of coronavirus in the uk. it comes as the number of deaths rises by more than 700 — prompting the government to urge people to stay at home. our thoughts today are also with the family of the five—year—old child with underlying health conditions who has tragically died, so again you must stay—at—home to protect th nhs and to save lives. 13 residents of a care home in scotland are feared to have died after becoming infected. sir keir starmer becomes labour leader — and promises to work with the government to tackle the coronavirus crisis. under my leadership we will engage constructively with the government,

not opposition for the sake of opposition, not scoring party political points, or making impossible demands. and making a mountain of the lockdown — the man who climbed the equivalent of everest at home for charity. good evening. a five—year—old child has become the youngest victim of coronavirus in the uk — on a day which saw another large rise in the number of reported deaths. the child who had an underlying health condition was among 708 people reported dead since yesterday. it brings the total number of deaths in hospitals from the disease

tojust over 4,300 — but there are suggestions that the spread of the infection is slowing. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. brighton beach would normally be packed on a day like this but across the country it seems that most people are following the instruction from the government, to stay at home. the police have been told to engage with those they suspect of breaching the guidelines like these people having a barbecue and advising them to return home. the message was underlined this afternoon at the downing street daily press briefing.” afternoon at the downing street daily press briefing. i know that life under lockdown can be challenging and some will be tempted on this sunny weekend to venture out and about but as the health secretary underlined yesterday if we relax our adherence to the rules we increase the risk for others. that is why it is so important to stay at home and protect the nhs and to save lives. the latest projections indicate that if people continue to

stay at home the increase in cases could continue to slow down in a 7-10 could continue to slow down in a 7—10 days' time and then a plateau. i would also like to ask stephen if we should take any part whatsoever from the flattening of hospital admissions in some parts of the country. there is some evidence that the measures put in place, everyone has complied with them and that is reducing transmission. it will over a numberof reducing transmission. it will over a number of days and weeks start to be reflected, the benefit will be reflected, first in a reduction in infections and then in a reduction in hospitalisation and then finally ina in hospitalisation and then finally in a reduction in deaths. so, yes, there is reason to be hopeful. what general hospital has declared eight critical incident and sold all patients apart from those about to give birth to stay away. the hospital trust has not said what has prompted this move but it is thought there are several awards for coronavirus patients which has

placed significant strain on the resources “— placed significant strain on the resources —— several awards. 0verall hospitals currently have the capacity to deal with the expected surge in cases but doctors warn that they could be quickly overwhelmed if people do not follow the advice. we can keep you alive using the technology and equipment until your body gets over it but we can't fix the virus, but the general public, you can fix the virus, you can stay at home, stay indoors and don't spread it. if nothing else, do not spread it. if nothing else, do not spread it. if nothing else, do not spread it. the number of cases and deaths are projected to rise in the coming days before they plateau. the human cost was underlined with the news of a five—year—old with an underlying health condition, dying of coronavirus, but the experts believe that the number of such tragedies can be kept to a minimum if we all play our part and continue to stay—at—home. and pallabjoins me now. what should we take away from these latest death figures? the latest figures are yet another

record and unfortunately we can expect more records in the coming days and weeks and it will seem like what is the point of these lockdown measures that are so painful, but the figure to keep your eye on is the figure to keep your eye on is the number of new cases and scientists believe if we keep our social distancing measures, the rate of increase should start slowing down in 7—10 days and after that they may plateau and then we can start thinking about getting this dreadful epidemic under control. we've also had more information on the number of hospital admissions. tell us about those. the hospital admissions show what is actually happening now, the death figures show a bit of a lag, and in the midlands and in the north—east and yorkshire there is an increase in cases but the london figure shows a flattening, and we should be careful with these figures. it is too soon to call this a trend but the hope is that over the next few

