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 —

and warns against people relaxing the stay at home message. everybody may be getting a bit stir crazy and there may be just a temptation to get out there, hang out, and start to break the regulations, and i just urge you not to do that. please, please, stick with the guidance now. a move to get help to struggling businesses — the scheme offering government—backed loans will be expanded so more firms will qualify. the exams regulator rules that this year's gcse and a—level grades will be based on teachers‘ assessments of pupils‘ work. google is to publicly track people's movements — to show how visits to public places are changing during the pandemic, here and abroad.

the first of the nhs' nightingale hospitals has been opened — set up to expand capacity during the coronavirus outbreak. it's been built in less than a fortnight, inside the excel conference centre in east london, and the first patients are due to arrive early next week. prince charles took part in the opening ceremony by videolink from his home in scotland. the prime minister was not in attendance, he's still in self—isolation because of his health. in a message on twitter in the last hour borisjohnson reiterated his message to stay inside this weekend. work is already under way on similar hospitals in birmingham, manchester, glasgow and cardiff and others are planned for bristol

and harrogate. 0ur correspondent angus crawford reports from east london. ladies and gentlemen, as the wonders of modern technology can only do so much and i can't quite reach, perhaps i can invite nightingale‘s head of nursing — natalie gray — on my behalf — to unveil the plaque to declare nhs nightingale hospital open. applause. a royal opening from lockdown. at his home in scotland, prince charles — still recovering from the virus — paid tribute to staff here and around the country. everyone can now have the reassurance that they will receive all the necessary technical care they may need and every chance to return to a normal life. this hospital, therefore, offers us an intensely practical message of hope for those

who will need it most at this time of national suffering. an empty shelljust days ago, look, an army of civilian contractors and the military have built nightingale from scratch — wards stretching the length of the building. 500 beds to start with — increasing to a total of 4,000 if needed. at that point, 16,000 staff would be needed to run it. 0nly patients already on ventilators will be admitted. the first should arrive in the coming days. the idea was dreamt not long ago of having a new hospital. and this london nhs nightingale hospital, which was put together, its core, in nine days, is a testament to the leadership of the people who stand behind me. this may eventually become the biggest hospital in britain. it's an extraordinary

achievement to have created it in less than two weeks. but, now it's open, medical staff have to ready themselves for the harsh reality. the waves of patients that may come in the weeks ahead. it's now become the model for other nightingale units being set up across the country — including in birmingham, bristol, cardiff and glasgow — such is the concern about the potential spread of the virus. there are questions, though. will the unit get enough equipment and staff? and how will they cope if and when the wards start to fill? for now, though, nightingale stands open and ready. angus crawford, bbc news. the latest figures that have come from the department of health, we

a lwa ys from the department of health, we always get an update around this time on the number of people who have sadly lost their lives with coronavirus. the uk death toll stands at 3605. to give you a sense of the day by day increase, sadly thatis of the day by day increase, sadly that is the largest daily increase we have seen, an increase on the previous 24—hour period of 684. the latest figures, the uk death toll rising to 3605 and that is the figure as of 4pm yesterday afternoon. let's have a look now at that video from the prime minister released on twitter — where he revealed he is still suffering from a temperature after being diagnosed with covid—19, and will therefore remain in isolation.

a quick update from me on the campaign against coronavirus. in my own case, although i feel better, and have done my seven days of coronavirus isolation i still have a minor symptom, i still have a temperature, so, in accordance with government advice, i must continue my self—isolation until that symptom itself goes.

0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. really striking, a reminder of the virus again. the prime minister is

going to stay in isolation. it goes without saying he would have been wanting to come out of isolation and get back to work, getting hands—on with leading the government's approach to leading the government's approach to leading the government's approach to leading the government's approach to the pandemic but he is staying in isolation for a little while longer because he still has a temperature and you have to see and hear watching that clip that he is clearly still not very well at all, so clearly still not very well at all, so it is a very public example and a very clear exa m ple so it is a very public example and a very clear example of the toll that this virus can take. the symptoms borisjohnson has relatively mild compared to what some people have experienced but it is undoubtedly a difficult time for the government and this is not what they would have wanted, not what the prime minister himself would have wanted to be doing today, because although downing street are at pains to point out he is still working and chairing

the meeting is from isolation using telephone and video conference calling, it is frankly not quite the same and if he is feeling under the weather, as he clearly is based on that video clip, then his own capacity to be doing the job will be perhaps a bit limited, but he has no choice, to follow the letter and remain in isolation for a little while longer. interesting he wanted to reiterate that message about please stay at home. we know a lot of the country is in for a pretty nice weekend weather—wise and you can sense there is concern about that. definitely a concern. we are infor that. definitely a concern. we are in for some warm sunny weather over the next few days and there is definite concern in downing street under close government that people having had enough of the restrictions over the last few weeks might be tempted, as the prime minister suggested in his video, to get out there and enjoy the sunshine rather than staying at home other

than those exemptions which we are familiar with, going to get essential shopping, familiar with, going to get essentialshopping, medical familiar with, going to get essential shopping, medical needs are taking daily exercise or going to work if you cannot do that at home. the prime minister taking a bit of a cajoling tone urging people to stick with the guidelines and hang in there and not go out and about too much in the nice weather but his spokesman at the briefing earlier this afternoon to a stronger tone with a stark warning saying those who attempted to ignore the guidelines over the next few days would be putting lives at risk. thank you, jonathan blake at westminster. at the time of this coronavirus pandemic we are hearing that the queen is going to speak to the nation. the queen will speak to the nation. the queen will speak to the nation at 8pm on sunday evening. it isa nation at 8pm on sunday evening. it is a recorded message as we

understand it but it is a measure of the seriousness of the situation that this country and the world finds itself in. the first time she has done something like this since the death of her mother and prior to that we remember the broadcast prior to the funeral of diana princess of wales and prior to that first gulf war. but as a measure of seriousness of the situation and this has been decided in close consultation with downing street to have had it in their minds for some days but at an appropriate moment there should be a broadcast by the queen. we are reminded of what she said on the 19th of march as she arrived at windsor. she said we are reminded of oui’ windsor. she said we are reminded of our nation's history, by communities coming together, and one must imagine there will be similar m essa 9 es imagine there will be similar messages in the broadcast on sunday night. she said a couple of weeks ago no more than at any time in our recent past we have a vitally

important role to play as individuals. we can expect that together with thanks to the nhs to its had efforts, to all those key workers for the part they are playing, and to reassure and to rally people to act as the head of the nation, as she is, the head of state, offering a stabilising message to the country. absolutely, and striking that the queen will be delivering a message about something that has directly affected her direct family. we saw the prince of wales opening the nightingale hospitaljust a few days after he has recovered from covid—i9 but i think in the case of the queen we know that she is at windsor with the duke of edinburgh and i think she will want her voice to be heard clearly at this really significant moment for the nation as a whole.

