this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk is expected to reach more than ten thousand today a leading scientific adviser warns there could be worse to come and the government should have acted earlier. the uk is likely to be the uk is likely to he certainly one of the worst if not the worst affected country in europe. the uk parliament remains on course to return on april the 21st a date agreed by mps before the easter recess with mps likely to attend virtually: the us overtakes italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world more than 20,000 people have now died. in his easter message pope francis urges people not to "yield to fear" over coronavirus, calling on them to be "messengers

of life in a time of death". and the legendary british motor racing driver, sir stirling moss, has died aged 90. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. were in the uk and around the world. covering all of the coronavirus were covering all of the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. in the past few moments the european death toll has a capacity 5000 with spain announcing their latest casualties. the number of dead air has risen by 619 in the past 2a hours taking the total number of deaths to 16,972.

here one of the government's most senior advisers has warned the uk is likely to be one of the worst, if not the worst, affected countries in europe by the coronavirus pandemic. it comes as uk debts are expected to pass —— pass 10,000 today. we will find out the figures later today. the leader of the comments jacob rees—mogg says parliament will return on april the 21st. it is expected to reconvene using technology rather than in the usual way. elsewhere, the us death toll overta kes way. elsewhere, the us death toll overtakes italy as the world ‘s highest, more than 20,000 people had died. the leader of the roman catholic church pope francis has urged people not to yield to fear over the virus. 0urfirst urged people not to yield to fear over the virus. our first report this hour is from simonjones. tributes to the latest nhs workers to die after contracting coronavirus. nurse gareth roberts, described as "a kind and helpful person" by the cardiff and vale health board.

sara trollope, seen here with the prime minister, a nurse said to have a total determination to get things right for her patients at hillingdon hospital. the health secretary, matt hancock, said yesterday that 19 nhs workers had lost their lives, and now another chief executive has had to break bad news to his staff. i had to share the news of the sudden death of one of our own. a much—loved member of our nursing team, julie 0mar. the government says it's looking into how nhs staff had become infected, but it's facing growing pressure to ensure that front line workers have all the personal protective equipment they need. i'm sorry if people feel that there have been failings — i'll be very, very clear about that — but at the same time, we are in an unprecedented global health pandemic right now. it is inevitable that the demand and the pressures on ppe and the demand for ppe are going to be exponential, they're going to be incredibly high and, of course, we are trying to address that as a government. thanks, nhs, thank you.

facing his own challenge, the prime minister. recovering at st thomas' hospital in london, he's paid tribute to nhs medics for pulling him through, saying "i cannot thank them enough. i owe them my life." simon jones, bbc news. with us is our political correspondentjessica parker. with us is our political correspondent jessica parker. what of the governments own advisors here is saying that the prime minister and his cabinet should have acted much sooner. this is sirjeremy farrar and he is on the sage committee as it is known, this key scientific committee which advises the government on its approach to tackling coronavirus, it has a number of sa ntas tackling coronavirus, it has a number of santas on it. the government has consistently said it ta kes a government has consistently said it takes a science led approach and listens carefully. as you say, in the interview on andrew marr, he said it was clear it was going to be a global phenomena, but the speed and the pace could not have

necessarily been predicted. sir jeremy farrar is also director of the welcome trust and he was also asked whether the uk was headed for the worst death rain in europe. the numbers in the uk have continued to go numbers in the uk have continued to 9° up numbers in the uk have continued to go up and i do hope that we are coming close to the number of new infections reducing and in a week or two the number of people needing hospital reducing and tragically in a couple of weeks' time, the number of deaths reaching a plateau and coming down. yes, the uk is likely to be certainly one of the worst, if not the worst affected country in europe. sirjeremy farrar. how has the government responded? also on the government responded? also on the andrew marr show this morning was alec sharma. he was talking about personal protective equipment this morning. he says there clearly isa this morning. he says there clearly is a need for more ppe and he accepted there has been a challenge. we have been talking about that

