this is bbc news. the headlines: police officers across the uk are told to take a consistent approach when using their new emergency powers on restricting our movement, after some forces are criticised for being too aggressive. britian‘s transport secretary says it is a difficultjob. there will be one or two instances where perhaps they have not approached it in the right way, but in general actually across the country not only are people complying very well but generally speaking the police are taking a very sensible approach towards it all. the death toll in spain increases by 849, the highest daily number in since the epidemic started. spanish deaths now total to over 8,000. president trump says the next

30 days will be vital to stopping the virus in the us, as the number of cases rises to over 164,000 — the highest number anywhere in the world. the country with the highest death rate, italy, extends its lockdown until easter, but there is some hope as the country reports a sharp decline in the number of infections. british airways suspends all flights to and from the uk's second biggest airport, gatwick, due to the virus, as hundreds of stranded travellers struggle to make their way back home. the world health organisation says the coronavirus is a long way from finished in the asia—pacific region, and warns of renewed crises in countries where the situation appears to be under control.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. police forces across the uk have been told to take a consistent approach when making sure people comply with emergency measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. there has been criticism that some tactics have been heavy handed, with one former supreme courtjudge claiming britain is in danger of becoming a police state. in the past few minutes, the spanish government has announced there have been a further 819 fatalities in the country in the last 2a hours. spain has now seen more

than 8,500 deaths in total and has almost 90,000 cases of infection. in the us, the number of people who have died has passed 3000, and there are now almost 165,000 confirmed cases across the country — the highest in the world. new york city is the worst—hit, with more than 900 confirmed fatalities. president trump has said the next 30 days could be crucial in the fight to stop the spread of the virus. and the world health organization is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over in asia. it's urging governments to prepare for mass infections and warns of a renewed crisis in countries where the situation is beginning to appear under control. we have more on all these stories coming up, but first with more on that guidance to british police forces, here's keith doyle. you shouldn't be driving unless it's essential. in weston—super—mare, police are reminding people of the rules about only undertaking essential travel.

just come out walking the dog. right, 0k. the only thing we'll say is please read the government guidance on essential travel. the guidelines say you should take exercise near your home. have you driven here? derbyshire police were criticised for heavy—handed tactics after using drones to show people driving to remote areas for exercise. dyeing the water in a local beauty spot and leaving notes on parked cars were other tactics that police used to discourage people travelling. now the national police chiefs council has reminded forces of the guidelines and that enforcement should be a last resort. we're not going to enforce our way out of this problem. we will get out of this problem because people want to solve the problem, and we will get out of it because we've got the public at our sides and they will lead us through it. people queueing outside this pharmacy are keeping two metres apart. the uk's chief scientific advisor said that social distancing measures are making a difference — with cases not

rising as fast as feared. the latest figures from public health england are 22,141 cases in the uk, with 1,408 deaths and 180 of them in the last 24 hours. the numbers being admitted to hospital are expected to rise over the coming weeks. with more and more cases, the british medical association — which represents doctors — says they're still facing a fatal shortage of personal protection equipment, despite government assurances. the bma is urging the government to make it clear what frontline staff should do if they don't have the necessary protection. we've got many doctors who are worried, if they are not protected, what should they do? no frontline workers should be expected to be on the front line without adequate protection.

these are some of the hundreds of britons who have been flown home from peru after the government chartered flights. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has announced a £75 million plan to bring home tens of thousands of british nationals. the government advice is to get home on a commercial flight if there is one, if there isn't, then embassies will advertise government charters to help bring those stranded back to the uk. keith doyle, bbc news. let's pick up on that story. these live pictures from gatwick airport have just come into the bbc. live pictures from gatwick airport havejust come into the bbc. a british airways flight you can see there is bringing back british people who have been stranded in piru. dominic raab announced a multi—million pound plan yesterday to bring home british nationals stranded abroad. tens of thousands

of people have been unable to return because of travel restrictions imposed on foreign governments to contain the pandemic, but this plane has just landed at gatwick airport with british nationals on board who have come from peru. let's talk to our assistant political editor norman smith. ifi if i may, i'd like to return to that debate about the line that police are taking. how much concern as there among ministers that some of there among ministers that some of the police behaviour has perhaps been a bit heavy—handed?” the police behaviour has perhaps been a bit heavy-handed? i wouldn't wa nt to been a bit heavy-handed? i wouldn't want to overstate it, but i think there is a ripple of our needs, shall we say, and some of the insta nces shall we say, and some of the instances which have been highlighted. there is a belief there needs to be consistency about how the police approach this. when you look at the figures, they seem to va ry look at the figures, they seem to vary from force to force. lancashire police have issued something like

123 enforcement notices since thursday, whereas bedfordshire police have issued precisely none. so clearly there is a different approach being adopted by different police forces and so the first, i suppose, aim is to ensure consistency. the second aim is to assure public consent. if you are trying to enforce a lockdown, you can't do it by patrolling every street because you don't have the numbers. the only way you can do it is of the public agrees to it and that bluntly means police gaining the approval and support and consent of the public. and that comes down to tone, actually. in police guidelines, they talk about consistency of tone. it's almost the manner in which the police approach incidents. if the approach it in an unduly heavy—handed way, then you sort of invite confrontation, conflict, disagreement and a situation could develop. if you

approach it in a much more light handed manner, in encouraging and persuading people, it's much more likely to be diffused and to pass off without any incident. those are the two sort of things ministers are hoping for, consistency and maybe a slightly less assertive tone when approaching the public, in order to shore public backing for that. that's why we saw dominic raab yesterday at the downing street news conference saying, let's have common sense. and this morning, a similar message from the transport secretary, grant shapps. we are asking them to do something completely unprecedented that normally — with our policing— by—consent approach theyjust do not have to get into, and i am sure they are not particularly liking having to do this, and of course the best thing we can all do is just follow the guidance, and most people are doing exactly that. stay home and protect the nhs and save lives. you have heard it many times. i think the police are doing a difficultjob. there will be one or two instances where perhaps they have not

approached it in the right way but in general actually across the country — not only are people complying very well — but generally speaking the police are taking a very sensible approach towards it as well. my my sense is, rebecca, that the police themselves understand that. there was an article in the daily telegraph from the assistant commissioner of the met police saying in effect some of the incidents recently the police had perhaps not been very sure—footed about the way they had gone in, trying to enforce the lockdown. so i think the police themselves will seek to take a step back and, it is worth stressing, that overwhelmingly people have gone along with the guidelines and the compliance has been quite extraordinary. if you look at journeys to been quite extraordinary. if you look atjourneys to work, certainly in london, tube travel has fallen offa in london, tube travel has fallen off a cliff. 0nly something like 3%

off a cliff. 0nly something like 3% of people who use the tube are using it. it seems people are heeding the message to stay at home. that helps the police because it indicates that people are going along with the guidelines without the need for reinforcement. norman, many thanks. spain has recorded its worst daily figure yet for the number of fatalities from coronavirus. 849 people have died in the last 24 hours. it's the latest in a string of very high tallies, as hospitals struggle to deal with the pandemic. more than 5,500 patients with covid— 19 are in need of intensive care in spain. the increase came after a day in which the number of deaths had fallen slightly, raising hopes the epidemic could be reaching a peak in spain. joining me now is james badcock, a journalist based in madrid. james, those figures are giving us a sense of what things are like there

in spain. what are you seeing and hearing? overall, the situation is that we are in the midst of an extreme crisis. you mentioned obviously the death toll which is terrible. a lot of people have been infected and that will be working through the system. authorities are probably more worried about the fact that new cases have gone up slightly again today and that's probably only the tip of the iceberg because testing has not been very widespread in spain. the government brought in fast test kits from abroad and the first ones did not work. they are starting to roll out a new scheme to find out the situation. intensive ca re find out the situation. intensive care totally overwhelmed in many cases 110w. care totally overwhelmed in many cases now. the numbers are more than double what you would normally have in intensive care in most regions. they are reaching limits even of

these special facilities which have been brought in to try to deal with this overspill. james, would you remind us why these figures are so high in spain? in spain, the rate has gone up very quickly. there is an idea that perhaps lockdown measures weren't quite introduced when they could have been. there was a moment about three weeks ago where madrid had barely all of the cases and there recall is to close madrid. schools closed, the weather was nice and a lot of people in early march fanned out from madrid. even without people going on holiday, madrid is a neuralgic centre for much of central spain. so perhaps more infections lea ked spain. so perhaps more infections leaked out into the provinces than might have done, had action been taken a little bit earlier. but there are also factors we don't know. compared to germany where the

infection rate seems to be about 1%. in spain, studies are suggesting 1596. in spain, studies are suggesting 15%. people live close together and have a lot of contact, there could bea have a lot of contact, there could be a climate impact we don't yet understand. there is also very elderly population. care homes have been very badly hit with this, with many hundreds of old people dying often before they even could leave the residencies to get hospital help. just how strict are lockdown measures 110w, help. just how strict are lockdown measures now, james? very strict indeed. basically nobody can leave their house unless they have to do, to get their essential supplies. they are only allowed to leave alone 01’ they are only allowed to leave alone or to walk their dog, but not far. just take them down to the door and return. in terms of workers, it is only now limited exceptions to basically complete lockdown for eve ryo ne basically complete lockdown for everyone leaving their house. it is on the essential workers who are supporting are working in the health