that is on sunday evening. thank you very much for now, our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. the health secretary matt hancock has admitted that meeting a target to test 100,000 people for coronavirus in england by the end of this month is a huge undertaking. the target was announced yesterday after criticism that not enough frontline nhs staff were being tested. labour has called for more details about how the goal will be achieved. richard galpin reports. the country is potentially facing the biggest challenge of this outbreak so far. the peak is expected in just over a week's time on easter day, and already infections are surging, doubling every few days, leaving thousands of people in hospital. testing people for the virus is vital. key workers — including nhs staff — can find out if they are clear to go to work without the fear of spreading the infection. but the government is facing sharp criticism for failing

to scale up the testing programme quickly enough. and yet suddenly it has now announced it is aiming to increase testing from around 10,000 people a day to 100,000 by the end of the month, raising yet more questions. but the health secretary is determined to make it happen. well, we have got to. it is a goal and i've set it for the whole system. the 10,000 a day that we reached on target was from the public health england and the nhs working together incredibly hard, firstly to develop the test — we were one of the first countries in the world to do that — and then to increase the number. for those on the frontline in the battle to save lives and defeat the coronavirus, maximising testing could make a big difference. it can't come quickly enough. you know, we are talking to hospital and other health service chief executives every day, and the issue of staff

absence is huge for them. staff themselves really want to get back to the frontline and hospital leaders really need those staff on the frontline. to reach 100,000 tests a day will require a massive effort involving industry and laboratories from all around the country — including these recently—built mega laboratories. those in charge of this ramp up claim there will soon be an exponential increase in the number of people being tested. the test currently in use is a swab test — checking if the person has the virus. there is also a blood test which can prove if someone has previously had the virus and — therefore — may have some immunity, but it has not yet been approved for use. the most extravagant claims of some of the manufacturers are for about 90% specificity — which means that we would still have about one in ten positives that

would be a false positive — which means somebody could be given a certificate of immunity when they were not really immune, but because of that being the nature of those kind of tests we may need to learn to live with that degree of risk in the future. with the peak of the epidemic now just days away, it has been announced that more conference halls and other buildings like this one here in bristol are to be converted into field hospitals. there will be at least six around the country providing thousands of extra beds. a measure of what this country could soon face. richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, charlotte rose, is at a drive—in testing centre in wembley. to remind people, this is specifically for nhs workers. absolutely. this is specifically for nhs workers and even then only those

who have a pre—booked appointment. i have seen some cars being turned away because people did not have the correct paperwork. there are operatives in high vizjackets asking drivers to keep their windows shut but tissue and identification badge and an email from their hospital trust to prove that they area hospital trust to prove that they are a front line worker. the cars would then entered into the gates behind me and they will drive around and come to some of these white tents and it is that the tests are taking place, those swab tests. in terms of capacity the government hopes that these kind of testing centres a re hopes that these kind of testing centres are what is going to help them reach 100,000 tests a day and in terms of what we have seen when the centre opened at teddy and there was a long queue of cars waiting to get in but since then it has been fairly quiet. there are five stations where the tests can be conducted and for most of the morning not all of those have been in operation so there is clearly the

capacity for things to be ramped up here and i can also see just inside the gates behind me that there are some generators with light units attached, a suggestion perhaps but as this process carries on they may be able to operate during the night as well, maybe even 24 hours a day. speaking to some of the health workers who have come out of the centre this morning they say they know they are going to have to potentially wait up to three days to get the results of this test but thenit get the results of this test but then it is critically important because they will then know if they can go back to the front line and help their colleagues. charlotte rose, thank you, at that drive and testing centre in north london. the scheme which offers government—backed loans to businesses which are struggling to survive is to be expanded. the chancellor — rishi sunak — says more small firms will be eligible, and those with a turnover of up to £500 million will also qualify. so far, more than 130,000 enquiries have been received,

but only about 1,000 have been approved. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. the government has been listening to criticism that its government backed business interruption loans weren't getting through to many firms because the rules had said banks had to check first to see if they could get a normal loan. now it has lifted that rule and made it easier to lend the government backed loans faster. we are also acutely aware that there is an urgent need for an additional product for businesses with a turnover of over £45 million, so we are working at pace with banks, with the treasury, to try and offer a better solution for those businesses up to a turnover of £500 million. the promise three weeks ago was an unprecedented £330 billion only £145 million has been lent. 130,000 firms applied for loans in a rush for help last week, but only 1,000 have had loans approved, which doesn't yet mean

they have got the money. however, some grant money is now getting through from local authorities to shops, hotels and pubs who have seen their incomes plummet. more businesses will now be able to apply for emergency loans and most won't have to sign personal guarantees that could jeopardise their savings and other wealth. the treasury has clearly listened to what business communities around the country have been saying. the changes that have been made over the last 24 hours make it easier for businesses to get access to business interruption loans and will also give businesses more confidence to try to use the scheme. the banks say they're operating under the same constraints as any workplace. if their staff are staying at home, they can't open branches like this one. but they say they are really trying to get businesses the help they need. and the government's redesign of its scheme is partly an admission that it was flawed and needed changing. now there is a worrying development

— the staff who do get into their branches are getting abuse from customers, frustrated that they can't get help. there are still significant holes in the safety net, and some people feel like they're falling through it. this photography studio near newbury employs seven people. because the owner gets most of her pay as dividends, she is not covered by help either for companies or for the self—employed. in this time, small business owners are being faced with no income coming in through their business, bills still going out and then, when we reopen, you're being faced with taking potential losses while you're rebuilding your business back. these are huge welfare reforms, done at pace, in an emergency. but business owners and banks have at least been able to come and talk to a listening government. andy verity, bbc news. and andy is with me now...

you mentioned in your report there's been some abuse in bank branches — tell us more. i have followed over years misconduct by banks. i listen to small business customers who felt they have not been treated well by banks but i have looked at this really ha rd banks but i have looked at this really hard and i can tell you i do not think the banks are at fault here. i do not think this is their fault and they are getting blamed by people coming into the branches and by the government to some extent, and they are unhappy at the pressure thatis and they are unhappy at the pressure that is putting some of their staff under and the encouragement that is being given to some people to be verbally abusive and we are hearing about spitting. the reason the scheme for loading was not working, the emergency loans, was because the government will still do banks they had to check whether they would be eligible for a normal commercial loa n eligible for a normal commercial loan first and also because the government will store the bank that they have to ask for maximum

security including personal guarantees especially over loans of £250,000. that means they have to have maximum security to follow the government's rules and that is why it seems like an unreasonable demand being made by the bank because of rules set by the government and now that those have been relaxed it should make it easier. in the meantime we know that after alok sharma said on wednesday, amid public criticisms at least, certainly hinting in that direction on wednesday, of the banks, and seeing they should make up for what happened in 2008, there have been a spike of incidents in bank branches. i spoke earlier to the chief executive of the bank trading body. ican i can understand that banks can and are a target and we have a lot to earn back in terms of reputational trust, but i would point to the fact that my postbag yesterday on behalf

of bank call centres and branch staff reported a significant uptake in abusive call centre staff, spitting and coughing on branch staff, and i would attribute that increased partly as a result of the government allowing banks to be bashed in public, so i would strongly urge that not to happen, not because banks at times do not deserve opprobrium but because bank staff on the front line are performing a critical service in a very, very difficult time. that is a fairly depressing thought. you have said that the rules are being relaxed and i hope it is it will help a lot more businesses because we know about the impact this has had. could it improve? we have had about 1000 so far. only 1000 loans made and only £145 million has been went so far which

makes the £330 billion unprecedented support looked like it is taking a while to arrive. the message from the banks and the government is we wa nt to the banks and the government is we want to get this right. you are doing these huge welfare reforms at peace. normally it would take months or yea rs peace. normally it would take months or years to set this up but this is an emergency so i or years to set this up but this is an emergency so i think the message to everyone out there should be good may be frustrated if you cannot get the support you feel you need but try to have some goodwill for those who really are working to try to give you that support. there are problems with a safety net that need to be fixed but so long as the government is listening there as a hope that they will be fixed. interesting. andy verity, our economics correspondent, thank you. back to the subject of testing, we are hearing from northamptonshire hospitals in northamptonshire they have confirmed that hundreds of staff sa m ples, have confirmed that hundreds of staff samples, testing of nhs front

line staff, have been sent abroad for testing. this is northampton general and kettering general hospital who say they have a long—standing arrangement with a lab in germany and as they pitted it made sense to send the samples because scientists there have the capacity to test quickly. they have added doing this eases pressure on british facilities. quite striking that two hospitals are seeing they are sending staff test results over to germany to get quick results. they make the point it is a long—standing arrangement we have with our lab long—standing arrangement we have with ourlab —— long—standing arrangement we have with our lab —— with a lab in question. perhaps more to come on that over the rest of the afternoon. the exams regulator has announced how gcses and a—levels will be awarded in england. students will receive grades based on teachers' assessment of their work. earlier i spoke to our education editor branwenjeffreys. there is a two—stage process. the first involves teachers

