good morning. welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today: in a rare address to the nation, the queen will thank nhs staff and call on people to show self—discipline and quiet, good—humoured resolve in the face of the coronavirus crisis. as parts of the uk enjoy their hottest weekend in six months, police urge people to stick to the stay—at—home rules. the newly elected labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government has made serious mistakes over testing and a lack of protective equipment for medical staff. negotiations over footballers‘ pay reaches deadlock. as premier league stars are told clubs face £1 billion loss, the players‘ union insists cutting

wages would hit the nhs. good morning. it is a dry sunday for the bulk of the country, with some lengthy sunny spells, accompanied by a brisk southerly wind. i will have all the details coming up shortly. it is sunday 5 april. our top story: the queen is expected to give a deeply personal message stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic. the monarch will make a special address to the nation this evening, and will thank frontline nhs staff and care workers while recognising the grief, financial difficulties and enormous changes the country is facing. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. recorded at windsor castle on thursday, the queen's broadcast will, according to officials, be a deeply personal message which will reflect her experience

in other difficult times. broadcasts such as this by the queen are rare. they are reserved for moments of particular national significance. speaking about the situation facing the nation, the queen will say: she will pay tribute to all of those on the nhs frontline, to care workers and those carrying out essential roles, and recognise the pain already felt by many families, as well as thanking those following the government guidelines by staying at home. she will say:

it is a message intended both to reassure and to rally the nation's resolve. it will be transmitted at 8:00pm tonight. nicholas witchell, bbc news. stay at home despite the good weather to stop the spread of coronavirus — that is the message from the government this weekend. ministers say they are concerned young people in particular may not be taking social distancing measures seriously enough. so far, more than 4,300 people have lost their lives, including a five—year—old. simonjones reports. the message to stay at home does not appear to be getting through to some. the sun was out on saturday, but these pictures suggest in richmond, in london, so were the people — in numbers. in hove, the local council pleaded with visitors to stay away,

saying social distancing would become impossible. we haven't got all day. this barbecue on the beach was soon put out by the police. in south london, 3000 people flocked to brockwell park. it warned this is unacceptable and the park will be closed on sunday. now, i know that life under lockdown can be challenging, and some will be tempted, on this sunny weekend, to venture out and about. but, if we relax our adherence to the rules, we increase the risk for others. that's why it's so important to stay at home, to protect the nhs, and to save lives. most did follow the advice to only go out for exercise or to shop for essentials. 0ne exhausted nurse posted a video after a shift in intensive care explaining why it is so important. we're desperately short of staff, and things are really difficult

and we're all really struggling. so i'm just saying to you all to stay in. if you stay in, and you don't spread it and you don't catch it, that takes the pressure off of us. because we're all on our knees at the moment, to be fair. the death of a five—year—old child with underlying health conditions is another reminder of the dangers the virus can pose. with more than a million cases of coronavirus now registered worldwide, the foreign office is extending its advice against travel abroad for an indefinite period. it has faced some criticism from britons stranded abroad that it hasn't done enough to get them home. 0fficials here say from this week, efforts will be stepped up, working with 14 commercial airlines, bringing people back from places like the philippines and india. this coronavirus—stricken cruise ship with around 200 britons on board has finally been allowed to dock in miami. for the passengers, a return home cannot come soon enough.

simon jones, bbc news. the newly elected leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, has urged the government to publish its exit strategy, explaining how it would ease coronavirus restrictions. writing in the sunday times, the former brexit secretary said the government has made serious mistakes in its handling of covid—i9. let's speak to our political correspondentjessica parker. jessica, good morning to you. so keir starmer, day one on the job, and already critical of the government response to coronavirus. as you say, sir keir starmer elected as labour leader yesterday, taking over from as labour leader yesterday, taking overfrom jeremy corbyn. as labour leader yesterday, taking over from jeremy corbyn. he had as labour leader yesterday, taking overfrom jeremy corbyn. he had been widely expected to win, come pensively and that is exactly what happened, and yesterday he talked about engaging constructively with the government but said he would call out mistakes where he saw them. that appears to be what he is doing in this sunday times piece, as you say, saying there have been serious mistakes. he raises the issue of personal protective equipment, also theissue personal protective equipment, also the issue of testing, claims the

government was slow to act although he welcomes the new target of getting to 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month. he calls for a comprehensive national vaccine programme, which he says will mean building centres in towns and cities up building centres in towns and cities up and down the country. and as you just mentioned, he said ministers need to be clear about the exit strategy, when restrictions may be lifted on our day—to—day lives. now, downing street has declined to comment. i think ministers would point to that target on testing and the millions of items of ppe that have been distributed, although the government has admitted there have been challenges in terms of distributing that personal protective equipment. meanwhile, just a quick other thing. sir keir starmer i think expected later on today to start making some of those appointments to his top team, his shadow cabinet. now, that will be interesting and significant, as it might give us some indication as to the political direction that he plans to take the party. good to talk to you, thank you very much. we will talk more about that laterjust

after 7am, looking at some of the changes sir keir starmer may bring to the labour party and also ahead of that selection of his shadow cabinet. more on that a little later. new york state in america has suffered its biggest one—dayjump in coronavirus deaths so far, with 630 people dying. there have been more than 300,000 cases and 8,000 deaths in the us in total, with new york accounting for more than 3,500 fatalities. freya cole reports. sirens wail sirens fill the streets of queens, one of new york's worst—hit neighbourhoods. paramedics are in a constant rush to transfer sick patients from home to hospitals, which are struggling to cope. new york governor andrew cuomo has warned the worst is yet to come. we're not yet at the apex. part of me would like to be at the apex, and just — let's do it. but there's part of me that says

it's good that we're not at the apex, because we're not yet ready for the apex, either. we're not yet ready for the high point. we're still working on the capacity of the system. the more time we have to improve the capacity of the system, the better. and the capacity of the healthcare system — beds, staff, equipment. 1,000 ventilators from china are due to arrive in new york this weekend. it will help significantly with statewide shortages. president trump has also ordered 1,000 troops to the city. among them will be military doctors and nurses. we will move heaven and earth to safeguard our great american citizens. we will continue to use every power, every authority, every single resource we've got to keep our people healthy, safe, secure, and to get this thing over with. covid—19 has infected more than 113,000 people across new york state. another 630 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours —

another daily record. the total toll is now more than 3,500 people. a mass text message has been sent calling for the attention of all healthcare workers to support facilities in need, if they can. and controversy surrounds the 1,000—bed hospital ship comfort, parked in the hudson river. it's on stand—by to care for non—virus patients, but hospital leaders have pleaded with authorities to open the ship to ease the strain on intensive care units, which are overcrowded and overrun. freya cole, bbc news. glasgow airport is converting one of its car parks into a coronavirus testing facility. the long—stay car park will become a drive—through testing site for frontline nhs workers only. here is our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie.

glasgow airport would usually be gearing up for the buzz of the easter holidays, but these plans are going nowhere. the check—in hall this year really quiet, and the escalator is transporting no—one. but, from today, the airport's 17 acre long stay car park has been transformed into a coronavirus testing facility. it is one of a series of measures around the uk to increase the number of people being tested for covid—19. the secretary of state for scotland, alistair jack, who himself developed mild symptoms, said it will keep our front—line nhs staff doing the jobs they are trained to do, allowing those who do not have the disease to go back to work, and treat those who are most in need of care —— alister jack. we are increasing nhs in scotland's current capacity of 1900 test today to at least 3500 test a

day by the end of this month at the latest —— tests a day. day by the end of this month at the latest -- tests a day. at glasgow airport, those being asked to provide swab samples will need an appointment, and the centre is not open to members of the public. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspaper front pages. the sunday telegraph says the queen will invoke the blitz spirit in her historic speech today, telling the nation she has faith the public will take pride in how they respond to the coronavirus outbreak. the queen's call for the nation to be strong comes as 14% of doctors are off work due to the virus, according to the sunday times. the observer splashes with new labour leader keir starmer‘s pledge to work with the prime minister to fight the current crisis faving the uk.

and in scotland, the herald leads with an exclusive claiming ministers there were told to prepare for a pandemic in 2010, but ignored the warnings. those are your front pages on this sunday morning. we have been talking a lot the last few days about how tricky it might be for people today as the weather changes and things warm up. we are expecting a warmer day to day, but we can get the proper information, all the detail now, from louise. good morning to you, louise. good morning. we were just talking, that we were trying to encourage people to send in shots from their windows. you can see a beautiful sunrise this morning across norfolk, and it is fairly indicative. right across the country there is not that much in the way of cloud around. so this is our story for sunday. it certainly does look as if it is going to be dry, with lots of warm spring sunshine around. it is going to be quite easy,

however, and eventually there will bea however, and eventually there will be a little bit of rain moving in from the west. so let's take a look at just what is from the west. so let's take a look atjust what is happening. we have had clear skies through the night, not just across the had clear skies through the night, notjust across the uk, across much of europe, in actual fact. notjust across the uk, across much of europe, in actualfact. but notjust across the uk, across much of europe, in actual fact. but this mass of cloud here is a weather front that is starting to approach from the west, and that is going to dragon a little bit more cloud. but ahead of it we have got this strong southerly wind bringing this warmth all the way up from spain. though it is going to be a warm day for many, particularly for the time of year. and not that much in the way of cloud around, either, so lots of sunshine coming through. but the winds are always going to be a feature, particularly on exposed coasts. that could peg the temperatures back. and as we go through the afternoon there will be some wispy high cloud developing from the west, maybe even some patchy rain wishing into northern ireland. gusts of wind developing it around a0 mph, may be stronger a little later on in the afternoon. so here, temperatures around 1a— 16 degrees. highest values possibly of 21 degrees, that is 70 fahrenheit.

now, as we move through the evening, that weather front is going to start to bring some wet weather with it. i just need to tell you about the pollen, i forgot about that. quite high across england and wales, it is tree pollen at this time of year, so obviously with that sunshine around the pollen is starting to come out, so you might notice that when you wa ke so you might notice that when you wake up first thing in the morning. my wake up first thing in the morning. my highs are certainly pretty itchy. now, as we go through sunday evening and overnight, we will see some wet weather putting in from the west. some of that quite heavy for a time, and then towards dawn tomorrow morning, there will be certainly more cloud around. that is going to be an incredibly mild start to monday morning, with double figures quite widely across the country. so we have got some rain to come on monday, and you can see down through the near continent there is this pulse of wetter weather which might just feed into the south—east corner. so that is worth bearing in mind first thing across east anglia and the south—east. we could see some rain. 0nce and the south—east. we could see some rain. once that clear through, we see a return to some sunny spells and a few scattered showers in the

far north—west. but a slightly fresher field. it is a cold front thatis fresher field. it is a cold front that is moving through, so temperatures will be down a little on today. we will see highs of ten to 17 degrees. but then once that front has cleared through, into next week, the high pressure is set to build again. a good deal of dry weather in the forecast and we could see temperatures into the low 20s. back to you two. thank you, and that pollen warning very useful. i will be feeling it, like you, in the morning. work to transform the national exhibition centre in birmingham into a 2,000—bed hospital to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic is being sped up. the government confirmed the news during the daily briefing yesterday. the cabinet office minister, michael gove, also used the downing street press conference to stress the importance of continuing to observe lockdown restrictions. let's take a look. 708 people have sadly lost their lives as a result of covid—19. the highest daily total yet recorded. and that means that all those

hospitalised in the uk, the number passed away now totals a300 and 13. those numbers emphasise the importance of maintaining social distancing measures, to halt the spread of the disease. more than ever we must stick with it, as the prime minister said in his video message. 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 risks for others. that is why it is so important to stay—at—home, to protect the nhs and to save lives. so many healthcare professionals have lost their lives to covid—19 and we offer our heartfelt condolences to their grieving families and the many others mourning the loss of loved ones. they include the family of a

13—year—old boy who died in london. his mother and siblings are showing symptoms of the virus and they were unable to say their final good buys at his funeral. in their despair, the loving and dignified tribute are vital. 0ur the loving and dignified tribute are vital. our thoughts today are also with the family of the five—year—old child with underlying health conditions who has tragically died. new nightingale hospitals are due to be built in birmingham, bristol, cardiff, glasgow, belfast, harrogate and manchester. we know the midlands area and manchester. we know the midlands are a particular area of concern the nhs and the military are exhilarating those works to transform the national exhibition centre in birmingham into a 2000 bed nightingale hospital. a critical pa rt nightingale hospital. a critical part of ensuring resilience is improving testing of style. tests administered yesterday and as outlined on thursday we will

increase that to 100,000 a day. testing is a critical part of the clinical path that we all follow when seeking to reduce the impact of covid—19. the next vital step is appropriate pharmaceutical treatment. that is why, as the health secretary explained, clinical trials are now taking place deceive antivirals that have helped in the fight against hiv and antimalarial medications can reliably reduce the number afflicted by coronavirus. the next stage is to ensure that those patients with impaired lung function to get the oxygen they need and is where ventilation comes in. we have been working to increase ventilator capacity across the nhs. ventilation can be non—invasive and invasive. effective non—invasive ventilation can ensure patients do not need to be placed on invasive ventilators where they are intubated and supported to breathe with machinery that takes oxygen direct into their

lungs. we have secured new non—invasive capacity with the help of uk manufacturers who have worked at pace to develop new technologies. tea m at pace to develop new technologies. team with mercedes—benz have produced a new device that has been clinically approved. 250 were produced yesterday, and the same will be produced today and tomorrow, rising to 1000 a day next week. we are also increasing the capacity of the nhs to deploy invasive dental leaders. we have been buying them from partners abroad including germany and switzerland and today 300 new ventilators arrived from china. i would like to think the chinese government for their support in securing that capacity. the religious festivals of easter, ramadan and passover are all taking place in the coming days and weeks and it might seem unthinkable to mark the events without family gatherings and public ceremonies. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has been speaking to religious leaders to find out how the faithful can get the most out of each holiday whilst

observing coronavirus rules. jerusalem is shut, like cities around the world. although its holy sites should be at the heart of celebrations for the coming holidays. so i'm asking religious leaders here how people can worship safely. they need to follow all the regulations of safety and to pray at home, especially as a family. and what do you say to your parishioners who are really worried at this time? we are celebrating the holy week, meaning the passion and the death and resurrection of christ, which is a message in itself, a message of hope that the darkness will not last. cleaning is going on as usual as families prepare to remember the jewish exodus from egypt at passover. but there'll be no big seder meals with distant relatives and friends. in a certain sense, this

is going back to the passover that we had originally in egypt because the way that scripture plays it out is that each person was in his own home when god took us from this bondage and i think this year, we're all staying at home and awaiting redemption in a very similar sense. the holy month of ramadan will also be more austere but islamic leaders say that may leave muslims able to pray more and deepen their faith. it's going be back to basics and it might be also a reminder for all of us that what we take for granted is not going to be always there. this contested holy city has seen many conflicts over the centuries, often between people of different religions, but now a common threat could be an opportunity. there's a certain willingness to put conflict on hold and collaborate during these difficult times and i would say, why not? those days showed us clearly that we are one big human family.

