expect it to be like italy — the trump administration issues a stark warning about the spread of coronavirus. together, we have the power to save countless lives. we are attacking the virus at every front, with social distancing, economic support. a grim story in the uk as well — the daily death toll passes 500 for the first time. and wimbledon, the world—famous tennis tournament, is cancelled for the first time since world war ii, due to the coronavirus pandemic. that meant they may not be any professional tennis in the world untiljuly or august in the world. the tokyo olympics have already been postponed to july 2021.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are arj singh, deputy political editor at huffpost, uk and political commentator and former conservative adviser, jo—anne nadler. tomorrow's financial times leads on the surge in people applying for universal credit as applicants hit the million mark. the mirror calls the government's coronavirus testing strategy a ‘shambles‘, saying that only 0.16% of nhs staff have been tested. the telegraph asks why the government is failing to answer questions on the coronavirus crisis, with a focus again on the testing failures the daily mail also calls it a ‘testing scandal‘ as only 2,000 nhs staff are tested. the i continues this theme, reporting that nhs staff are being let down on testing.

and the times says the government's testing plans are in ‘chaos‘. the daily express calls on the banks to do their duty as payback, after being bailed out by the public in 2008. and the guardian reports on the difficult choices facing nhs staff who may have to decide which patients get access to life—saving equipment shall we begin. let's start off with the telegraph. questions without a nswe i’s the telegraph. questions without answers and this really summarises the mood of a lot of the papers we will be looking. a picture of the business secretary and the telegraph saying why the testing strategy lags so saying why the testing strategy lags so far behind other nations. i do not know if you watch the government briefings every day but do you find

you get answers? it is really interesting that the telegraph, boris johnson's interesting that the telegraph, borisjohnson‘s on interesting that the telegraph, boris johnson's on paper, interesting that the telegraph, borisjohnson‘s on paper, has taken such a strong stance on this. we took a very, very similar take in the huffington post. we ended up just listing all the questions that the government had failed to answer on testing. the reason why testing is so important is because it would allow nhs workers to return to the frontline if they are in isolation, future tests will be able to test if they have had the virus and are therefore immune and appears key to therefore immune and appears key to the strategy. why are we so far behind countries like germany?”

have watched as many of these government briefings as i have been able to and i would normally note down the figures, how many tests are being carried out but i write down some of the language. ramping up, priority, commitment, we intend to do this and that, and it is perhaps not surprising that the telegraph should say questions without a nswe i’s. should say questions without answers. is this a damaging moment for the government? yes, i think it is. this is a notable change in tone and seeing a headlight like this in the telegraph of all papers, which one might expect to be more sympathetic to the government and the prime minister in particular, i think it is quite significant and the fact that telegraph the, in a

way, the headline and the way they have laid it out across the page, emphasising the issues about the amount of testing altogether for the whole community, the fact that the government seemed not to be able to organise themselves with the specific point of testing for frontline and nhs staff, and their inability to talk with more coherence and authority about what the exit strategy might be. the fact telegraph the has brought these things together i think will be quite worrying to ministers and numberio quite worrying to ministers and number 10 stuff as it should be, frankly. the times, and a picture of an empty car park. this is a salary. this is quite a hard place to find

evenin this is quite a hard place to find even in normal times but impossible to find four of those workers who really needed it. you mention germany earlier, it is carrying out 70,000 tests a day. britain is struggling to get between 8000— 10,000. have you seen a clear explanation anywhere as to why the difference in numbers? no, and that is why we are seeing the headlines. are we being out competed by other countries because we were too slow to understand we needed a lot of tests. do we have a shortage in chemicals? have a public health england been too slow in getting the private sector? we're getting vague platitudes and that is why i think there is real outrage in the papers today. on the front page of the times, tucked away, a reference to

world war ii. expert oj dunkirk volu nta ry world war ii. expert oj dunkirk voluntary effort to use all possible labs. —— asking for a dunkirk. voluntary effort to use all possible labs. -- asking for a dunkirk. one of the reasons the papers are using this language is we have a prime minister who to a certain extent has been absolutely open in the past about his admiration for winston churchill and i think at times has tried to replicate that particular style of leadership and so, in a sense, if papers are referring to a dunkirk spirit, it might be to try and prod the prime minister into more authoritative action that we do know he is unwell at the moment. i am sure the british people are capable of that and we have seen the

