this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the world health organization says the number of coronavirus cases around the world is set to hit a million within the next few days. europe remains the continent most badly hit, with a record number of deaths in spain. and while there are signs of improvement in italy, we have a special report on the toll on health care workers there. italy is still far from defeating this virus. deaths are still soaring and among them, doctors.

amid growing criticism, the uk government promises to increase the number of tests to the hundreds of thousands ‘within weeks' and we'll have the latest from the us. the number of confirmed cases there has passed 200,000. welcome. we will report on the us and uk shortly. but we are starting in mainland europe. europe is now the continent hardest hit by the coronavirus — new figures released today show that covid—19 has now killed more than 30,000 people. with three quarters of those deaths occuring in either spain or italy. across europe — almost 460,000 have been infected with the coronavirus. and just take a look at the pictures from madrid today — the streets continue to be virtually empty as the impact the spanish government's even more stringent lockdown have come into effect. from monday all nonessential work was halted, with the nation coming to a virutal standstill —

and with good reason. the death toll continues to slow in the nation, but that much needed drop in the curve is yet to come. today's figures show the country lost 864 lives to the virus on tuesday. it's the fifth day in a row that spain has seen a death toll higher than 800. whilst the nation has passed the 100,000 marker — the rate of infection is in general continuing to decrease — apart from a dramatic increase on tuesday, the downward trend continues — the infection rate today down 16%. all this continues to be increased pressure on spain's alread overstrected health service. dr rafael bengoa, a former regional minister of health in the basque country government gave the bbc his assesment of the situation. the peak seems to be beyond close to being reached. we are now seeing some positive

signals from other indicators. we know there is less people infected. there is a deceleration of the people affected. the number of people going into uci and acute care units is decreasing slowly, so i think we are beginning to see we are reaching that curve and we will be able to see that these social isolation measures have worked, at least for spain. in italy, the stringent lockdown measures have been extended — until the 13th april, although families can now take their children for a walk outside if needed. but signs are emerging that the nation's stringent lockdown is working.

the italian civil protection agency announced the death toll from covid—i9 had climbed by 727, a smaller increase than on tuesday. taking the total number of deaths to over 13,000. italy has recorded more deaths than anywhere else in the world. but — the infection rate continues to rise — around 4,700 more cases were reported today, as opposed to yesterdays number of around 4,000. with the latest our correspondent mark lowen reports from rome. a glimpse of freedom in italy's new normal. parents are now allowed to take their children out for a brief walk, if urgent. after three weeks of lockdown, it is a breath of liberty, but no more. welcomed, albeit with apprehension. translation: we are scared to be outside and a bit spaced out because this lockdown has been our salvation. the measures are working,

i'm happy they are in place and we want them to go on. translation: this eases the tension. we are not used to staying inside the whole day. we need some natural light. children need some space. the infection rate is slowing and there is perhaps a little bit more movement on the streets. but the fear is that if the restrictions are lifted too soon, people could get a false sense of security and then the numbers could start jumping again. because italy is still far from defeating this virus. deaths are still soaring and among them, doctors. gynaecologist roberto milletti died this week, one of 66 doctors lost to the outbreak here. his friend said the deaths were preventable if medics had proper masks and supplies. translation: we are very shocked, he was much loved. and we are very angry because we are lacking protection equipment for doctors. we feel vulnerable. wars must be organised during peacetime, not battle. we are being sent in empty—handed,

in italy and around europe. so young, inventive italians have stepped in to help, using 3d printing to develop a valve that turns a sports shop snorkelling mask into a ventilator. the blueprint has been downloaded for free a million times by hospitals in need across the world. two days ago, it was my birthday, and i received a message from brazil in which a doctor said to me that 130 people were breathing thanks to my idea, and i was very, very happy. i cannot receive a better present for my birthday. italians are generally following the rules, but some frustration is starting to show. in the south, anger over a loss of money and closed shops. it is isolated, but patience has its limits. today, the lockdown was extended to mid—april so the emptiness goes on. perhaps never again in our lifetime will we see rome like this.

the virus is sucking the life out of italy. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. staggering to see those iconic images of rome, so empty. from italy to the united kingdom now. they said they hear. —— a very sad day here. the united kingdom has recorded its biggest daily death toll so far. 563 people with coronavirus died over the past day, bringing overall deaths in the uk to 2,352. the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 29,1174. here's the medical director of public health england. it is slightly concerning. it is still too early to say whether the plateau of hospital admissions has ended.

