‘ came out and across the uk came out and clapped for nhs staff. i could hear it from the house here. i it is a movement that started elsewhere. we've had in spain and italy. and in turkey. in italy they have been doing it. i think we had what clapping and a lot of not make a lot of appreciation. for the nhs staff, who are soberly putting their lives on the line in some cases. they don't have the personal protective equipment in some cases that they need to protect them against the infection and they are being so brave and ijust think it was lovely that everybody came out and that way and show their appreciation. and also it is a bit ofa appreciation. and also it is a bit of a good to come together as a community come altogether in the evening saying we are all in this together and we do want to show our thanks to the people who are really

oi'i thanks to the people who are really on the front line. sebastian, the daily telegraph has pretty much the same story and the main picture of prince william and catherine that their children. charlie, louis and george clapping. by the looks of it looks like they did their clapping before bedtime. alexis still be like there. your thoughts on the clap?” there. your thoughts on the clap?|i was there. your thoughts on the clap?” was out this evening for my wants a mandated walk around my neighbourhood. laughter. suddenly this noise erupted and i looked around andi this noise erupted and i looked around and i realised it was eight o'clock. everybody came to their windows out of their flats at their doorsteps banking pans and ifelt this odd situation, i was in the middle of this whole thing walking down the street and i started clapping as you do but the noise was absolutely terrific and such a hardening site as well because some of the stories we've heard from doctors and nurses, they are working in the most trying and testing conditions which are only about to get worse. in the health service. i

think wherever you work in the country tonight, you heard that appreciation. it is a very heartening thing. we front other things on doorsteps and on one street there were several people with trumpets and guitars and playing music across the street as well. so we are seeing this amazing sense of community and togetherness that you don't often see in london my but and other parts of the country. but incredibly and i think the most bizarre clapping was boris johnson and rishi sunak clapping at number ten and number 11 downing st and both came out with the a cce pta ble and both came out with the acceptable social distance and waved at each other and clapped and waved at each other and clapped and waved at the cameras and went back in again. it is good to see everybody getting in the spirit. we have got a new phrase at the bbc our health editor hugh pam, really tall, six foot tall come his arms finished the exact distance. won that there will be the distance everybody needs in the country. —— hugh pym. if you

stand between his arms you are in safe distance. on the clapping time if you had to do it at italy in a sing—along, what should we sing, sian? gosh. i always sing the root national anthem but i don't think thatis national anthem but i don't think that is appropriate. —— russian national anthem. we have the pictures of of louis and prince george and charlotte, also clapping and all address in the nhs blue i think that is very nice because as we know, prince charles has tested positive for the coronavirus infection. it really is a sense that everybody is in this together. and we are all fighting this common invisible enemy. you have one minute to think of the song he was saying. very cheesy and say why don't we all go for aid to jerusalem? very cheesy and say why don't we all go for aid tojerusalem? the national anthem when we see everybody struggle with the words will stop that really is our

national anthem. i have been singing it when i wash my hands. let's all go for that. i didn't know it was 20 seconds long. that is the right one. let's move on to the express now. we previewed the headline. checkpoint britain, police will arrest anybody flouting lockdown as the uk death toll hits 578. and i read earlier that the vast powers that police might have for breaking rules would be an offence and you will get a fine of £60 going up to £960, sian, when you look at the daily express, is this a logical next step for the restrictions? i think police do need powers. we have seen when there are i'io powers. we have seen when there are no restrictions. really enforce restrictions. people do slightly ta ke restrictions. people do slightly take liberties. just a few days ago, the parks were full and london in the parks were full and london in the supermarkets were absolutely packed in some cases. and today it isa very packed in some cases. and today it is a very different situation. now i

think the police and people know they have the powers and know they will use them. people really are trying much harder i've seen in the la st 24 trying much harder i've seen in the last 24 hours to keep two metres away from each other outside of the supermarket, you have tape on the pavement so people can queue up. the staff are letting people and when anyone. it is much more distant and people are not going out as far as i see in more than to use and trying to keep away from each other. i think that is good. but i think the police have to be careful. what i think will be the best possible outcome but as this is all by consensus outcome but as this is all by consensus and the police stop people and that track sometimes, people have driving to beauty spots to exercise in saying you don't need to drive to a beauty spot to exercise. exercise near your house. this is unnecessary. i think the best way of going forward is to let the police did this by consensus. if it comes to having to hand out fines or

threaten people with arrest, the whole sort of climate could turn very nasty and i really think the police do not want that and i'm sure the public don't want that. if we can move forward in cooperation, the police are reminding people that there are these restrictions, please don't step over the lines. that would be a much better way for anything. i will look at the metro, sebastian, has pretty much the same in life. i have been struck essentially at the moment most people are self policing. i went to a supermarket queue and there was about a two metre queue. we didn't need to be told what to do. we've a lwa ys need to be told what to do. we've always said we are not a police state. can we get through this without the police telling us what to do? if you think back to the prime minister addressed to the nation on monday, and how much life has changed since then, that my neighbour has has almost been entirely empty since then, and there were some signs this weekend that show the nation was not listening to

