverse population, with some people earning significant profits. so, i've taken steps to make this scheme deliverable and fair.

to make sure that this scheme provides targeted support for those most in need, it will be open to anyone with trading profits of up to £50,000. to make sure only the genuinely self—employed benefit, it will be available to people who make the majority of their income from self—employment. and to minimise fraud, only those who are already in self—employment, who have a tax return for 2019, will be able to apply. 95% of people who are majority self—employed will benefit from this scheme. hmrc are working on this urgently and expect people to be able to access the scheme no later than the beginning ofjune. if you're eligible, hmrc will contact you directly, ask you to fill out a simple online form, then pay the grant straight into your bank account. and to make sure no—one who needs it misses out on support, we have decided to allow anyone who missed the filing deadline

in january four weeks from today to submit their tax return. kate dearden, who is the head of research, policy and external relations at trade union community, which has responded to the statement from the chancellor by saying that waiting untiljune will be too long for many of the self—employed who already are struggling to make ends meet. how many fit into that bracket, do you think? we still don't know and we need urgent response from the government of how many will not be cove red government of how many will not be covered by this scheme, including people who have just started re ce ntly people who have just started recently 5 self—employed and freelancers including this year and what will be available for them and what will be available for them and what more can we do to make sure they get the support they need. many people at the moment are relying on universal credit to get them through the next few months and the next few weeks and we have seen that universal credit applications are jammed. we have had more people apply for universal credit than even during the financial crisis so

therefore we need more urgent resources for the system as soon as possible and to explore what else we can do to support those who are self—employed and freelancers who are not being supported through this scheme. i think your point on universal income, less a £100 a week and you've lost all your earnings that really does not fill the gap. there is housing allowance as well says the chancellor but he says if you are late we are tax return, if you are late we are tax return, if you get it in over the next four weeks, you will be eligible. yes and thatis weeks, you will be eligible. yes and that is definitely welcome and people who have missed out to make sure that they can be included in cove red sure that they can be included in covered and we do walk on the announcement today by the chancellor and the government and how far they have gone to support the employees and the self—employed. many of our members have lost work this week for the next few months and indeed for the next few months and indeed for the year ahead and will want to be able to get as much support as possible to put up their clients pay so so by still being in supply and able to prove they are self—employed and being able to work a lot of the scheme will be able to be welcome and build their client base and

ensure they have decent financial support over the next few months and make sure they do have that government support going forward and that will be crucial for this work for sector that represents 50% of those across the uk now. the chancellor said is one of the most generous offers around the world. we do live in strange time so here is a tweet from the us socialist bernie sanders who is praising the tory chancellor. he is saying he thinks is the proper approach and one that should have followed in the us. you have a socialist in the us praising a conservative chancellor, must be something in it. yes, we live in strange times definitely. and it is really good and good steps the government have taken last week and indeed this week and a union will look forward to work with the government to make sure that those who might miss out as they will get the support they need. we hope the government looks into the scheme a bit further and covers those who have been on maternity leave and

make sure their income is treated fairly isa make sure their income is treated fairly is a list those who have not been eligible for the schemer might not be and what else we can do and we think it is really important government continues to work with the trade unions and employers going forward so that is the best way to provide the solutions to this crisis and for the people as well as our economy and look forward to work with them going forward. that is a good message. thank you very much for your thoughts, kate. mr sunak also spoke about what support is available for those self—employed people who need financial help beforejune. i know many self—employed people are struggling right now, so we've made sure that support is available. self—employed people can access the business interruption loans. self—assessment income tax payments that were due injuly can be deferred to the end of january next year. and we've also changed the welfare system so that self—employed people can now access universal credit in full. a self—employed person with a nonworking partner and two children living in the social rented sector can receive welfare support

of up to £1800 a month. the scheme i have announced today is fair. it is targeted at those who need it the most, and crucially, it is deliverable. and it provides an unprecedented level of support for self—employed people. as we've developed the scheme, i'm grateful for the conversations i've had with the federation of small businesses, the association of independent professionals and the self—employed, and a range of trade unions, including the trades union congress. but i must be honest and point out that in devising this scheme in response to many calls for support, it is now much harder to justify the inconsistent contributions between people of different employment statuses. if we all want to benefit equally from state support, we must all pay in equally in future. many musicians,

including harry styles, sir eltonjohn and the foo fighters, have announced cancellations or postponing tour dates due to the global health crisis. while music tours cannot go ahead for the time being, a large proportion of the production comes from self—employed people. hamish dickinson is a tour manager and record producer. and also i'm joined by yvonne 0wen, a self—employed holistic therapist who has had to cancel all my appointments while her husband is also self—employed. welcome to you both. sorry for the difficulties you are facing in the moment. does anything you have heard from the chancellor in the past hour help you? yeah, it does with the bobbins of employed for two years this will be my third year, the one we have just gone through. —— this will be my third year, the one we havejust gone through. —— i this will be my third year, the one we have just gone through. —— i have been self—employed. great that it is there for us but at the same time base in the last two years i have set up my recording studio so it being based on your profits as