and schools, so teachers will be asked to think about what grades they would have expected students to get by the time of the exams — taking everything into account. so, that could be coursework, previous mock results, but also things like participation — if you are doing a subject like pe or drama — where there is a practical element. and then, on top of that, schools and teachers are going to be asked to rank their students in each subject from top to bottom, so that they get some idea of roughly what proportion they are putting into each kind of area. after that — that goes in strict confidence — so pupils and families will not be told what teachers are deciding — to the exam board. they will then add in — in a second stage — more information — things like how do they expect their pupils to do on the basis of what they know about them already, and they will also look at schools' and colleges' previous records in recent years,

what kind of results they have been getting, to make sure there is no over—estimating those potential results. we expect the grades to finally be awarded around the same time or even a bit earlier than they would be in summer. a quick thought about the students themselves — very, very difficult for them? it is a very stressful and difficult time for students in england who are studying btecs — nothing yet today on that — although it is promised soon. i asked the head of the regulator in england what she had to say to parents and students who were worried they were going to get a qualification that would be a coronavirus gcse or a—level? their student certificates this year with their grades will be like any other certificates. they will use those grades to progress. grades in their livesjust like any other set of students, and that is hugely important.

the head of the regulator in england there. and that was ever education editor explaining how exam grading is going to work this summer. well, looks like things are going to be warming up over the next couple of days. today still a little bit on the chilly side, if you shower is on the chilly side, if you shower is on the way but for most of us it is a dry evening and a dry night and actually this coming night won't be as cold as the night before, the only frost is across these more central is part of scotland. generally speaking these temperatures will be around three to five celsius in most major towns and cities. saturday morning already starting across the knee, maybe a few spots of rain there and a cold breeze in scotland, but this is how

it gets on saturday, still a bit of a chill in the air in scotland, around 11 degrees, come sunday those temperatures will release that he woke temperatures will release that he wo ke a cross temperatures will release that he woke across the uk, temperatures not just in london but also in yorkshire. goodbye.

the first nightingale hospital opens to help deal with coronavirus, as the uk death toll sees it's largest daily increase since the crisis began. the hospital in east london was opened remotely by the prince of wales, himself recovering from the virus: the health secretary admits that meeting a target to test 100,000 people a day 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 — and warns against people relaxing the ‘stay at home‘ message. we are going to be talking a little bit more about that stay message and what it means particularly in relation to this weekend but we will catch up first of all with the latest sports news. let's start with footballer‘s pay then because it has been under the spotlight in recent days as football clubs try to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. today, all premier league clu bs pandemic. today, all premier league clubs and meeting via video to discuss this issue and more and we also understand that he captains of the premier league clubs have held a

coal to action today discussing possible ways deferrals or courts —— possible ways deferrals or courts —— possible wage deferrals or cuts or a charitable donation. we have seen a lot of calls piling in on football saying that the players have to take action and the clubs are existing in action and the clubs are existing in a moral vacuum because some of them had put these nonplaying staff in the furlough screams but players at the furlough screams but players at the moment are still on their full salaries. —— furlough schemes. we have not had a outcome of the meeting today but in the past few days there has been conversations with the player's union about what they can do. it is interesting, the clubs are discussing how they can cut costs while there is no football and no revenue and whether the player should have deferrals or wage cuts, but also the players, we are hearing that there are reports that

man united players are perhaps offering a donation from their salaries to the nhs. now, that hasn't been confirmed yet but we what we could seen in the coming days as players taking their own action separate from what the clubs decide. there is so much pressure on the clubs to be seen to taking some positive action. lawrence got there. when the pandemic has also had a significant human impact on football. two footballers diagnosed have now both recovered from the disease while five players from ligue one side portsmouth have tested positive. he is now fully recovered and has mild symptoms. it's like athletes, being fit lads and that we felt we are unlikely to catch it but it is showing now that anyone can catch it and it isjust

one of then that is spreading fast andl one of then that is spreading fast and i don't think that of the obviously, anybody is immune to it so obviously, anybody is immune to it so it isa obviously, anybody is immune to it so it is a bit ofa obviously, anybody is immune to it so it is a bit of a nasty virus. . a football clu b so it is a bit of a nasty virus. . a football club will become a drive—through testing centre for nhs testing star. the testing centre will be positioned will be the on—site car park for staff working in birmingham and the wider the midlands region. in the wider west midlands region. 0lympics in tokyo, solidarity programmer will run from september this year tojuly next year and is due to cost the organisation £9 million. the isl which launched in 2019 was hailed by a ship success by swimmers and organisers plan to launch in

0ctober. 0ne organisers plan to launch in 0ctober. one of the things we have been seeing during the enforced lockdown in the next couple of weeks is the way families have come up with creative ways to get their sporting fix and these families have come up with a unique way to recreate the drama of olympic success with olympic curling. yes indeed, the star of the future i think! that is all the spot for now, we will have lots more at three in the afternoon. let‘s take a look at those latest figures again.. our health correspondent anna collinson has been looking

at those latest coronavirus figures in a little more depth, shejoins me now.. just reminders of the actual figures as it was released in the last half hour. they say 3605 people had now died in the uk from coronavirus, so thatis died in the uk from coronavirus, so that is a rise of 684 deaths which is the largest day on day increase we have seen yet but it is slightly below trend, so we have been taking a look at these figures and comparing, and the recent trends in deaths were doubling roughly every 3.5 days, so that would have predicted around 800 deaths per day, so predicted around 800 deaths per day, so compared to that rejection, as alarming as that 684 figure is, we are seeing a potential silver lining

to these figures if that pattern continues. we have to stress, one day a figures does not necessarily mean anything, it can be a blip. what it is hoping is that this is a sign that social distancing measures are working but we still have time to go before those measures properly clicking. we have also got the new confirmed cases in, 4450 new confirmed cases in, 4450 new confirmed cases in the uk. there, we've seen three days with almost no growth in new cases so this again looks like further evidence that the new case numbers are slowing, assuming that every patient who needs to be tested is being tested. globally, for a male global picture more than a million cases of coronavirus have now been registered. figures from john hopkins university show nearly 53,000 people have no doubt. later, as ever so useful but really have to

do... data is useful but to get some context we also have to know how many of these individuals had pre—existing health conditions and so we have to remember that that can play a part sadly and someone not being able to work through coronavirus and survive it. you mention testing as well, that‘s been a huge focus in the last few days, hugely ambitious target now from matt hancock, while he‘s admitted himself its ambitious. what‘s more are we hearing aboutjust how that kind of figure is going to be reached? so, currently with the figures out there today the government have done just over 10,000 tests, are aiming by the end of this month to reach 100,000 tests per day, they are saying they want to vamped this up so matt hancock yesterday during a press briefing in out a strategy and the way he wanted to do this is to introduce swab testing where you take a swab from inside someone‘s mouth and that test

gives you an idea of do you have the virus now. matt hancock has talked about wanting universities and businesses to massively boost at test which is currently the main test which is currently the main test that we are using in the uk. the other test he mentioned is the antibody test where you can take a sample of blood and that tells you if you have had the virus in the past because you will demonstrate if you have had antibodies in your system. there can be no certainty is it with this but it is believed that people who have antibodies in their system could be immune from coronavirus at least from a year or so. but the government is facing massive pressures with these demands, resources first of all, we allowa nce demands, resources first of all, we allowance chemical substance testing because this is a pandemic that we are in, but also with antibody testing which the government has previously called a game changer, the government ordered 3.5 million test, currently they are not able to use them because they are failing