ca re system, supporting are working in the health care system, in food distribution and production and transport. so the lockdown is very strict. the authorities will be desperate to see some indication that it's really working. it must be having an effect, but it seems to be taking a long time to bring numbers down or to flatten this curve, the intensive ca re to flatten this curve, the intensive care beds are still filling up. i think until the hospital sees some easing, then lockdown measures will have to continue. james, good of you to talk to us. thanks. president trump has said that america faces a vital 30 days in the fight against coronavirus, and suggested that social distancing could save up to a million lives. health services in new york have been overwhelmed by the number of cases — with more than 1,200 deaths. the state governor has appealed for medical staff from anywhere in the us to come to their aid. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a symbol of wartime and a morale

booster for new york, this military medical ship docked in manhattan will provide relief to the city's hospitals overwhelmed by covid—19. the us navy ship, comfort, has space for 1,000 beds. it will be used by non—coronavirus patients, while shorebased hospitals focus on the pandemic. with more and more states ordering people to stay at home, americans are buckling down for at least another month of the economic shutdown and social distancing. 30 days that president trump says will be vital. by very vigorously following these guidelines we could save more than a million american lives. think of that. one million american lives. 0urfuture is in our own hands and the choices and sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this virus and,

really, the fate of our victory. we will have a great victory. we have no other choice. mr trump said progress was being made with the number of americans tested for the coronavirus. today, we reached a historic milestone in our war against the coronavirus. over one million americans have now been tested. more than any other country, by far. not even close. but president trump's numbers have been widely questioned, with the us well behind italy and south korea in the number of people tested. peter bowes, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... police officers across the uk are told to take a consistent approach when using their new emergency powers on restricting our movements. the death toll in spain increases by 849 —

the highest daily number in since the epidemic started. deaths in spain now total over 8,000. president trump says the next 30 days will be vital to stopping the virus in the us — as the number of cases rises to over 164,000 — the highest number anywhere in the world around a quarter of nhs doctors are off work because they are sick or in isolation — that's according to the head of the royal college of physicians. professor andrew goddard warned the level of illness and self—isolation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic was already seriously affecting emergency departments, particularly in the uk's two biggest cities. let's talk now to dr sonia adesara, who is currently unable to work due to having a fever.

we are pleased you are well enough at least to talk to us here on bbc news. how are you? i'm feeling much better. i had a fever last week so i was sent home from the wards. apart from not being able to taste anything, i'm definitely feeling much better. remind us exactly what it is you do? i am ajunior much better. remind us exactly what it is you do? i am a junior doctor, agp it is you do? i am a junior doctor, a gp registrar, so last week i was working in a hospital ward. a gp registrar, so last week i was working in a hospitalward. and how do you feel about going back, when you are feeling better? i'm really desperate to get back in the workplace. i do wish we could have testing done so i could now definitely if i had coronavirus or not. i had a fever but i didn't have any of these throat symptoms, so i'm not 100% sure if i had it or not. so it would be useful to know if i had it, so i would know if i have immunity in the future. but i'm keen to get back in the workplace. i know many teams are struggling with staff

shortages because a lot of doctors, nurses and health care professionals are having to self—isolate either because they have symptoms or they have been in contact with someone who had symptoms. so a lot of teams are who had symptoms. so a lot of teams a re really who had symptoms. so a lot of teams are really struggling at the moment. what worries you most about going back? is it the fact that you don't know whether you have had it or not? 0r know whether you have had it or not? or have you got any other concerns? i actually really want to get back into the workplace. i'm more worried about the team having to care for patients with staff shortages are not having enough doctors and nurses on the front line, so i do really wa nt to on the front line, so i do really want to get back in the workplace. i think my biggest fear and concern when i started to feel pearly last week was whether i had passed on the virus to one of my patients. many of my patients are my world are quite elderly and vulnerable, so that is something that really cost me quite a bit of anxiety. i think a lot of us feel that, particularly i've been speaking to some of my friends work in the community and they don't have

good enough protective equipment yet and there is a real concern that they may be passing on the virus to their vulnerable patients. yes, tell mea their vulnerable patients. yes, tell me a bit about the level of protective equipment you or perhaps collea g u es protective equipment you or perhaps colleagues of yours have or are still working? we know the government are saying that more is becoming available? yes, i haven't been on the wards for six days, but in the trust where i was working, we we re in the trust where i was working, we were told they were bringing more protective equipment in and they would have enough. there are a few different issues. number one, some collea g u es different issues. number one, some colleagues of mine have said that in their trusty don't have protective equipment, but i also think there's been some confusing messages about when to wear protective equipment and when not to it. and different teams in different trusts are being told different things. so that's also a problem. i also think we focus a lot on our hospitals, but there is a real problem in... or

deer. that was a shame. if you can still hear me, thank you very much. it was very good to hear your insight and stay safe and get well soon. britons have spent a record £10.8 billion on groceries in the four weeks leading up to the government imposing severly restricted measures on everyone. people have been stockpiling and panic buying with every household spending at least an extra £62.92 in the weeks leading up to march the 22nd — that's even higher than levels usually seen at christmas. let's speak now to our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. i think people are perhaps not surprised to hear those figures. we saw the queues outside supermarkets, we saw the empty shelves. we know there are stock piling going on.

what we have got today from two big market research companies are the first figures that really show us the skill of it. and they've looked at the four weeks up until saturday 21 march. so just at the four weeks up until saturday 21 march. sojust over a week at the four weeks up until saturday 21 march. so just over a week ago. they show us that in the last week of february in the first couple of weeks in march, there was a solid increase. that 20% spend was up. what we were buying was close things you would imagine as being the essentials, cleaning products, medicines and staples for the cupboard like flour, pasta, rice and tins, that sort of thing. and then in the last weeks, that's the week up in the last weeks, that's the week up to the 21st, there was a dramatic escalation of it. and this was the week in which we were told by the prime minister that schools would have to close and also at the end of that week that pubs, restaurants and

cafe is would also have to shut their doors. so particularly later on in that week there was a big rush to supermarkets and the shift change. a massive increase in buying for the freezer and with pubs closing also a big increase in the spend on booze. so it really reached a crescendo in the last week that i mentioned. so i suppose the question is, can the supermarkets fulfil the demand? is there enough food and any drink, as you are intimating? demand? is there enough food and any drink, as you are intimating7m demand? is there enough food and any drink, as you are intimating? it was increasing at that stage. to put the numbers on it, during that week, frozen product sales went up by 84% compared to the same week the year before. sales of wines, beer and spirits were up by 64% —— sorry, 67%. some massive increases. supermarkets say they can cope if

they are given time. you can't cope with that sort of a rush in the moment, but over time it might be possible. some supermarkets are no relaxing rules about the number of items you can buy in the day. 0ver that period, the average basket was about ten items and during those four weeks that went up to 11 items, but we shopped more often. so there we re but we shopped more often. so there were three more visits to the supermarket during that time than we had done the year before. fascinating. simon, good to talk to you. thanks. in italy, strict lockdown restrictions will be extended to 12th april. but the enforcements have caused some problems. here's our correspondent jean mackenzie reporting on whether people will

continue to comply. people here are scared. the turn on the news every night and the year that hundreds and hundreds more people have died. that's enough to keep you in your home. there are problems because it's been so strict people haven't been working and some people haven't been working and some people are running out of money. there are been reports in the south of supermarkets being robbed as people get desperate. so this extension will be a blow for people, even though they will have seen it coming. this date of the 12th of april is an at least date. many people expected to go on for much longer, even of some restrictions are eased slightly after then. it will all depend on what happens with these rates of infection. british airways is suspending all flights to and from london gatwick. the airline said it would be contacting its customers to discuss their options. the company is still operating flights to and from heathrow but on a severely reduced schedule. yesterday easyjet grounded all its flights because of the pandemic. our business correspondent, theo leggett, explained how this

will affect passengers and why the decision was made by ba. quite simply there are not enough planes flying to merit using two hubs. gatwick has already shut down one of its terminals because there is so little demand. we have unprecedented travel restrictions across europe which is limiting where the airlines can fly. also passengers are isolated at home and do not want to fly and that means although there are some passenger services it is a heavily reduced service. there are planes flying around for cargo but even that is starting to slip back a little bit. british airways has said to its staff based on the unprecedented circumstances it is going to stop flying out of gatwick for the moment but this is an entire industry suffering at the moment. easyjet yesterday said it would ground its entire fleet.

