it came weekend, the second since it came about, is an important one. so far, the government have been trying to make the message clear but still doing it by consent. rather than being as strict as other countries have been? it is important that the government does it by consent and we shouldn't pretend that this is easy. in the first week of lockdown, there was a huge amount of community spirit and everybody was getting into it, but it is incredibly difficult. human contact is very important, people are really starting to miss their loved ones andl starting to miss their loved ones and i worried about them, of course not everybody lives in a big house with a garden and so, obviously you will need reminded of why this is so important, but the idea that the government might get overly stringent and call the police and do what they have done in some other countries where you need a piece of paper to be outside of the house to prove why, that could end up doing more harm than good because people

have to be on board these guidelines andl have to be on board these guidelines and i really think that for the most pa rt and i really think that for the most part they are. i have been out of my daily walk every day this week and you can see people making an effort, keeping social distancing guidelines if they are outside, they are trying really ha rd if they are outside, they are trying really hard to follow government advice, so it is important to remind people this weekend, especially if it is very sunny, but also important that we doing this by consent. on the daily mirror the same messages there in very large letters, in for heroes. a reminder of exactly why this message needs to be reinforced after the death of these two nurses. absolutely, they make the point and the chief these two very young nurses died so the idea that the coronavirus only affects people over 70, that mitt is laid to rest. these

people are trying to save lives and they died. they were in the front rank, if you like, and if people can't take that on board then they ta ke can't take that on board then they take nothing on board and that point is being made very strongly and quite rightly. as rachel says, it is important that people observe what we have been asked to observe because this is a very crucial point. we were told after three weeks the lockdown may be stopped, it doesn't like its going to be, this middle period is crucial and thatis this middle period is crucial and that is why this emphasis on what has happened with these nurses and the danger we face if we don't follow government advice. indeed, and we have seen from spain the fact that they didn't introduce the measures as quickly as they might have done and just exactly what is happening to the death rate. well, the death rate in spain is very much followed italy's trajectory, it is interesting, we have seen it over the last couple of weeks and months and the effort every country has

been making has basically been more like south korea, that has a high numberof like south korea, that has a high number of cases but a low number of deaths, don't let yourself follow italy. it is not clear as of yet which path the uk is on and the lockdown measures are very popular among the public which is positive, but there are serious questions that the government needs to answer and to go back to those tragic deaths of those two nurses, the press is spinning it as a stay at home to save the nhs which is important, but there are serious questions for the government about protective equipment for nhs workers, why are they at such risk when they are there saving lives, could more be done to protect them? and, we have had that raised at press conferences over the last week. we haven't got any answers yet. rachel, talk to is about the queen, she is going to try to lift the nation's spirits on sunday. i didn't realise that this was such an unusual thing but it

really is. this is only the fourth time that she has addressed the nation in an unplanned broadcast outside of her christmas broadcast and this is the first time on it has addressed the nation in a time of crisis since the second world war, so we are crisis since the second world war, so we are in a kind of wartime situation here. we have some details oi'i situation here. we have some details on her speech, it will be realistic but rallying, at times like this, people really are looking for somebody in control and somebody who can convey a sense of somebody in control and somebody who can convey a sense of stability. obviously, the queen is 93, she is not a medical professional, she has i'io not a medical professional, she has no more insight into epidemics and the rest of us do but she has seen this country through some challenging times and there is comfort in that. yes, and people will expect it. there are rumblings when she doesn't appear at the right time. this is very important because at the moment, the government's message is not carrying home, the government is not actually coming

over very well. the prime minister is ill, he is recovering and so far the government ministers have appeared, even a scientific people who have appeared, haven't always come over very well and there are many questions about the safety equipment for the people on the front line in the nhs, the question about testing, the government flipping back and forth with this policy of how to contain this disease, the queen makes a crucial intervention at the right time. also, the very important point that the telegraph makes, when buckingham palace was bombed during the second world war, the queen mother said she could now look the east end in the eye and that message of the queen this weekend will be a symbolic one in that sense. also in the telegraph, the mayor of new york is calling for doctors to come forward

because they are bearing the brunt of it at the moment. yes, the situation there is quite dire, it is the epicentre of the us outbreak, there is a shortage of ventilators but also a shortage of medical professionals who are trained to use the ventilators and the equipment and so, yes, they are issuing a call for any assistance that they can have. i hadn't realised that new york had yesterday over 500 deaths, thatis york had yesterday over 500 deaths, that is over half the total number in the united states as a whole, so it really is a centre point. america has a very fractured government syste m has a very fractured government system both in terms of health care and in terms of logistics. it is up to the individual state governors to work out what they are going to do, especially where leadership is lacking from washington which are very much is at the moment, but the situation in new york is very distressing. the business pages, the times when we'll go next. on page 43, virus brings uk economy to its

knees, we have already had warnings about a global recession and this is more of a focus on what will happen here. yes, this is a survey that has come out that shows the figures point to a contraction of the economy which could be a 15% contraction in this quarter. what is interesting and alarming about this is that this is the sort of contraction that has come over in a matter of weeks. this contraction could be bigger than what we had in 2008 and what took place in the 19305 2008 and what took place in the 1930s depression, and many economists are now predicting that we could have a recession and depression as great as the 30s, although that took place over a number of years, this is taking place over a number of weeks. mind you, the report says that this contraction might not last very long, but how long it will take as to recover from it long, but how long it will take as to recoverfrom it is long, but how long it will take as to recover from it is the long, but how long it will take as to recoverfrom it is the big question and the big sectors are very badly affected. and that is