but we have now seen three days of increases in a row. and again, we need to protect the nhs. and the best way to do that is to stay at home to avoid catching the disease yourself and to obviously avoid giving to it to anybody else. i was from the daily briefing that we have here everyday in the uk. —— that was from. the health secretary has ordered any spare coronavirus tests to be used for nhs staff. up until tuesday, health workers were only allowed to account for 15 per cent of all testing, despite some hospitals reporting as many as a quarter of all doctors and nurses being off work in self—isolation. on testing more widely — the uk has the capacity to carry out nearly 13,000 tests a day. the government says — yesterday, just under 10,000 people were tested. it hopes to increase daily testing to 25,000 in the coming weeks. in the last few minutes, the british prime minister boris johnson has released a video on twitter. here's what he had

to say about testing. we are

our political correspondent nick eardleyjoins me from westminster. dollars from his personal twitter account, nick, he spoke about her self isolating but also spoke about. testing because there is not a conversation in this country that we are behind countries like germany and south korea. what is happening with the uk when it comes to testing crucial huge pressure on the government on the issue of testing. because some of the numbers are far lower. in other countries. but also because the uk isn't using its full capacity. the last 2a hour period available there were about ten and a half thousand testing despite the fa ct half thousand testing despite the fact that the uk has the capacity to dojust under 13,000 fact that the uk has the capacity to do just under 13,000 test. but what you heard from borisjohnson there is potentially actually quite

revelatory because the question we've all been asking the last few weeks is how do we get out of this. what is the exit strategy for the lockdown that the country is in? and i think you have a pretty firm indication from the prime minister there that the government thinks it is getting testing massively ramped up is getting testing massively ramped up to make sure the people who have had the virus and therefore have developed antibodies can find out so they can get back to work so that people who are self isolating what symptoms can find out if they have got the test particularly in hs workers so that if they don't have the virus, they can go back to work two and a she heard borisjohnson there say as well, people who do have the virus can self—isolate and hopefully get better soon. so potentially that is a hint to have the government sees this penny got over the next you much. it doesn't however a nswer over the next you much. it doesn't however answer the biggest question of all. how the uk really ramps up that testing. —— pending out over the next few months. the goal is to

get to 25,000 test a day by the end of this month. but that is still potentially a few weeks off and also doesn't really give us a full picture of how we will get mass testing in the community to make sure that what boris johnson testing in the community to make sure that what borisjohnson was just talking about actually happens. don't go away. another one of those other big issues that we have been talking about here that the prime minister also touched upon in that message from his twitter account is ppe, personal protective equipment. well front line medical staff are demanding more support. the royal college of nurses tweeted this: "across the capital, members are telling us that there is still a lack of personal protective equipment. we continue to take action because this isjust not good enough. we've called on the uk's workplace health & safety regulator to intervene." and the trade union congress which represents many health and social care workers also

tweeted this today... here's the government's response. over the past two weeks, we have delivered over 390 million ppe products. we have insured that these are being delivered to every gp practice, dentist, community pharmacies, and there is also now a 2k hour nhs—run hotline where nhs and social care workers can call and request that ppe if it is needed. our political correspondent nick eardleyjoins me from westminster. we here figure from the government from the daily briefing when it comes to ppe come it is quantity but also quality as well, so much to consider. and also worth bearing in mind that some of those numbers are huge you also require a huge amount of ppe to deal with coronavirus patients. sometimes you have a number of doctors and nurses working on one patient. they need to change

that ppe regularly to make sure that there is any cross—contamination. the government has faced criticism on this too. mostly because of the not because of the supply but actually getting the ppe to those individual hospitals and gps and the social care homes around the country. it then seemed to be a belief in government that they are getting on top of that and the numbers are being massively ramped up. we have seen the army in the uk actually be involved in some of the distribution of those ppe pieces of equipment, the question over the next few days is whether that quell some of the criticism and some of the concern that has been coming from the medical community who do not think that ppe has been getting fast enough and thus has been putting some in the medical profession we met profession at risk. thank you, nick for talking those numbers. stay with us on oustide source,

still to come: we'll look at how scientists are enlisting the public in the race to understand covid—19 — by keeping a daily record of how they feel. in south korea, one hospital is going the extra mile to keep patients' spirits up. music.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. the number of deaths in spain has reached another high for a single day — almost 900 people have died in the past 2a hours. to the markets, its the first day of a new quarter — and what goes up, must come down. after rallying last week — stocks from asia, to europe to the us have all seen drops, as the death toll globally creeps higher, and the economic ramifications of the coronavirus become clearer. just as we came on air —