a ccu ra cy use them because they are failing accuracy test, they are not reliable, and as we know no test is better than a bad test. later in the programme we will talk a bit more about testing and hear from matt hancock. before we do so, i want to bring you some news that i have literally just seen bring you some news that i have literallyjust seen in the world of business and i have literallyjust seen it so i am reading this verbatim but we are hearing that the department store debenhams is facing administration for the second time and is going to file to a panel of administrators next week. it has already closed 22 stores this year and it had already announced that another 28 were going to be shot next year and you might have heard some of that being reflected in our business news from time to time. it is still trading online but it has a large amount of stock that it can‘t sell, it‘s saying, and it saying... it's sell, it‘s saying, and it saying... it‘s understood that debenhams is concerned about potential legal claims from suppliers who have yet to be paid. this is all coming through from our business team in

the last few moments, there is quite a lot of information so we will go through that and try to die just some of that but in terms of the impact onjobs some of that but in terms of the impact on jobs and individuals lives, 20,000 jobs i am being told potentially at risk, so that is an enormous number, so debenhams facing administration for a second time, details coming through, and i expect we will have more on that for my business team in a little while because that is an awful lot ofjobs. let‘s return now to the opening this morning of a new temporary hospital in london to treat coronavirus patients. it tookjust 10 days to build , the prince of wales performed the official duties via video link following his positive diagnosis of coronavirus. 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 at capacity for as many as 4,000 patients and around uk, other temporary facilites for more than 6,000 patients could be operational by the end of the month. 0ur health editor hugh pym was there and he spoke to the health secretary matt hancock. yes, i‘m here in london‘s docklands at the nightingale hospital. it has just officially opened and at the ceremony was the secretary of state for health and social care, matt hancock, whojoins me now. what is the significance of today, do you think? well, the thing is you know, 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 crisis to keep nhs capacity to deal with people who have the very serious conditions because of coronavirus, to keep that capacity above need. i mean, that is what the nhs is there for, and that‘s 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 we can keep ahead of that demand, and then expand around the country. but have you taken staff and ventilators and other equipment from other parts of the nhs, leaving them short? we‘re bringing more ventilators, new ventilators into this facility, and making sure we are getting that extra ventilator capacity, some of it from abroad, some of it being made now here in the uk, and 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 and i pay tribute to them for rising to that challenge but we‘re also seeing thousands, now 24,000, retired staff coming out of retirement and back into the nhs and that is incredibly important to make sure we have got the people, because obviously a building with the beds in it is no use without the people in there to care. now on testing, currently it‘s about 10,000 tests per day. you say you want to get it to 100,000 within a couple of weeks, by the the end of this month. won‘t a lot of people find thatjust completely unbelievable? well, if you think about it, a month ago we had fewer than 2000 tests a day, i set the goal of by the end of march getting to 10,000 tests a day, we have hit that goal and now i have set the goal of 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month. itisa... now that is another massive national effort, but if you think about the national effort on ventilators, the national effort to build this hospital, and now the national effort to get

testing capacity up so far people have risen to this challenge because i think the whole country can see just how important it is. but where are they tests going to come from? who‘s going to do them? itjust really hasn‘t been explained, you haven‘t given any detail. 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 randox who are doing testing and are testing experts, and then to bring in the wider pharmaceutical industry who may not be, traditionally, a testing organisation, testing companies, but are turning their minds to it. there was some confusion over the antibody blood test which was said to be included,

are you now saying it‘s not included ? the 100,000 tests a day is clearly over all of the different types of tests, there are different types of tests, as you know, as you say, but swab tests to check if you have a virus, antibody tests, which is a blood test to find out if you now are immune because you‘ve got the antibodies, there‘s five strands, five pillars to that work and my goal that i have set to the whole system is that we will have 100,000 tests per day right across the board. and are these england only? no, that‘s a goalfor the entire country the entire uk, and obviously i am working very closely with the devolved authorities both on their testing capacity but also their need for testing because, you know, we‘ve got to make sure that we expand the capacity right across the board. just one more question. it was set at 10,000 a few weeks back, it is taking quite a long time to get there.

then 25,000, which was put back. again, won‘t people find it really hard to believe that 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, firstly because we have hit the targets of 10,000 per day by the end of march and i‘m really proud of the team he delivered that so we have shown on testing that we can hit those goals that are set, but the other thing is, you know, you‘ve got to hit... you know, 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, and you can only galvanise that sort of effort if you put a clear goal out, and by setting that goal, 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month, that‘s what i‘m trying to do.

that was our reporter speaking to the health secretary there in front of the new hospital in east london. there have been concerns about reports of more drivers on the roads in recent days despite the government advising against all but essential travel. on wednesday — dr yvonne doyle from public health england showed this slide on transport use across the country — the top blue line is cars on the road — and you can see that it has gone up in recent days. the weather is also forecast to be warmer this weekend which could increase the road traffic. let‘s speak to rod dennis a spokesperson for rac breakdown. good afternoon. i am just curious, first of all, in terms of that

increase over the last few days that we saw on the graph, would your team is out on the field, would they go along with that, does that reflect your experiences in the last few days? well, it is a concern, because nationally we are seeing breakdowns down about 34% on the average day so down about 34% on the average day so down by a significant amount but i think what the figures are showing is that people are still relying on their cars for the essential journeys that drivers are fated to make. no drivers do have to be careful, we are not saying that you have to use your car for nonessential things, but with things like public transport system is shut down across the uk now, there is still a car, and there is still a need for breakdown systems in the hour of need. how are your teams managing it? because that is tough for you, you want to help someone in distress, but we all know the rules.

we have changed our processes very carefully to reflect government guidance, all of our patrols are following that i can see the word. it isa following that i can see the word. it is a difficultjob and i think this is a nice opportunity to really say thank you to all of our hotels, all of the roadside workers, everybody she was keeping this country moving during difficult times. it is difficult, we are asking a lot of our people at the moment, but it does mean that because breakdown numbers are few work they have been able to spend more time at the roadside fixing more time at the roadside fixing more people. we have about 8.4 million critical workers we are supporting to our breakdown service, getting people to work, getting people back from work as well, these are extraordinary times but... thank you very much. do you have a way of privatising those calls, if someone says i am on my way to a hospital andi says i am on my way to a hospital and i have just says i am on my way to a hospital and i havejust broken down, can you factor that in? absolutely, i can factor that in? absolutely, i can factor that in? absolutely, i can factor that in, so again the nature of breakdowns we are seeing has

changed dramatically. yes we are seeing with essentialjourneys, we are told by the government to make fewer trips to supermarkets so the sort of trips that people perhaps made once or twice a week by foot they are now making by car to do bigger shops, which means we have a lot more battery breakdown, the car is still an essential part of peoples lives even though at the moment we are not going on anywhere near as many trips as we used to, so in response to our essential workers we are reacting to that as closely as we need to ensure that those people who need service are getting it so that they can help support the national effort to get through this crisis. and a quick thought about the next few days because normally a glorious weather forecast is something to celebrate that i thought it was really striking that even the prime minister‘s message a couple of hours ago said, i know it‘s going to be nice weather but please, please, remember the it‘s going to be nice weather but please, please, rememberthe rules about staying at home. sadly there

isa about staying at home. sadly there is a concern about this, isn‘t there? if we are all going a bit stir crazy and the sun is shining it isa stir crazy and the sun is shining it is a temptation to go out. yes, it is a temptation to go out. yes, it is understandable, the sun is shining, the mercury is rising, on any other normal weekend people would be jumping in any other normal weekend people would bejumping in their cars and enjoying a day trip, but we have to follow government guidance, people should only be using this because thatis should only be using this because that is absolutely essential journeys, if you need to exercise please leave the car alone, stay local, get on the bike, go for a walk, please don‘t leave your car u nless we walk, please don‘t leave your car unless we actually have to come at the temptation is great, we have got used to just a week ago, it is going to be anything but busy for this easter getaway and i think it is vitally important that people heed the government advice and really pulled through this together right now to get on the other side. thank you god and thank you to your staff we re you god and thank you to your staff were still working. thanks so much.