days, may be by the end of next week, we should see some flattening and that will be an indication that we can bring this epidemic under control and again if people stay indoors and observe the social distancing guidelines, of course. thanks forjoining us. 13 residents of a care home in glasgow have died over the past seven days, leading to concerns about a possible link to coronavirius. none of the residents were tested for the virus — because they weren't admitted to hospital. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow. 0urcare 0ur care homes are looking after the fry list members of our families and the burlington court has 90 beds and 13 residents have died there in the last seven days —— frailest residents. they were not taken to hospital and they were looked after in the home, so they were not tested, but we know to members of

staff have tested positive in that family members were told that there could be a connection with coronavirus. scotland's deputy first ministerjohn swinney has expressed his condolences and he has said that the deaths demonstrate the gravity of the threat that we face to our population. thanks forjoining us. sir keir starmer has vowed to lead labour "into a new era" after a decisive victory to become the party's new leader. the former director of public prosecutions — who's only been an mp for five years — took 56% of the vote, defeating rebecca long—bailey and lisa nandy. sir keir‘s first task will be to respond to the coronavirus emergency and he has accepted an invitation to take part in briefings from next week. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. phone rings no eager crowd, no hush of anticipation. instead, the ping of an e—mail, the bleep of a text,

labour's new leader announced in lockdown. it is the honour and privilege of my life to be elected as leader of the labour party. it comes at a moment like none other in our lifetime. coronavirus has brought normal life to a halt. under my leadership we will engage constructively with the government but we will test the arguments that are put forward, we will shine a torch on critical issues. sir keir starmer was in charge of labour's troubled brexit plan but was ahead from the start of this long contest. the former lawyer before becoming a london mp, he's considered less left—wing thanjeremy corbyn but he won twice as many votes as his nearest rival. back injanuary, these members in the marginal bury north gave him mixed reviews but today... i have in the past described him as sensible and steady which are not

especially flattering adjectives but i also think he's very trustworthy and inspirational. he's a bit dull. if you could clone what a minister would look like it would be him, mid 505, wears a suit, but maybe that is what the party needs at this time. his track record shows him to be a fair and determined person. i'm also confident that he will be an effective and credible leader of the opposition. to become prime minister infouryears, though, jeremy corbyn left behind fewer labour mps than at any time since world war ii and the party shrivelled in many areas that it used to call home. the new leader has already given a grave apology to the jewish community, after so many accusations of anti—semitism in the party, but on so many fronts there is a huge job ahead. i understand the scale of the task, the gravity of the position

that we are in, we have got a mountain to climb. where that requires change, we will change. us to rethink, we will rethink. ultimately, labour needs to win the wider world, but after so much bitterness inside there are wounds to heal. in the strangest of times, many in the party hope that this is a chance at a new normal. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. around 4,000 prisoners in england and wales are being released early to try to prevent what the justice secretary robert buckland has described as an "explosive outbreak" of the virus. people with less than two months left on their sentences will be let out, subject to strict conditions. sex offenders and those convicted of violent crimes won't be eligible. in spain, the prime minister has said the country is "close to passing the peak of infections" as the number of coronavirus deaths fell for the second day in a row.

but pedro sanchez also extended lockdown measures until 25th of april, saying the restrictions were "saving lives". the toll of 809 deaths in one day is the lowest in spain for a week. the number of new coronavirus cases in italy is stabilising — fewer people are being admitted to intensive care. but authorities fear this could give people a false sense of security, with many now asking the government to relax the lockdown restrictions. italy's reported daily deaths have now fallen below the uk's — authorities say 681 people have died since yesterday. jean mackenzie has more from rome. a slice of normal, a local market reopening for the first weekend since italy's lockdown began, albeit with some caveats. do you think this is safe?

