good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests as a precaution. "we will meet again". that's the message from the queen who says she believes britain will overcome the coronavirus crisis. together we are tackling this disease and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home

during the lockdown. coronavirus takes its toll on tourism. british businesses should be basking in the easter holiday spend. instead they're facing a summer of losses of up to £11 billion. i'll ask how the industry's coping. the head of european football admits the champions league and europa league could be abandoned this season, if coronavirus restrictions remain in place into september. good morning australia yesterday would have been —— yesterday was the warmest day so far. not as warm as saturday. —— good morning. yesterday was the warmest day so far. it's monday 6th april. our top story: the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, having been admitted

for tests 10 days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. number 10 says that mrjohnson remains in charge of the government but the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will chair a coronavirus meeting this morning. our political correspondent chris mason reports. the man charged with leading the country's response to this virus is experiencing the unpleasant reality of it. it was a week last friday that we heard the prime minister had coronavirus. hi folks, i want that we heard the prime minister had coronavirus. hi folks, iwant to bring you up to speed with something thatis bring you up to speed with something that is happening today which is that is happening today which is that i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that is to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer, i have taken a test, that has come out positive, so iam test, that has come out positive, so i am working from home, i am self isolating. number ten made it clear that boris johnson isolating. number ten made it clear that borisjohnson would continue to work remotely from his downing street flat. and he chaired what he described as the first—ever digital cabinet meeting from self isolation.

last thursday night, he joined millions of others in expressing his gratitude to those working in the health service. thanks nhs, thank you. q, health service. thanks nhs, thank you. 0, thanks all, thank you. but it was clear in another post on twitter on friday that he was still unwell. although i'm feeling better and i've done my seven days of isolation, alas, istill and i've done my seven days of isolation, alas, i still have one of the symptoms, a minor symptom, i still have a temperature so in accordance with government advice, i must continue myself isolation until that symptom itself goes. last night, downing street issued a statement. on the advice of his doctor, the prime minister has been admitted to hospital for tests, doctor, the prime minister has been admitted to hospitalfor tests, the spokesman said. this is a precautionary step as the prime minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus ten days after testing positive for the virus. i want to express our

nation's well—wishers to prime minister borisjohnson as he wages his own fight with the virus. all americans are praying for him. he is a friend of mine, he is a great gentleman and a great leader and as you know, he was brought to the hospital today but i'm hopeful and sure that he is going to be fine. he isa sure that he is going to be fine. he is a strong man, strong person. borisjohnson has spent the night not here but in hospital. his officials are adamant he is still leading the government's response to the pandemic. but this virus is crippling the economy, robbing us about usual liberties and the prime minister responding to it on our behalf. later on in the programme, we will be speaking to the housing secretary stop so much to talk to him aboutand secretary stop so much to talk to him about and of course will be speaking to him a little bit about

the prime minister as well. if you're thinking about the sorts of tests the prime will be undergoing and whether people will have friends oi’ and whether people will have friends or relatives in hospital with a similar situation, or relatives in hospital with a similarsituation, doctors or relatives in hospital with a similar situation, doctors said borisjohnson would be likely to have his chest x—rayed, lungs scanned, particularly as we don't know what exact symptoms he has, if not a fever. they said they will look at their biochemistry and making sure he can breathe ok. he imagines they are fairly routine checks to make sure they are all right —— he is all right. a334 people have died from coronavirus in the uk. a8,000 people have tested positive for the respiratory infection, although the actual number of people with the disease is estimated to be much higher, as only those in hospital and some nhs staff are currently tested. about 148,000 people in the uk have so far

been tested and found not to have the virus. the queen has given a message of reassurance to britain and the commonwealth, urging people to remain united and resolute in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. in a televised address from windsor castle, she paid tribute to the nhs and key workers and urged people to take comfort in the fact that better days would return. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. it was a broadcast from windsor which the queen cannot have imagined she would ever have to make. to rally the nation in the face of an unseen threat. 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. she spoke first to those facing the most immediate challenge. i want to thank everyone

on the nhs frontline, 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. together, we are tackling this disease and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. she praised the way in which people had come together to support each other and thanked those following official guidelines to stay at home. our collective response, the queen said, would define us. 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. she recalled a broadcast she had made as a 14—year—old during the blitz. 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. just as in wartime, the nation would come through this latest threat. 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. it was a speech to reassure and stiffen resolve. an exceptional speech at an exceptional moment. nicholas witchell, bbc news.

scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after being caught visiting her second home in breach of her own social distancing guidance. dr catherine calderwood made a public apology and received a police warning after she travelled from edinburgh to her other home in fife, for two consecutive weekends. alexandra mackenzie reports. this is a vital update about coronavirus. to help save lives, stay at home. day after day, scotland's chief medical officer has told doctor catherine calderwood will no longerfront doctor catherine calderwood will no longer front the campaign against coronavirus after the pictures were printed in the scottish sun, she was forced to admit that she travelled from edinburgh to her second home in fife the last two weekends. she initially apologised and then resigned, saying, my behaviour risks becoming a distraction from the

hugely important job that becoming a distraction from the hugely importantjob that government and the medical profession has to do in getting the country through the coronavirus pandemic. during an uncomfortable media briefing yesterday, scotland's first minister stood i heard chief medical officer. her advice and expertise has been invaluable to me and it continues to so. invaluable to me and it continues to so. iam invaluable to me and it continues to so. i am to do what i need to do to steer the through this crisis to the very best of my ability, i need her to be able to focus on the job that she is doing. but hours later, nicola sturgeon agreed she had to go. many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions. matt police scotla nd calderwood's actions. matt police scotland to say they have spoken to her and emphasised that the stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. “— stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. —— police scotland. and as we enter at third week of lockdown, the calderwood will stay back. she said the people of scotland must

have complete trust in those who give advice in the difficult months to come. will be speaking to the first minister nicola sturgeon at eight o'clock about that. president trump told reporters at his daily white house news briefing that he has sent his best wishes to boris johnson for a speedy recovery. let's find out the latest from our north america correspondent peter bowes, who's in los angeles. what did the president have to say? good morning, as you say he said his best wishes to boris johnson good morning, as you say he said his best wishes to borisjohnson and reference the fact that they are good friends and said america would be praying for the british prime minister. he also talked about the us effort, the administration's effort to get on top of the coronavirus here, talking about the extra ventilators and extra masks that have been said around the country. he also said he could see

light at the end of the tunnel. he was quite optimistic in his tone, referencing the fact that in the state of new york, the number of deaths has come down slightly. although the governor of new york said it was too early to read much into that at this stage. one of donald trump's senior medical advisers said she was optimistic based on what was happening in spain and italy with the reduced number of deaths there. she said she was hopeful that the united states would follow the same model in terms of the outbreak progressing across the country. she was hopeful that some of the earlier —— urban centres like new york would see a continued reduction in the number of deaths over the next couple of weeks. rather less optimistic at least in the short term, the us surgeon general who said americans should be prepared for a pearl harbour moment oi’ prepared for a pearl harbour moment ora prepared for a pearl harbour moment or a 911 moment, talking about september 11, two of america's

darkest days. he said that the coronavirus would affect all of the country. he also said america was facing, as he put it, the hardest and saddest week of most people of this country could possibly imagine. it was a really tough prognosis and it made a lot of people sit up and think about what they are doing and i think the administration is hoping that people were listening —— will listen to messages like that and to follow the guidelines, stay at home and continue with their social distancing. peter bowes, thank you. other news from america as well. a tiger at a zoo in new york has tested positive for the coronavirus. the four—year—old female named nadia is thought to have contracted the virus from a keeper at the bronx zoo, who didn't have any symptoms. it's believed to be the first known case of an animal infected by a human with covid—19. just after 6:30 this morning we'll be having our regular chat with a gp.

we always do at the same time. you have been excellent at sending in various questions. we have some already but if you send in some more, the address is quite tiny there. it is on the screen right now. you can also contact us on twitter. you can find us on social media at bbc breakfast. let's take a look at today's front pages — and they all lead on the prime minister's illness. "boris taken to hospital" is the daily mail's headline. it reports he was admitted as a precaution after showing symptoms of coronavirus for ten days. the telegraph leads on the same story, but it also devotes a large chunk of its front page to a picture of the queen, who addressed the nation yesterday, telling us that "better days will return." the metro reports on what it calls "fears" around the prime minister's health. it also features the news that dr catherine calderwood has stepped down as scotland's chief medical

officer after she was photographed breaking her own social—distancing rules by visiting her second home. and that story is the front page splash of the daily record. its headline says that dr calderwood can now "stay at home for good". and the stories the front page splash it was a busy and to the day yesterday with the queen addressing the nation. and then the news about the nation. and then the news about the prime minister at nine as well. so much going on. let's take a look at the inside pages. i'm quite interested in this story. it's really important, and nhs chief, trying to target patients placing themselves at risk by avoiding hospitals. they say they are not

seeing the expected number of stroke 01’ seeing the expected number of stroke or heart attack sufferers, ane down 50%, they are concerned that people with serious problems are concerned about the impact on the health service are not contacting the nhs. you know, gps are still open. you can call your gp. they will respond to you, even if you don't have coronavirus. a cardiologist says patients are trying to come in later, convincing themselves their chest pain isn't serious because they are worried about going to hospital. doctors say delayed treatment can result in unnecessary heart failure for a lot of people and deaths. that is an unintended consequence, isn't it? you did say we would play the queen in full shortly, i heard there was only one person in the room. you will definitely want to get that right.

we may get some of this with sally later on. premier league page, a p pa re ntly later on. premier league page, apparently there are all sorts of high level meetings going on at the moment, one where premier league owners and executives and representatives of captains, only a couple of captains were allowed to speak, kevin de bruyne it was one of those, about pay cuts. the captains have been speaking to each other. what do you think is going to happen? let i think there is a lot of player power when it comes to this sort of thing. the thing that often this sort of thing. the thing that ofte n gets this sort of thing. the thing that often gets forgotten, i think last year£1.3 often gets forgotten, i think last year £1.3 billion worth of tax was paid by premier league players. what they are saying is there has always been that drive to give to charity andi been that drive to give to charity and i think they are more than happy to do that and probably do it of their own back without pressure from their own back without pressure from the government and people speaking

out against it. i think that will happen, it'sjust out against it. i think that will happen, it's just a out against it. i think that will happen, it'sjust a case out against it. i think that will happen, it's just a case of complicating issues with these clubs are lowering their nonplaying staff. there are loads of elements to it but i think players will understand what they need to do in the end —— furloughing their staff. what they need to do in the end —— furloughing their stafflj what they need to do in the end —— furloughing their staff. i can look forward to the sky for entertainment this week. apparently there will be a rare pink supermoon. the first moon of spring will be the biggest and brightest of 2020. the moon will be at its closest point to earth, 30% brighter and 40% bigger, a p pa re ntly 30% brighter and 40% bigger, apparently on early thursday morning. maybe you will see the early super pink moon. and here and i'll has made best friends with a pairof

i'll has made best friends with a pair of dogs. an unlikely friendship, they say, with a couple of pooches. the name of the aisle is stardust, is a barn owl and he is friends with sam and fergus in cheshire. they say they got stardust isa cheshire. they say they got stardust is a three week old chick and sam helped raise stardust and since then they have been best friends. it is only the fifth time in her 68—year—reign that the queen has recorded a special address direct to the nation outside her annual christmas message. in a televised speech last night, the queen thanked people for following government rules to stay at home and praised those "coming together to help others". let's hear more now from that special address. iam speaking i am speaking to you about 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 do many, and enormous changes to the daily lives ofa enormous changes to the daily lives of a soul. —— us all was that i want to thank everyone on the nhs frontline as well as care workers and those carrying out essential roles, selflessly continue their day—to—day duties outside the home. in support of a soul. —— us all stop i'm sure the nation willjoin me in saying your work is appreciated and every hour of your hard work brings us 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 we will overcome it. i hope in the years to come eve ryo ne it. i hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. and those that come after us challenge. and those that come after us will say the britons of this generation were as strong as any, with the attributes of self—discipline, of quiet, good—humoured resolve, and a fellow feeling still characterises this country. the pride in who we are is not part of our past, it defines our present and our future. not part of our past, it defines our present and ourfuture. the moments when the united kingdom has come together to applaud its carriers 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 heartwarming 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 but now as then, we know deep down thatitis 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 wejoin with 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 still have more to endure, better days will return. we will be with our friends better days will return. we will be with ourfriends again, better days will return. we will be with our friends again, we will be with our friends again, we will be with our friends again, we will be with ourfamilies with our friends again, we will be with our families again, with our friends again, we will be with ourfamilies again, we