the closing bell of the dow saw stocks sharply down 4.4%. coming after president trump's warning that the us was heading into a painful two weeks. investors are also preparing for tomorrows unemployment figures which are expected to be much higher then last weeks number showing 3.3 million has applied for unemployment benefits. analysts believe tomorrows figures could be anywhere between four and five million. all this after both the dowjones and london's ftse 100 have seen their biggest quarterly drops since 1987. there are fears the global downturn could be far more punishing and long lasting than initially feared — lasting into next year, and potentially beyond. our business correspondent samira hussain is new york for us. the impact of coronavirus just absolutely huge across such all spectrum. absolutely. if you see the

way that investors have been thinking about this yesterday, and the last few hours of treating, we saw this massive plunge down almost 1000 points. and it is directly related to yet more news in terms of how much the virus has spread. so we are hearing the in the united states there are more than 200,000 confirmed cases. so what this really tells investors is that these cases, the number, continue to grow and that means the economic impact of the virus is going to continue to be felt here. remember, all these effo rts felt here. remember, all these efforts in terms of trying to flatten the curve, to make it so it won't be so catastrophic, but it is becoming increasingly clear that it will and that is having a spill—over effect into the american economy and it is massive. thank you for talking us it is massive. thank you for talking us through that. staggering figures and the impact is huge.

two of the big questions about the coronavirus pandemic are: how does it spread through populations, and what symptoms are associated with it? and the answers to both of those questions may be answered with the help of mobile phone apps. first, the symptoms. the covid—19 symptom tracker has been launched in the uk. dr claire steves from kings college london is behind it. we ask people what symptoms they were experiencing at the moment and correlate that with whether they've had a test for covid or whether they think they've had covid. so the app goes through quite a simple set of questions which most people can answer really quickly and we want to ask them as they go through the times and asking them everyday to report how they are doing. dr steves also says the app could help answer a question many are asking right now: is losing your sense of taste or smell an early warning sign. we've asked them a whole range of questions, including ones about the classic symptoms of covid, like a persistent cough and a fever,

but also other things that have been echoed around the world that might be associated with covid — like the loss of taste and smell. and that's the one that's really picked out as being quite significantly associated with having a positive test result within our data setting in the uk. we think that it's probably quite an important symptom that might alert us early that someone might have covid. and a lot of conversation online about whether those other symptoms. apps could also help slow the spread of the virus. the uk is considering one which would record people's gps location data as they move about their daily lives — for example as they commuted to and from work or socialised. if someone started feeling ill they'd use the app to request a home test. and if the test came back positive, then a signal would be sent to everyone they had been in close contact with over recent days. researchers say...

but the researchers also say that in order to be effective, 60% of a country's population would need to be involved, either through using an app, or things like usable technology. that's why when european scientists launched a similar initiative earlier today, they were kee to stress it would comply with the eu's tough privacy laws. let's talk to jim killock, executive director of the open rights group which works to promote rights in the digital age. ican i can feel there is a conflict of interest by giving apps so much access to our personal data but when it comes to what we are seeing right now, the staggering numbers we are seeing with the coronavirus pandemic, surely it is worth it. let's see. first of all, the uk government have said and what the european developers want to do is

they want to give us both privacy and the protection of being able to identify people. at risk. and that is achievable with current technology. cryptology can do many of these things and the question is a lwa ys of these things and the question is always been whether the government will go down that sort of route or whether it wants to do other things with the data. but this initiative, it has some pretty large number of academics and others involved seems to really be doing this the right way so i think they should be congratulated for that. what is a little bit more complex for me is to understand why the uk is not involved in this european effort but is doing its own thing and whether these are really different approaches or whether it actually should be working together. i think they are big questions there because there is a costly difficult effort and the risk for privacy, security, and the risk for privacy, security,

and project failure, they are all there. you have to ask yourself why are we involved in this european project. i think the other thing to note about the european project is they've already said that they will open access to share with her brother technology. so we will be able to see whether it really privacy and if it works, the americans could adopt this for example. —— will share the technology with the world. we don't know if the uk want to have the same approach. there are a lot of questions about why and how these projects work together but i think the question about privacy, everybody needs that because you have to trust it and if people do not trust the product, they won't use it. if you think that your mates will get told about it or you're in some way it or if you think the government is going to use the information or employers may get it come if you don't trust how the data will be used, you won't use it and