before we even think about how much money the government is throwing to cat try and keep businesses afloat. the government is trying to keep the economy and status, they are trying to make sure that businesses cease working, but that those businesses are put on ice and that when this is over, they can immediately bounce back because the fundamentals of the economy haven't changed. people want all the things they wanted before but we are just not allowed to go out and go to pubs and restaurants and supply chains aren't allowed to operate. that works up to a point but, as the business... the longer this goes on, the more chance that these businesses will collapse and then they don't come back afterwards and then you are looking at a massive spike in unemployment, i think that1 million new massive spike in unemployment, i think that 1 million new claimants to universal credit, these are people who up until a few weeks ago had regular incomes and now they don't and the longer that this continues, the harder it is to

re cover continues, the harder it is to recover afterwards. let us look at what is happening in football. here is the mirror, footballers play their part in the crisis, a cut above, it says. there has been pressure on the highly paid footballers to do something with all the money that they earn. and rightly so, there were reports earlier this week of football clubs following their nonplaying staff but keeping player salaries as they were. keeping player salaries as they were. we have the debate regularly on why footballers are paid so much, should be paid so much, certainly in a time of national crisis when lots of people are losing theirjobs and when pretty much everyone is taking a hit on their income, of course it is right that footballers contribute especially seeing as the season has been suspended, there are talks about a 30% pay cut across the board of the premier league, that is obviously slightly more than the 20% pay cut of anyone he was on furlough which includes me by the way, but

there will also be calls for footballers to do more, possibly donate money toward initiatives set up donate money toward initiatives set up to help the nhs and also to help keep the clubs afloat, further down in the lower leagues, we talk about premiership footballers who have played millions, but there are a lot of smaller clubs who are facing annihilation of the don't get help. is itfairto annihilation of the don't get help. is it fair to pick on footballers, there are plenty of wealthy business people who have come forward with a begging bowl when some people could argue they could dip into their own pockets? i must disagree with rachel there, i think footballers, their contracts that they have the clubs mean that the clubs impose a pay cut, the footballers are immediately out of contract and they can walk away from the club and the clubs will lose their assets, they can't afford to do that. yes, footballers should do something, we all have a moral conscience but the fact that footballers are these greedy people

isa footballers are these greedy people is a very unfair thing. football of courses entertainment and jurgen klopp said that is the... but nevertheless, footballers are people who after one tackle could see the end of their careers so they are very protective, they should do something and i hope they agreed to a pay cut, or a deferral of pay, but they can't be compared to the really rich ilion heirs who actually own some of these football clubs or the other rich billionaires who own businesses around the country and are doing very little to help the nhs. 0r, are doing very little to help the nhs. or, to try and raise enough resources to fight this pandemic. that is it for this hour, no sign of racher that is it for this hour, no sign of rachel's cat, maybe we will see her later. we'll be back again at half

past 11. hello. a dose of spring warmth on the way and there is every indication that this will last into next week as well. the weekend will be gradually warming up, the warmest of the weather will occur on sunday, thatis of the weather will occur on sunday, that is when temperatures hit 20 celsius in the south of the uk but even further north. this is what is happening on the satellite picture, out in the atlantic to the west of europe, changing wind directions for us, you can see this plume of warm southerly air coming out of the azores and it is heading in our direction and this process has actually already begun, you can see behind me the wind is blowing out of the south, falling lights during the course of the night so this change in the direction is occurring through the early hours of saturday.

first thing in the morning, still a little bit of a nip in the air, temperatures around three, four, 5 degrees in most major towns and cities, possibly a touch of frost in the highlands. saturday, as far as england and wales are concerned, a fine day and plenty of sunshine, most amount of sunshine further east and south er and out towards the west, always a little bit more cloud and the chance of some showers. still cool in the north—west, ii degrees but notice around 16 expected in the south—east of england. then, saturday night and into sunday, this where different approaches others and southerly winds will strengthen and strengthening southerlies also mean more warm air heading our way but at the same time, the front gets closer so that means in northern ireland and perhaps some of these western extremities it could be cloudy at times with a few spots of rain, notice the gusts here, these are wind gusts of 30 or a0 mph, a real

breeze out there but further towards the east and the south, we have some lighter winds and those temperatures are getting up to 18 and we can see in newcastle as well, easily touching 20 degrees in london. on top of that, the pollen levels will also rise through the weekend, touching high values come sunday in the south—east. you can see that warm weather lasting through the course of the week. that's it from me. goodbye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. with nearly a quarter of a million confirmed coronavirus cases in the us, america's health watchdog says people should wear face masks when they go out, but the president doesn't seem to agree. so, with the masks, it's going to be really a voluntary thing. you can do it, you don't have to do it. i'm choosing not to do it but some people may want to do it and that is 0k. as governments around reiterate the need for people to stay in lockdown, to prevent the virus spreading still further. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do, people will