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 all. i love the way she ended, particularly that message, we will meet again. i think it is such a positive thing. i think it was a really timely message which a lot of people needed to hear. what comes across from the queen is she has seen so much and experienced so much to her long reign and long rope and i think all of that experience poured out of her in addressing the nation. a sense of perspective for all of us. you are watching brea kfast. on breakfast we've been meeting the people who are ‘keeping britain moving'. thank you to all of them. while many of us have had to embrace new technology to keep in touch, cards and letters from loved ones have also become especially important. postmen and postwomen have been identified as key workers,

and breakfast‘s tim muffett‘s been to meet ali on a delivery round in north london, to find out how his job has changed. delivering when it matters. we are still trying to get everyone's mail out, everyone is doing their best with this pandemic thing happening. it's important people stay connected through our service. some people are lonely at home, some people are in need of stuff. some post has been delayed. royal mail sale that is mainly down to coronavirus related staff absences. —— royal mail says. junk mail is only being delivered alongsidejust mao junk mail is only being delivered alongside just mao and postman are no longer taking signatures for packages. we knock on the door, leave the parcel and step back. familiarface leave the parcel and step back. familiar face can be comforting leave the parcel and step back. familiarface can be comforting in these times. yet to meet the same

people every day, meet the same people, and people respect you in that way. you build that bond. morning! ! that way. you build that bond. morning!! can see the vulnerable people, you can see the people that do need the help. ali saw her resident in herfront do need the help. ali saw her resident in her front garden do need the help. ali saw her resident in herfront garden —— a resident in herfront garden —— a resident in herfront garden —— a resident in her front garden, looking like she needed support. resident in her front garden, looking like she needed supportlj looking like she needed support.|j asked dave there was anything i could bring to her. she asked for a newspaper, some bread, milk, eggs and fruit. and a bunch of flowers. ali has gone to check in on kathy stop thank you so much! it's no problem. what was it like when ali offered you help? i cried. it was so thoughtful, what a wonderful postman, best postman ever. people

talk about this strange i am bringing up the good in people. do you think that is happening? yes. to feel appreciated in that way was just amazing. carrying on as normal in abnormal times. and occasionally, going the extra mile. tim muffett, bbc news. there are a lot of people doing great work, aren't there?|j there are a lot of people doing great work, aren't there? i was i was a big fan of my postman, and especially at this point. trying to get our children to write letters to family members, when you haven't done it for a long time, it's tricky but getting a letter makes a huge difference. it's 27 minutes past, which means it is time to talk to carol. good morning! good morning, everyone! yesterday the temperature reached 22.2dc in wales, making it the warmest day of the year so far.

we could exceed that level as we go through this week, but not everywhere. what we have today is a little cooler weather on the cards, sunshine and showers, we also have a weather front moving from the west to the east. after yesterday's heat you can see as that weather front pushes the cold front in through the course of today, you see cooler air following on behind. so there is that weather front producing rain, especially at the moment, across parts of england. it will clear east anglia late this morning and behind it we are looking at a lot of sunshine and some scattered showers. now it's going to be another windy day across the north—west of scotland, gusty winds, gusting maybe 50-55 scotland, gusty winds, gusting maybe 50—55 miles an hour. for the rest of us 50—55 miles an hour. for the rest of us the winds will be fairly light and in fact, for some of us it won't be more than a breeze. these are the average wind speeds you can see in those circles. temperature—wise, down on the dizzying heights we saw,

each area has lower temperature is. still quite breezy across the north—west although not as windy at the moment. mist and fog forming. these are the temperatures in towns and cities, rural areas could be about freezing or below except for the north—west where we have more cloud and still some patchy rain coming in across the northern isles. for tomorrow, high pressure is in charge of the weather. you can see the isobars close together, so here are still breezy and weather fronts at times ending in —— bringing in rain. but for many parts of the uk will be dry and sunny and we will

see a little more cloud at times, especially in the afternoon. lerwick, nine, stornoway, ten, as we come further south, 18 in hull, 20 in london. as we continue through the week, through tuesday you can see how we still do have that weather front straddling northern scotla nd weather front straddling northern scotland and ireland, introducing cloud and also outbreaks of rain. but look at the rest of the country, we have mild yellows and ambers, so a quick look at wednesday shows a lot of dry weather away from parts of scotla nd lot of dry weather away from parts of scotland and northern ireland, where we will see cloud and patchy rain and drizzle. on wednesday, while we are looking at hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: the green goddess lifts our spirits with another workout, showing us how she remains fit and healthy while staying at home.

equestrian zara tindall and jockey frankie dettori join us to share details of the daily challenges they're taking on — including baking, planking and painting, to raise money for the nhs. we'll catch up with line of duty actor vicky mcclure, and find out how she's been keeping in touch with other members of ac—12. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will chair a coronavirus meeting this morning, after borisjohnson spent the night in hospital. the prime minister was admitted for tests, 10 days after being diagnosed with the virus. number ten says that mrjohnson continues to have symptoms of covid—19, including a temperature. we're joined now from downing street by our political correspondent, helen catt.

how is he doing? and in the meantime, what happens with the government? good morning. good morning. we have had no further update yet on how boris johnson morning. we have had no further update yet on how borisjohnson is doing this morning. we know he was admitted to an nhs hospital in london at around eight o'clock last night, around the time the queen was giving her address to the nation. the reason we are told he went to was on the advice of his doctor. downing street said it was a precautionary step because the prime minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus. we heard he was diagnosed with it around the same time as matt hancock, the health secretary. we saw him back on form on friday leading a press conference. it seems it is taking borisjohnson longer to shake those symptoms, particularly a high temperature. he has been admitted to hospital for tests. we don't know what they are yet. we are waiting to hear more on that. how does government to continue in the meantime? downing street is adamant borisjohnson is still meantime? downing street is adamant boris johnson is still leading meantime? downing street is adamant

borisjohnson is still leading the government response, but he will need dominic raab, the foreign secretary, to step in in person this morning and chair of the coronavirus morning and chair of the coronavirus morning meeting. he is the person designated as being the person who would step up and take over if the prime minister were incapacitated. but downing street at the moment are saying that he is still leading the government response. either way though, this is a very unusual situation. absolutely. thank you very much. staying at home is currently the best thing we can all do to beat the spread of coronavirus, and many of you have been in touch asking for answers to your questions about the pandemic. we'rejoined now from derby by gp, dr gail allsopp who will try to answer some of your concerns. good morning. thank you for being with us. can i ask you on the back of what we are hearing from helen talking about the prime minister, give us a general idea of the sorts of tests the prime minister will be undergoing? i would of tests the prime minister will be undergoing? iwould imagine of tests the prime minister will be undergoing? i would imagine they would be helpful for others undergoing? i would imagine they would be helpfulfor others in that position in the coming days. yeah,

absolutely. first of all, my thoughts go to the prime minister but also to anybody else in hospital at the moment are suffering from this horrible, horrible virus. it is fairly typical at around the ten day mark if you need to go to hospital, thatis mark if you need to go to hospital, that is about the time that we are seeing in the community that people are being admitted to hospital. the vast majority of people just get better before that mark. around about the seven day mark. once you are admitted to hospital, mrjohnson and everybody else will see the medical staff, who are working extremely hard in their protective gear, their goggles, masks, aprons and gloves to protect themselves. they will take a history of what has happened as well as examine the patient. then there will be basic routine tests, including blood tests, looking at the infection markers and the inflammation markers in your blood, but also to look at your kidneys, because we know there are some people at the beginning of the illness you get dehydrated, they are not drinking enough when they

are not drinking enough when they are at home under their kidneys don't work quite as well. it is really important if you have this virus at home at the moment you try to keep yourfluid intake up. then of course there are the simple tests such as the tracing of your heart. we know that with some people this virus can affect the heart. there will be a chest x—ray to look to see whether there are those typical findings of a bilateral pneumonia, changes to both sides of the lungs where this virus has attacked the lungs. we need to know about the breathing rate, the oxygen levels in the blood and typically at this point people admitted to hospital often say their lungs are burning, they feel quite short of breath. there are all those basic tests and perhaps even a ct scan, depending on how the patient is at that point. 0k, how the patient is at that point. ok, quitea how the patient is at that point. ok, quite a bit to consider. thank you for answering that question. lots of people getting in touch. quite a few people asking about the use of masks. from today in austria

it is compulsory to wear a mask if you go shopping. you will actually be handed a mask when you enter the shop. what is the current guidance on the use of masks in general life? the current guidance, and what we have to remember is this virus is very new and the evidence is catching up with us all the time, but the current guidance here in the uk, we still adhere to the who guidance, the only reason to use a mask is if you are a health care professional to perfect yourself, and if you have been trained to use and if you have been trained to use a mask, or health care professional tells you you have to wear a mask. on the whole wearing a mask outside is not going to help you, we don't think, but the who is looking at the evidence and if that changes our government will give us that advice as quickly as we needed. at the moment it isjust as quickly as we needed. at the moment it is just health care professionals and if you are told to wear one. robert wants to know if you have recovered from covid—19, how likely is it you can contracted ain? how likely is it you can contracted again? there has been talk about whether somebody has immunity if

they have already had the virus. what are your thoughts on that? again, wejust don't what are your thoughts on that? again, we just don't know. we what are your thoughts on that? again, wejust don't know. we hope and we think that once you have had of the virus, certainly for a short period of time, you will be immune. but we don't know how long that immunity will last, when you —— whether you can get the infection again. we have to look at china and other countries to determine some of this because they are a couple of months ahead of us. that is one of the reason the government is holding back on these antibody tests. because at the moment we don't know if you show these antibodies how long they last and how good they are to protect you against the virus. at the moment that stay at home advice is really important, whether you haven't had the disease or not, because we just don't know the a nswer to because we just don't know the answer to that yet. i am going to throw this one at you. feel free to so you don't know the answer. we might have to start a daily chat with a vet. coronavirus has been passed to a tiger. does this mean all felines can contracted? should

cat owners keep their pets indoors? he is very well aware that advice on all these issues is changing all the time and we are learning more about the virus as each day goes by. absolutely. we are learning every single day. before the tiger in america was found to be positive, there were stories about perhaps a dog in china being positive. at the virus was not inside the dog, it was on the outside. it was touching the dog and stroking the dog that passed it on. i think it is early days to work out what is going on with the tiger but at the moment government advice is that the most likely place at the virus is is on your hands. hand washing is really important at all times, but particularly before and after you have petted any of the animals you have at home. keep washing your hands. again, this is more general advice and i am sure there are many people in similar situations. this is from tracey. she says, my neighbours are in their early 70s and are still going out most days. sometimes they go out

three days running and they have been out in their car on those occasions in three days running. someone bumped into them in the supermarket and they said they were not shopping, just browsing. tracy says, how can i get the message through to them without being offensive? so, i think through to them without being offensive? so, ithink sometimes through to them without being offensive? so, i think sometimes we do have to be blonde. i would hope they are watching the daily briefings at home. it's so important. it's not just briefings at home. it's so important. it's notjust about protecting yourself if you are over 70 and in one of those vulnerable groups. it is about protecting everybody else. i think that is the important thing, that none of us are immune to this. we have seen our own prime minister is now in hospital, we have seen young people die from this. just because you don't mind if you get the virus or not, it is really important you adhere to these instructions from government and stay—at—home because we don't want you to spread it to the staff in the supermarket, to the health care workers or those young people who may also be in that supermarket. sometimes if you think people are not listening, maybe write a note, stick it under the door and tell

them you are worried about your own health. sometimes being blunt is the best way forward. one more question. you mention to the a really important advice about hand washing being essential. this one says, i'd like to know about standing in queue at the supermarket, nobody coughs or sneezes but can you catch the virus by just standing sneezes but can you catch the virus byjust standing in a queue and being in proximity to others? he says, can virusjump being in proximity to others? he says, can virus jump from one being in proximity to others? he says, can virusjump from one person because my body to another‘s? says, can virusjump from one person because my body to another's? we know it is spread by droplets. we know it is spread by droplets. we know when people cough those droplets, we think, spread around about a metre, may be just over a metre, which is why the two major social distancing is really important. it is too big strides. it isa important. it is too big strides. it is a lot further than you think. it doesn'tjump is a lot further than you think. it doesn't jump around. but is a lot further than you think. it doesn'tjump around. but what it doesn'tjump around. but what it does do is it stays on your hands and anything... very to you. your line slightly froze at the end. but we heard everything. exactly. some

really helpful advice. hopefully some of your questions answers. —— answered. keep sending your questions and because at 6:30am every day we are talking to a doctor, so we are continually asking the questions you need answered. every question is a good question. it makes me so thankful for experts. let's talk to sally. they are talking about more future cancellations, aren't they? yes. it's inevitable. listening to the conversation you have been having in the last few minutes, this is all coming down the track for us. the president of european football's governing body says the champions league and europa league might have to be abandoned this season, if coronvirus restrictions remain in place into september. aleksander ceferin said he'd prefer to play matches behind closed doors, but as things stand, all games are cancelled until further notice. there are five british sides still in the competitions.

one of those is manchester city, who are the first premier league side to decide not to furlogh non—playing staff. they say the won't be making use of the government's coronavirus scheme, which pays 80% of the wages of staff members while they're not working. clubs including liverpool have been criticised for using the scheme. manchester city player kyle walker faces disciplinary action, after reportedly breaking lockdown rules by hosting a party. walker has apologised, but city are investigating. they say he "directly contravened" his responsibility as a role model. mclaren boss zak brown says the future of formula one is under threat, because of the coronavirus. he says the sport is in a "very fragile state" and big changes are needed if it's to survive.

he believes that the budget cap of £143 million set for next season is far too high, and he can see teams disappearing. f1 bosses are meeting today to discuss cost—saving plans. more on that later in the programme. organisers of saturday's virtual grand national race raised over £2.6 million for the nhs charities together. bookmakers paid out on 18—1 winner potters corner, but they're donating profits from losing bets. the computer simulated event had a tv audience of over four million. they are also expecting more donations because they are expecting people's winnings to go back into the pot. £2.6 million as things stand at the moment. something good may be coming out of this. yes, i was fascinated by that as well, sally. thank you very much.

