the headlines: new york starts to bury some of the dead in a mass grave as the city tries to deal with the rapidly growing number of deceased. the state now has more coronavirus cases than any single country. across america, there are now more than 500,000 cases. countries across europe are preparing for an easter weekend under quarantine, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing many celebrations to be held in isolation. italy and spain now have a combined death toll of almost 35,000. despite this, some countries are experiencing a reduction in daily deaths, and authorities are considering relaxing restrictions. some doctors here in the uk have accused the government of a chronic failure to provide frontline medical staff with enough protective equipment. at the daily briefing, the health secretary, matt hancock, insisted a herculean effort is being made to ensure heath workers get supplies.

the positive impact of nature on our mental welfare has been highlighted in a wide range of scientific studies. but the lockdown means that this spring, most of us can't get outside for long enough to fully enjoy it, so charities are finding ways to help vulnerable people connect with nature while stuck indoors. 0ur environment correspondent claire marshall reports. we just close our eyes and take in some shallow breaths. imagine we're walking at the edge of a field. this is a visualisation — a virtual walk in the countryside, guided by a mental health charity volunteer. there are so many different plants and bushes and trees that come together. and then here... being out in nature can have a powerful impact. and it became a kind of lifeline, really. to feel like there was something

i could do, and there was something valuable and beautiful to notice, when i didn't feel there was anything. there are many scientific studies that show the health benefits of being in the natural world. so, when we're outside, our blood pressure comes down. 0ur heart rate variability goes up. that's a good thing. 0ur heart rate comes down, and our cortisol levels are reduced, and these are all indicators of reductions in stress. so how to get this on lockdown? some of us don't have gardens... ironically, the therapy now involves embracing screen time. live online, they share fragments of the natural world they can see from their balconies or gardens. my family and i have been in self—isolation for almost two weeks, ‘cause i've got a nasty cough. and it is tough, but we're lucky enough to have a garden. what about people who don't? i was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. i work for the nhs in east london.

and then, day by day, we started seeing the kind of reality of that. so you know, so day by day, staff were calling in saying they couldn't make it... vivienne is a nature lover. to cope, she'd normally go to the countryside, but now, even the local parks are packed. and what else am i supposed to do to try and pick myself up? yeah, so itjust felt like there's just no point in trying. but people like emily are trying to help, by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trusts have set up around 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we've seen 275% increase in the number of visitors who are watching it compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in, and it's so important right now that people are getting that connection with nature. so they're doing it through digital platforms and online wildlife webcams. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that, as human society struggles to cope with the virus,

the natural world carries on uninterrupted. claire marshall, bbc news. now it's time for the travel show. my my name is tony giles, and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. now we're moving. got the in my hair. i have spent the last 21 yea rs in my hair. i have spent the last 21 years travelling. i visited over 120 countries. every continent in the world, including antarctica. my mission is to visit every country in the world. i started off in december planning this recent trip, and i decided i should start in egypt in the top of north africa and work my way through several countries, to get to ethiopian. i've got some

fish, so i am now feeding the birds. 0h! fish, so i am now feeding the birds. oh! it's my passion, it's what i do. it always makes me happy, and it the biggest challenge i can get. ijust wa nt to biggest challenge i can get. ijust want to be normal. to be strong all the time, it's the only way i can travel. the only way i can cope. i have explored a good bit of addis

ababa, andi i have explored a good bit of addis ababa, and i think it is time to move on and explore a bit more of this wonderful and fascinating country, which is ethiopian. i really wa nt country, which is ethiopian. i really want to try and get to the valley and visit some of the lakes, get more of the nature and natural ambience and really get off the beaten track. we are going to the village which is roughly two or three hours south of addis ababa, and it is one of the fresh rift valley la kes. and it is one of the fresh rift valley lakes. and apparently it has lots of bi rd valley lakes. and apparently it has lots of bird life and hippopotamus i. hello. what's your name? hi, my

name is tony. it is something. a tractor, helicopter, motorbike... and the la kers tractor, helicopter, motorbike... and the lakers in this direction? my biggest problem for me as i have got no direction, because it is just open field, so there is nothing to follow, and the wind is giving me problems. this is one of the biggest

things for me travelling, is the wind. ifi things for me travelling, is the wind. if i can't follow something on the ground, i try to follow something like traffic or other noises. there he goes, and i managed to grab its tail. he tried to run off and drag me with it. so that was fun. i hear there off and drag me with it. so that was fun. i hearthere are off and drag me with it. so that was fun. i hear there are some local kids around giving fish. i have got some fish and am now feeding the birds. 0h! 0ne some fish and am now feeding the birds. 0h! one of the main reasons i travel is to get off the beaten track, get away from the tourist crowd, and this lake is idealfor me, because it is peaceful, away from tourists. just locals, very natural. it is perfect. from some of

the research i have done about ethiopia, and hearing a bit about the rastafarian culture, this idea that it the rastafarian culture, this idea thatitis the rastafarian culture, this idea that it is a designated bit of land. so that former african slaves, descendants, could come back to africa. that sounded interesting so i thought i would head to a town called shashamane, where it's a very rastafarian culture. lots of people out, very lively, very rural, traditional. i like it. hello, salaam! the driver and i are now looking for my accommodation, a rastafarian—run lodge. alex, i am alex. hello. welcome! come in. wow, you're tall.

like a lot of western european tourists who think a rastafarian culture, lifestyle, i have my sort of stereotypical idea of dreadlocks and just laying about listening to reggae all day. i did realise it was probably not all like that. but i still had some. when i got there, i met alex and his wife, and a very quickly changed that whole perception that i had. welcome to our house, of ancient ethiopian people. wow. i became a rasta man as a teenager, you know, when i saw bob, bob marley, in france, i was so amazed. you know?

by his performance on stage. sure. he touched me, and changed my life. touched you inside, in the heart? yeah. i discovered who i was, you know? he gave me a sense of dignity. what is a real rasta man? a real rasta man is a faithful servant of the almighty, jah. someone who tries his best to live a righteous life. jah is god, yeah? to love his next. to fulfil the will of god on earth. so it's not about smoking ganja and listening to bob marley? i am not a smoker, to tell you the truth. not all rasta will smoke ganja. you have rasta who don't smoke.

one of my biggest loves is music. i have always loved music because i can connect with it. i don't need to see, i don't need to hear. i can connect with the rhythm. music is beautiful because it crosses all boundaries. it doesn't matter what skin colour, what disability. it doesn't matter. i said, i play drums. he said, i play drums. he started playing and i started following. we just sat there, the two of us, drumming, jamming. no woman, no cry. sharing energy and positive vibes and connecting. a really beautiful moment. that was awesome, amazing. do you still feel excluded, at times? we have no rights.

we're not ethiopian citizens. we're not foreigners. but we decided to live permanently and forever in ethiopia. but we don't really get reconditioned after so many years. we just got, the other day, to stay legally, you know, for five years. a lot of conditions. it's not so easy. to live as rasta people in ethiopia. so you are still considered as foreigners? yeah. we are now in a local tricycle. you have a favourite football team? i like liverpool. mo salah. mo salah!

yeah! cool my mum is pretty special. very special, amazing. she's the most important person in my life. she supports my travels. she encourages me, she helps me with my maps, she helps me research. i can do most things on the internet with a speech software. the one thing i cannot do is book flights. the websites are impossible for all our companies. so she can book flights for me. she is my rock that i stand on. she is the reason i can do this. without her, i would be nothing. we havejust landed in lalibela, one of the major tourist cities in the north of the dob.

i knew that when i came to ethiopia, one of the places that i had to visit was lalibela. these rock churches, you know what these mean to the people. i thought, ijust had to come here. when i landed in lalibela airport, it was a bit confusing. normally, i have the assistance to take me through the airport. a guy who works there took me through the airport outside, handed me onto another guide. at first i thought he was a couch surfer. i started walking with him, he wasn't saying much. i started to get

a little bit concerned. a couch surfer, yeah? and i started asking questions, like, are you my couch surfer? he took me to the bus and he said, get on. i take your luggage. yeah, that's fine. i was going to ask the bus driver to call the number i had. and then abedi showed up. 0k, welcome, tony. nice to see you, yes. it all got sort of cleared up. so it was a bit concerning. almost kidnapped, not quite. would have been a better story if i had been. we are almost near lalibela. just minutes to arrive at my home.

it's all rocky, really rocky. i like this, this is great. really steep. quite difficult to walk along. if this is what lalibela is all like, this is going to be great. ok, this is my house. the place i'm staying tonight, for me, it's perfect. it's as rough as you can get, as off the beaten track as you can get, as basic as you can get. it is real africa, for me. and it wakes up all my senses. ok, this is the toilet? yes. bit of a walk, if you get caught short. it is nothing new for me. just a bit more difficult with the steps. ijust got to be a bit slower and take my time.

if i get stuck ijust shout, there are people around here, they will come and help me. it's not a problem for me. i can smell it! i love it. part of the adventure. i'm skyping my girlfriend. happy birthday! # happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, # happy birthday darling—beautiful—lovely. .. # happy birthday to you. i miss you. all right, be good. bye.

if i want to visit places that are quite tricky i try and find a guide, a personal guide, to show me around. hello. my name's zamed. hi zamed. yeah, i'm a local guide in lalibela. 0k. yeah, today's plan is we will explore the churches for you. 0k, thank you. 11 churches. the churches divided into three groups. the first group churches, there are six church. yep. and the second group churches, there are four church. 0k. and the third group church there are only one churches. when were they made? what year? sorry? how old are they? 1,000 years old. 0k. more than, yeah. the church is in front of me? chanting in background. it's pretty rough, big steps. the guide was — probably not guided

a blind person before, so they didn't really tell me anything about the steps or the terrain, started telling me information when i sort of started asking her. i don't think she could really understand me, and i couldn't understand her at all. this church is one of the biggest in ethiopia. the biggest? the biggest. 0utside, inside, total 72 pillars. sorry? 72 pillars. seven pillars? yeah, 72. yep. 0utside, 3a, inside 38, total is 72 pillars. is it this way? yes. what does it look like? just big doors, the main gate, a little bit of windows to get in light on the priestess. and do the windows have glass? no glass. they're open? rock. just rock windows. yeah, yeah, rock windows. so now where are we heading? around there we get inside. is this the entrance, yeah?

yeah. so we went in the first church and walked around it and could hear chanting. chanting. i tried to explain, but it was very difficult to understand her. this all originally rocks. sorry? this originally pillars. right. not collapsed. soa column? yeah, this very cold. 0k. where's your arm? this way. tony sighs. very frustrated, a bit upset. unsure how handle it, how to extricate myself from the guide without being rude and also getting another guide to continue, i probably can't do this by myself. i could probably have a go

and follow tourists, but the terrain‘s pretty, pretty rough. i just want to be normal. she is a nice person but, ah. argh! i'm not very good expressing my emotions. i've got to be strong all the time. it's the only way i can travel. it's the only way i can cope. i am guiding you now. 0k. 0k? i will be on your left because the wall is on your right. and then, one step, tiny step, and then keep forward and then a big one. yes. well done. another one, that is good. you can feel it either side if you stretch your hands. all right! we got a different guide organised overnight and gently got out

of the situation without offending. i felt more confident with him, ifelt more secure, i got the information i wanted. it was all explained in great detail, it was very personable with me, he gave me what i needed. this is a moment for you to take a picture, tony. yep. down there is bete giyorgis, it is a shape of a cross. yep. it is made of one rock, completely detached from the surrounding rock. it's one monolith? yes, one monolith. inside there is a tunnel to get to the church. so it's like a fortress, isn't it? exactly. a few steps forward, we are literally in the centre of the church. so we're at the transept? yeah, exactly. the pillars are part of the structure, so it is supporting itself. right, yep. but the space is very peaceful and very calming. 0k.

lots of echo because of the shape, obviously. yeah. chanting. a big step, like a big slope. yeah. a few more steps and we will get there and we shall see the beautiful ceremony. yep, 0k. ready? 0k. let's go. so this morning in lalibela, i went to this amazing service up at one of the rock churches. it was almost like being transported back in time. keep coming. always hundreds of thousands of people around me, it's quite calming, ifeel quite emotional. i didn't expect to feel that. the energy here is... quite overwhelming.

the last thing we sort of did was light a candle, that's when it hit me, really. a very spiritual saying just sort of got to me and i let the emotions go. i thought about the people i love and the people i've lost recently. i love you, brother. just said goodbye to some people. not leaving them behind, ijust — sending them on their way, releasing all the pent—up grief, i guess. that was good. good, i'm glad. i had to give the impression that

i was ok and it was good and, you know, i couldn't get my mum worried. you can show it's ok to let it go, 0k to show weakness. it's been an awesome week, an emotional week, i visited some amazing places. so ow become a better person. i think we made a heck of a documentary in it. i think it will show people that a disabled person, a blind or deaf person can do incredible things. and so can other people. and hopefully it will make them realise that i had to let them — anything stop them from living their dreams.

hello there. with temperatures close to 25 degrees, it has been the warmest day of the year so far but of course we have not been able to get out and enjoy it as we normally might on a good friday. not bad though if you have a parasol in the garden. this is the satellite picture, you can see a lot of clear sky across the uk and this type of cloud up towards the north—west and one or two shower clouds that just the north—west and one or two shower clouds thatjust popped up across parts of wales through the afternoon. those showers continue to drift north—eastward into maybe the odd thunderstorm across parts of england in southern scotland and mockler generally for scotland and northern ireland through the night

and a map makes a patchy rain. clear skies further south. 0ne and a map makes a patchy rain. clear skies further south. one or two places in the south and east of england may be getting down to about four degrees and most places having a mild night and a four degrees and most places having a mild nightand a mild start to tomorrow. plenty more sunshine across england and wales, the sunshine may be turning hazy at times those areas of high cloud. a cloudy start for and northern ireland and then it brightens up up we see more cloud and the odd spot of rain into the northern western isles where it will also be turning breezy and rather cool, nine degrees, 11 degrees from stornoway, very warm in the south, 25 or 26 and with the warmth we could see the odd afternoon shower or thunderstorm, some of those three males, the woodlands, lincolnshire will continue into the evening. —— through wales. through england and wales will see one or two showers breaking out and perhaps more showers by this stage, some rain trying to push on from the west and a northerly wind developing across scotla nd a northerly wind developing across scotland and northern ireland and thatis scotland and northern ireland and that is going to make it feel

considerably cooler here. further south you are still having some warmth, 23 perhaps in london. but it turns cooler for all of us as we head out of sunday into monday. low pressure down to the south and high pressure down to the south and high pressure squashing in from the north with the feet of winds around high pressure in this clockwise direction and that will draw this much, much colder air down across the uk and it will feel particularly chilly, given the strength of this north or north—easterly wind. quite a lot of cloud feeding into northern and eastern scotland and down the eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england. the best of the sunshine the further west you are those of the average wind speed, the gusts a little bit stronger than that and particularly positivism eastern coast. singledigit temperatures the highest part of an plymouth but even here only getting up plymouth but even here only getting up to 13 degrees.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: doctors accuse the government of a chronic failure to supply nhs staff with the right protective equipment. we'll speak to the health secretary matt hancock just after 8:00. the easter message hits home as millions stick to social distancing rules, but the lockdown faces its biggest test yet this weekend. the uk has hit its highest daily death toll, but most patients are surviving coronavirus. we'll hear some of their stories. sir kenny dalglish has tested positive for the virus. the former liverpool player and manager was taken to hospital to be treated for an unrelated infection, but then postive