as we've heard, you need to want to use in orderfor it to be as we've heard, you need to want to use in order for it to be effective. let's talk about the aspect of timing as well. when we talk about vaccines and the development of them, it takes a lot of time. something like this, one would it be operational whether it is uk —based 01’ operational whether it is uk —based ora operational whether it is uk —based or a wider platform? —— when would it be. it will take a while. i couldn't say how long. it will take a while. but also i think that it naturally is more effective on the way down in the way out. at this point, there are so many people that are at risk it is impossible to know exactly who was at risk and you probably are pretty quickly telling far too many people are at risk to change the things. where these approaches get useful is one of the number of people who are at risk is reducing and therefore getting a few people to change their behaviour

radically makes a bit more sense. at the moment we are all trying to keep away from everybody else. knowing whether you are at risk or not will not really change anybody‘s behaviour right now but once we start loosening up and wants the immediate crisis is over and there are fewer people being affected, perhaps that is the point. perhaps the apple have the right role to play in a little while and perhaps therefore there is a better time for people to get these products. —— perhaps the application will play the right role. do you think this was a good thing to have?m the right role. do you think this was a good thing to have? it is really encouraging that the developers are recognising that privacy is critical. —— absolutely it is. in keeping everybody trust. thank you so much for keeping debris. thank you forjoining us. that's keeping that brief us up a lot more on our website. we will be back very shortly with the next edition of outside source. stay with

us edition of outside source. stay with us here on bbc news. stay safe. thank you for watching. hello. good evening. it should be frost free tonight. still a lot of cloud moving down across the uk. bringing with a few spots of rain and drizzle. even after that we will see more showers coming back into northern ireland and heavy ones for the north and west of scotland. there is guys developing in a sense colin and later in the northeast of england but the ones picking up and so we should see temperatures remaining. no frost across other parts of england because of all of the cloud. the weather will look very different early morning. some sunshine here and there but we will see more showers come again and the freshening breeze and heavy ones in scotla nd freshening breeze and heavy ones in scotland and snow to low levels for a while before the showers tend ease offa a while before the showers tend ease off a bit. but it will be a when your day across the board with the strong winds will be in scotland and gales of the north of scotland and severe gills in the northern aisles

and gusts of over 65 miles an hour. perhaps that will make it feel cold. temperature of about 5 degrees. mild different use in england where it should be dry and bright. even here we get into the cold air overnight. behind the weather front, shower southwards in this area of high pressure lurking out in the atlantic sta rts pressure lurking out in the atlantic starts to build and for the southwest. that will drop the winds overnight and it will be much less windy by friday morning. but he could because enough for a frost in scotla nd could because enough for a frost in scotland in the north of england. through the date we will probably find cloud amounts increasing steadily and will be thick enough to give a scattering the showers. the book of the showers will be across the northern half of the uk and a bit of snow over the high ground in scotland. not as windy because we have area of high pressure around temperature seven or 8 degrees in scotla nd temperature seven or 8 degrees in scotland and back down to a high of 11 or 12 force southern parts of england and wales. over the we can change significantly. the high—pressure does not hang around. it goes to continental europe and we see our winds come again from a

southerly direction. those ones freshening up during the day and a bit more cloud across the western side of the uk and may be some showers. what are weather for the northern aisles but otherwise many places will have a dry day and sunshine at times. temperatures of 13 maybe even 1a degrees. but he continues to warm up during the second half of the weekend. that southerly when continuing to strengthen and quite a windy day on sunday. this weather front will bring some rain across western areas from time but headed further east in the sunshine and those temperatures widely 17 or 18 possibly 19 or 20 degrees in the southeast.