good morning. fast approaching quarter to seven on monday morning. louise and dan with you. a few weeks ago, we spoke to former footballers gary neville and ryan giggs, about their decision to allow nhs workers to use both their hotels, free of charge. the gesture has been greatly received by staff who are unable to live with their families due to the coronavirus pandemic, as breakfast‘s graham satchell has been finding out. on the way in we've all been given these really nice bits on the door. this hotel room in manchester has been molly's on for the last two weeks. i've got a huge, huge, beautiful room. an amazing big bed. molly is the coordinator of the hiv clinic at manchester royal infirmary. most of my day's spent sort of talking to patients, trying to offer some reassurance and also work out how vulnerable people are and work out the best way to keep protecting our patients,

whilst also trying to avoid them coming into hospital. it's silly o'clock in the morning but here is home sweet home. victoria mccormick has also been living in a hotel. i work in the critical care department, which involves looking after the sickest of our patients, who generally need different kinds of life support, i guess people would call it. so, ventilators, help with their blood pressure and advanced therapies. i work in respiratory medicine at the moment here in the mri. right, so you are right at the front line of this? yeah, absolutely. and this is dr aaron hewitt, who also works directly with covid—19 patients. three nhs workers who all faced a choice when one of the people they were living with became ill, either isolated at home for 14 days and must work. for 14 days and miss work. or stay in one of the hotels owned by the footballers

ryan giggs and gary neville. we've got 35 staying in our hotel already and we expect it to be up to 170 by the end of the week. neville and giggs were on bbc breakfast a couple of weeks ago explaining why they had offered their hotels to nhs staff. what do you think of what gary neville has done? i think it's remarkable. for me as a member of the critical to your care team it would have been unthinkable to not be able to do my shift and put undue pressure on the system. i felt i would be letting down patients and my team. so it's been fantastic to have that option so i can keep working. i think it's made such a huge difference to our ability to carry out ourjobs and keep this hospital at least afloat throughout this. really, really phenomenal. i think we are all really, really grateful to them, and they seem like fantastic men to be able to offer that. what is your favourite bit about the hotel? my favourite bit is probably going to be the bathroom. beautiful bathroom.

this amazing shower and bath. i've got a shower that so big i can practically lie down in it, and i've got a bath that is more like a swimming pool. gorgeous space. just got back from work. the rooms are lovely, but being away from family is tough. this is cafe football. it's totally empty because it's about 3 o'clock in the morning. victoria ended up at hotel football after her daughter became ill. it was the day before mother's day, which was quite upsetting for my kids and for me, not being able to hug your kids when they are not well, that's counterintuitive, isn't it? it wasn't very nice at all. how old are your kids? my eldest is ten and my youngest is seven. aw! victoria and her colleagues are determined to keep working, even though the danger is now facing medical staff are all too clear. i think it's on everyone's minds.

i think if we all thought about it for too long, that would become quite difficult. but as i say, this is ourjob, that's what our team does best, looking after things and people when things are really tough. it is concerning. you must be concerned when you look around and you see so much illness and death. this is something very serious. so i'd be silly not to be concerned. but i'm confident, given the support that we've got, will do ok. my kids, mother's day. they'd be cross if i didn't show you that. victoria finished her 14 days out of the hotel over the weekend, and is now back at home with her kids. it'd be good to give you a little shot at winston, an encouraging card i got from a friend. in the coming weeks, hundreds of nhs staff will be staying at these hotels so they can carry on working and keep us safe. graham satchell, bbc news.

good to see come and go to speak to them a few weeks ago, it feels like ages ago. i know, time has a different meaning these days. i'm really glad to see how it is working. today should have been the start of the most important couple of weeks of the year for british tourism businesses — the easter holidays. so how are they coping? nina's looking into this one for us today. i don't know about you, but i was really looking forward to a trip to the seaside over easter and i don't think i'm the only one. in march and april last year, its estimated that brits took ten million domestic holidays and spent £2.1 billion. of course things are looking very different this year. restriction of movement means companies which rely on tourism to survive are getting no income at what should be a key time of the year. it's a particular problem for seaside towns. we've been speaking to busineses in brighton. not just about easter. theirfamous pride festival in august has

already been cancelled. they are shutting down for the long haul. if you've been to brighton around holiday time around holiday time you'll know how busy it usually is, not this weekend. well, normally, i wouldn't be sitting in the breakfast room because it would be packed or i would be busy checking people in. or clearing up from the breakfast. so, yes, it's a very surreal situation, actually. we've had so many cancellations, obviously, they started coming through in february and they're still coming through now right the way through to august. at first, when this happened, we were so worried financially. now we are all really more worried about our health. sadly, two, or several, main events were planned. one was to be running the big railway layout, but not now. we are losing out really seriously

with no fitful, no visitors, with no footfall, no visitors, no schools, nothing. beautiful museum suddenly become a ghost museum because nobody is here. so it's museums, hotels, and b&bs, businesses up and down the country. the tourism giant airbnb is offering full—refund cancellations up until the end of may. the tourism body visit britain told us that companies are coming to terms with cancellations all through the summer in to autumn and if restrictions remain until august, the industry will lose around £11 billion. and it could be worse. we are keen to hear from you if you work in the tourism industry and you are looking at losses. trying to take some positives. we have been having a great time looking at london's big attractions online, you might fancy a virtual tour

of buckingham palace after feeling inspired by the queen last night. british museum, natural history museum, v&a, science museum and national gallery have all reported big increases in visits to their websites and virtual tours, some of which are absolutely brilliant. and this is footage ofjess the zoo keeper and zeena who is a serval, ferocious predators found in africa, apparently. she doesn't look that scary, though! and the national theatre was streaming this week. more than two million streams of james cordon's one man two governors, so lots to do to try and keep entertained. not quite the same but better than nothing. it will make us all appreciate being able to visit those attractions once all of this is over. that is quite a good idea, plan a morning in the museum, do all of that. we went to chester zoo and edinburgh zoo with the family.

online? watching their cameras, very clever. we watched it over the weekend, james corden's show, and joseph and his technicolour dream coat, i am very cultural! lots of people are doing exercises. diana moran, better known as the green goddess, is back with another routine — here she is to show us how she keeps active and in shape while at home. so, up off your chairs today, but for some very easy exercises, but of course it's keeping our bodies moving. so all i want you to do is step and clap. step and clap, step and clap, step, and once again i'm warming up your bodies. ready to go on and use those muscles. but its extraordinary, when you do this, and you're breathing deeply, it's called aerobic exercise. and i always find that the more

i do, the more i want to do. now, one, two, three, clap. one, two, three, clap. use those arms, clap. one, two, three, clap. one, two, three. last time. there we are. so now let's just work the legs a little bit. stand up nice and tall. either hold onto your chair or onto a support like i'm doing here, and just literally, take your leg forward, and to the side. forward, to the side. using those leg muscles. that's it. keeping your body nice and mobile. let's just turn to the other side. so a bit like a ballet dancer. here we go, forward, and to the side. feel those inner thigh muscles working.

and the quadriceps, that big strong muscle, that's going to keep us walking, getting us out of chairs. that's lovely. now, if we are going to go walking, we want to have happy feet. that's what i call this little exercise. so, one, two, here we are. heel, toe. go on, just a few more. and now the other side. that's good. keep the ankles nice and subtle. and of course, it's working the quadriceps yet again. that's good. now, let's just stretch out, a few, well, one muscle here. let's stretch out what we call the hamstring. and just one leg straight, with the toe turned up. and just hold it for

about five seconds. and you'll feel the stretch in your bottom and in the tops of your legs. now, turn, other heel up. this knee bent, this leg straight. this time, i'm stretching out the top of my bottom here and the back of my legs. that's really, really good. just loosen up the body again. and you're ready for yet another day of this extraordinary time. keep fit, and carry on. i feel better. you were stretching along! good for the hamstrings. i feel better. you were stretching along! good for the hamstringslj was also noticing her garden, it looked lovely and sunny, how is it for the rest of us?

good morning, we had the warmest day of the year so far yesterday in wales. today it will not be quite as warm but still sunny spells. a weather front moving across england bringing some rain, when that goes, we will have a fair bit of sunshine and scattered showers. you can see the track that the cold front has taken, pushing steadily eastwards, pushing away the mild air from yesterday. behind it, something cooler following on behind. yesterday. behind it, something coolerfollowing on behind. this morning we still had a rain across pa rt morning we still had a rain across part of england, eventually moving away. then a return to some sunshine. still some showers and in parts of northern ireland and scotland, some could be heavy or thundery. gusty winds across north—west scotland. but for northern england, wales and northern

ireland, south—west england into sunshine. late morning, the rain will clear kent and east anglia. if you have an allergy to tree pollen, isa you have an allergy to tree pollen, is a day in scotland and northern ireland, the levels are lower, england and wales is moderate but high in the south—west of england. 9 degrees in lerwick to 17 degrees in london today. this evening, under clear skies, temperatures falling away, patchy mist and fog forming. the wind easing attached but still breezy across the north west, —— using a touch. four or five breezy across the north west, —— using a touch. four orfive in breezy across the north west, —— using a touch. four or five in towns and cities, lower in rural areas. the patchy mist will lift quickly tomorrow. high pressure in charge again tomorrow, so a lot of blue sky around. however some cloud building through the day, turning the sunshine hazy. still quite breezy in the north west of scotland. here,

some rain coming our way. by wednesday, a weather front draped across parts of scotland and northern ireland. to the north, some sunshine, to the south, we will see some sunshine as well. the risk of the odd shower. temperature wise, climbing again, 23, possibly 24. but nine in stornoway. for thursday, a fair bit of cloud across parts of scotla nd fair bit of cloud across parts of scotland seeping into northern england, but still a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine around. temperatures up to 21, maybe 22 in london, but only nine in stornoway. more weather in half an hour, next, the headlines.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests "as a precaution". "we will meet again" — that's the message from the queen, who says she believes britain will overcome the coronavirus crisis together we are tackling this disease, and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. coronavirus takes its toll on tourism.

british businesses should be basking in the easter holday spend. instead they're facing a summer of losses of up to £11 billion. i'll ask how the industry's coping. there may well be no champions league victory parade for any team this season. the head of european football admits the competition and the europa league could be abandoned if coronvirus restrictions remain in place into september. it's monday, 6th april. our top story: the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, having been admitted for tests 10 days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. number ten says that mrjohnson remains in charge of the government but the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will chair a coronavirus meeting this morning. chris mason reports. the man charged with leading the country's response to this virus is experiencing the unpleasant

reality of it. it was a week last friday that we heard the prime minister had coronavirus. hi, folks, i want to bring you up to speed with something that's happening today, which is that i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough. and on the advice of the chief medical officer, i have taken a test, that has come out positive, so i am working from home. i'm self isolating. number 10 made it clear borisjohnson would continue to work remotely from his downing street flat, and he chaired what he described as the first ever digital cabinet meeting from self isolation. last thursday night, he joined millions of others in expressing his gratitude to those working in the health service. thanks, nhs, thank you. thank you, thanks all. thank you. but, it was clear in another post on twitter on friday, that he was still unwell.

although i'm feeling better and i've done my seven days of isolation, alas, i still have one of the symptoms, a minor symptom, i still have a temperature so in accordance with government advice, i must continue my self isolation until that symptom itself goes. last night, downing street issued a statement. on the advice of his doctor, the prime minister has been admitted to hospitalfor prime minister has been admitted to hospital for tests, the spokesman said. i want to express our nation's well wishes to prime minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. all americans are praying for him, he's a friend of mine, he's a great gentleman, and a great leader, and as you know, he was brought to the hospital today.

but i'm hopeful and sure that he's going to be fine. he's a strong man, strong person. borisjohnson has spent the night not here, but in hospital. his officials are adamant he is still leading the government's response to the pandemic. but this virus is crippling the economy, robbing us of our usual liberties and straining the personal capacity of the prime minister to respond to it on our behalf. chris mason, bbc news. we will be speaking to a representative of the government and about 25 minutes. we're joined now from downing street by our political correspondent, helen catt. we await an update on the pm's situation this morning. number 10 keen to point out is are precautionary measures? yes, absolutely. very little information this morning on his condition. we know he spent the night in hospital

in london. he was taken there about eight o'clock yesterday evening. around the time the queen was giving her address to the nation. downing street are very keen to point out that he is still leading the government response and that this was taken, a precautionary step, advice of his doctor. it was not an emergency admission. his symptoms have not gone away. if you compare that with the health secretary, matt hancock, who we were told had coronavirus at the same time, he was backin coronavirus at the same time, he was back in the press conferences on friday apparently fully restored. it seems like it is taking boris johnson longer to shake off this virus and that is why he has been admitted. we don't know what these extra tests are that he is gunning for. we don't know if they have yet been done. we have to see if more information emerges across the day on that. in the meantime it will be the foreign secretary, dominic raab, who will step up and share some of the coronavirus government meeting this morning. he is the person if borisjohnson were to become

incapacitated, who would step in. he is the designated person. at the moment downing street says boris johnson remains in charge, although this is a very unusual situation. helen, thank you. we will try to get a little bit more information during the programme for you. we will be speaking to housing secretary robert jenrick after 7:30am. lots of questions. if you have got any, send them through. do remember to send them through. do remember to send them if there is something you particular want to know about. 4,934 people have died from coronavirus in the uk. 48,000 people have tested positive for the respiratory infection, although the actual number of people with the disease is estimated to be much higher, as only those in hospital and some nhs staff are currently tested. about 148,000 people in the uk have so far been tested and found not to have the virus. the queen has given a message of reassurance to britain and the commonwealth, urging us to remain united and resolute in the face

of the coronavirus pandemic. in a televised address from windsor castle, she paid tribute to the nhs and key workers and urged people to take comfort in the fact that better days would return. nicholas witchell has more. it was a broadcast from windsor which the queen cannot have imagined she would ever have to make. to rally the nation in the face of an unseen threat. 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. she spoke first to those facing the most immediate challenge. 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. together we are tackling this disease and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. she praised the way in which people had come together to support each other and thanked those following official guidelines to stay at home. our collective response, the queen said, would define us. 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. she recalled a broadcast she had

made as a 14—year—old during the blitz. 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. just as in wartime, the nation would come through this latest threat. 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. it was a speech to reassure and stiffen resolve, an exceptional speech at an exceptional moment. nicholas witchell, bbc news. we will be talking a little bit more about the queen's address later.

scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after being caught visiting her second home, in breach of her own social distancing guidance. dr catherine calderwood made a public apology and received a police warning after she travelled from edinburgh to her other home in fife, for two consecutive weekends. alexandra mackenzie reports. this is a vital update about coronavirus. to help save lives, stay at home. dr catherine calderwood will no longer front the public campaign against coronavirus. after pictures were published in the scottish sun, she was forced to admit that she had travelled from edinburgh to her second home in fife the last two weekends. she initially apologised, then resigned, saying... during an uncomfortable

media briefing yesterday, scotland's first minister stood by her chief medical officer. her advice and expertise has been invaluable to me, and it continues to be so. if i am to do what i need to do to steer the country through this crisis to the very best of my ability, i need her to be able to focus on the job that she is doing. but hours later, nicola sturgeon agreed, she had to go. many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions. police scotland say that they have spoken to her and emphasised that the stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. and as we enter a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, dr calderwood will step back. she said the people of scotland must have complete trust in those who give advice in the difficult months to come. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news, glasgow.

at half past eight this morning we'll be speaking to the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon. every day thousands of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are putting themselves at risk to treat those infected by covid—19. the blunt reality of the danger has been illustrated by the tragic loss of several nhs staff. tom solomon has been working on the front line at a hospital in liverpool, and filmed this insight into his day. good morning. my name is professor tom solomon, i'm the director of the uk's emerging infections research unit. my exercise for the day. i suspect peggy will get more walks because everyone in the house needs a reason to get out. i have been

involved with the coronavirus outbreak right from the start, really, in january. outbreak right from the start, really, injanuary. most days are a mixture of looking after patients and supporting research efforts. but every day is different, especially as things change so rapidly. the day tends to be pretty unpredictable. and pretty tiring. i'm going to head on into work now. i'm going to head on into work now. i'm not allowed to film inside of the hospital and to be frank, i've got better things to be doing inside anyway. i catch up with you later. i finished working in the hospitalfor now. what can i say? it's busy? it's getting busier. it's quite a sad. the staff are working brilliantly to look after patients, working very well together. i'm here in the

ronald ross building of the university of the rival, which is where much of our coronavirus research is happening. our laboratories are full of people studying samples from patients up and down the country. we are leading from liverpool and arsenal study and we have more than 5000 so far. these samples are being used to improve the diagnosis of the disease and to understand why some people die and some people live. the results will help us with development of vaccines and treatments. tell me what you are working on at the moment?” and treatments. tell me what you are working on at the moment? i am trying to purify this bag. it's really important to work on this and it's really exciting, especially as the field is advancing so quickly. that's the end of the working day and in theory, until i get home and

again see what's happened even in the last half an hour, i think one of the things that may be hard to convey of the things that may be hard to co nvey o n of the things that may be hard to convey on a video like this is how rapid everything changes and how flexible you have to be. you just think you are —— you know what you're doing in the next hour, and suddenly everything changes, maybe government advice, maybe something changed at the hospital, maybe pick people you thought were coming to work are not coming to work because they are self isolating. maybe family orfriends, they are self isolating. maybe family or friends, summary has they are self isolating. maybe family orfriends, summary has been in touch and they are anxious about something. what all that means is that it's a little bit more stressful tha n that it's a little bit more stressful than normal. and you have to be able to respond quickly and keep calm despite whatever is going on. because my clothes might be contaminated, i get changed in the shed before i go in the house. the official working day is finished now, in the hospital and the lad,

now, in the hospital and the lad, now i have to face the e—mails i have not dealt with during the day. i have a conference call with collea g u es i have a conference call with colleagues in america tonight, beginning to see patients with neurological disease caused by cave at —— covid—19 virus, and we want to study the to see what is going on. the day is tiring, it's fantastic to work with some fantastic great people working in the hospital, working so hard to try and look after so many patients. and i guess, ona after so many patients. and i guess, on a personal level, today it has finally hit home. i have been saying to people for weeks, we will all know someone who has died from this disease, and sadly i heard on the way home, lovely woman i heard when —— i have known since i have been eight years old has died in hospital today. this is what we are all going

today. this is what we are all going to face over the next few weeks, we will know people who have died, it's going to be terribly sad. but we have also got a lot of work to do to look after patients who come into our hospitals, and doing the research so that we can develop better diagnostics, treatments for the patient and ultimately vaccines to keep this horrible disease away in future. professor tom solomon joins us now from liverpool. thank you so much forjoining us, and i'm very sorry to hear about yourfamily friend. and i'm very sorry to hear about your family friend. you make that point is that all the time, this gets closer to all of us in some ways. yes, it does. and u nfortu nately, ways. yes, it does. and unfortunately, i think many of us will find ourselves in the situation. yesterday we also heard that one of the nurses and one of the university hospitals in liverpool has died as well. so this is becoming very close and personal for all of us across the country.

and thank you again on the half of all of us for the incredible work that all of you are doing. really putting your lives on the line. can i ask you a few thoughts? we know borisjohnson went into hospital last night, we know it is precautionary and it's ten days since he was first diagnosed, so what can you tell us about the prognosis or where he might be?” can tell you nothing about boris johnson's prognosis because i'm not his doctor. i can tell you in general we do see patients who get worse around this period, and after they have had an initial fever illness, some of them do deteriorate a little bit. it may be something just as simple as a chest x—ray was all he needed, or it could be more serious but like i said, i don't know anything about his personal case. of course you don't. so if somebody goes in for ten days, after ten days, those kind of tests need to be done in hospital, do they? the only place you can get a chest x—ray

is in only place you can get a chest x—ray isina only place you can get a chest x—ray is in a hospital or clinic and in addition, sometimes scans are done of the chest. what is sometimes happening with some patients with coronavirus, they get a bit of fluid in the lungs which can make them feel a bit worse. you do both sides of things, you work with patients but you also work on research as well. it was so insightful that you talked about, talking about it being really tough on the front line and very sad. yes, it is sad on the front line although actually when you work in hospitals, you tend to just focus on thinking about the patients and what you can do to make them better. it's really only afterwards when you come out of hospital that you think a little bit about how difficult it has been. the other very positive thing has been not only the health care worker response that the researchers' response. but in liverpool, for example, the university of —— and

the department of tropical medicine have joined together, we the department of tropical medicine havejoined together, we have had external funding and we have raised 1.1 million as well and we are continuing to receive donations for research which has allowed us to expand the work we do. there is a positive atmosphere in terms of the universities and the hospital is coming together to tackle this problem. you talked about trying to find out why some people react differently to coronavirus, what is the most important thing that you wa nt to the most important thing that you want to find out? in terms of the research, we know that many people will have a very mild infection and won't come to a hospital at all, others will be thick enough to come to hospital and then will deteriorate. —— will be sick enough to come to hospital. one of the big things that we are doing which has been set up by colleagues, the quick response to this outbreak, setting up response to this outbreak, setting up in every hospital in the uk to recruit patients, so we can

understand who gets sick and needs hospitalisation, why they get sick, whether it is problem looming in the chest or lungs or elsewhere, and what we can do to reverse those problems and that's where the treatment comes in. we are part of several treatment trials across the country to work out the best treatment. the vaccine will not come for at least a year but there has been such a focus in understanding the body's response to the infection and developing treatments, that i am hopeful that we will have treatments perhaps within a few months. this is moving at a pace which is presumably very unusual? in terms of the research response, yes. we have learned in recent years that emerging infections are increasingly a part of what we will have to face. we responded to the ebola outbreak and then the zika epidemic, in

liverpool the department here coalesces a lot of the uk's response against those infections. every time, we have got quicker off the mark, to pull pull research together. today we have an unprecedented national and international response to defeat this infection. we will defeat it, although there will be many sad stories along the way, we will defeat this infection. the number of cases will reduce either because the virus has spread through so much of the population we have developed other ways of controlling it. we will beat it and we will learn a lot more about how we can respond to future outbreaks like this. thank you for ending on that optimistic note. a fascinating look into the day of one medic on the front line, brilliant to speak to expert at times like this. the new labour leader, sir keir starmer, has begun naming

members of his shadow cabinet. his leadership rival lisa nandy becomes shadow foreign secretary. nick thomas—symonds becomes shadow home secretary. and we're joined now from oxford by the shadow chancellor, anneliese dodds. thank you very much for spending a bit of time with us this morning. obviously the main story this morning is awaiting a medical update from the hospital who spent the night in hospital, while the queen was addressing the nation, he was on his way to hospital while he underwent a series of tests, what is your response to that news? obviously, i would want to offer him my very best wishes, i hope that he makes a speedy and full recovery as quickly as possible and i'd obviously like to send my best wishes to his family as well, it must be a very worrying time the them as it is for so many families across the country, so i wish him well. congratulations on your new role in the shadow cabinet, it has been a very fast rise for you, you

have only been an mp for three yea rs. have only been an mp for three years. are you feeling the pressure and expectation of being involved in the level of parliament where you are now at the time of national crisis? obviously, i am concerned that we really need to make sure that we really need to make sure that the british parliament, the whole political system responds correctly to this unprecedented challenge. certainly from the economic side, i am aware of how much it so many businesses are struggling and individuals as well, large numbers of people have seen their income dropped precipitously over the last few weeks so we need to make sure the right measures are in place to support people. i'm pleased that i am hopefully able to play a part in that, trying to work with government constructively to make sure we have the right systems to keep people's living standards up to keep people's living standards up to the extent that that is possible during this crisis. your opposite number rishi sunak has got a huge responsibility to try and balance

things at the moment, there have been a number of provisions made for businesses and individuals and so many questions about whether tipping point might come. and at what stage we try and encourage people to get back to work and rejuvenate the economy, what are your thoughts on that? first of all, around the different packages that have been introduced, i have welcomed a number of them. i think they are necessary. they are particularly important to make sure that people stay in work if at all possible, even if that is through being furloughed, if they are paid a percentage of their wage, if people cant be part of the labour market —— can be kept part of the labour market, that is critical. there do need to be changes made to some of those packages and i want to work constructively with rishi sunak on that. in terms of moving out of the crisis, we have to move learn

from the international evidence around this, we have seen some places where restrictions have lifted and then had to be imposed again, you can only do that and a certain number of times before you start to have an impact on the economy, productive capacity and confidence. we should not speculate around this, it has to be given by evidence, particularly international evidence, particularly international evidence, about when restrictions should be lifted. can i ask you about finding the right balance at a time like this, between supporting the government and questioning decisions and challenging them on things that they might not be doing in the right way. how essential is it that yourself and your new leader keir starmer find it that yourself and your new leader keir starmerfind that it that yourself and your new leader keir starmer find that balance? clearly, there shouldn't be any kind of party are knock—about during this period, that would be —— partisan knock—about during this period, that would be completely inappropriate. during this situation, i have focused on being try to make sure

that we have a constructive relationship, and we deal with those problems and they arise, we shouldn't sweep anything under the carpet. we have seen a lot of changes being made and i welcome them in particular within the previous shadow treasury team, myself and my colleagues were pushing very strongly for a salary support scheme. we did get one in place. we also got support for the self employed after we were pushing for that. but we need to make sure that those systems are working and in particular, they keep people in work and keep businesses open. we will not shy away from calling for change when it is necessary, but that will be focused on trying to get focus on changes that need to be made and not on anything else. i'm sure you appreciate there is one focus from everybody wherever they are involved in this coronavirus crisis at the moment, but i'm sure there are some party members in the labour party and general onlookers this morning who are interested to

note the direction of the party. with you as shadow chancellor and keir starmer as leader, where will people see a difference in terms of the direction of labour, when we do at some stage returned to the normal run of things? i think keir starmer set out his approach in his a cce pta nce set out his approach in his acceptance speech that he made over the weekend, making it in very strange and different circumstances to what we might have anticipated at the beginning of a new period of labour leadership. keirsaid, the beginning of a new period of labour leadership. keir said, yes, labour has made mistakes in the past, we need to deal with issues which have dogged the party around anti—semitism, we need to ensure we have that communication and conversation with the public as well. when we look at labour‘s policies around funding public services and having a fair economy, labour market that actually works

for people, can sadly see as as a result of this party at the policies are needed, but the british public did not trust us to deliver those policies at the time of the last election. i think keir is wanting to have a change in that regard, making sure we have a more open debate with the public and i certainly want to support him in doing that. thank you for your time this morning, anneliese dodds, shadow chancellor, and look forward to more injuries in the future. some people had a very —— interviews in the future. some people had a very warm day yesterday. yes, we had the warmest day of the year yesterday, in wales, yes, we had the warmest day of the yearyesterday, in wales, it yes, we had the warmest day of the year yesterday, in wales, it was the hottest, but each nation had their warmest day yesterday. even 22.2 could be beaten this week, probably

on wednesday. it is a little cooler today, it won't be particularly cold and we have sunshine and showers. milderair and we have sunshine and showers. milder air from yesterday being pushed away as a cold front drifts from the west to the east, introducing cooler air behind it, but also producing some rain and it has been through the night. that will clear from east anglia and kent in late morning. look at the isobars across the north of the country. in the north—west, west, windy for you, 50 to 55 miles an hour. some showers could be heavy and thundery here. more scattered showers across parts of england and wales as well. but there will also be a lot of dry weather, and a lot of sunshine. these are the average wind speeds in the white circles, the gusts will be higher than that. especially across north and western scotland. here we have highs of 10 degrees in stornoway, 17 or 18 top temperature today as we slipped further south.

