president trump has signed into law a $2 trillion emergency spending package to relieve the impact of the coronavirus on the us economy. it's the largest such programme in modern american history. the us has now reported more than 100,000 cases of the virus more than 900 people have died in italy as a result of coronavirus in a single day, pushing the number of dead to more than 9,000. pope francis has spoken of the thick darkness that has enveloped italy as it is stricken by the pandemic. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he will continue to lead the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis despite contracting the disease himself. mrjohnson said he was suffering mild symptoms and was isolating himself. britain's health secretary also has the virus. and the chief medical officer is showing symptoms.

cut off in my prime. now on bbc news, this week's episode of inside out comes from the east midlands. much of the programme was filmed before social distancing was necessary. tonight, when the local corner shop becomes a coronavirus lifeline. we have to help each other. is doing something wonderful in the community. it is very challenging to be trapped in your house. also tonight, too many of us are on addictive painkillers. so could medical cannabis provide an alternative? so when you took the cannabis medicine, what happened?” felt like a human again. they felt like they had my brain. and when first impressions count, could a tattooed cost you yourjob? an employee can choose not to employ someone employee can choose not to employ someone based on them having visible tattoos.

first tonight, a week of panic buying has left supermarket shelves are stripped of essential items like pasztor, roles, and nappies, so why have so many of us felt the need to stockpile, even when told there is plenty for everyone? —— pasta. we have been meeting the people who have been meeting the people who have been meeting the people who have been keeping our stores are stocked and investigating the impact of coronavirus on the retail industry. i want to show you something. this is an algae supermarket in leicestershire. —— algae. they're accused right round the back of the supermarket. and a test because michelle is empty of milk and bread stop by now we are facing a global crisis, but is panic buying really the answer? going to the shops and eve ryo ne the answer? going to the shops and everyone is panic buying and you can feel yourself being swayed and you have to pull back and think, no, because they don't think we're going to starve. we just have to we do different things. it's the

uncertainty. nobody has a crystal ball and knows where it is going to go, so ball and knows where it is going to go, so everyone is ball and knows where it is going to go, so everyone is looking to protect themselves. i think when there are a few more guidelines in place and people know what they are doing it willjust come down a little bit. its clear customers are feeling anxious over panic buying and this shop keeper from feeling anxious over panic buying and this shop keeperfrom leicester says it is feeling some people without. my father is at the wholesalers right now and he is getting the role, nappies, pasta, it's all there. it's just, getting the role, nappies, pasta, it's all there. it'sjust, gas, because people are buying it so fast and they are buying more than their needs, people aren't —— things are going to the place they need to go to. we have a chat who lives three doors down asking if you have any liberal? really reluctantly thinking is he stockpiling, he is not, he just needs toilet roll because he has been to the supermarket, probably done his weekly shop, and

been unable to get the one thing thatis been unable to get the one thing that is never normally sold out. to help those who have already missed out and are now in self isolation, pratik is doing door—to—door deliveries. local shops will really have to step up. in these times of need there are loads of people in self isolation. and whatever we can do to step out of our normal routine and sort of help where required, thatis and sort of help where required, that is where we are therefore. so what makes us stockpile everything from tinned goods to toilet roll when the messages are there is enough to go around? because we see other people panic buying, but this type of behaviour is driven by fear, fear in these type of situations can be in fear in these type of situations can beina fear in these type of situations can

be in a sense contagious also. it can have a negative effect. we can aggravate the situation with coronavirus. i think there is also a link toa coronavirus. i think there is also a link to a survival instinct here. people here are concerned about their well—being, they are confused, and so they are focusing on what they perceive matters most, which includes food, supplies. with shells emptying fast, taylor's transport group, based in nottinghamshire, is helping to replace supermarkets across the country —— shelves. right now all of its 200 lowly rovers around on the road and it is a challenge to keep up with demand —— laurie drivers. just out on the road. we are delivering a lot of hand cleaning products. at the moment the demand is so high we are very busy with the deliveries. when i get that we will be learning again to go somewhere else. at the moment