quite a lot over the last few days, these consistent reports that front line workers, nhs workers and social ca re line workers, nhs workers and social care workers line workers, nhs workers and social ca re workers are line workers, nhs workers and social care workers are not necessarily getting all the gowns, gloves and masks that they need in order to tackle this star —— back virus and stay safe. 0n tackle this star —— back virus and stay safe. on this claim that the uk could be one of the worst affected, if not the worst affected, this is what he had to say. i certainly regret that people have lost lives throughout this process but as i said, this is a global pandemic in different countries have adopted in different countries have adopted in different ways, based on their health systems and other parameters that they have in their countries. but we have followed the medical and scientific advice. we are seeing a flattening but we need to wait until we are past the peak before we start to look at issues such as lifting any guidelines or restrictions that we have in asking people to stay at home. the business secretary there. we know that the intention certainly

is for parliament to return, as planned on april the 21st. that is right, parliament was due to return then and there were some doubts because it was not like you would see all mps returning and sitting in that quite small chamber for obvious reasons, but today sir keir starmer, the new labour leader said parliament does need to be recalled in some way and the leader of the house of commons has said it will happen but they are looking at technological solutions and i am not sure what you will see, they are still working it out, whether it will be a mix of video conferencing and may be a small number of people in the chamber. i think we will find out more in the coming week, but sir keir starmer was also interviewed on sky and he was asked what he made of the government response so far and whether the government is taking the right steps at the right time and he said the figures have been alarming. what we all want, the whole country once at the labour party once in the government wants, is to see that

figure flatten and hopefully start going down, the figure for hospital admissions, the tragic death figures, we want to see them going down and whatever measures are meant “ necessary down and whatever measures are meant ‘ ‘ necessary fiow down and whatever measures are meant “ necessary now for down and whatever measures are meant —— necessary now for the government to take, whether it is increasing capacity in the nhs or lockdown, to get those figures down, we will support it. of course there will be questions in due course about what happened when, but the most important thing is we do have that unity of purpose, which is to try and get those figures down and we will support the government in that. we will ask challenging questions, difficult questions about where we go next, what has happened in the past, but i think the whole nation desperately wants those figures to go down. some of the things that he says the government needs to be scrutinised, such as ppe which i just mentioned. the government has said that millions of items of ppe have been sent to front line staff across the uk, they have acknowledge there are supply challenges but

particularly distribution challenges. another thing that keir starmer said he wants transparency on is the exit strategy, how is the uk going to get out of this lockdown process 7 uk going to get out of this lockdown process? we know a strategy is being worked on but ministers want to focus minds on just sticking to the social distancing measures at the moment. there are also a number of powers which you would imagine would be temporary powers, such as those that the police have been given. they should not be necessary after the pandemic has ended, but there has got to be some way of getting them off wrote the statute books. the emergency legislation that was brought in by the government to allow them quite wide—ranging powers to deal with this unprecedented situation, they did have a sunset clause of two years, but the labour party, under the leadership of jeremy corbyn paul —— pushed for a vote for every six months to look at the paris and see if they were still right to be in place. that is what

the government agreed to and there isa the government agreed to and there is a clause where these powers will be reviewed every six months by parliament and i think opposition parties would say that is another reason why it is important that mps are sitting in one form or another. jessica parker, thank you very much. the united states has now overtaken italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world. more than 20,000 people in the country have died. new york state has become the centre of the outbreak, accounting for around half of those deaths despite making upjust six percent of the total us population. the state's governor andrew cuomo described the figures as ‘horrific‘ but pointed to a stabilisation in the number of new deaths. the curve of the increase is continuing to flatten. the number of hospitalisations appears to have hit an apex and the apex appears to be a plateau, which is what many of the models predicted, that it wasn't going to be a straight up and straight down, it was going to be a straight up, you hit the top number and your plateau for a period of time. that looks like what we are doing.

