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 out 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. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. hello. anybody with a garden or

patio may have appreciated the splash of rain we have had on the spring plants. the view now is brighter skies this afternoon. just the odd shower. the last of the rain pulling away from eastern parts of england. if you still have cloud it soon brightens up. plenty of sunny spells. we are seeing a few showers. the big picture shows the weather front that brought the rain clearing away. high pressure building on. that settled things down for the next few days. becomes dry, gets a bit warmer. this afternoon lots of sunny spells. some passing showers drifting east across england and wales. the greater chance of a shower or in northern ireland but especially in scotland. they could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. still quite windy here, especially north west scotland. gusts of 50 mph. the further south you are the winds are light. although it is cooler than yesterday it is still above average in terms of temperature. mid to high teens in places. any showers we have got will

fade away as we go through this evening. still one or two brushing the western isles in scotland. if you have been doing some work in the garden, take note that we will see a frost for some going into the morning, temperatures lower than this in rural spots, at or may be below freezing for some. some patchy mist and fog. that clears and a fine tuesday to come across much of the uk. it rains in the western isles later. cloud putting into southern england may well push out the art shower. temperature is higher, high teens to near 20 in england and wales. warmer on wednesday. at this stage the weather front would bring rain into parts of scotland, cloud to northern ireland. cloud, bright oi’ sunny to northern ireland. cloud, bright or sunny spells in england and wales. an isolated shower. be 2a degrees in south east england. however warm it gets, it does not change the rules about essential

travel and social distancing. after that things do change going into the easter weekend. thursday is looking fine but then for the weekend high—pressure giving way to low pressure. what does that mean? it means cloudy skies, the chance of some rain, the breeze will pick up as well. it looks like it does turn cooler as we go through the easter weekend. that is your forecast. thank you. a reminder of our top story... the government insists borisjohnson is still "very much in charge" despite being admitted to hospital with coronavirus after being ill for ten days. in the past few minutes he has put a statement on social media thanking the nhs for taking care of him and others in this difficult time. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me,

good afternoon, i'm jane dougall, it's 1.30pm, and here's your latest sports news... the head of the mclaren formula one team has warned that the sport is in a fragile state and will need to make big changes in order the survive the coronavirus crisis. major cost—saving plans are being discussed at a meeting of f1 bosses this afternoon, and mclaren chief executive officer, zak brown, says there's a danger that some teams could go under. we currently have ten teams. not too long ago we had 18 cars after the financial crisis. that is about the limit. in reality, we could probably afford to lose one, two becomes the red zone. and three, i think we have very substantial problems. everyone in the world wants to get healthy and get this sport back and get their lives back, but we must make sure before we do anything like that that we have a healthy world to operate in. right now, everything has been pushed back tojune. i

would be surprised to see anything happening before july. would be surprised to see anything happening beforejuly. buti would be surprised to see anything happening beforejuly. but i am watching the news like everyone else just trying to track what is going on. hopefully sometime in the late summer we can get back but we just don't know. in the last few minutes david moyes, the west ham manager, has told the premier league he is willing to take a pay cut out suspension of all premier league football at the coronavirus. the culture secretary, 0liver dowden, insists that the public will take a "very dim view" of premier league teams who furlough their non—playing staff. liverpool are one of five clubs who've used the government's 80% pay scheme for those no longer working, which is funded by the taxpayer. speaking to the telegraph, dowden said the dispute between owners and players over wage cuts is very concerning and they need to reach an agreement urgently. he said clubs should think carefully about their next steps. tottenham, newcastle, norwich and bournemouth have also furloughed staff. players and coaches are to begin individual negotiations with clubs over wages after a collective agreement was rejected on saturday.

england rugby head coach, eddiejones, admits the current group of players don't have another world cup in them and that his squad for the next tournament in 2023 could be 60% different from the one that reached last year's final. jones has signed a contract extension that takes him through to the world cup in france and expects to be making major changes. well, i don't think this group can have another world cup in them. the tea m have another world cup in them. the team continually changes and so does the dynamic. core of the team will be able to continue until the next world cup, there will be an influx of new members coming in. you look at the squad year with the changes at the squad year with the changes at about 20%. there will be 20% of the second year and another 20% in the second year and another 20% in the third year. so, by the time we get to the world cup it could be 40% of the squad that is changed with 60% new members. that is how you get

