so many vulnerable people, so many lonely people and they come to us for help. i phoned up radio sussex, and i said, "what happens to people like me..." people like dave here, now feeling rather trapped in his first floor flat. when this lockdown started, of course i found myself in trouble really. everything happened so quickly. however, after one call, he had an offer of help at his door within 15 minutes. so, the local radio stations really helped you in your isolation? they certainly helped me, yeah. we then went to see another caller, ricky. he used to be a performer in variety shows. he was known as ricky cohen or ricky del oro. he's now 89, unwell and alone. but he was rather surprised when he rang up the radio station and within a few minutes, there was a knock at the door. a chap from, you know, edf, the electric people,

their meter—reader. but he came and he was ever so good. and then people from a local help thing. he brought me some stuff. so i had two genuine people very quickly. it's lanie at bbc radio surrey. often, it's just a few basic supplies or an errand, and the support is out there. they just need someone to bring them together. david sillito, bbc news, brighton. the power of local radio underlined once again. the actress honor blackman, probably best known for her role as a bond girl, has died at the age of 94. who are you? my name is pudsey galore.

having trained at the guildhall school of music and drama, honor blackman starred in goldfinger, and played cathy gale in the avengers television series. in a statement, her family said she died peacefully of natural causes at home in east sussex. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. after the rain last night into this morning, the weather has been sunny spells and a passing shower. this front brought the rain, it is well out of the way, high pressure building again for the next several days, until easter, and that means a lot of dry weather and warmer, again. tonight, though, it is turning to leave. still a few showers. they are gradually fading away. largely clearer skies with light winds. temperatures will dip. the arrows are indicating where it is still breezy. far north of scotland, it is stronger here, and not many of us are far from freezing tonight. if you have been doing some work in the garden, may be some planting, do expect a touch of frost overnight and into the morning a few

mist and fog patches around, as well. once they clear away, tomorrow will deliver a lot of fine weather once again. they will be some areas of cloud, otherwise mostly sunny skies. patchy clouds for the channel islands. could be an isolated shower down here, with some rain edging towards the north west of scotland going into the evening where it is still quite breezy here. as for the temperatures, edging up once again, above average just about across the board, but high teens to near 20 in the warmer parts of england and wales. this rain towards the north—west of scotland moves in towards the evening of overnight into wednesday will push further south across more of scotland. edging into northern ireland, as well, a few spots of rain here. more cloud around into england and wales. isolated showers. otherwise a good deal of sunshine. on wednesday, those temperatures soar a bit more. we are looking at widely around 20 degrees, but some spots could be up to 24 degrees, but some spots could be up to 2a celsius in south—east england. but it doesn't matter how warm it gets, the rules about social distancing and travel stay the same.

after that, the big picture shows a fine thursday, then low—pressure gathering, weather fronts coming fine thursday, then low—pressure gathering, weatherfronts coming our way in time for easter. over the easter weekend there will be more cloud around. a chance of rain. nowhere particularly wet, but it'll be cooler, and it'll be warm this week. that's all from the bbc news at six. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. we start with the developing story of the 149th opening championship has been cancelled. the decision was taken by the rail and engines after exploring every option. it's part of a complete overhaul of the golfing calender. the masters — due to take place in april — has been put back to november, the us pga championship is now scheduled for august. the us open, at winged foot, new york, is being moved from june to september, a week before the ryder cup. and the ryder cup — the biennial event that pitches europe's finest golfers against their american counterparts — is being kept in its late september slot. our co—respondent ian carterjoins us now. last yea r‘s runner—up last year's runner—up joins us now. tommy, a pleasure to speak to. of course, it's a major coming close to heart coming second last year, but was it of the right decision to

take? i mean, i think was it of the right decision to take? i mean, ithink so. look, i think whatever decisions i made at the moment, i think everybody respects them. i think it's uncharted times and unprecedented times, and things are very difficult at the moment. sol times, and things are very difficult at the moment. so i think, you know, whatever the decisions that the boards make, i think they are very difficult, and you can't do anything but respect them and, yeah, stay safe. how disappointed are you? i don't know whether disappointed is the right word. i think there's worse things happening at the moment. this is clearly a sign of how severe the times are, with it being such a big event in our calendar. i think the event to sort of ta ke calendar. i think the event to sort of take from its you know, we are not the 149th open is still going to ta ke not the 149th open is still going to take place, it's not completely cancelled, it's just going to happen