there are rescue flights going on, of course. there are warnings from ground handlers who do baggage handling and we feel planes and are responsible for de—icing, four responsible is are responsible for nearly all of that and they say they could be in a really difficult position within a few weeks if they do not get help and the airports are also saying they are struggling because in order to service the planes that are still there a need to remain open and they cannot play off all their staff but we are not getting the revenues so this is an industry that is facing a situation that has never occurred before and they are doing what they can to cut costs and try to survive the immediate crisis so that when we are all allowed to travel again and things can resume they will be able to. meanwhile passengers are obviously many of them will have cancelled their flights long ago and those passengers affected can go to british airways for a refund or an alternative service. millions of plants, shrubs and trees for sale could be binned in the coming days and weeks, after the coronavirus outbreak led to the closure of 2,000 garden

centres and nurseries across the uk. the horticultural trades association has warned that the industry could collpase and has asked the government for millions in financial help. our business editor simon jack has more. across the uk there is a growing crisis in the horticultural industry. with garden centres closed, groves of trees, shrubs, and bedding plants are facing financial ruin. this year, our best crop ever has got nowhere to go. neil allcock runs a nursery in north wales, one of thousands of nurseries which are bursting with spring stock. we have order cancellations coming from everywhere. basically the whole retail supply chain has stopped for us. this week alone we've had a downturn in somewhere of the region of £100,000 of orders. gardening industry bodies say the situation is critical. we're talking about anything between £500 million and £1 billion worth of stock being wasted and that has the capability, in terms of balance sheet and asset value,

of wiping out a huge chunk of the sector. so we need immediate government assistance, in the order of £250 million, if this sector's going to survive. this crisis comes at a time when the industry is most vulnerable — the beginning of the peak of the march—july gardening season. for those people lucky enough to have their own garden, it's a boon at a time like this, it's good for their physical and mental well—being. those people who hope britain will be back in bloom comejuly may be disappointed. it's notjust millions of plants, trees, and shrubs that may wither and die, they may take huge sections of the gardening economy with them. one of britain's best known gardeners as added his voice to industry pleas for help. those plants, millions of them, will have to be allowed to die. unless a rescue package of sufficient magnitude is put in place to save our growers,

the british garden is going to suffer for many years ahead. this is also the time of year when the industry is most financially extended, leaving most unwilling or unable to take on new loans, with government guarantees extended to the lender, but not to the borrower. the uk's plant—growers and its 23 million gardening customers are facing a potentially very cruel spring. simon jack, bbc news. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: police officers across the uk are told to take a "consistent" approach when using their new emergency powers on restricting our movement, after some forces are criticised for their approach. the death toll in spain increases by 849, the highest daily number in since the epidemic started. spanish deaths now total over 8,000. president trump says the next 30 days will be "vital" to stopping

the virus in the us, as the number of cases rises to over 164,000, the highest number anywhere in the world. the country with the highest death rate, italy, extends its lockdown until easter, but there is some hope as the country reports a sharp decline in the number of infections. british airways temporarily suspends all flights to and from the uk's second biggest airport, gatwick, due to the virus, as hundreds of stranded travellers try to make their way back home. the world health organisation says the coronavirus is a long way from finished in the asia—pacific region and warns of renewed crises in countries where the situation appears to be under control. the office for national statistics has released figures on deaths involving coronavirus in the wider community, such as care homes.

it found that, up to 20th march in england and wales, 40 more people died in addition to the deaths already reported in hospitals. our health correspondent michelle roberts is with me. clarify for me what has been announced and how these figures differfrom announced and how these figures differ from the ones we have had before. until now we have been getting daily figures about how many people in hospitals who had tested positive for coronavirus have died. the data out today looks at community as well, so it raises that number. for the 20th of march, the day all the pubs and clubs were told to shut, it raises the number from 170 up by 40, to include the community ones come up to 210 in total. what does that tell us? it gives us an idea of how many deaths

might be occurring in people who are living at home or who are in residential care, but the important clause here is that we are not testing in the community vary widely, so we don't know for sure. these deaths were a doctor has put on the death certificate that they think the patient had coronavirus. it may not have been the cause of death, but they think that coronavirus was present at the time. u nless we coronavirus was present at the time. unless we can get more tests into the community we don't know how many people actually have coronavirus and how many of those might want to die from it. the figures we are getting today, there is a bit of a time—lag, it was ten days ago, they do suggest that 1% of deaths in general have got coronavirus recorded, but really, we need more data in the next few weeks to get a better idea of what this is telling us. clearly any death is a tragedy. i wonder can

we learn anything from the fact that there has been 40 more deaths, or is it too soon? it is still very soon. all the debts that have come that have been recorded, everybody is poring over them, trying to get more ofan poring over them, trying to get more of an understanding about this condition. data from the uk and also abroad shows that it is the high risk people, the elderly people, those with health conditions that really are at war increased risk from this infection, and those are the ones being shielded, being asked to stay at home, and that is why we have all of the social distancing that we are all trying to observe. michelle roberts, thank you so much. there has been a rise in scam emails and texts targeting taxpayers affected by the coronavirus, with the hmrc receiving more than 600,000 referrals from the public about suspicious messages and websites.

fraudsters are taking advantage of the package of government support for people affected by coronavirus by offering financial support or tax refunds and specifically targeting the elderly and vulnerable. let's talk now to hmrc‘s head of cyber 0perations, mike fell. thanks forjoining us. tell us a little bit more about the fraudulent activity you are seeing. u nfortu nately, activity you are seeing. unfortunately, cyber criminals are opportunistic and what we have seen with the recent covid—19 issues, criminalsjumping with the recent covid—19 issues, criminals jumping on the with the recent covid—19 issues, criminalsjumping on the back with the recent covid—19 issues, criminals jumping on the back of that to scam people out of personal information, financial information. we have identified 26 separate new text and e—mail campaigns abusing this trust in a way to obtain

personal orfinancial this trust in a way to obtain personal or financial information. how widespread is this problem? from the sound of it, pretty widespread. hmrc isa the sound of it, pretty widespread. hmrc is a trusted brand. we have dealt with other problems for many yea rs. dealt with other problems for many years. 600,000 people took the time to report scams to us. it is in the context of wider use of the tax re bate context of wider use of the tax rebate hook that is causing people to vote for these scams. we can see some of the fake e—mails and letters that have been sent out. it might be helpful for us if you could flag up to us, so to speak, what are the red flags? how do you know if you have been targeted by something that isn't genuine? the key thing here is

if you have contact purporting to be from hmrc that is offering you a tax refu nd from hmrc that is offering you a tax refund or financial support, that also ask you to click on the link and then provide personal or financial information, it is a scam. what should people do if they receive something that they think is a scam? three key things. i would suggest that people challenge and protect. if you receive something you are suspicious of, just stop, is it unexpected, is it new, is it from an e—mail address or a text message number that you're not familiar with? if it starts then asking about things like passwords for your accou nts things like passwords for your accounts or your mother's made a name, driving licence, that kind of information, then just stop. name, driving licence, that kind of information, thenjust stop. the second thing is to challenge. it is 0k to challenge. 0nly criminals will try to rush or panic you into

disclosing personal information. if you are not sure, challenge it, go to ourjob dot uk website and check. if you do fall victim to one of these, don't panic. contact the organisation that it purports to come from. if it is hmrc go to guv dot uk and you can do that. also contact your bank if you have given information like bank card details. if you have given up any passwords, make sure you change those passwords, not only on that account but in any other account where you have used that one. finally, if it isa have used that one. finally, if it is a text message, you can forward that 27726 and they will make sure that 27726 and they will make sure that they take action. if you have lost financially, reported to action fraud. it is all very well warning people, and that advice is extremely helpful, but what is the capacity at

the moment to go after these fraudsters, or are theyjust basically getting away with it? hmrc ta kes basically getting away with it? hmrc takes this really seriously. from the 600,000 referrals, we have removed 7,000 websites that are hosting malicious content. in addition we take the technical controls really seriously. for e—mail, we have blocked over 500 million going out in our name and we have introduced new controls on text m essa 9 es have introduced new controls on text messages that stop nine out of ten of the most convincing ones. we work closely internationally with other organisations, the australian revenue authority, the irs in the united states, in an international collaboration against this. we have successfully partnered with law enforcement to prosecute those who are doing this. thank you for

talking to us. good to hear from you. thanks very much. the world health organisation has warned that the coronavirus is a long way from finished in the asia—pacific region. it's urged governments to prepare for mass infection, and warned of the threat of a renewed crisis in countries where the situation appears to be under control. here's our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, in beijing. the who doesn't want her to be complacency. perhaps more concerning, they are worried that the coronavirus is going everywhere in asia. everywhere means everywhere. they are saying every country ship repair, including pure pacific island countries which, at the moment, don't even have the capacity to do their own testing. they will test people, they have to stand the test of to another country. you can imagine how long that takes. 0ther country. you can imagine how long that takes. other countries are, at the moment, rallying to try and assist those countries. you can

imagine in papua new guinea or something like that, the coronavirus going through a country like that, could be very tough on them. either way, the message is pretty clear to this place to not bring their guard down, people should still be very worried. that is partly because we have had people coming in from overseas, mostly chinese citizens, 90% of them returning to china because they now think it is safe to because they now think it is safe to be here. some of them have boarded planes with symptoms, knowing they we re planes with symptoms, knowing they were sick, they have taken drugs to try and suppress their fever. they arrive in the country and they test positive. the international council of nurses has told the bbc that their members are facing unprecedented physical and psychological challenges as they continue to battle the global coronavirus pandemic. it says its 20 million members need