there are very few people, everything is under control, so, it's ok. what difference does it make, having the market open again? it seems like normal. but things are not normal. italy might have reached the peak of its epidemic but the country is still in strict lockdown. as the infections plateau and even start to decrease and the weather keeps improving, it's going to be a real challenge for authorities to convince people to stay indoors and play the long game. because the lockdown is working, they say, just look to the north, where, finally, the hospitals are starting to see progress. the situation for the first time after weeks is not worsening any more. we are still working 12—15 hours per day. they are serious,

they are critically ill, but we can now cope with it. it is a relief. from a rooftop in rome, this serenade has become a nightly affair. people leave their homes to soak it in, just for a few minutes, while police look the other way. the sound of hope returning. jean mackenzie, bbc news, rome. now for those adventurous among us who have dreamed of one day climbing mount everest — clearly now is not the time, although one man remains undeterred. john griffin traded compass and crampons for a staircase and bannister, to climb the equivalent of the world's highest mountain, at home. duncan kennedy has more. wish me luck. here we go, bye. in these times of great uncertainty, life really does have its peaks and troughs. 0oh!

that hurts. right. butjohn griffin has peaked higher than most... the total height is 8,850 metres. ..by climbing the equivalent of mount everest, using just the stairs in his house. just, it was an offhand remark to my wife, literally a week ago today, in the morning. i'd walked upstairs to the bedroom for the fifth time, and i said to her, "by the time this lockdown is over, i will have climbed everest." so he did it, for real. 29,000 feet — or 41,000 steps. i've got to get to 75% minimum today. six hours a day, forfour days, but coming down... ..doesn‘t count towards the total. just got to sit down for a minute. by day three, it was peas on knees for this stairway to hell. my lovely wife suggested sticking frozen peas on it. daisy! even stair climbers have sherpas...

..during what's also a sponsored effort byjohn to raise money to help people who use food banks. alexa, play move any mountain. yeah! john summited last night, to his waiting wife niri, daughter daisy and his neighbours. ending the kind of uplifting achievement he hopes will soon put everyone back on top of the world. thank you. duncan kennedy, bbc news. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. welcome to bbc london news.

i'm victoria hollins. we should be largely frost free and therefore there should be a lot of sunshine to come sunday morning and not the problems with mist and fog because the winds a bit stronger. however there will be changes with hate and sunshine through the afternoon. even the arrival of spots of rain. —— hayes and sunshine. some strong gale force winds in the north and the west. because of the southerly women, we pull in much more airs of temperatures will be much more on those on scale. —— southerly wind. good afternoon. here's your latest sports news... we start with one event that has just finished — the virtual grand national.

and it's been won by potters corner. it was supposed to be day in the racing calendar at aintree — but the cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic, saw the event take place with the use computer generated imagery, and special algorithms. 40 runners that were due to start the event for real lined up. bookmakers had odds, and profits will go to nhs charities together. premier league leaders liverpool are to place some non—playing staff on temporary leave. the furlough will mean they get 80% of their salary through the government's coronovirus job retention scheme, with the club topping up the remainder, so staff receive full pay. newcastle, tottenham, bournemouth and norwich have also placed some non—playing staff on furlough. players and clubs have spoken today, after teams in the top flight agreed to propose a 30% cut in player wages to help them through the pandemic. now while many premier league clubs have been reaching out, to help vulnerable fans during the coronavirus pandemic,

southampton have taken it a step further, by feeding fans in need. over the next 12 weeks their club chefs, will prepare thousands of nutritious meals, normally reserved for the players and special guests, and these will be delivered across the community. the first ones went out yesterday. @ ten ten st. mary stadium it looks like a normal night stay, busy taking upa like a normal night stay, busy taking up a range of nutritious dishes. right now these meals are not freight fans and hospitality suites or just not freight fans and hospitality suites orjust for players, they are frozen and delivered to those people in the community who need help when they stay. it is busy, very busy but we are chefs, we are glad to be working. some of these dishes, we have been feeding in the first scene

as well so some of the dishes are from the training grounds. single tell my fingers crossed people will like it. a thousand meals will be prepared from six shafts and with the help of the foundation in fair share of the national network that helps distribute food aid like this, dishes will be taken to places like schools who are handing out packed lunch to parents. means families can be eating at lunchtime and take away the stress. it is families who are planers, painters, decorators and hairdressers, people like that who is diaries are emptied and they have i'io is diaries are emptied and they have no income and virtually no money. 0ne no income and virtually no money. one such family also in southhampton are the hendersons, they knew not normally qualify for free school meals by deed to the coronavirus the

