yes, normally, for many, this would be the start of the easter holidays, the start of the tourist season. usually that is when people want to get out and explore some of this glorious countryside. this year, thatis glorious countryside. this year, that is absolutely not the message — stay at home, stay safe to protect others. but there is some concern among key workers in the countryside. the farm behind me has a footpath going directly through it, the farmer is very worried, what happens if someone comes onto her land carrying the infection with them? what land carrying the infection with them 7 what if land carrying the infection with them? what if some of the key workers get infected and they can't milk the cows? the food chain is under threat. one farmers union in wales is calling for people to stay away from farms and calling for some kind of enforcement. some police forces in wales have talked about ramping up their enforcement over this weekend, with temperatures well over 20 degrees expected in some parts of the uk. so, the message is clear. however, there is some room for interpretation. yesterday the

english health secretary, matt hancock, said it would be fine for someone hancock, said it would be fine for someone to jump into the car with their dog to go for a walk somewhere. the welsh secretary said today absolutely that is not ok. so there is still a need for more clarity on when and where people are allowed to go out. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. thank you. the weather is certainly warming up over the next few days, but perhaps this is the best way to enjoy it. warmer weather on the way, but not just yet. enjoy it. warmer weather on the way, but notjust yet. this area of low pressure is currentlyjust to the west of spain and portugal. this low pressure is going to shift the wind direction and is going to draw up some very warm air from the azores, and watch how these warm southerlies approach the british isles over the next 48 hours. but for the time being, the weather is still more or less coming out of the north—west, a

cooler source. you can see temperatures still struggling in scotland. you can see behind me, get a sense of the winds lifting in from the south. i think for many of us tonight, that is the transition period, from the cool north—westerly is to the onset of the southerlies. soi is to the onset of the southerlies. so i think tonight it will not be quite as cold as last night. so, here is saturday's weather forecast, with a sense of the southerlies developing. many parts of england, sunny skies, always a bit more cloud in the north—west and the possibility of a few showers across parts of scotland. already 16 in the south. saturday into sunday, that low— pressure south. saturday into sunday, that low—pressure edges closer, and so does that bloom of warmer air from the south. if anything it could turn a little too windy across some parts

of western britain, outbreaks of rain are possible in these western areas. so, not 100% rain are possible in these western areas. so, not100% of rain are possible in these western areas. so, not 100% of the british isles gets that fine weather. further towards the east, southerly breeze, and temperatures getting up to about 18 in newcastle, for example. and 20 degrees is on the cards in london. the pollen levels will be moderate across much of england and wales and peaking high in the south—east. even after the weekend, after the rows of a blip, taking london, for example, it looks as though the weather will be warming up again by when wednesday, temperatures are expected to exceed 20 celsius. so, yes, a warm spell of weather is on the way, but you know what the advice is. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. all 20 premier league clubs are meeting today via video, to discuss plans both for the conclusion of the season and the topic of players taking wage reductions. our sports news reporter laura scottjoins me now. laura, clubs and players have really been under the spotlight in recent days over their wages and what they are not doing? exactly. we have seen a furious reaction. a lot of mps piling in on football saying that the players have to take action and that the clu bs a re have to take action and that the clubs are existing in a moral vacuum because nonplaying staff have been put on furlough schemes, some of them have, while players at the moment are still on full salaries. we now the premier league clubs are

meeting today. we haven't had a night coming —— and outcome of that meeting yet. in the past few days they have been in conversations with they have been in conversations with the players union about what they can do. it's interesting. the clubs have two, they are discussing how they can cut costs when there is no football and no revenue, and whether the players should have deferrals or wage cuts. but also the players, we are hearing there are reports of manchester united players perhaps offering a donation from their salaries to the nhs. that has not been confirmed yet. but what we could see in the coming days as players taking their own actions separately from what the clubs decide. but are clearly complex discussions going on. and there's so much pressure on the clubs to be seen much pressure on the clubs to be seen taking some positive action. laura, also on the agenda will be where football can potentially can return. we know the current deadline is april the 30th but that seems

really unlikely? yes. there is a consensus that april 30 is not realistic. they will have to push it back. whether they put a new date on it we don't know. they could follow the lead of uefa, who have said they have just indefinitely suspended football. they could decide they are just going to say they will extended indefinitely and just monitor it co nsta ntly, indefinitely and just monitor it constantly, which is of course what they have been doing. but rather than put a new date on it. it is such a difficult discussion to have about one football could possibly resume and the various scenarios they could explore of how they could resume football. given the uncertainty about when this virus will ease, just seems that putting a new date on it might been meaningless. whether they put an indefinite suspension. laura scott, thank you forjoining us. the coronavirus pandemic has already had a significant human impact on football. arsenal manager mikel arteta and chelsea's callum hudson—odoi have now both recovered