this evening and overnight, and overnight, under clear skies, temperatures will be falling away quite quickly, patchy mist and fog forming, a few showers and the wind using the touch. temperature wise, two, three and four in towns and cities, lower than that in a rural area. some pockets of frost around. tomorrow, dominating our weather. still those isobars close together, across the north west, so it will be breezy and the weather front not too far away either. clouds thickening up far away either. clouds thickening up across the day through the outer hebrides and parts of western and northern ireland. here we could see the odd spot of rain. for most of us, the mist and fog patches lifting readily, the sun coming out, some cloud bubbling up through the day. highs of 20 degrees. as we moved from tuesday to wednesday, the weather front will straddle scotland

and northern ireland, introducing more cloud and patchy rain. for the rest of us, almost straight southerlies coming our way so we see a return to the yellow and amber. it's going to be much warmer. a favourite of sunshine, a weather front with some patchy rain and cloud, but some of us could have 23 or 24, cloud, but some of us could have 23 or24, in cloud, but some of us could have 23 or 24, in the south—east. thank you, carol. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. as we've been hearing, the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, where he's being treated for coronavirus. let's speak to the housing secretary robertjenrick. good morning. thank you for a spending time with us here on brea kfast. spending time with us here on breakfast. what more details can you give us about why the prime minister went in and what kind of tests he is undergoing? well, this is a precautionary step. the prime minister has had persistent symptoms for ten days since testing positive for ten days since testing positive

for coronavirus. so on the advice of his doctor he went into hospital yesterday for a series of routine tests. he spent the night in hospital. of course, we all wish him well. we hope that as a result of those tests he will be able to come back to downing street as soon as possible. he is, of course, really chief decision—maker. possible. he is, of course, really chief decision-maker. what happens now? well, he continues to lead the government. he has been, despite the fa ct government. he has been, despite the fact he has been self isolating like many people across the country over the course of the last ten days, i've been on calls with him every couple of days, and he has been working extremely hard leading the government and being constantly updated. that will continue. obviously today he is in hospital having the test. but he will continue to be kept informed as to what is happening and to be in charge of the government. and as i say, i hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and gets back to numberio and can a speedy recovery and gets back to number 10 and can take charge in the

way that he would want to as soon as possible. i'm sure this is very frustrating for him, somebody like boris who wants to be hands on running the government from the front. but nonetheless, he is still very much in charge of the government and leading the effort on coronavirus. we just lost you there for a second. i'm going to stay with you if we could. i suppose the question is, how practical is it to be leading the government from hospital though? well, be leading the government from hospitalthough? well, he only be leading the government from hospital though? well, he only went in last night for a series of routine tests. he has had persistent symptoms. we all hope and expect he will be able to get back to number 10 very soon and continue the work that he has been doing. he is going to be kept informed about what has happened. in his absence dominic rab will lead to the meeting this morning on coronavirus, with a numberof other morning on coronavirus, with a number of other cabinet colleagues.

and we are working as a team in cabinet and government, the prime minister's advisors remain a number 10 to help them to make decisions and to be as informed as possible about events. but we all wish him well. we are wanting to get back to numberten and well. we are wanting to get back to number ten and continue to lead the country at this time. i appreciate people will be anxious and concerned as we all increasingly no colleagues and loved ones who have the virus or have had it. the message is clear that if we want to move forward, if we want to turn the tide on the virus, then we all need to play our part. that is to continue to follow the guidelines, to stay at home, protect the nhs and save people's lives. on that point, what do you think when you hear that epping forest had to close the car parks because they were full, brockwell park had to be closed because so many people went there at the weekend. what would you say to people doing that sort of thing?

well, i'm very disappointed to hear that. these guidelines are not optional. this is a request, a requirement on all of us. and we all have to play our part. there is a moral obligation on us notjust have to play our part. there is a moral obligation on us not just to protect ourselves but to protect society. that was part of the message the queen delivered very well la st message the queen delivered very well last night. this is really on all of us. and we can all play a pa rt all of us. and we can all play a part in tackling the virus in many cases by doing something as simple as choosing to stay—at—home for the coming days and weeks and adhering to the guidelines. no council wants to the guidelines. no council wants to close parks and open spaces. i have spoken to a number of the councils that have been doing so over the weekend. that really is an absolute last resort and should be because we want people to be able to go because we want people to be able to go out and have exercise, but that has to be done responsibly in accordance with the guidelines, which is to go out alone or with

your household, for a walk or a run to get your daily fresh air and exercise. it is not to congregate with other people, to have a barbecue or a picnic. and to put people's lives in danger by breaching the social distancing rules. so we really all need to work together to get through this. and i think the good news is that the vast majority of people are adhering to the guidelines. compliance is very high, but please, the small minority of people not doing so, don't spoil things for everybody else because it's all well and good if you have a garden ora it's all well and good if you have a garden or a large home, but there are millions of people, particularly families in this country, who don't have that and we need those public spacesin have that and we need those public spaces in the days and weeks to come. you say don't ruin it from -- for anybody else. we also heard from matt hancock, who said if people continue to flout those rules, it

might change. are you looking at that? we don't have any imminent plans to do so. we do keep each of these measures under control. —— under review. we have seen in the past where we have implemented progressively stricter social distancing measures, in orderto protect the nhs. if we have to do so in future we will do so but we don't wa nt in future we will do so but we don't want to do that. i think it would be very unfortunate if we had to do so and make it harderfor very unfortunate if we had to do so and make it harder for people, particularly people who live in flats in towns and cities, to get the exercise that they and their families deserve. i've got young kids. i know what it can be like to be cooped up in the house, particularly in good weather. nobody wants to see that happen. please behave responsibly, protect the nhs and help to save lives. and briefly on that, you make the point about people who don't have outside space. what sort of things might you look at? for example, in france you need at? for example, in france you need a form to leave the house. well as i

say, we don't have to date any plans to take those sorts of steps, but neither do we rule them out completely. what we want to see is the measures that have been implemented, adhered to. to do so by consent. for us all to take up our moral obligation to protect ourselves and others. and to play ourselves and others. and to play our part in an important national effort. this is having a big impact on all of us. this is one of the very rare occasions where every person in the country is being impacted by the same national experience. that is what the queen was talking about last night when she compared this to her wartime experience. and in those sorts of experiences, everyone needs to play their part. if we do that, then we will be able to begin in a sensible measured way to lift these restrictions sooner, and to begin to turn the tide on the virus. so please, as we approach more good

weather and the easter weekend, play your part, stay at home, protect the nhs and help to save people's lives. let's look forward to. the queen ended her address by saying we will meet again. let's look forward if we can to what might be the exit strategy and how do we get out of this? well, in the first instance, asi this? well, in the first instance, as i say, the most important thing that all all of us can do... we will have to prevent —— protect the nhs and ensure people get the treatment they deserve. at the moment of the nhs is doing a fantasticjob. and there is ex casque —— excess capacity in icu across the country. if we can do that, we can look in the weeks to come to begin to very

carefully lift some of those measures. but an exit strategy that is sustainable will also have to be accompanied by a much greater testing and tracing that we are able to do today. that's why the measures the health secretary announced last week will be so important, increasing the number of tests from a low base today opt or at least 100,000 by the end of the month and then much further beyond that. i'm sorry... and the economic package the chancellor announced will be very critical to ensure people stay in work and businesses can start up again. robert jenrick, thank you very much. the reason i was interrupting him was because of that line, of course. we were mostly able to hear. that is our reality now. we live in a new age, we do interviews with difficult technical problems. we are relying on technology. to

reiterate the key points. he said the prime minister continues to lead the prime minister continues to lead the government, even though he spent the government, even though he spent the night in hospital and was undergoing those tests. we asked about social distancing. he said it was on all of us, no council wants to close parks and open spaces, it should be a last resort. on some of the more strict measures we have seenin the more strict measures we have seen in other countries, we talked about france, he said that we don't have any plans to take those sort of steps but neither can we rule those out. it was interesting what he was saying about not ruining it for everyone. very interesting points. sally is in the sports newsroom, is that where you are? the sports hub! that's it. from here on in it is forever known as the sports hub. good morning, everybody. i'm going to bring you a little bit of hopefully good news this morning. leading jockeys and riders, including ap mccoy, frankie dettori and zara tindall, have been getting together to take part in equestrian relief —

a series of daily challenges, leading jockeys and riders, including ap mccoy, including painting and planking, to raise money for the nhs. i'm joined now by frankie and zara, who can explain. good morning to you both. great to see you. good morning! zara, can you explain to me what you and frankie are doing this morning to try to help? so, we are going to do and equestrian relief where there are five teams of us doing five tasks. i think we do two tasks each, the tasks are running five kilometres, a plank, bake off, piece of art and then a hidden talent. a hidden talent. i have to ask you what your hidden talent is? i'm actually not doing that task! so i'm doing the plank and the art. and i'm so not a rty plank and the art. and i'm so not arty at all. but it's been really fun. we've got a great team

together. we are really looking forward to trying to help in a small way as possible, giving back to the nhs who are really, really keeping this country together and, you know, working their absolute hardest under really trying times, putting their lives on the line. now frankly, i know you personally, yourfamily have been living this everyday like all of us. you have already been affected by coronavirus. i believe you have family in isolation in italy at the moment. your sister is with you. what is that been like for you? well, my mum had pneumonia in the past so if she gets this virus she might not pull through, so she has to be really careful. she has been under lockdown now for 40 days and she is probably going to stay inside for another three months. she is in milan, probably the epicentre of the virus. everyday i am on the

phonein of the virus. everyday i am on the phone in contact, making sure she does not leave the house. it is frustrating and it is scary because she is in her 70s. these problems now are everywhere. the deaths rising in the uk. us racing people, we are trying to raise awareness for the people on the front line, the nhs, who are doing a fantasticjob. we came up with this equestrian idea to raise awareness for the heroes, the nhs people on the front line trying to solve this problem. what will you be doing? i'm doing it prank and easter cake. i've never made a cake in my life. we will improvise. don't expect anything too fancy. i will try. i believe you have one of i believe you have one of our i believe you have one of our own i believe you have one of our own tea m i believe you have one of our own team on yourteam, i believe you have one of our own team on your team, i believe mike busheu team on your team, i believe mike bushell will be helping you? yes, i

spoke to him, it's great that he is able tojoin spoke to him, it's great that he is able to join us spoke to him, it's great that he is able tojoin us in this task. he is able tojoin us in this task. he is a fun guy. i'm sure he will come up with some good advice. as i said, we are all living in very constrained circumstances at the moment, what is your day today life like? i know you have family, you have animals to look after, how has life changed for you? we are really lucky, we live next to the horses and they still needed to be looked after, and fed and getting some kind of exercise. but obviously were trying to do that as safely as possible. we are not putting any pressure, we don't want to put any more pressure on the nhs. we're also lucky, there's a lot of people who cannot get to their horses at this time. so that's still very much a routine of our day, and having the kids at home, it keeps you very busy. mike is playing

teacher is fantastic. but keeping them as occupied, and doing as much education as we can, trying to keep life as normal as possible. it's very difficult for a lot of people. finally, you know you are raising money for the nhs, what is it specifically that you want to raise money for, what other gaps that you are saying that he wants to feel? i think -- are saying that he wants to feel? i think —— what are the gaps that you are seeing that you want to fill? hopefully we want to see it going to the nurses on the front line, everything that they want to have, that protection gear is very much something that they need every day, and every person needs it. so hopefully we can put as much as we can hopefully we can put as much as we ca n towards hopefully we can put as much as we can towards that. thank you both very much indeed, we wish you the very much indeed, we wish you the very best of luck. good luck,

frankie! thank you! i can't wait to see mike bushell taking part, that will be something to look forward to. john has got in contact saying, he can't believe you mist a trick by not calling it equestrian of sport. that would have been good! let's change the name! it's not too late. today should have been the start of the most important couple of weeks of the year for british tourism businesses, the easter holidays. so how are they coping? nina's looking into this one for us today. what are some of our view been saying? i'm just looking out of the window, such a beautiful sunny day even in sa lfo rd , such a beautiful sunny day even in salford, and it is the easter break, where last of us would perhaps take a trip or go to a museum —— where most of us would be going to take a trip or perhaps going to a museum. but not this year.