this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the world health organization says the number of coronavirus cases around the world is set to hit a million within the next few days. europe remains the continent most badly hit, with a record number of deaths in spain. and while there are signs of improvement in italy, the crisis is taking its toll on healthcare workers. americans are warned the worst is yet to come. the number of cases there has passed 200,000, more

than any other country. and with lockdowns in their infancy in the uk and parts of the us, parents are looking to italy for tips on how to manage under quarantine. welcome. let's start in the us, where more than 4300 people have died and the number of confirmed cases has passed 200,000 — more than any other country. new york state has seen the largest number of infections and there have been almost 2,000 deaths there — 400 in the past day. governor andrew cuomo has warned the peak is yet to come. nobody knows what's going to happen, and i understand the need for closure, the need for control. we're at a place where we've never been before where we are out of control — "i need to know, i need to know." nobody can tell you. wall street stocks have fallen sharply — off the back of weakjobs data

and a stark warning from president donald trump. this is what he said yesterday. i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead. we're going to go through a very tough few weeks. and then hopefully, as the experts are predicting as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard, we're going to start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful, very, very painful two weeks. white house advisors have also told us between 100,000 and 240,000 americans could die from the virus. as a sobering a number that is, we should be prepared for it. is it going to be that much? i hope not and i think the more we push on the mitigation, the less likelihood it would be that number. but as being realistic, we need to prepare ourselves that that is a possibility that

that is what we will see. it's a very different message than what the president was delivering last week — when he insisted the business could be back up and running by easter. our north america editorjon sopel has more from washington. donald trump said it was a matter of life and death when he briefed reporters last night. and there was something about his tone that was totally different. it was urgent and you could sense just the sombre nature of the message that he was having to deliver to the american people. now, if that didn't frighten americans, i think something that the vice president mike pence has said today certainly will. he was asked where america is on its coronavirus journey. and he said, "the comparative that we ought to look at is italy." now, i think for the first time, you've got the scientists, the doctors, the public health experts on the same page as the administration are marching in lockstep. one area where washington feels entirely different to the rest

of the country is that donald trump is saying, "everything is fine with regards to the testing. we've got ppe equipment out to all the people who need it." listen to the front line where this war is being fought and it is a totally desperate picture. there are problems with testing, there are problems of overcrowded hospitals, and there are problems of getting the testing done that is so badly needed. the us navy says it's begun evacuating thousands of sailors from an aircraft carrier after an outbreak on the ship which is currently docked in guam. a senior official says the navy is arranging hotel rooms on the pacific island for many of the 4,000—plus crew and organising a skeleton team of uninfected sailors to keep the ship operational. dozens on board the theodore roosevelt have tested positive. the ships captain brett crozier wrote to the pentagon, earlier this week, calling

for urgent help. the navy has admitted there may have been a communication breakdown with the carrier and says it's disappointed the letter was leaked. we've also heard a 30—day stay—at—home order is due to take effect in florida tomorrow night. 21 million residents of the southern state will only be allowed outside to obtain or provide essential services or conduct essential activities. florida has reported some 7,000 coronavirus cases and at least 85 deaths. as the coronavirus passes from person—to—person, a lot of misleading information is also being spread. from fake health advice to speculation about government actions. here's bbc presenter and journalist zeinab badawi sharing tips on how to ensure the facts you're getting are reliable. in the midst of the corona pandemic, passing on information can feel like one way we can support our families and friends.

here at the bbc, we are working very hard to make sure that everything we broadcast and publish is accurate and up—to—date. but there is a whole load of information out there that isn't. and misinformation can spread fast. if a message is sent to a whatsapp group of 20, then each of them shares it with 20 other people, and this happens five times, it can reach more than 3 million people very quickly. untruths can take many forms. one of the most common we are seeing is copied and pasted messages being passed around on whatsapp or in facebook groups, containing bad advice or fake cures. and because these are shared by a friend or trusted source, it's not obvious who wrote these messages in the first place. often they are attributed to a vague

source like a friend's friend who is a doctor, soldier or works with the government. for example, a voice note has been spreading on whatsapp. in it, a woman is translating advice from a colleague who has a friend working on a hospital in the spanish island of gran canaria. some of the tips are helpful, such as washing surfaces thoroughly, but the voice memo includes misleading advice as well. the speaker suggests sunlight neutralises the virus, and that coronavirus can be killed by taking a sip of warm water every 20 minutes. there is no scientific basis for either of these claims. if you are not sure the whole post is true, and if the source isn't easily identifiable or the story hasn't been reported elsewhere,

then it really is worth being sceptical about it. pictures taken out of context can also be really misleading. a video from italy was posted on twitter, showing military vehicles on the streets. there were rumours they were responding to coronavirus riots. in fact, they were returning from routine exercises that had nothing to do with the outbreak. some of us may share information with our friends as a joke, or to lighten their mood, but even if they don't take it seriously, others might. for example, a claim that lions were released in russia to patrol the streets was taken seriously by some. it was not true. we all want to share news that we think will help others, but before you do, follow these steps. has the story been reported anywhere else? is it from a reliable source?