to be properly sheilded from the virus and it's calling for an urgent increase in the supply of personal protective equipment. 0ur global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has this report. the women and the men on the frontline of this global battle. all over the world they are putting their lives at risk to protect ours. china was the first country to face the full force of covid—19. south korea followed soon after. health workers have been sending us videos from their clinics from all over the world. translation: when caring for patients we must wear full body protection, two layers of overshoes, gloves, masks, and goggles. in five minutes the whole body is drenched in sweat. it becomes hard to care for patients. the us is the latest country to be hit hard by this pandemic,

with more cases now than anywhere else in the world. europe has been at the epicentre of this outbreak for more than two weeks now. here in eastern france, the military have set up makeshift critical care facilities. the italian health system is overwhelmed. patients now being admitted into massive tents. translation: we are at war with a totally invisible enemy. we are fighting for everyone and trying not to get hurt ourselves. we feel like we are the spearhead in this battle. our efforts are not awarded with a positive outcome sometimes. another issue is in connection with the family member. the contact is made by phone and often we receive calls asking for updates. they never can see their relatives and we can hear the voices on the other side of the phone. all this as the world faces

a chronic shortage of crucial personal protective equipment for health workers. the world health organization estimates that globally the response requires around 89 million medical masks and 76 million gloves each month. as always, nurses are stepping up, they're saving lives, but they're putting themselves, often sacrificing themselves ahead of other people. that is not possible to continue in the long—term. and if we don't properly look after our health workforce, after our nurses, if we exhaust them my fear is that this will make the virus worse. there is no global tally of the number of infected healthcare workers. in china, the government says more than 3,000 have been infected and at least 22 medics have died. spanish officials say around 13% of all those infected are healthcare workers, which would mean more than 10,000 have caught the virus there.

in italy, the infection rate is at around 9%. the death toll among doctors stands at at least 61. no—one can predict how long this pandemic will last. but it's the efforts of healthcare workers all around the world that all of us are relying on. translation: it's really painstaking and energy consuming work, but every day we are hoping for people's recovery. following in the footsteps of florence nightingale, we will fulfil our mission. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: police officers across the uk are told to take a "consistent" approach when using their new emergency powers on restricting our movements. the death toll in spain increases by 849, the highest daily number

in since the epidemic started, deaths in spain now total to over 8,000. president trump says the next thirty days will be ‘vital‘ to stopping the virus in the us — as the number of cases rises to over 164,000 — the highest number anywhere in the world. in russia, a full lockdown has been imposed in many regions, as the numbers of confirmed infections continues to rise. the government response has increased rapidly in a matter of days — as recently as last week, the kremlin claimed there was "de facto no epidemic" in russia. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. moscow, they call it the city that never sleeps, but its quiet now. another capital where

time has stopped. coronavirus has put moscow into lockdown. people ordered to stay home. but some are out. they seem confused and sceptical. "i don't get it", albina says. "the authorities say the number of sick people here is low, but they tell us all to self—isolate. we just want the truth". valieri says, "i don't believe them, ijust don't. all the authorities do is wag their tongues". lockdown in another part of russia — chechnya. the message is clearer here — keep off the streets. but in moscow, officials hope the public will accept that quarantine is vital to fight the virus. to defeat a pandemic, a government needs the trust of the people. it needs the public to believe the official information it is putting out.

the problem here is that, over the years, many russians have grown sceptical about what they are being told by those in power. this kind of thing doesn't help. police outside moscow announced a curfew this week when there wasn't one. misinformation, to add to all the disinformation about covid—19 flooding russian tv screens. among the conspiracy theories is that coronavirus is a us biological weapon. biologist igor nikulin has made a string of claims in the russian media which we've checked and found to be false, including that america patented the virus before the outbreak.

but conspiracy theories cannot change the reality that a deadly virus is spreading here and that russia is shutting down. the world's largest country now in quarantine. in recent weeks, travel restrictions and border closures have in europe have led to queues of lorries and many people stuck at border crossings. our europe correspondent gavin lee has travelled through four eu countries to get a sense of the impact lockdown has had across the continent. is this the end of schengen? most of europe is in lockdown

and we've been driving for two hours and the roads are almost empty. what we want to know is, can you still get across from one european country to another? this is the belgian border with luxembourg and that over there is an old border post that hasn't been used for 25 years because now we have the schengen zone which is a passport, borderless area between 26 countries. suddenly, because of the coronavirus, it's put a strain on all of that.

so crossing from luxembourg into germany now and we're about to cross a border checkpoint. no, no, no. they don't like us filming. stop here a second. thank you. goodbye. we've just passed from germany into france — no checks here. we can see, from up close, coronavirus has ended border crossing for the time. eu leaders says this is temporary and the exception are lorries because they allow the fast travel of food and essentials to move quickly around the continent. with a trip to the hairdressers out of the question, many of us have been looking

for ways to banish roots, cover greys and smooth split ends. but desperate times shouldn't always result in desperate measures, especially when it comes to our hair. diy haircuts have become something of a trend online, as serenjones has been finding out. from bad... to worse... to worst. not the freshest trim you've ever seen. what do you do when you need to get your hair done but the barbers and salons are all shut? many people have resorted to taking matters and clippers into their own hands, but some people, like leigh, are braver than others — he's letting his sun cut his air. he's letting his son cut his air. he came home quite upset, he was leaving his junior school and had to say goodbye to all his little friends quite abruptly. i asked what would cheer him up, and he said he would like to cut my hair. so one thing led to another and i ended up getting my haircut by him.

what do you think of the end product? are you happy with it? it's not too bad actually. i'm going to need another one soon so god knows what he will do next time! any top tips for anyone else wanting to cut their own ortheirdad's hair? make sure when you're, like, cutting it don't go too high because otherwise you have to go higher and higher. he is not the only one putting his trust in his child... line of duty‘s stephen graham also let his son cut his hair. and other celebs have been experimenting. even the bbc‘s very own ore oduba is rocking a new look. others are finding more creative ways to style hair. lindsey is a hairdresser in belfast. she's using socks to curl hair. these are the socks we use, isn't it? and what do we do? we put it in the hair and it turned all curly at the end. yes, and it looked gorgeous. so we had to just use water,

there was no products or anything out there, no heat, so it was really good, wasn't it? it was fab! so something different to try at home. hair maintenance is a conversation happening among a number of different communities across the country, but its left many people wondering — is diy is worth the risk? mark maciver is a barber with star clients like anthonyjoshua, stormzy and aj tracey. my first tip is don't go for anything too elaborate, keep it very simple. people cutting hair for the first time suddenly want to get lines and mohicans and either hair and all these different styles, and it's, like, how about you just keep it simple? whether you take mark's advice or not, looks like there will be interesting looks when the lockdown is over. seren jones, bbc news. while we may be indoors observing the lockdown, one welsh town has been overrun by new residents — mountain goats! the 12—strong group of goats

was spotted last friday evening running around llandudno in north wales. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. when you compare the weather this week to last week, there is quite a difference, certainly in temperature. this time in last week in north wales the mercury hit 19 celsius. today, it's more likely to be only nine celsius. high pressure is still very much in charge of our weather. looking at the isobars, you can see that they are fairly spaced out, so not much ofa are fairly spaced out, so not much of a breeze, although it will be —— will be windier in the north—west of scotland. it will be blowing in the fair few showers across northern and

western scotland and northern and western scotland and northern and western parts of northern ireland. for the rest of the country, again a fair bit of cloud, some sunny skies developing. temperatures between eight and 11 degrees. the wind is lighter than yesterday. these circles show the average wind speeds. it won't feel as cold as it did yesterday. through this evening and overnight we hang onto cloud, still some showers, most in the north and west. there will be some holes in the cloud, and it is here at the temperatures will fall away, particularly in the south—east. through tomorrow, we still have slack isobars in the south. this weather from coming slack isobars in the south. this weatherfrom coming in across northern scotland will eventually introduce some colder weather and stronger winds, but that is for thursday because on wednesday, a cloudy day, a few showers, some sunshine developing. still some

patchy rain. temperatures up to about 12. from wednesday into thursday, when this front sink southwards, it will turn windier and colder. you can see the dark blues appearing in the charts compared to the milder yellows in the south. in the milder yellows in the south. in the south, a fair bit of cloud, some sunny spells developing with one or two showers. in the north, the colder air streaming two showers. in the north, the colderairstreaming in, two showers. in the north, the colder air streaming in, wintry showers on the hills and mountains. it will be very windy. from friday into saturday, still a fair bit of cloud around, but the temperature will recover.