conditions have changed. feet meals are going to really happen that might help because with the virus, if it has gone wrong and my husband had to stop working. so he has less money and we obviously have to feed to very hungry children while they are not in school. he is very excited, aren't you, you're going to have the same food as the football players. football clubs are kind of the hub of the city, everyone thinks about it and wants to be involved with that and to reach out to those people means a lot in there are a lot of good things and bad things about football clubs but to see a clu b about football clubs but to see a club doing something like this is truly special. for this team, the race is now on, so often in the background on match days but now they find themselves up front, the first teams and southhampton‘s effort to feed the community. so, we've seen how the coronavirus

outbreak has postponed plenty of sporting events, competitions and leagues for the foreseeable future. wimbledon, one of the crown jewels of the british sporting summer paid the price this week, but as joe lynsky tells us, some organisers have been forced to think a little more creatively, to keep their events on. the all england tennis championships at wimbledon where he last cancelled during the second world war but this week inevitably, it became the highest profile british sporting eventin highest profile british sporting event in 2020 to be called off com pletely event in 2020 to be called off completely because of the spread of the coronavirus. wimbledon was due to start in latejune but that requires two months worth of onside planning which is not possible at the moment with distancing measures in place in the chairman of the all england club said the decision had been made to cancel this years championships completely and they will use the resources to help local communities in the area instead. from a playing point of view tennis isa

from a playing point of view tennis is a sport where some of the superstars right now are in or approaching the last years of their career. roger federer and serena williams are both 38 years old and both took two social media to say they were devastated about this decision. fatter interestingly told another grass court in germany that he still plans to compete there in 2021 said there is still hope he might get another outing at wimbledon as well. there are not any other professional tournaments scheduled untiljuly other professional tournaments scheduled until july but other professional tournaments scheduled untiljuly but two grand slams are still on the calendar for now, the us open and the rearranged french open both taking place in september but they both depend on the sport and aviation industry being backed up and running from then. players from all over the world flight and to these events and u nless world flight and to these events and unless you have a tennis court at home, not even the pros can train at court in the foreseeable future. johanna konta is written‘s number

one and for the last few months at least she finds it hard to even strike the ball because she is living and a apartment. strike the ball because she is living and a apartmentlj strike the ball because she is living and a apartment. i hope 20 yea rs of living and a apartment. i hope 20 years of playing will not disappear inafew years of playing will not disappear in a few months and i am sure it won't but certainly an interesting situation to be and, for so many of us were essentially all of us almost, whoever it does not have a court at home to be in a situation where you will be coming back from a long—term injury, it is a very different dynamic. we know now how sport is shutting down across the world. what is less clear is how it will move forward from this global pandemic and the first football league in europe take action on that is in belgium where they say they will be no resumption of fixtures and the league leaders are set to be crowned champions. the decision will go through in mid april where officials will decide what to do about promotion and regulation. this

is where clubs and authorities may have to face up to over the coming weeks. 0n have to face up to over the coming weeks. on sunday one cycling race has found a way to go ahead in some capacity. be done like one of these for pleasantness capacity. be done like one of these for pleasa ntness prestigious capacity. be done like one of these for pleasantness prestigious monday events that this is taking place in the lock addition. a virtual race following a virtual root, and on training bikes in each of the writers homes. the tour de france did not say but they will do with their race yet and i am not sure this will be a solution for them or other tories but there are some sports at the moment finding a way to stay competitive through this pandemic. that's all the sport for now. welcome to your questions answered — you've been sending in your