because in march and april last year, its estimated that brits took 10 million domestic holidays and spent £2.1 billion. of course, things are looking very different this year. restriction of movement means companies which rely on tourism to survive are getting no income at what should be a key time of the year. it's a particular problem for seaside towns. we've been speaking to busineses in brighton, not just about easter, their famous pride festival in august has already been cancelled. they are shutting down for the long haul. if you've been to brighton around holiday time you'll know how busy it usually is, not this weekend. well, normally, i wouldn't be sitting in the breakfast room because it would be packed or i would be busy checking people in. or clearing up from the breakfast. so, yes, it's a very surreal situation, actually. we've had so many cancellations, obviously, they started coming through in february and they're still coming through now right the way through to august. at first, when this happened,

we were so worried financially. now we are all really more worried about our health. sadly, two, or several, main events were planned. one was to be running the big railway layout, but not now. we are losing out really seriously with no footfall, no visitors, no schools, nothing. beautiful museum suddenly become a ghost museum because nobody is here. thanks to those of you who got in touch who work in travel and tourism, a reminder this isn't just hotels and museums. jill runsa jill runs a b&b in yorkshire and says that her insurance will not pay out because the virus is not on their list. kathy got in touch to say she works for a company that builds static caravans and the shop floor workers have been suspended for the time being. and david runs a camping shop in essex, he's already bought lots of equipment for the summer

ahead but is now stuck with no customers. the tourism body visit britain told us that if these restructions continue to august the wider industry will lose around £11 billion. and it could be worse than that. trying to take some positives. we have been having a great time looking at london's big attractions online, fancy a tour of buckingham palace after feeling inspired by the queen last night? british museum, natural history museum, v&a, science museum and national gallery have all reported big increases in visits to their websites and virtual tours, some of which are absolutely brilliant. and earlier we brought you zeena the serval from london zoo, this is footage of karen the zoo keeper and kiri and keeka, kunekune pigs which are from new zealand. no, sorry, that is the african serval! the things you learn on

these virtual tours! the national theatre has streamed a james corden show, one man to governors, and 2 million people streamed. it's a lot cheaper online. we did james corden over the weekend and josef. i quite like the idea of making a morning and going to a museum virtually. we spent an hour and a half at edinburgh zoo last week. from your own home, brilliant! in a televised speech last night, the queen gave a message of reassurance to britain and the commonwealth, urging us to remain united and resolute in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. speaking from inside windsor castle, she thanked us for following government rules and praised nhs and key workers. lots of you have been getting in contact about what you said, and saying that you needed to hear it at

this particular time. let's hear more now from that special address. we will succeed, and that success will belong to every one 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. royal commentator dickie arbiterjoins us now. i know you have listened to it again since then, what did you make of the speech? good morning. ithought it was very moving, very poignant, very reassuring. it was everything that it set out to do and of course it was very personal. everybody must agree that those words that we had just now, we will be with our friends again, we will be with our

families again, we will meet again, it said everything, it evoked the wartime spirit and my goodness, the queen knows exactly what that means. absolutely, and that sense of perspective as well that it gave everybody, which was very special. it put the whole business into perspective, and it was very special. she thanked the nhs staff, the carers, everybody else who is backing up the running of the country. she thanked those who are staying at home. i suppose there was a bit ofa staying at home. i suppose there was a bit of a veiled message in that, those who aren't staying at home, please do so. but she was very precise in what she said. it was very personal, it was a speech that she wrote herself, she didn't sit down and tap it out or anything, but they were her thoughts, her notes, she fiddled around with it, she gave it to her private secretary to type it to her private secretary to type it up and have a look at it. so it

very personal and very meaningful, not just to very personal and very meaningful, notjust to her very personal and very meaningful, not just to her and very personal and very meaningful, notjust to her and notjust to the people of the united kingdom, but also to the commonwealth. you have to remember, she is head of the commonwealth, 16 members of those 54 members, she is head of state. so it was a global audience, more than just a petition commonwealth audience. i'm sure so many millions of people across the world —— british and commonwealth audience. i'm sure millions of people across the world would have watched, and there was a note of optimism? yes, she is always very optimistic, there isa she is always very optimistic, there is a dark side to everything that she believes that there is light at the end of the tunnel and we will come out of it. she made that very point last night, we will succeed. that was very important. it was very reassuring to everybody up and down the country. interestingly, i have gone through the papers before we came to our —— came to air, and

there were people watching, people pictured watching online. it was a big and important message from the head of state, the head of nation, from someone whose own son went down with the virus and is just now coming out of it. as we had when he opened the nightingale —— heard when he opened the night hill hospital, prince charles was very croaky, and borisjohnson has prince charles was very croaky, and boris johnson has gone prince charles was very croaky, and borisjohnson has gone into hospital for tests. it was very personal for her. and she is home to isolate like many of us. she is, it's very important that she isolates, prince philip, 9s, important that she isolates, prince philip, 98, isolates as well. it must be very difficult, someone who likes to be active and go out in winter, she likes to go out for a ride which she cannot do. —— in

windsor. she is staying at home, no doubt frustrated because she cannot doubt frustrated because she cannot do the things she wants to, like the rest of us. but it is helping the nhs, helping saving lives and it's important that we all stay home and the queen leads by example. thank you very much for your time. we mentioned earlier, how many people in that room with the queen? only one person, making sure it all worked well. let's check up with the weather now. today, when we lose the weather front, it will be dry and sunny. today will be cooler than yesterday, which was the warmest day so far in all four nations, the top temperature in porthmadog. today will not be as warm. a cold front pushing west to east will take the

rain with it. some cooler rain coming our way, still windy in the south west. the rain generally clearing eastwards by late morning. behind that, there could be some scattered showers. but also a fair bit of sunshine. some showers could be heavy and thundery, gusty wind in the north—west, 54 to 55 an hour. —— miles an hour. england and wales have fewer showers, a fair bit of sunshine behind the front. the front will clear away leaving us all with us dizzy cocktail of sunshine and ate a few scattered showers. nine in the north, 17 to 18 as we go to the

south. this evening and overnight, it will be cold, colder than the one just gone. a few showers, breezy in the north west, and some patchy mist and fog forming. these temperatures are for the towns and cities, it will be cooler in rural areas so some of us will see a touch of frost. that will clear quite quickly, then mist and fog were clear, and a dry day coming tomorrow under the influence of high pressure. breezy across the north west, and in the outer hebrides, that will be thick enough for some patchy rain or drizzle. tomorrow's temperatures, 19 or 20 degrees. wednesday, more of the same, patchy mist and fog and frost to start with, but then a lot of sunshine around. over the front coming south across scotland and northern ireland will introduce thicker cloud and some patchy rain or drizzle, by disguise in the north, in the south

could hit 23 or 24. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin, and dan walker. our headlines today. the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests "as a precaution". "we will meet again." that's the message from the queen who says she believes britain will overcome

the coronavirus crisis together. together we are tackling this disease, and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. the boss of the mclaren f1 team says the future of the sport is now under threat, because of the coronavirus. he says it's in a "very fragile state" and big changes are needed if it's to survive. it's monday 6th april. our top story. the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, having been admitted for tests ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. number 10 says that mrjohnson remains in charge of the government but the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will chair a coronavirus meeting this morning. our political correspondent chris mason reports. the man charged with leading the country's response to this virus

is experiencing the unpleasant reality of it. it was a week last friday that we heard the prime minister had coronavirus. hi, folks, i want to bring you up to speed with something that's happening today, which is that i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough. and on the advice of the chief medical officer, i have taken a test, that has come out positive, so, i am working from home. i'm self—isolating. number 10 made it clear borisjohnson would continue to work remotely from his downing street flat, and he chaired what he described as the first ever digital cabinet meeting from self—isolation. last thursday night, he joined millions of others in expressing his gratitude to those working in the health service. thanks, nhs, thank you. thank you, thanks, all. thank you. but, it was clear in another post

on twitter on friday, that he was still unwell. although i'm feeling better and i've done my seven days of isolation, alas, i still have one of the symptoms, a minor symptom, i still have a temperature, so, in accordance with government advice, i must continue my self—isolation until that symptom itself goes. last night, downing street issued a statement. i want to express our nation's well wishes to prime minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. all americans are praying for him, he's a friend of mine, he's a great gentleman, and a great leader,

and as you know, he was brought to the hospital today. but i'm hopeful and sure that he's going to be fine. he's a strong man, strong person. borisjohnson has spent the night not here, but in hospital. his officials are adamant he is still leading the government's response to the pandemic. but this virus is crippling the economy, robbing us of our usual liberties and straining the personal capacity of the prime minister to respond to it on our behalf. chris mason, bbc news. we're joined now from downing street by our political correspondent, helen catt. we are expecting an update on the prime minister's edition later. what happens with government now? as you heard, downing street is keen to say borisjohnson is still leading the government's response and keen to stress, you heard that

phrase, a precautionary step, to describe his admission to hospital last night. the message, this wasn't an emergency, that his condition has got worse, more that his symptoms have not gone away, ten days from when he tested positive for coronavirus. compared with matt hancock who tested positive at the same time, he was backed up and running by friday. borisjohnson still has a high temperature and has been admitted for tests. downing street is keen to say he is still leading the government response as he was when isolating in the flat above number 11 downing street. it was a message robertjenrick the housing secretary was keen to stress again earlier. well, he continues to lead the government. he has been, despite the fact he has been self isolating like many people across the country over the course of the last ten days, i've been on calls with him every couple of days, and he has been working extremely hard leading

the government and being constantly updated. that will continue. obviously today he is in hospital having the test. but he will continue to be kept informed as to what is happening and to be in charge of the government. and as i say, i hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and gets back to number 10 and can take charge in the way that he would want to as soon as possible. i'm sure this is very frustrating for him, somebody like boris who wants to be hands—on running the government from the front. dominic raab will chair the government meeting this morning on coronavirus, the de facto deputy as secretary of state and designated to step in if borisjohnson were to become incapacitated but he is at this moment chairing that meeting later today and we await more news on the prime minister's condition.

4,934 people have died from coronavirus in the uk. 48,000 people have tested positive for the respiratory infection — although the actual number of people with the disease is estimated to be much higher, as only those in hospital and some nhs staff are currently tested. about 148,000 people in the uk have so far been tested and found not to have the virus. in a televised address from windsor castle, the queen has paid tribute to the nhs and key workers, keeping goods and services going amid the coronavirus pandemic. the queen gave the message of reassurance to britain and the commonwealth, urging us to remain united and resolute. she also acknowledged the grief, pain and financial difficulties that many were facing but urged us to take comfort in the fact that better days will return. we will succeed, and that success will belong to every one 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. the queen on a rare address which we watched on tv last night. scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after being caught visiting her second home — in breach of her own social distancing guidance. dr catherine calderwood made a public apology and received a police warning after she travelled from edinburgh to her other home in fife, for two consecutive weekends. alexandra mackenzie reports. this is a vital update about coronavirus. to help save lives, stay at home. dr catherine calderwood will no longer front the public campaign against coronavirus. after pictures were published in the scottish sun, she was forced to admit that she had travelled from edinburgh

to her second home in fife the last two weekends. she initially apologised, then, resigned, saying... during an uncomfortable media briefing yesterday, scotland's first minister stood by her chief medical officer. her advice and expertise has been invaluable to me, and it continues to be so. if i am to do what i need to do to steer the country through this crisis to the very best of my ability, i need her to be able to focus on the job that she is doing. but hours later, nicola sturgeon agreed, she had to go. many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions. police scotland say that they have spoken to her and emphasised that the stay—at—home rules

apply to everyone. and as we enter a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, dr calderwood will step back. she said the people of scotland must have complete trust in those who give advice in the difficult months to come. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news, glasgow. at 8.30 this morning, we'll be speaking to the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon. the national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help over the past week — that's according to refuge, the country's largest domestic abuse charity. it says there was also a 150% rise in people visiting the helpline's website. these are the first statistics which give a picture of the potential consequences of social distancing for abuse victims. our news correspondent

tomos morgan reports. it has been bad. ijust knew what was going to happen. ijust wanted the days to go past but it got worse. ta ra worse. tara told me she has been mentally and physically abused by her partner for six months. he deleted a —— controlled all aspects of her life and since self is leading things escalated. you must stay at home. it has been getting worse since the lockdown, abusive verbally, hitting me, causing an argument from nothing. if ifight back causing an argument from nothing. if i fight back and say something wrong, he will hit me. you figures seen by the bbc give a picture of the potential consequence of lockdown for victims. the national helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online

requests over the past week. the largest domestic abuse jardee who ru ns largest domestic abuse jardee who runs the line says there has been a daily rise of 150% in people visiting the website. tara has now fled her abuser and is being supported by a charity in wales. charities and campaigners have expressed concern that those in violent relationships could be at serious risk as the lockdown continues. the homicide rate will go through the roof. you can't stop the perpetrator unless he is visible. rachel williams suffered violence from her husband for 18 years. when she decided to leave he shot her with a sawn off shotgun. she is one of the main campaigners battling other half of those still suffering. we have to eradicate domestic violence and abuse. we have an epidemic in the uk with a pandemic on top. police chiefs and both governments in cardiff bay and westminster say

help is available for anyone experiencing domestic abuse, and that people should contact if they need advice or feel they are at risk. the health secretary matt hancock has warned he will ban all outdoor excersise if people continue to ignore the social distancing rules. it comes after crowds of people were spotted at parks across the country this weekend. frontline workers are now facing increased pressure. nhs staff have been sharing their own messages, begging people to stay indoors to help save lives. i'm petrified of going to work. i'm petrified, buti have to go to work. you have to stay indoors. there's nothing so special out there for you to be going out. yeah, the sun is shining. yeah? you might be dead in a few weeks

because you wanted to go out and get some fresh air. 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. we're all pulling weird old shifts, we're all supporting each other, luckily, and we're trying to save lives. we're alljust doing what we can to save people's loved ones. we're nowjoined by two frontline workers, doctor amijones is an intensive care consultant and joins us from royal gwent hospital in wales. doctor dan magnus is a clinical lead in paediatric emergency medicine, and joins us from bristol. good morning, thank you for speaking to us, we know these are incredibly busy days. i know you are about to start work, give us an indication of

what you are having to deal with. we have doubled our capacity to take ventilated patients, twice as many beds as usual, we have opened a third eye to you. my patients are much younger than i thought, 20s, 30s, 405. they much younger than i thought, 205, 305, 405. they are profoundly 5ick, they need help with a ventilator and are ventilating for at least two or three weeks. about 50% of people, we are not able to save despite ending up are not able to save despite ending up in critical care. what has struck people over the weekend, listening to those first—hand accounts of front line worker5, first—hand accounts of front line workers, to get through a shift, struggling, the mental i55ues workers, to get through a shift, struggling, the mental issues you are dealing with commencing the5e patients who are so ill. yes. ourjob i5 patients who are so ill. yes. ourjob is to look after 5ick patients but we have never seen so many 5ick young patients. some are our colleagues, some are young and

fit people. it is difficult to look at someone who could be you lying in at someone who could be you lying in a hospital bed profoundly unwelcome it makes you feel very mortal. what is life like for you and what kind of things are you having to deal with? emergency departments in hospitals across the uk are obviously increasing their readiness and working extremely hard to make sure we are in a position to deal with whatever may come. we are asking people to stay at home. we are also trying to make sure if people are worried about their children, about family members who are critically ill, that they must come to emergency departments, that we are open. we don't want people to be so frightened they don't come to hospital at all. in the meantime, frightened they don't come to hospitalat all. in the meantime, i have seen incredibly inspiring example is certainly here in bristol but right across the uk, of amazing