google is to publicly track people‘s movements over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. the tech firm is launching a website which uses data to show how visits to public places are changing, here and abroad. as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones explains, this isn‘t something new for the tech giant. google has always had this data, this is not new, they‘re just making it public. if you use a phone with google maps on it, it knows where you are, google had that data. it knows for instance, this phone, that i am at home right now, it knows when i go to the office, it knows when i go to the shop. that data has always been there and what they are doing now is being far more public with it. and it‘s produced some fascinating results, reports out this morning on 131 different countries on how activity has gone down. i‘m looking at one of the pages now but the uk, 85% fall in retail and recreation, 52% fall in visits to parks, 46% fall in groceries and pharmacy visits, that‘ since february.

and i am also contrasting it with france, which has actually had a much tighter lockdown, a much stricter lockdown, for a bit longer, and the figures there are much higher than they are in the uk. so, you know, farfewer people going to the grocery stores, far fewer people going to parks and on public transport, so this information is going to be pretty useful to the government, that is the theory, so for instance next week, next weekend we know there is going to be lots of sunny weather, we have heard the prime minister worried about whether we will all be going to the park or not, the data from google will tell you exactly what‘s happened. now, in these testing times let‘s just pause for a second to see how one nhs trust in worcestershire has briefly celebrated the amazing work of its staff, nurses at a delivery suite. they wanted to make clear that in the clip we‘re about to show you all the nurses stuck

to the social distancing guidelines by keeping 2 metres apart! # we are family! music plays. and that is your earworm for the rest of the day ladies and gentlemen. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with thomas schafernaker well, in the coming days many of us will be able to enjoy a bit of spring warmth coming through our window is perhaps on our balconies or in the park, temperatures are

going to rise even throughout the far north temperatures are going to feel a bit water and it is thanks to these low temperatures here sitting to the south—west of our neighbourhood, that is going to send a plume of warm air all the way from our southern climes, you see it is not here yet, this map shows how warm the atmosphere is, you can see these yellows and oranges approaching us over the next couple of days but not yet so at the moment it is still pretty chilly outside, we have got some showers, we have got a keen breeze and that starting to shift direction you can see some showers lifting in from the south and that means the air is starting to arrive from the south as well and 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. so, saturday start on a sunny note across many parts of the country, always a little bit more cloudy and maybe some spots of rain that across one

or two areas of scotland, but overall it is a fine day, 16 in london, still leftovers of that cold air in scotland, 11 degrees. 0n saturday and this low pressure approaches and as it approaches it actually strengthens that southerly wind and it is that southerly wind that will help to lift that warmth in the south but it is going to be quite a strong wind, in excess of 40 mph in places, so it is not going to be beautiful everywhere, in fact in these western areas cloud and occasional want lain so a little bit cooler, 15 in northern ireland, but 28 in the south east,. moderate generally speaking across england and wales but peaking in the south—east. later in the weekend those temperatures will still be around the high teens for some of us

at least. thanks for watching. this is bbc news. i‘m jane hill. the headlines: the first nightingale hospital opens to help the fight against coronavirus — as the uk records its highest daily death toll since the crisis began. the prime minister says he‘ll remain in self—isolation because of his health — and urges people to resist the temptation to leave their homes this weekend. everybody may be getting a bit stir crazy and there may be just a temptation to get out there, hang out, and start to break the regulations, and i just urge you not to do that. please, please, stick with the guidance now. the queen will address the nation this sunday — in a special pre—recorded

broadcast from windsor. it‘s the first time her majesty will have spoken publicly since the coronavirus outbreak began. the health secretary admits that meeting a target to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus in england by the end of this month is a huge undertaking. a move to get help to struggling businesses — the scheme offering government—backed loans will be expanded so more firms will qualify. the first of the nhs‘ nightingale hospitals has been opened — set up to expand capacity during the coronavirus outbreak.

it‘s been built in less than a fortnight, inside the excel conference centre in east london, and the first patients are due to arrive early next week. it comes as the uk records 684 coronavirus—related deaths in a day. it‘s the highest daily rise so far, but slightly below the expected trend. the death toll now stands at 3,605. meanwhile — from self—isolation the prime minister took to twitter to urge people to stay inside this weekend. mrjohnson also said he would continue his isolation as he still has a fever. and more messages of support on their way — as it‘s announced her majesty the queen has recorded a special broadcast to the nation which will go out on sunday at 8pm. more on that soon, but first our correspondent angus crawford reports

on the opening of the first nightingale hospital — in east london. ladies and gentlemen, as the wonders of modern technology can only do so much and i can‘t quite reach, perhaps i can invite nightingale‘s head of nursing — natalie gray — on my behalf — to unveil the plaque to declare nhs nightingale hospital open. applause. a royal opening from lockdown. at his home in scotland, prince charles — still recovering from the virus — paid tribute to staff here and around the country. everyone can now have the reassurance that they will receive all the necessary technical care they may need and every chance to return to a normal life. this hospital, therefore, offers us an intensely practical message of hope for those who will need it most at this time of national suffering. an empty shelljust days ago, look,

an army of civilian contractors and the military have built nightingale from scratch — wards stretching the length of the building. 500 beds to start with — increasing to a total of 4,000 if needed. at that point, 16,000 staff would be needed to run it. 0nly patients already on ventilators will be admitted. the first should arrive in the coming days. the idea was dreamt not long ago of having a new hospital. and this london nhs nightingale hospital, which was put together, its core, in nine days, is a testament to the leadership of the people who stand behind me. this may eventually become the biggest hospital in britain. it‘s an extraordinary achievement to have created it in less than two weeks.

but, now it‘s open, medical staff have to ready themselves for the harsh reality. the waves of patients that may come in the weeks ahead. it‘s now become the model for other nightingale units being set up across the country — including in birmingham, bristol, cardiff and glasgow — such is the concern about the potential spread of the virus. there are questions, though. will the unit get enough equipment and staff? and how will they cope if and when the wards start to fill? for now, though, nightingale stands open and ready. angus crawford, bbc news. let‘s have a look now at that video from the prime minister released on twitter — where he revealed he is still suffering from a temperature after being diagnosed with covid—19 — and will therefore

remain in isolation. a quick update from me on the campaign against coronavirus. in my own case, although i feel better, and have done my seven days of coronavirus isolation i still have a minor symptom, i still have a temperature, so, in accordance with government advice, i must continue my self—isolation until that symptom itself goes. but we are working clearly the whole time on our programme to defeat the virus. you will have seen the big announcement yesterday about 100,000 tests per day by the end of the month. and i just want to say one crucial thing, one quick thing to everybody thinking about this weekend and what may be some fine weather. because i reckon a lot of people will be starting to think that this is going on for quite a long time and they‘d rather be getting out there, particularly if they have kids in the household, everybody may be getting a bit stir crazy and there may be just the temptation to get out there,

hang out and start to break the regulations. and ijust urge you not to do that. please stick with the guidance. this country has made a huge effort, a huge sacrifice, and done brilliantly well in delaying the spread of the virus. remember that incredible clapping again last night for our fantastic nhs. we are doing it to protect them and to save lives. let‘s focus on doing everything we can, stay at home, protect our nhs and save lives. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. striking, it gives us a sense of how the prime minister must be feeling that he is staying in self

isolation. he is trying to lead by example by saying to people stay at home particularly if you have these symptoms, and the idea that you isolate for seven days if you are on your own. 0bviously isolate for seven days if you are on your own. obviously if you still have some of the symptoms then you have some of the symptoms then you have to carry on in isolation. downing street emphasising the prime minister has this mildly although he does still have a temperature but they are keen to emphasise he is still working. he has been chairing that daily, war cabinet they are calling it, every morning, i‘d been in co nsta nt calling it, every morning, i‘d been in constant contact with his colleagues. nevertheless it must be much trickier to work in these circumstances and over the last week having the prime minister in isolation, matt hancock in isolation until yesterday, the chief medical 0fficer until yesterday, the chief medical officer with symptoms and self isolating, so you can see what an impact this has had, as well as other members of the cabinet. we

