this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk home secretary response to criticism after doctors warned there are still not getting the protective equipment they need to treat patients with coronavirus. i am sorry if people feel that there have been failed and i'll be very clear about that. at the same time, we are in an unprecedented global health pandemic right now. the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk is gone up by 917 since yesterday. the uk's is said that there is between 1% drop in overall crime in the past four weeks but more than a thousand vines been issued to people preaching social distancing laws.

the first time, the queen is recorded in eastern —— easter message. the first country in the world to record 2000 credit debts in a single day. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the number of people who have died in the uk in a single day after contracting coronavirus has risen by more than 900 for the second day in a row. you can recorded your possible —— the -- the uk —— the uk highest death toll, apologising if there been feelings of detective could refer health

workers during the pandemic. it comes during the organisation issues a warning that many are unable to access the equipment they need to keep themselves safe for treating patients with coronavirus. the health secretary insisted that there was enough ppe to go around if it was enough ppe to go around if it was used according to guidelines. and the doctors and nurses she treated as a precious resource. they also announced that the government would be given £2 million to domestic abuse services, sing that for some, home is not the safe haven it should be. the domestic abuse helpline has seen a tray 5% increase in calls and requests since the lockdown began. looking to the rest of the coronavirus outbreak in the united states has become the deadliest in the world. it has surpassed italy to record just under 20,000 deaths in total. they sipped the death rate was stabilising but ata the death rate was stabilising but at a horrific level. in spain has

recorded its lowest number of daily deaths for nearly three weeks. 510 people died yesterday in that is the third consecutive day word is fallen. —— where it has fallen. the human cost on a scale unimaginable even a few short weeks ago. and we are not through it yet. there are more families like that of dori was buried last week that will suddenly find themselves in the grip of covid—19. suddenly find themselves in the grip of covid-19. the risk is real and me and my mum were speaking about this three orfour and my mum were speaking about this three or four weeks and my mum were speaking about this three orfour weeks ago. and my mum were speaking about this three or four weeks ago. we did and my mum were speaking about this three orfour weeks ago. we did not realise how hard it was going to hit oui’ realise how hard it was going to hit ourfamily, realise how hard it was going to hit our family, obviously. and realise how hard it was going to hit ourfamily, obviously. and be all thought it would be someone else. we have been hit with it. and 19 nhs staff who died after working on the front line. fuelling demands for more personal protective equipment, we spoke to a nursing practitioner

the north midlands that does not wa nt the north midlands that does not want us to use his name. because we are running out of ppe, they changed the policy and covered patients with just a surgical mask only. before, we used to a gallon, now they're asking us to go in there withjust an apron and we are scared. nursing colleagues passed away every day. we are on the front line and we don't deserve it, we do not deserve it. we need more. the government has said that it need more. the government has said thatitis need more. the government has said that it is providing huge quantities of equipment. the health secretary has suggested staff might be waiting and they are also questioning where the victims became infected. the question is whether they caught the virus while on duty or like so many other people, and the rest of their lives. it is obviously quite difficult to work that out. but the medical association which is more

than half of doctors working in high—risk environments said they we re high—risk environments said they were short of facemasks or had none available. around two thirds of the did not have eye protection and more than half said they were being pressured into working in a high—risk area despite not having the adequate gear to protect them. doctors are also human beings, they do not want to become ill, the denial of their lives to be at risk and what is really worrying us is the numbers of health care workers that have tragically died. so doctors are naturally afraid that the one thing that is important is to give the protection and that is something that the government owes us. something that the government owes us. so with today's government briefing, ministers and officials are under pressure over personal equipment. it is absolutely critical that we get ppe out to all of those working on the front line so that they not only are protected but feel

safe to would be possible to give a commitment to buy when the right quantity will reach the right people we hear from the quantity will reach the right people we hearfrom the nhs quantity will reach the right people we hear from the nhs staff that they do not have enough. we are working notjust with do not have enough. we are working not just with suppliers per manufacturers to really bolster and boost the supply that we need for ppe which, quite frankly, is unprecedented during this crisis. question is bound to keep coming up, is on the workers and others feel they are enacting the support that they are enacting the support that they need. —— not living. —— not getting. -- not getting. i am sorry if people feel that the have been not been getting what they need. we are in an unprecedented health pandemic right now. the demand and the pressures on ppe and the demand

for ppe are going to be exponential and incredibly high and we are trying to address that as a government. ben wright told me more about her response. she was asked by about her response. she was asked by a journalist if she would apologise to families who felt that workers in the health services were being infected or even dying because of the absence of ppe equipment and i was her brief reply. she did not like the question very much and i think the problem with it was it did not seem to acknowledge the anxiety and the upset that this issue is causing among health workers in the nhs were clearly very worried despite the government assurances that the logistical operations there, the kit is available in all get to the right people, and people are not working well at the moment. she is the health secretary, she is not the health secretary but when this equipment going to get here, we apologise for the sums of four and she apologised again and again. she