from the disease, while five players from the league one side portsmouth tested positive. james bolton was among the players infected — he's now fully recovered and only had mild symptoms. it was thought that athletes, being fit lads, but it has been shown now that anybody can get it. it's just one of them. it's spreading fast. i don't think anybody is immune to it. it's a nasty virus. one thing we've been seeing during the enforced lockdown in the last couple of weeks is the way families have come up with creative ways to get their sporting fix. the whybrow household have decided to find a unique way to recreate the drama of great britain's success at olympic curling. rhona martin, one last delivery for

olympic gold. it's on its way. she's done it! i love that. that is ingenious. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. we will be back in the afternoon. see you then. thank you, sarah. see you later. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i'mjane hill. we will take you through the key developments here today regarding coronavirus. a new temporary hospital in london to treat coronavirus patients has been officially opened, via videolink, by the prince of wales. it tookjust nine days to build, and staff started moving into the temporary intensive care unit this morning. the first patients are expected to arrive next week. 16,000 health care workers are needed to staff the hospital,

with capacity for as many as 4,000 patients. glasgow, cardiff and belfast, other temporary facilites for more than 6,000 patients could be operational by the end of the month. our health editor hugh pym was there and he spoke to the health secretary matt hancock. yes, iam yes, i am here yes, iam here in yes, i am here in london's docklands at the nightingale hospital. it has just officially opened. at the ceremony was matt hancock, the health secretary, who joins ceremony was matt hancock, the health secretary, whojoins me now. what is the significance of today? the thing is, this is a hospital that nobody ever would have wanted. and it's a testament to the nhs, to the armed forces and to the hundreds of companies involved that in nine

days we have been able to put together this 4000 bed hospital. but what really matters about it is that it is our absolute primary aim throughout this whole process to keep nhs capacity to deal with people who have very serious conditions because of coronavirus, to keep that capacity above need. that is what the nhs is therefore. and that is what really matters. and having this capacity of up to 4000 beds in the excel centre here in the nhs nightingale hospital means that in london to keep ahead of that demand, and then expand around the country. have you taken staff and ventilators and other equipment from other parts of the nhs, leaving them short? we are bringing more ventilators, new ventilators, into this facility. and making sure that we are getting extra ventilator capacity. some of it from abroad,

some of it being made here in the uk. then in terms of staff we are drawing on some staff from around london. the number of people that each member of staff is looking after is bigger than usual. there is that extra demand on the staff. i pay tribute to them for rising to that challenge. but we are also seeing thousands, now 24,000, retired staff coming out of retirement and back into the nhs. that is incredibly important, so make sure that we have got the people. obviously a building with the beds in it is no use without the people in there to care. now on testing, currently it about 10,000 tests a day. you say you want to get it to 100,000 within a couple of weeks, by the end of this month. a lot of people find that completely unbelievable? well, if you think about it a month ago we had fewer than 2000 tests a day. i set the goal by the end of march to get to 10,000 tests a day. we have hit that

goal. now i have set the goal of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. it is another national —— icu massive national effort. if you think about the ventilators, the national effort to build this hospital, and the national effort to get testing up, so far people have risen to this challenge. i think the whole country can see just how important it is. but where are the tests going to come from? who is going to do them? you have not given any details? well, we have. i set out a five— point any details? well, we have. i set out a five—point plan yesterday. the first stage is the expansion of the testing capacity within the nhs and with public health england, who are doing an amazing job. and then also, the next stage is to bring in the private sector companies, the existing testing companies, companies like thermo fisher and ran docs, who are doing testing and are testing experts. and then to bring

in the wider pharmaceutical industry that may not traditionally be testing companies, but are turning their minds to it. there is some confusion about the antibody blood test which was said to be included. are you now saying it is not included? the 100,000 tests a day is clearly, overall the different type of tests. there are different types of tests. there are different types of tests, as you know. but a swab tests to test that you have the virus, and antibody test which the blood tests will find out if you are now immune because you have got the antibodies. there are five strands, five pillars to that work. my goal that i have set for the whole system is that we will have 100,000 tests per day right across the board. and are these england only? no, that is are these england only? no, that is a goal for the entire country, the entire uk, and avicii working closely with the devolved authorities both on their testing capacity, but also on their need for testing, because we have got to make