preparation and courage in the face of adversity, really. i wonder to the pair of you, how you feel the most effective way is up getting the message across. some people are flouting the regulations and government guidelines. we had an e—mailfrom casey and government guidelines. we had an e—mail from casey who said her neighbours are going out, in their early ‘705, seen them going out three days on the trot. somebody bumped into them in the supermarket, they said they were just browsing. how can you get that message effectively across of the seriousness of the situation? we just have to keep talking about it. i don't believe people are wilfully or in a nasty way trying to flout these rules. this is a great time to follow the rules. those of us working in the health care sector or those personally touched by this virus already, we'll know how

important it is to stay inside. we have to keep reminding each other, our eyes are filling with tears on thursday evenings as nhs staff when we hear the clapping on our streets, but clapping does not stop the spread of the virus. people have to stay inside and try to prevent the infection from spreading. at the same time as i mentioned before, to make sure if you are very worried or have an emergency, that you come to an emergency department because we are here for you. what you make when you see people not abiding by what we have been clearly asked to do. they don't appreciate how bad this virus is and how the virus takes no prisoners. it is easy to catch and it isa prisoners. it is easy to catch and it is a lottery. you think you are young, fit and well but i have those patients who will probably die in my eye to you. you don't know if it will be you, why are you taking the risk and not staking the safest ——

taking the safest way of staying at home. these patients are alone, aren't they, apart from lovely people like you. com pletely you. completely alone. we try to do voice calls, will bring theirfamilies, we have mobile devices for video calls so the loved ones can see their families. most patients are asleep on the ventilator so only the families see them. they are dying by themselves, with my nurse holding their hands, with hospital staff around them not their family. their hands, with hospital staff around them not theirfamily. i don't know why you want such a terrible way to die. when the alternative is just staying at home. that doesn't just alternative is just staying at home. that doesn'tjust impact on families but on all of you as well. it is really tough, my staff have been amazing, they have stepped up but it is taking an emotional toll. other than treating very sick young patients, the fact there families can't be there, interacting by a

video conference device, it is really tough, my nurses are going home in tears at the end of their shift. talking about the number of co—workers you are having to treat, speaking to somebody from the royal couege speaking to somebody from the royal college of physicians last week, saying a quarter of staff are not able to be in at the moment, does that tally with what you are hearing, the people you would love to see working alongside you but unable to be there. if you talk to any doctor, nurse or healthcare professional, they will save one of the biggest challenges is staff numbers having to self—isolate either because family members are unwell or because they are unwell. that puts a huge amount of stress on an already very stressed system. that is a problem. what we are seeing is staff and teams and certainly in the children's hospital in bristol, teams rallying around and going to

huge lengths to make sure they can stay at work. going into hotel accommodation. going the extra mile to make sure they can still provide the care they need to do. it is incredible what you are doing. i think you were in the military, how does this compare? yes, iam how does this compare? yes, i am a reservist, how does this compare? yes, iam a reservist, i have how does this compare? yes, i am a reservist, i have done a couple of tours of duty, afghanistan. the vast quantities of patients not all of whom you can saveis patients not all of whom you can save is a familiar feeling. we feel like we are in it by ourselves, the nhs staff. there is a lot of camaraderie but it feels quite hopeless. people are trying to keep turning up to work each day when they know they face danger and every time they go to work it is potentially dangerous. from that perspective it does feel similar, like you are putting yourself at risk every day. but we know it is ourjob. people will keep doing it

while they are able. i have been struck by what you said this morning, that example, if anyone is watching, thinking, underestimating the seriousness of the situation, i had a powerful account at the weekend, talking, a front line nhs worker saying, put yourself in that situation. and you describing having to say goodbye to afamily describing having to say goodbye to a family member on a video call rather than seeing them face—to—face. if that doesn't have an impact on you, there is no hope, really, is there? no, i don't so, really, is there? no, idon't so, i really, is there? no, i don't so, i can't think of a worse situation when you have the choice not to let that happen. all you have got two do is stay at home. we are not asking very much of you, keep yourself safe and stop the virus spreading. we will leave it there with that really important thought. i appreciate you are both incredibly busy, thank you for talking to us. thank you, good luck today.

it really gives you a sense of perspective as well. a few weeks ago, we spoke to former footballers gary neville and ryan giggs, about their decision to allow nhs workers to use both their hotels, free of charge. the gesture has been gratefully received by staff who are unable to live with their families due to the coraonvirus pandemic, as breakfast‘s graham satchell has been finding out. on the way in we've all been given these really nice bits on the door. this hotel room in manchester has been molly's home for the last two weeks. i've got a huge, huge, beautiful room. an amazing big bed. molly is the coordinator of the hiv clinic at manchester royal infirmary. most of my day's spent sort

of talking to patients, trying to offer some reassurance and also work out how vulnerable people are and work out the best way to keep protecting our patients, whilst also trying to avoid them coming into hospital. it's silly o'clock in the morning but here is home sweet home. victoria mccormick has also been living in a hotel. i work in the critical care department, which involves looking after the sickest of our patients, who generally need different kinds of life support, i guess people would call it. so, ventilators, help with their blood pressure and advanced therapies. i work in respiratory medicine at the moment here in the mri. right, so you are right at the front line of this? yeah, absolutely. and this is dr aaron hewitt, who also works directly with covid—19 patients. three nhs workers who all faced a choice when one of the people

they were living with became ill, either isolate at home for 14 days and miss work. or stay in one of the hotels owned by the footballers ryan giggs and gary neville. we've got 35 staying in our hotel already and we expect it to be up to 170 by the end of the week. neville and giggs were on bbc breakfast a couple of weeks ago explaining why they had offered their hotels to nhs staff. what do you think of what gary neville has done? i think it's remarkable. for me as a member of the critical care team it would have been unthinkable to not be able to do my shift and put undue pressure on the system. i felt we would be letting down patients and my team. so it's been fantastic to have that option so i can keep working. i think it's made such a huge difference to our ability to carry out ourjobs and keep this hospital at least afloat throughout this. really, really phenomenal. i think we are all really, really grateful to them, and they seem like fantastic men to be able to offer that. what is your favourite

bit about the hotel? my favourite bit is probably going to be the bathroom. beautiful bathroom. this amazing shower and bath. i've got a shower that is so big i can practically lie down in it, and i've got a bath that is more like a swimming pool. gorgeous space. just got back from work. the rooms are lovely, but being away from family is tough. this is cafe football. it's totally empty because it's about three in the morning. victoria ended up at hotel football after her daughter became ill. it was the day before mother's day, which was quite upsetting for my kids and for me, not being able to hug your kids when they are not well, that's counterintuitive, isn't it? it wasn't very nice at all. how old are your kids? my eldest is ten and my youngest is seven. aw!

victoria and her colleagues are determined to keep working, even though the dangers now facing medical staff are all too clear. i think it's on everyone's minds. i think if we all thought about it for too long, that would become quite difficult. but as i say, this is ourjob, that's what our team does best, looking after things and people when things are really tough. it is concerning. you must be concerned when you look around and you see so much illness and death. this is something very serious. so i'd be silly not to be concerned. but i'm confident, given the support that we've got, we'll do ok. my kids, mother's day. they'd be cross if i didn't show you that. victoria finished her 14 days of the hotel over the weekend, and is now back at home with her kids. it'd be good to give you a little shot of winston, an encouraging card i got from a friend. in the coming weeks,

hundreds of nhs staff will be staying at these hotels so they can carry on working and keep us safe. this graham satchell, bbc news. there are some great schemes. we talk to them to see how it works and it is nice to see the follow—up. lots of people making promises and it is great to see how they are being followed up on. some of us had lovely temperatures this weekend. the warmest day of the year yesterday. in porthmadog, we reached 22, the highest temperature in the land. all four nations also independently had their highest temperature so far this year. in london, 22. edinburgh, 19.6. armagh, 16.7. today will be a little cooler. we had sunshine and showers. you can see how yesterday's warm air has

been pushed away by a cold front and cooler conditions are following on. that cold front is producing rain this morning, eventually clearing in the far south—east. these isobars tell you it is still windy, 45 miles an hour, 50 or 55 in some areas. there will be a lot of sunshine and dry weather and well scattered showers. some showers across parts of scotla nd showers. some showers across parts of scotland and northern ireland will be heavy with some hail and thunder. we are looking at average wind speeds in the south fairly light but stronger further north. temperatures ranging from 8—10 in lerwick, up to 18 in the south of england. this evening and overnight, under clear skies, it will be cold. we will also see patchy mist and fog. the wind turning lighter across

the north west. these temperatures you can see indicate what you can expect in towns and cities. some frost, patchy mist and fog lifting tomorrow as high pressure is in charge. the weather fronts are not too far away from the north west. here it will be breezy. when we lose the morning mist and fog, a lot of sunshine around, some fair weather cloud building. as those weather fronts approach from the west we will see more cloud. again, patchy light rain in the outer hebrides. temperatures ranging from nine in their wake temperatures ranging from nine in theirwake up to temperatures ranging from nine in their wake up to 20 in london. moving from tuesday into wednesday, we still have high pressure dominating. the isobars walk from the south. a mild direction. weather fronts in the north keeping that warm air away from the far

here we have thicker rain and patchy drizzle, but a lot of sunshine in england and wales. by then temperatures could reach 23 or 24, way above average for this stage in april. thank you very much for keeping us up—to—date. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will chair a coronavirus meeting this morning, after borisjohnson spent the night in hospital. the prime minister was admitted for tests, ten days after being diagnosed with the virus. number ten says that mrjohnson continues to have symptoms of covid—19, including a temperature. "a serious mistake that risked undermining the government's public health message" is how nicola sturgeon assessed the actions of scotland's chief medical officer. dr catherine calderwood stood down last night after being caught visiting her second home, despite urging the public against nonessential travel. hours before the resignation, the first minister attempted to ward off a backlash

by supporting her colleague. i understand the views that have been expressed, i understand the anger that people will be seeing. the chief medical officer is here today facing that criticism squarely, and rightly so. let me say as first minister, and i don't say this lightly, it would be damaging to my work and the work of the government right now in the overall picture of dealing with this crisis not to have the ongoing advice and expertise of the chief medical officer. we can now speak live to nicola sturgeon in edinburgh. thanks for being with us this morning. we heard the message you quite clearly gave out yesterday. what changed? heard the message you quite clearly gave out yesterday. what changed ?m became obvious to me the risk i saw and still feel of using the continuity of advice from the chief

medical officer who has been immersed in this since the beginning of the outbreak, however big that risk was, it was outweighed by the risk was, it was outweighed by the risk of the government message becoming drowned out or undermined by her staying in office. the clarity of that message to stay home, to save lives and protect the nhs is too important. she made a mistake, a serious mistake, and people are right to be angry about it. she was right to apologise. it was clear yesterday she couldn't continue to be the face of the public advice campaign, but candidly idid public advice campaign, but candidly i did hope i could continue to call on her expertise. because to be frank, ina on her expertise. because to be frank, in a situation like this it is farfrom idealfor me frank, in a situation like this it is far from ideal for me as first minister not to have that continuity of advice, but last night it became clear the bigger risk is the damage it could be doing to the important message of the government is putting forward right now. so these are not

easyjudgments. at forward right now. so these are not easy judgments. at this forward right now. so these are not easyjudgments. at this point in time the normal rules of politics couldn't be further from my mind. i'm simply trying to do the best things and write things to best equip us to get through this challenge as well as we can. and i think everybody appreciates that. we have had lots of messages and questions for you this morning and the vast majority of people are saying, why was she not removed from post straightaway? was that an error ofjudgment from post straightaway? was that an error of judgment from yourself? post straightaway? was that an error ofjudgment from yourself? people are entitled to think that but we are entitled to think that but we are all making judgments in an unprecedented and difficult situation in good faith, and with the best motivations so i understand people's anger. to be frank, it possibly would have made my life easier yesterday to do what people are saying i should have done, but i couldn't ignore yesterday the damage it would do in my view to lose a chief medical officer who has been so central to developing our

response. that was my motivation for staying. i didn't try to defend what she had done, she didn't try to defend it, she apologised. we said she would no longer be the face of the public health message, so that was the reason. people are entitled to disagree with me but it was a judgment made for the best reasons. last night it became clear to me and to her that however valid that reason was, the bigger risk if she stayed in office was that important message, and it's important that message, and it's important that message is clear and unambiguous, could be undermined, and that was not a risk i was willing to take. it is possible for two things to be true at once. she has been a good chief medical officer, i have valued her advice and would have continued to wa nt her advice and would have continued to want that advice if possible, but she made a serious mistake. there area she made a serious mistake. there are a couple of things i want to get

clarity on this morning. did you then make the eventual decision that she had to step down? we had a long conversation last night. it was my view but she came to the same view, so we came to the view by mutual agreement, but it was my view last night that was the correct course of action. and did you know she had been visiting her holiday home at those two previous weekends before it appeared in the newspaper? not until saturday night. obviously i knew when i got alerted to the fact it was going to appear on the front page of the newspaper but i didn't know before that. what point did you speak to her after knowing that would be the case? in the course of saturday night when we got alerted to the fact the sun was going to run that story. i don't remember the time that was but it was after the sun had come looking for comment on the story. the other thing we are getting overwhelmingly from people todayis getting overwhelmingly from people today is what is your message to