this is bbc news. the headlines: police officers across the uk are told to take a consistent approach when using their new emergency powers on restricting movement, after some forces are criticised for being too aggressive. britian's transport secretary says it is a difficultjob. there will be one or two instances where perhaps they have not approached it in the right way, but in general actually across the country not only are people complying very well but generally speaking the police are taking a very sensible approach towards it all. the death toll in spain increases by 849, the highest daily number in since the epidemic started. spanish deaths now total over 8,000.

president trump says the next 30 days will be vital to stopping the virus in the us, as the number of cases rises to over 164,000 — the highest number anywhere in the world. the country with the highest death rate — italy — extends its lockdown until easter, but there is some hope as the country reports a sharp decline in the number of infections. the world health organization says the coronavirus is a long way from finished in the asia—pacific region, and warns of renewed crises in countries where the situation appears to be under control. british airways suspends all flights to and from the uk's second biggest airport gatwick due to the virus, as hundreds of stranded travellers struggle to make their way back home.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. police forces across the uk have been told to take a consistent approach when making sure people comply with emergency measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. there has been criticism that some tactics have been heavy handed, with one former supreme courtjudge claiming britain is in danger of becoming a police state. the spanish government has announced another 849 fatalities in the country in the last 24 hours. spain has now seen more than 8,100 deaths in total — and has almost 90,000 cases of infection. in the us, the number of people who have died has passed 3,000, and there are now almost 165,000 confirmed cases

across the country — the highest in the world. new york city is the worst—hit, with more than 900 confirmed fatalities. president trump has said the next 30 days could be crucial in the fight to stop the spread of the virus. and the world health organization is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over in asia. it's urging governments to prepare for mass infections and warns of a renewed crisis in countries where the situation is beginning to appear under control. we have more on all these stories coming up, but first with more on that guidance to british police forces, here's keith doyle. you shouldn't be driving unless it's essential. in weston—super—mare, police are reminding people of the rules about only undertaking essential travel. just come out walking the dog. right, ok. the only thing we'll say is please

read the government guidance on essential travel. the guidelines say you should take exercise near your home. have you driven here? derbyshire police were criticised for heavy—handed tactics after using drones to show people driving to remote areas for exercise. dyeing the water in a local beauty spot and leaving notes on parked cars were other tactics that police used to discourage people travelling. now the national police chiefs council has reminded forces of the guidelines and that enforcement should be a last resort. we're not going to enforce our way out of this problem. we will get out of this problem because people want to solve the problem, and we will get out of it because we've got the public at our sides and they will lead us through it. people queueing outside this pharmacy are keeping two metres apart. the uk's chief scientific advisor said that social distancing measures are making a difference — with cases not rising as fast as feared. the latest figures from

public health england are 22,141 cases in the uk, with 1,408 deaths and 180 of them in the last 24 hours. the numbers being admitted to hospital are expected to rise over the coming weeks. with more and more cases, the british medical association — which represents doctors — says they're still facing a fatal shortage of personal protection equipment, despite government assurances. the bma is urging the government to make it clear what frontline staff should do if they don't have the necessary protection. we've got many doctors who are worried, if they are not protected, what should they do? no frontline workers should be expected to be on the front line without adequate protection. these are some of the hundreds of britons who have been flown home from peru after the government

chartered flights. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has announced a £75 million plan to bring home tens of thousands of british nationals. the government advice is to get home on a commercial flight if there is one, if there isn't, then embassies will advertise government charters to help bring those stranded back to the uk. keith doyle, bbc news. let's talk to norman smith. let's start with the different approaches to policing. do you get a sense of any concern from ministers that perhaps some police behaviour has been heavy—handed ? perhaps some police behaviour has been heavy— handed ?|j perhaps some police behaviour has been heavy-handed? i think the concern is shared by a number of senior police officers as well. in the past half an hour, we've been hearing from peter goodwin, the chief constable of derbyshire police force, at the centre of the

controversy after the years that drawn footage of people in the peak district. what's interesting listening to him is he defends his force. he says the reason they used the drawn footage was because the previous weekend the peak district had been inundated with people. he wa nted had been inundated with people. he wanted to deter them, that's why he used it. when you listen to ministers, i think you just feel the police need to be a little wary of going over the top. this was grant shapps this morning. we are asking them to do something completely unprecedented that normally — with our policing— by—consent approach theyjust do not have to get into, and i am sure they are not particularly liking having to do this, and of course the best thing we can all do is just follow the guidance, and most people are doing exactly that. stay home and protect the nhs and save lives. you have heard it many times. i think the police are doing a difficultjob. there will be one or two instances where perhaps they have not approached it in the right way

but in general actually across the country — not only are people complying very well — but generally speaking the police are taking a very sensible approach towards it as well. i think the bottom line is that if you are going to police a lockdown, you are going to police a lockdown, you need the consent of the public and the way to lose that consent is to adopt an unnecessarily aggressive approach because that alienates people and it almost risks creating a situation of a stand—off. from a police point of view, it creates unnecessary aggravation. my feeling is the police are pretty well win of that and they would prefer to be in a situation of convincing people and persuading people not trying to force people to do things. peter goodwin, the chief guns will of derbyshire were saying that despite the drawn footage the actually hadn't issued any enforcement notices are reported anyone arrested anyone and hadn't put up any roadblocks. in other words, they hadn't really adopted a heavy—handed

approach, it'sjust hadn't really adopted a heavy—handed approach, it's just that they wanted to deter the sort of masses of people going to the peak district that had ta ken people going to the peak district that had taken place the previous weekend. that said, many people i think will take the view that it is an infringement of their personal liberties and they do not want to have the police turning into a much more continental style force. it's a sensitive area, which i think the police are aware of and is why they have now issued the guidance that there needs to be consistency and consistency of tone. it has been a cabinet meeting this morning, the first one to take place by video conferencing. all members of the cabinet were not there. they were on a big screen connected to each other by video conferencing. the only people in the cabinet room where the cabinet secretary and one or two officials who we are told were carefully socially distancing from each other because of course downing street has seen coronavirus rip

through it after clearly officials and politicians were not abiding by social distancing rules as clearly as they should have. absolutely, norman. thanks. spain has recorded its worst daily death figure from coronavirus. 849 people have died in the last 24 hours. it's the latest in a string of very high tallies, as hospitals struggle to deal with the pandemic. more than 5,500 thousand patients are in need of intensive more than 5,500 patients are in need of intensive care in the country. the government is expected to approve measures to help citizens struggling with rent payments during the enforced lockdown. overall, the situation is that we are in the midst of an extreme crisis. you mentioned obviously the death toll which is terrible.

a lot of people have been infected and that will be working through the system. authorities are probably more worried about the fact that new cases have gone up slightly again today and that's probably only the tip of the iceberg because testing has not been very widespread in spain. the government brought in fast test kits from abroad and the first ones did not work. they are starting to roll out a new scheme today to find out the situation. intensive care totally overwhelmed in many cases now. the numbers are more than double what you would normally have in intensive care in most regions. they are reaching limits even of these special facilities which have been brought in to try to deal with this overspill. james, would you remind us why these figures are so high in spain? in spain, the rate has gone up very quickly. there is an idea that

perhaps lockdown measures weren't quite introduced when they could have been. there was a moment about three weeks ago where madrid had nearly all of the cases and there were calls to close madrid. schools closed, the weather was nice and a lot of people in early march fanned out from madrid. even without people going on holiday, madrid is a neuralgic centre for much of central spain. so perhaps more infections leaked out into the provinces than might have done, had action been taken a little bit earlier. but there are also factors we don't know. compared to germany where the infection rate seems to be about 1%. in spain, studies are suggesting 15%. people live close together and have a lot of contact, there could be a climate impact we don't yet understand. there is also a very elderly population.

care homes have been very badly hit with this, with many hundreds of old people dying often before they even could leave their residencies to get hospital help. just how strict are lockdown measures now, james? very strict indeed. basically nobody can leave their house unless they have to do, to get their essential supplies. they are only allowed to leave alone or to walk their dog, but not far. just take them down to the door and return. in terms of workers, it is only now limited exceptions to basically complete lockdown for everyone leaving their house. it is only essential workers who are supporting are working who are supporting or working in the health care system, in food distribution and production and transport. so the lockdown is very strict. the authorities will be desperate to see some indication that it's really working. it must be having an effect, but it seems to be taking a long

time to bring numbers down or to flatten this curve, the intensive care beds are still filling up. i think until the hospital sees some easing, then lockdown measures will have to continue. president trump has said that america faces a vital 30 days in the fight against coronavirus, and suggested that social distancing could save up to a million lives. health services in new york have been overwhelmed by the number of cases — with more than 12—hundred deaths. the state governor has appealed for medical staff from anywhere in the us to come to their aid. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a symbol of wartime and a morale booster for new york, this military medical ship docked in manhattan will provide relief to the city's hospitals overwhelmed by covid—19. the us navy ship, comfort, has space for 1,000 beds. it will be used by non—coronavirus patients, while shorebased hospitals focus on the pandemic.