this challenge is a challenge that affects everyone so universally, so equally, that i think it's a real opportunity to unite. amid inevitable fears at a time of crisis, such sentiments offer a much—needed spark of hope. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. yolande knell joins us now from jerusalem. you've been looking at how different faith communities are dealing with the restrictions to fight coronavirus — and this is a time when families would get together. what affects others restrictions having on the festival is coming up? israel and the palestinian territories have tightened their restrictions in recent days so ordinary life here is virtually on hold as it is elsewhere and religious life has been deeply impacted. churches, mosques and synagogues have all been closed. 0ne of the big ultraorthodoxjewish towns is in a virtual state of

lockdown and today should be palm sunday, ordinarily you would have thousands of christians, a magnificent spectacle, as they make their way from the mount of olives into the old city ofjerusalem to the church of the holy sepulchre built on the site where it is believed by many christians that jesus was crucified and then buried and resurrected. the procession is impossible this year and instead clerics have told people to stay—at—home. they will have a small service inside the church but that will be broadcast on the television, streamed online and that is how people should view it. you are in jerusalem but i wonder about the wider middle east. iran was badly affected early on in the outbreak. what is the current situation there right now? iran is still the middle eastern country that has been worst affected by coronavirus and the death toll officially announced is

over 3a00 people. and there are concerns at the moment that there could be a resurgence in the number of patients and that is because they just had their new year holidays that finished yesterday and despite appeals from the military and clerics for people to stay home, what we saw in the streets were really huge trafficjams, shops reopening, crowds as well and so we had health officials saying that this could be a big setback for the effo rts this could be a big setback for the efforts of iran to contain the spread of the coronavirus and it could have set the country back several months. thank you very much and it is good to see you this morning. convenience stores have seen a massive increase in demand as more people opt to shop locally for essentials instead of heading to large supermarkets or waiting weeks for an online orders. katy austin has been speaking to those running these vital local services to see how they're coping with the extra pressure. at this store in cambridgeshire it

is the race to keep shelves stopped. sales are up 75%. as soon as we saw a small bit of uplift in sales and we saw what people were purchasing, we saw what people were purchasing, we immediately said one item per customer and please use your common sense, we do serve many elderly and vulnerable people. check out screens, hand sanitiser and a queueing system should protect staff and customers. maintaining staffing levels is a challenge. just in the last week we have lost three members of staff as a precaution so we had to isolate them. and i have an older member of staff, semi retired, he has been sent home until further notice. this shop in lincoln she has said is been my christmas eve every day with staff doing 16 hour days to cope with customer demand. more and more they use us instead of the supermarket. things like meat sales, they have increased 800%. we do free

home delivery and we have been doing a call and collect where people can book their shopping and then when they get to us, ring us and we go out to the car with their shopping. have you ever done anything like that before? no. most of us still rely on supermarkets but convenience stores have benefited as people stay home and shop local more often. it is not a universal boon. doors in transport hubs and major cities have found customers and business have suddenly disappeared. and they need help if they are to survive. those businesses are akin to restaurants pubs and hotels, the airline industry where they needed help three weeks ago and they have been furloughing workers. that same system applies to convenience stores who find themselves having to close in the coming weeks. spa has stalls in many different countries and that has helped inform its uk response. we have tried to understand buying

behaviour and the times of days that people will shop and we have also taken many of the protective measures that we have now seen in the uk and we saw those in italy and started to work with those. stores such as these say the government paying sick pay has been a lifeline and they hope any of their new frequent customers will stay when the pandemic finally goes. do stay with us. headlines are coming right up.

hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and sally nugent. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the queen is expected to give a deeply personal message stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic. the monarch will make a special address to the nation this evening and will thank frontline nhs staff and care workers, while recognising the grief, financial difficulties and enormous changes the country is facing. the queen has only ever made four previous similar broadcasts.

people are being urged not to let the warm weather tempt them to break social distancing measures. while the government reports most people are following instructions to stay home, these pictures filmed yesterday in london's richmond park suggest not everyone is obeying the rules. more than a,300 people with covid—19 have now died in the uk. the newly elected labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government has made serious mistakes in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. in a sunday times editorial, the former brexit secretary wants government ministers to publish what he calls their exit strategy from the current social distancing restrictions, and set out when they might be lifted. glasgow airport is to open one of its car parks as a large—scale testing area in response to the coronavirus pandemic. from this afternoon, the long—stay car park will become a drive—through site. initially it will only test front—line nhs workers, and will be closed to the public.

those are your news headlines. they might not be much sport happening at the moment but there are plenty of sports stories including a really important meeting yesterday about the financial applications of the current crisis. holly is here to tell us all about it. good morning. good morning, that's right. this feeling of almost resentment has been growing in the past few weeks. even the health secretary, matt hancock, brought it up in the daily government press co nfe re nce . well, this all came to a head yesterday, in a meeting staged by premier league chiefs where it was all put on the table to players — take a 30% drop in wages. and in the meeting, football's crippling financial crisis was laid bear. —— bare. players heard how clubs now stand to lose up to £1.2 billion in revenue, taking into account tickets, match day revenue,

sponsorship and tv. 0n the face it, a pay cut might seem straightforward. but the players' union has put out a statement. that is the pfa. they say a cut to wages would actually be counterproductive, as it would mean the taxpayer misses out on £200 million, which could have an impact on the nhs. they also suggest that the premier league could be way more generous when it comes to their contributions to efl clubs and to charity. and the timing of this couldn't have been worse yesterday. it all came on the same day as liverpool became the latest premier league club to announce that they would be putting nonplaying staff on furlough. it would mean they get 80% of their salary through the uk 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. this decision has been heavily criticised, including from former liverpool captain jamie carragher. this is what he tweeted. former liverpool forward stan collymore described the decision as plain wrong. stephen kenny is to succeed mick mccarthy as republic of ireland manager with immediate effect. the football association of ireland made the announcement on saturday and he was set to be replaced by kenny after euro 2020, but the postponement of that tournament until next year has accelerated the fai plan. his first match will

be against slovakia. 0ne be against slovakia. one last little bit of actual sport news for you. we haven't had much of it recently, haven't had much of it recently, have we? i amjust haven't had much of it recently, have we? i am just going through the back pages this morning, i know you will have done exactly the same thing. really interesting reactions to the liverpool decision to furlough their nonplaying staff. liverpool had such a real sense of goodwill about them coming into this crisis afterjurgen klopp spoke so passionately about how everyone should stick together, and in the papers, the reaction you are talking about, attitudes changing after that decision yesterday. and we talk about this growing sense of resentment towards these footballers. they have had a lot of criticism, but you have to remember they have been — individually, some of them have been doing a lot of charity work, setting up nhs foundation is to try and contribute as much as they can. it is a very awkward situation, because as the pfa say, if they do take that pay

cut, it comes out of taxes. there area cut, it comes out of taxes. there are a lot of details to be worked out, that is what they are trying to do. it is not to say that any of these premier league footballers don't want to give their money away. i think they realise they have plenty of it, it is just about doing it in the right way. it is great to see you, thank you much indeed. time for a look at a special coronavirus programme presented by annita mcveigh. hello and welcome to this bbc news special. i'm annita mcveigh. stay with us as we share the latest information, health advice and reports about the coronavirus. we will show you exactly what scientists think the covid—19

is, and ask, how close are we to a vaccine? plus, we'll explain how to make sure that the facts you're getting about the virus are accurate and reliable. and a reminder that there's further advice and information about the pandemic on the bbc news website. but first, this coronavirus may be dominating headlines around the world, and changing the lives of hundreds of millions of people, but what exactly do we know about covid—19, and how close are we to a vaccine? the bbc‘sjim reed reports. sars—cov—2 is the technical name for the virus that causes covid—19. it's part of the coronavirus family, one of at least six that can affect humans. we're in the amazing position today where we can get the genetic code of a virus really quickly. and it turns out this particular virus is very closely related to bat and pangolin viruses.

one of the theories is that it could have spread through one of those species to humans. the virus is made up ofjust 30 genes, compared with 20,000 for humans. it mutates or changes over time, allowing scientists to draw a family tree showing where different strains have come from and how they have spread. because of the slight shift, slight mutations the virus accumulates, we can track which one came from china versus which one came from the west coast, for instance, that are landing into new york, and so on. that is what virologists are looking at right now, to track the virus. the virus typically enters the human body through the nose or mouth. those spikes on the outside grab onto a protein called ace2, which is common on cells in the throat and lungs. most covid—19 infections cause a fever, as our immune system fights to clear the virus from our body. essentially viruses,

when they're in that phase of infection, basically hijack the host cell, turn it into a virus—making factory, releasing new virus particles, that are then free to infect other neighbouring cells within the same host. or of course, if they're exhaled or coughed or sneezed out, they're then able to infect a new person. it's not unusual for a virus to cause different symptoms in different people. that could depend on age, genetics, and the amount you are exposed to. so you always get this wide spectrum of responses to infections, and covid is no different. so we know that age is one of the key factors for whether you're more likely to suffer from severe disease. this map shows how eight different strains of the virus are now circulating quickly across the world. that's partly because virtually no—one is immune. it may also be that a proportion of those infected show very mild symptoms, but can still pass

the virus on to others. so there are a few things that are going right for this virus to be very successful. one big one is the fact that there seems to be an incubation period between the time you become infected and you start shedding the virus to the time you feel very sick. so it's really impossible to catch those types of people, unless we commence massive screening for the virus. bio—tech and drug companies across the world are now working on vaccines and treatments. 0ne promising target is those spikes on the outside of the virus itself. i've got a colleague at university college london who's using the biggest supercomputer in europe to search through old libraries of drugs which have already been tried and tested for other viruses and other infections, just to see if one of them has got the ability to interfere with the spikes on the coronavirus. in the longer term, there is the promise of a vaccine,

which should be able to stop us from getting disease in the first place. but testing and manufacturing takes time. even if scientists are successful, it is unlikely to be rolled out widely until some time next year. spain continues to be one of the country's worst affected by the virus. more than 10,000 people there have already died, and the country has been in lockdown since the middle of march. speaking from their apartment in barcelona, paul and his wife, angela, reflect on the daily challenges of being stuck inside with a four—year—old for more than three weeks.

that's the outlook from spain, but in neighbouring italy, across europe and around the world, governments have imposed strict rules to make sure people stay at home. but multiple domestic abuse aid agencies are warning of a bleak picture for those stuck in a violent household with fewer avenues to report abuse. meghan mohan spoke to a woman in lockdown with her abuser. domestic abuse hotlines in the us and france say they have had more calls since the coronavirus outbreak. but the un are warning that poorer women have fewer ways to report abuse. we spoke to gita — she's 27—year—old from rural india. the first time her husband hit her was her wedding night when she was 15. she told us that since the coronavirus outbreak, her husband's income has reduced to £5 a day. schools have also closed across india and herfour children are home all day in their 1—room house.