we nt she apologised again and again. she went back onto her own for much of this press conference and said that many people were doing very well in terms of of biting the government possible social distancing restrictions and the curtail of their liberties are just completely unprecedented and in terms of how it was working on the ground, she also joined numberten was working on the ground, she also joined number ten with the police chief counsel from the police chief, and give us this indication of the fines being distributed at the moment. we have had a small minority of people that despite her best efforts, have refused to follow the instruction and offices have needed to use their enforcement powers. we will publish full data of enforcement so far, which will include this easter weekend and i can tell you now that using early dated from 37 forces, that 1084 fines have been issued up to the 8th of april. so cross all of those

forces, that is an average of less than 84a forces, that is an average of less than 84 a day. they said they would update them and outside the bank holiday weekend to see how it has been playing out in the sunshine, the beaches in the parks across the uk, priti patel said and urged people to play their part in listen to what the police were saying. she said, otherwise they would be unafraid to act. so a warning to people that the consensual policing that we are used to in this country, could get harder if it feels people are flouting into a dangerous degree. the prime ministers out of intensive care, downing street cities making good progress but how might the government operated vs to recover for several weeks? we know that dominic raab is the person sitting in for the cabinet committee meetings. he is not the standing

prime minister, but he has a degree of authority that others within the cabinet don't have. it is interesting, pretty patel was asked about the prime ministers absence and she said he needed time and space to rest, recuperate and re cover space to rest, recuperate and recover and i was at the home secretary sink you'll be back at his desk ina secretary sink you'll be back at his desk in a few days, though suggested to me that he could be away for quite some time and he hasjust been in intensive care for a few days, this is a very serious disease and he very unwell. and the number ten has been preparing himself for a numberof has been preparing himself for a number of days for quite the extended absence for boris johnson. end you can find out how the story and many others will be covered in the front pages this evening in the papers. the coronavirus outbreak in

the united states has become one of the united states has become one of the deadliest in the world. it is just recorded under 25,000 deaths in total. 0ur north american editors says the figures are grim. it would make if you look at it it is fast approaching 20,000 deaths in the us and it is overtaking italy for the coronavirus. and many have died overnight in the new york state, you have donald trump weighing up what is the right time to open up the country and he would like to have it started happening at the beginning of may. in new york city's governor for their mayor, said the schools are not going to open for this academic year if he has his way. and it gives you an indication of what is happening. the new york governor has quoted churchill after the battle and said it is not the end,

it is not the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning. and i think americans are starting to think that may be the curve is being flattened although the statistics are horrific. spectra fork lift trucks moving coffins into mass graves in new york brings in the scales of mortality in that state. from new york is the executive director. thank you so much forjoining us. what kind of situation are your members facing? thank you for having me. we have seen unprecedented numbers of death andi seen unprecedented numbers of death and i know wasjust seen unprecedented numbers of death and i know was just reported and it is true that we have seen between seven and 800 deaths in new york over the last four or five days and to give you a comparison and for thatis to give you a comparison and for that is normally like. in new york

state alone, with about 425 deaths daily for all causes and you can imagine if you're seeing twice the number of deaths just from the coronavirus plus folks pass away from other reasons, it is putting a tremendous strain on funeral services. where the bodies being buried? we are still crew mating and burying bodies in the cemeteries and using the crematorium so we do and there's obviously a volume that we have never seen before and so with the help of the federal government in the state government, we have been able to bring in several temporary morgues and we are holding remains of loved ones there to give a funeral directors time to work with families so they can give them the proper respect having passed. people would expect funerals of hundreds of mourners, with services or you would provide at the moment was shallow there's been a stark change for us in terms of what we can do for families.

change for us in terms of what we can do forfamilies. it change for us in terms of what we can do for families. it really is very heartbreaking of what a family member has to go through now. we have the social distancing mandates in europe and not have any nonessential gatherings of any kind orany nonessential gatherings of any kind or any size. both funeral service being an essential service, a government is authorising us to have viewings for the immediate family, private funerals and private services. those have to be done with maintaining the social distancing mandates. so very few people having to stay apart from one another at a time where they suffer tremendous loss and what we're trying to do here is some alternatives at are funeral directors are offering live streaming services whether through facetime or skype, private companies are able to bring an extended family and friends into the service and also because the funeral directors of the experts in helping families of the experts in helping families of those days of morning, there are also talking to families about what i would call more traditional