questions on coronavirus — and we'll try and get some of them answered for you now. with me is dr nathalie macdermott, a clinical lecturer at kings college london. and nhs gp drjamie parker. firstly thank you for joining firstly thank you forjoining us and i know your time is valuable. you are both i imagine, in my right and imagining you are working on the front line and could you share some of your experiences at the moment? yes, iam, iam of your experiences at the moment? yes, i am, i am working with children who are unwell and trying to maintain paediatric services while also addressing any children who might have covid—19 as well. while also addressing any children who might have covid-19 as well. how are you finding a? at the moment it has been 0k are you finding a? at the moment it has been ok because we do not have too many children who are infected and needing hospitalization at the moment but the number is growing as the weeks progressed. it will

probably become more challenging. and the main challenges you are facing at the moment?” and the main challenges you are facing at the moment? i work as a gp and nottingham and we made massive changes to the way we work and significantly reduce the face—to—face consultations. 0ur front doors are locked and we are doing everything by telephone or video first. the practice have made massive efforts with that. it is not about not seeing patients. we want to be helping people and be there for our patients but it is trained to reduce the unnecessary football through the practice. i think you very much and thank you for the work you are doing firstly. so let's turn to questions that have been coming and. jeremy raphaely. if you have had the virus and have recovered, can you still carry and spread it to others even though you might have personal immunity?

interesting question, that is something that has come up for me this week so he would like to take that? i am happy to take that one. so the answer to that is you should be immune to the virus and now we do understand that after your symptoms are over you can still carry the virus at the back of your throat for a few days afterwards. but let's assume it is over a week since your symptoms have finished. you cannot carry the virus in terms of in your throat or anywhere like that any more because your body will likely kill it off very quickly but you can still transmit it if you where to, and someone appointed cop on your clothing or if you touch surfaces and not watch your hands and you can transmit it in the same way that you can at the moment when you touch surfaces that might be contaminated. that is something to remember particularly in the household. if you have been out and about and

someone who coughed all of your clothing for instance you may wish to wash that clothing before a member of your family has contact with aunt. that is very interesting is in it because the implications of thatisif is in it because the implications of that is if lockdown was restricted and people started to think if testing is increased and i am now in the end they could still be spreading this. yes but only if people who have not had the virus are allowed out of lockdown. if the people who had had the virus and where immune to it then that is not likely to be the case because no one should be coming into contact with anyone who is shutting the virus and feeling unwell. if you have a mixture of people released from lockdown it is a possibility but it is much lower than someone coming home who is actively unwell at the virus and coughing it around in their household and towards their

family members. thank you for the clarification. do people that are on immunosuppressant‘s medication receive a letter from the nhs about staying at home for 12 weeks, if so how long until we receive them ? lesley newton. that is a good question and you're quite right, the nhs is identifying the patients who are a very high—risk category and sending letters of communication to advise them to stay at home for 12 weeks. in terms of individual cases, with immunosuppressant, i suggest looking at really good information on the 111 online coronavirus service. it tells you who is in the very high—risk group. and also advises that if you think you are in the very high—risk group and have not received the letter, to contact your gp. if face masks don't work, why do nhs staff wear them?

asks jacquie hayhoe. face when asked do you work for a health care worker who will be and an environment where you are highly exposed to the virus. 0ne an environment where you are highly exposed to the virus. one of the concerns about people using facemasks is not so much that they don't work at all, they may have some benefits but it is actually the risk of not wearing the right type of facemask and not wearing it and the right manner and not changing it often enough and people not necessarily washing their hands after changing and asked. we wear very specific types of facemasks as health care workers and we are fit tested for them to make sure they fit securely around their face and are not going to be allowing any leakage around them. we wear them for a fixed period of time and then we discard them and discard them along with all the other personal protective equipment we might be wearing like a gallon and visor and wearing like a gallon and visor and we wash our hands afterwards and make sure we take everything off