has the photo or image been taken out of context? if you are not sure, then maybe it's fake. and you can stop that information from doing harm by not sharing it any further. if you want to cello —— check medical advice, go on the world or health organisation advice —— website. and if you feel us or is not real, you can always go to a reliable source like the bbc. you heard it there, do use rival sources. “— you heard it there, do use rival sources. —— reliable sources. the champions league and europa league — have also been suspended until further notice. and with so many games cancelled there's increasing pressure on premier league players and managers to accept pay cuts. both newcastle and spurs have applied to the government's funding scheme to help pay the wages of their backroom staff. but their first team players — on multi—million pound salaries —

are still being paid in full. katie gornall reports. they are one of the world's richest clubs, with a state—of—the—art stadium, but it seems even that doesn't make you immune at times like these. tottenham hotspur announced 550 of its nonplaying staff will take a 20% pay cut for the next two months, and they will be using the government's furlough scheme in order to protectjobs. but for a club with a chairman paid £7 million, an owner worth £4 billion, and players earning on average £70,000 per week, but for a club with a chairman paid £7 million, an owner worth many have questioned if this is the right approach. i think it sticks in the throat because at the moment, they are paying hundreds of thousands of pounds a week to their premier league stars, while at the same time asking the taxpayer to pay their nonplaying staff who are maybe only on hundreds of pounds a week. and spurs are not the only premier league club struggling with the current crisis. norwich, bournemouth and newcastle united, owned by billionaire mike ashley, will also furlough non—playing staff, utilising taxpayer money and topping up salaries

so they will be paid in full. newcastle became the first premier league club to do this. the e—mail and their staff saying that the e—mail —— decision had been taken to safeguard their future. but across the world other football clu bs a re across the world other football clubs are taking different steps to cut costs. it would go down so much better if the players came out and said "this is what we want to do, we had a meeting, this is what we are doing as a group, this is what we're doing as a team, we are going to take a pay cut, are going to take a reduction in our wages because we want to do it. we want to give it to the nhs. we want to give it to wherever the money is going to go." barcelona players like lionel messi are taking a 70% pay cut to help nonsporting staff. atjuventus, the players and manager agreed to freeze their pay temporarily, while eddie howe became the first premier league manager to take a voluntary pay cut. and in the championship, leeds united's players and senior staff have volunteered to take

a wage deferral. the rest could soon follow, with the subject set to be discussed by clubs and players unions. football will return before too long, but how it handles this crisis will not be forgotten. katie gornall, bbc news, newcastle. stay with us on oustide source, still to come: lessons on lockdown from italy. we'll hear from the kids showing the way as other parts of the world adapt to staying indoors. wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since world war ii because of coronavirus. the tournament was due to be played overjune and july. the event's organisers say they regret the decision, but uppermost in their mind is the health and safety of the public, players and staff. here's two—time wimbledon champion jamie murray. it was inevitable. i mean, just like every event, the health and safety of everybody

that walks through the doors is paramount to them and obviously, they can't guarantee that. i don't think anyone knows when the restrictions are going to be relaxed. and even to the point that you are allowing public gatherings of 50,000 people, that's another story. so, i think they didn't really have much option in the end. i guess there was speculation they might move it back because the olympics pulled out but i think still for them, there's just no guarantee that things would have changed in the country to the extent that you can have these big sporting events or public gatherings, whatever you want to call it. i think actually during when we are in normally is the longest day of the year so once that has been, the days get shorter and shorter and at wimbledon you are playing to serve from 9am to 10pm most evenings.

if you put that back, five, six weeks, you lose a lot of daylight. and then would they be able to finish the tournament in that time period? so, that's a big adjustment to then be told, "ok you're going to be at home for five months," because i got home on march 6th and then if you are through to the end of the grass season, it is kind of mid july. so it is a lot of time to suddenly be at home. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. the number of deaths in spain has reached another high for a single day — almost 900 people have died in the past 24 hours.

