new health advice to americans says they should wear face coverings when they go out, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. but the president himself says he's not going to wear a facemask. as governments around the world battle to slow the spread of the virus, the world health organization has warned against lifting restrictions too soon, despite concerns about the global economy. the number of deaths in the uk has jumped to more than 680 in a single day. the new figures come as one of the world's largest hospitals opens in london to treat up to 4,000 coronavirus patients. the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people in europe, more than three—quarters of them in italy, spain and france. there's particular concern for nursing and care homes across the continent.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the writer and broadcaster mihir bose, and i'm also joined by rachel cunliffe, the comment & features editor for city am. his cat was there last time. this shot cut—off for me so missed out on her falling off the shot cut—off for me so missed out on herfalling off the piano shot cut—off for me so missed out on her falling off the piano store last hour. she is not here at the moment but she loves the limelight so she may be here again in the next half—an—hour. may be here again in the next half-an-hour. i'm sure she will, she will instruct in and steal the show. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. ‘don‘t go out and enjoy the sunshine' — that's the message on the front of the telegraph, after the government warned the lockdown could be tightened if the public ignores social distancing rules this weekend — when temperatures are expected

to reach 20 degrees. the i features that plea from the prime minister for people to stay at home in order to protect the nhs. the chief nursing officer has also asked for the public not to be tempted by the warm weather after two nurses died from coronavirus — that story is on the front of the mirror. the guardian says the government's pledge to carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of the month is unravelling, with scientists and laboratory staff warning they do not have the supplies to scale up testing. the times reports that a government adviser on coronavirus has warned a prolonged period of lockdown risks causing more suffering than the virus itself. and the daily express leads with the queen's special message which will be televised on sunday. the paper says she is expected to call for the british people to unite in order to beat the coronavirus. let's start than with that message, we've got some good weather to look forward to this weekend, very few people are working in comparison with normal, rachel. in the daily telegraph, don't go out and enjoy

the sunshine. the pool, the lower will be quite hard to resist. yes and the government advises at their press c0 nfe re nce we re and the government advises at their press conference were very clear on press conference were very clear on this. matt hancock saying this is not a request, it is an instruction. it sounds a bit authoritarian but obviously a very important message the government is trying to get across. 0bviously, the government is trying to get across. obviously, the guidelines are getting out for exercise once a day are still in place but the worry is that with the hot weather, people, particularly having been cooped up to two weeks, having small children, may feel it doesn't matter if they just bend children, may feel it doesn't matter if theyjust bend the guidelines a little bit. the government is being very clear that this is absolutely critical of this time. the gunman was asked about whether it might impose extra measures, tighten the lockdown. as was seen elsewhere, motorway blocks or police at railway stations. it has been a very relu cta nt to stations. it has been a very reluctant to do that because it is very important that these measures are done by consent, that the population understands why it is they are put in place and why it is

so they are put in place and why it is so important. if there was a threat, they would go further if necessary. interestingly, the end of the telegraph article, the telegraph quotes a cabinet minister urging the government not to be more draconian and that is the word it has used. there is rising concern in the cabinet about what the exit strategy is, how long it is going to go on for? definitely public support for it in the short term when it is a matter of weeks but when we're starting to talk about locking people up in their houses, four months, closing businesses for months, closing businesses for months, then a calculation changes somewhat. that's right because a lot of people are saying you are in effect creating one public health crisis, the isolation that is clearly going to be felt by some people. we are also hearing about abuse cases, domestic violence, child abuse growing as people are trapped at home together. the authorities can't get help to people that they would normally do. so it's a balancing for the government?m

isa a balancing for the government?m is a balancing act on what the telegraph article also revealed incidentally, the telegraph, epi may say so, having a very good pandemic. my old paper which has been doing some very my old paper which has been doing some very good stories are suggesting there is a big divide in the cabinet about how long the lockdown should carry on for. and it seems that it is also reporting that borisjohnson, having set initially, you would recall that it would last for three weeks, he would look again after easter to see what should be done. it is quite interesting, to see the divide developing between england and scotland with nicola sturgeon suggesting that it could la st sturgeon suggesting that it could last for 12 or 13 weeks and some government ministers saying that is far too long. you should not be a matter of months but, there should bea matter of months but, there should be a point at which we come out of this. so that suggests that the government is not quite united on this and i think, as events proceed, particularly this weekend and if the death rate rises or doesn't fall, there will be a big debate within there will be a big debate within the government as to what the exit strategy should be. but, the daily