the growth of the team. you have to continue to look for better players that we can add to the team. and also, the great thing for us, we we re also, the great thing for us, we were the youngest team ever to play in the world cup final. so, if those players have the desire and want to keep working and keep improving, then we are going to be in a good position because we will have a hell ofa position because we will have a hell of a competition for spots. one other rugby line which you can get more details on via our website... exeter chiefs and sale sharks have been given places in the top flight of women's rugby for three years. that's from next season, after richmond and firwood waterloo ladies lost their spots in the premier 155 after their re—applications were rejected. that's all for now, more from me in an hour. thank you, jane. just to remind you that the prime minister boris johnson went into hospital last night having suffered from kronos virus symptoms for ten days. he has

just tweeted from hospital, we assume. and he says... he continues... he also goes onto say that he would like to thank all of the brilliant nhs staff taking care of him and others at this difficult time, calling the best of britain and he repeats the government mantra for eve ryo ne repeats the government mantra for everyone to stay safe and to stay at home to protect the nhs and to save lives. a word they are from the prime minister. as far as we know, he is still in hospital undergoing those routine tests. last year, areema nasreen fulfilled a lifelong ambition of graduating from university to become a fully qualified nurse. last friday, it was announced that she and a fellow nurse, aimee o'rourke, had died. areema's colleagues described her as an "amazing nurse" who "put her patients first

and herself last". earlier we heard from her sister, kazeema, who described what happened when areema first learnt she was ill. she done the last shift, she came home. tell her every evening what's going on. she had a slight leg ache and i said, yeah, you have had a 12 hour shift, that's why. when she text two hours later again and said the pain is coming up, i never thought anything because you have got to understand the symptoms are different. everyone has totally different symptoms. then she found out this was happening and the shortage of staff, she booked a bank shift at the walsall manor hospital. it was a monday when she woke me up and said we are really short, come on down. because i'm a health care assistant. so i did a shift, but when i saw

her, i said, you don't look good. she said let's do this shift together and go home together. i was checking her temperature while she was at work and it was going higher and higher. she never thought anything of it because it was totally different. then we ate together and she handed over with the night staff and that was the last time... that was the sister of areema nasreen speaking about the sad passing of her sister. tony lloyd is a stable and responding to treatment. praising the brilliant work of workers and health care staff at the hospital. tony lloyd is the shadow secretary of state for northern ireland and is

70 years old. he is being cared for at manchester royal infirmary. that news that has just come to us from the press association. the rochdale mp tony lloyd in hospital suffering from covid—19. pharmacists say they're being put at risk because of a lack of personal protective gear. they've reported a surge in demand as patients — with symptom concerns — visit pharmacies for advice. nhs england says millions of pieces of protective kit has been delivered across front—line services and that supply issues could be raised through a dedicated hotline. i'm joined now by pharmacist johnathan laird, 36, who is editor of pharmacy in practice. a difficult situation for farmers, this, johnathan laird. what are you hearing from people? good afternoon. we are in a unique position in that iruna we are in a unique position in that i run a pharmacy magazine. we hear a broad range of thoughts and opinions

across the country, all four countries of the uk. these are com pletely countries of the uk. these are completely unprecedented times regarding pharmacy. 0ne figure that stuck in my mind was that in march in scotland, community pharmacy teams dispense more prescriptions than they ever have. i think the personal protection equipment to peaceis personal protection equipment to peace is important but i would like to painta peace is important but i would like to paint a bit of a picture around what is happening in community pharmacies around the country, and to be honest, my colleagues have not taken a backward step. absolute heroes, the lot of them. and my modest sort of gentle request to government is, yes, you have done something, but please, please get resources . something, but please, please get resources. i am something, but please, please get resources. i am sorry something, but please, please get resources. i am sorry to be crude about it, but actual money to the front line. and i would suggest especially in england, community pharmacies are really on their

knees. and are you talking about more staff or more equipment when you are talking about money? community pharmacies are funded in the uk by the nhs, and we provide, you know, we ensure the delivery of medicines, safely and securely to the general public. this is absolutely critical. it is a vital service for the safety for the general public in the uk. what has happened is that we have had unprecedented demand, particularly at the end of march, and ongoing. and all of those issues that you mention, workforce, the pharmacy owners‘ ability to pay wholesalers bills, they have all gone to extreme levels, to the degree actually that in england my colleagues are telling me that they are going to be out of pocket. so, in effect, even with the support that mr hancock and those the other day, even with that, they

are going to be out of pocket. so they really need tangible financial support. it is something that i recognise at my local pharmacy, where pharmacists were complaining that the number of prescriptions that the number of prescriptions that they are having to give out has rocketed, partly because gp surgeries are doing those prescriptions much more quickly than they would to do normally, and therefore pharmacies as well as dealing with the greater request for hand sanitiser and paracetamol and so on, are really run off of their feet. absolutely. look, these are unprecedented times. the public were worried and still are worried. the big messages only order medicines that you need. and follow that advice. to be honest, i understand why people wear worried, but hopefully the situation is settling, and people understand that the

supply chain, largely thanks to community pharmacy, i might add, is secure, safe... you see, community pharmacy has ensured... i mean, they have had in a lot of this pressure behind the scenes, and they have cared the cogs turning. —— kept the cogs turning and absorbed a lot of this pressure. but they need financial support now. to be honest, the only additional help i have seen, what we would call new money into the system, is £300 to buy protective screens. for a great professional like pharmacy, that is a great insult. we will have to leave it there. johnathan laird, editor of pharmacy in practice, thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news...