the coronavirus is so new that scientists are learning about it all the time and there's still a lot of confusion about what it does to people's bodies. how much do we now know about what the virus does to us once we've caught it? here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh the virus uses its surface proteins, these spikes on the outside, to hook onto a docking point on the surface of human cells. after it has docked, the coronavirus is able to insert its genetic material, rna, into the cell. once inside, it hijacks the machinery of the cell nucleus to make multiple copies of itself. these burst out of the cell, destroying it, and then infect other cells. now, for most people, their immune system mounts a response and they begin to feel better after around five days. but in some, the immune system goes into overdrive and starts attacking

the lungs and other organs as well as the virus. this can cause pneumonia and breathing difficulties and damage to other organs. one of britain's most celebrated artists, david hockney is in lockdown in northern france. he's been busy drawing the arrival of spring on his ipad in the garden of his house in normandy. he has shared ten of them with our arts editor will gompertz — drawings which have never been seen before — and he wrote a letter to will about his thoughts on the role of art in life. dear will, and 2018 my assistant and icame to dear will, and 2018 my assistant and i came to normandie after the windows were put up in westminster abbey and i suggested jp this would bea abbey and i suggested jp this would be a great place to draw the arrival of spring. there are apple, pear, cherry, and blossom with hawthorne

and blackthorne. east yorkshire only had hawthorn and blackthorne. he found this house at a large garden cheaper than anything in sussex. we bought it. i began straightaway drawing on a japanese foldout book. i drew all around the house and the nature the house itself. these were exhibited in new york in september 2019. being a smoker, i do not care for new york so i never went. we came back here to normandie on march the 2nd and i began drawing the winter trees on my new ipad. then the virus started. i went on drawing the virus started. i went on drawing the winter trees and eventually person to blossom. this is the stage we are at right now. meanwhile, the virus was going mad and many people said my drawings were a great respite from what was going on. why are my ipad drawing seen as a respite from the news? well, they are obviously made by the hand depicting the renewal that is the spring. i intend to carry on with my work which i now see is very

important. we have lost touch with nature as we are part of nature and not outside. this will in time be over and then what, what have we learned? i'm 83 years old, i will die. the cause of death his birth. the only real things in life are food and love in that orderjust like our little dog ruben. i really believe this and the source of art is love. i love life. all my love, david h. isn't that wonderful? s is wonderful to see those images especially for those of us who cannot get out at site at the moment. with the uk and parts of the us at the start of the coronavirus lock down — some parents are looking to italy for tips on how to manage under quarantine. so the florence—based videographer kirsten hills decided to make a video about it — talking to kids from lombardy in the north to naples in the south. here's a preview.

gelato, isn't that fantastic? kirsten joins us from her home in florence now, along with special guests mario and dora. hey, guys, ciao, how are you all? hello. the film has been used on bbc news rounds website, watts of people have been really enjoying it, what is your thinking behind it. the idea came because here in italy we have beenin came because here in italy we have been in lockdown for 23 days. the kids today have been off school for a month and as soon as the walked down worked inevitable in the uk a lot of friends were in contact with me asking for the best advice and i thought straightaway at the best people who could give that advice are the kids. being a film—maker obviously being in lockdown means i can't get close to people and that is very frustrating. not to mention the additionalfact that is very frustrating. not to mention the additional fact that a lot of my projects are now on hold so i was looking to do something and i

thought one obvious way around that was to gather video clips that pa rents was to gather video clips that parents filmed of their own children getting their advice. and the advice has been fantastic. so let's hear from dora and mario. dark, how is mummy when she comes to her teaching skills? we know she is a great film—maker, how is she as a teacher? well, she helps me do my maths homework and when i am in difficulty, i always ask her for advice. and she always gives me the correct answer. she gives you the correct answer. she gives you the correct answer, fantastic. mario, is she patient when it comes to being your teacher? yeah, i don't know -- and we do with my mum, i normally do

with my dad and they both have their ways of teaching. we have heard that italy's lockdown has been extended. are you sad to have to stay at home still for a few more weeks? yet because i do miss going out side and see my friends. i even play football so see my friends. i even play football soi see my friends. i even play football so i missed that too. i can imagine, we saw kirsten when we saw the video you made, we saw watts of children getting involved in cooking, that has been pretty uplifting. yeah, there is quite a range of activities. some of them were quite obvious but i think one of the things i came across as how inventive and creative people have been despite the restrictions for those that have the benefit of technology in the home and are able to do things. dora and mario have both been continuing their online lessons in music. and also catching up lessons in music. and also catching up with friends like dora was saying. most states she is chatting