mirror reminds us as to why we are being asked to stay in. the heroes, it says. this is after two doses died. a 36—year—old and a 39—year—old. died. a 36—year—old and a 39-year-old. yes, absolutely. the daily mirror highlighted at the press conferences that matt hancock gave earlier today and these other carers, the nation has applauded twice in the last couple of weeks. the nhs is the frontline troops and they are dying and they are not by any means old people, their young people dying and sacrificing their lives and if we don't stay in, that is the message, and help keep the virus at bay and make sure the curves in the death rate and infection it does not arise that i think we're doing a great

disservice. there is a great moral message here that the mirror is carrying and of course the government also trying to enforce that. yes, and when you see the faces of people, it makes it a real thing when you can see a photograph of someone who has died rather than these numbers of hundreds of thousands. it is, every death is a tragedy and there has been a lot of tragedies over the last few days, and weeks, physically those two nurses you and weeks, physically those two nurses you mentioned. i think eve ryo ne nurses you mentioned. i think everyone now knows someone nurses you mentioned. i think everyone now knows someone that has been affected by a death in some way and the message to detect the nhs is and the message to detect the nhs is an absolutely crucial ones. governments messaging on that has been a really strong commerce day at home, is a very strong message. —— save lives. it does reflect the government's possibility for protecting frontline nhs staff. why haven't they had the equipment they haven't they had the equipment they have had in other countries, why are so have had in other countries, why are so many of them are being forced to

stay at home and self—isolate when they have mild symptoms when they could be tested and test negative and to be back there on the frontline? i think these questions are only going to get louder. and in terms of, the mirror‘s message to stay home this weekend. as i said, thatis stay home this weekend. as i said, that is now a really important time to follow the government's message. but, as you mentioned, the longer it goes on, the more cases are going to amount of domestic abuse, of people losing theirjobs and losing their businesses and the worry is that those jobs and businesses won't come back. mental health spiralling. verity had reports of suicides linked to the isolation and loneliness. we have got a lot of very, very vulnerable people who are now deprived of any human contact whatsoever. again, the really important thing now is that the government is notjust thinking about people following the guidelines right now, it is very important, but also the exit strategy. rachel mentions this testing, why are people being tested 7 testing, why are people being tested? the guardian calls it

written‘s testing shambles, but they don't have the chemicals, the rea g e nts don't have the chemicals, the reagents that they need in the labs to be able to carry out the tests on the scale that the health secretary is saying the nhs staff need, never mind the rest of us. and absolutely, remember matt hancock said yesterday that he promised to have 100,000 tests by the end of the month and what the guardian story suggests is thatis what the guardian story suggests is that is impossible because the kit that is impossible because the kit thatis that is impossible because the kit that is necessary is not there and secondly, the guardian story also points out that in order to get the kids and... britain has to go shopping. the prime minister, despite self isolating, is himself been shopping and has got into your, if you like, a bargain—hunting situation with other world leaders who are also shopping. the idea that we will be able to get the kids necessary to do these tests, and these are the swab test to find out

if people are infected, seems highly debatable. it raises very serious questions on what basis matt hancock made the promise yesterday that the test could go up to 100,000. remember, nota test could go up to 100,000. remember, not a couple of weeks ago, we we re remember, not a couple of weeks ago, we were told the test would go up to 25,000 a day and it has only gone up tojust over 10,000. the government promises on this are now very much open to question. some of the chemical industry members, members of the chemical industry were saying recently, rachel, we've got some of the resources that we need but we haven't been asked to scale up and now they are being in a hurry? the criticism of the government here is really because they saw this crisis coming. they had the science and now every single government is looking for the same test, the same chemicals, the same reagents. and the ones that got in early are getting their orders fulfilled sooner getting their orders fulfilled sooner than in britain. there are concerns that and there are also concerns that and there are also concerns about the testing

logistics. it is handled quite, in a centralised way,. and in other countries we talked about why germany was able to do so many people, and zachary as well, is partly because they allow more individual and private companies to widen their test offering, which so far the widen their test offering, which so farthe nhs widen their test offering, which so far the nhs england, public health england, have been very reluctant to do. that is what we're talking about, just the test if you have the virus at the time. matt hancock was also promising antibodies has which would theoretically tell you you are immune. and therefore able to go back into society and not be infectious. and that is meant to be the silver bullet that gets us out of this. no details on that whatsoever, no information about whether let us even work. the queen is going to rally the nation on sunday. hello, can you hear because white yes, we can. yes, that of course, only the fourth time at the monarch in her 67 year reign will be