they don't know where yet. we are flat out at the moment delivering to supermarkets and distribution centres. and keeping us very busy. with so many deliveries nationwide, at the control centre it's a big job for owner alan and operations managerjohn. give me an update have we any delays? midlands, north-west, and obviously the top side of london. three or four hour delays. it isa london. three or four hour delays. it is a knock—on effect. again for supermarkets it is all hand wash, et cetera. the big supermarkets are limiting shoppers to buying up to three of the same item and, for now at least, there seems to be no let up at least, there seems to be no let up on loo rolls. so what exactly is going on with toilet rolls at the moment? we have just received an e—mail therefrom one of our customers, more trucks, more trucks,

more trucks. i think really what it is, as you know, people arejust going out and buying toilet rolls. there are enough toilet rolls to last but we need to stock the shelves. what they ask has to do is just put more vehicles on the road. alan, you have just just put more vehicles on the road. alan, you havejust had just put more vehicles on the road. alan, you have just had a just put more vehicles on the road. alan, you havejust had a briefing about what has gone on, and all your 39 years of running this business, have you seen anything like this before? absolutely not. we've been through recessions, we've been through recessions, we've been through brexit, just when you think we are ready for getting back to normal industrial working, this drop is upon us. i've seen nothing like it. what would you say, alan, to the people who are panic buying was yellow eye would say there's plenty of products out there. we are running a transport company is normal. we have 200 trucks delivering to all destinations all over the country. i don't think there is a need to panic buy. there are plenty of products around.”

think that there is likely to be a kind of backlash effect. i think more and more people are going to become disapproving of this behaviour of the panic buying behaviour, and that will kind of naturally start to deter it. back in leicester, pratik is dropping off a delivery to one of his customers who are self isolating because he has symptoms. martin? i'lljust leave it here for you. cheers! he's keeping a safe distance, but he is about his customers' well—being. how are you feeling? i cost so much i've vomited. 0ddly my temperature is low. but i am shivering. and, yeah, so, not good. from behind the garden fence, martin tells me that pratik‘s delivery service has been vital as panic buying has created long delays

for ordering online from supermarkets. he is doing something wonderfulfor the supermarkets. he is doing something wonderful for the community. this supermarkets. he is doing something wonderfulfor the community. this is a time where it is very challenging just to be trapped in your house. and i can't see a doctor or have anything. so we have just seen a man with suspected symptoms and he is self isolating, along with his whole family. and he said if it were not for people like pratik giving him essential supplies, he wouldn't have any. pratik, we have kept a safe distance will sing you drop off this parcel to someone who has with a coronavirus symptoms, are you not worried about own health?” coronavirus symptoms, are you not worried about own health? i don't know. i think i've always said that there has to be a certain amount of humanity. if someone is left without their basic needs and i am able to help that little amount? it's something eye would feel bad for if

they didn't. so what are you going to do now that you've drop the puzzle to this gentleman? hand sanitise, clean, and probably do the —— parcel. 0ur —— parcel. our next film is about a subject close to my heart, how to tackle long—term pain. doctors have been criticised for prescribing far too much addictive opiate based medicine for long—suffering patients. but one of the alternatives is pretty controversial. it's become a routine. every six weeks or so injections of local anaesthetic designed to take the edge of a pain that never goes away. so the condition that you have is called chronic myofascial pain, it is coming from the muscle and the covering of the muscle. trigger points are the hyper excitable areas in these muscles which generate the

pain and cause muscle to grow tighter and can lead to spasms. what we do now is inject these trigger points under ultrasound guidance, with the local anaesthetic, to switch off the pain signals in this muscle. that's it. and they usually corresponds with your pain. i'm so sorry. my back and shoulder pain started when i was 16, a side—effect of dislocating my knee is a sporty teenager. nothing the doctors do seems to work, but this does help — for a while. you're all done. 0k. now you know that i'm not keen on opiates. and neither me. we as pain doctors do not recommend opiates for long—term chronic noncancer pain. basically, we do know that the long—term opiates consumption has many side effects, one of the side—effects is dependence, you can become dependent on it. we have figures from public health england reports of 500,000 people who have been on opiates for more than three