the country's most senior disease experts say federal social distancing measures are slowing the spread of the virus and must not be lifted prematurely. but on friday president donald trump said he wanted to get the economy moving again after it was revealed that 16 million americans had lost theirjobs in recent weeks. mr trump announced a new council of advisers to help him decide when to relax social distancing measures. i don't know that i've had a bigger decision than that, when you think, right? think of that decision, somebody said it's totally up to the president. this morning, it's totally up, and it is. i don't know that i've had a bigger decision. but i'm going to surround myself with the greatest minds, not only the greatest minds, but the greatest minds in numerous different businesses, including the business of politics and reason. and we're going to make a decision and hopefully it's going to be the right decision. i will say this, i want to get it open as soon as we can. we have to get our

country open, jeff. the british motor racing driver sir stirling moss has died at the age of 90. he was widely known as the greatest driver never to wind the world championship. katie cornell reflects on his life. he was described as the greatest driver never to wind the world championship. but he was one of the most talented men ever to sit behind the wheel. racing ran in the family. his father alfred had raced in the 19205 his father alfred had raced in the 1920s and his mother competed in hill climb events. he won the british grand prix in 1955 and finished second in the world championships. he also won grow the gruelling thousand mile italian race, shattering the previous record time. in 1957 he raced in a new british car and once more he won his home grand prix but once more the championship eluded him. forthe third year running he finished

behind the argentine ace fangio. the plies slipped from his grasp again in 1958 at the moroccan grand prix. despite winning the race, he lost the crown to mike hawthorn byjust one point. he won at monaco again in 1961 but his lotus was no match for the all conquering ferraris. it was to be his last full season. in april 1962 his lotus slewed off the track at goodwood at 120 mph. he suffered multiple injuries and was unconscious for four weeks. his racing days were over. stirling moss, good morning. he received a knighthood in 2000, with his name still indelibly linked to the sport. i would not mice swap my era for now even though i would be better off, i am fascinated by what they are doing. technically it is amazing. am fascinated by what they are doing. technically it is amazingm is not quite what it was. in 2010 he survived a fall down a lift shaft at his home when he was back behind the wheel within months and at the age

of 85, he took lewis hamilton for a spin. his competitive spirit never fading. he was a gifted driver whose preference for unreliable british ca rs preference for unreliable british cars probably cost him his championship. but he had no regrets. a reflection on the life and achievement of sir stirling moss there. katherine downesjoins us now. catherine, this will be a sad day for many motor racing fans who will have a lot of enjoyment to remember sir stirling moss buy. his list of achievements was extraordinary. what a long career. what a versatile driver as well. he is so talented across so many different areas of motor sport. possibly one of the most talented all—round drivers there has ever been. he raced in an era of motor

sport that was not just were drivers stuck to one form of racing, they often raised in all different kinds often raised in all different kinds of formula, often all on the same day. sir stirling moss won 212 of his 529 races, that is how prolific he was and his breakthrough year was 1955 when he won his first british grand prix and the seven years that followed after that, he was runner—up in the world championship three times and four times, sorry, and third place the other three times and that nickname is the greatest driver never to wind the world championship. in 1962 he retired from motor sport after that horrific crash that saw him in a coma for a month but he did make a few one—off appearances after that before making a proper return to motor sport, he did carry on competing after that, in 1980 he returned to race in saloon cars. it was only in 2011, at the age of 81 that he said, that is it. i'm no

good any more, i cannot continue racing in motor sport and that was when he formally retired. he was knighted in 2000, for services to motor sport and he had been ill for a long time. his wife confirmed this morning that he had died at home. she was at his bedside having nursed him through that long illness and he was 90 years old. reaction to the news just was 90 years old. reaction to the newsjust beginning to was 90 years old. reaction to the news just beginning to come was 90 years old. reaction to the newsjust beginning to come in was 90 years old. reaction to the news just beginning to come in this morning. martin brundle, former racing driver himself, called him,, a mighty racer and a gentleman, he had such great stories to tell and it was a privilege to know him while johnny herbert said sad news that sir stirling moss has passed, world champion in all our ice, even though he never took that title home himself. katherine downes, thank you very much.