carefully. that is one of the reasons why health care workers wear them but also we wear very specific types of masks which are known to block the virus going through them. where some of the flimsy air masks you see out and about, they are not very good at blocking the virus. 0ther very good at blocking the virus. other than if you are someone who is u nwell other than if you are someone who is unwell than the advice is if you are actively unwell, wearing a mask might protect others but if you are out and about on a street, you wearing a mask itself is not necessarily going to protect you. can the virus survive in a freezer? asks james fuller. the answer to that is we are still investigating that but the answer is probably asked. providing the virus has not been damaged in any way said the structure has not been damaged, it can survive in a freezer boat essentially it will be dormant in the freezer. it is when you were

meant back up to a normal temperature it again it will become active. i only have one kidney does this mean i am at a greater risk if i contract the covid—19 virus? asks bill cunliffe. a good question and similar to my previous answer which is i would have a look on the 111 checker and the government, nhs are directly contacting people in the very high—risk group. there are also the 111 website asked if you ascend the high—risk group. you have questions on there that are not answered by that and speaking to your specialist or your that and speaking to your specialist oryourgp that and speaking to your specialist or your gpjust to that and speaking to your specialist or your gp just to clarify would be absolutely appropriate. and maybe we will try this one. can the virus spread in our drinking water? richard waite. lam not i am not aware it can but i will defray that over to the genealogy team. natalie do you know that? there is no evidence to suggest a

can spread and drinking water at that has been appropriately cleaned and filtered like the water coming out of our taps. are runners spreading the virus while outsidejogging? gavin forbes i think this is a key message about the stay—at—home message. i think it isa the stay—at—home message. i think it is a really key one. if people are staying at home and following the advice, washing hands regularly and only going out, if they absolutely have to, and when you do go out and maintained a two metre distance at least, then no. that is absolutely key advice, if you are running closer than two metres, there is a chance that you can be spreading it. but if you are following the two metre rule, following the clear advice or know instruction from the government, then you are reducing the chance of spreading or catching

the chance of spreading or catching the disease. there is this balance to be had that people will need to be fit and healthy and they will need to have exercise as the government reiterated that there is a concern that if you have to meet her when you have people huffing and puffing, which is me when i am running, it does not linger in the air, and so i understand the concerns around people cycling and jogging concerns around people cycling and jogging even if they are keeping a distance and what would you say to that? i think you are right, it is about finding a balance of. people do have to go out and get exercise. but what the purpose of social distancing, it does not necessarily com pletely distancing, it does not necessarily completely eliminate transmission of the virus and particularly in someone was unwell and the household. the purpose of the ways to reduce the amount of people infected by any one person who is unwell. if we can get that number down to less than 1% being infected

from any case of coronavirus then we will eventually get on top of the epidemic. the goal of social distancing is to get the number down. it may not completely eliminate transmission of the virus especially when you have essential where grace you need to work and and are having contact with each other as well. as a family of asthma sufferers, we are now even more concerned about catching it now that the government are classing us as a high risk category. please could you advise how effective steroid inhalers are in treating it? does prednisolone help? hilary witts. if you have individual talking to yourgpi if you have individual talking to yourgp i think if you have individual talking to your gp i think that is entirely appropriate but i think in general thatis appropriate but i think in general that is guidance that has come down about the use of orals steroids and whether or not that is safe or not. the latest guidance we have had is that the use of it and asthma

exacerbation is safe. the oral tablet is different from the inhaled steroids that people use for that asthma and people with asthma that it isn't well—controlled so making sure you are using medication that has been prescribed as prescribed to ensure your asthma is as well—controlled as it can be. ensure your asthma is as well-controlled as it can be. there isa well-controlled as it can be. there is a lot of mention made for what i understand is called viral loading and went to health workers are in close proximity with someone who has that there is a lot more shading and in that one instance of contact. there is a question that i think might be related to that but let's maybe address both. will repeated exposure over time make the illness more deadly or more virulent? philip dunham. so in terms of viral load or the amount of virus that a person is