have seen from the pictures of the prime minister, him doing these video messages and coming onto the doorstep of number 10 last night for that round of applause for key workers, it doesn‘t look as well as he normally does, silly he is obviously deciding that he needs longer in isolation —— so he is obviously deciding. this weekend normally really be celebrating a lovely sunny spring weekend but actually you could tell there is a degree of nervousness. actually you could tell there is a degree of nervousnesslj actually you could tell there is a degree of nervousness. i think so. the weather forecast for lots of parts of the country is pretty good. the prime minister trying to pre—empt what is coming. even today people out and about. you can see here today in the sunshine. he is worried people are already getting bored of the restrictions and if the sun comes out to children, even though the schools have been closed, a lot of them have been set what to do during the school day, the

holidays are coming, so that as an added issue, but children may be clamouring a little bit more to get outside and the temptation will be to do that. of course the guidelines are you can leave the house in order to exercise but they do not want people going out for an entire day let alone getting in the car and driving to the beach are going to some of those beauty spots. we saw that a couple of weekends ago with people driving quite a long way to go walking and the police trying to clamp down on all of that so that is the great advice ahead of this weekend and then of course the easter weekend afterwards. for now, thank you very much. some very sad news coming through about the death of another health care worker is the pandemic continues. we are hearing news from kent that a nurse who worked at the queen elizabeth hospital in margate has died after being tested positive for covid—19.

amy or rourke was 39 years old and died yesterday and a beautiful tribute has been sent to us from the hospital, talking about how she joined the acute medical unit is a newly qualified nurse only in 2017. described as kind and caring with a really special relationship with her pa rents really special relationship with her parents and colleagues. nursing was something she had always wanted to do although she came to it relatively late after raising her children. we are a white family and it is devastating to lose one of our own “— it is devastating to lose one of our own —— work family. amy 0‘rourke died last night after testing positive for covid—19.

buckingham palace says the queen has recorded a special message about the coronavirus outbreak — it will be broadcast on sunday. earlier i spoke to our royal correspondent nicolas witchell, who gaves us more details. the queen will speak to the nation at 8pm on sunday evening. it is a recorded message as we understand it but it is a measure of the seriousness of the situation that this country and the world finds itself in. the first time she has done something like this since the death of her mother and prior to that we remember the broadcast prior to that on the eve of the funeral of diana, princess of wales, and prior to that on the occasion of the first gulf war. that is a measure of the seriousness of the situation and this has been decided in close consultation with downing street who have had it in their minds for some days that at an appropriate moment there should be a broadcast by the queen. we are reminded of what she said on the 19th of march as she arrived at windsor. she said we are reminded of our nation‘s history, by communities coming together,

and one must imagine there will be similar messages in the broadcast on sunday night. she said a couple of weeks ago now more than at any time in our recent past we have a vitally important part to play as individuals. we can expect more of that together with thanks to the nhs to its heroic efforts, to all those key workers for the part they are playing, and the purpose to reassure and to rally people to act as the head of the nation, as she is, the head of state, offering her stabilising message to the country. absolutely, and striking that the queen will be delivering a message about something that has directly affected her direct family. we saw the prince of wales opening the nightingale hospitaljust a few days after he has recovered from covid—19 but i think

in the case of the queen we know that she is at windsor with the duke of edinburgh and i think she will want her voice to be heard clearly at this really significant moment for the nation as a whole. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell. the messsage is on sunday evening. the health secretary matt hancock has admitted that meeting a target to test 100,000 people for coronavirus in england by the end of this month is a huge undertaking. the target was announced yesterday after criticism that not enough front line nhs staff were being tested. labour has called for more details about how the goal will be achieved. richard galpin reports. the country is potentially facing the biggest challenge of this outbreak so far. the peak is expected in just over a week‘s time on easter day, and already infections are surging, doubling every few days, leaving thousands of people in hospital.

testing people for the virus is vital. key workers — including nhs staff — can find out if they are clear to go to work without the fear of spreading the infection. but the government is facing sharp criticism for failing to scale up the testing programme quickly enough. and yet suddenly it has now announced it is aiming to increase testing from around 10,000 people a day to 100,000 by the end of the month, raising yet more questions. but the health secretary is determined to make it happen. well, we have got to. it is a goal and i‘ve set it for the whole system. the 10,000 a day that we reached on target was from the public health england and the nhs working together incredibly hard, firstly to develop the test — we were one of the first countries in the world to do that — and then to increase the number.

for those on the frontline in the battle to save lives and defeat the coronavirus, maximising testing could make a big difference. it can‘t come quickly enough. you know, we are talking to hospital and other health service chief executives every day, and the issue of staff absence is huge for them. staff themselves really want to get back to the frontline and hospital leaders really need those staff on the frontline. to reach 100,000 tests a day will require a massive effort involving industry and laboratories from all around the country — including these recently—built mega laboratories. those in charge of this ramp up claim there will soon be an exponential increase in the number of people being tested. the test currently in use is a swab test — checking if the person has the virus. there is also a blood test which can prove if someone has

previously had the virus and — therefore — may have some immunity, but it has not yet been approved for use. the most extravagant claims of some of the manufacturers are for about 90% specificity — which means that we would still have about one in ten positives that would be a false positive — which means somebody could be given a certificate of immunity when they were not really immune, but because of that being the nature of those kind of tests we may need to learn to live with that degree of risk in the future. with the peak of the epidemic now just days away, it has been announced that more conference halls and other buildings like this one here in bristol are to be converted into field hospitals. there will be at least six around the country providing thousands of extra beds. a measure of what this country could soon face. richard galpin, bbc news.

the scheme which offers government—backed loans to businesses which are struggling to survive is to be expanded. the chancellor — rishi sunak — says more small firms will be eligible, and those with a turnover of up to £500 million will also qualify. so far, more than 130,000 enquiries have been received, but only about 1,000 have been approved. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. the government has been listening to criticism that its government backed business interruption loans weren‘t getting through to many firms because the rules had said banks had to check first to see if they could get a normal loan. now it has lifted that rule and made it easier to lend the government backed loans faster. we are also acutely aware that there is an urgent need for an additional product for businesses with a turnover of over £45 million, so we are working at pace with banks, with the treasury, to try and offer a better solution for those businesses up

to a turnover of £500 million. the promise three weeks ago was an unprecedented £330 billion package of loans and other support, but, so far, only £145 million has been lent. 130,000 firms applied for loans in a rush for help last week, but only 1,000 have had loans approved, which doesn‘t yet mean they have got the money. however, some grant money is now getting through from local authorities to shops, hotels and pubs who have seen their incomes plummet. more businesses will now be able to apply for emergency loans and most won‘t have to sign personal guarantees that could jeopardise their savings and other wealth. the treasury has clearly listened to what business communities around the country have been saying. the changes that have been made over the last 24 hours make it easier for businesses to get access to business interruption loans and will also give businesses more confidence to try to use the scheme. the banks say they‘re operating under the same

constraints as any workplace. if their staff are staying at home, they can‘t open branches like this one. but they say they are really trying to get businesses the help they need. and the government‘s redesign of its scheme is partly an admission that it was flawed and needed changing. now there is a worrying development — the staff who do get into their branches are getting abuse from customers, frustrated that they can‘t get help. there are still significant holes in the safety net, and some people feel like they‘re falling through it. this photography studio near newbury employs seven people. because the owner gets most of her pay as dividends, she is not covered by help either for companies or for the self—employed. in this time, small business owners are being faced with no income coming in through their business, bills still going out and then, when we reopen, you‘re being faced with taking potential losses while you‘re rebuilding