yea rs. been on opiates for more than three years. what did you think needs to change? what would you like to see change? what would you like to see change? it's the patient education and public awareness about chronic pain. and it's notjust relying on the drugs to manage the pain. there are 70 other things that the patients could do for pain relief, you need to know how to live with it and live with it a bit better —— so many. so why do gps continue to prescribe such high levels of opiate medicines? this doctor sees dozens of patients every week with chronic pain. pain is a very complex issue. asa pain. pain is a very complex issue. as a working gp, the options available to me are actually quite limited. so, for example, referral services have a long waiting list. there are a few community—based services. as far too easy to reach

for the prescription pad. so what are the options? i'm going to meet someone are the options? i'm going to meet someone who knows all about opioid drugs and has found an alternative. macy, hire? nice to meet you. how are you? i'm well. lucy stafford has ellis taylor syndrome. she can dislocate her soldierjust by brushing her hair. how bad was that dislocation? -- shoulder. it was probably my worst this location. at first i was just young and in a lot of pain and wanted something to get rid of it. so why would take whatever my doctors would give me and my worst i was effectively taking, i was taking a fentanyl patch all the time. you don't really ta ke patch all the time. you don't really take stronger opiates than that. i was taking those through the day and i was constantly just was taking those through the day and i was constantlyjust off my face on drugs, really full then lucy discovered she was addicted did. i went to my doctor and said what's

happening, when i forget my medication this happens. they said you were addicted to them. that's what happens when you take them. i mean, iwas 11! what happens when you take them. i mean, i was 11! years old and that com pletely mean, i was 11! years old and that completely freaked me out. they won't even doing anything for the pain. so it doesn't even feel worthwhile. desperate to help, her doctor suggested she might try a private prescription for medical cannabis. he said they have never done this before, but i am going to try to prescribe ua cannabis based medicine. he didn't know how to write the perception, he didn't know anything about it. he knew that really we didn't have any other choice. so when you took the cannabis medicine, what happened?” felt like a human again. i felt like they had my brain. and they educate myself on the different strains and types of cannabis in the best ways to be taking it. just following that, it was absolutely unbelievable. 0nly that, it was absolutely unbelievable. only a had something eye could be like, oh, well, that's what it feels like to not be in

pain. do you know, that is one remarkable young lady in there. they have come away with so many questions. would cannabis help with our growing opiates crisis? would it help me with my chronic pain? is it everybody? i don't know yet. medical cannabis was legalised in 2018, but it is only available on the nhs for very specific conditions, such as ms and epilepsy. this professor from nottingham this professorfrom nottingham is a co nsulta nt this professorfrom nottingham is a consultant in cannabis based medicine. people feel better, than mental health is better, they can sleep better. patients that i have met who are really working as advocates in this area will say that it has been transformative for them. cannabis based medicines are

licensed, but the recommendations from the national institute for clinical excellence is that they are not recommended for chronic pain for use in the nhs. nice were very clear they were particular areas they would like to see more research on, particularly randomised controls trials, the gold standard of clinical research. i agree with that. i think we need to know and we need to do the clinical research and we need to know what are the best products for various diseases, and we need to know what are the best routes of administration, what are the best doses to take? in the meantime you can get a private prescription from an expert doctor at one of the clinics opening up all over the country. having heard lu cy‘s over the country. having heard lucy's experience, i am now prepared to give cannabis a go, but you can't just turn up and walk away with a prescription. i have had to register, fill in a medical

questionnaire, and get a referral letter from my gp. questionnaire, and get a referral letterfrom my gp. without questionnaire, and get a referral letter from my gp. without doubt, nothing is happening. but i've got it and nothing is happening. but i've got itandi nothing is happening. but i've got it and i am here for my consultation. thank you for coming to see me. doctor akiri is an nhs co nsulta nt to see me. doctor akiri is an nhs consultant who works privately. i had injuries and i think the sedentary life, the recovery time, affected my back and i havejust never recovered. and it willjump from one side to another. so sometimes it will be worse on my left... doctor akiri gives me the green light. he recommends a compound which contains both cbd and a small amount of thc. if you are looking for a prescription on a cannabis based product it has to say exactly what the thc content is. it has to say exactly what passivity