most extraordinary developments over the last few days terms of rolling out these new hospitals which is just fantastic testament to what we can do when we pull together and for many of us, we're looking on in all, quite frankly. —— awe but in a way that language is a bit distracting because it is not the same enemy we are facing. a certain sentiment which is not always helpful.” are facing. a certain sentiment which is not always helpful. i have learned quite a few new words, in addition to refreshing world war ii vocabulary, social distancing, isolation, doom scrolling, when you are on social media and you keep looking at awful news. this is what it feels like tonight. the daily

mail, 550,000 nhs staff and only 2000 tested and i think that gives 0.16%. you see a medical stuff woke up 0.16%. you see a medical stuff woke up with their arm folder, perhaps the mood of some in the nhs. you get an idea of the scale of the problem when you look at the numbers. an idea of the scale of the problem when you look at the numbersm an idea of the scale of the problem when you look at the numbers. it is not 0.16% of the whole nhs staff and it does not really seem to be any urgent ramping up, as the government likes to say, of this. we're talking about going to a capacity of 25,000 day but it will take about three weeks together, given the peak of the virus is expected in ten days, that means a lot of nhs staff who could potentially be on the frontline helping is patient really

come into hospitals and they cannot get into work. when we scroll through these papers, hostile tone towards the government. when the government loses the goodwill of both the broadsheet which are usually sympathetic to boris johnson and the tableau, how do they get that goodwill back? if there is a communication problem here. we are not clear if the problem arises from the government losing its grip and is not quite sure what it is doing or whether it does know what it is doing but for some reason it is not communicating it well. the problem is, i think, communicating it well. the problem is, ithink, we communicating it well. the problem is, i think, we are all looking at this and fearing that it may very well be the first of these options and certainly the practical rollout of these tests indicate that something is not what working in

terms of the co—ordination. what we have seen, particularly in the telegraph story, a sense that the government is trying to suggest they are not the only agent and fault may lie with public health england, fault may lie with some of the nhs trust in terms of getting those tests to the frontline staff but it isa tests to the frontline staff but it is a bit bewildering for those of us looking on and i think we do need, in terms of the government being able to gain our trust again in this, we do need clearer messaging. we do need them i think to be perhaps honest if there are things they are not clear about themselves because they have allowed for ambivalence to develop and that can be very damaging. i want to pick up on one point. every day you see almost a new cast emerge to those

three podiums and obviously it is fascinating to learn who was in the civil service in the bureaucracy and it can be useful to see different people. i wonder if the government might be finding a problem that there is no single public figure coming out every day and being held accountable that you are journalist can ask follow—up questions too.” think this has got more difficult for the government since the prime minister and matt hancock went into isolation because they have coronavirus. boris is due out on friday and matt hancock is a p pa re ntly friday and matt hancock is apparently going to come out tomorrow and set out strategy further testing. the performances we re further testing. the performances were generally pretty good and you did not see the critical coverage at the back of it and that might help them and perhaps them coming out of isolation might help with the crisis as well. you accidentally dropped

your telephone but you expertly picked it up and the frame is looking better than ever! ventilators, virus patient more likely to date may have ventilators taken away. it comes back to what we have been talking about, shortage of equipment for medics and also for patients. this is a very, very sobering headline and itjust reminds us! sobering headline and itjust reminds us i think of the dreadful choices that frontline medics may very well have to take, almost certainly will have to take over the next few days and weeks. what it is referring to is the guidelines from the general medical council which

have been grown up to advise medics, really, what they should do in a situation where they do not have sufficient numbers of ventilators to treat all patient who may be requiring them and in those circumstances exactly how they would make a decision as to who takes priority for that kind of treatment. what it does not go into in the article but one can imagine is the kind of psychological strain on individuals having to make these decisions and it is extremely sobering reading and i think should only serve to reinforce exactly how grateful the rest of us are to these people in the frontline and what they are doing. of course, those papers have looked at tests, equipment, ventilators, personal protective kits. the financial times looks at the other half of this