addressing the nation. she did it after the death of princess diana and when the queen mother died and clearly this is a very important moment. she is the head of the state, head of the church, a figure of immense importance in this country. when she speaks, will listen and of course, it also, if you like, for her will have parallels with the second world war and a lot of been made how this is a wartime situation. which is what her own mother said after buckingham palace was bombed. i can now look the east and in the eye. i think that message is already being reportedly broadcast on a sunday will bring a lot of comfort and solace at a time when we are, despite everything that has been said, we are still dealing very uncertain, very, very vulnerable. i think the queen's message will have a very healing effect on the country and hopefully it will keep us on the right track to make sure we can keep this disease at bay. because i do

think there is much uncertainty about how we can combat this disease and where we are heading. the business pages, the times is where we will go next. the virus brings the uk economy to its knees. this is an analysis of just the uk economy to its knees. this is an analysis ofjust what the uk economy to its knees. this is an analysis of just what they shutdowns are going to do to the economy in terms of recession. yes, it is not happy reading. as economists warning of going into a very deep and very wide ranging recession. they are looking particularly at the services industry. britain is very reliant on its services sector. without that if you close pubs and restaurants and and nail bars and also put pressure on other businesses that provide services to all of those businesses, you get a very, very sharp all there. the economists quoted in this article saying, these numbers are so, so startling, we don't actually know what to make of them. they are more extreme than i have at the recession of the financial crisis of

2008 all the great depression. now, the government is hoping that they arejust the government is hoping that they are just putting it the economy on hold and that as soon as they loosen restrictions on every restart again, it will simply bounce back because the fundamentals are still very strong. but the longer it goes on, the more chances there are four businesses to collapse and not able to come back. all thejobs businesses to collapse and not able to come back. all the jobs that are lost stay at last. unemployment in the united states has spiked really dramatically this week to completely unprecedented levels. we seen a million people here in the uk on a universal credit. again, questions are being asked, one, how do we deal with the immediate health crisis now? before the next six months, year, five years, ten years, how do we make sure that we still have an economy that support a health service into the future? the final story is on the sports pages of the mirror. footballers play their part in crisis, a cut above. there's been a call for football players to take a call for football players to take a pay cut or donate money somehow

stop how much within their gift is that? actually, it is not very much, to an extent, within their gift. what of the problems is that footballers have this very curious contract if there is a pay cut, it means they can become free agents. in other words, a club may have bought a footballer for millions of pounds and suddenly, he can walk away for free. there has to be a negotiated arrangement, certainly, footballers a re negotiated arrangement, certainly, footballers are paid enormous amounts of money. some would say obscene amounts of money. they are entertainers and the times we live m, entertainers and the times we live in, football may be the most important of the least important things in life. and therefore, they should make a contribution, they should make a contribution, they should show that they are part of the nation. if football claims to be pa rt of the nation. if football claims to be part of society, then they should contribute to society in times of need. actually, the bigger question is about the people who control football. the man who, some of them, very, very rich men. many of whom

actually don't live in the country. what are they contributing to our national good at the moment? and blame them for not taking a pay cut. of the week. that's it from me, goodbye. we have seen businesses offering loa ns to we have seen businesses offering loans to help their staff and make sure they are doing the good society, i think football is part of a trend. we will be asking all businesses, for walkers, hotel chains, everything else, very difficult questions about what they give back to society. that's it for the papers tonight. thank you very much to mihir bose and rachel cunliffe. the did not come back, she has obviously seen and heard enough. —— the did not come back. —— the cat. don't forget you can see the front

pages on the bbc news website, and you can watch the programme back on iplayer a little later. in a moment a round—up from the bbc sports centre , but for now thanks again to my guests — see you shortly. hello, from the bbc sport centre. football clu bs hello, from the bbc sport centre. football clubs and the pay of their players has been in the headlines for the last few days and today the premier league announced that it was asking football players to take a 30% pay cut in order to protect jobs. they will now put the proposal to the players. the premier league also said the season would not resume until it was safe and appropriate to do so will stop our sports reporter laura scott has more. there has been furious reaction this week from politicians and also fans to some clubs choosing to use thejob and also fans to some clubs choosing