this angers her husband. india is now on a 21—day lockdown. we spoke to her the night before it was announced and haven't been able to reach her since. in china, where the virus originated, authorities there say they now have a grip on the outbreak. it's widely believed beijing is harnessing the power of its sophisticated surveillance state to track, monitor and control people to stop the spread of the disease. the use of mobile phone data has proven particularly effective and now some of the techniques are being accompanied by a growing countries around the world, including singapore, south korea, and iran. so, how can surveillance state tools help in a pandemic and what are the potential pitfalls for privacy and freedom? 0ur cyber security reporter joe tidy, explains. this robot is disinfecting a subway

train so humans don't have to. it's just one of the high—tech tools that china's using to fight the coronavirus, along with drones and facial recognition cameras. but what about the tech we can't see? china's sophisticated and controversial data surveillance system is used to track citizens on and offline. and it's proving extremely effective during the pandemic. the mass surveillance network has taken the communist party decades to build. they faced near constant criticism for it around the world, but as the world tries to get a grip on covid—19, many countries are looking to the model for answers. here's how they are doing it in south korea. they're using your phone to locate where you are and then sending you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where a confirmed coronavirus

patient has been. singapore, israel, iran, taiwan and russia have all adopted some or all of the chinese methods to temporarily harness the power of data. more expected to follow. so, how does china's data surveillance system work? and how is it useful in a pandemic? it all starts with this. a national id card. you need one to do pretty much anything in china, from buying a mobile phone to using any app, anything you do leaves a data trail linked back to your id. in areas in lockdown, phone location data is being used to monitor movement and enforce cu rfews. if a patient is meant to be in quarantine, geolocation pings on their phone can alert authorities if they stray out of their homes. phone location data is also being used to map exactly where that

person visited in the two weeks before being diagnosed. a combination of human and automated computer analysis work out who they may have infected. if they went on a train and got too close to other commuters, a text message is sent out through one of the major apps, alerting those at risk. every person is being assigned a coloured qr code depending on the risk they pose. green, no risk. 0range, they have entered a potential virus hotspot, and red if they have tested positive for the virus and could still be contagious. none of this cyber—surveillance would be any good without the chinese state's strict enforcement teams, too. police and volunteers have literally manned the exits of apartment blocks to keep places on lockdown. but in countries where these data surveillance powers are being brought in to help deal with coronavirus, some people are worried about the long—term. my name is adam schwartz,

i am a senior lawyer at the electronic frontier foundation. there is a great concern that when government gets new powers in a crisis, government never gives those powers away even when the crisis ends, so for example in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the united states created vast new surveillance powers and 19 years later those powers are still very much in the hands of the us government. adam and others also have questions aboutjust how much of a difference this data surveillance can make and if it's worth it. what we are basically saying to governments around the world is, before you unveil or unleash a brand—new mass surveillance power, it is necessary for governments to come forward and really public health professionals to come forward and show that these technologies would actually address the crisis. striking the delicate balance between privacy and security is an age—old problem for governments and the public. but perhaps never in history has the dilemma been more pressing and more life—threatening.

now, many of us are facing the challenges of dealing with coronavirus, and also dealing with very different working conditions. you will have noticed where you are receiving the news has become very different, not least that the programme you are watching now didn't exist two weeks ago. the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan has been looking at the challenges the news and media industry is facing. good evening. 0ur headlines for you this morning. britain's coronavirus crisis... coronavirus. .. in a crisis... coronavirus. .. it's horrible. pandemic... especially one in the information age... hand sanitizer. covid—19. ..trusted news becomes a precious commodity. social distancing. for which there is high demand. coronavirus. britain has a range of regulated public service broadcasters doing their best to produce world—class journalism. ratings for news programmes across all channels are soaring,

with many presenters broadcasting from home. published data showing that transport use across the country... but actually producing broadcast news is exceptionally hard in a global pandemic. i'm just going to script a line about northern ireland, then, to put in at this point. innovation is the only solution. there is plenty of it about. recording. the nhs scheme only covers england, and northern ireland. here, correspondentjudith moritz is at home in manchester, working on a bbc news piece with her cameraman and editor, rob wood, who is nearly 30 miles away in derbyshire. the nhs scheme only covers england... these reports are the result of teamwork between correspondants, producers, camera operators and studio editors. oh, and children, too, who can make their presence felt when correspondants work from home. keeping both staff and contributors safe is a priority. video interviews have become the norm, of late. keeping two meters away from interviewees can be hard, but boom mics allow sound to be captured safely in high—quality.

good morning, it's 7 o'clock, the headlines this morning... and it's notjust television. kitchens and front lounges have been converted into makeshift radio studios, like those at the today programme. here is the bbc‘s david sillito using a duvet to improve sound quality. furnishings can absorb sound and reduce echo. to a much greater extent than is generally acknowledged, journalism is a product of a particularly energy, camaraderie and culture from within a newsroom like that of the bbc. it is hard to replicate that when, like these designated key workers, you are sat to metres apart. this place is usually densely packed but like millions of others also facing logistical challenges, most editors and producers are now working from home. i'm working on a piece with david hockney... apps such as skype and zoom are replacing daily face—to—face editorial meetings. what you think about using the clip we have already laid down? we can do that. broadcasting is always a technical adventure, but right now more than ever.

amol rajan in central london, working with producer elizabeth in kent, and editorjonathan in north london, bbc news. that is our media editor about how the appetite for trusted news from reputable broadcasters is soaring. but along with verifiable news comes a lot of misleading information from fake health advice to speculation about government action. some information may be being spread by people who mean well but are nevertheless wrong. zeinab badawi has these tips to make sure you know the facts you're getting are reliable. in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, passing on information can feel like one way we can support our families and friends. here at the bbc, we are working very hard to make sure that everything we broadcast and publish is accurate and up—to—date, but there is a whole load of information out there that isn't. and misinformation can spread fast.

if a message is sent to a whatsapp group of 20, then each of them shares it with 20 other people, and this happens five times, it can reach more than 3 million people very quickly. untruths can take many forms. one of the most common we are seeing is copied and pasted messages being passed around on whatsapp or in facebook groups containing bad advice or fake cures. and because these are shared by a friend or trusted source, it's not obvious who wrote these messages in the first place. 0ften they're attributed to a vague source like a friend's friend who is a doctor, soldier, or works for the government. for example, a voice note has been spreading on whatsapp. in it, a woman is translating advice from a colleague who has a friend

working at a hospital on the spanish island of gran canaria. some of the tips are helpful, such as washing surfaces thoroughly. but the voice memo includes misleading advice as well. the speaker suggests sunlight neutralises the virus, and that coronavirus can be killed by taking a sip of warm water every 20 minutes. there is no scientific basis for either of these claims. if you are not sure the whole post is true, it might do more harm than good to share it. and if the source isn't easily identifiable or the story hasn't been reported elsewhere, then it really is worth being sceptical about it. pictures taken out of context can also be really misleading. a video from italy was posted on twitter, showing military vehicles on the streets. there were rumours they were

responding to coronavirus riots. in fact, they were returning from routine exercises that had nothing to do with the outbreak. some of us may share information with our friends as a joke or to lighten their mood, but even if they don't take it seriously, others might. for example, a claim that lions were released in russia to patrol the streets was taken seriously by some. it was not true. we all want to share news that we think will help others but before you do, follow these steps. has the story been reported anywhere else? is it from a reliable source? has the photo or image been taken out of context? if you are not sure, then maybe it is fake, and you can stop that information from doing harm by not sharing it any further.

if you want to check medical advice, go on the world health organization website. and if you feel that a story isn't real, you can always look to a reliable source like the bbc. that's it for now, but before we go we thought we'd share some of the striking images from the last week from around the world is the coronavirus continues to upend the lives of hundreds of millions of people. and a reminder, you can keep up—to—date with all the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. thanks for watching.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today: in a rare address to the nation, the queen will thank nhs staff and call on people to show self—discipline and resolve in the face of the coronavirus crisis. as parts of the uk enjoy their hottest weekend in six months, police urge people to stick to the stay—at—home rules. the newly elected labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government has made serious mistakes over testing and a lack of protective equipment for medical staff. negotiations over footballers' pay reaches deadlock. as premier league stars are told clubs face £1 billion loss, the players' union insists cutting wages would hit the nhs.

good morning. it's a dry sunday for the bulk of the country, with some lengthy sunny spells, accompanied by a brisk southerly wind. i'll have all the details coming up shortly. it is sunday 5 april. our top story: the queen is expected to give a deeply personal message stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic. the monarch will make a special address to the nation this evening, and will thank frontline nhs staff and care workers while recognising the grief, financial difficulties and enormous changes the country is facing. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. recorded at windsor castle on thursday, the queen's broadcast will according to officials be a deeply personal message, which will reflect her experience in other difficult times. broadcasts such as this

by the queen are rare. they are reserved for moments of particular national significance. speaking about the situation facing the nation, the queen will say: she will pay tribute to all of those on the nhs frontline, to care workers and those carrying out essential roles, and recognise the pain already felt by many families, as well as thanking those following the government guidelines by staying at home. she will say:

it is a message intended both to reassure and to rally the nation's resolve. it will be transmitted at 8:00pm tonight. nicholas witchell, bbc news. stay at home despite the good weather to stop the spread of coronavirus — that is the message from the government this weekend. ministers say they are concerned young people in particular may not be taking social distancing measures seriously enough. so far, more than a,300 people have lost their lives, including a five—year—old. simonjones reports. the message to stay at home doesn't appear to be getting through to some. the sun was out on saturday, but these pictures suggest in richmond, in london, so were the people — in numbers. in hove, the local council pleaded with visitors to stay away, saying social distancing would become impossible. we haven't got all day. this barbecue on the beach was soon

put out by the police. in south london, lambeth council said 3,000 people flocked to brockwell park, many to socialise and to sunbathe. it warned this is unacceptable, and the park will be closed on sunday. now, i know that life under lockdown can be challenging, and some will be tempted, on this sunny weekend, to venture out and about. but, if we relax our adherence to the rules, we increase the risk for others. that's why it's so important to stay at home, to protect the nhs, and to save lives. most did follow the advice to only go out for exercise or to shop for essentials. 0ne exhausted nurse posted a video after a shift in intensive care explaining why it is so important. we're desperately short of staff, and things are really difficult, and we're all really struggling. so i'm just saying to you all to stay in.

if you stay in, and you don't spread it and you don't catch it, that takes the pressure off of us. because we're all on our knees at the moment, to be fair. the death of a five—year—old child with underlying health conditions is another reminder of the dangers the virus can pose. with more than a million cases of coronavirus now registered worldwide, the foreign office is extending its advice against travel abroad for an indefinite period. it has faced some criticism from britons stranded abroad that it hasn't done enough to get them home. 0fficials here say from this week, efforts will be stepped up, working with 1a commercial airlines, bringing people back from places like the philippines and india. this coronavirus—stricken cruise ship with around 200 britons on board has finally been allowed to dock in miami. for the passengers, a return home can't come soon enough. simon jones, bbc news. the newly elected leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, has urged

the government to publish its exit strategy explaining how it would ease coronavirus restrictions. writing in the sunday times, the former brexit secretary said the government has made serious mistakes in its handling of covid—19. let's speak to our political correspondentjessica parker. good morning to you, jessica. is this sir keir starmer setting out his stall? yes, elected yesterday, as you say, the successor tojeremy corbyn, sir keir starmer having widely expected to win the race, and he did so, attentively. and he said yesterday that he would be constructive in his approach to the coronavirus crisis, but call out the government when he thinks mistakes are being made. and that is exactly what he has done. in his sunday times article today he raises the issues of personal protective equipment and concerns that not enough reached some frontline workers in the nhs, social care workers. he talks about testing as

well, says the focus must now be to reach that new target of 100,000 tests per day. he also calls for a comprehensive national vaccine programme, which he says would mean the necessity of testing centres, vaccine centres, up and down the country in towns and cities. and he said ministers, as you mentioned, need to be clear about their exit strategy and when current restrictions might be lifted on our day—to—day lives. now, downing street has declined to comment. i think ministers would point to that new testing target and millions of items of ppe, personal protective equipment, have been distributed, although there have been challenges getting amount to some people the front line. meanwhile, just a quick note as well. sir keir starmer, as pa rt note as well. sir keir starmer, as part of his new election as leader of the labour party, will be we expect appointing some of his top tea m expect appointing some of his top team later on, parts of his shadow cabinet. that is important as it might give us some indication of the kind of political direction that the

party is now headed in. italy has seen a drop in the number of covid—19 patients in intensive care for the first time. the country's civil protection officer says this has allowed hospitals to breathe. jean mackenziejoins us now from rome. is there any sign of things improving? yes, we heard a few days ago that italy had reached the peak of this epidemic, but we have now started to see some of these really encouraging signs that wings are starting to turn around. yesterday the number of deaths fell, so we actually had fewer deaths here yesterday than we had in the uk, 681. that is the first time deaths have been in the 6005 first time deaths have been in the 600s for over a week now, and as you say, the intensive care beds, so hospitals finally seeing some progress. we spoke to a doctor in milan yesterday he said for the first time things are feeling manageable, that they have some hope. and it is palm sunday, of

course. normally a big day in rome, how is that going to play out today? yes, this is an emotional day for catholics and a big day in the religious calendar here in rome, and what you would usually see is thousands of people travelling from all over the world for the pope to hold a mass in the centre of st peter's square, a big procession with cardinals and bishops. and of course, today is going to look very, very different. the pope will be giving the mass inside the church before saying a prayer outside the window. but it is going to be broadcast across the world on tv and on facebook and youtube, giving people the opportunity to mark this moment, nonetheless. thank you very much indeed. 630 people have died in a single day in the american state of new york as a result of the coronavirus, its biggest one—dayjump so far. there have been more than 300,000 cases and 8,000 deaths in the us in total, with new york accounting for more than 3,500 fatalities.

glasgow airport is converting one of its car parks into a coronavirus testing facility. the long—stay car park will become a drive—through testing site for frontline nhs workers only. here is our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. glasgow airport would usually be gearing up for the buzz of the easter holidays, but these planes are going nowhere. the check—in hall is eerily quiet, and the escalator is transporting no—one. but, from today, the airport's 17—acre long—stay car park has been transformed into a coronavirus testing facility. it is one of a series of measures around the uk to increase the number of people being tested for covid—19. the secretary of state for scotland, alisterjack, who himself developed mild symptoms, said it

will keep our front—line nhs staff doing the jobs they are trained to do, allowing those who do not have the disease to go back to work, and treat those who are most in need of care. we are increasing nhs scotland's current capacity of 1,900 tests a day to at least 3,500 tests a day by the end of this month at the latest. at glasgow airport, those being asked to provide swab samples will need an appointment, and the centre is not open to members of the public. sir keir starmer became the leader of the labour party yesterday, and his first challenge will obviously be the fight against coronavirus. but what are the other main priorities for a party still reeling from one of the worst general election results in its history? we are joined by ayesha hazarika, columnist for the evening standard and a former labour advisor, and we can also speak to the mp for manchester central, lucy powell.