somebody for example who is stuck in a block of flats at the moment in a big city in scotland, and sees entitlement and arrogance and the hypocrisy of this from someone who was on television every day saying "stay home, save lives" and couldn't follow that advice herself? my message is firstly i understand that angen message is firstly i understand that anger, i share that anger. i know how hard it is for people to follow the advice they have been given right now, particularly in the circumstances you have spoken about. everyone is being asked to live their lives in a completely different way to normal, and it gets harder with every day that passes. the reason doctor calderwood is no longer in office is i think it was undermining that message. but my message to people, i'm not asking people likely to follow this advice, i'm asking people to do it because it's the best way of slowing down

the virus, protecting the nhs from becoming overwhelmed and ultimately saving lives, and it is the clarity and importance of that message that for me is the most important thing of all, which is why regrettably... i deeply regret the situation, i'm very sorry for the fact the situation has arisen, but i need to keep focus on the decisions i need to make and giving that clear message to people for the best and right reasons. she's obviously somebody whose advice you valued, and you said that yesterday. she is clearly a n and you said that yesterday. she is clearly an intelligent person. what about the gravity of this situation did she not understand, do you think? i don't know that i can a nswer think? i don't know that i can answer that. i do and have valued her advice. she has worked incredibly hard helping me to make sure scotland responds properly, but none of that is a justification, and thatis none of that is a justification, and that is the position i'm in. i'm not

trying to justify it. she yesterday didn't try to justify. she made a serious error ofjudgment and she has paid the price for that. that is absolutely clearly the case. all i'm saying candidly is that can be true and that is true at the same time as it being true that she was a chief medical officer, working really hard generally before this and certainly during this crisis, and i valued her advice but my responsibility is to make sure that as we move forward from here the government is in a position to say to people to follow advice and have confidence and trust in that. regrettably last night i came to the view that that could not be done while she remains chief medical officer. i take no pleasure in that or this entire situation whatsoever. but in all of this i could not be clearer right now, the traditional rules of news management

are not of interest to me right now. isaid at are not of interest to me right now. i said at the outset of this we will all make mistakes with this, we have not dealt with a situation like this before, but i'm guided by my desire and duty to make the rightjudgments to the best of my ability to steer the country through this and that is what i will continue to focus on doing. i'm sure you heard matt hancock, the health secretary, talk about potential stricter measures, and robertjenrick has reinforced that today as well live on this programme. do you think if there is that minority of people that flout the guidelines there will be stricter measures down the way? we have always said candidly and openly that we would not rule out further measures and stricter measures if the science and advice says that is necessary , the science and advice says that is necessary, but i'm focused on saying to people... that is why yesterday is so regrettable in terms of taking attention away from that, but it is

so important we say to people now to follow the advice. there's not one rule for one and another rule for others. we all have to follow this advice because it is the best way of getting us this virus with the minimum number of people dying from it, and that is what we have to focus on. i really appreciate your time this morning. thanks for joining us. stay safe. sally will be talking to us about formula one, what is going on? there isa formula one, what is going on? there is a warning the sport will need to change significantly if it is to survive the current crisis. there is a meeting today of formula one bosses to discuss cost saving plans. we arejoined by bosses to discuss cost saving plans. we are joined by one of those bosses now. zak brown ceo of mclaren. it looks like a sport that is dripping in money, how close to the edge do you think some of the teams are? i think quite a few of the

teams are in a difficult position. the reality is the sport has plenty of resources to not only survive at this time but thrive in the future, but it is not a fair distribution that makes the entire ecosystem of the sport healthy and so we just need to be very careful that at times like this the teams that are fragile survive so we have the sport. and what are the particular challenges you are facing at the moment? i think it's the same as everyone around the world. firstly we are all trying to take care of our people back in our factories and we need to keep the health of our business and racing teams up and running through this time. what we really need to do which many industries are doing is bringing our costs down substantially and then make sure the revenue that is coming in and keeps the whole ecosystem of the sport healthy so we can go back to racing when the world allows. and how many teams would have to go in

order to threaten the future of the sport itself? i don't think many. we currently have ten teams, not too long ago after the financial crisis we had 18 cars but i think that's about the limit. so in reality we could probably afford to lose one. two becomes the red zone, and three i think we have very substantial problems. what about the currencies, and what do you expect to happen? this we all —— what about the current season? we all want to go racing but we have to make sure we have a healthy tour operating. right now everything has been pushed back through now everything has been pushed back throuthune. now everything has been pushed back through june. i would now everything has been pushed back throuthune. iwould be now everything has been pushed back throuthune. i would be surprised to see anything happen before july but i'm watching the newsjust to see anything happen before july but i'm watching the news just like everyone else trying to track what's going on. hopefully sometime in the late summer we can get back but we

just don't know. zak brown, ceo of mclaren, thanks forjoining us. back to you two. so many changes needed by so many people. thanks for that this morning. on breakfast we've been meeting the people who are keeping britain moving, and whilst many of us have had to embrace new technology to keep in touch, cards and letters from loved ones have also become especially important. postmen and women have been identified as key workers, and breakfast‘s tim muffett‘s been to meet ali on a delivery round in north london, to find out how his job has changed. delivering when it matters. we're still trying to get everyone's mail out. everyone's trying their best with this whole pandemic thing that's happening, it is very important that people stay connected through our service, because people are at home. some people are lonely at home. you know, some people are in need of stuff. some post has been delayed. royal mail says that's mainly down to coronavirus related staff absences.

there have been other changes. whenever possible, unaddressed advertising material, orjunk mail, as some call it, is only being delivered alongside addressed mail. and postmen and women are no longer getting people to sign for packages on hand—held devices. in terms of delivering parcels now, we have to knock on the door, leave the parcel on the doorstep and step back. in these strange times, a familiar face can be comforting. morning! being a postman, you get to meet people everyday, you get to see the same people especially if you're doing the same round. and people do kind of respect you in that way so you kind of build that bond. all right? morning! because you're in the same area all the time, you can see the vulnerable people, you can see the people that do need the help. that happened recently when ali saw one resident in herfront garden looking like she needed support. she looked a bit worried, so i asked her if she needed anything, i can always bring it to her. she asked for a newspaper

and a pint of milk. i bought her some eggs, some bread, some fruit, and a bunch of flowers. ali has gone to check up on cathy. thank you so much for thinking of me. no problem. how nice was it when ali came and offered to get you stuff? i cried. it's so thoughtful, wonderful postman. heart in the right place. best postman ever! people talk about this strange time bringing up the good in people, do you think that is happening? yes, to feel appreciated in that way was just amazing. carrying on as normal in abnormal times. and occasionally going the extra mile. tim muffett, bbc news. uncovering the identity of line of duty‘s mysterious ‘h'

might have been the biggest challenge ever faced by ac—12, but that was before they attempted a video conference call. actors vicky mcclure and martin compston have been recording messages, urging people to stay home to aid the fight against coronavirus, but it took them a while to get to grips with the technology. vickyjoins us in a moment but first, let's take a look... oh wait. here we go. no, wait. how did you do it? all right, have you got it? as long as you got it because you're recording it. i don't think i have. there's something on the bottom left. it'sjust a mistake in the picture. what have i done now? oh, no, what have you done? i've got, like, my contacts up. share screen.

my my mental health was all right when i first started this! laughing. how did you do that? just pressed something. right, so it's recording? i need to, like... now i need to be, like, serious. vicky mcclure, good morning. so many of us feel your pain. technology can be challenging. yes, we proved it was not as easy as we thought. it was challenging but we got there in the end. one thing we didn't show was halfway through you said, "i think i need to have a sip of my tea". drinking tea is the

a nswer to of my tea". drinking tea is the answer to everything. we did quite a few ta kes. answer to everything. we did quite a few takes. there were a few we couldn't show but afterwards we thought, why not share that to prove that we are probably not that good at cracking the case because we couldn't crack that. what i'm going to do, because it's an important message you did get across, and with the humour it will send people to the humour it will send people to the message so we will show a little bit and then get back to you. hello everybody, it is ac—12 here. unfortunately we couldn't be joined by the gaffer but we want to say a massive thank you to all our incredible nhs staff. i can say without hesitation you are the very best of us and i want you to know how appreciated you are. to everybody, the front line staff, to everybody, the front line staff, to everybody risking their lives we wa nt to everybody risking their lives we want to say a massive thank you and reiterate the message is already out there. we know you know the message

loud and clear, stay at home and wash your hands, but it doesn't help to remind. yes, only leave home if essential. you can get all the information on the official nhs website. all the best. miss you, pal. miss you too. stay safe. are very important message. i'm also intrigued by... martin said there was no point getting the gaffer on. did you even attempt it? we definitely did. itjust... he's not really mad into his technology, put it that way. i'm sure if we do something again in the future we will try and make it work. tell us how it's going because i think you we re how it's going because i think you were filming, won't you? and that has been put on hold. yes, i think we we re has been put on hold. yes, i think we were about six weeks into the chute of 16 weeks so we have a long

way to go yet but the production we re way to go yet but the production were brilliant. whilst we were filming and it was starting to unfold, we were all doing the necessary precautions and being well looked after. then itjust came to a halt, and it had to, as did most things. there are so many people in that same situation where, whatever walk of life it is, life has come to a halt temporarily and the most important thing is the health of ourselves, our families and the nation generally. yes. look, i don't think anyone can quite get their head around it. it's hard to believe. some days itself to think about it too much but you have got to ta ke about it too much but you have got to take it one day at a time. that's what i'm doing. some days are productive, some are not. i don't think there's any rules around this. to people going out to work, we have just got to stay at home and i

cannot thank the people out there enough for what they are doing. i wish to god i had some kind of skill to share. it's quite frustrating, but staying at home is what we are doing and that is ourjob.” but staying at home is what we are doing and that is ourjob. i think you might have already shared your skills because we have the opportunity now to watch all of the line of dutys until the next series. yes, give that a go. you might need your notebooks. my parents are caught up on iplayer so they know the story now. that was one of the tv highlights of last year, and also people will remember the programme you did about the dementia acquired documentary which had such a huge impact. i'm sure that is something you are thinking about at the moment. when you start to think about people affected by what is happening now, for those with

dementia it's a real concern, isn't it? yes, it's a confusing time for everybody so for people living with dementia it can be an even more confusing time... why they can't go out and see their family and friends. from when we stopped filming we created that choir and it carried on and formed a registered charity. i see them every other week, the choir is still going on so it is very difficult for us not to be able to see each other. we did do a zoom, which i didn't have control over, so that was successful! but yes, there is little things we can do but i know people like gareth malone and mark are all showing the power of music. i listen to music all day every day just to power of music. i listen to music all day every dayjust to try power of music. i listen to music all day every day just to try and uplift your mood, and it does make a big difference. so for those living with dementia i think it's really

important to try and put on some fun music and sing along.” important to try and put on some fun music and sing along. i didn't know this but apparently you were doing tik toks? this but apparently you were doing tiktoks? can this but apparently you were doing tik toks? can we show some? here we go. #0h go. #ohna go. #oh na na go. # oh na na na... very impressive. on the stairs as well. it's amazing what you get up to when you have got a bit of time. the first one is actually not that bad, we took a lot of time to practise that. then the one going upstairs, my friend will be modified that has made it to the telly but i find that hilarious so thank you for that. absolutely hilarious. it's a real pleasure to speak to you, thank

you. cheers. another old favourite here on bbc breakfast... diana moran, better known as the green goddess, is back with another routine to wake us all up and help keep us moving. so, up off your chairs today, but for some very easy exercises, but of course it's keeping our bodies moving. so all i want you to do is step and clap. step and clap, step and clap, step, and once again i'm warming up your bodies. ready to go on and use those muscles. but its extraordinary, when you do this, and you're breathing deeply, it's called aerobic exercise. and i always find that the more i do, the more i want to do. now, one, two, three, clap. one, two, three, clap. use those arms, clap. one, two, three, clap.

one, two, three. last time. there we are. so now let's just work the legs a little bit. stand up nice and tall. either hold onto your chair or onto a support like i'm doing here, and just literally take your leg forward, and to the side. forward, to the side. using those leg muscles. that's it. keeping your body nice and mobile. let's just turn to the other side. so a bit like a ballet dancer. here we go, forward, and to the side. feel those inner thigh muscles working. and the quadriceps, that big strong muscle, that's going to keep us walking, getting us out of chairs. that's lovely. now, if we are going to go walking, we want to have happy feet.

that's what i call this little exercise. so, one, two, here we are. heel, toe. go on, just a few more. and now the other side. that's good. keep the ankles nice and subtle. keep the ankles nice and supple. and of course, it's working the quadriceps yet again. that's good. now, let's just stretch out, a few, well, one muscle here. let's stretch out what we call the hamstring. and i'm just one leg straight, with the toe turned up. and just hold it for about five seconds. and you'll feel the stretch in your bottom and in the tops of your legs. now, turn, other heel up. this knee bent, this leg straight.

this time, i'm stretching out the top of my bottom here and the back of my legs. that's really, really good. just loosen up the body again. and you're ready for yet another day of this extraordinary time. keep fit, and carry on. we are going to try, aren't we? i like the stretches, they are particularly good today. i'm going to ta ke particularly good today. i'm going to take vicky mcclure's advice, go back and watch all of the line of duty programmes to work out what's going on. that's all from us for today. we'll be back tomorrow from six.

until then, have a good day. goodbye.

hi, good morning. i hope you're doing ok. i'm victoria derbyshire. welcome to bbc news. let's bring you the latest headlines. the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests "as a precaution". he will continue to be kept informed as to what is happening and to be in charge of the government. as i say, i hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and he gets back to number 10 and can take charge in the way he would want to. i want to express our nation's well wishes to prime minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. all americans are praying for him, he's a friend of mine, he's a great gentleman. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two