to her friends and saying. most states she is chatting to herfriends and most saying. most states she is chatting to her friends and most day mario is also on playstation so...|j to her friends and most day mario is also on playstation so... i think thatis also on playstation so... i think that is understandable. dora do you miss your friends? yes, very much. it must be really hard kirsten when you have children. dora is eight, mario how the you? 11. quite you have children. dora is eight, mario how the you ?. quite young mario how the you 7. quite young but understanding of the situation in italy has been difficult, our hearts go out to the country. it must be difficult to explain to the children what is happening. must be difficult to explain to the children what is happeningm must be difficult to explain to the children what is happening. it has been happening very much on three levels. one about maintaining the house, making sure the kids are doing their homework and focusing on the day to day and keeping the atmosphere calm and relatively happy. at then of course there is everything that is going on outside of the home and there are times that is incredibly worrying especially at the beginning. i think quite quickly we set into our own routine and it's

been amazing how much we've kept up to that. but that said there are still days of deep uncertainty, financial worry, and going back to the video, i think what was really good about that was the sort of positivity and kids in particular really did living in the moment and living day by day and that is what we need in the moment because we do not know what will be happening in the next week or month even. kirsten, dora, mario, thank you so much for your time. we wish you all the best. we absolutely love the video. you are brilliant and thank you so much kirsten for sharing the video. thank you so much guys, stay safe and we will wish you all the best. ciao! kirsten hills there and her gorgeous family mario and dora. that video available on the bbc news rounds website. it has loads of

children having fun and getting on with it because italy has been under lockdown for so much time. for me, the whole outside source team, bye— bye, the whole outside source team, bye—bye, stay safe. hello there — later this weekend and into next week it should feel more like spring. wednesday was quite cold underneath the cloud and to make matters worse in northern parts of the uk it is getting windier on thursday with some wintry showers behind that weather front. a lot of cloud spilling down across the uk so limited sunshine, and some showers. heavier weather is further north and we could see low—level snow for a while in scotland before the showers ease off later on. for all of us there will be a stronger breeze picking up. windiest of all in scotland. gales in the north of the country and severe gales towards the north and isles. that will make it feel colder. temperatures 5 degrees at best in northern scotland, warmer in eastern england where those temperatures are 13 or “i generally dry and bright here.

we will get into colder air in that where the front overnight into friday. at the same time this area of high pressure is moving in from the atlantic, gusts of the wind will be later by friday but it could be a cold and frosty start across scotland in northern england. more cloud through of the day and bring with us scattering of showers mainly in scotland where it will be wintry through the higher ground. back down to ii or 12 at best and southern parts of england and wales. during the weekend the weather will change significantly because the area of high pressure moving in from the atlantic then head its way into continental europe. that means we pick up a southerly breeze. freshen throughout the day on saturday, the western areas... windier weather for the northern isles for a while. and generally be everywhere else and there will be temperatures up to 13 or 11! degrees.

warmer air heading our way overnight and into sunday because those southerly winds are going to strengthen ahead of this weather front coming in from the atlantic. that will produce more cloud across northern ireland and bring with it bursts of rain and eventually some of that could arrive in scotland and western fringes of england and wales. elsewhere further east it will be likely dry and sunny too and the result of those southerly winds means temperatures will be widely 17 or 18 degrees maybe making 19 or 20 in the south—east of england on sunday. it will be a windy day and thus temperatures will drop a bit on monday because that rain will park itself for a while across east anglia and the south east. spots of rain here. i am not sure how quickly that will move away but elsewhere we will find blustery winds for scotland and northern ireland. this is where we will see the bulk of the showers, some sunshine elsewhere and still double figure temperatures for eastern parts of england. here is the outlook.

city forecasts for you and we will find this temperatures getting back up to around 19 or so in the south—east of england, pretty mild elsewhere. chance of catching rain on wednesday, tuesday at this stage should be dry. the ridge of high pressure around, then we have another weather front coming in from the south west. all of our weather is coming up from the south west. that could be replaced by another ridge of high pressure and because our weather is tending to come from the south west, we will keep in the milder air. colder air will be out in the atlantic, keeping those mildly southwestern winds some sunshine at times and maybe a bit of rain around as well.

tonight at ten — a significant rise in the uk death toll — as the government warns there are harder times ahead. the faces of some of those who've lost their lives to the disease in the past four weeks. among them the fourth medic to die in the uk — a semi—retired doctor who'd worked for the nhs for 40 years — his son says he couldn't believe how quickly it all happened. the rapidness of the deterioration is just shocking to see, and how powerful the virus was, and how itjust took over his body. nhs workers queue up to be tested in an ikea car park — as ministers order any spare tests to be used for front line workers. almost a million people have applied for universal credit