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sisters! joseph parker there — keeping spirits high. time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins. there has not been much change in the weather recently. for much of england and wales, blue skies and sunshine but, for northern ireland, parts of scotland, there has been more cloud, bringing occasional light rain and drizzle. that is what we have got at the moment, particularly through the central belt of scotland through to southern scotland, you can see this thick band of cloud. brighter skies coming for the west of northern ireland and brighter skies across northern scotla nd brighter skies across northern scotland but with a few wintry showers. for much of england and wales this afternoon, it continues with blue skies and sunshine but some cloud creeping into the far north of england. where we have the sunshine, iz—isdc. where we have the cloud and to the north of it, more like 8—10. here is the cloud this evening and overnight. it starts to drift further southwards into parts of northern england, wales, the midlands, northern ireland. to the north, clear skies and some wintry

showers across scotland could lead to icy stretches. the strength of the breeze further south should keep the breeze further south should keep the temperatures a few degrees above freezing. this is the weekend, some change to come. it will start to feel colder. we still have this frontal system, just a band of cloud but notice the squeeze on the isobars. it is the strength of the wind that will make the difference and it is a cold and biting wind, particularly by the time we get to sunday. so, for saturday, a mixture of sunny spells, variable and large amounts of cloud but also some wintry showers, particularly for eastern counties of scotland and england. rain, sleetand eastern counties of scotland and england. rain, sleet and may be a bit of snow over higher ground. colder tomorrow, scraping double figures for central and southern england but with the wind started to pick up, it will feel colder than recent days. don't forget, we start british summer time this weekend. through the early hours of sunday morning, the clocks will go forward one hour. but it is going to feel even colder come sunday. more on the

way of cloud, the best of any brightness probably across northern ireland, may be north west england. some bright and sunny spells breaking through but still wintry showers. it is the strength of the wind we are all going to fail on sunday, particularly eastern counties of england, scotland and channel coastal counties. those gusts could touch 30—a0 mph so while the thermometer may read 6—9, if you've had on the strength of the wind, it will feel closer to freezing so a really cold feel through the weekend and we keep that through the weekend and we keep that through the weekend and we keep that through the early part of next week. not much rain, albeit some sunshine, may be a few wintry showers but it is going to stay feeling very cold. jane. thank you. thank you. a reminder of our top story... the prime minister and the health secretary have tested positive for coronavirus. i've developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that's to say a temperature and persistent cough. and on the advice of the chief medical officer, i've taken a test. that has come out positive,

so i am working from home, i'm self—isolating. i have also had some mild symptoms of coronavirus and, upon medical advice, i was tested and that test has been positive, sol advice, i was tested and that test has been positive, so i will be self isolating here until next thursday. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. i'm jane hill. a reminder of our top story today, that it's been confirmed the prime minister, borisjohnson, has tested positive for coronavirus. he is self isolating in downing street. the prime minister was tested in number 10 after experiencing mild symptoms on thursday. a downing street spokeswoman said: the prime minister was tested for coronavirus on the personal advice of england's chief medical

officer, professor chris whitty. and in the last few minutes, the health secretary matt hancock has confirmed that he too has tested positive for coronavirus, and he has self isolated at home. he posted this on his twitter feed. i've been working from home over the last couple of days because everybody who can work from home should work from home. i've also had some mild symptoms of coronavirus, and upon medical advice, i was tested, and that test has been positive, so i will be self—isolating here until next thursday. fortunately for me, the symptoms so far have been very mild, so i've been able to carry on with the work, driving forward the uk response, and also being able to just say a massive thank you to everybody in the nhs, working in social care and right across the board on the response.

i thought the clap for the carers moment last night was unbelievable and so wonderful to see the whole country uniting in support for those people who look after us. but i'll be continuing to do everything i can to get our carers the support that they need, and i'll be doing that from here, but with no less gusto. and then from next thursday, once i'm out of self—isolation, and i hope with no more symptoms, then i'll be able to get back, stuck in and into the office, where necessary. but the truth is that all of us can learn that working from home can be really, really effective. that is what matt hancock put on twitter. well, earlier, the prime minister also posted a message on twitter. hi, folks.