bigger story which is of course the economy. 1 million as a virus delivers shock to the economy. these are delivers shock to the economy. these a re really delivers shock to the economy. these are really almost impossible figures to understand in one go. we've splashed on this story on our website, nine times as many people claiming universal credit as they we re claiming universal credit as they were at the start of this crisis. if you read the detail in the financial times, if all of them work claiming because they became unemployed, which probably isn't the case, workers who have been furloughed as well. the proportion of them will be newly unemployed. we have an unemployment rate of 6.7% compared with three—point 9% of the start of the crisis. it's a huge rise in the comparison the ft pulls out as well, it's a much sharper rise in claims

for welfare in the current economic crisis called —— caused by coronavirus. it brings home the impact on ordinary people who don't get this virus. it is very worrying. both of you, widening this out to beyond the economy and health. we often measure the rhythm of our year by certain events. a lot of people in this country measured by wimbledon, coming in latejune, earlyjuly. it's wimbledon, coming in latejune, early july. it's off wimbledon, coming in latejune, earlyjuly. it's off for the first time. this is not as significant. the telegraph runs this on its front page and we accept this is not as significant as the testing but it is something that people in britain will notice if they are stuck in their homes in june will notice if they are stuck in their homes injune and joanne, all ofa their homes injune and joanne, all of a sudden, wimbledon is gone. yes, andi of a sudden, wimbledon is gone. yes, and i must say, my daily exercise walk rude goes past the tennis club andi walk rude goes past the tennis club and i was there yesterday and it was

and i was there yesterday and it was a very bizarre site because those people who don't know it, it's a huge area. there is always something going on there. it was absolutely deadly still, there was nothing moving. nothing happening. it was a particularly vivid example of how the country in many places has come toa the country in many places has come to a complete standstill. what are the rhythms in your area in terms of events, and how they all gone? we are on the brink of emotion actually. we've been working on this for 16 years and hopefully it hasn't been taken away from us forever. we are all on tenterhooks for that. the

tokyo olympics cancelled, now the telegraph reports that the english cou nty telegraph reports that the english county cricket championship could taste the acts, the edinburgh fringe is off, glastonbury is off, it's like one has been cancelled. the daily express is a picture of prince charles. he is titled virus victim, his message of hope. it's an important story to feature because we talk a lot about infection rates and death rates but another side to the stories that an awful lot people get better people might find it interesting, seeing a picture of ince charles, knowing people come through covid—19. ince charles, knowing people come through covid-19. it is significant, it is shown some leadership on behalf of the man who will be the next monarch. it's certainly important from that point of view. it also tells us something about the royal family wanting to step up and

play some kind of uniting leadership role in this crisis. they hadn't necessarily had the best coverage because i think the tabloids earlier in the week have been focused on prince harry and his piles of loo rolls are not being in the country but i rather suspect prince charles. now is the time to get in there and help the morale of the country and show that yes, you can recover from this and most people will. he's done what you've done, designed his backdrop accordingly. forgive me, i'm squinting, it looks like he has a dick francis book on his shelves. it's been a pleasure speaking to you both. that's it for the papers this hour.

singh and jo—anne nadler — goodbye. good evening, thanks forjoining us. it's feeling increasingly inevitable announced been confirmed that wimbledon is cancelled for the first time since world war ii. it was due to start at the end ofjune to the entire grass court season has been abandoned because of a pandemic. wimbledon is the latest major summer sporting event to be called off with the tokyo olympics postponed for 12 months. he wasjoe wilson. there is a particular poignancy to this shutdown. for many, wimbledon is not just a sporting event. it is frankly summer. just a sporting event. it is frankly summer. one match can stretch towards five hours but evening sunshine is essential. the fortnight is scheduled to be played over the yea r‘s is scheduled to be played over the year's longest days. in trying to

rearrange the championships for later in 2020 wouldn't be feasible anyway, wimbledon say, because they anticipate government restrictions continuing for many months. the people, supplies and services legally required to stage the championships would not be available at any point this summer, thus ruling out postponement. it's definitely the right decision and adheres to all the guidelines. it's about keeping people safe. in terms of the news, it's not surprising, but there is also a part of me that hopes to play, wishes to play, looks forward to playing so it's saddening and a bit disappointing. since 1877, there has always been a wimbledon. only the war years stop attempts. the championships reflected trends.