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". in the past few minutes he has put a comment on social media thanking the nhs for looking after him at this difficult time. the pace of spain‘s coronavirus deaths slows again. the number of deaths each day there has been falling since a peak last week. scotland‘s chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. now on bbc news, a look back at some experts responding to viewers‘ coronavirus queries in your questions answered, presented by victoria derbyshire. with me to answer some of the questions you‘ve been sending in on coronavirus is a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter medical school, dr bharat pankhania. and also i‘m joined

by nhs gp dr anwara ali. thank you both forjoining me. good morning to you. this is from fiona betts. doctor ali, this is for you. how can i speak to a gp during this pandemic? my gp has given no instructions with how to establish contact. i am shielding my father, who has cancer, and i have questions about that. what am i meant to do? 111 could not help me either. i‘m very sorry to hear that. i work in tower hamlets, and we are triage only and consulting patients by telephone, so in answer to the question, fiona has had no luck contacting her gp or 111.

she can contact her ccg to find out why that is the case. it should not be a pre—recorded answerphone. so that is the clinical commissioning group, and where should she get the number from that? that should be on the website, if she looks where she lives in her burough. 0n the council website or the gp surgery website? both will have that. if the staff are unwell and unable to work in that case she should look up the council as well as the gp surgery website because that will give the information of who to call in that case. 0k.

there‘s also cancer charities like macmillan who may be able to offer some help. they have some really useful online forums with frequently asked questions answered. 0k, thank you for that. this is from john thunder. i will put this to you, dr bharat pankhania. are people who use mobile phones at risk of getting coronavirus? when out shopping i see people wearing masks and gloves but then touching potentially contaminated surfaces and then holding phones to their heads. thank you. it's quite obvious, isn't it, that this poses a risk of transmission from dirty phones to the face, the mouth, the nose to infection and therefore i would advise, yes, please make sure that you frequently, not occasionally, frequently wipe your mobile phone down with ordinary wipes. keep it clean, because clearly it is a conduit from picking up infection from somewhere onto the phone, onto your mouth. thank you. that is very clear.

dr ali, this is from denise. my mum has to isolate for 12 weeks because she has an underlying medical condition. as i live with her, should i be doing the same? it is a difficult question and there are different answers out there but i would say she should endeavour to isolate for 12 weeks, but that is probably not practical. however if she maintains social distance at home by keeping two to three metres between her and her mother, also if she has access to mask and gloves, that would be great. also making sure she and her mother wash their hands frequently, if she has more than one room in her house maybe perhaps her mum staying in one room and only coming out for meals, and just working out practically what would work. 0bviously, 12 weeks is a long time to go without going shopping and so forth, but all the time washing hands and making sure she is keeping the two metres

distance, and if she coughs or sneezes disposing of the tissue she uses, so those are some of the things you can do to keep herself and her mum well. thank you. dr bharat pankhania, this is from janine roberts orjamie roberts. i will have to put my specs on. iamso i am so short—sighted! it is jamie roberts. my daughter is home from the royal navy, as they are finding social distancing difficult on the ship. my worry is i am in my 60s and she comes home for two weeks, then back on the ship for a couple of weeks and this will continue indefinitely. i‘m worried about the amount of people she is in contact with, so what can i do? the royal navy fulfil a very important function and these operations have to continue, so we have a conundrum. my advice would be that her daughter takes care when she returns home

and there is a good ceremony about when she comes home she removes all her outdoor garments. i‘m not saying undress but all the accoutrements she carries with her, before she touches her mum or anything in the house, wash her hands, then bring the accoutrements into the house, cleans them, washes her hands again and then she is free to see her mum. then once she is with her mum she must very carefully monitor her health. at the first sign of being unwell or becoming ill with a temperature or any other suggestive signs, immediately withdraw from her mum. and also another piece of good advice would be, try and just keep your distance away from your mum because you are bringing potential infection into the house. so it is a two—pronged attack. 0ne, maintain your hygiene as high

as you can, secondly, be aware if you become ill what to do, and even then to keep a distance between you and your mum. we have a few more questions. dr anwara ali, my husband and i are self isolating. my husband has severe lung problems. how can i get tested for covid—19 so i know i can keep my husband safe? at the moment anyone without the symptoms would not be tested. that can change in the next few weeks as there will be widespread testing. the best thing again is for her to practice the social distancing, maintain two metres, washing hands frequently. at the moment she cannot get tested.