i want to bring you up to speed with something that is happening today which is that i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, a temperature and a persistent cough, and on the advice of the chief medical officer i have taken a test that has come out positive, so i am working from home. i am self—isolating and that is entirely the right thing to do, but be in no doubt that i can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team, to lead the national fightback against coronavirus. i want to thank everybody involved. above all, our amazing nhs staff. it was very moving last night to join in that national clap for the nhs — but it is notjust the nhs. it is our police, social care workers, teachers, everybody who works in schools and dwp staff, an amazing national effort by the public services but also by every

member of the british public who is volunteering. 600,000 people have volunteered to take part in a great national effort to protect people from the consequences of coronavirus and i want to thank you and everybody who is working to keep our country going through this epidemic, and we will get through it and the way we are going to get through it is of course by applying the measures that you will have heard so much about. and the more effectively we all comply with those measures, the faster our country will come through this epidemic and the faster we will bounce back so thank you to everybody who is doing what i am doing, working from home, to stop the spread of the virus from household to household. that is the way we are going to win and we are going to beat

it and beat it together. stay at home, protect the nhs, and save lives. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's in westminster now. the prime minister and a senior cabinet minister, people will be thinking, what next? they have in close contact very much in the last few weeks. the two people at the front of government efforts to tackle the virus outbreak. important to point out, they have mild symptoms. both say they can continue to work. the prime minister chaired a video conference this morning, still in charge of what is going on in downing street at the moment. also, there have been social

distancing measures in government. earlier this week, the cabinet was largely done by video conference, only four people there. the prime minister and health secretary were two, and the chief medical officer and cabinet secretary. we know the prime minister was in parliament, taking pmqs on wednesday. some will wonder whether there need to be tests of mps in the coming days, perhaps some of those in the commons. worth pointing out that both say they have mild symptoms and only started to show in the last couple of days, which is why they we re couple of days, which is why they were tested. if key government people start to show symptoms, they

get a test because they are important to the government reaction. for the moment, the prime minister and the health secretary still at the forefront of efforts and will continue to be so. thank you very much. i'm joined now by guto harri — former director fo external affairs for boris johnson during his time as mayor of london. what do you make of this? what do you make of thi57m what do you make of this? it shows no one is immune or safe from this. prime ministers are more protected than anyone, but this virus can get to wherever it needs to. whilst hoping the symptoms are mild and he recovers quickly, it is the perfect opportunity to know what they are asking people to put up with. there is nothing more disciplining than to

experiencing thing you are warning people against. it will provide the prime minister and health secretary with insight and perspective. if they get through swiftly and largely unscathed, they will draw conclusions that would be harder to speu conclusions that would be harder to spell out in words than to demonstrate through actions. an interesting observation, because you have put that diplomatically. you are saying it is good for them. they will know what it feels like and what nhs workers are up against. yeah, and they will both be co mforta ble yeah, and they will both be comfortable with that. i've known the prime ministerfor many comfortable with that. i've known the prime minister for many years, and he is very determined. with adrenaline in the mix, i can't imagine this knocking him back far. he will carry on emphasising how

dangerous this is for older, more vulnerable people. if he is back on his feet in a few days, it is a strong symbol that this doesn't need to be as devastating as it is said to be as devastating as it is said to be. interesting politically, because of the extent to which the issue of testing has been part of the political agenda. health workers crying out sane, we need to be tested if we are to do ourjobs properly. it pushes that question to the forefront again. it does, because it shows that no one is immune. it is criticalfor because it shows that no one is immune. it is critical for health workers so that they are reassured and can go back to work if they have

come out the other side. and for other workers in due course. tests initially for key workers in the nhs, and forthe initially for key workers in the nhs, and for the whole population. it will resolve the conflicting scientific faeces at the heart of this. one report from oxford —— scientific theories at the heart of this. the dominant science is still telling us the worst is yet to come and it may be terrible. thank you for now. more we could discuss, but thank you. earlier the former leader of the conservative party sir iain duncan smith spoke to my colleague carrie gracie, and he gave us his reaction to the news. i'm very sorry for him and obviously for his now pregnant girlfriend, because it must be a worry for her,