next year, and i think it's important to look at it that way. yeah, it's a shame, the summer is kind of, events like wimbledon, the open, the summer is getting less and less. there's a lot going on, and it's important to keep a realistic view wanted to. as we mentioned, the culpan calendar has been completely rescheduled. how realistic do you think that is? well, we will see. i think that is? well, we will see. i think every day, things change. it's going to be great to have something, oi’ going to be great to have something, or events to look to and plan to which we haven't known for 3—4 weeks since we started playing. no one truly knows, i guess. i think towards the end of the year, you would hope is realistic. sooner than that will have to wait and see how things transpire. if we did get to play them, that would be amazing just to play. for us, it's playing golf, but to be able to play sports

at sometime this year it would be a great turn around and a great sign of us getting the better of what's going on at the moment, and hopefully we can do that. yeah, hopefully we can do that. yeah, hopefully things keep progressing in a good manner or a better manner, and we get to play some golf. all right, let's hope so. tommy, thank you so much for your time. no thank you. breaking news reaching us here, liverpool have reversed their decision to take of the government's furlough scheme amid the coronavirus pandemic, as one of the worlds richest clubs, they have been heavily criticised for the move, the clu b heavily criticised for the move, the club just released a statement in the last few minutes saying...

well, bournemouth, tottenham, newcastle and norwich are continuing to furlough non—playing staff. that's after heavy criticism from politicians following their talks over a collective deal breaking down over the weekend. here's what the head of the players union, gordon taylor, makes of the situation. it's not for me, actually, to tell clu bs it's not for me, actually, to tell clubs how to run. it'sjust for me to look at the players side of things, but a football club is an entity involving the nine playing staff, and football being a team game, that was pretty much a point that the premier league players made in their statement, that they need to look at the position of the nonplaying staff, the youngsters at the clubs, the academies, the community programmes in their own areas, and then the bigger picture of the national health. so, i can't but repeat that they are very

mindful of the social responsibilities, and they are quite prepared to step up to the merc to deal with that. it's about coming to a practical solution, club by club, andi a practical solution, club by club, and i believe, as i say, it is a difficult process, and it will take time. but i think it will be the best practical solution, because this is a unique time as well, and it's about football keeping together, is keeping together with the premiere of the term of the football league, the fa, the lma, and supporters. and from that point of view, trying to set an example as well. well, meanwhile, england men's manager, and the women's boss will both take a 40% pay cut from the football association, who say they are looking at furloughing staff as are looking at furloughing staff as a contingency plan. the fa's highest earners, including southgate, who earns millions of pounds a year, senior will take a 15% pay cuts, whilst those earning £50,000 or more will take a seven and half percent drop in wage. the fa say the whole

to football and events at wembley could lead to the loss of £150 million. some sad news to bring you now and the mother of manchester city manager pep guardiola has died from coronavirus. the club said his mum — dolors sala carrio — passed away in barcelona aged 82—years—old. manchester united are amongst the clubs to pay tribute on social media. there is a danger that some teams could go under, those are the words from formula i boss, zach brown, who's british based mclaren team have joined williams in furloughing staff as the sport battles against the impact of coronavirus. earlier, i spoke to former world champion nico rosberg and started by asking him what could be done to help smaller teams. we currently have ten teams, 20 cars oi'i we currently have ten teams, 20 cars on the grid. not too long 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.

three, i think, we have very substantial problems. welcome earlier, i spoke to the formula 1 former world champion, roseburg, inserted by asking them what could be done to help the smaller teams. what he says that it's ina smaller teams. what he says that it's in a fragile state, because, if the sport loses two of the smaller teams because of financial difficulties, then that puts the whole sport in difficulty, because already now, it's not like their successive teams at the moment, so we need all of the teams that are there to participate to make great racing. if two teams were to run into trouble, it's not like in this incredibly tough financial situation that there is a huge line of new teams ready to come in and take their places. that's not the case. so it's important at the moment that everybody sticks together and helps, particularly those teams that are struggling most financially, which is the smallest team. talking about helping others, mercedes, your former team, have been making ventilators to be able to help anybody who needs them in other

countries who are looking to use ventilators. is that something that you are probably not surprised by?” think it's so spectacular how formula 1 has been able to show in this situation how incredibly skilful they are in their engineering and in their technological development. they are second to none. the speed at which the team, mercedes, have developed a briefing at which the nhs very quickly certified as well, so it's going to be able to save lives very quickly, so this has been incredible. and aside from that, seven of the uk teams have come together on a project called project pit lane, where they are now also helping to develop ventilators. that's really awesome, that my sport is able to help during such a difficult time like this and to such an extent. because so many sports funds have been seeing cancellation after cancellation and postponements of sporting events, how are you feeling about the fact that the f1 season looks like it's not going to happen? yeah, i mean, of course,