content is. and so people tend to look at a product which has particular ratios of thc and cbd. few days later, my medical cannabis oil has arrived. my starting dose is tiny, just 0.1 millimetre, building to one millilitre over ten weeks. so it is six days in now, i was quite excited on the first day, i didn't know what to think, but to be quite honest with you, in terms of the pain relief, i couldn't say at this point, if i'm being really honest, but the one thing i have noticed as iam but the one thing i have noticed as i am sleeping. and i but the one thing i have noticed as iam sleeping. and i have but the one thing i have noticed as i am sleeping. and i have had insomnia for over 30 years. and i didn't notice it at first, it kind of crept up on me, but i am a lot calmer, i am of crept up on me, but i am a lot calmer, iam not of crept up on me, but i am a lot calmer, i am not stressing about things, iam calmer, i am not stressing about things, i am not getting those trigger headaches that are used to do. so as far as that goes, fantastic. i've got one more

appointment before this story ends. when the pain gets really bad, there isa when the pain gets really bad, there is a prescription i've found always seems to work. yep, exercise. my weekly boxing and pilates session have given me more pain relief than anything else i have tried. it's not addictive, it's not controversial, for me, it works. and that is exactly what the doctor ordered. and remember, if you are on long time —— long—term opioid painkillers talk to your doctor before trying to give them up. finally tonight, it has been estimated that about one in three young adults has a touch to. but can visible tattoos harm your chances of landing your perfect partner or your dream job? tattoo artist to the stars kevin paul now works as a life coach and prisons, schools and the nhs, but he says that he faces a social stigma

deserves investigation. i've been fascinated by body art since i was a teenager. it is an industry which has taken me all over the world, meeting some famous people along the way. but like many people with tattoos, it is hard to know when to stop. i think the first impressions when people see you are heavily tattooed, it is a massive market, because they judge you tattooed, it is a massive market, because theyjudge you on that one moment. most people, when they see me, they would first think criminal, dodgy person, whatever. but when you go under the surface, i am actually really respectable person and you can't see that by looking at this. i never thought my situation was tough, it is nothing compared to clive charles, who got his face tattooed on his 20s. —— and if i thought my situation was tough. you having a good day? clive reckons the tattoos he had when he was younger i

now causing him no end of bother. what is the kind of bad reactions you've had? quite a few, obviously, security, police. nightclubs, doormen. unfortunately, like, facial tattoos or anything neck and above is always associated with bad stuff rather than good. would you say it has affected you with jobs? jobs, yeah, i have had a fewjobs. i was working in the care industry and there were things there that were made harder. but you don't need to look like him for body art to affect your career. christina is a beat bobby, and she says the police's policy surrounding tattoos is outdated and inconsistent. and it is causing her problems. she has agreed to talk to me but doesn't want to reveal where she works. so, christina, is there an overall policy in the police about having visible tattoos? there is a framework for every police force in the uk, but then it varies very much

from forster force, the uk, but then it varies very much from forsterforce, depending on what force you are in. some forces are much more lenient about tattoos being on display, whereas others can being on display, whereas others can be quite strict. and that all depends on your chief constable, the highest ranking officer in your force, on their overall viewpoint about tattoos. so some, maybe if they have tattoos themselves, might bea they have tattoos themselves, might be a bit more lenient, whereas others, like in my force, have the policy that every tattoo on duty or representing the force should always be covered up. besides the issue of covering up be covered up. besides the issue of covering up even be covered up. besides the issue of covering up even in the warmest of weather, christina reckons the rigourous rules are causing wider problems. i also think that the policy being so strict in some forces, it is definitely a barrier to up—and—coming police officers who may considerjoining. so many people have tattoos these days. i don't really think it is unusual or surprising to know that police have tattoos as well. so i definitely think it could be relaxed.” tattoos as well. so i definitely think it could be relaxed. i found it really interesting but different