however, each ccg is different and i would advise her to speak to her gp who can then take advice from the ccg to see in her case if she could be tested. i know at the moment anyone with symptoms who is a healthcare worker will be tested, so she is a carer so she needs to specifically speak to her gp and get advice from her ccg. how far will viral droplets travel with a sneeze if the person sneezing is not wearing a mask? that is from michael. the question is how far and also the added hidden unasked question is how far is my social distancing? so we feel that most of the virus—laden heavier droplets fall within two metres. my advice is, listen, two metres is an absolute minimum

and i have already started saying that if you are in a crowded place and it is unavoidable to have lots of people around you, you may also wish to now consider wearing a mask. so droplets we feel usually land within two metres but to be truthful keep as long and wide a distance as you possibly can. very briefly, dr ali, from sheila, if the illness develops into pneumonia why is that not cured with antibiotics? it will be cured by antibiotics but it will not cure the cough, the fever, headache, the body fatigue. in the case of pneumonia, we are issuing antibiotics but they are not the treatment or a cure for covid—19 so we need to separate those. i have had lots of patients requesting antibiotics for covid—19 but there is no evidence it helps with covid—19.

0k, thank you very much. really appreciate your time. dr anwara ali and dr bharat pankhania. you are watching bbc news. police forces across the uk have been trying a variety of ways to get the message across to "stay at home" — here‘s one from derbyshire police... yo! this is derby police. don't be afraid, we come in peace. the government said — so listen up quick — take our advice and you may not get sick. stay at home whenever you can. don't go out on the street with your fam. don't walk around in two or more... 0ne local councillor in derby praised the police for using language that people in the area would understand. now it‘s time for a look

at the weather with carol... —— nick miller. clearing away from eastern england, brighter sky is falling behind. 0ne or two showers out there. you can see on the satellite and radar picture of the earlier cloud clearing from the east of england. the gaps in the cloud behind that show that we are getting some sunshine, dots of glue on the radar indicating there are a few showers. 0n the big picture, this is the weather front that brought the rain, thatis weather front that brought the rain, that is clearing away. high pressure builds in behind, settling things down. lots of dry weather for the rest of the we can temperatures edging upa rest of the we can temperatures edging up a few degrees once again. 0ne edging up a few degrees once again. one or two showers for england and wales pushing west to east, hit and miss, the greater chance of catching one in northern ireland, especially scotla nd one in northern ireland, especially scotland and it could be heavy. perhaps with a rumble of thunder. for many, the winds are light compared with yesterday. still one day for the north—west of scotland in particular, average speeds up to

50 mph. for many, it is cooler compared with yesterday, still the temperature is above average towards the mid to high teens in places. as we go into tonight, many showers will fade away. we will keep some cloud in the north—west of scotland, especially the western isles, a breezy as a temperatures hold up. elsewhere as the winds ease further and under largely clearer skies, temperatures dip, so if you have been doing work in the garden, take note, there could be a frost going into the morning, particularly rural spot, with one or two mist and fog patches around. lots of fine weather to come on tuesday. still cloudy in the western isles, a spot of rain here, breezy but not as windy as today. cloud pushing on towards the south of england and south wales. that could produce an isolated shower and temperatures go up again if you degrees. 0vernight and into wednesday, a weather front any north—west of scotland sinks further south, making for patchy rain in scotland, especially the north and west. more cloud for northern ireland on wednesday. bright or sunny spills in england and wales,

apart from the chubb are looking dry. this is where the temperatures go dry. this is where the temperatures 9° up dry. this is where the temperatures go up again, 2a degrees in the south—east of england. whatever the weather does it does not change the rules about essential travel and social distancing. another fine day on thursday, going into the easter weekend, low pressure, more cloud around, breezy, the chance of seeing some rain times. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the prime minister borisjohnson says he is in good spirits after spending the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. colleagues say he‘ll be back as soon as possible. i‘m sure this is very frustrating for him, somebody like boris who wa nts to 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. scotland‘s chief medical officer catherine calderwood resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. nicola sturgeon says the decison was made by mutual agreement. she made a mistake, she made a serious mistake. people are right to be angry about it. it was