being exposed to come up viral load can also mean the amount of virus thatis can also mean the amount of virus that is circulating and a prison's body who is unwell. we do know that the higher the amount of virus that you are exposed to the more likely you are exposed to the more likely you are exposed to the more likely you are to become infected. and more likely you are to potentially have a severe infection because there is more virus invading cells right from the beginning rather than having to make copies of itself and spread t cells. there is a chance to have a more severe infection and we know health care workers are more exposed because they are dealing with people who are unwell and are coughing and eight might be looking in the backs of people's throats or doing some kind of procedure to take a small boy or something like that and by doing so they are a little bit more exposed than the average person who is walking past someone down the street or someone who might cost nearby to someone. they are exposed

toa nearby to someone. they are exposed to a higher dose of virus which is why we think some younger health ca re why we think some younger health care workers might have become quite significantly unwell from the virus. in terms of the circulation of the virus what tends to happen with viruses when they circulate for prolonged periods of time and populations is the opposite, they become less their land and terms of the harm they do to a person. that is not definite but we know viruses mutate natalie as they are circulated in a population and what we tend to see is the preservation ofa we tend to see is the preservation of a virus that spreads much more easily but does not harm its host as much because it does not want to kill its host, and wants to keep the host alive so he can continue to spread. we tend to see that the virus may become more contagious that sometimes the last vicious if you like to the press infected with it. thank you so much for that

explanation. does anyone know how long the virus stays active on human hair? eileen parker. ido i do not know the answer to that question i am afraid. i think there has been some possibly but not a lot of data. but the suggestion and can live on human hairfor a matter of hours. i cannot be specific but certainly a matter of hours. i think it is my we just have to be playing really good attention to our hand hygiene and if we are concerned we have been an environment when we have been an environment when we have been an environment when we have been highly exposed for some reason and we are worried it might be attached to our clothes or hair we wash our clothes when we get home and we wash our hair. can cats and dogs catch the virus, if no, why not, if yes, can they pass it on? gordon bullen.

so we have had one report so far of a dog in hong kong, a pomeranian it was that supposedly caught the virus from their owner but they were never particularly unwell with that and i did not think they were unwell at all, i think it was a scientific study essentially to test the dog and he found low levels of virus in the dog and some antibody levels but the dog and some antibody levels but the dog and some antibody levels but the dog was not unwell. whether animals can transmit it i think we do not know the answer to that yet but if they are not going to become very u nwell but if they are not going to become very unwell with it or have high levels of virus in their bodies than it is unlikely but i think that is yet to be fully determined. thank you both forjoining us and thank you for the work you do. good afternoon and it is likely for

most to stay warm, dry and chris, crisp and sunny for the rest of the day. we have had some cloud along with this weather front in the north and we will see cloud approaching from the last as we go through tomorrow as well but i think most notable ahead of this is that that southerly when john up from africa. we will see temperatures well above where they should be for this time of year and even when we have rain for the rest of the day in the north and above where they were yesterday by two or three degrees and elsewhere we will notice that as well with increasing amounts of sunshine as i say. then we go through the night time period we will bring that dryer air, strengthening winds, placing the rain away towards the north and although we will have clear skies for many because of the wind we should largely escaped the frost and prevent as many pockets of nest and

fog that were around particularly southern areas this morning. not ruled out altogether but beware. brings turn hazy through the morning with the arrival of rain. strengthening land notable i tomorrow, stronger, gale force up to the irish sea and that will temper in the field but temperatures otherwise will be again two, three, 4 degrees up on those today. well above average but also with high levels of pollen. now it is tree pollen if you separate this time of year and england and wales, it is predicted to be high across the board tomorrow. three tomorrow night, stay through sunday night this weather front pushes its way eastwards and it may well stall across parts of southeast england and east anglia before it clears away so it could be quite wet with the morning here and the start of the morning here and the start of the afternoon and even want it clears it up and we have showers following him behind in temperatures

that will fall away into the afternoon. then we are into the westerly atla ntic afternoon. then we are into the westerly atlantic flow for a few days before high pressure builds fa ct days before high pressure builds fact that most of the showers and rain will in the far north and west. the high pressure builds as the beat goes on in temperatures rise once more. more on the website.

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