there are worse things than not being able to watch sports with all of the health problems that are happening, and people suffering around the world because of the virus, ido around the world because of the virus, i do still think we will see some racing, because there's the possibility of raising without fans on the track and i hope it does happen from it will be good for the financial health of the sport as well, for the smaller teams. let's see how that aggressive. how has home—schooling been going please make because not everybody has been enjoying that. yet, so i have my own here, because i've just come of this is the one that we didn't do, but i've completed some of the home—schooling just before the bbc interview. so, occasionally come i do it as well myself. it's quite fine. the concentration span of my daughter is about two and half minutes. so we make the most of those two and half minutes. but apart from that, it's going well. it's important to keep her in the rhythm of still doing some of that school work and learning some stuff. i'm sure he's a great teacher. now, before we

90, he's a great teacher. now, before we go, we've seen lots of people doing the toilet roll challenge from heavenly? but not like this. here's scotland's number one squash player greg lobban with his own effort. and just take a look at that. well worth another look. he's called it a bit of monday madness. how fantastic. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. clive, back to you. jane, thank you for that. now, let's clive, back to you. jane, thank you forthat. now, let's get clive, back to you. jane, thank you for that. now, let's get back to the coronavirus and take another look at some of the points from donning streets briefing. leaving today's update was the foreign secretary, dominic raab, who insisted that despite the hospitalization, the prime ministers still very much in charge of the government and getting on with all of the work. the deputy chief scientific adviser, professor dame angela maclean was asked about a possible exit strategy for the lockdown. she said while there were some early signs that the measures we re some early signs that the measures were working, it was too soon to talk about an exit strategy. the

foreign secretary gave an update on the number of people the government has helped to bring home to the uk. he said they have so far brought around 200,000 people back home, and there will be more flights this week. let's talk now to labour's shadow home secretary, and that is nick thomas simons, hello to you, thank you very much indeed for being with us. yum! a good evening, thank you for having me. not a problem. what do you make of the press conference today, what we are seeing is the social distancing measures beginning to kick in, and that is affecting the numbers of cases that we are seeing being admitted to hospital. well, that's of course positive. it's also a reminder that so many people, the vast majority of people are doing their very best to respect the advice and instructions that they've been given in everybody‘s interest to stay at home, to help our nhs workers, at

the same time though, whilst of course that's positive news to hear, there can be no complacency at all. i think we have to continue each and every one of us in these huge national efforts to do all we can to make sure that the loss of life in this terrible public health emergency is as low as it possibly can be. iwas emergency is as low as it possibly can be. i was talking to one intensive care doctor this afternoon who says that he has got all the equipment he needs, the hospitals are getting the equipment they need. there is a sense that we are now prepared to tackle this whole thing. well, any news like that is of course welcome. one thing we have to do throughout this crisis is to listen to our nhs workers, to listen to our other front line workers. there are situations where they appropriate equipment, or indeed, the appropriate personal protective equipment as well hasn't reached the front line, then we have to be relentless in insuring that the equipment and indeed the personal

protection reaches where it should be. because the government has been publishing statistics of the equipment that's been provided, but we have heard stories of where it hasn't always reached the front line. that's what we have to do. we are asking people on the front line to put themselves in the position of helping others, the very least we can do is protect them in doing so. we will leave it there. many thanks. thank you forjoining us. thank you. you are watching bbc news. it's time for your questions answered. now, this little segment of bbc news is proving very popular with you, because you've got lots of questions, obviously about the coronavirus pandemic. hopefully, some answers for you coronavirus pandemic. hopefully, some answers for you now. i'm joined by two gps this evening, doctor chris george and doctor amir con. gentlemen, good to see you both. think of a much deeper being with us. think of a much deeper being with

us. i'm going to start with a question for a mere first. this is from george. it says i was sent a letter saying i'm in a high—risk group because of my asthma, and i should fully isolate and not to go out of the house. as my asthma is very mild and i very usefully —— very mild and i very usefully —— very rarely use an inhaler, can i still go for a daily walk? 0k, thanks for having me, first of all. and what i would say to george is if you have received a letter somewhere along the lines you have been classed as high risk. now, asthma is a bit ofa classed as high risk. now, asthma is a bit of a tricky one, we know that a bit of a tricky one, we know that a severe asthma in particular is classed as high risk in patients with severe asthma should be shielding, which is self isolating for three months and really not leaving the house, and getting other people to do things for them. however, if you think that that is a right for you —— all right for you, you should bring up your gp and just make sure sure that that is being donein make sure sure that that is being