with more and more states ordering people to stay at home, americans are buckling down for at least another month of the economic shutdown and social distancing. 30 days that president trump says will be vital. by very vigorously following these guidelines we could save more than a million american lives. think of that. one million american lives. 0urfuture is in our own hands and the choices and sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this virus and, really, the fate of our victory. we will have a great victory. we have no other choice. mr trump said progress was being made with the number of americans tested for the coronavirus.

today, we reached a historic milestone in our war against the coronavirus. over one million americans have now been tested. more than any other country, by far. not even close. but president trump's numbers have been widely questioned, with the us well behind italy and south korea in the number of people tested. peter bowes, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... police officers across the uk are told to take a "consistent" approach — when using their new emergency powers on restricting our movements the death toll in spain increases by 849 — the highest daily number in since the epidemic started —— deaths in spain now total to over 8,000 and president trump says the next 30 days will be ‘vital‘

to stopping the virus in the us — as the number of cases rises to over 164,000 — the highest number anywhere in the world in italy, strict lockdown restrictions will be extended to 12th april. but the enforcements have caused some problems. here's our correspondent jean mackenzie reporting on whether people will continue to comply. people have been very good so far it following these restrictions. people here are scared. the turn on the news every night and they hear that hundreds and hundreds more people have died. that's enough to keep you in your home. there are problems because it's been so strict people haven't been working and some people are running out of money. there are been reports in the south of supermarkets being robbed as people get desperate. so this extension will be a blow for people, even though they will have seen it coming. this date of the 12th of april is an at least date.

many people expect it to go on for much longer, even if some restrictions are eased slightly after then. it will all depend on what happens with these rates of infection. the world health organization has warned that the coronavirus is a long way from finished in the asia—pacific region. it's urged governments to prepare for mass infection, and warned of the threat of a renewed crisis in countries where the situation appears to be under control. here's our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, in beijing. they are seeing every country should prepare. at the moment, some countries don't even have the capacity to do their own testing. other countries are at the moment

rallying to try to assist those countries. coronavirus going through papa new guinea could be very tough on them. either way, the message is pretty clear to this place to not bring their guard down. people should still be very worried and that is partly because we have had people coming in from overseas, mostly chinese citizens returning to china because they now think it is safe to because they now think it is safe to be here. some of them are bored —— boarding planes with symptoms, knowing they are sick, they have taken drugs trying to suppress their fever. they arrive in the country and they test positive. steve mcdonell there in beijing — and ijust want to bring you some

pictures from wuhan in china, where coronavirus first started spreading. as the epidemic is easing, this morning, medical teams who had originally travelled to wuhan to help the stretched health service, have been leaving the city, to go home. they are seen as heroes across china, for the personal risk they took to treat patients with the disease. uk police officers have been told to take a "consistent" approach when ensuring people comply with emergency measures aimed new guidance was issued to police last thursday when officers were given powers to fine people who gather in groups or refuse to return home. people ignoring tougher restrictions on movement could be hit with a 60 pound fine initially and another for 120 pounds for a second offence.so, what is in

people ignoring tougher restrictions on movement could be hit with a 60 pound fine initially and another for £120 for a second offence. so, what is in the new coronavirus legislation and how can police enforce it? adam wagner is a human rights barrister at doughty street chambers. there is a lot of confusion around this. we are hoping you might be able to enlighten us. first of all, what restrictions have been put in place by the new coronavirus legislation? well, the one that people will be really interested in is on restriction of movement. so you cannot leave the house unless you cannot leave the house unless you have a reasonable excuse. and a reasonable excuse is something which is reasonable. but there are some illustrated examples in the legislation, such as going out for exercise, although there is no mention of one time a day, which puts it in conflict with government guidance. you can go out if it's for the purpose of your physical health or your mental health. you can go to

a funeral, you can go shopping for necessities and there are a number of other examples. ok, so this is interesting. i think you might have got to the crux of this for us. in other words, there is a death —— difference between what is in the law and what is the guidance and those two things are actually different? it's really messy and i'm afraid i think the blame must lie at the hands of the government. when borisjohnson the hands of the government. when boris johnson announced the hands of the government. when borisjohnson announced these measures a week ago, he said they we re measures a week ago, he said they were for reasons you could leave the house. one of them was to take exercise but only once a day. and that's the guidance people are following. that's the guidance that i think following. that's the guidance that ithinka following. that's the guidance that i think a lot of the police are following. i spoke to some police officers yesterday who spoke about the four things and that's what they thought they were enforcing. and if you read the college of policing guidance which has come out today and they are posted on twitter, they say the new police regulations mean

for the public that people may only leave a place where they are living for the reasons listed on the government guidance. the government guidance doesn't include a number of very important points, for example if you are at fear of harm in the regulations that's a reasonable excuse, but the government guidance doesn't mention that in the four things. and then there is the one piece of exercise per day which is in the guidance but not in the regulations, not in the law. this is really complicated and messy and i'm not sure the police of the government have been very clear about what it is exactly people can do and what is or is not going to land you either with a fine going up to £960 if it's a repeated offence or even a criminal conviction. as you say this is a messy situation. just to drill down into something, say if you are out for a walk the

second time in a day and the police stop you, what should you do? you can say to them that there is no legal restriction on me going out for more than one walk per day. and thatis for more than one walk per day. and that is the law in england. here is another complicating factor, in wales, the welsh regulations say you can only go out for one piece of exercise per day. but it really is complicated and i'm quite worried that the individual citizen and police will not have a clean enough understanding of what this law actually says and people will end up having fines and maybe even criminal convictions they shouldn't have. and one final question, adam, very important. if you go to the corner shop to buy easter eggs, might you be fined? well, the question is, is going out and buying an easter egg a

reasonable excuse? secondly, is an easter egg a basic necessity, which is the language you need to be able to show, an easter egg is a basic necessity. but who decides? if you area necessity. but who decides? if you are a christian and you think part of your religious culture is having easter egg hunts, is that a basic necessity? and i think the safest a nswer necessity? and i think the safest answer is you should be going out shopping as little as possible and only for basic necessities, but if you buy an easter egg whilst you are getting basic necessities, then that's absolutely fine. it's probably a bit risky because of the unclear nature of this law to go out solely to buy easter eggs. but in honesty, this will have to go to court because the law is so unclear that we really don't know the answer. adam, thank you so much for

doing your best to enlighten us. really good to talk to you, thanks. thank you. the uk government has orderded more ventilators than the total number it says it needs to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. a consortium of uk industrial, technology and engineering businesses in the uk has come together to produce medical ventilators for the nhs. the ventilatorchallengeuk consortium includes airbus, bae systems, ford, rolls—royce and siemens. but many smaller engineering companies are calling on the government to do more to help them get involved and boost production too. richard dinan is the ceo of pulsar fusion, a nuclear fusion facility. we are very grateful. thank you. what is that that you think you can do to help? well, firstly i would like to say that i think the

government has done a fantasticjob with this unprecedented situation in really trying to make sure we have all the equipment. and it does make sense that these enormous engineering companies should be approached. but there are lots of other... uk as a centre of excellence for engineering. there are some really brilliant people. with a lot of brilliant equipment. we could make face masks. if there was some guidance to see we can build a facemask in an hour and we

could build many of them and lots of companies come together, where should they be sent? because there isa should they be sent? because there is a lot of idle talent that wants to help at the moment. understood. clearly the government are stretched on all fronts at the moment. i know you tweeted the government three days ago offering to help. what response have you had? the main response have you had? the main response i have had is from similar engineering firm saying they have been trying to contact the government themselves and have built prototypes of ventilator valves. we now have a group of us together, top—class engineers and project managers. the government is obviously overwhelmed, but there are project managers as well who could very easily manage this. and say you should be the building ventilator valves and you should be building safety equipment. it's very easy to

underestimate the power of the british engineering community. we build great parts. i'm not saying there should be something there because i don't know what the demand is, but i'm just saying that there could be. absolutely. a cheeky question, but are you offering your services for free? we started producing these parts just to show what can be done. everybody so far has worked entirely for free. there would obviously be a need for material costs, but i don't think anyone is showing any interest in making profits at all. if we can make one part that can help one person, then it's worth it. absolutely. richard, will you stay in touch with us if you hear back from the government and receive any guidance, let us know? we hope to hear today. i shall let you know. thank you very much. thank you and good luck.