police forces get to pick their own rules on what is acceptable and what isn't, and i don't really see that isn't, and i don't really see that is fair. i think as a police officer, across the uk, it should all be the same rules. according to all be the same rules. according to a british survey, the most common age to get a tattoo is between 25 and 39, and you are more likely to get one if you are a female. doctor carrie charles from the university of derby is convinced body art creates a social stigma, especially if you are a woman. women in particular, because if we have particularly large tattoos, large numbers of tattoos, it is seen as deviating from quite sexist gender norms. so women in particular might bejudged norms. so women in particular might be judged unfavourably. so norms. so women in particular might bejudged unfavourably. so there has been research which has found that we are more likely to be judged as drinking more heavily, more likely to be perceived as being more promiscuous, so having more casual sex, and more —— and also as being

less attractive. somebody who would agree with this research is ashley webb from derby. she got her first face tattooed when she was just 22 and she says that she was met with verbal and physical abuse because of them. people wouldn't go up to a heavily tattooed guy start rubbing their arms and touching the body stuff, whereas for me i have experienced people my clothing, i had one occasion where someone literally pulled my top—down. i had a boot tube on, my boots were out in a boot tube on, my boots were out in a baror a boot tube on, my boots were out in a bar or because they wanted to look at my actor to two, which obviously, to me, it'sjust so at my actor to two, which obviously, to me, it's just so traumatising. at my actor to two, which obviously, to me, it'sjust so traumatising. i just find it is really inappropriate. it is not behaviour someone inappropriate. it is not behaviour someone would ever do if we didn't have tattoos. like me, actually works in the tattooed trade, which is fortunate, as with both got something in the business nicknamed thejob stopper, facial

something in the business nicknamed the job stopper, facial tattoos. something in the business nicknamed thejob stopper, facial tattoos. it seems employers are far less likely to hire people like us. peter nicholson is an employment solicitor from leicester. peter, ifi nicholson is an employment solicitor from leicester. peter, if i were to go for a newjob, from leicester. peter, if i were to go fora newjob, is from leicester. peter, if i were to go for a newjob, is it from leicester. peter, if i were to go fora newjob, is it fair from leicester. peter, if i were to go for a newjob, is it fair that they can disconnect against me just because of the tattoos that i have? well, broadly speaking, an employer can choose not to employ someone based on the person having visible tattoos. if an employer has a clear set of policies and rules dealing with personal appearance, such as a dress code, and those policies and rules expressly prohibit visible tattoos, then an employer could use that as a basis to dismiss. however, they would need to follow a fair procedure. my life has changed significantly since i had many of my tattoos in my younger years, and if i had my time again, would i have so many? i had my time again, would i have so , i had my time again, would i have so many? i'm not so sure. with the help of atv make—up artist, i'm about to see a different me. how long is it

since you've seen yourself like this? it's got to have been 20 something years, like, since i have been fully clean. i think i was about 21 when i had it done. so it has been, yeah, 20 years. even though all the negatives of getting tattooed and having to change your life, i still wouldn't change the way i look. this doesn't... this shows i'm boring and old and it's not me. kevin paul transformed there. and just in case you were wondering, those last two films were made before there was any need for social distancing. well, that's it for another week.

hello stop the cloudy skies in northern ireland and much of scotla nd northern ireland and much of scotland this week looks set to move a little bit further south across the british isles this weekend. the skies, though, will be clear enough for there to be a touch of frost through the heart of wales and may the midlands to start the new day on saturday. so some brightness around, but i think the cloud fills in across england and wales, more so than you have seen of late, and could produce one or two showers. they will be there to be head across northern and north—eastern parts of scotland. the last of the double—figure temperatures, western wales and the southern counties of england, elsewhere, a cold feeling to proceedings and as soon as the sun is down, my word, there is going to be quite a chill about things. 0vernight, as we change the clocks into british summertime, it is a

cold start to british summertime and it stays that way on sunday across the piece. again, more cloud, not so much on the way of shallow activity, perhaps, but a really raw feeling to the day. i showed you six or seven but it could feel like one or two.

this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump signs the largest—ever us financial stimulus package, worth $2 trillion, as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. in italy, more than 900 people have died in the past day — the biggest daily rise so far in a country that's been locked down for almost two weeks. britain's prime minister and the health secretary — the men in charge of britain's fight against coronavirus — both test positive for the disease, as the uk's death toll climbs again. i've developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough, and on the advice of the chief medical officer have taken a test.