and clearly she needs to be separated from him, and i'm sure she has gone into isolation. so, i'm very sorry, because he has the weight of decision—making on all our behalves that he carries. and that is an important feature to recognise. it's notjust getting isolated, he is also having to make these decisions at the same time and continue to run the government. my thoughts are with him right now, because this is a very difficult position to be in, though i'm not surprised he may have come into contact with someone, because he has been doing so much over the last few weeks, trying to keep people's morale up, trying to talk to doctors and nurses and all sorts of people from the emergency services. i think this has been a huge and tremendous effort on his behalf. i suppose, this underlines in a very real way for the public the importance of the social distancing measures, which of course only fairly recently came into effect in westminster and in downing street.

absolutely. to be fair to boris, he has spent all his time trying to urge the people of this country to recognise the threat and what they can do about it, and he has been on endlessly saying, look, please observe the social distancing points. please don't go out in groups. don't do all of the things that have been asked of you to avoid, and on monday, against his real instincts, has had to clamp down with emergency legislation and give police the power is to move people on if necessary. these things are very alien to his culture, to his nature, and basically, britten's nature. ——britain's nature. but he has taken those decisions, and i think it brings home to everybody, look, no matter how high you be, you are under

threat from the covid—i9 strain. unless you are prepared to step up and do what you've been asked to do, chances are it will continue to spread. though there is some quite good sense that we are beginning to get on top of it. and we've been hearing from some quarters a sense of relief that at least some of the very major and difficult decisions on social distancing, on the economic packages, have now been taken, and that in a way, this is not the worst moment that news like this could happen. no, i think the truth is, this tells us that even the prime minister and a member of the royal family — let's not forget, prince charles has now got the symptoms — so, the point here is that it isn't a case ofjust one group likely to get this, it's everybody in the uk can get this virus if others do not observe this really critical social distancing, keep yourself away from people as far as possible, staying in your household, all those rules

that have been laid out. they are not there because people want to be awkward, they are there because this is the consequence of failing to do this earlier. everybody, anybody can get this, and of course, you get it and don't realise it, you spread it as well. so, it really is a very good example of what boris has been saying absolutely endlessly — please, please, observe these rules. but at the same time, the government has taken huge actions. just the announcement from the chancellor yesterday and last week, businesses loans, supporting the paid for people in employment and also now for the self—employed. they are not necessarily going to be perfect, but they are on a scale unseen in this country at any time, and they are real commitments across the board forgetting politics altogether to try to make sure we get through this. and we will get through this,

we will get through this. the british people are unbelievably resilient, and the economy is actually very strong, but we have to do what we've been asked if we will get through this quickly. a moment ago, we were watching on the screen as we were listening to you the pictures of the prime minister under chancellor on the steps of downing street last night, observing a two metre as they applauded the carers across our health front line, but right now, we are watching pictures of the prime minister only a couple of days earlier, flanked by the chief scientific adviser and the chief medical officer, at less than two metres. one concern and one question in some minds would be, should the social distancing rules have come in earlier in westminster, in downing street and across government? to be fair, the prime minister has observed that to me to distancing throughout.

to be fair, the prime minister has ——observed that two—metre distancing throughout. the difference with those press conferences was that they were not, to be fair, facing each other, so they have stayed, though, i'm told, two metres apart throughout all of their discussions. we have to hope that this has been enough to ensure that the scientific advisers, medical advisers are themselves not going to come down with this, but i'm absolutely convinced the prime minister has kept his distance as far as humanly possible, and of course, no matter what, he was absolutely right, as we all were, to come out and applaud the magnificent work that the nhs and all our emergency services are doing, notwithstanding the fact that they themselves, of course, are losing colleagues who are coming down with this and having to be treated as well. trust so, we are all in this together, really, frankly. from the royal family down to the person in greatest difficulty and the most vulnerable. everybody is in this together.