done in error, and it's not right, because if they have sent you a letter, there is a reason behind it, and you should really be shielding. but speak to your gp if you don't think it's right. all right, 0k. but speak to your gp if you don't think it's right. all right, ok. i hope that's answered your question george. this one is for you chris. is it possible, it's from jane, is it possible that there is more than one version of the circulating, resulting in the wide variation in effect from mild symptoms to the ultimate, which is death? so what we know is that there are several hundred versions of the coronavirus which only seven affects humans. so we are trying to work out whether the coronavirus, how it's affecting humans at the moment. what we have found is that, actually, over 19 it first hit in december 2019. we don't know that much about that, —— covid—19, we don't know how it's affecting people. ithink covid—19, we don't know how it's affecting people. i think the covid—19, we don't know how it's affecting people. ithink the most important thing to say this moment is that clinicians and scientists are working together and work out why exactly some people experience moderate symptoms and why some people have severe symptoms. 0k,

thank you for that. let's turn back to amir, this is from allison. i have had to covid—19, and have now recovered after more than three weeks at home, can i go outside now that i am well? 0k, weeks at home, can i go outside now that i am well? ok, so, first of all, yes. well done for recovering from coronavirus, i'm really pleased to hear that. anyone who has recovered from the coronavirus, usually seven days after their symptoms come on, we expect them not to be shutting the virus and not to be contagious. that isn't entirely true for people with severe symptoms —— isn't, they can go on for longer, that they can get pneumonia and they can be contagious for a little bit longer. in terms of going outside, yes, you can, as long as you adhere to the government guidance. so only for exercise, only four essential things, and limit yourself to how long you are out there for, and make sure you are two metres away from people. just because you've had it doesn't mean those rules don't apply to you, because we have to protect

everyone. so, yes, you can go outside, but adhere to the guideline. indeed. all right, 0k, thank you for that to amir. chris, this is for you. are smokers more at risk if they become positive with coronavirus because of the way it affects the lungs? yes, so we know that smoking can make the symptoms and the impact of coronavirus worse for certain people. so it's definitely best to avoid smoking if you do catch coronavirus. also, if you do catch coronavirus. also, if you have — — you do catch coronavirus. also, if you have —— if you do smoke, you can have underlying health problems with the lungs, which we call chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. if that's the case, you are at the high risk category. that's important to know, because actually, things like social distancing become very important. 0k, thank you. i hope that answers your question, eddie. amir, this one is for you. i have been self isolating following symptoms after seven days. can i assume symptoms after seven days. can i assume immunity to its? 0k, yeah, so

that's a really good question. so we know that for most people with mild to moderate symptoms, seven days after they start their symptoms, they shouldn't be shutting the virus. so they are not contagious to other people. with regards to immunity, there has been some anecdotal cases from all over the world where people have contracted the virus twice, but it is anecdotal. the overwhelming evidence say that is we are immune to it once we've had it, and over come it. there is some research to be done about the length of time of which that immunity goes on for, but to a nswer that immunity goes on for, but to answer the question, yes, you are not contagious, yes, you are immune to it, but there is some discrepancy about how long you will be immune to it. but still adhere to the social distancing guidelines. 0k. thank you for that, amir. chris, this one is for that, amir. chris, this one is for you. from tracy watkin. if someone for you. from tracy watkin. if someone has had the virus and is now immune, can they still be carriers

if they pick up those germs again? yes, so that's really a good question from tracy. if you have coronavirus and you become immune, if you come in contact with someone who has coronavirus, and we know that it's spread through respiratory secretions, if that lands on your clothes your skin and you come in contact with someone who is not immune, there is a risk that that person can then go on to develop coronavirus. we know that looking at the research, that it can last for several hours to days on surfaces. it's important that you stay away from people who have coronavirus and practice safe social distancing. 0k. i'm amir, back to for this one. what are the first sign or symptoms of coronavirus? lots of people worry about the symptoms of coronavirus, because they are varied from person to person, and it all depends on how your immune system responds to it. at its goes back to the symptoms that we've been talking about since the beginning of this, really.

temperature and a cough. so if you develop either or one or both of them, you really should be self isolating for seven days, and anyone in your household should be self isolating for 14 days. other symptoms may include muscle aches, particularly a lower backache, fatigue, sore throat is known, and some fatigue, sore throat is known, and some evidence that a loss of sense of smell and taste are symptoms of this, although they haven't been put into the official guidance. at mainstay is fever, cough, tiredness and aches. chris, this is from hilary shaw in pool. our itchy eyes of the symptom of covid—19? hilary shaw in pool. our itchy eyes of the symptom of covid-19? so itchy eyes are quite a generic symptom command could potentially be a symptom of coronavirus. like other coronavirus is out there, it can cause upper respiratory symptoms, so things such as amir said, cough fevers, sore throat can all be it's important that if you do have itchy

to monitor how you are feeling and see how these progress over the next two days. if there are any concerns come next, contact your gp. amir, from halifax, is to contagious before symptoms are present? yes. a lot of viruses are contagious before the symptoms. there's something called an incubation period, which is when you get the virus, and the period between you getting it and you having symptoms. and there's evidence to suggest that you are contagious to other people, perhaps up contagious to other people, perhaps up to five days even before your symptoms start. so it's hard to give any further advice on that, because any further advice on that, because a lot of people may not know they have it. but that always goes back to the same things, hand hygiene and social distancing. that is the best and only way to reduce this risk of catching this illness. before we go, chris, a question to you, you work in general practice, what other kinds of questions are people,, sort of, you know, feeling our way? so

i'm having a lot of people who are actually asking questions about what they can do about anxiety that they are experiencing related to covid—19, and a lot of people having problems with uncertainty in terms of work, and also looking after family members, and ensuring that everyone stays safe whilst trying to earn money. all right, 0k. everyone stays safe whilst trying to earn money. all right, ok. i everyone stays safe whilst trying to earn money. all right, 0k. ithink i've got one more question, actually, for you, chris, as well. in fact, amir, actually, for you, chris, as well. infact, amir, chip in on actually, for you, chris, as well. in fact, amir, chip in on this one as in fact, amir, chip in on this one as well. how long can the symptoms last for? this is from lester biff finn last for? this is from lester biff firm in last for? this is from lester biff finn in bristol. i would say most symptoms will resolve within seven days. it's a new virus, we are learning things about it all the time. but different people's immune systems will respond differently. so we know that people with underlying health conditions, older people, their immune system doesn't respond as quickly to its, and they can have severe symptoms and they can have severe symptoms and develop longer—lasting symptoms as and develop longer—lasting symptoms as well. but we also know that

younger people, their immune system can sometimes overreact to the virus, and that is why we are seeing some young virus, and that is why we are seeing some young people in hospital. so even though seven days —— even though seven days as the mainstay of those symptoms, depending on the severity, if you respond badly to the virus coming you may be in quarantine for quite some time most up quarantine for quite some time most up sark and i willjust add one more thing. the cough in particular can go on for weeks after the virus has gone from your body. so it's not unusualfor gone from your body. so it's not unusual for the cost to last up to three weeks later. ok, we will leave it there. great to have your expertise, doctor amir khan, and chris george. thank you to both of you. thank you. hello, i colder night to come tonight, and clear skies, light winds for much of the uk, and temperatures dropping close to freezing, but a little bit below in the coldest rural spots. the flying

hours indicating quite a breeze towards the northwest of scotland, still some areas of cloud from two showers. here at these temperatures are staying up, whereas come elsewhere, readings and towns and city centres, colder in the countryside. so that means a touch of frost for many of us into the morning. and if you mist and fog patches shouldn't land to make last too long. a lot of fine weather on the way tomorrow. some called building and parts of southern england, especially south west england, especially south west england, may produce an isolated chart. all the while, the cloud thickening and northwest, and northwest coming giving a brakes of rain as we go into the weekend for some rain as we go into the weekend for some of us here. still quite breezy, average speeds from gusts to a0 heavy 50 mph or so. and temperatures remain above average for the time of year, and particularly in england and wales, we will be into the high teens to around 20 celsius in the warm spots here.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister boris johnson faces a second night in hospital. he was taken in it last night with persistent coronavirus symptoms. in the us, the governor of new york says the pressure on hospitals is unsustainable. refrigerated trucks have been drafted into be used as morgues. optimism in spain that the peak there has been passed as the rise in infections appears to start to level off. and since the uk lockdown began, there has been a sharp rise in reports of domestic abuse according to a major charity. also coming up, a special report on medical staff at intensive care unit