from the local nail bar, a gloves from the local nail bar, a couple from vets, some from food supplies... above says they have received some supplies that their stock will only last without having it, you risk transmission, you risk making more of society and well. then you risk burdening the nhs further. nearly 500 care homes responded to our questions about ppe. 80% didn't have enough. this is just a snapshot of the views of some of the uk's home care providers but the number and the speed of their responses is an indication of how concerned they are by the ongoing difficulties of getting personal protective equipment. for some, the needed acute. one day of supplies left, more expected in 2—3 days. a few days, fingers crossed next week. melanie cares for people in dorset, she will see 16 different clients during her day. will we be able to

doa during her day. will we be able to do a jobs without it? no. it's scary. it is the unknown. we don't know what we are looking into. her company doesn't want to reach the stage where it has to stop seeing some people. if we simply cannot get access to ppe and to follow public health guidance safely, we will be left in no position but to say we cannot accept people who are covid—19 positive because we will not have the equipment to deliver theircare not have the equipment to deliver their care safely. the government says it is working around the clock to provide social care with the equipment and support it needs. alison holt, bbc news. let's return to that news that we've had in the last hour, that borisjohnson has now been hospitalised because of his continuing coronavirus symptoms. our political editor laura kuenssberg joins me on the line. laura, this news came at the end of

a day when we had this very significant moment, the queen making a rare address to the nation about the coronavirus? yes, it feels like a milestone day in this unfolding emergency. this situation is so serious, the queen giving such an unusual appearance, talking directly to the country and almost exactly at the time that that was being watched in living rooms around the country 01’ in living rooms around the country or heard on the radio, the prime minister was being taken to hospital in london on the advice of his doctors. it is important to say he is there to have tests rather than emergency treatments is that we don't know what those tests are because of because he has already tested positive for the coronavirus itself. still being ill and struggling with symptoms ten days later is obviously another the concern of the medics for him to be taken to hospital rather than just staying in isolation in the downing street flat. he is expected to stay in hospital overnight. while downing street is insisting all week he is still in charge of the government's

effo rts still in charge of the government's efforts to tackle the crisis, he still is leading the country's response, his official understudy dominic raab the foreign secretary will chair the government because my morning meeting tomorrow. the government is absolutely trying to carry on as normal but there cannot be any pretence this is business as usual. of course, the prime minister's health is primarily a personal concern for him and his family but right now, this government, as with governments around the world, are under intense pressure to make the best decisions they can. we are living through a real emergency situation for the nation's welfare, all of our health and the economy, every aspect of our public life, so the welfare of those making decisions on our behalf really does matter to us all. laura kuenssberg, thank you very much. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye.

thousands of people in south london were locked out of their local park today after the council closed it, saying too many were using it one to showers, some of those could be heavy and possibly thundery, skin windy in the north—west of the uk, a little bit cooler, 12 to 13 degrees but that is certainly quite respectable for this time of year. it is going to turn quite chilly at times with light winds, one or two patches of frost if possible, and also towns and city centre is getting quite close to freezing, in the countryside some spots will probably dipjust the countryside some spots will probably dip just below, but as we move probably dip just below, but as we move towards the middle of the week temperatures will climb, 22 degrees is likely, always a bit cooler across the north the uk.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the prime minister boris johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, ten days after testing positive for coronavirus. mrjohnson was last seen in public clapping for nhs staff on thursday. downing street has described it

as a "precautionary step" on the advice of the pm's doctor. the queen has made a rare television address to britain and the commonwealth, stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve. i hope ihope in i hope in the years to come, everybody will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge, and those who come after us challenge, and those who come after us will say that the britons of this generation were as strong as any. the uk government warns it could step up limits on outdoor exercise if people continue to flout social distancing rules. and scotland's chief medical officer has resigned. she apologised for breaking her own medical advice and twice travelling to her holiday home. in the last hour, the prime minister borisjohnson has been taken to hospital.