sure that we expand that capacity across the board. just one more question. it was set at 10,000 quite a few weeks back. it has taken a long time to get there. then 25,000, which was put back. again, won't people find it hard to believe this is achievable? isn't it damaging to come up with something like that when people find it hard to know where it is going to come from? no, i don't think so because firstly we have hit the targets of 10,000 a day by the end of the march. i am proud of the team for delivering that. we have shown on testing we can hit the goals that are set. the other thing is that you have got to, i've got to mobilise the whole life sciences industry. i need the whole of the british life sciences industry to pull together in this, to do everything they can, even if they are not testing experts now, to get into testing, to make sure that we can do this. as you can only galvanise the sort of effort if you

put a clear goal out. and by setting that goal, 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month, that is what lam trying the end of this month, that is what i am trying to do. health secretary matt hancock. speaking earlier to hugh pym at the official opening of the new hospital in east london. a group of single parents who cannot claim benefits because of their immigration status, are taking the government to the high court. a hearing later today will hear pleas to lift the restriction because of the coronavirus outbreak. jim reed reports. this is the environment in which we live. a single room. here is my son's table and chair. zenab — not her real name — came to this country in 2007 from sierra leone. five years later, she gave birth to a son here. she has asked to remain anonymous as she does not want to cause trouble with her employer. at the moment, we are all alone in the house, not going to school, i'm not able to go to work. she has been working full—time as a care worker. now, though, like many other single parents, she has had to cut back her hours

after schools closed. just two days a week and that is 12 hours only. that is the only means i have to survive. the government has said workers affected by coronavirus can claim universal credit but immigration rules mean some, like zenab, are not entitled to any support. she can live and work here but not receive benefits. how long do you think you can last before money runs out and it is difficult to meet those bills? i give myself a month only. it's going to be very difficult. it's going to be very difficult for me. i do not have any means of income, except thejob i have. lawyers representing a group of single parents say tens of thousands of families could be effected. today they are taking the government to the high court, arguing the restrictions should now be put on hold. the policy disproportionately impacts on single mums of mainly british kids, british citizen children, who are unfairly penalised

for having foreign—born mums because they cannot access the safety net that everyone else can. the home office said it could not comment on ongoing legal proceedings but a spokesman added... here is the kitchen. for parents like zenab, though, these are uncertain times. even though the government is spending billions to support workers and their families, the concern is some cases may still slip through the cracks. jim reed, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: built at breakneck speed — a new hospital which can treat 4,000 covid—19 patients opens at the excel centre in london. the health secretary describes his goal of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of the month as a huge undertaking.

in the us there are more than 1,100 virus—related deaths reported in 24 hours. the biggest daily death toll in any country since the outbreak began. as hospitals try to cope with increasing numbers of patients with coronavirus, researchers are using tools to map the outbreak and its impact on vital services. my colleague carrie gracie spoke to dr paula moraga, a mathematician from the university of bath, who has been mapping cases geographically and cross—referencing this against the capacity of nearby hospitals. we are using... we are working with models that will allow us to understand what is the number of cases we are going to see the following days, the following weeks.

this will allow us to understand what resources we are going to need in the future. so right now we are using just basic models that take into account... we are in contact with several companies that provide data on the number of population that moves within the country. this is aggregated data. we cannot identify anyone. but this is really useful because we only want to understand what are the high risk areas, what is the probability of infection in different areas? because, for example, we may think we have removed an area with low probability, but if this area has a strong connection with a high risk area, this is going to increase. these models, as i said before, will be very useful to predict the number of resources we are going to need, the number of beds, the number of

ventilators, medical staff. it's fascinating. and the kind of data that you are getting, is that real—time data or do you have a lagged on that? is it a few days old? where is it coming from? yes, so we are old? where is it coming from? yes, so we are still in negotiations with several companies but they have passed data. so we are able to understand what are the trends, because, for example now, we are in lockdown we are going to see different connections, different interactions between people. but then we will lift the restrictions and we will be able to see how the population is moving and we are able to provide measurements and provide models that can help policymakers to doa models that can help policymakers to do a better plan for these restrictions. and does it enable the

people treating patients to work out which treatments are actually working? can you model outcomes as well from different forms of treatment as different health workers tried different ways of dealing with the virus. --? well, i think this type of analysis is different in different studies. these would be like clinical trials. here, medical staff need to be involved because they are the ones that understand how the virus works, deciding what the effect it is having on the population. but of course we are able to see the progress, we are able to see if we are improving the situation and we are improving the situation and we are seeing a few cases, what are the hotspots and how best to use the resources to ensure that everybody

has access to the medical care they need. we are all being encouraged to stay in and work from home, but that just isn't an option for many key workers. tim muffett has been to a supermarket in east london to meet those working to keep our shelves stocked with supplies. our world has changed. the way we live, the way we shop. tesco extra in beckton, east london, where staff have seen things that months ago would have an unimaginable. people are queueing for toilet rolls, disinfectants. they are just grabbing everything. it is like there is not going to be tomorrow. have there been times when it has been tough with some of the customers? yes. a customer, i was serving a customer and another person came.