more than 1000 churches havejoined a natural call centre working with government to provide food advice and other support to people who need help across the country. speaking to andrew marr this morning, the archbishop of canterbury said the message of easter was relevant to the current situation that people are facing. we have gone through so much and we are seeing such common spirit and attitude to the common good coming through by the vast majority of people. we must not lose that. we need to look at what the implications for that are in the way we live together as a nation and around the world and today is easter sunday, where we talk about the triumph ofjesus over death. he rose from the dead, there was a new life which was given to all and that is the patent for human society. it is been able to start afresh and to see a way forward. the archbishop of

canterbury. hospital consultants in the uk had told the bbc that some key medicines used in intensive care are in relatively short supply. the royal college of anaesthetists says stocks of medicines in some areas are also stretched. it said staff are also stretched. it said staff are being advised to find alternatives but reassured patients they would not be put at risk. mike grocott is a professor of anaesthesia and critical care medicine and vice president of the royal college of anaesthetists. he joins us from southampton. thank you forjoining us, there is a reassuring tone to this message but patients will worry, why shouldn't they, if there is a shortage?” think it would be wrong to deny that there is a shortage, drug supplies like everything else to do with intensive care are stretched at the moment, but i think we can reassure in that this is something that has been anticipated and we have been planning for this for a number of

weeks and whilst individual drugs may be in short supply and in some cases the hospital will not have access to them, for any support of drug likea access to them, for any support of drug like a painkiller or a sedative ora drug like a painkiller or a sedative or a muscle relaxant drug, there are a lot of different variants and for us, it is a common thing to have to deal with relative drug shortages and so we can plan ahead and i would hear of no instance where whole class of drugs have been unavailable andi class of drugs have been unavailable and i think we can reassure patients that they will be safe at the moment in intensive care. where stocks are low, how might —— how many days left to have? i am not aware of anywhere where they are counting down to running out. we are experienced with drug shortages and many of these are only manufactured by one or two companies and drug companies —— drug shortages can take place in normal times and we are used to swapping

drugs and there are a number of alternatives that we can use. i don't know if anyone who is counting down at the moment, but they are working hard on making sure that we are prurient in our use of drugs and thinking carefully about alternatives. how quickly can manufacturers increase production? i'm afraid that is a question i cannot answer. i have to say, in general circumstances it has been extraordinary how the community that supports intensive care as a whole, from staff to manufacturers to much broader communities, they have responded to this and the increase in ventilators has been an example of that and i think the same as taking place in relation to the drug supply. if this is quite common and it is not just supply. if this is quite common and it is notjust particular to the coronavirus situation, why is it being flagged up to everybody now,

when it will inevitably cause concern even though to you it is quite normal? the intent is certainly not to cause concern, the question about guidance on literally yea rs question about guidance on literally years about swapping in different types of drugs during shortages, and this is part of our professional organisation in supporting our members in anaesthetic and intensive ca re members in anaesthetic and intensive care communities. the flagging up should not cause concern, it was just to remind all practising doctors and nurses of the importance, particular importance at this time of being prudent in the use of drugs and using alternatives where possible. thank you very much for joining where possible. thank you very much forjoining us. that is the vice president of the royal college of anaesthetists. thank you very much.

let's ta ke anaesthetists. thank you very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news around the world and russia has reported the world and russia has reported the largest daily increase in new coronavirus cases since the start of the outbreak. 2186 were confirmed infected with covid—19 in the last 24 infected with covid—19 in the last 2a hours. a total of 130 people have now died from the virus, according to russian figures. dutch security officials have reported a surge in attacks on mobile phone mast blaming extremist protesters who are against the roll—out of five g networks. 0fficials the roll—out of five g networks. officials say the damage could hinder calls to emergency services. attacks on 5g mass have increased after conspiracy theories emerge falsely leading coronavirus symptoms with the technology. at a meeting of its ruling party, the north korean leadership called for stricter measures to counter the spread of covid—19. pyongyang has already closed its border with china and further restricted the movement of

people and goods. north korea has not admitted to any cases of the virus. coronavirus can affect eve ryo ne everyone but —— coronavirus can affect anyone but statistics are highlighting that some ethnic minority communities are more vulnerable than others. major american cities are reporting that black residents are more likely to die with the virus. in chicago black residents account for more than 70% of those who have died. new evidence points to similar trends in the uk as well where a majority of the frontline nhs doctors who have died have been black, asian or minority ethnic. more than one third of patients who are critically ill in hospital with the virus are non—white. let's speak now to dr zubaida haque deputy director of the runnymede trust, which is a race equality think tank here in the uk. welcome. thank you very much for joining us. how helpful are the figures that we are getting from the government for you to work outjust how ethnic minority communities have been affected by coronavirus?