to use the job retention scheme for nonplaying staff. there was immense pressure on the clubs and players to ta ke pressure on the clubs and players to take action regarding player salaries. you mention this 30% idea, they will be consulted on a 30% wage deferral or reduction. my understanding is it is based on a number of scenarios to do with potential match day revenue losses if they return to play behind closed doors, but also potential broadcast losses if they don't end up playing the game. they will have a meeting tomorrow, these talks continue, but not everyone is entirely happy with what they have heard today. not everyone is entirely happy with what they have heard todaylj not everyone is entirely happy with what they have heard today. i think when it comes to wages it is a small step but we are still seeing quite a long way from actually getting unsorted. when it comes to other things like the hundred and £25 million were smaller clubs, that is a good move because i have seen the devastation in places like bury when the club is taken away and i don't wa nt the club is taken away and i don't want to see us come out of this

crisis with more communities stripped of their football club because it is a lifeblood for their towns and cities. the lta has announced they are putting aside up to £20 million to help tennis venues, coaches, officials and players through the coronavirus pandemic. singles players ranked outside the top 100 who don't already receive any funding from the government body, governing body rather, will be eligible for grants. the chief executive and the rest of his team will take temporary pay cuts of 20%, and the measures follow this week's cancellation of wimbledon and all the lta's summer grasscourt season. in cricket, england's men's centrally contracted players will make an initial donation of £500,000 to the ecb and other good causes. the announcement comes up other good causes. the announcement comes up to several days of discussions about how the country's leading cricketers might respond. the contribution is the equivalent

of all the centrally contracted players taking a 20% reduction in their monthly retainers for the next three months. meanwhile the english women's team has volunteered a salary reduction for the next three months in line with coaches and support staff. captain heather knight said "we know how the current situation is a fact in the game, and we wa nt situation is a fact in the game, and we want to help as much as we can". world heavyweight title fight between anthonyjoshua world heavyweight title fight between anthony joshua and world heavyweight title fight between anthonyjoshua and the ivf‘s mandatory challenger kubrat pulev of bulgaria has been postponed. the bout was due to take place at the totte n ha m bout was due to take place at the tottenham hotspur state —— stadium on the 20th ofjune. joshua's promoter said the new date for the fight was being worked on. to one athlete turning from national sport to frontline working in the nhs. an england netball blade until very recently in australia for the adelaide thunderbirds. she is also a junior doctor and since last monday she is back in her scrubs and is

pa rt she is back in her scrubs and is part of the team treating covid—19 patients in birmingham. i spoke to her about that transition. patients in birmingham. i spoke to her about that transitionlj patients in birmingham. i spoke to her about that transition. i have spoken to the club in australia that i play for, adelaide thunderbirds, maybe a couple of days before or the big decision to pause our leg over there happened,, big decision to pause our leg over there happened, , and big decision to pause our leg over there happened,, and the coach had asked what i wanted to do if the league was postponed, and i said that i would like to come home and they were supportive of that. at that time australia was starting to close the borders and flights were becoming really difficult, and a lot of the interchanging airports were closing like singapore and dubai, so it was touch and go for a little while, about 2k hours, we weren't sure if we were able to get a flight we managed to get one about 36 hours before we flew, actually secured one. until i got on the plane i didn't really speak to my family too much about it all. are you feeling, i suppose, overwhelmed yet, everybody is talking about this peak and when it may come and ijust wonder what stage you feel it may be

out? it is quite early for me, and i don't think i have yet been exposed to what some of my friends and collea g u es to what some of my friends and colleagues have had, and i was nervous going back into it not knowing what to expect. it is not something that i have red in a medical textbook, it is not something i have encountered before. and it is also new and there is so much hype and media around it all that it much hype and media around it all thatitis much hype and media around it all that it is difficult to put it all to one side and just go to work. but i think it is a supportive atmosphere at the moment and morale seems quite high and people seem really engaged in trying to do the bestjob we can. so it is challenging and it is overwhelming, but i am just trying to focus on the things that i know, the good sources of information, and trying to seek help from the right people. have you seen some of the collapse for the nhs? -- seen some of the collapse for the nhs? —— claps. seen some of the collapse for the nhs? -- claps. idid, i saw the seen some of the collapse for the nhs? -- claps. i did, i saw the one last week, i managed to stay up to