your business back. these are huge welfare reforms, done at pace, in an emergency. but business owners and banks have at least been able to come and talk to a listening government. andy verity, bbc news. let‘s discuss this with the shadow business and international trade minister, labour‘s bill esterson. do you welcome the relaxing of the rails? is it going to help people?” welcome the change of the rules or the recognition more accurately that there was a problem. i think never crossed wires, which andy verity has clearly explained. the banks are being told to go is they are normal lending criteria and that clearly wasn‘t suitable in a crisis when anybody in business for a loan doing so because they are in trouble, and the offer of the loan was going to be coming with very stringent

strings attached, personal guarantees on interest rates. these changes needed to happen. what has to happen now is the cash needs to get through because businesses have bills to pay. we are not clear yet on thejob retention bills to pay. we are not clear yet on the job retention schemes whether businesses have to pay for themselves and then get the money back. that need sorting out quickly as well because unless there is money gets through from the loans scheme businesses simply are not going to survive and they are going to have to close their doors and many more people are going to lose theirjobs which is going to cause financial hardship now and make the recovery much more difficult. have you had owners of small businesses contacting you in your constituency with examples of difficulties? because everybody we totally about this says speeders of the essence. yes, i have, i have a number of

businesses, largerfirms yes, i have, i have a number of businesses, larger firms who could not get the loans have problems applying thejob not get the loans have problems applying the job retention schemes. small firms as well, the owner manager type business that pays themselves and evidence, that is a real gap in what has been offered so far. many self—employed people do not qualify for the government scheme and there was higher profits do not qualify as well so there are a number of gaps in what the government has come forward with. they have identified the overall need for support and now is the detail and i think this announcement about making the loans more easily available as an important step and they are going to have to make some more changes of a similar nature. it is crucial nobody faces financial hardship which then puts them in a position where they have to risk their and other people‘s health and it is also in the long economic interest of us all that the economy can interest of us all that the economy ca n recover interest of us all that the economy can recover quickly. the government

has made an important step and there are going to be a need for more of the same in the next few days. we need talk again about that. thank you very much. let‘s get more on that news we heard in the last hour, that the department store chain debenhams is facing adminstration for a second time. i‘m joined now by our business correpondent katy austin. what do we know? debenhams is set to file a notice to appoint administrators as early as next week as it seeks to protect the company from claims from creditors as it seeks to turn around the business. debenhams had already closed 22 stores this year and was planning to close a further 28 next year as part of its restructuring efforts but like everyone on the high street it has been affected by the coronavirus outbreak. all the shops are shut and

debenhams‘ online presence is still running as an online retailer however it has a very large amount of stock it simply cannot sell so it is looking for a bit of breathing room to prevent suppliers for example taking legal action to try to recover their money. i have a statement from debenhams in which they say debenhams is making contingency plans reflecting the extraordinary current circumstances. whatever actions it takes they say will be on my of protecting the business and it points out again that although stores remain closed it is still running online and honouring gift cards and so on. the most likely option if administration as we expect does go ahead is where essentially someone is lined up to buy the business so that as soon as administration takes into effect the our boat which means we are unlikely to see the evidence but it is a form

of restructuring we are likely to see eminently. a lot of people will still be employed by debenhams and potentially a lot of people affected. debenhams employs 20,000 people which is a very large workforce. at the moment it has furloughed a lot of its staff which is not uncommon at the moment. lots of companies have furloughed staff but that provides very little security in the long term and doesn‘t prevent people losing their jobs if administration resulted in jobs if administration resulted in job losses, so are very uncertain time for all those debenhams staff. thank you, our business correspondent. as uk households have spent nearly two weeks in lockdown, new research from save the children suggest that children‘s mental health and wellbeing is an increasing concern for parents. alongside this, nearly all of the children surveyed by the charity said they were upset about not seeing friends and family.

so, how do you manage your child‘s mental health through this peculiar time? we can speak now to child psychologist jane gilmour. i suppose it varies depending on the age range but broadly what is the best thing that parents can be doing for their children at a really strange time? it is a strange time. i think there are a few practical tips that parents could take on board. 0ne tips that parents could take on board. one is maintain communication, so be honest, be straightforward, take into account your child‘s particular needs. the second thing is to maintain a calm demeanour. you may not be feeling calm as a parent but i have a job as a grown up in the house to send a signal that it‘s going to be ok. this is a difficult time but in the long run it‘s going to be all right

and that is the signal you should be sending to our young people because they watch and listen to us with great intent. the third thing is to be creative. 0f great intent. the third thing is to be creative. of course this is another ask for appearance in a difficult time under all sorts of stresses that are around. if you can be creative and think about using novelty to maintain interest at home if you are stuck inside for most of the day as we all are because of the government guidelines for good reason, can you start to get creative? can you have supper underneath the table rather than on top of that? one of the children gets an opportunity to choose where you have supper. think about how you can maintain interest. we arejust going to see whether dean gilmore is still there or if it is a glitch on the image. the child psychologist

talking about trying to maintain routine for your children and let then —— not to let them pick up on any anxiety. i am sorry we have lost the line. we will speak to her in the line. we will speak to her in the days and weeks to come. before we move on to the where there what time it is... sad news coming through from the us we are hearing about the death of bill withers. at the age of 81. that news just coming through from the states. i‘m sorry. i was wrong. we

are not going to go to the weather forecast. turning to other issues related to coronavirus, as you would expect. we are getting details from collea g u es expect. we are getting details from colleagues in scotland. in scotland, a further 46 people have died from coronavirus, taking the total number to 172. the first minister, nicola sturgeon has said it is not yet known when the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in scotland will come and dismissed speculation that special measures could begin to be phased out soon. we can cross now to our glasgow newsroom and speak to our correspondent there, james shaw. what is the latest update james? another substantial increase in the number of people who have died in scotland, by my calculation that is an increase of 36.5%, so a pretty

sizable increase in the number of positive cases in scotland, also another large increase. but i think the most important message perhaps nicola sturgeon from a first minister‘s point of view would be the one that she says as she put it there is no peak insight for the outbreak at the moment. she talked about the fact that there had been speculation that there might be a peak within the next week or so but she said according to her and the chief medical officer in scotland that that is not the case, they cannot see an end in sight and they cannot see an end in sight and they cannot see a peak to the number of deaths that are going to happen at the moment, which is, on the face of it there then, but i think the message that they wanted and —— on the face of it that is disturbing but i think they want to get across the message that people should not

relax, people should not earn relax the restrictions. she was also asked about summer holidays and whether people should plan them at the moment, she said she couldn‘t comment but it might be possible that there would be a phased relaxation of the measures that we are in at the moment. we were talking about children‘s mental health a few moments ago, we lost the line to the child psychologist we we re the line to the child psychologist we were speaking to what we have got it back, so thanks for persisting jane! you were talking about structure and routine, and you are talking about being creative, i know you have two children yourself, everything you said made sense in terms of how to keep like normal for youngsters but i do... i can think of friends of mine who will be watching you and thinking well that‘s all very well but i am trying to home—school at the same time as i am trying to work from home, this is am trying to work from home, this is a nightmare, it so much tojuggle, it isa a nightmare, it so much tojuggle, it is a lot for people to juggle isn‘t it?