the championships reflected trends. the dream has come true. there was no way to do it and be safe and guarantee that nobody will get sick of playing even against each other. too many unknowns at the moment but what we do know is, it's pretty scary. from grass courts to grassroots, it's worth remembering all tennis is suspended. right now, we stand together by staying apart. the bond with us has become the first to take a voluntary pay cut. but his gesture comes is born with joined a number of clubs like totte n ha m , joined a number of clubs like tottenham, newcastle joined a number of clubs like tottenha m, newcastle a nd

joined a number of clubs like tottenham, newcastle and norwich we re tottenham, newcastle and norwich were using the government's job retention scheme to put some nonplaying staff on leave. while players continue to enforce salaries. everybody has to make sacrifices. it just salaries. everybody has to make sacrifices. itjust doesn't sit right. i europa league matches have been suspended by a rape of all champions league and europa rape of league matches have been suspended until further notice by uefa because of coronavirus. it follows a meeting on wednesday. all national team games injune have also been postponed, including play—off matches for euro 2020, which is being held next year,

and qualifiers for the women's euro 2021. a day after england wicketkeeperjos buttler put his world cup—winning shirt up for auction, it's already had a bid of over £65,000, which would go towards the coronavirus response. buttler broke the stumps to run out martin guptill and seal england's dramatic super—over win over new zealand in the summer. he's put the shirt he wore on ebay to raise money for two specialist heart and lung centres. we can't really do much the moment, the doctors and nurses need everybody‘s support as much as we can. it seemed an easy thing to do and it needs the idea to set up, to really help those in need and those ina real really help those in need and those in a real emergency at the moment and of course, an incredibly special show to me but now with it being able to go ahead and raise more money for this emergency appeal, it will add even more meaning to the world cup final. great stuff there.

that is all the sport for now. hello. our weather is about to do a 190- hello. our weather is about to do a 190— degree turn in the next few days. our weather is about to do a 180 degrees turn in the next few days. the end of this week, cold and frosty starts. come the weekend, warming up quite dramatically but it will get quite windy on sunday as well. here is why. we are on the tail end of one area of low pressure, moving into northerly or north—westerly winds and come the weekend, we switch around to southerly and south—west winds, low pressure from the west. high—pressure, essentially keeping things relatively calm, largely dry, weak weather fronts sliding down across the uk, but coming in behind this week cold front. you guessed it, colder air.

quite gusty winds, particularlyfor shetland up to 70 miles per hour at times today and the temperature profile behind me gives some indicator, just how far south the air works through thursday afternoon. the remainder of thursday to friday, the colder air floods right the way across the uk. isobars open up. lighter winds, especially cross the country, with a frosty start for friday in scotland but also across northern england and northern ireland. good sunshine from the get go. some wintry showers. perhaps even down to lower levels. that's just how cold the air will be. even the odd thundery shower. the south, bit more cloud around. the biggest difference, the way things will feel. temperature 6 or 7 degrees across northern scotland. there is that high hanging around. on saturday, the clear skies overnight could make for a chilly southern

start but enter saturday there could be sunshine, across southern parts and with a low starting to approach, we flip at wind direction around to southerly. relatively light on saturday butjust starting to lift. here is the really big change as the low closes in. the isobars squeeze together. just look how the mild airworks its way north across the uk, temperatures set to leap widely in the mid—teens across scotland and we could even see up to 20 degrees, possibly in the south—east of england.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm james reynolds. expect it to be like italy, the trump administration issues a stark warning about the spread of coronavirus. together, we have the power to save countless lives. we are attacking the virus at every front, with social distancing, economic support. a grim story in the uk as well, the daily death toll passes 500 for the first time. italy prolongs its stringent lockdown measures — but families are now allowed to take their children for a walk. and the painter david hockney, in lockdown in france, shares with us some of the drawings that have kept him busy.