see it, and the one last night, and it is amazing that people are coming out to clap, notjust it is amazing that people are coming out to clap, not just for the it is amazing that people are coming out to clap, notjust for the nhs but for the carers throughout all of our society, and i hope that after this gets better and subsides, which i really hope it will do, that people still remember how great our nhs is. and for me personally, i feel such pride working in the nhs, and it is a really important bit of our society. we are all really grateful for that, layla guscoth there. for some the postponement of there. for some the postponement of the olympic games until 2021 has thrown up some difficult questions. the british royal was also to be pa rt the british royal was also to be part of the men's eight defending 0lympic title but the prospect of adding another year onto his career was something he just couldn't face. the gold moment for great british

rowing and the eight men on board. 0ne rowing and the eight men on board. one of them wanted more. after winning in rio tom bradley was targeting a spot at this year ‘s 0lympics targeting a spot at this year ‘s olympics in tokyo but after the games were postponed till 2021 he has his body and mind simply cannot hold on. even though it is tough and close to that decision point it is tough to let go of an objective. i was just really looking forward to seeing the guys enjoy it, i think it will be an absolutely awesome games, and yeah, so i will miss it in some sense, but you know, it is not my 0lympics, so i am looking forward to seeing the guys do well. rowing involves a lot of early mornings out of the water and that is on top of the backbreaking training sessions in the gym as well. for tom ransley, the prospect of having to do this for one more year has proved too much. it is really tough, it is not just getting in the boat because i actually really missed being on the

water, but it is doing it day in, day out, like all the mileage, all the pushing through injuries, there is just no let up. the pushing through injuries, there isjust no let up. it is a bronze medal position for great britain! tom's success in rio followed on from winning bronze in london 2012. so how hard was it to give up the prospect of a third games?m so how hard was it to give up the prospect of a third games? it was inevitable that you wouldn't do this forever. we had that conversation and from then on it was more the case of accepting retirement and going forward, and then as i said with the coronavirus, perhaps there is an opportunity, that space, to go again, but actually it probably gave me the confirmation that no, this is the right decision and that tokyo is for the other guys. tom says he is now hoping to transition into a career injournalism, now hoping to transition into a career in journalism, and now hoping to transition into a career injournalism, and maybe more

importantly, looking forward to much deserved lie in. that is all from us here on sportsday, we will see you again soon. good night. hello. a dose of spring warmth on the way, and there is every indication that the warm weather will last well into next week as well. i think the weekend is going to be gradually warming up, the warmest of the weather will occur on sunday, that's when temperatures could hit 20 celsius. notjust in the south of the uk but further north we could get those values. this is what is happening on the satellite picture. this low here in the atlantic, to the west of europe is changing wind directions for us, so you can see this plume of warm southerly air coming in out of the azores and iberia and it's heading in our direction. this process has actually already begun. you can see behind me the winds blowing out of the south, falling light 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 bit of a nip in the hour, temperatures around 3—5 degrees in most major towns and cities, possibly a touch of frost in the highlands. and then saturday, really, as far as england and wales is concerned, a fine day, plenty of sunshine, the most sunshine the further east and south you are, but out towards the west always a little bit more cloud and the chance of some showers. still cool in the north—west, 11 degrees but around 16 expected in the south—east of england. then saturday night into sunday, this weather front approaches us and that also means that the southerlies strengthen and strengthening southerlies also means more warm air heading our way, but at the same time, the front gets closer so that means in northern ireland, perhaps some of these western extremities, it could be cloudy at times with a few spots of rain,

and notice that these wind gusts here, 30—110 miles an hour, a real breeze out there, but further east and south we have somewhat lighter winds and those temperatures getting up to 18, you can see in newcastle as well, easily touching 20 degrees in the london area. pollen levels will also rise through the weekend, touching high values come sunday and the south—east. you can see the warm weather lasting through the course of the week. that's it from me, goodbye.

this is bbc news — i'm martine croxall — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. one of the world's largest hospitals opens in london to treat 4,000 coronavirus patients and there's a stern warning for people in britain to stay indoors this weekend. this advice is not a request. it is an instruction. stay—at—home, protect lives, and then you will be doing your part. as the us suffers its worst daily death toll from coronavirus 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.