and i asked her to stand behind the black line. she was angry with me. they have been dramas in the store. but i have been able to cope. customers are now restricted to a maximum of three of any one product. numbers in and out are also controlled. so the sheer challenge of keeping these shelves stocked up, how hard has it been? it wasn't great, as you can imagine. there was alwaysjust... tonnes of people just coming in, trying to grab stuff, and the shelves were empty. so things like strawberries, you know, just basic things like blueberries, they were all empty but now we have got a good stack of them. march was the busiest month ever recorded by uk supermarkets. i tell you what, i have been working in retail since i was 17 years old and i have never seen anything like it. we have put down markers every two metres, so our customers understand the two metre rule around social

distancing and it has been really, really helpful. some shelves are still rather empty but most here are now well stocked. although for many elderly and vulnerable people, visiting the store isn't an option. sometimes the customers are having stress when they can't actually get the supplies that they want. we have all been pulling a lot of double and triple shifts in order to make sure we meet the demands. it has been critically important at this time. sometimes we go to a customer's house and we are the first person they have seen in maybe a few days. so we are always available for a chat. this week, some supermarket chains have loosened the restrictions on some of the products you can buy, but consumer behaviour and demand has been transformed. normal shopping seems a long way off. you are coming to contact effectively with quite a few people. yes. are you worried about the impact on your health?

yeah, we do worry about it. as long as you are healthy and, you know, the social distancing is in operation, there is not much we can do. we just have to weather the storm and get on with it. stand behind the black line and push them down. do you think the way yourjob is perceived by people has changed, that its importance is being recognised more than it perhaps was? to be honest, you know, like saying, like you just work for a supermarket, i think we all have learned and i hope the government will see that we are hard—working. and all the people will realise that we are here to serve the public and work as one team. products, places and people we perhaps took for granted, but not now. tim muffet, bbc news.

much more coming up from two. but now the weather. in the coming days many of us will enjoy some spring warmth coming through our windows, balconies, perhaps our brief walk in the park. by sunday temperatures will get up to 20 degrees in the south and even as far north as yorkshire. throughout the uk it will feel quite a bit warmer. it is thanks to this low pressure here sitting to the south—west of our neighbourhood. that is going to send a plume of hot air all the way from the southern climes. it is not here yet. this map shows how warm the atmosphere is. you can see those yellows a nd atmosphere is. you can see those yellows and oranges approaching us over the next couple of days. but not yet. at the moment it is still pretty chilly outside. we have got some showers and a keen breeze in the north west. but that wind is starting to shift direction. you can see behind me the arrows lifting in

from the south. that means the air is starting to arrive from the south as well. this coming night not as frosty as the night before. in fact, most major towns and cities, even in the north, will be above freezing. saturday starts off on a sunny note across many parts of the country. a little more clarity and some spots of rain across one or two areas of scotland. on the whole it is a fine day, 16 in london. still leftovers of the chilly air in scotland. 11 degrees. the real warmth arrives into sunday. saturday night into sunday, this low pressure approaches as it approaches it strengthens the southerly wind. the southerly wind will help to lift that warmth from the south. but it will be quite a strong wind towards the west, ireland, northern ireland, winds of 40 mph plus in places. in fact in these western areas not as

beautiful. also occasional rain and a little bit cooler. 15 in northern ireland, 20 in the south—east, the high teens expected in the north—east of england. worth mentioning the pollen levels. moderate generally speaking across england and wales. peaking at high in the south—east. even beyond the weekend it looks as though there was temperatures hang around the high teens for some of us at least. thanks for watching.

this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines at 2pm: the first nightingale hospital opens to help deal with coronavirus — built in just ten days. the hospital in east london was opened remotely by the prince of wales — himself recovering from the virus. this hospital, therefore, offers us an intensely practical message of hope for those who will need it most at this time of national suffering. the health secretary admits that meeting a target to test 100,000 people for coronavirus in england by the end of this month is a huge undertaking. the prime minister posts a video saying he'll remain in self—isolation because of his health —