british airways is suspending all flights to and from london gatwick. the airline said it would be contacting its customers to discuss their options. the company is still operating flights to and from heathrow but on a severely reduced schedule. yesterday easyjet grounded all its flights because of the pandemic. our business correspondent, theo leggett, explained how this will affect passengers and why the decision was made by ba. quite simply there are not enough planes flying to merit using two hubs. gatwick has already shut down one of its terminals because there is so little demand. quite simply there are not enough planes flying we have unprecedented travel restrictions across europe which is limiting where the airlines can fly. also passengers are isolated at home and do not want to fly and that means although there are some passenger services it is a heavily reduced service. there are planes flying around for cargo but even that is starting to slip back a little bit. british airways has said to its staff based on the unprecedented circumstances it is going to stop flying out of gatwick for the moment but this

is an entire industry suffering at the moment. easyjet yesterday said it would ground its entire fleet. there are rescue flights going on, of course. there are warnings from ground handlers who do baggage handling and refuel planes and are responsible for de—icing, four responsible is are responsible for nearly all of that and they say they could be in a really difficult position within a few weeks if they do not get help, and the airports are also saying they are struggling because in order to service the planes that are still there they need to remain open and they cannot play off all their staff but we are not getting the revenues, so this is an industry that is facing a situation that has never occurred before and they are doing what they can to cut costs and try to survive the immediate crisis, so that when we are all allowed to travel again and things can resume, they will be able to. meanwhile, passengers are obviously

many of them will have cancelled their flights long ago and those passengers affected can go to british airways for a refund or an alternative service. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: police officers across the uk are told to take a "consistent" approach when using their new emergency powers on restricting our movement after some forces are criticised for their approach. the death toll in spain increases by 849, the highest daily number since the epidemic started. spanish deaths now total over 8,000. president trump says the next 30 days will be "vital" to stopping the virus in the us as the number of cases rises to over 164,000 — the highest number anywhere in the world. the country with the highest death rate, italy, extends its lockdown until easter, but there is some hope as the country reports a sharp decline in the number of infections.

the world health organisation says the coronavirus is a long way from finished in the asia—pacific region and warns of renewed crises in countries where the situation appears to be under control. british airways temporarily suspends all flights to and from the uk's second biggest airport, gatwick, due to the virus, as hundreds of stranded travellers try to make their way back home. now scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, on the latest from there, as she holds a virtual media briefing. as of nine o'clock this morning there have been 1193 positive cases of covid—19 confirmed in scotland. that is an increase of 400 and 30 cents yesterday's figures. it is

important for me to point out that 108 of those 430 come from one laboratory, which was unable to submit data over the weekend. that is part of the reason why the increase i had just confirmed today is so significant. the increase also reflects the ongoing expansion of our testing capacity, which i have talked about previously. as of last night, unable to confirm that a total hundred and 35 people were in intensive care with either confirmed or suspected cases of covid—19. that is an increase of 27 on the figure i reported yesterday. in total, including those who are in intensive care, there were, as of last night, 1073 suspected or confirmed cases in hospitals across scotland. lastly, it is with sadness that i have to

today a further 13 deaths of patients who had tested positive for covid—19. that takes the total number of deaths in scotland up to 60. iwant number of deaths in scotland up to 60. i want to extend my condolences up 60. i want to extend my condolences up to everyone who has lost loved ones and i express my deep appreciation for everyone working in our health and care sector. everyone across the country is very grateful to you. i am joined by mike russell, he will talk later about the emergency legislation that we have just published this morning i will be considered by the scottish parliament tomorrow. amongst other things, that legislation provides for the continuing functioning of the justice system during this emergency period. it relaxes restrictions on businesses and government in terms of some statutory processes. as i covered previously, provides greater

protection for tenants, particularly protections against the possibility of being affected during this crisis period. it is in so many ways an unprecedented response to what is an unprecedented response to what is an unprecedented situation. some of the provisions in this bill are of a type that i would never have wanted or expected to be introduced into parliament. we will ensure that these provisions do not remain in force a ny these provisions do not remain in force any longer than is absolutely necessary. it is worth highlighting, and mike russell will say more about this, that these proposals have been developed in discussion with opposition parties and a cross—party approach is one that we are determined to continue for any future emergency legislation that might be required. i want today to briefly highlight for other issues before handing over to the chief medical officer. firstly, iwant before handing over to the chief medical officer. firstly, i want to update on the situation in relation to delayed discharges, were people who are well enough to leave hospital can do so because care

arrangements for them are not in place. at the outset of this epidemic, we set a target of reducing cases of delayed discharge by at least 400, or 25%, from the baseline as of the 4th of march. current figures indicate that we have achieved that and delayed discharge cases have now been reduced by more than 400 and we are now aiming to reduce numbers even further during april. this reduction is of course good in itself. people should not be in hospitalfor any longer than they need to be, but it is, in this context, particularly important as part of our effort to increase hospital capacity as we start seeing more cases of covid—19. i want to update briefly on nhs staffing figures. yesterday we were asked about the numbers of nhs workers of sick because of the virus. unable to confirm that at

present just over 6% virus. unable to confirm that at presentjust over 6% of nhs staff are off work, either with covid—19 related symptoms or self isolating because someone in their household has the symptoms. that number is relatively low and it is important to be very clear that we expect to see that number rise in the weeks to come. it is also important to note that we have now begun testing key workers and as we continue to expand our capacity we will be able to get people back to work as quickly as possible. also i want to comment on the announcement made yesterday on early education and childcare. local authorities will implement their new duty from august this year of providing 1140 hours of free childcare a year to three and four—year—olds and 22—year—olds who would benefit from it most. in fact, more than 50,000 children were already benefiting from that expansion. it is however clear that

this emergency makes it impossible for some local authorities to meet that target by august. the emergency is already having a major impact on both recruitment drives and construction works, so we are no longer imposing a statutory duty on local authorities from august, but i wa nt to local authorities from august, but i want to make absolutely clear today that we remain committed to ensuring that we remain committed to ensuring that this expansion happens as soon as possible. it is one of the most important policies and priorities of this government and one that we will resume working towards a soon as we possibly can. the final issue i want to touch on today relates to the £350 million community fund which was announced in parliament two weeks ago. money from that fund is already being allocated to organisations across the country and today we are confirming that more than £1.5 million will be given to scottish women's aid and rape crisis scotland. everybody understands

there is a real risk that women and children who are already subject to domestic abuse will feel even more isolated and vulnerable during this crisis, so this funding will help to ensure that they have access to support services. in fact, i want to ensure that people know that the domestic abuse and forced marriage helpline remains fully operational at all hours during this epidemic. anyone who needs support or advice can e—mail or web chat through their website or you can call them on oh 800 47 1234. website or you can call them on oh 800 471234. the key message that i wa nt to 800 471234. the key message that i want to convey today as this, people who are suffering domestic abuse do not have to wait to seek help. that help is available now and you should not hesitate to come forward and get it. i will pass on to the chief medical officer in a moment, then to the cabinet secretary, but i want to end by stating again the most important message of all. as updates

like these demonstrate, the government is working on a wide range of fronts to support the nhs and other parts of the economy and society and to deal with the many and varied impacts of covid—19, but it remains the case that the most important actions in dealing with this virus are the ones that each and every one of us can take, by staying at home, limiting contact with people, every single one of us is doing our bit to slow the spread of this disease, to protect our nhs and make sure it is not overwhelmed and, ultimately, to save lives. i hope that it will not be too long before we are standing here at one of these briefings talking about slowing down of this virus, but we are not yet up that stage. when we do reach that stage it will only be because people have been doing the right thing by staying at home. i enter day by asking everybody across the country to stick with it. thank

you for doing so, because by doing so, by following this advice, you are helping us to save lives. chief medical officer, would you like to add a few words? i was going to add to those words of encouraging everyone to continue to stay at home and avoid contact with people outside your own household as much as possible. whilst there have been more tests done in the past few days as we increase our capacity for testing, and this has allowed us to start to test some key workers in health and social care board, to allow them to go back to work if they do not have coronavirus or someone they are isolating with does not have coronavirus. the increased number in positive cases in scotland todayis number in positive cases in scotland today is not simply because we are testing more people. the proportion of those tested positive is increasing day by day. this shows us that within scotland at the moment,

despite how well people are complying with the measures, despite the stringency of those measures we have put on the population and asked them to do with these restricted behaviours, the number of cases every day in scotland continues to increase. the proportion of people we are seeing is increasing day by day, even with these measures in place. obviously, we don't know how fa st place. obviously, we don't know how fast it would increase without these measures, but i want to emphasise that despite what we are doing, the virus is still being transmitted in our communities. the only group of people that we are not saying sustain transmission in its people under the age of 15. this is in common with other countries around the world, where we think that children and younger people are not either seriously affected by the virus or perhaps don't get it at all. in all other age groups across

our scottish population, the number of people catching this virus continues to increase. the measures we are taking will help, it will slow the transmission and i can only thank people for all they are doing to protect our nhs and to protect scottish population. to protect our nhs and to protect scottish populationlj to protect our nhs and to protect scottish population. i will hand over to mike russell. the emergency bill that we are publishing today is necessary because we are in an emergency and it requires all the efforts of government at every level to meet that emergency, working and of course with citizens who have a huge role to play. this bill has been developed with the opposition parties and we will continue to work very closely across politics in order to ensure that everybody knows what is taking place, everybody can influence what is taking place, and everyone can influence when we stop using these measures. these measures are designed for one purpose only,

thatis are designed for one purpose only, that is to make sure that the government can continue to operate and citizens can stay safe. the bill has quite a number of provisions within it and i am grateful to those who have dotted together in such a record—breaking time. there is no possibility of people being affected for not paying rent, that is central to the bill. that will be explained in greater detail tomorrow. the bill also deals with a range of issues to do with the criminaljustice system, where it is essential that we have the provisions necessary to continue the provisions necessary to continue the administration of justice. the provisions necessary to continue the administration ofjustice. the bill tackle some comparatively small but important issues in government, where we have to ensure that the business of government continues, evenif business of government continues, even if people cannot meet together to do certain things, such as sign documents or make depositions. all those matters are in the bill and we hope it will go through in a single