opposed to your total earnings is not ideal for people who had to set up not ideal for people who had to set up in the first instance because most of our profits were brought down by the expenses of setting up our business in the first place. that is not ideal. that is a really important point if somebody has just messaged me that and it is not 80% of earnings, it is 80% of profit and you were saying in your business there is a lot of upfront cost it ta kes there is a lot of upfront cost it takes away from your profits. recording studios still come cheaply as i'm sure most people are aware. gear isa as i'm sure most people are aware. gear is a lot of money and honestly getting the space and all the rest of it cost a lot of money as well. so most of my work that i took on over the first two years of being self—employed, most of that income has gone straight back into funding the actual business in the gear and the actual business in the gear and the insurance and everything else comes with that some my profits are not giant or miss. so 80% of my profits will not be enormous which will not help usually given my work this year is primarily tory and all

that has been cancelled sol this year is primarily tory and all that has been cancelled so i will not make any money from that either. —— primarily touring. not make any money from that either. -- primarily touring. like you say, this helps for three months but one imaginesa this helps for three months but one imagines a going forward that concerts are not going to be booked because people won't have any disposable income and they won't wa nt to disposable income and they won't want to stand next to each other. yeah. this is a huge part of it. before this all kind of really came toa before this all kind of really came to a head in the uk, iwas before this all kind of really came to a head in the uk, i was on a tour and it got cancelled on the last show that we date we had done everything and had sound check and everything and had sound check and everything else were ready to go in about 50 minutes prior, they cancelled it. then every single day from then, every single festival or show that i was supposed to be working on as a tour manager or a musician myself has every day i woke up musician myself has every day i woke up to an e—mail saying that it has been cancelled and this is been cancelled and everybody i speak to is in the same place as even when it starts getting back into a people will still be kind of too poor to go

and to they will not want to be in a room with 5000 other people because they don't know when this is say. really tough for that and it sorry to hear that. really tough when you have two self—employed people in the same household. what does this do for you? so we think we were looking at numbers all day and we think that i will get some money but my husband, we looked at him and we are unclear from what the chancellor has said what this net profit means. does that include his pension contributions or not? because we think and we fear that he isjust going to be over that 50,000 threshold will be feel is unfair is that people who are employed, there is no uppercap that people who are employed, there is no upper cap for them. so they would still be able to get some money coming in whereas you have capped it and the chancellor said 95% of people will be covered by this and the average earnings in

that art £200,000. well, you are lumping a normal working—class person in who is earning literally just over 50, talking about hundreds of thousands of pounds difference and you are lumping them in with a lawyer who earns £200,000 and it is not fair because you are counting as the top were asked the other section are not being captive. and your husband is honestly just are not being captive. and your husband is honestlyjust over but providing for his own pension so the government does not have to provide for him. very quickly and almost out of time, can you get by untiljune knowing that these payments will be backdated? we will be able to do that but my 11—year—old sonjames just came in and gave me his pocket money because he is really worried. and that is another thing is it does notjust a fat and that is another thing is it does not just a fat one person, and that is another thing is it does notjust a fat one person, it affects everybody was up affecting children because their parents are worrying. —— it is notjust affect one person. he has got years and he can hear. we wish you all the best,

sorry to hear about your travails and the way it is going at the moment. but hopefully that provides some relief. now, it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. saw some big differences in the weather today. the sunshine in cumbria we saw some sunny weather but then that damp weather in edinburgh. for the rain and drizzle and misty weather it may be a bit damp at times in northern parts of northern ireland but either side of that clear skies with a widespread frost again across england and like it was last night. may will have a frost as well in the northwest of scotland. to the north of that band of cloud and we should seek more sunshine arriving through tomorrow across northern scotland and the odd shower. central and southern scotla nd shower. central and southern scotland it rather dull and misty with rain and drizzle around it times and it may well brighten up now and again across northern ireland but the best of the sunshine

it's really for england and. probably more of a breeze here and to purchase will not be quite as high. but still as we head into the weekend this is what we will see the biggest of the changes to come because we still have high pressure to the north of the uk and it is intensifying. the winds are going to be strengthening and changing direction as well. they are going to drag down colder airfrom the north and it will feel cold in the wind as well. the winds pick up really on saturday and as you can see here, there is much more cloud. notjust across scotland and northern ireland but a change across england and and maybe wanted or two light showers and some eastern coast but i think it will be dry on the whole. the rich are us picking around 12 degrees this time for more southern parts of england but when it's picking up throughout the day and that will make it feel colder as well. as we move into sunday, we move the clocks forward of course into british over time but it will

feel cold on sunday. again a lot of cloud in a little sunshine here and there perhaps was showers more likely in the northeast of the uk but those two pictures of 7—9 are typical of january and when you but those two pictures of 7—9 are typical ofjanuary and when you add the strength of the wind it will be strongest across southern and eastern parts of england, it will feel more like two or three degrees. so quite a shock to the system. still quite chilly into the early pa rt still quite chilly into the early part of next week but still generally dry and quite cloudy with a winds tending to ease and will not be as cold by day but it could be a bit colder at night.

this is bbc world news. our top stories... more than 8,000 people have now died in italy amid fears the epidemic could be taking hold in southern italy. millions of self—employed workers in the uk will now be able to claim 80% of their average monthly profits to help them cope with the financial impact of coronavirus. hairdressers and childminders and many others, through no of their own, risk losing their livelihoods. to you, i say this. you have not been forgotten.