following the news the prime minister has tested positive for coronavirus the political editor of the spectator, james forsyth, told my colleague carrie gracie that the prime minister was upbeat. i think, as you said, it is classically boris johnson, very positive. they will be a lot of concern in whitehall because obviously he has been in contact with many of the key figures dealing with this crisis in the past few days. it undoubtedly does complicate things on a governmental level. you said he was positive there. i mean, he said his symptoms were mild. just talking for a moment for longer about the prime minister himself and his health, he does look in that video well. and he does it sound well. so i suppose while the concerns that you express at the wider infections

that might be going on, in terms of his own personal health he looks in good shape? yeah. i think it is important anybody with a temperature and a cough must self—isolate. the prime minister is to follow that. i think a lot of stuff in whitehall is already happening. cabinet meetings happening. i think there are ways to do without. -- there are ways to deal with that. i think the concern will be, and this has been the concern for quite some time, what happens if this infection spreads throughout whitehall? how much more difficult does that make the job of the government? let's talk about that in more detail. until very recently the prime minister has been conducting those news conferences with a very large number ofjournalists in the room. some of our audience may not feel that journalists are critical workers,

but then obviously his aides inside downing street, the chief medical officer, the chief scientific adviser, there are a lot of key people in the battle who he has been working with and very close proximity to, as we have seen in recent days? yeah. as far as possible, they try to follow the social distancing guidelines. if you look at the cabinet meeting on tuesday, yes matt hancock was physically in the room. but he is a good six feet away from the prime minister. the prime minister and the chancellor were standing outside number 10 last night clapping. but again they were the appropriate six feet away from each other. i think the question becomes, how widespread is this infection in whitehall? if there had been some number 10 staff self isolating, they will be worries about whether this could make things even more difficult as the government tries to handle what is undoubtedly one of the biggest peacetime challenges

this country has faced. and if the prime minister becomes unable to lead the effort due to any worsening of symptoms, then the duties fall upon dominic raab, the foreign secretary. it is, as we understand from earlier this week, his role to step up should he be needed ? he is the first secretary of state as well as the foreign secretary. if the prime minister is incapacitated for any time, he will act as the acting prime minister. and dominic raab himself, this would be a huge accretion of duties to him? yeah. obviously it would be. ironically, he has tested negative for coronavirus. it would obviously be, it would make it more difficult for government, especially because borisjohnson has very much been the face of the government response

to coronavirus. he has been holding these regular press conferences. his addresses to the nation have been at the heart of the communication with the public. dominic raab is nowhere near as well—known a figure as borisjohnson. and turning to some of the criticisms we have heard in recent days, in some quarters the criticisms are that a social distancing was not introduced early enough. and in other quarters there have been criticisms of the government and its scientific advice, criticisms of its, of the extent to which it's been able to provide testing for health workers. if the prime minister himself is now a victim of the virus, does that suggest to you that politically the pressures will diminish because people will want to give the prime minister some space? or will people be saying,

those critics who were already shouting at the prime minister, will they be shouting louder, we told you so? i don't think this is going to kind of... i think, as you said, looking at that video, what everyone at number 10 and in government are saying, borisjohnson has mild symptoms. i don't think it is at a stage where it is... where it pauses politics. the criticisms that front line nhs staff should be tested, they will carry on regardless in this situation. more on all of that coming up from 2pm. we will look at what is happening around the world. right now, the prospects for the weather.

rain sliding south overnight. north and south of this, clearer skies, and south of this, clearer skies, and wintry showers across parts of scotland, icy stretches in places. most of us stay above freezing. it won't be as cold or frosty as in recent nights. a cold north—easterly wind across the whole uk this weekend. sunny spells on saturday, variable cloud and wintry showers, particularly in eastern counties of scotla nd particularly in eastern counties of scotland and england. rain, sleet and snow over higher ground. temperatures of 6—9dc, scraping double figures for a time over southern england. it will feel colder in the wind, and colder still by sunday.

this is bbc news. the headlines at two. the prime minister tests positive for coronavirus — he says he is self isolating in downing street. i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that is to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer, i have taken a test that has come out positive. so, i am working from home, i am self isolating. the health secretary matt hancock also tests positive for the virus — he too has mild symptoms and is self—isolating. it comes as fears grow that certain hospitals may soon be overwhelmed —