day tomorrow through parliament. we will be working hard and will continue to do so across parliament to make that happen. this will not be the final measure or legislation because more measures will need to because more measures will need to be looked at in the weeks ahead. i wa nt be looked at in the weeks ahead. i want to make an absolute commitment that this bill, which is renewable only twice at six monthly intervals, will not be renewed if we do not need it. as the first minister said, nobody wants to be in the position of putting these measures in place. we want to make sure they are no longer in place at the moment when they are not needed. we will also report comprehensively on the bill to parliament and to the wider public every two months. we will say how the provisions in this bill have been used and make sure they are subject to scrutiny. i will now go to journalists who are joining us remotely to journalists who are joining us re m otely to to journalists who are joining us remotely to take a series of questions. i have 19journalists who have indicated that they want to ask

a question. we will try to be as brief as possible. if your question has already been asked, don't feel the need to ask it again. of course, if you have other questions, you are free to ask them. sara smith from the bbc network. i willjust get my microphone on. oh, crumbs! let me ask you, first minister. there have been concerns expressed about uk wide measures being too draconian. are you concerned about being the first minister who brings in some of these emergency powers and can you guarantee, that every single one of them, will be repealed as soon as possible, and when might that be?” will say again that i did not ever anticipate or expect or want to be a first minister standing here announcing some of the things i have done over the past few weeks, from

closure of schools to asking everybody to stay at home, apart from essential reasons to go out, through to some of the powers we are now taking. powers that were passed in uk legislation last week, and these powers we will ask the scottish parliament to pass tomorrow. wejudge, ijudge all of the steps to be necessary to limit and reduce the impact of this virus. ican give and reduce the impact of this virus. i can give an absolute assurance that none of these powers will stay on the statute book any longer than necessary. i cannot say at the moment, given the uncertainties of this virus and how long some of these measures will require to be in place, exactly what that timescale is. we are building into the legislation clear points of scrutiny and clear obligations on the government to report to parliament on how it is used. we will continue to work on a cross—party basis. i am determined that we can do everything we can to slow the spread, protect

the ability of our nhs to operate. i don't underestimate the damage to the economy, or restricting peoples liberties in the way we are doing, but all of these things, however difficult, we can repair and get back to normal. what we can do is bring people back to life, that is why the focus here must be on reducing as far as we possibly can, the numbers of people who die from this virus. peter mcmahon at itv borders. first minister, my colleague interviewed the first minister of wales, who said both you and he and your colleagues in northern ireland have argued for stronger action on construction sites. is that true? given the

intervention today by douglas ross, the junior minister in the scotland office, who said that their advice that some construction could go ahead, is there further scope for cross—border confusion on something that vitally important? in terms of market rate for it because my comments about the cobra meeting, a week past on monday, there was a discussion. the mayor of london has already talked about this as well. there was a difference of opinion about construction. you will have these differences of opinion from time to time. i am clear that i don't want to be in the position of criticising the decisions of the leaders are taking. we are trying to do the very best for the people we serve and deck of —— in difficult circumstances. my judgment on construction is that apart from construction is that apart from construction that is really essential, construction work on

hospitals, it is not clear to me that nonessential construction can continue as normal in a way that protects people's health. in other words, with safe social distancing measures being applied. if i can't be sure about that, the judgment i reach as a precautionary one. how do we make sure that we are taking the action we need to take to maximise our ability to save lives, reduce the number of people who die. that is thejudgment the number of people who die. that is the judgment i have the number of people who die. that is thejudgment i have reached. most construction companies are complying with that, as far as i am aware. sir robert mcalpine operates across the uk and they have ceased their activities in the company here in scotland. the economic impact of what we are doing right now are significant and it will take time, effort and resources to repair the economic damage once we are on the other side of this virus. we can repair it that, but we can bring

people back to life, therefore my view is that the priority in everything we do has to be to preserve as far as we can human life and reduce the number of people who die. that is what all of the judgments i am taken, advised by the chief medical officer and others, thatis chief medical officer and others, that is what all of these judgments are about. now i will call on kieran jenkins from channel 4. we have seen a survey of home carers in parts of scotland, 85% say they don't feel safe or supported by their counsel. one home carer told us to tell you she is scared. it suggests that something is not quite right. what do you think that is?” something is not quite right. what do you think that is? i have not seen your survey and i would be interested to look at it. without seeing it, i know how difficult this is for home carers and how difficult it is for the social care sector in

particular. we are working extremely ha rd particular. we are working extremely hard with local authorities, with the voluntary organisations, with the voluntary organisations, with the request for volunteers that we have lodged in the last few days to make sure we are putting in place at local level the kind of arrangement that can support those most vulnerable and those who need that support. we have talked previously that around 200,000 people in scotla nd that around 200,000 people in scotland here in the most vulnerable category who are in the process right now of receiving letters from the chief medical officer that they have to do the most extreme form of self isolation. we are putting in place arrangements to make sure that they are properly cared for and looked after, that includes food and medicine delivery were required. there are a broader range of people, some of which will have home care, some of which will have home care, some of which will have care and other forms that we need to make sure i get into support, advice and ca re sure i get into support, advice and care that they need. there is a huge amount of work going into that and we will continue to listen to the

view is that people express to us, to look at the ways in which we can support that and in the ways we can give extra effort to front line carers. i don't think we will get to a point during the second —— this epidemic or we can sit back and say we are doing everything we need to do. we have a daily focus on making sure that we are taking all the steps required of us. we have seen figures today from the office of national statistics that suggest the numberof national statistics that suggest the number of community covid—19 deaths are not reflected in the official statistics. do you believe that in scotland the actual number of deaths is an underestimate because we are not necessarily recording people if they are not admitted to hospital with covid—19? they are not admitted to hospital with covid-19? let me take this question in a bit of detail because i think it is important people

realise what has been reported now, but also the work under way to make sure that as this epidemic develops the figure that we are releasing and is being published of the number of people who die is accurate. firstly, health protection scotland do not consider that the figure we are publishing at this stage is a significant underestimate. the health protection scotland figure for the numbers of deaths reported rate now reports deaths in individuals within 28 days of a lab confirmation of covid—19. that is irrespective of the location of the confirmed... we are going to leave edinburgh now and the comprehensive news conference from scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon. the headline being i suppose that the number of people in scotland who have died after being diagnosed with covid—19 is now 60, that is a rise of 13 on yesterday. nicola sturgeon

also announced that 1993 people had tested positive for the virus. you are watching bbc news. more fairly quiet weather to come through the rest of this week, but for a while northern parts of the uk could turn colder. we have cut off the supply of showers to the eastern side of england today. the position of the high pressure changed a little bit, and across the north we are drawing in winds and showers mainly for scotland and northern ireland. they will continue this evening and overnight, a few getting pushed into england and we are is. the cloud building up in england and will is will melt away and we will have clear skies for much of the night, meaning we are likely to have a frosty. further north, more cloud. early sunshine across southern parts of england, but it won't last. it

will turn into a cloudy day. some showers, as well. wet weather moving down across scotland. ahead of its sun chang four east of scotland. that rain pushes down towards northern ireland. we will get some sunshine later in northern scotland. the air will get colder here. elsewhere, temperatures like today. for the most part, the winds will be like. they will start to pick up later in the colder air across northern scotland, with much windier weather overnight into thursday. the weather overnight into thursday. the weather front is bringing the patchy rain into scotland and northern ireland. that will move southward on thursday. the colder air will come join in, especially across the northern half of the uk, and the showers will turn wintry stock we have a little bit of light rain and drizzle to move away from scotland and northern ireland early in the morning. that will push into northern england, wales, may be into the midlands. some sunshine ahead of it. showers in the north will turn

wintry, with snow over the hills. winds will be stronger for all of us, perhaps touching gale force in northern parts of scotland, where temperatures will be struggling to 6 degrees. warmer, even with the stronger winds, for eastern parts of england at 13 or 14. the winds will die down on friday. we have this area of high pressure moving in. that will keep a few wintry showers in northern scotland, perhaps. chilly airfor in northern scotland, perhaps. chilly air for many on friday. over the weekend, we introduce more of a southerly wind, that means temperatures will be on the rise.

nhs workers call for urgent action to get protective equipment to them — in the fight against coronavirus on the eve of the opening of a 4,000 bed hospital in london — a plea for the right protection i don't have any visors, i don't have a face shield or goggles. i should have a full sleeved gown if i'm following the guidance by the world health organisation and i think it's frightening that i'm putting myself at risk. as a theme park in surrey is turned into a drive—through testing station for nhs workers, we'll be asking how soon testing will be extended to all health service staff. also this lunchtime. spain records its biggest daily rise in coronavirus deaths as the total reaches 8,189