services and celebrations of life after the pandemic is over. so definitely not an ideal situation. heartbreaking for families and quite frankly, heartbreaking for the funeral directors were used to helping families through these days after loss. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. the uk home secretary response to criticism after doctors warned theirs do not going protective equipment they need to treat patients with coronavirus. the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk has gone up with coronavirus in the uk has gone up by with coronavirus in the uk has gone up by 917 since yesterday. the us has become the first country in the world to record more than 2000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. concerns are continuing to be raised over the amounts of testing for covid—19 in care homes in britain. and how the number of deaths and ca re and how the number of deaths and care homes have been recorded and the amount of personal protective equipment being issued to care

workers. let us speak now to the leader of the council who joins us from their home in north london. counsellor, what kind of situation are you facing in these care homes? we have about 90 care homes and 34 of them have been reported to us directly that they have an outbreak of coronavirus. already we have had a number of deaths and i am concerned, particularly around the reporting as of the deaths related and care homes and i think there is and care homes and i think there is an adequate reporting system and the numbers that we are being given do not reflect that i'm concerned about ppe equipment in the care workers are still not receiving and they're still not being offered the test. we have over 5000 care workers in last week were offered ten slots for testing. have you had direct communication with the government to

quit your case —— put your case? communication with the government to quit your case -- put your case? we have channels by which we can make our case over a number of weeks now. the reality is we have had over two months and still no ppe equipment is coming through in the numbers that we require and as i say right now my concern is for the testing that they have announced will be rolled out to nhs workers and it is not being offered to ca re nhs workers and it is not being offered to care workers and these are ca re workers offered to care workers and these are care workers who are on low pay into often undervalued who have not been given the equipment they need it now that they are being deprived of the testing that they should have. the department of health and social care is announcing £2.9 billion to help local authorities and says is testing increases, it will be rolled out to social care and other key workers. counsellor, what kind of precautions are care

workers in your area taking? the money that they have announced for local authorities doesn't even hit the size. we have done number crunching and anticipate the next three months alone, we have spent £25 millionjust on three months alone, we have spent £25 million just on the coronavirus. so the money might be announced but it is nowhere near going to be enoughin it is nowhere near going to be enough in terms of the support for ca re enough in terms of the support for care homes and daily contact with the care homes and we make sure that we have given them grants so that they can purchase ppe equipment if they can purchase ppe equipment if they needed but securing and finding they needed but securing and finding the ppe equipment is another matter. we are also speaking with them about the advice to occupational health and counselling service to provide to the care workers. they have seen suffering of residents and deaths coming through in a way that they have not experienced before and it isa have not experienced before and it is a traumatic time for them and in addition to that, we have provided a

support around ensuring that we can get additional staff and care homes and care homes have been under pressure for a long time but as the number of reported cases increase, and are most vulnerable residents we need to be in isolation, we will need to be in isolation, we will need additional staff to look after those residents on a one—to—one basis and with a workforce that is being protected and also under pressure because a number of them are themselves in isolation, we have are themselves in isolation, we have a situation where we are under huge pressure and are desperately trying to look after a workforce that is needed. thank you very much. for the first time, the queen has recorded an easter message and insist that easter is not cancelled. as dark as death can be, particularly for those

suffering with grief, light and life are greater. mid the living flame of the easter hope be a steady guide as we face the future. i wish everyone of all faiths and denominations have a blessed easter. nichols explains to me earlier. we are familiar with the christmas message but as far as they can tell, she has never issued a special easter message and it is fewer than seven days since we are the televised broadcast of the nation from windsor, i think that underlines the gravity of the situation as she regards it and easter is a time of hope and we know that it easter is a time of hope and we know thatitis easter is a time of hope and we know that it is very important to her christian faith and this is built from the symbolism of light overcoming the darkness and run the symbolism with the eastern candles

—— easter candles being lit. this is the message that is on their social media channels, which is quite an innovation as it were, but it is there and an audio message, and other television message this time. but it serves two purposes, it underlines the public service message of safety, encouraging people to distance themselves, to remain. and there's this chris christian message to remain. 0fficials christian message to remain. officials say 510 people died yesterday, a third consecutive day in which the daily figure has fallen. meanwhile, francis reported to wrench 53 more coronavirus deaths in hospitals in the last day. this ta kes in hospitals in the last day. this takes the total figure in our

country to 30,832. francis had nearly 94,000 recorded cases so far. let us catch up with the sports news. an uncertain time for football we re news. an uncertain time for football were many clubs not knowing when or if their season will be completed. in scotland, it has become incredibly complicated. professional clu bs incredibly complicated. professional clubs have been asked to vote on whether or not the season should end now are continuing conditions allow. rangers football cloud claimed that they have evidence that raises serious concerns over the voting process in the league, they have responded by asking the cloud to back up their claims or withdraw them. it comes as they have stalled their critical vote. 0ur scotland sports news correspondent has more. they were very much going to vote against this resolution and yesterday, everyone taken by surprise when they essentially abstained for now, that does not