u nfortu nately, been affected by coronavirus? unfortunately, the figures are not coming from government, the earl lee indications that we have... they have come from outside of government and that is one of the issues that the trust have been raising... with virus —related data in terms of deaths, but also in terms of... we are struggling a bit with this sound. i don't know quite why, let's try again anyway. i understood that the data is not coming from the government that you need but from other bodies that are trying to disaggregate the numbers that you are getting. so we don't know for sure just how people are affected directly by the virus, but in terms of evidence that ethnic minority communities are being left behind in socioeconomic terms, where is the evidence for that? i have been saying for several weeks now that

ethnic minorities are more likely to be vulnerable... because of their socioeconomic status, minorities are more likely to be poor... they are more likely to be poor... they are more likely to live in poorer conditions and overcrowded housing and that includes... i am so sorry, this is very frustrating, we are barely picking up anything of what you are saying which is hugely frustrating because it is a very important subject. we will see what we can do a little bit later. the deputy director of a race policy think—tank. thank you and i am so sorry. i'm terribly sorry, i don't know what happened there. there is much more on the coronavirus pandemic and how countries around the world are responding to it on

the world are responding to it on the bbc news website and you can get in touch with me on social media. we will have much more in the hours ahead here on bbc news. i'm just waiting to find out what we are doing. i'm going to talk to you about what we are expecting here in the uk. later on today we will get the uk. later on today we will get the latest figures from public health england and we know that 917 people died from or with coronavirus yesterday and it is likely that the totalfigure will yesterday and it is likely that the total figure will exceed 10,000 here in the uk today. a very tragic milestone. we will pose for a moment and takea milestone. we will pose for a moment and take a look at the weather with sarah. hello.

we've got a change in weather tight throughout the course of today and into tomorrow too. easter sunday brings us another one day in the south but things are turning quite a lot colder from the north and we are set to see some heavy downpours and thunderstorms around as well. through the rest of easter sunday, much of england and wales has quite a bit of dry and sunny weather but one or two isolated showers cropping up, perhaps the odd thunderstorm later on in the afternoon. cloudy with some outbreaks of rain at times across parts of northern ireland. temperatures in belfast just 11 degrees. showers working into the north of scotland as the cold front sinks south. 25 degrees, though, across the south—east, but that heat will spark off further thunderstorms for central and southern parts of england and wales through this evening and overnight. elsewhere tonight, a fairly chilly night with a touch of frost for northern england, scotland and northern ireland first thing tomorrow morning. easter monday, a much colderfeeling day across the board. particularly for eastern scotland and eastern england with that cold and northerly breeze. temperaturesjust 6—9 and warmer further west. goodbye.

the headlines on bbc news... as the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk is expected to reach more than 10,000, a leading scientific adviser warns there could be worse to come and the government should have acted earlier. the uk is likely to be certainly one of the worst, if not the worst affected country in europe. the uk parliament

remains on course to return on april 21, a date agreed by mps before easter recess with politicians likely to attend virtually. the spanish daily death toll from the coronavirus rises to 619 having fallen for three days in a row. the us fallen for three days in a row. the u s ove rta kes fallen for three days in a row. the us overtakes italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world. more than 20,000 people have now died. the legendary british motor racing driver sir stirling moss has died at the age of 90. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london.

i'm carrie gracie. this week — we have more than 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths worldwide. we're heading towards two million infections. billions of people are trapped in physical lockdown with the imf warning that the impact on the world economy could be as bad as the great depression of the 1930s. a mere three months since covid—19 flickered into our field of vision, it has already brought human suffering on a scale that is impossible to measure. my guests today, on socially distanced screens... catherine pepinster, british commentator on religion and politics. and canadian—born american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kaufman. and here in the studio observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet.