the school is doing. thank you so much. it's great to meet the kids and obviously they are having a really fun time. thank you so much for taking the time. it's been an amazing experience for them. yeah, fantastic. not at all. we just want to say a huge thank you to you guys and well done in keeping it all going and please pass on many messages of support for all the staff and all the volunteers who are doing a greatjob. a royal seal of approval that clearly went down very well. richard askam, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. contrast this afternoon and how the weather looks and feels across the uk. for many holding the one found the sunshine but for all. we have this frontal system across scotland providing cloud here and into north—east england. you can see the extent of the cloud across these areas. still some sunshine initially

across the far north of scotland but there cloud will slowly increase northwards as the day wears on bringing patchy light rain and drizzle. elsewhere holding on to the sunshine and high tree pollen levels. a fairly gentle breeze. for eastern counties with the north sea cold temperature just nine or 10 celsius compared to 23 or 24th for inland areas of england and wales. this evening and overnight the cloud and patchy rain tracks northwards across scotland. elsewhere some brea ks across scotland. elsewhere some breaks and that cloud the best of which will be the further south and west you are. all of us will have a mild mate particularly across scotla nd mild mate particularly across scotland where it was minus five in some places this morning. 0nce scotland where it was minus five in some places this morning. once again on good friday there is a good deal of sunshine and that will return to north—east england. sharp showers across northern england but the main focus of the showers will be across scotla nd focus of the showers will be across scotland where they could be heavy and thundery. further south once

again holding onto that warmth and you could see temperatures up to 2a 01’ you could see temperatures up to 2a or 25 celsius across england and wales. through saturday more warmth and sunshine across england, wales and sunshine across england, wales and northern ireland. the chance of further showers across northern and western scotland. the highest temperature so far on saturday, potentially 26 across parts of south—east england and east anglia on saturday but then some changes as we go into easter sunday. this frontal system edges further eastwards and that brings a greater chance of seeing some showers for a time on sunday the same across england and wales. no be are guaranteed some rain but because of sharp showers further north but easier with the best of the sunshine in northern england and northern ireland but starting to see the temperature slowly coming down and that cold they will go further southwards as we go into easter monday and are much colder field to end the easter week and we could see some patchy rain across the far

south of england but i do have sunny spells and variable cloud. the temperatures will be more in the mid teens by monday. a reminder of our top story. ministers will be meeting this weekend to decide whether to extend the lockdown. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, now your latest sports news and we start with premier league footballers, this afternoon being praised for what

they described as collective initiative to raise funds against the coronavirus pandemic. it's been led by the likes of liverpool midfielderjordan henderson, tottenham's harry kane and manchester united captain harry maguire with at least 150 involved in all. it's been called hashtag players together with footballers saying it will help nhs staff, volunteers and coronavirus patients. players, who are working with nhs charities together, also say it's a way to distribute funds "where they're needed most". well, health secretary matt hancock — who last week criticised players for not doing more and not taking a pay cut — has tweeted: "warmly welcome this big—hearted decision from so many premier league footballers to create #playerstogether to support nhs charities. you are playing your part." meanwhile former liverpool playerjohn barnes has called the criticism of premier league footballers unfair. focusing on footballers and what they should pay rather than the rest of society, i have a particular issue of this. i think because of

the society we live in, when we see young working—class boys who become millionaires, we feel they owe more than someone who went to eton, oxford or harrow but are equally rich. we say why should they earn that money if they come from a working—class neighbourhood. those who are born into wealth, and those who are born into wealth, and those who earn money, we say well maybe they deserve that more. southampton are the first premier league club to announce their players will defer part of their salaries amid the pandemic. manager ralph hasenhuttl, his staff and the board of directors will also put some of their wages on hold untiljune. and despite the league being postponed indefinitely, the club says it'll not be using the government's furlough scheme during the next three months and that all staff will recieve full pay. i think it's commendable and i think it's good for the fans that they can be proud of the club that they are

actually taking some sort of action. i think at this moment in time, to grab taxpayers' money at a time of national crisis, i think it is mean—spirited and i think it's embarrassing to the fans because you have got to bear in mind football is a working—class game, it hasn't really changed. joe clarke won't have the chance to defend his olympic k1 slalom title after british canoeing confirmed it's going to take the team it's already named to the postponed tokyo games. clarke missed out on this year's olympics after finishing second behind bradley forbes—crya ns at the world championships and there'll be no reselection process for next year's games. understandably, there were contrasting reactions from both men when they got the news. this morning to receive that news was first of all fantastic, but for mejust now this was first of all fantastic, but for me just now this is really not what i thought we would be focusing on.

for me it feels like the globe has to recover from the current pandemic that's going on. i really don't understand it to be honest, there was a policy in place before hand that selected those athletes that you couldn't question. fair play, that was done by the bug. but going forward when it was announced the olympics would be postponed there was 110 olympics would be postponed there was no policy in place to keep those athletes in those spots. with such a delay the athletes who hadn't been selected fully expected there to be a reselection but unfortunately they have chosen not to do so. we started with what premier league players are doing amidst the pandemic, in germany bundesliga footballers have taken wage cuts and some haven'tjust stopped there. they've been stacking shelves at supermarkets,

in particular the wolfsburg players, also some augsburg players handing out free drinks to healthcare workers, while rb leipzig footballers have been donating blood. and then there's the shalke goalkeeper deciding to bake cakes for elderly fans and getting his feedback from a safe distance. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thank you, see you again. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i'm jane hill and afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i'mjane hill and we will continue to keep you through the developments of the controller virus pandemic, starting in scotland because nicola sturgeon has urged people to observe social distancing rules over the upcoming easter weekend. —— the coronavirus pandemic. nicola sturgeon said there are now nearly 5000 cases of coronavirus in scotland, 212 people are in intensive care, and a further

81 people died in the last 2a hours. the total number of deaths in the country is a47 and the total number of deaths in the country is 447 and the first minute stress the importance of halting the virus. —— the first minister stressed the importance of halting the virus. i want to conclude with a stronger emphasis of the vital importance of everyone following public health restrictions which are in place and staying at home, except for the permitted essential purposes. i know how hard it is for people to do that. it will seem even harder over this easter holiday weekend, especially for families with children, indeed the children themselves, and older people who would normally be spending time with their grandchildren. please stay in touch with family, friends and loved ones in whatever alternative way best works for you. reach out for people even as you stay physically apart from them, but please follow

the rules and stay at home over easter. we can help to protect the nhs and also help save lives, so i will end by thanking everybody in advance for doing the right thing over this weekend. scotland's first minister and lets take a few minutes to talk about the upcoming weekend and what we are all of course being urged to do and the role of the police in all of that because police officers working on the front line across the country are sometimes facing difficulties as they try to monitor social distancing rules. the police have reported things like being spat at or having their dogs attacked with a plank of wood. west midlands police have released a video showing what they have been tackling on the front line, and saying, "some callous crooks are using covid—19 as a threat to

intimidate our officers and the wider public. we have seen people spitting at officers after claiming they have the virus." katie born is they have the virus." katie born is the police and crime commissioner for sussex, thanks for speaking to us. for sussex, thanks for speaking to us. those are a couple of grim exa m ples we us. those are a couple of grim examples we heard, but from what you are hearing can we say those sort of incidences are the minority?” are hearing can we say those sort of incidences are the minority? i wish we could say that. certainly forces up we could say that. certainly forces up and down the country are experiencing this. in my own force area of sussex we have recently seen area of sussex we have recently seen a manjailed area of sussex we have recently seen a man jailed for 12 weeks for spitting at officers and saying he had covid—19. this kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable. spitting at the best of times is disgusting, but doing it and intentionally trying to harm others, especially police officers who are putting themselves in harms way, will be dealt with severely. you talked

about the prison sentence and that is grim and no one condones that. everything we say about this is based on our anecdotal experience but i would hope the majority of people are abiding by the rules and that the police only intervene when they really have to. you're absolutely right. the messaging certainly from the top of the national police chiefs council is coming down at the moment, and it's about engaging with the public, explaining why we are doing this. we have been in for three weeks so far, let's not give up on what we have already achieved. then educating them about staying at home. at the end of the day police only want to use enforcement as a last resort, because at the end of the day we don't know what decisions will have to be made in the future and where the lockdown will get tightened. at the lockdown will get tightened. at the moment police have certain tools

at their disposal, and what we are seeing is where they are handing out enforcement notices it is usually because people may have breached these guidelines but also invariably there are other crimes involved as well, whether it's drug dealing or all sorts of stuff. so the message is the majority of the public have been brilliant, and are also really supportive of the police approach so far. because our great policing model we have that is revered around the world is about policing by consent, so being in the community and talking to the public. consent, so being in the community and talking to the publiclj consent, so being in the community and talking to the public. i guess all police forces are perhaps more anxious going into the weekend if they see a very good weather forecast because we know it is human instinct to want to go out and experience the sun because you don't know when it's coming again and that is when they will encounter more problems, is my assumption. for example, you are talking from sussex. we have all seen pictures from the beaches of brighton and hove and i guess that's the problem

area. we have over 100 hove and i guess that's the problem area. we have over100 miles hove and i guess that's the problem area. we have over 100 miles of coastline in sussex but many counties boast these beautiful areas. the majority of the public areas. the majority of the public are being really good and we have all spent three weeks indoors. a lot of people have given up an awful lot so far, but this is definitely a critical time for policing and this weekend could be a turning point as far as the public‘s compliance with the regulations go so far. we are saying to everybody to keep at it, we owe it to future generations to. we will bejudged we owe it to future generations to. we will be judged on we owe it to future generations to. we will bejudged on how we owe it to future generations to. we will be judged on how we we owe it to future generations to. we will bejudged on how we behaved and the majority of the public are being brilliant so my thanks to them and to the minority who aren't thinking about not obeying the rules, please stay in because life is precious and important at this time. katie, thank you very much. the police and crime commissioner

for sussex, thank you. lots of numbers are used to track covid—19. there is one statistic that we haven't been able to report on quite as much so far and that is recoveries, how many people diagnosed with covid—19 pull through and do well. the problem partly is that the data is incomplete, but there is some facts we can give you and our reality check correspondent chris morris has been explaining more. we have to be cautious. there are a lot of caveats involved in this but there are studies worth looking at. the uk doesn't issue daily information on how many people have fully recovered but other countries do. according to the latest french public health statistics, of 82,000 confirmed cases 21,000 people have fully recovered so far after leaving hospital and many others are on the

mend. but that doesn't capture the whole picture. take a large—scale study from wuhan in china, in february, which covered 44,000 people. it showed that 80% of diagnosed cases had only mild or moderate symptoms, which didn't require hospital treatment. now the who thinks overall hospitalisation might be higher than that, but it still makes survival rates seem more positive. and there is more. we also know that many people infected with the virus show no symptoms at all. until we have reliable antibody tests, we don't know how many, but on the cruise ship the diamond princess injapan, for example, nearly 20% of all positive cases showed no symptoms at all. now that's a fairly small sample, but its reasonable to assume that in the uk and other countries, eventually tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people will similarly be infected but show no symptoms. now scientists are looking at all of this, and the best data at the moment still appears to be pointing towards an estimated overall fatality rate of roughly 1%, maybe lower, which means, don't forget, a survival rate of about 99%.

now those numbers are obviously not nearly as good for people who become seriously ill and require intensive care. a uk study showed that of 2,249 patients admitted to an intensive care unit, 344 were discharged alive from critical care, while 346 patients died. the rest were at that stage still being treated. now there are important variables to take into account — age, underlying health conditions and so on, but it means there is data which suggests that roughly 50% of all people in that study, who have left icu, have died. but a separate study of icus in italy showed slightly different figures, and the uk study suggests if a patient does not need mechanical ventilation in the first 24 hours of intensive care, the survival rate goes up to at least 70%.

make no mistake, anyone in icu is seriously ill, but many people who go into intensive care will survive. and in the wider community, the overwhelming majority of people who are infected by this virus, will go on to make a full recovery. many care homes are struggling because of a lack of protective equipment. some workers say it has left them feeling vulnerable and afraid as they try to keep staff safe. graham satchell has more details. just step on the mat there, and scrub your feet, mary. put your personal effects on the table. getting into glynn williams' care home is a military operation. this former raf man has set up a decontamination zone. nothing gets in without being sanitised. hello, ladies and gents. hello.

enjoying a bit of time out in the sun? these pictures were taken for us by the care home. so far, none of the 28 residents has contracted the virus. but there's a strong feeling here that they're not getting the help they need, particularly with protective clothing. we've had to innovate with the visors. we managed to source some hairspray visors that stick on to a forehead. i've got one here that i can show you. it just peels off. you might have seen them in the hairdressers. you shouldn't have to be improvising, should you? no, absolutely not. also we can't get medical gowns so we're having to consider the use of plastic bags, to be honest, to cut holes in for the heads and the arms. but, yes, as a last resort, we've got a bag that you put your hands through and slot over your head, you know. no apron? no problem. bin bag.

so, this is what staff here are using to protect their residents and themselves — plastic bags and visors used in hairdressers. face shield. can be stuck to forehead, or... the welsh government told us they have issued ppe to local authorities for front line care workers and they've issued guidance on how social care workers can carry out their activities safely. but glynn says he's at his wits end trying to keep everyone safe. the heartache that my wife and i are going through at the moment with these residents, because we love them. it's a sad state of affairs that the local authorities can't help us out in these dire circumstances, to be honest with you. we're all exhausted. i'm probably on three hours' sleep a night and i'm desperate tojust try and do everything i can to achieve the duty of care that i have to everyone in our welburn family. rachel runs 14 care homes in the north east of england.

she's bought protective clothing for all her staff, but it's expensive and in short supply. listen to the worries. where are we geting our ppe from? where are we going to get this supply from? how are we going to protect this home from covid—19? it's very hard sometimes as we're frightened ourselves. and we are going home to some vulnerable people ourselves. i'm managing quite well, but the guilt of taking this dreadful virus home to my family and possibly passing it on, it's heartbreaking. there have been cases of covid—19 in two of the 14 homes rachel runs. yeah. and what about testing? have any of you been tested? nope. none of the staff have been tested. and in fact, the first home where we had our first case, we rang public health and we said we have three now that have been admitted to the hospital, all tested positive.

could we please have our six promised tests? and they said, "what's the point? "it is what it is" and put the phone down. gosh, what do you think of that? i was furious. i actually cried when i went to bed that night. how can any of us know whether we're taking a virus into a home with vulnerable people if we haven't got the tests? covid—19 is starting to spread in care homes, with deaths now reported in luton, liverpool, portsmouth, glasgow. the scottish government says it will offer all the support it can to care homes. hello, kathy. i've brought you a cup of tea and a cheese scone. do you think it's inevitable that residents in care homes are going to end up dying in numbers? yes. ultimately, if we're not careful and we don't get the right equipment and admissions, our residents, aren't cared for by the nhs, then, yes, that's what we are looking at.

the government in westminster says it has delivered almost eight million pieces of ppe to care homes and is rapidly working to extend testing to social care workers. but the message is clear. there isn't enough financial support. there isn't enough testing. there isn't enough protective clothing. graham satchell, bbc news. lets talk more about clap for carers. this evening millions will be turning out to show appreciation for care workers. it happens at apm. tim moffat has been speaking to people about what it means for them. clapping. the sound of thursday evening.

this council estate in north london where, like so many places, clapping for carers has become a weekly ritual. we have 267 flats in this estate and virtually every flat has got people out on the balcony cheering each other on. it is like solidarity for the nhs staff and solidarity for each other. a number of our neighbours are on the front line of the nhs. we are doing it for them. i felt the love. there is power in love and i felt it. what impact has it had on you hearing people clap for you and your colleagues? it makes me feel very appreciated. it was heart—warming and emotional. you think people really do appreciate what we're doing. my granddaughter works in bury hospital as a care assistant and she came down with covid—19 two days ago. this thursday i will clap my heart away with plenty of tears because it is very emotional. the week before last

i suggested we start clapping and sing you'll never walk alone which is what we did last thursday and it was absolutely tearful. i feel sorry for the prime minister and for anyone going through this. whatever money you've got, however poor you are, it will not make any difference. it's out there. i felt quite choked up, actually. it was quite emotional. i normally put my son to bed at that moment and his dad, my husband, who is a doctor, he is never here because he is still working. it is nice to tell my two—year—old as i put him to bed that they're clapping for doctors and all the people who look after us. some believe that when this pandemic is over, the clap for carers should continue, that we should carry

on showing our appreciation for people we have perhaps taken for granted. it is something we should be doing anyway. after we get through this, it will make this estate a model community. everyone gets on and i think it has made us stronger as people. everyone talks to each other now. the thursday evening applause for the nhs is a crucial part of life on this estate now. lets us let off steam once a week to cheer on the heroes that we have. a chance to say thank you, but clapping for carers seems to be doing even more than that. it is very moving. it's eight o'clock this evening and full coverage on bbc news of that. let's close this hour by taking a look at the weather prospects. contrasts in the way the weather looks and feels across the uk today. for many, warmth and sunshine but

not for all, this weather system providing more cloud. to the north of this, colder air. providing more cloud. to the north of this, colderair. it providing more cloud. to the north of this, colder air. it could bring light rain and drizzle, particularly across the western isles. elsewhere sunshine through this afternoon with high tree pollen levels. much of england, wales and northern ireland could see temperatures up to 24 celsius, but just could see temperatures up to 24 celsius, butjust nine celsius for north england and parts of north—east scotland. overnight patchy rain working northwards across the north of scotland into the northern isles. elsewhere dry with clearer skies the further south and west you are, everywhere well above freezing. more noticeable in scotla nd above freezing. more noticeable in scotland where we have just had a very cold night. a good deal of sunshine for much of northern ireland, england and wales, a few showers across northern england but it is scotland that has the greatest chance of seeing some showers

tomorrow. they could be heavy and thundery. temperatures reaching the high teens, and again we could see them touching 2a high teens, and again we could see them touching 24 across parts of central and southern england. sunshine for much of england, wales and northern ireland on saturday, and northern ireland on saturday, and the greater chance of seeing showers again will be across scotland. holding on to the warmth across much of england and east wales. as we go into easter sunday, here is where we start to see changes. you can see them out in the atlantic, the system pushing eastwards. we are likely to see showers developing on sunday, they could be on the sharp side and bring longer spells of rain through easter sunday afternoon. turning cloudier and breezier across scotland with everyone's seen temperatures using a way through easter sunday. that is the trend as we go into a bank holiday monday, this colder air sweeping across the uk. we could see patchy rain across central and

southern england, that will clear away, then we will have a day of variable cloud and sunny spells but for all of us it will be feeling quite a bit colder. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: police have been carrying out spot checks as people are urged to stick to social distancing rules. the ha rd core to social distancing rules. the hardcore are quite blatantly flouting the law and it is to those people i am saying enough is enough. we are going to look for you and find you and, if necessary, we are going to arrest you. the prime minister has spent a bad night in intensive care in hospital. his condition is