those social distancing measures, but the fact that shops have closed and gyms have close, and that people do seem to be taking it very seriously, the key thing that matters now is that those fines come to force today in the coronavirus emergency legislation gave the police these very draconian powers as well as being able to find people. they can search any vehicle. they can close down ports enclosed on airports. the basic fines given to somebody who is out of their home without a due reason is £60. he goes down to £30 if you pay within 14 days. if your card again it doubles. and it doubles again. the maximum you can pay is £1000. —— if you are cardigan. policing of this country is all done by consent. they goes back to the very early days of robert peel which created the modern police force here. what we are looking at trying with these coronavirus powers is something much more draconian and i think the government has been careful to get this balance that if you look at

what is happening in paris for example, we have to have a form that assigned and explains why you are leaving the flight from a that is not the thing you can really get away with in this country. it doesn't fit into that policing by consent. i haven't seen a hughes out right to police having to police this but of course we are still very early days into the national lockdown. i think as it develops and his people get may be more restless and more frustrated, being in their homes and not being able to go out every day life, then more of those powers may be needed but so far, the government has calculated people will go along with this lockdown and we saw will go along with this lockdown and we saw that pole of support showing the approach is working. meka hold on, iwant the approach is working. meka hold on, i want to go to your paper, sebastian. —— sian, hold on. the chancellor and build £3 billion of month rescue dealfor the self—employed. briefly, how is your

paper covering the announcement by rishi sunak? we think this is probably a good announcement. the self—employed have been missing from the overall economic package that rishi sunak has put forth to help the economy through the coronavirus crisis. essentially what he is saying is that anybody who is earning less than £50,000 a month and in the self—employed will get 80% of their wages paid for by the state but two caveats to it. one, the money will not come through to the money will not come through to the end ofjune because the system is so complex and the treasury have been working day and night to get this thing together in time. the second thing is if you earn above £50,000 a month, tough luck, you will not get any help. and the argument the treasury is that people who are in that 5% who will not get caught by the scheme, the average earnings are £200,000 a year in their calculations are those people will be ok on their own. so there will be ok on their own. so there will be ok on their own. so there will be some criticism that there is this they are not covered. generally

speaking given the fact has been put together in a very short space of time, no systems there in place it seems to be a good situation. i'm so sorry to jump in. seems to be a good situation. i'm so sorry tojump in. i went a seems to be a good situation. i'm so sorry to jump in. i went a few seconds. the times, sian. talking about the housing market. quickly give us your take on that. yes. this isa give us your take on that. yes. this is a story that there there will be put on hold. the government wants the housing market to be put on hold for the reason this also this and the also i think it lends lenders are pulling mortgage packages at a very fa st are pulling mortgage packages at a very fast rate. the products are disappearing from the market. the risk of course with all of this is that we will move into a depression the only and and things will be very difficult indeed and coming out of

these lockdowns, it could result in income losses. —— a rise in unemployment. that is the final word on this particular segment. that is it for the papers this hour. sian griffiths and sebastian payne will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers. goodbye for now. hello there, good evening. we saw some very big differences in the weather across the uk today. the sunshine in cumbria helped temperatures up to 18 degrees, where underneath that low, cloud, damp weather in edinburgh, it was only seven degrees. and that cloud is still around, covering much of scotland overnight, bringing some further rain and drizzle, some misty weather, too. it may well be a bit damp at times in northern parts of northern ireland. either side of that, some clearer skies, mind you, with a widespread frost again across england and wales, just like it was last night. we may well have a frost as well

in the northwest of scotland. here, we're to the north of that band of cloud, and we should see more sunshine arriving through tomorrow, across northern scotland the odd shower. central, southern scotland, though, rather dull and misty, with a bit of rain and drizzle around at times. it may well brighten up now and again across northern ireland, but the best of the sunshine is really for england and wales. but there'll probably more of a breeze here than there was today, so temperatures are not going to be quite as high. but still, as we head into the weekend, this is when we'll see the biggest of the changes to come, because we still have high pressure to the northwest of the uk and it is intensifying. the winds are going to be strengthening and changing direction as well. we're going to drag down colder air from the north, and it will feel colder in the wind as well. the winds start to pick up really on saturday, and as you can see here, there's much more cloud. not just across scotland and northern ireland, but a noticeable change across england and wales. there may be one or two light showers near some eastern coasts, but i think it will be dry on the whole. temperatures perhaps peaking at around 12 degrees this time

for more southern parts of england and wales, but the winds will be picking up throughout the day and that will make it feel colder as well. and as we move into sunday, we move the clocks forward of course into british summer time, but it will feel cold on sunday. again a lot of cloud and a little sunshine here and there perhaps, showers more likely in the northeast of the uk. but those temperatures of 7—9 are more typical of january, and when you add the strength of the wind and it will be strongest across southern and eastern parts of england, it'll feel more like two or three degrees. so, quite a shock to the system. it's still quite chilly into the early part of next week, but still generally dry and quite cloudy. the winds will tend to ease. won't be as cold by day, but it could be a bit colder at night.

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