mean that they will not vote but if they ignore the resolution, if they vote yes, than the resolution passes, but there is a real uncertainty as to why they have suddenly switched from being note to potentially being yes. that appears to be the crux of the issue with this range of statement and the thing that perhaps something is happening untoward behind the scenes to make them install on their decision. this weekend, it should have seen with one of golf‘s biggest tournaments tee off but it will take place in november. 0ne tournaments tee off but it will take place in november. one of the legends of the sport and the man who was one the green jacket more times than anyone is jack nicholas. he says it will produce a different challenge of the time of year. there area challenge of the time of year. there are a lot of fans that want to come toa are a lot of fans that want to come to a gust even of number and it's a pretty timely year. they want to have the but the left the golf course said if they get the right

shape, it will be a good test of golf. so i'm delighted to see them do that. i think it is great for the game of golf. the ice hockey star wayne gretzky has paid tribute to colby keith after undergoing rain surgery was not passed away four days after having surgery to remove a cyst on his rain. when gretzky set on twitter that he was a wonderful hockey player with a bright future, but an even better person. the delay of both the olympics and paralympics until next summer due to the coronavirus means that there are 500 is to go until the start of paris and tokyo. 15 paralympic gold, they say this to make guarantee that the games go and head into thousand 21 but it was the right decision. the

game so go ahead next year and it was absolutely the right decision making is 1000 expected, but there is so much that goes into making the games happen, so many stakeholders, it is not an easy decision to click your fingers it is not an easy decision to click yourfingers and it is not an easy decision to click your fingers and say these are the new dates, so it is understandable that we had to wait a little bit to hear it was postponed but it was obvious but is obviously the right decision to make. many people working their shopping or takeaways delivered, boyd about everything else? and the strange times, st petersburg decided that their player of the month, the brazilian is going to get his award no matter what. this is from the russian club's twitter feed, he arranged to have a drone travelled to his house with the award and then presented it to the award and then presented it to the stryker through a window in his apartment and server receiving player of the month, just wondering how often he actually played in march. if you think of the cloud, but we all hope that he wiped that

awarded down afterwards. that is all of the sport for now. i am on twitter at james bbc news. of the sport for now. i am on twitter atjames bbc news. please of the sport for now. i am on twitter at james bbc news. please do let me know how you are getting on and how you're getting through it. now, it is time for a look at the weather. hello and good evening. quite a bit of change of the way to the second half of this easter weekend, after a couple of very warm days, temperatures are going to be dropping from the north through sunday in the particularly into easter monday. if you have the downpours and places throughout sunday as well. quite a complex weather set up with high—pressure drifting away. as you can see, these lines are coming along way north and thatis lines are coming along way north and that is where our air will increasingly be coming from with a brisk wind as well and that court spreading southwards is a go through easter and then easter monday.

wa nted easter and then easter monday. wanted to hefty showers in the odd thunderstorm around parts of england and wales to this evening and into tonight. they will then fade in and drive a clear spell for the most part, some clad in patchy rain affecting scotland and northern ireland. not particularly co—ordinate across south east england and will get around to run two or three degrees. enter tomorrow, we see this band of clouds and rain making quite a bit of erratic progress. that rain trying to go into west wells in the southern england but generally for england and wales, destiny spells to hefty showers into the afternoon but those shirts get heavy indeed with frequent lightning and some thunder thrown in, try 5 degrees once again in london but much coolerfeel thrown in, try 5 degrees once again in london but much cooler feel but the northerly wind and going to sunday night comes to some the shadows for a time in england and wales, where of us feel the effect of the north or north easterly wind and during monday, that would drive

and during monday, that would drive a lot of cloud in the northeastern scotla nd a lot of cloud in the northeastern scotland and on the eastern side of england, further west we could see some shows from that wind and that is where we will have the best of the sunshine. but when particularly brisk for easter and southern coast, because of the miles per hour and look at the temperatures, aberdeen, near castle, does your top temperature with plymouth binder 14 degrees. as you move through monday morning, this area of high pressure for the builds its way across the british isles. noticeably covers developing on the chart. quite a right spread, quite a cool feeling down tuesday but this term warmer later in the week. —— it does turn warmer.

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home secretary response to criticism after doctors worn they are still not getting the protective equipment they need to treat patients with coronavirus. i'm very sorry if people feel there have been failings. at the same time, we are in an unprecedented global health pandemic right now. the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk has gone up with coronavirus in the uk has gone up by with coronavirus in the uk has gone up by 900 since yesterday. the first on the queen has recorded the easter message where she offers hope and says that coronavirus will not ove rco m e says that coronavirus will not overcome us. police in the uk said there has been a 21% drop in overall crime in the past four weeks but more than 1000 finds of an issued to people breaching social distancing rules. united states has become the first country in the world to record more than 2000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. as spain's delete coronavirus death toll falls the root of the organisation tells

country to be cautious about lifting restrictions too early.