good morning to you both. lucy, maybe let me start with you. is sir keir starmer the man for the job? well, yes, very much so. and he got an emphatic vote from party membership yesterday and over the weekend. and i think that is particularly important, because i think someone getting such a strong mandate as he now has means that he really ca n mandate as he now has means that he really can do the job that he said he was going to do, which is to provide that really strong leadership that i think notjust the party but the country are looking for. but also unite and bring together the labor party, which is something that he made essential to his campaign. and i think again that is something that clearly labour party members are looking for, but i think the public wants to see an end to the division, an end to some of the factionalism, and the labour party now being focused on the challenge at hand which is a really

important task in terms of the coronavirus, what is a very difficultjob in the long—term, as we seek to try and win an election to —— again. we seek to try and win an election to -- again. i wanted to ask you about some of the practicalities of ending that division, because we heard jeremy corbyn, he wanted to do that. he wanted to bring the party together. in day—to—day terms, what must sir keir starmer do to and that division within the labor party? well, i think leadership comes in different kinds of forms, and i think strong leadership, which is a clear element of his future, yes, it is about being decisive. it is also about not tolerating dissent where it comes. but it is also a lot more su btle it comes. but it is also a lot more subtle than that. it is about building a broad team and bringing people together. it is about showing people together. it is about showing people that you understand the task at hand. and i think it is about showing the voters that you get their lives and you understand what

their lives and you understand what their concerns and what their needs are. and i think what — i hope what keir will do is not taken a vengeful approach to the decisions he is going to take in the coming days, but he takes a strategic approach. an approach that says, look we've got to change as a party, we've got to show the country that we are coming together, and i need all of you, my shadow cabinet, my mp5, my party members, the party staff, i need all of you to stick behind me in doing that, but if you don't, i won't put up with that, essentially. and, you know, iwill deal with won't put up with that, essentially. and, you know, i will deal with it. and, you know, i will deal with it. and i think he has shown himself to be that strong leader and that kind of character. he will bring together, but i think he will show that there is a line that he won't allow to be crossed. good morning to you. were you surprised by the overwhelming majority? because look, sir keir starmer winning on that first round, 56% of the vote,

rebecca long—bailey on 27%, lisa nandy on 16. what does that mandate allow him to do that maybe corbyn couldn't do? well, i think that mandate means that he can be his own person. he can, as lucy said, he can refashion and re— craft party in a way which is incredibly necessary. it is necessary for two reasons. first of all, we as a political party exist to wind power, to implement all the good policies we wa nt implement all the good policies we want to do. that has not happened for a long time. we have now lost four general elections in nine years. but he also has to clean up the party. the party fell into terrible disrepute because of anti—semitism, bleeding, harassment, there was a very toxic culture around the labor —— labour party, andl around the labor —— labour party, and i think that is something they will want him to act on very quickly when the commission of human rights

report comes out into anti—semitism. we will expect very kind of decisive action, and i hope he does, you know, send a signal that those type of people are not welcome in the labor —— labour party. but i think he has the kind of character that he is not going to be vengeful, and i think if you are a strong leader, you don't need to be vengeful. you assert your dominance by being very, very good at being leader of the labour party. that means holding the government to account on this huge crisis we are in right now, performing very well at prime minister 's questions, making good decisions, bringing on a team of talent, which is going to be very important. and i think that is how he shows dominance, not by sort of having petty fights. and the other thing which is very interesting about this election result, it wasn'tjust him that got elected. we had his deputy, we had jackie bailey in scotland as the new deputy leader, and we had some very sensible people onto the nec. and to me, that shows that our party

members wanta me, that shows that our party members want a sensible — they want a labor party with good progressive values but they also want to sensible labour party, that appeals more to the public, and that is very heartening for me. this is about making labour collectible again but they have lost a lot of their seats and their traditional heartland areas in that last election and now with a new leader, a barristerfrom the south—east of england, is he really the man who says i can bring these traditional labour heart fall —— heartland back into the labour fold? that would depend on how he performs. to counter that argument i would say we just had the blue blooded at tony and who broke through the red label wall so i think a through the red label wall so i thinka man through the red label wall so i think a man called keir starmer with good values could win that back again but it is notjust him. he must assemble a team of talent and one thing that struck me during the contest is that there is a lot of

talent in the labour party including lucy and others who went for deputy and leaders, we have fantastic mps from the 2015 intake, metro mayors across the country, we have great talent across the nations and regions and in our local government. in the labour party is not pulling in two different directions on policy, particularly when we come out of the pandemic there will be a big need to push progressive values for more equality, more well nourished public services, all those kind of arguments which are labour arguments. but his job kind of arguments which are labour arguments. but hisjob is to be very good as a leader himself and to bring forward a team that the public looks at an goes yes, i like the looks at an goes yes, i like the look of that team i can imagine them being in government. lucy, let's talk about that team because we may get some announcements about a shadow cabinet later today and i also wonder that with parliament not

sitting right now we know boris johnson has invited keir starmer to be parts of talks of dealing with coronavirus, how much power, sway and influence can he have given the parliament is not sitting does not yet have a shadow cabinet? he has a lot of power within the labour party, and that is a fantastic thing. he needs to address that and build his team and really start to set, i think you made clear in his speech yesterday, the ion the prize, the ion the prize which is being in a position at the next general election to elect a labour government. and that is not about ditching our values and moving everything to the right to what people worry about but it is about having clarity of purpose and a strategic approach that takes you forward over a number of years. he wants to make that central to his leadership as well so he can get on

with thatjob. in leadership as well so he can get on with that job. in a leadership as well so he can get on with thatjob. in a big time of crisis like we are in at the moment, it is not politics as usual and people do not want to see it as politics as usual. they want to see a leader of the opposition who is constructive, well briefed, working alongside the government when necessary with all of us putting shoulders to the wheel but believing that the opposition has a unique role to play in asking questions that he has been asking this morning and trying to get answers that the public or frontline workers or businesses or others need to hear andl businesses or others need to hear and i think that is a balancing act. of course it is very much the focus on recruitment —— the government, rather than the —— on recruitment —— the government, ratherthan the —— ratherthan on recruitment —— the government, rather than the —— rather than the conversation —— rather than the —— rather than the conversation — — conservative rather than the —— rather than the conversation —— conservative party. lam sure conversation —— conservative party. i am sure he will get that balance right over the coming weeks. and as

was said, when we start to emerge from this i think what this crisis has shown is there is a lack of resilience in certain aspects of our public life such as the welfare state in the health service in the way in which some people have very insecure lives and even a few weeks of lockdown like this, throwing people into absolute destitution. i think that gives him a very clear purpose as a labour leader in the years ahead. good to talk to you both. thank you very much for your time this morning. 21 minutes past seven and we have been talking for a few days now about the weather forecast this weekend and how important it will be. let's go straight to louise for all the latest details. morning. yes. there isa latest details. morning. yes. there is a lot of dry weather across the country today. a glorious sunrise but what better place to watch it

that from your bedroom window. this is norfolk, a beautiful morning at the moment. the weather will stay with us all day but it does look as though we will see a strong wind accompanying it as well so warm sunshine around, a little bit apache rain into the west and that will be the story as we move through the day and into tomorrow. so let's have a look at what is exactly happening. the satellite picture shows a large area of high pressure sitting across europe and that has put a lot of clear skies, moving steadily north and also brought a lot of wind. this type of cloud will bring the rain into tomorrow. ahead of that, a strong southerly wind, quite noticeable on exposed west facing coasts but that drives the warmth up from the near continent so there will be a lot of weather out there, a lot of sunshine as well to go with it. the wind is always a feature,

particularly on exposed coast bit inland with more shelter we will see temperatures respond. through the afternoon we will see the cloud arrived and outbreaks of light rain into northern ireland, the western fringes of scotland and maybe wales. gusts of winds in excess of 1a mile an hour, may be stronger by the end of the afternoon. temperatures a little more subdued, highest values of 20 degrees or more. through the evening and overnight we will see the rain steadily pushing its way eastwards and it will continue to bring some rain with it as well. that moves across parts of northern ireland and into the western fringes of scotla nd ireland and into the western fringes of scotland with heavier burst at a time and ahead of it we will have some clear skies but by dawn that rain will push in to the london area. it will be an incredibly mild night with temperatures widely into double figures across the country. monday morning starts with a lot of cloud around and there will still be some rain, a pulse of wet weather pushing into the south—east for a time and that will clear away during

monday morning, maybe have heavier births for a while behind it we will see return to sunny spells and a few scattered showers in western scotla nd scattered showers in western scotland and northern ireland in particular. not quite as warm on monday, you could see high values may be into the mid— teens, still above average for the time of year so 10— 18 degrees is expected high on monday. 0nce so 10— 18 degrees is expected high on monday. once we saw —— see that rain move through on monday it looks as though high pressure will build again and we will keep the dry settled feel across the country for much of the week. up up andrew marr will be coming up and you have another busy show?“ anyone is wondering who is responsible for you being locked into your house, the answer is neil ferguson, a key advisor to the government throughout this and he

willjoin me after nine 0'clock. as is the new leader of the opposition, so keir starmer in his first interview since becoming labour leader. in the government i have matt hancock, the health secretary with a lot of questions for him and on the global side of this i have been talking to number two of the world bank and i have gary lineker talking about the effect of all this on sport in general and football in particular. lots and lots of questions and a certain number of a nswe rs questions and a certain number of answers at nine o'clock full quite a mix, thank you. when kevin webber was diagnosed with terminal cancer he set about achieving everything he dreamed of, including running the world's toughest endurance race for the fifth time — the marathon des sables. the five—day event across the sahara desert has been postponed because of coronavirus — but that won't stop kevin. he's swapping sand dunes and camels for freshly cut grass and a washing line as he prepares to recreate the race in his own back garden. let's take a look at some

of his previous successes. iam i am delighted to say that kevin joins us now live from his garden in epsom on a beautiful morning as he prepares to set off. morning, kevin. this is not the way you imagined

running this race, is it?|j this is not the way you imagined running this race, is it? i thought i would be in 50 degrees heat and in some sand dunes today but instead i have maybe 18 degrees and grass and concrete. what made you decide just to run the race anyway? there are three reasons, really. i am really aware that the current coronavirus crisis has stopped people being able to run marathons and do cake bakes and have dinners and all that sort of thing that raise valuable money for charity. so they are having a difficult time and it impacts on their important work. so i thought that you can still do things if you are imaginative, do them in your back garden, raise the money for your favourite charity. that is the first reason. secondly, many people doing the marathon des sables are disappointed because it has been postponed. but by doing something like this in your own garden you are recreating that and mental health is

something that is a big issue so we will be in lockdown for a while and not seeing people much and losing social awareness of what goes on in life, we will be sad people so it is important to do something to feel good about. and it really is part of my life. if you do something good you will feel good about it. and, selfishly, i just like to you will feel good about it. and, selfishly, ijust like to run. great to hear. kevin, of course you have a very personal reason for raising this money. tell us about your own diagnosis. i was 49 years old so in one way quite young and i went for a week, i went to the doctor and a couple weeks later was told i had terminal prostate cancer that it's varied to other parts of my body. there was a lot of tears and the doctors gave me two years. one thing on my list was the marathon des

sa bles on my list was the marathon des sables and so i did that and so then my wife asked me why would not tried ain? my wife asked me why would not tried again? i have done it every year since then. i am on steroids and drugs all the time and that makes life complicated at times but i would rather be here and if i can do it then other people in this current situation should do the best they can and raising money for prostate cancer and the national emergency trust or doing so much for people who are on the other side of coronavirus. it is notjust about having it but if you have lost your job and cannot pay rent and that sort of stuff, those people are in a bad way right now and the government are doing what they can but there will be pockets where it is necessary. i have a webpage if anyone can sponsor me. google that and you will find me. five quid from eve ryo ne and you will find me. five quid from everyone will make a massive difference. tell us about your schedule for this week because it does not look easy. in very simple

terms, the marathon des sables is a marathon on sunday, monday, tuesday, a double marathon wednesday, thursday you get off but i am running every day and i have done so for the last 10a days so i cannot miss a day. another marathon friday and then a half on saturday to finish it off. i will do that every day from eight o'clock and i will finish when i finish on the long day i will start at seven in the morning andi i will start at seven in the morning and i will be very tired. the garden is only 30 metres around so i can make it 70 metres if i take in the side of the house but i will have some sore knees and ankles, that is for sure. and you are making it quite realistic while you are doing it, aren't you? you will have kit to carry. yes, i will have my backpack and hat, i have my shoes onto stops and hat, i have my shoes onto stops and getting on my shoes, and i have and getting on my shoes, and i have a flag i always carry it with my charity on it. so i am looking forward to it. a bit of fun, actually. a bit of reason to get out

of bed and do something different. what is amazing as i have already inspired people. and that is what i wa nt to inspired people. and that is what i want to do. i want to inspire people to think what and they do? what charity is important to them? no matter where you are in life, you can do something. you might have to do it virtually. someone i met a marathon in 2016, he and his 1a—year—old son have done a 2a—hour walk around their own back garden. they started at lunchtime yesterday about 50 miles. that is not bad for about 50 miles. that is not bad for a 1a—year—old kid, and they are putting money towards my website as well. anyone can join the putting money towards my website as well. anyone canjoin the hashtag, #walkwithkev. kevin, we will be keeping in touch with you and we send you lots of love today and throughout the week. kevin webber, we salute you. good luck. there you 90, we salute you. good luck. there you go, a little bit of inspiration.

properly teared me up this morning. good luck to him. a busy week for him. coming up later on the programme: how gyles brandreth is using poetry to lift the spirits of people in isolation — and hisjumpers might well cheer them up, too. stay tuned for that. that is a whopper. that is gorgeous. stay with us, headlines coming up.

hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and sally nugent. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the queen is expected to give a deeply personal message stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic. the monarch will make a special address to the nation this evening and will thank frontline nhs staff and care workers, while recognising the grief, financial difficulties and enormous changes the country is facing. the queen has only ever made four previous similar broadcasts. people are being urged not to let the warm weather tempt them to break social distancing measures. while the government reports most people are following instructions to stay home, these pictures filmed yesterday in london's richmond park suggest not everyone is obeying the rules. more than a,300 people with covid—19

have now died in the uk. staying at home is currently the best thing we can do to beat the spread of coronavirus, but it can have a huge impact on our mental health. so, with some tips on how to look after our minds while also keeping our bodies healthy, we are joined by gp and author dr rangan chatterjee, who is at home in cheshire. good morning to you. nice to see you, as always. look, it is a tough one, isn't it, this weekend. most people will look outside the front door, see that the weather is nice and want to go out, but of course the advice is not to. give us your thoughts on how people might wear that up in their mind. how do they stay safe, but also maybe enjoy some of the weekend? thank you for having me on again. look, i get it. we are coming out of a long winter. today is going to be a beautiful day, and obviously if this pandemic wasn't going on, we would all be going out and enjoying ourselves in the sun today. but also we are living in very different times at the moment,

so look, social distancing is super important. it is always worth reminding people why that is. it is not just about you yourself, it reminding people why that is. it is notjust about you yourself, it is notjust about you yourself, it is not just about i feel fine, notjust about you yourself, it is notjust about i feel fine, i've got notjust about i feel fine, i've got no problem with going out. it's about protecting people in society, protecting the nhs. i think, you know, for some of us who are going to go out once a day for our permitted exercise, act as if you have got the virus. i think it is a very simple tip for people. act as if you have got it and then you are going to keep your distance from people. and you can go out once a day, but when you go out, make sure you are at least two metres. two metres is the minimum, really. the further you are away from other people, the less likely it is that they can either transmit the virus to you or you can transfer the virus to you or you can transfer the virus to them. and that is the key with this virus. it needs humans together to actually spread. and that's why the government, that's why the nhs, are so clear that we really need to keep our distance from other people, and it is going to make a massive difference, and it is actually going

to help us save people's lives.|j wa nt to to help us save people's lives.|j want to delve straight into questions about that, particularly the two metre thing. melanie has e—mailed asking is it ok to frequently pass people with less than the two metres you are talking about? she says sometimes theyjust isn't two metres to pass. and a lot of people know that when joggers or people doing exercise pass by, they don't necessarily give you that space. how safe is that?” don't necessarily give you that space. how safe is that? i have experienced that myself. i think people are trying to figure out what to do in this new world we find ourselves in. i think people are not meaning to be under two metres but it is quite difficult on some narrow hearths. two metres as they say is really, really important, and the more you can, the better. sojust be mindful. if you are a jogger, i know a lot ofjoggers will be watching their watches, they wanted time there run stop and sometimes they get a bit stressed out, that actually, oh, my god, i don't want to stop because i am timing it. i will be like, look, we're living in a different world at the moment. your time doesn't matter at the

moment. if you have to stop, if you see coming towards you, try and lean to the side, try and take sensible precautions. 0f to the side, try and take sensible precautions. of course it is not a lwa ys precautions. of course it is not always going to be possible. that is the truth, but be sensible and be respectful to other people. and remember, it is not about you, it is about society. it is about everyone, and we all need to do our best. one thing which of course we are clearly focusing on is our physical health right now, but mental health really important and anxiety are real concern for many people, may be cooped up inside, maybe having to deal at close hand with family, and we know that that isn't always the easiest. judy e—mailed to say i suffer from easiest. judy e—mailed to say i sufferfrom anxiety, easiest. judy e—mailed to say i suffer from anxiety, i easiest. judy e—mailed to say i sufferfrom anxiety, i am a key worker in a residential home and my partner of ten years as high risk. what can i do to help my anxiety? 0k, what can i do to help my anxiety? ok, so the first thing i think we need to understand is what is anxiety? many people are feeling anxious at the moment, so people who already suffered with anxiety are feeling super anxious and people who have never had it before are now starting to feel a little bit anxious. and i am going to say to people, it is ok to feel anxious.

there is something called the fear response in the brain. that is a natural mechanism that has kept us safe. now, that consumes the emotional part of the brain, but there is another part called the thinking brain. the thinking brain will try and predict what is going to happen in the future based on a past experience. now, the problem at the moment is we don't have a past experience of the global pandemic, or of having to adopt these quite strict social distancing measures. so the brain is trying to predict, and it can't, and that is when you're anxiety can start to run. you know, can just run wild, you're anxiety can start to run. you know, canjust run wild, and when it is supercharged it can become panicked. so the first thing i want to say as it can be a normal response to what is going on. the second thing to say is that look, there are simple things everybody can do to help. the first thing i will say, a very underutilised tool is something called journalling, you

simply write down five minutes what you are thinking, what you are worried about, and it is so, so powerful. you are literally taking anxiety out of your mind and putting it onto paper. so that is one that might help. i know a lot of people are worried about their kids feeling anxious at the moment, and a really good exercise for people to do, works for adults as well, but for kids, it is called the five finger breathing exercise. i don't know if people can see this on—screen, but you basically put your hand up and you basically put your hand up and you start at your little finger and you start at your little finger and you breathe in while tracing your fingerup, and you you breathe in while tracing your finger up, and you breathe out while tracing yourfinger finger up, and you breathe out while tracing your finger down. you finger up, and you breathe out while tracing yourfinger down. you do that the whole way around the finger. now, why is that so powerful? it is that your brain only has a certain amount of capacity, so if you crowd it out with feeling your finger, if you crowd it out with feeling yourfinger, watching yourfinger, and being mindful of your breath, you don't have room in your brain anymore to feel anxious. so that is another handy tip that i think a lot of people are doing, getting a lot

of people are doing, getting a lot of results. you mentioned it is good weather today. if you are going out or if you are going into your garden, simply having... many people at the moment will be having their cup of tea at home. i say nip out into the garden if it is safe to do so, and have your cup of tea while looking at the trees, while hearing the birds sing. because we know that nature helps to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. and i will just say move your body each day. although we talk about that for our physical health, it is one of the best things for our mental health, and if people are confused with what to do, keep it simple. dancing is one of the best things you can do right now, by yourself. with your family, i don't know if you have tried this, but it is very hard to feel anxious or sad when you are dancing to an up beat tune. i recommend everyone does that. that is the top tip for the day. good to talk to you, as always. i am going to do your breathing thing with the hands, so i am going to remember that, and may be a few moves a

little later. i think we have the ideal opportunity to do that right now. we're off to do some dancing make ourselves feel a little calmer. that has been one of my top tips for this entire experience, is playing some happy music in the morning to get you going. but i am not going to pull out any dance moves just now, i can't promise you that. instead, we are talking about finances in football. this doesn't sound very exciting, but it is really important. there has been a lot of pressure on high—profile players to make more of a contribution, in terms of making charitable donations or taking terms of making charitable donations ortaking a terms of making charitable donations or taking a pay cut. even the health secretary, matt hancock, brought it up in the daily government press co nfe re nce . well, this all came to a head yesterday, in a meeting staged by premier league chiefs where it was all put on the table to players — take a 30% drop in wages. and, in the meeting, football's crippling financial crisis was laid bear.

—— bare. players heard how clubs now stand to lose up to £1.2 billion in revenue, taking into account tickets, match day revenue, sponsorship and tv. 0n the face it, a pay cut might seem straightforward. but the players' union has put out a statement. that is the pfa. they say a cut to wages would actually be counterproductive, as it would mean the taxpayer misses out on £200 million, which could have an impact on the nhs. they also suggest that the premier league could be way more generous when it comes to their contributions to efl clubs and to charity. well, this meeting came on the same day that liverpool became the latest premier league club to furlough non playing staff. it would mean they get 80% of their salary through the uk 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. this decision has been heavily criticised, including from former liverpool captain jamie carragher. this is what he tweeted.

former liverpool forward stan collymore described the decision as plain wrong. well, with so much talk around what footballers should or shouldn't be doing to help with the current crisis, i've been speaking to one man who is certainly doing his bit. rower philip doyle had been hopeful of a medal at the tokyo 0lympics, but is instead spending this summer working in a hospital. the northern irishman, who is also a qualified doctor, has returned to his frontlinejob in the nhs. i managd to speak to him before his first day. —— managed.

for county down row at philip doyle, this might feel like a lifetime ago, as he and his partner, rowan burns, secured their spot at the tokyo olympics last summer. here, ireland, the crowd is on their feet, but it is china first, ireland silver medal. but now, like thousands of other athletes, philip is dealing with the disappointment of the game's postponement. we will have it next summer, so i suppose we have another 12 months of preparation time. that won't be too bad, really. everything happens for a reason, and we just have to move on with it. with his 0lympic dream now on hold, philip, a qualified doctor, has decided to return to the nhs and tackled the coronavirus nightmare head—on. tackled the coronavirus nightmare head-on. so i will be helping out within the medical team on the general medicine award. my co nsulta nt general medicine award. my consultant gave me a phone call on saturday morning and just said listen, we don't have things

perfectly set up, because i immediately was on the phone to them wednesday last week begging for a job —— general medicine ward. they we re job —— general medicine ward. they were like, we have one for you, come up. medicine has always been number one. to be honest, i have missed that element of my life over the last few months, so i will be glad to get back, even though i have to go back to the rowing afterwards. 2019 was a breakthrough summer for philip and his partner, ronan, who caused something of a surprise by winning silver at the world cup regatta in rotterdam before their qualifying race. with an olympic medal still firmly in his sights, philip admits the current restrictions have been difficult.“ anyone has ever been on a rowing machine, you know it is not very stimulating. 0ut machine, you know it is not very stimulating. out of the water, it is beautiful. you have got lovely scenery, and you see yourself going fast past the hedges. but inside, nothing moves, just you, and it is the same movement over and over for

2000 and 3000 times each session. and it is a very welcome change for the next few months, but it will be very challenging to continue the training programme alongside that. what you are doing, returning to hospital at this time of crisis, it is quite remarkable. hospital at this time of crisis, it is quite remarkablelj hospital at this time of crisis, it is quite remarkable. i wouldn't say that. there are people in the world who have done more with less, so i am very lucky that i have a great support network around me. the national rowing federation behind me, i have equipment in my garage that some people don't have. i have it all set up. there are a lot of people doing more with less in the world, so you can't give yourself a pat on the back too often. you just have to get on with it. and that's exactly what this 0lympic rower has been doing, straight in at the deep end. it was great to speak to him earlier this week and he has assured me he

will definitely be returning to his rowing. thank you so much for that story, holly. let's check in now on what the weather is doing. there is a lot of talk about the weather being good this weekend but that not being good this weekend but that not being an excuse to make social distancing rules. we have all the details now. what can we expect looking out the window? good morning. we use weather watch are pictures to illustrate the story and there have been sending views from bedroom windows. full sun rises at the moment and just as the dock was saying, open the window and listen to the birds first thing in the morning. it is very rare that that we get this sort of peace and quietness across the country. this is cambridgeshire, and just as beautiful across the highlands. snow across the tops but even here it is mild. a mild morning and it will be a very mild day for many today. so a lot of blue sky, a lot of sunshine around and the only exception is the western fringes of scotland and

northern ireland with high cloud ahead of a weather front that will arrive later on this afternoon bringing outbreaks of showery rain as we go through the afternoon. elsewhere a strong wind and a noticeable wind widely across the country because in excess of a0 miles an hour may be more across those exposed west facing coasts to form a southerly direction drags a very air, all the way from spain so the temperature will peak with highs of 21 degrees, a little cooler weather cloud and showery rain is sitting to the west. thank you, louise. and don't forget, the pollen levels are pretty high at the pollen levels are pretty high at the moment. it is definitely changing. 0dd the moment. it is definitely changing. odd because it feels like spring but we are all inside. as we should be. let's keep that going. a8 minutes past seven at the moment we will be back with the headlines at eight 0'clock, time now for click.

now for click. welcome to click. i'm spencer kelly. 0n the 6th of april 2000, a plucky new tv programme hit the air, promising to talk about something that many people — many in the media — thought was too scary, too nerdy. technology. no—one thought that programme would last more than a couple of years and yet, 20 years later, click is still on air. just. because it's impossible to believe that we're celebrating our 20th birthday in a world that seems eerily similar to those dystopian sci—fi films that we geeks grew up on. like many programmes, we're gonna find it hard to stay

on air during the lockdown. but for old times' sake, because it's our birthday, we're gonna forget about it all and take one last look at click through the ages. now, in this short programme of the version, we'll have to skip over quite a few of the highlights. so to get the whole story, this week more than ever, please do check out the full length programme. robotic voice: click online. click online. it's the age—old story — bbc launches a new .com programme. .com bubble immediately bursts. was it ourfault? probably. yet stephen cole and the team were ready to take apart any tech that they could get their hands on. episode one featured two polar opposite hairstyles explaining how to copy photos off of those newfangled digital cameras and a review of the upcoming playstation 2, conducted on the boot of a car. the new millennium was off and running with the latest pocket pcs, the very hottest fashion, and a man trapped in a pda.

home computers were helping to make music, which could be listened to on whatever that is, and stored on sd cards of a massive 6a megabytes — yes! and that's not all! you slot the little card in, stick the headphones on, and you're away! you're free to jog, do whatever you want. dial up noises. home internet was about to get a lot faster, too, as one of the backstreet boys showed you how to switch your computer from dial—up to superfast broadband. 2003 rolls around and before anyone was talking about the cloud, this chap turns up wearing it. not sure what happened to him, but the shirt lives on, burned into the back of people's retinas to this day. david reid opted to get measured for a more sober costume, and also showed us what he wore at the weekend, and in your spare time, this was the amazing content that we were recommending online. you can even get interactive

and play the panpipes using your mouse. thank you, sev. thank you, pardners. the budget wouldn't stretch to a horse. meanwhile, kate strolled into town for the first time, rob was writing his own ringtones and chris and simon demonstrated the very latest portable photo scanner. watch out, here comes 2006 with a new look, a new host, and some stunningly expensive special effects. we took a rare peek inside the new technology superpower that was, and is, china. before the kindle, we were already looking at the e—paper technology that would power it. and as phones struggled desperately to become smart, we tried out some of the new designs, including a touchscreen device that's not a million miles away from apple's forthcoming world—changer. 2007. africa, and we were testing cameras in the wild. fortunately, we weren't eaten by anything enormous, unless you count a giant pac—man.

i'll see you in london. it's that way, i think. in namibia, we trekked miles in crazy solar hats to trial satellite broadband in the desert. machine beeps. either it's gonna blow up, or we've got a lock. this year's hot topic was piracy websites and in particular, the protests outside the swedish parliament that followed the pirate bay being shut down. chris used the age—old coffee jar analogy to ask which disc format was going to win — hd dvd or blu—ray? the answer? streaming. we saw misbehaving furniture in san francisco, and then dan came across a small company that had something electrifying in its garage. it took tesla another five years to start delivering its saloon car, but this one really did set the balls in motion. talking of balls, here's the beginnings of live on—set motion capture, demonstrated by some idiot in a very tight suit. and, of course, there was that

new phone from that company, and that was when everything changed. in 2008, the rest of the mobile phone companies tried to play catch—up. touchscreens were everywhere, the mobile web was getting there, but surely the iphone couldn't slay all of the established phone makers? and nokia, which sells more phones in one week than apple does in a year, will have its own touchscreen rival by december. hmm... but as we started to spend more time online, our digitalfootprints were leaving behind significant clues about us. and we decided to show how your personal data could be scraped and used by anyone who knew how to write a facebook app. we wrote an evil application which secretly collected the personal details of you and your friends and sent them to us. fortunately, facebook closed that hole and no—one has ever

used our personal data against us since! it's a new decade and 2010 starts with a bang. well, a crack, actually, as dan is told that this phone is completely unbreakable, so he broke it. i've actually broken the phone! do not challenge us. play music with lightning? check. go skiing in the dubai desert? of course! make high—tech fashion look cool? er... here's mark out scavenging with his nan and auntie susan. now that games developer bungie is out of the halo business, what happens to the stars of its games, those spacefaring super soldiers the spartans? window cleaning and lift attendants, apparently. but the year was once again dominated by apple, this time going big on tablets. but just the next year, the man who had led the company from next to nothing to global domination left us. stevejobs, the biggest tech

superstar of his time. also in 2011, lara joined the team and immediately went for a lie down. trouble is that i often get up at 3:30am to, well, talk about the weather. good morning! you remember the weather, don't you? it's the thing that happens outside? in a year full of wiggly robots, holographic tv and very cheap costume hire, we went looking for the next big thing. and here it is. for truly portable smartphone viewing, check out this tv hat. sorry. here it is. imagine wearable, bendable and colour—changeable tech. the breakthrough could be a material called graphene. dan there, taking rare time out from his now pathological need to destroy technology. gunshot.

more testosterone overload in 2012 as mark demonstrated the stand—off between the games consoles using the medium of the spaghetti western. special guest star ennio marioni. ah, thank you! and could you make a film on a mobile phone in 2012? no! absolutely not! so we did, with special effects. you're welcome! explosion. 2015 was a vintage year. south korea served up robots that hunted jellyfish, an esports tournament where the teams were kept in a fish tank, and flying hair dryers. and who could forget hubo, the robot that made me lose my faculties in the middle of a car park? mit in boston was full of excellent ideas. and in spain, we filmed a whole programme on mobiles. don't do it. it was awful. what do you mean everyone's having to do it these days? japan, brilliant!

full of fake cats and ping—pong—playing robots. i was even checked out by a dinosaur. was that entirely necessary? yeah, i think — i think it was, actually. i think it adds something. artificial intelligence was becoming huge, and steve created one that learned to walk. hololens was on the scene and vr was going mainstream. kate was making it out of cardboard and mark was falling for it in a big way. laughs. right. i actually tried to lean on the table there! maisie, are they working? yeah! i can see your microphone and i can see that you're smiling and i can see there's a lady in the front with a red jacket. the guy next to her is wearing stripes. oh, my god, it's so amazing. remember maisie? we do. she broke our hearts and mended them all in one go as she got to read her favourite book for the first time since she lost her sight. 2019 was an emotional year, really.

we hit a continuous run of 1,000 shows, celebrating by making an interactive adventure that was the hardest programme we've ever made. 50 years after the arguably greater achievement of landing on the moon, lj bounced her voice off it. hello, moon people. static. hello, moon people. and we got to see the vehicles that we'll be travelling into space in next. you feel the forces in your tailbone. oh, i can feel the forces in my tailbone! as could omar. plenty of forces heading tailbone—ward there, too, i'd have thought. yeah, i'd say there's nothing that we won't do for click, a programme that's allowed us to live out our wildest, most childish dreams, and which has driven us mad and kept us sane every week for longer than anyone would've imagined. for however long you've been on this journey with us, i hope you've enjoyed the ride. and that's where we have to leave it for the shortcut of the best of click.

there are more great memories in the full—length version, which is on iplayer right now. please do watch it if you can find a few minutes in your day. also in that episode, i'll tell you what's going to happen to click from next week in this strange new world that we find ourselves in. but rest assured you've given us 20 years, we will be here for you next week. thank you so much for watching. we'll see you then. good morning welcome to breakfast with ben thompson

and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today: in a rare address to the nation, the queen will thank nhs staff and call on people to show ‘self—discipline' and ‘resolve' in the face of the coronavirus crisis. as parts of the uk enjoy their hottest weekend in six months, police urge people to stick to the ‘stay at home‘ rules. the newly—elected labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government has made serious mistakes over testing and a lack of protective equipment for medical staff. negotiations over footballers‘ pay reaches deadlock. as premier league stars are told clubs face a billion pound loss — the players union insists cutting wages would hit the nhs. good morning. it is a dry sandi for the bulk of the country with lengthy sunny spells accompanied with a brisk southerly wind. all the details shortly. all the details shortly.

good morning. it‘s sunday the 5th of april. our top story: the queen is expected to give "a deeply personal message", stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic. of self—discipline and resolve the monarch will make a special address to the nation this evening and will thank frontline nhs staff and care workers, while recognising the "grief", "financial difficulties" and "enormous changes" the country is facing. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. recorded at windsor castle on thursday, the queen‘s broadcast will according to officials be a deeply personal message, which will reflect her experience in other difficult times. broadcasts such as this by the queen are rare. they are reserved for moments of particular national significance. speaking about the situation facing the nation, the queen will say:

she will pay tribute to all those on the nhs frontline, to care workers and those carrying out essential roles, and recognise the pain already felt by many families, as well as thanking those following the government guidelines by staying at home. she will say. it is a message intended both to reassure and to rally the nation‘s resolve. it will be transmitted at 8:00pm tonight. nicholas witchell, bbc news. stay at home, despite the good weather,

to stop the spread of coronavirus — that‘s the message from the government this weekend. ministers say they‘re concerned young people in particular may not be taking social distancing measures seriously enough. so far more than a,300 people have lost their lives, including a five—year—old. simonjones reports. the message to stay at home doesn‘t appear to be getting through to some. the sun was out on saturday, but these pictures suggest in richmond, in london, so were the people — in numbers. in hove, the local council pleaded with visitors to stay away, saying social distancing would become impossible. we haven‘t got all day. this barbecue on the beach was soon put out by the police. in south london, lambeth council said 3,000 people flocked to brockwell park, many to socialise and to sunbathe. it warned this is unacceptable, and the park will be closed on sunday. now, i know that life under

lockdown can be challenging, and some will be tempted on this sunny weekend to venture out and about. but, if we relax our adherence to the rules, we increase the risk for others. that‘s why it‘s so important to stay at home, to protect the nhs, and to save lives. most did follow the advice to only go out for exercise or to shop for essentials. 0ne exhausted nurse posted a video after a shift in intensive care explaining why it is so important. we‘re desperately short of staff, and things are really difficult, and we‘re all really struggling. so i‘m just saying to you all to stay in. if you stay in, and you don‘t spread it and you don‘t catch it, that takes the pressure off of us. because we‘re all on our knees at the moment, to be fair. the death of a five—year—old child with underlying health conditions is another reminder of the dangers the virus can pose.

with more than a million cases of coronavirus now registered worldwide, the foreign office is extending its advice against travel abroad for an indefinite period. it has faced some criticism from britons stranded abroad that it hasn‘t done enough to get them home. officials here say from this week, efforts will be stepped up, working with 1a commercial airlines, bringing people back from places like the philippines and india. this coronavirus—stricken cruise ship with around 200 britons on board has finally been allowed to dock in miami. for the passengers, a return home can‘t come soon enough. simon jones, bbc news. the newly elected leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, has urged the government to publish its ‘exit strategy‘ explaining how it would ease coronavirus restrictions. writing in the sunday times, the former brexit secretary said the government has made "serious mistakes" in its handling of covid—19. let‘s speak to our political

correspondentjessica parker. good morning. first day in the new job for sir keir starmer and already critical of the government handling of the pandemic. yes, his first full day and the job, of the pandemic. yes, his first full day and thejob, taking overfrom jeremy corbyn yesterday. he did say in his acceptance speech he would ta ke in his acceptance speech he would take a constructive approach during the coronavirus crisis, but he would call out mistakes where he saw them. that appears to be what he‘s doing in the sunday times article. he talks about personal protective equipment and concerns it hasn‘t reached front line workers and in ca re reached front line workers and in care homes. regarding testing, he claims the government has been too slow to act. the focus must be to reach 230 day by the end of the month. he also calls for a vaccine

programme, building vaccine centres and towns and cities across the country. he mentions the idea of ministers being creator about an exit strategy, where the restrictions might be lifted. die —— downing street which pointed to the new target for testing, millions of masks on ppe kit have gone out to the frontline. another note, coming later today, we expect sir keir starmer to pick people for his top team, the shadow cabinet, that is important because it might tell something about the direction he plans to take party ends. thank you very much. thank you very much. 630 people have died in a single day in the american state of new york as a result of the coronavirus — its biggest one—dayjump so far. there have been more than 300,000 cases and eight thousand deaths in the us in total,

with new york accounting for more than 3,500 fatalities. glasgow airport is to open one of its car parks as a "large—scale testing area", in response to the coronavirus pandemic. from this afternoon the long—stay car park will become a drive—through site. initially it will only test front—line nhs workers and will be closed to the public. you are watching breakfast. 0ur you are watching breakfast. our main story. our main story. tonight the queen is set to deliver a rare address to the nation, which will be only the fifth of its kind. her majesty will take the opportunity to praise britons for their strength during the coronavirus pandemic. she is also expected to thank frontline nhs staff and care workers. here to tell us more about what we can expect, are royal commentator dickie arbiter and royal historian kate williams. good morning. give us a sense of how

significant this moment will be. we know that her majesty does not make many addresses like this, this will be the latest. it is extremely significant and the timing is absolutely right. there was not a question of if and when the queen would speak, she is guided by the government and it is a government decision to stay back we would like you to speak so very significant. 0nly you to speak so very significant. only the fifth in her 68 year reign. she has compassion, she is able to unify and reassure people and my goodness people need reassurance up and down the country and globally. we can expect her to say thanks to the front line workers, including nhs and doctors and also people working on the outside of these services, at the supermarkets,

keeping the food chain going, the ambulance services, the fire services, the police. the only sad thing is people are being responsible and selfish and clustering in groups. she will give a veiled message to stay at home. looking at this historically, how important is it that the royal family is seen at times like this of crisis? i think it is very important and obviously the royal family want to be there at times of crisis but this is so unprecedented. it is not award or a personal tragedy where they can go and meet people and talk to people in hospitals who are suffering. they cannot. the queen would be on the vulnerable list she was only 17 years old. it is not possible to visit hospitals which is why we had prince charles opening the nightingale by video link. it is

a very significant moment for the royals and for her to be speaking. we understand it was going to be on easter sunday but it has been brought forward because people would like to hear from. they are about her. they know she has been in contact with people who have been suffering from this, including her is fun. people want to see that she is fun. people want to see that she is fit and well and looking after herself at windsor castle. you had a ringside seat in situations like this, in the past you have worked with the queen at a time when she had to make and adjust to the nation, what will be the mechanics and the preparation to this? the build—up will be wayne, when is it going to take place, how is it going to ta ke going to take place, how is it going to take place? we know it‘s that

windsor castle, from the white join room. logistically there had to be separation from her majesty undertaken group. —— white drawing—room. sojust undertaken group. —— white drawing—room. so just the cameraman with masks and gloves, along with the queen at a safe distance. the technical crew in another room and the message was recorded last thursday. there is great concern about people coming into contact with her. someone in buckingham palace tested positive. it is very important, the queen at 93, and prince phillip at 98, separated from people passing on the coronavirus so they have been very careful in planning this whole operation with military precision. separation between heart, the cameraman and the technical crew. we did not have that

backin technical crew. we did not have that back in 1977, everyone was clustered together in the chinese drawing—room at buckingham palace. this is a very different scenario and one has to be very careful. we know that the queen plays a role in stating the nation at times of trouble and such unprecedented change at the moment, we know prince charles had the virus. yes, it is unprecedented, we‘ve never had anything like this in great britain before, a virus in control, we don‘t know what is going to happen next, people are very afraid. it is tragic to hear about people suffering in hospital and dying alone and how hard the health workers are working. it is wonderful to hear the queen will be talking about health workers. there has been some negative coverage about the royal family over this, prince charles suffered from the virus and

there was some resentment online about the fact he was tested when it is difficult to get a taste if you are an nhs worker and he travelled to scotland when we are told to stay where we are. there was some anger there. it is important that the queen does speak to the nation and reassures them. i think it is important it washes over some of the resentment. if we are all in it together, that is something they wa nt to together, that is something they want to make very clear. thank you very much indeed to both of you this morning. just to remain due, that adjust from the queen at itook club this evening on bbc one. —— just to remind you. thatj swan was recorded

on thursday. —— that address was recorded. —— that address was recorded. here‘s louise with a look at this morning‘s weather. morning. it is a lovely spring days so open the windows, enjoy it, there is some warmth, we will not need the heating on. it looks like it will remain jive heating on. it looks like it will remainjive for much heating on. it looks like it will remain jive for much of the week ahead. in cambridgeshire, a beautiful sunrise. here is the view in the far north of scotland. some snow on the maintenance, quite chilly year but today is mild and that will remain throughout the day and for much of the week in scotland as well. there is an area of cloud, you can see it clearly pushing in from the atlantic. this weather front will arrive later today but head of its clear skies. notjust for us but across much of europe. that southerly wind is coming up

from africa so that warm air is set to arrive for the remainder of the day to day. and mild and dry start, it isa day to day. and mild and dry start, it is a blustery start, the winds quite a few —— feature on the state coast. come in lines with shelter, not as bad. some hyclate out west and by the afternoon we will see outbreaks of showery rain. gusts of wind in excess of a0 miles eyraud. temperatures more subdued i waste. inland we are looking at high teens, peaking at 21 degrees. pollen is very high across england and wales and that will be an issue if you suffer from tree pollen. and that will be an issue if you sufferfrom tree pollen. through this evening, more outbreaks of rain to come pushing in from the west, it will cloud over. rain headed for a time, pushing east. we keep the

southerly flow, and incredibly mild night. tomorrow morning it will be a cloudy affair for many. the bulk of the rain will start to easily but it will have to clear from east england and we could see a pulse of more persistent rain pushing into the south—east and possibly east anglia early on monday morning. painted, clear and sunny spells with just a few scattered showers expected. not as warm on monday, temperatures peaking at 18 degrees. 0nce as warm on monday, temperatures peaking at 18 degrees. once the rain goes, high pressure will dominate, the story remains dry and settled right across the country and it will be quite warm for this time of year. thank you. those all—important pollen levels. you can tell it is changing. nice weather but the

message is the same, stay at home. nice weather but the message is the same, stay at home. convenience stores have seen a massive increase in demand as more people opt to shop locally for essentials instead of heading to large supermarkets or waiting weeks for an online orders. katy austin has been speaking to those running these vital local services to see how they‘re coping with the extra pressure. at this store in cambridgeshire it is a race to keep shelves stocked. sales are up 75%. as soon as we saw a small bit of uplift in sales and we saw what people were purchasing, we immediately said one item per customer and please use your common sense, we do serve many elderly and vulnerable people. checkout screens, hand sanitiser and a queueing system should protect staff and customers. maintaining staffing levels is a challenge. just in the last week we have lost three members of staff as a precaution so we had to isolate them. and i have an older member of staff, semi retired, he has been sent home

until further notice. this shop in lincolnshire said is been like christmas eve every day with staff doing 16—hour days to cope with customer demand. more and more they use us instead of the supermarket. things like meat sales, they have increased 800%. we do free home delivery and we have been doing a call and collect where people can book their shopping and then when they get to us, ring us and we go out to the car with their shopping. have you ever done anything like that before? no. most of us still rely on supermarkets but convenience stores have benefited as people stay home and shop local more often. it is not a universal boon. stores in transport hubs and major cities have found customers and business have suddenly disappeared. and they need help if they are to survive. those businesses are akin to restaurants pubs and hotels, the airline industry where they needed help

three weeks ago and they have been furloughing workers. that same system applies to convenience stores who find themselves having to close in the coming weeks. spar has stores in many different countries and that has helped inform its uk response. in italy, we have tried to understand buying behaviour and the times of days that people will shop and we have also taken many of the protective measures that we have now seen in the uk and we saw those in italy and started to work with those. stores such as these say the government paying sick pay has been a lifeline and they hope many of their new frequent customers will stay when the pandemic finally goes. joining us now is james lowman from the association of convenience stores. good morning. we heard about some of the challenges facing local shops,

but they are slightly different because perhaps their supply chain is different to the big supermarket? yes. it has been hard for our supply chain to get hold of products because of extraordinary demand. we have also seen independent retailers being very resilient and inventive so they are looking to local suppliers as well as the excellent support from their amenable sailors. find different ways to get things in store. —— there wholesale distributors. no one thought about social distancing in shops a few weeks ago and we had to implement it, they have done a good job. your picture has frozen but we can hear you later and clear. maybe bigger supermarkets have more technical and

logistical support, some of the small stores might not have that and they have to work all hours to fill they have to work all hours to fill the shelves? certainly when there was this explosion of activity whether it is retailers adding delivery services or buying different sorts of supply or dealing with issues about colleagues, some go into isolation, a number that the older demographic and would be asked to shield themselves, their faces challenges and they have to sort those eight. it is that retailer, not a corporate structure, doing that, using local volunteers who have been brilliant coming forward to help with deliveries and support. all this is about independent retailers. some of the suppliers and on the big stores i‘ve been had a week but the independent stores have

been and have an important role at this time. there was a mention in that report that people going into the stores, perhaps for the first time, will continue to do so once this is over so a new lease of life for the corner shop? hopefully. there has been a trend to more local shopping over the past two decades. people eat out more and on the go and the shop more locally, as well as shopping and larger supermarkets. if anything, this will remain to people about the businesses that really stepped up at this difficult time. there are lots of businesses who have done that but hopefully those stores which had stepped beyond in our sector will see their communities valuing them and asking what with our lives have been like

during this really difficult episode without the shops? and thinking that normal life, just her valuable those local services are. this has been brought home to customers, i certainly hope so. you will be back to know you are back and fill movement and vision. thank you very much. we are experiencing so many problems, sometimes we get a technical gremlin but we just have to go with it. make do and mend. yes. at the beginning of holy week, all christian churches in the uk are closed to public worship because of the coronavirus. but one anglican parish in central london has designed a weekly online service — complete with prayer readings, homilies and hymns. what they didn‘t expect was that it would be watched around the world. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, reports on how the parish of all souls church holds a sunday service when no—one is allowed through its doors.

this is god‘s remainder that something is wrong. this is church during a pandemic. here is a virus we cannot see. this reactor in central london normally looks out at hundreds of congregants. now it is a single camera and online worshippers. you can get it without symptoms and yet it might kill me. god speaking to us remains as life is more fragile than we like to think. the music at also since world—renowned but the choir is now dispersed across the city so how do you hold a sunday services when no one can come to church? that was the challenge, martin. so we have been stitching together audio loops of people playing into their smartphones and tablets at home.

here we go. clarinets and saxophones. here is the woodwind. we have an organist, putting that together and making a split screen video with lots of people playing. just amazing. the sound you‘re able to get when combined together, it blew me away when i editing it. i will give you a bit of eric singing on his phone. no scheme of man. ourjob is bringing god and people together, most people think it is hard to meet god and know it had to meet people.

hearing the voice and seeing the fees is more valuable than e—mail text. it has been incredible to know that when you are watching, there are literally hundreds if not thousands watching the service in the morning and knowing that it is not just the morning and knowing that it is notjust london. the morning and knowing that it is not just london. people the morning and knowing that it is notjust london. people are watching all over the world and that would not have happened before this. this church has inadvertently stumbled upona church has inadvertently stumbled upon a new era for shipping and the local congregation has become a global one. martin basheer, bbc news. that sounded amazing. that is what we need today. to keep in touch, we want to know how you are doing at the moment. you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk

or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today‘s stories using the hashtag bbcbreakfast — or follow us for the latest from the programme. we have all our top tips from the programme on social media, plenty of detail on line. coming up later on the programme: how gyles brandreth is using poetry to lift the spirits of people in isolation and hisjumpers might well cheer them up too. stay with us, headlines coming up.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main news. the queen is expected to give "a deeply personal message", stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic. the monarch will make a special address to the nation this evening and will thank frontline nhs staff and care workers,

while recognising the "grief", "financial difficulties" and "enormous changes" the country is facing. the queen has only ever made four previous similar broadcasts. people are being urged not to let the warm weather tempt them to break social—distancing measures. while the government reports most people are following instructions to stay home, these pictures filmed yesterday in london‘s richmond park suggest not everyone is obeying the rules. more than a,300 people with covid—19 have now died in the uk. the newly—elected labour leader sir keir starmer says the government has made "serious mistakes" in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. in a sunday times editorial, the former shadow brexit secretary wants government ministers to publish what he calls "their exit strategy" from the current social distancing restrictions and set out when they might be lifted. glasgow airport is to open one of its car parks as a "large—scale testing area", in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

from this afternoon the long—stay car park will become a drive—through site. initially it will only test front—line nhs workers and will be closed to the public. and in one care home in glasgow 13 residents died in one week following a suspected outbreak. joining us now from glasgow is scotland‘s national clinical director, jason leitch. good morning to you, thank you for your time. i would like to start if we can with the situation at that ca re we can with the situation at that care home. i know one is saying the death, we can‘t say for sure they‘re linked to coronavirus, obviously indications point that way, what more can you tell us about the situation at that care home?” more can you tell us about the situation at that care home? i can tell you that it is deeply, deeply upsetting for everybody and for nobody know than the residents and

the friends and family in that care home and those that work there, those that give their lives to care for residents in care homes all over the country. it underlines how difficult this virus is. this virus is in respecter of age or region or residence. it is a nasty disease and it is particularly nasty in those who are more vulnerable. it can be damaging in the young, but it is much more likely to be damaging in that elderly group. so it is a sad story. on a practical basis, we of course are in that care home, the director of public health for scotland, who is a friend and colleague, she has been in touch, the care inspectorate who are the regulators are in the care home. we doing all we can to help the staff t families and the residents. for

anyone watching who perhaps has a relative in a care home being looked after, the most vulnerable people in our society, what more could be being done for elderly, vulnerable people in this situation, should the rules actually be even stricter than they are for hospitals or different at least? so the guidelines are pretty clear. so, and i hate saying this out loud if i‘m honest, but visiting care homes should be absolutely only when it is essential. so end of life visits, if you‘re visiting a relative, then of course it would be immoral not to allow at least those, but everything else and i‘ve got friends and family who are in care homes and keeping that distance by not going is so important. and then also this week we have spent a lot of people on protective equipment and scotland has hubs allocated out into the

regions of the country and a phone numberand an e—mail regions of the country and a phone number and an e—mail address for ca re number and an e—mail address for care homes. number and an e—mail address for ca re homes. because number and an e—mail address for care homes. because care homes are more complex than the health service, we don‘t own them, we don‘t employ the staff. we have had to create a new system for contact with that set of employers and institutions. some of which are small for scotland in some of our islands and rural communities. that islands and rural communities. that is in place and people have the kit they require. the other thing of course is that families should try and still keep in touch and they should use which are small for scotla nd should use which are small for scotland in some of our islands and rural communities. that is in place and people have the kit they require. the other thing of course is that families should try and still keep in touch and they should use electronic means and phone. they should keep a connection. but for a while it will feel quite different. we saw uk—wide deaths up yesterday, what is the situation in scotland? we‘re tracking that same number really. we had in the 2a hours to the announcement yesterday, we had

a6 more deaths, taking us over 200. again, like the care home question, every one is an individual, every one is a story and a family and each one is a story and a family and each one is a tragedy. what everything we are doing, including talking to you and talking about keeping people at home and staying at home is to keep that number to a minimum. i home and staying at home is to keep that numberto a minimum. i know people are fed up with reduce the curve, but that is what we are trying to do, to make the health service manage that case load that will come. trying to reduce that. the key message is for people to stay at home as much as they can. so that viral spread is interrupted. scotland, we are not going to be lucky. this virus, you can‘t be lucky. this virus, you can‘t be lucky. you have to plan. and you have to do your absolute best to get the population to do and follow the guidelines. there was new advice for businesses yesterday, can you just explain that to us? i'm not sure

which particular advise you mean, do you mean the social distancing? yes what we have said in scotland and we have ehas been rateded on it —— elaborated on it. if you‘re essential, of course so if you‘re asda, sainsbury, health care, garages that supply fuel, we need you to continue to function, you‘re the life blood of this country‘s emergency services. of course, within them you should keep two metres apart as much as you can, thatis metres apart as much as you can, that is the science behind this. what we have said in scotland and the first minister has been clear, if you‘re one of those absolute companies that need to stay open, you should. if you‘re one of companies that we have said to close, you should close, pub,

restau ra nts, close, you should close, pub, restaurants, bars, we don‘t want to do that, but it is necessary. the challenging group is everything in the middle. you can‘t produce guidelines for each category of industry. so what we have said, if you believe you are crucial to the fight against covid—19, we want you to stay open. but we want you to do it safely and do it with considerably more hand washing, two metres between employees, make it safe for people and it should be for employers to make those choices and decisions, not employees. so it shouldn‘t be that folk, people are forced to go to work in an unsafe environment. the two extremes are easy, the rest is difficult to give advice. if we need you for the fight, you should be open, if we don‘t, you should be closed. fight, you should be open, if we don't, you should be closed. let's talk about the situation today. we are expecting warm weather. how concerned are you that people might

be tempted to bend the rules. that is why you shouldn‘t have a scotsman on! it is eight degrees in glasgow i‘m not expecting huge numbers. it isa i‘m not expecting huge numbers. it is a lovely spring morning, but it is a lovely spring morning, but it is not 20 degrees. the temptation over the first easter weekend break and the weather is dry, certainly here, it is that people will think, well, how bad could it be to have a family barbecue or go see mum and dad today and go and visit. i cannot emphasise enough and people have heard this message and i‘m delighted that the queen will repeat the same message about self—discipline and resolve and keep going and that seems to me the key message for this weekend and i‘m really sorry if i‘m on again next weekend it will be the same message. you have to stay at home to save lives. as much as we

can. you can go to your garden if you have outside space, of course you have outside space, of course you can enjoy that weather and go for some brief exercise, but keep that to a minimum and do itjust with your household. how frustrating to see pictures of scotland‘s chief medical officer going against those guidelines and taking a trip more than an hour away from her home? so i haven‘t had a chance yet, because that story just broke i haven‘t had a chance yet, because that storyjust broke to speak to catherine, my understanding is that she has worked like the rest of us 2a/7 on this for weeks. that family have a home a little bit away from edinburgh and they went to check on it and they observed social distancing throughout, so they were safe. nobody knows the guidelines better than catherine. and the rest of us. i‘m confident that she was

safe during that, her family were safe during that, her family were safe and those around them were safe. her and i will be catching up later today. jason, it is good to get the latest from you. those are the main stories this morning. now the sport and holly, morning to you, there has been a lot of talk about premier league wages. yes a lot of pressure and people feeling resentment towards premier league footballers. saying they should take a pay cut. even the health secretary matt hancock brought it up in the daily government press conference. well, this all came to a head yesterday in a meeting staged by premier league chiefs, where it was all put on the table to players — take a 30% drop in wages.

and, in the meeting, football‘s crippling financial crisis was laid bear. players heard how clubs now stand to lose up to £1.2 billion in revenue, taking into account tickets, match day revenue, sponsorship and tv. 0n the face it, a pay cut might seem straightforward, but the players‘ union says a cut to wages would actually be counter productive, as it would mean the taxpayer misses out on £200 million which could have an impact on the nhs. well this meeting came on the same day that liverpool became the latest premier league club to furlough non playing staff. it would mean they get 80% of their salary through the uk 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. this decision has been heavily criticised, including from former liverpool captain jamie carragher. this is what he tweeted: former liverpool forward stan collymore described the decision as "plain wrong". liverpool said they were aiming to protect the best interests of the clu b protect the best interests of the club and their staff in the short and long—term. but really it feels like own goals all round. it is not all bad news, many footballers have talked about charitable donations they‘re making. but clearly i think they‘re making. but clearly i think the premier league needs to find a

solution, reach an agreement with their players and do it quickly. isn‘t it ironic the premier league footballers were criticised the other day and it seems like the players may be going to lead the way. yes, the players have said, try to blame us, we are aware of the salaries that we make and we do want to give a contribution and to help and it is about making sure they do it in the right way. that is proving to bea it in the right way. that is proving to be a little bit more difficult. thank you. you may remember our coverage of those who showed their gratitude to the nhs last week as part of the "clap for our carers" ca on thursday, we heard from mark bowden as he paid tribute to those treating his sick father after he was admitted to hospital with coronavirus. let‘s hear what he had to say. thank you to the nurses and doctors

at royal bolton hospital. they have been looking after my fatherjack, who is approaching his 99th birthday and he has been in and out of hospital with covid—19. i have heard he is doing well and making a full recovery. today the nurse said he was sat up, out of bed. although mark was initially told it was unlikely his father would survive the night, the bowden family feel there has since been a miraculous turn of events. let‘s catch up with mark. morning to you. how is your dad? yeah, ok. i think the morning to you. how is your dad? yeah, ok. ithink the best morning to you. how is your dad? yeah, ok. i think the best gauge as faras i'm yeah, ok. i think the best gauge as far as i'm concerned is he calls me on his mobile phone. i have had ten days, where although i i have had ten days, where i morning to you. how is your dad? yeah, ok. i think the i morning to you. how is your dad? yeah, ok. ithink the best i morning to you. how is your dad? yeah, ok. i think the best gauge as faras i'm yeah, ok. i think the best gauge as far as i'm concerned is he calls me on his mobile phone. i have had ten days, where although i have taken the phone to hospital, he hadn't contacted me, the last two days he has rang from the home. he is not 100% and he met the consultant yesterday, had a good chat with him

andl yesterday, had a good chat with him and i think they have done the most they can. it is down to father to combat the virus. he is improving from a week ago. explain for viewers who maybe didn‘t see the corrage earlier, what happened —— coverage earlier, what happened —— coverage earlier, happened to your dad, there was a time things were looking good, but then they took a bit of turn? he was admitted on 16th march, the afternoon he went in for a suspect water infection, that he gets regularly, and was due to be discharged within a couple of days, but they decided to test for covid—19. on wednesday 18th march, that came back at four o'clock that he was positive. you can imagine, my heart was in my mouth, i expected the worse. by friday, saturday, he was discharged and he was back at the home and appeared to recover quickly. bless him, my god daughter released to the press and we spoke to the news and it looked like he

was doing well. i thought it was a bit early. on the monday, tuesday, his chest infection was starting to deteriorate a bit. by the wednesday, his doctor readmitted him to hospital and he was struggling to breathe and he was very poorly. in fa ct, breathe and he was very poorly. in fact, on the wednesday, which would be... 25th march, i spoke to the hospital administrator and he said, i don't think your father will make the night. he was not going to last through the night—time. as you can imagine, we expected the worst. i was able to speak to the consultant on thursday about lunchtime and he appeared to have pulled through. they put him on antibiotics and he was making, you know, he was improving massively. and then we are seven or eight days later, he has been discharged from hospital and he is back at the home and appears to be doing well. we keep hearing the

incredible stories of front line workers, but also the patients themselves, because as you said, it is down to the patients fight and get through this. give us a sense of treatment your dad‘s been facing and some of the work that the staff have been providing. the doctor, the consultant was themselves, because as you said, it is down to the patients to fight and get through this. give us a sense of treatment your dad's been facing and some of the work that the staff have been providing. the doctor, the consultant was fantastic, he answered the phone on the first morning i rang. we outlined the direction they were going to take with father and he decided he was treating for covid—19, but he felt there may be a water infection and sepsis. they started him on antibiotics, and we decided as long as that was work and he was improving, we would carry on. he was on the antibiotics for five days. he is now on oral antibiotics now. he will continue with that for a few

more days. but yeah, i think, like i say, all going well. mark it is good to talk to you. thank you. all the best to you and of course to dad, to jack. we wish him a speedy recovery from all of that. it is nice to taushg to you. —— talk to you. from all of that. it is nice to taushg to you. -- talk to you. this is where we say goodbye to ben, he is where we say goodbye to ben, he is going to read the news on the andrew marr show. now the weather. another amazing picture of stuff we can see from the outside. stay at home if you can, but you can appreciate how it is. you can see spring blossom and we have blue sky, sunshine and warmth. there is a front on its way. this cloud will bring rain later. ahead of it, the

winds have strengthened, a strong southerly driving in warm air from the continent right across the country today. there is not this much cloud around at the moment, some wispy high cloud is likely in the west. in the afternoon we will see the cloud thicken further and some rain. that will start to nibble away at western fringes of scotland and ahead of it blustery but sunny. the the winds up to a0mph. maybe close to gale force later on in the day. here we will see temperatures around the mid teens, further inland, 19, 20, 21 not out of the question. if you‘re a hay fever sufferer, the tree pollen is high across the country in england and wales at the moment. as we go through the evening on sunday, that cloud and rain will push in from the

west. some of it heavy for a time. stretching through the spine of the country and starting to weaken. a band of cloud and a mild night with temperatures in double figures. tomorrow morning a pulse of wetter weather pushing in from france and that could impact south—east england and east anglia for a time on monday morning. so it will start off cloudy. that rain will ease away slowly. and we will see sunshine and showers. chiefly in the far north and west. a fresher feel to the story as well. these temperatures are still above the average for the time of year with highs of ten to 18 degrees. 0nce time of year with highs of ten to 18 degrees. once we have that rain out of way on monday, the story looks likely to stay settled as high pressure dominates with a lot of dry weather and temperatures again will

respond. answering the call of a fan on twitter, the author and broadcaster gyles brandreth has been bringing a daily dose of poetry to those in self—isolation, but that‘s not the only reason why thousands are tuning in. gyles has been delving deep into his wardrobe, choosing one of his legendary jumpers that you might remember from the 1980s, for each day. here‘s what he‘s been up to. i have raided the basement and pulls thejumpers i have raided the basement and pulls the jumpers out of mothballs and will share them. water hot, hot and blotting, wet, wet, loads... i wandered lonely as a cloud and at once i saw a crowd ashes host of golden daffodils. any part of piggy is quite all right with me. ham from

westphalia, ham from parma, ham as lea n westphalia, ham from parma, ham as lean as the dalai lama. i had an aunt who bought one from a man and kept it for a pet. she died, because she never knew these simple little rules and few. the snake is living yet. gyles you are a sight for sore eyes. it is lovely to see you. gyles is joining eyes. it is lovely to see you. gyles isjoining us from london. what made you start all of this? well, years ago i used to wear these jolly jumpers on breakfast television in the 80s and 90s and somebody said desperate times call for desperate measures, show the right spirit. i thought i will try and find this jumper, the bull dog jumper. thought i will try and find this jumper, the bull dogjumper. ifound it, but i didn‘tjust find it, i

found dozens, hundreds ofjumpers in the basement. this ghastly nightmare can go up for months. the poems came about, because when this was beginning, we were being told to wash our hands for 20 seconds and i wash our hands for 20 seconds and i was due to perform in a show with damejudi was due to perform in a show with dame judi dench and was due to perform in a show with damejudi dench and we were to go the owl and the pussycat. but we separated, so we said, let‘s send each other poems. so i‘m doing a 20—second poem each day. some are silly, some are serious. it is palm sunday, so i did the donker. i am the chancellor of the university of chester and a lot of of our nursing stu d e nts chester and a lot of of our nursing students have been upskilling to volunteer for the nhs, i

students have been upskilling to volunteerfor the nhs, i put on my university of chester jumper, volunteerfor the nhs, i put on my university of chesterjumper, the chancellor‘s jumper, i put university of chesterjumper, the chancellor‘sjumper, i put that university of chesterjumper, the chancellor‘s jumper, i put that one on. i gave them this little poem by emily dick inson. if i can stop one heart from breaking, i shall not have lived in vain. if i can cool one pain or help one fainting robbin, i shall not live in vain. good morning to those third year nurse and anyone who has to go into work sooner than they were expecting. how do you choose the poems, do you choose them the night before or wake up and say this is what we need. i choose them the night before, i‘ve an anthology of poems to learn by heart and i learn them the night before and i try, i‘m allowed, though i‘m in self—isolation. because i don‘t have

symptoms, i go out and try and learn the poem during the hour that i‘m walking around. it is a good way of learning a poem. if you want to learning a poem. if you want to learn a poem, do two lines a day and you can find after a week you can learned a sonnet. i‘m doing that and people are writing poems and the i‘m judge for something called the king lear prize, encouraging people over 70 to do something they have never done before and it is called king lear prizes. people are being encourage to do that. shakespeare during one of the plagues in his day, it is believed he wrote king lear around 160a. so these horrors have visited us before and people are using them creatively now.

you‘re helping a lot of people by doing this. how are you yourself coping with isolation? are you finding it tough? it is strange. my wife has been with me for 50 years now, so she is used to this and pleased to have me actually removing thejumpers pleased to have me actually removing the jumpers from the basement! i‘m having much more vivid dreams. i‘m having much more vivid dreams. i‘m not sleeping well. the hour out is marvellous and we have discovered new technology and can speak to our children and grandchildren and they have introduced us to zoom, this amazing app and we have been cocktail hours, where the whole family get together and my son has started to do poems. he is a barrister by day. well, he isn‘t at the moment, but he would be. one of my grandchildren is doing poems and i will tweet those. so whole family

can share poetry together. it is a way of keeping the mind alive and going back to poems we loved when we we re going back to poems we loved when we were complirn. do -- children. do you have a favourite jumper and are you have a favourite jumper and are you holding one or two back as special treats in the weeks ahead? cani special treats in the weeks ahead? can i tell you, i am! i knew it! this is one, but i have a special one for easter sunday. have you haven‘t got an egg it will be some consolation. it is very bright and breezy and i think you will be impressed. very briefly, your one line or the today. one line for today to lift our spirits from quiet homes and first beginning, out into the undiscovered ends, there is nothing worth the wear of living but the laughter and the love of

friends. keep laughing and stay in touch with your friends. that is it from us. we are back tomorrow morning.

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