it is a lot for people to juggle isn't it? i think absolutely, it is a lot for people to juggle isn't it? ithink absolutely, and there is no doubt about it, and i think one of the different challenges as we move into the school holidays is to show that there is a different ribbon on the day between school term and school holidays so it is difficult and i think it is asking a lot of parents who already have a loss on their plate, but i think what we know is our population and our community are resilient and they are creative and they will adapt because it is very early days in this setup. —— they had a lock on their plate. it is very early days in this set up and they are onlyjust starting to develop the skill set to manage the situation in a parenting context, so i think we will get better at it, thatis i think we will get better at it, that is not to say it is going to be easy but i think it will get better. what you say about the research that has lost. children are really upset that they can spend time with their friends? i think it's absolutely

right andl friends? i think it's absolutely right and i think it was 85% who are concerned about that, my initial response was i concerned about that, my initial response was i was concerned about that, my initial response was i was wondering why it said there were 15% who didn't think that, because it is a normal response to be worried about not seeing friends and family, luckily we have got technology which enables us to have some contact and we know from our colleagues that face—to—face contact rather than audio contacts is much better for endangering well— being so audio contacts is much better for endangering well—being so we are lucky that many of us —— engendering well— being so we lucky that many of us —— engendering well—being so we are lucky that many of us —— engendering well— being so we are lucky that many of us have access to videoing conferencing technology. i don't wa nt conferencing technology. i don't want to say it's fine let's not worry about it because i think it is a lots and one of the things is to validate that notice that everybody's feeling a little bit bereft, i think for adolescents in particular who we know are very

attuned to having social contact, it isa attuned to having social contact, it is a particular loss, so for younger children they want to be with their friends, eat less, sure, but for adolescent young people there is a very strong portal we know from various brain science studies to be with their peergroup, various brain science studies to be with their peer group, —— a very strong pull to be with their peer group. so we need to give them space to do that as part of their well— being to do that as part of their well—being diet, to do that as part of their well— being diet, as to do that as part of their well—being diet, as it were. to do that as part of their well-being diet, as it were. thanks very much, a child psychologist there. now let us talk about how doctors generally are managing at the moment, it perhaps sounds like a slightly bizarre well not a bizarre thing to ask but a very broad bus thing to ask but a very broad bus thing to ask but a very broad bus thing to ask but we do want to know how medics are coping through all of this. let‘s speak now to dr anshu bhagat, a gp who also runs the on demand gp service gpdq.

thanks for your time at a very busy time. mtv is first of all about how your practice is coping in terms of how it... what it is doing to your staff, i write full complement, what have the last few weeks been doing for you? well i am a gp in enfield but i am in for you? well i am a gp in enfield butlam ina for you? well i am a gp in enfield but i am in a unique position i am ina but i am in a unique position i am in a position where not only do we run nhs practice but we also run an organisation which has gps up and down the country where we are having to really mobilise all our gps and we have dedicated all of our gp workforce to really get into the world of remote consulting and i think that is one of the biggest changes that have happened immediately. i think in terms of your question around how are we doing in my own practice, it's tough. we won three surgeries, we have had to close one of them down because we are three administrative staff down, we had two clinicians down, we were four clinicians down

but two of them have come back, so you have to understand that it really does put pressure on the syste m really does put pressure on the system where we all want to remain safe so we can continue to provide a great service to our patients. i think the entire landscape has changed, we have really been thrown into remote consulting for the good andl into remote consulting for the good and i think that you know, the future of general practice will not be the same, i think for me get to the other side of this i think primaries care will certainly look different and feel different. i think one of the challenges that we have now especially if we look at the statistics around seven... percent of the front work force is currently at home isolating, how'd we get those who are not acutely u nwell we get those who are not acutely unwell but we have a lot of doctors who... he was unwell but he still has to self—isolate and now is completely well, and we are trying to mobilise that and level of work

forces that consulting. so it is a challenge and i think the challenge is going to continue and i think the next few weeks is going to be a critical point. and what are your patients saying to you? are there some who are very patients saying to you? are there some who are very receptive to the idea of a remote consultation, and i am conscious as well that we talk as if everyone has access to laptops and video conferencing and stuff and you must have patients who just don‘t have access. you must have patients who just don't have access. no, you are absolutely right, and i think all credit to our patients, they have taken to this really like a duck to water. we have been doing telephone consultations for the last 25 years so ever since i certainly became a doctor we have been doing telephone consultations and i think video is really just consultations and i think video is reallyjust one consultations and i think video is really just one step consultations and i think video is reallyjust one step up from that and it gives us a few more diagnostic tools when you look at patient you can see how they generally look and you can do some basic examinations as well so patients have been fantastic and i think they have already accepted the fa ct think they have already accepted the fact that this is what they have got

to do and they still have access to their doctor, and to be fair as well i think they have probably never had such clear immediate access given the amount of face—to—face that has come down we're really in a position where we can offer quite rapid access whether it be through video like you said there are a lot of people who still don't have smartphones and certainly a lot of our elderly population we continue to do it by phone. i think the challenge remains here where, whilst we are telling everyone to sort of isolate at home, there is a huge housebound population with a really... that's probably one of my biggest concerns is how do we going to treat patients that potentially are to treat patients that potentially a re cove rt of to treat patients that potentially are covert of presenting with covert symptoms, how do we get at them, and how'd we get to them safely, not just for the patients but also for us as front line staff? so that is one of the challenges that we are really trying to get through at the moment. thank you very much for your time, a doctorfrom north london

there, thank you very much for telling us about your experiences. all the rest to you. —— all the best for you. lots more coming up in a little while we will have the daily news briefing, it will see you next week, i will leave you with a look at the sports news. let‘s start with football as today all 20 premier league clubs are meeting via video to discuss footballers pay and the possible resumption of the league.... — in the last few minutes the premier league has released a statement let‘s get more on this from our sports reporter laura scott...

april 30th was the date the premier league was postsponed until. . .what now? there is no definitive date so they have effectively postponed indefinitely but they just have effectively postponed indefinitely but theyjust haven‘t use those worlds. and there have been lots of concerns about football as wages, how clubs are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, what have clu b the coronavirus pandemic, what have club said in about that in this statement? well, it has been the focus of the week about what clubs are going to do and what they have said is that the clubs have agreed to consult the plank players on a 30% consult the players on a 30% wage reduction or deferral, they have also agreed for a really fun to the afl and national league which will help clubs that they say are suffering from severe difficulties because of this coronavirus

pandemic, and they have also agreed to give £20 million to the nhs communities families and vulnerable groups, so some decisive action from the meeting today, nothing on the controversial move to furlough some nonplaying staff at clubs, but definitely progress. thank you so much for bringing us back up to date with that. well, the coronavirus pandemic has already had a significant human impact on football, we know that the arsenal manager and another player have recovered from the disease but five players from the league 1 side of portsmouth also tested positive. 0ne of the players infected who is now fully recovered and only has mild symptoms speaks to us.” fully recovered and only has mild symptoms speaks to us. i had seen it as athletes aren't likely to get it being fit lads and that but it has shown now that anybody can get it

and it is just shown now that anybody can get it and it isjust one of them that is spreading fast. i don't think that obviously nobody is immune to it so it isa obviously nobody is immune to it so it is a bit ofa obviously nobody is immune to it so it is a bit of a nasty virus. the international swimming league have said that they will fund their contracted athletes through to next yea rs contracted athletes through to next years rescheduled 0lympic in tokyo. the solidarity programme will run untiljuly next year and is due to cost the organisation £9 million. the afl was hailed as a huge success by swimmers and organisers when it was launched and plans to launch season two in october. 0ne was launched and plans to launch season two in october. one thing that we have been seeing during the enforced lockdown in the last two weeks is the way families have come up weeks is the way families have come up with creative ways to get their sporting fix. this household had decided to find a pretty unique way to recreate the drama great britain‘s success at olympic curling. one last won four olympic

gold. it's on its way. she's done it! i have a new favourite video of theirs now. that is all the spot for now, i will have lots more for you at half mast, see you then.

the prime minister says he will remain in south isolation because of his health and urges people to resist the temptation to leave their homes this weekend. everybody may be getting a bit stir crazy and there may be just a temptation to get out there hang out and start to break there hang out and start to break the regulations and ijust urge you not to do that. please, please, stick with the guidance now. the queen will address the nation this sunday in a