we can speak now to the former conservative leader, iain duncan smith. your response? well, it must have been a terrible time to be suffering from a high temperature and all the symptoms for all this period. while we do hear that it is supposed to be precautionary but he has had a deterioration so far so as far as i understand it he still remains clear and in charge but there is a chain of command beneath him starting with the first secretary dominic raab and the first secretary dominic raab and the cabinets that of course is still functioning in all their departments but i am sorry and i've sent him my very best wishes, i hope and i am he will get better seen with proper

treatment, . .. will get better seen with proper treatment,... i'm sure they will find out quite quickly. mr rab will be chairing the government's covid—19 meeting in the morning. in terms of the prime minister himself, might it still be a better idea for him to concentrate on his health lease for two or three days and allow dominic raab to take over more of those meetings? i am not previous to the exact reasoning but i'm certain that those senior cabinet ministers, and dominic raab is officially the most senior, they will step up and take over those kinds of meetings that were scheduled from tomorrow until the prime minister is fully better, but it doesn't mean to say that the prime minister shouldn't be engaged in all decision—making. as i understand it, he remained clear—headed and able to contemplate all sorts of issues and problems but obviously the functioning of all

sorts of demands that will now fall on the shoulders of others while he is trying to get better. this must bean is trying to get better. this must be an incredibly frustrating moment for a politician that you seem to know very well. he seems to thrive on human contact and for the last ten days he has had to communicate via phones and now he may have to do some business on the side of his hospital bed. this is a difficult time for him, but this is great at lifting people's spirits and he will do so again. i think one of the things that is worth saying about this is that it stresses the point that he has been making is that people simply can't afford to think that they will never get it, i mean this is the prime minister of the united kingdom, arguably one of the most protected individuals in the country, and if he and the health secretary have got coronavirus than it does say to everybody look, you really simply can't afford to assume that somehow you're going to be ok, you must stay at home to take the

pressure of the nhs and then of course that will save lives and i think that message now should be ringing in people's he is, the very idea that the prime minister has to go to hospital because his condition is such that they need to detest on him, andi is such that they need to detest on him, and i think that says to everybody, look, if the prime minister can't simply walk away from this and certainly nobody else can. is prime minister a job as a person, in this case borisjohnson, can do for only a few hours a day inane national crisis? no, because if you look back over history and see that all the prime ministers who were there in times of national crisis pretty much worked round the clock, imean pretty much worked round the clock, i mean winston churchill used to have naps in the bunker, work all of the round the clock then that for one or two hours then continue with his work, different people tackle it in different ways but i know that the prime minister and has enormous

drive and i feel certain that he will continue to govern a government somehow the leadership that he has already been doing. you know, there are other cabinet ministers who are experienced politicians and they know what to do and they should be doing theirjobs anyway but certainly communication with the prime minister is always a critical pa rt prime minister is always a critical part of the government. we have seen throughout history that there are arguments that can sometimes only be resolved by the person on top. it is still wise to have borisjohnson marshalling those arguments or should dominic raab try to solve some of those disputes are they get to the prime minister? well clearly, if the foreign secretary is now the first secretary insofar as he is now the number two in the government then clearly it is important that then clearly it is important that the chain of command were in the fa ct the chain of command were in the fact that he deals with a host of everyday issues that don't need to

be at the prime minister's d'or at this point. what the prime minister will be used for it's been important decisions which are necessary for him alone to make and while he is com pletely him alone to make and while he is completely clear—headed and of sound mound there is no reason why he shouldn't continue to engage. i have every belief that the prime minister will continue to do that. as i say, this is a set of checks and tests to see whether his symptoms continue but he certainly remains clear—headed and i understand from when they have spoken to him. let's speak now to boris johnson's biographer, sonia purnell. sunnier, i imagine this must be a very frustrating moment for a prime minister who thrives on human contact. i actually think boris

johnson is actually quite alone and at ease with his own company, i don't think the isolation is going to bea don't think the isolation is going to be a problem for him here, i think it is actually more the frustration are simply not being able to be in charge. i haven't been tested but i think i did have the coronavirus last week and the previous went, i didn't have a temp searcher but i did have other symptoms and i can tell you it was extremely difficult to make any decision, however minor, even about what we were going to do about getting food into the house, so the thought of someone obviously far more affected than i was making complex life and death decisions with a very high temperature that has been going on for ten days now, he must be absolutely exhausted, i do worry that this may not be the right thing for the nation. i really do hope of course that he makes a speedy recovery and i feel really that my heart goes out to his family in particular and particularly his girlfriend who is pregnant at the

moment but i think we have to be realistic here, this virus is an absolute horror, it sucks the life out of you, the very fact that he is now in hospital suggest to me that it is really quite serious indeed. hospital spaces are hard to get right now, let's face it. i do worry that he is not in a fit state right now to make this terrible, complex, and asi now to make this terrible, complex, and as i say, life and death decisions. is he the kind of person he would listen to a doctor if a doctor says you need to concentrate on your health and stop doing your job for a little bit? i think that isa job for a little bit? i think that is a very good question because i think there is an issue here, has he tried to keep going, has he made himself more ill as a result? he is not someone who is a tease with illness is the way, i was his secretary back in brussels in the 90s when i was quite ill, he really doesn't like it at all, he really doesn't like it at all, he really doesn't tolerate it in others, and i

have never known him to be ill and certainly to go to hospital, in all of the years i have known him and written about him it has to be huge stuck to his system certainly and let's not forget that it was only a few weeks ago that he told us he was visiting everyone's hospital and shaking everyone's hands. i think perhaps that he thought he was invincible, no one should think... this virus doesn't discriminate, i think we really want him now to listen to the doctors, do the thing thatis listen to the doctors, do the thing that is right for his health, fight for his recovery, and if that means handing over the reins to other people than that is really what he should do. we also need to remember that this must be a deeply intense personal moment for him given the fa ct personal moment for him given the fact that his fiancee he was pregnant has also had the virus herself, they have been separated as well, you need a prime minister, you are his biographer, this will clearly be on his mind as well as the direction of the country? of course. i mean, this is an

absolutely nightmarish situation from him, he separated from his fiancee, she's pregnant, the country is in crisis, the world is in crisis, he must feel absolutely terrible, he must feel his strength ebbing away, it is now a ten days since he was tested, we believe he was feeling under the weather even before he was tested which is why he took the test so perhaps he has not been feeling right for two weeks and thatis been feeling right for two weeks and that is a long time so i think she really has to the point now where he puts his health first, not only for himself, not only for his girlfriend and his unborn baby and his other children but of course the country too. does boris johnson's leadership style work if you can only talk to people over video calls from a mobile phone next to a hospital bed, or is he the kind of politician that needs to be physically in the room with others in order to persuade them? i think that you know for anyone it's a lot easier, isn't it,

to meet face—to—face and we will all have to get used to doing these things by max zuma or any other platform. i think it is really difficult for a prime minister and it is particularly difficult when you're doing it from a hospital bed. —— doing these things by zoom. if you can have a temperature and particularly to have a temperature for ten days your head is no longer clear. i didn't have as temperature, i think clear. i didn't have as temperature, ithinki clear. i didn't have as temperature, i think i had the virus, my head wasn't clear, i can tell you. i really think that it is notjust wasn't clear, i can tell you. i really think that it is not just a question of what the logistics are now but what the pressure is for him personally and for the country. justice dress of course that downing street has said that these are precautionary tests and a boris johnson continues to be at the head of the government but clearly the people we are speaking to are also

and stressing the what would happen if he couldn't do that any more. it's either kind of person that would be to stop e—mailing and calling people would he want to feel the need to take shape in anyway?|j think the need to take shape in anyway?” think she will feel that need, i think she will feel that need, i think he is someone who likes to be involved, who likes to be the top dog in any situation, i think it will be difficult but sometimes in life you have to take those difficult decisions for the longer term. there have been... we've had keir starmer take over the labour party today, he has talked about serious mistakes being made, we can't afford more serious mistakes to be made now, we need to have someone at the top of their game running this... running the campaign against the pandemic, against everything that happened in here. i do think, i know that borisjohnson will find this difficult but i think that that would be the right decision to make for the country,

even decision to make for the country, evenif decision to make for the country, even if it would just be for a few days. that was boris johnson's biographer, thank you very much for joining us. we are going to look at the reaction from some of the prime minister's collea g u es from some of the prime minister's colleagues on twitter there. i should also say that the leader of the labour party has also treated his condolences to the fire minister.

iam i am obviously sorry that he has got to do that, because i think a lot of people thought he was going to be backin people thought he was going to be back in the saddle tomorrow but look, they have said it is not an emergency, i very much hope that he will remain in control because i actually think that the response over the last two or three weeks has benefited enormously from the confident grip he has had on it, his strength of character i think has been a very important ingredient in communicating so effectively to people and so i think that, you know, as soon as he is back at the podium for the daily press conferences the better, so we obviously hope that, you know, it is just overnight and he will be back again and be firmly on the mend. fingers crossed because quite simply i think she was doing a very, very good job in the country needs him. might it not be better for boris johnson personally if he could look after his help forjust johnson personally if he could look after his help for just a johnson personally if he could look after his help forjust a few days if that is what it takes and allow dominic that he won the government if that would help boris johnson just to get better? —— dominic raab

to run the government. if he could do it from the privacy of his storing room and remain in charge with other people fronting up —— drawing room. ithink with other people fronting up —— drawing room. i think the consistency of having a prime minister in the health centre does help try things on a consistent and effective way. i think a change of someone as it were pulling the levers is a little bit of an impediment into the smooth running of what is a complicated day—to—day operation. i think that boris has established massive authority and confidence in the way he has done this so i think only handover, indeed we hope then only temporarily, should it really be necessary but from what i can see at the moment, going on overnight, have tests coming in overnight i hope to downing street soon should allow him to maintain continuity of control. that was alan duncan. i would just

like to remind you of the statement released by downing street which explains what is going on. the statement says that on the advice of his doctor the prime minister has been admitted to hospital for tests. this is a precautionary step of the prime minister continues to have consistent symptoms of coronavirus ten days after testing positive. the prime ministerfaces the ten days after testing positive. the prime minister faces the hard work of nhs staff and asks everyone to continue to follow advice to stay at home. the prime minister has had coronavirus for ten days and continues to have persistent symptoms says downing street including a high temperature. for purely precautionary reasons he has gone to hospitalfor purely precautionary reasons he has gone to hospital for tests. purely precautionary reasons he has gone to hospitalfor tests. this purely precautionary reasons he has gone to hospital for tests. this was not an emergency admission, the decision was taken on the advice of the prime minister's doctor, it was considered sensible for the doctors to see the prime minister in person given that he has ongoing symptoms, and it it concludes that he remains in charge of the government and has

contact and going with officials. we know that dominic raab will be chairing the government is covid—19 meeting at 9:15am in the morning. now, on bbc news, another chance to see that special podcast from her majesty the queen. i'm speaking to you at what i know is an increasingly challenging time. a time of disruption in the life of our country. a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all. i want to thank everyone on the nhs front line. as well as care workers and those carrying out essential roles, who selflessly continue their day—to—day duties outside the home in support of us all. i'm sure the nation willjoin me in assuring you that what you do is appreciated and every hour of your hard work brings us closer to a return to more normal times.

i also want to thank those of you who are staying at home, thereby helping to protect the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already felt by those who have lost loved ones. together, we are tackling this disease and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. i hope, in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. and those who come after us will say the britons of this generation were as strong as any. that the attributes of self—discipline, of quiet, good—humoured resolve and a fellow feeling still characterise this country. the pride in who we are is not a part of our past, it defines our present and our future.

clapping and cheering. the moments when the united kingdom has come together to applaud its care and essential workers will be remembered as an expression of our national spirit and its symbol will be the rainbows drawn by children. across the commonwealth and around the world, we have seen heart—warming stories of people coming together to help others, be it through delivering food parcels and medicines, checking on neighbours or converting businesses to help the relief effort. and those self isolating may at times be hard, many people of all faiths and of none are discovering that it presents an opportunity to slow down, pause and reflect in prayer or meditation.

it reminds me of the very first broadcast i made in 1940, helped by my sister. we, as children, spoke from here at windsor to children who had been evacuated from their homes and sent away for their own safety. today, once again, many will feel a painful sense of separation from their loved ones. but now, as then, we know deep down that it is the right thing to do. while we have faced challenges before, this one is different. this time, we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavour using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. we will succeed and that success will belong to everyone of us.

we should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. we will be with our friends again, we will be with our families again, we will meet again. but for now, i send my thanks and warmest good wishes to you all. now for the weather. sunday was the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures of 22 degrees but monday will at least for a time think something cooler, a mix of sunshine and showers, a medley mild start but with some rain to contend with a parts of england. that should remain clear and then we will see vitus dies, some spells of sunshine, some of those could be heavy and possibly thundery. still

windy in the north—west of the uk. little bit cooler, 12 to 18 degrees but certainly quite respectable for this time of year. it is going to be turning a bit chilly with light winds, one or two fog patches as possible, and also town and city centre is getting quite close to freezing, in the countryside some spots will probably dip just below. as we head towards the middle of the week temperatures will climb but a lwa ys week temperatures will climb but always a bit cooler towards the north of the uk.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister boris johnson is admitted to hospital for tests ten days after testing positive for coronavirus. mrjohnson was last seen in public clapping for national health service staff on thursday, downing street has described it as a "precautionary step" on the advice of the pm's doctor. the queen has made a rare television address to britain and the commonwealth — stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve. i hope, in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. and those who come after us will say the britons of this generation were as strong as any. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after a police warning for breaking her own advice

and twice travelling