this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk has now passed 10,000. the health secretary calls it a sombre day: the fact that over 10,000 people have now lost their lives to this invisible killer demonstrates just how serious coronavirus is. borisjohnson has thanked nhs staff after being discharged from saint thomas‘s hospital in london where he was treated for covid 19. i have to lay ——day left hospital after a week i have to lay ——day left hospital aftera week in i have to lay ——day left hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved my life, no question.

the us overtakes italy with the highest number of deaths from coronavirus in the world. more than 20,000 people have now died. pope francis delivers a prayer for those affected by the pandemic in his traditional easter vigil in an almost deserted st peter's basilica. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the official figures of the number of recorded deaths in the uk has passed 10,000. matt hancock, the health secretary said it marked a sombre day. mr hancock also said there are ‘record amounts' of personal

protective equipment, or ppe, in the health system. professor yvonne doyle, medical director at public health england, said we are beginning to see hospital admissions stabilising in london, but increasing in other regions. this comes as the british prime minister boris johnson has been discharged from hospital after being treated for coronavirus. the prime minister will not immediately return to work. elsewhere, italy has reported its lowest number of virus deaths in over three weeks. a31 new deaths were reported today. and the us death toll has overtaken italy's as the world's highest — more than 20,000 people have died. here is what matt hancock had to say earlier. we talked about the hospital death toll from coronavirus and talked about a new app that could potentially help trace those who have contracted the virus. today marks a sombre day in the impact of this disease, as we join the list of countries who have seen more than

10,000 deaths related to coronavirus. the fact that over 10,000 people have now lost their lives to this invisible killer demonstrates just how serious coronavirus is, and why the national effort that everyone is engaged in is so important. according to the most recent figures, 282,374 people have now been tested for coronavirus. 84,279 have tested positive. across great britain, the number of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus symptoms is now 19,945. and of those who have contracted the virus, 10,612 have tragically died. 0ur seo condolences are with all of them. with their families, 0ur seo condolences are with all of them. with theirfamilies, their friends. their grief is our grief.

their stories will not be forgotten. 0ur health correspondent lauren moss is with me now. matt hancock giving that briefing in downing street. what else did we learn from that today? he gave an update on where the nhs is currently, the preparation and ongoing work they are doing tackling coronavirus, and as part of that, he revealed that 90,000 people are currently in hospital. the latest figures show that there are 2225 spare critical care beds, 150 more than yesterday, and that is even without six further nightingale hospital is coming on stream. the nightingale in london is of course open. he said there were 10,000 ventilators, and at 5000 former nhs staff are now back and able to work on the front line, having answered the call and coming out of retirement to come back to work.

they have gone through the re—induction and will be joining thousands of others in the coming weeks. he also mentioned that they are increasing the amount of personal protective equipment getting out there still. we are hearing from various medics and nurses across the country that there still isn't enough in all areas of the country. he says they are delivering even more over the bank holiday. and testing as well, that was an interesting point that was mentioned. 42,812 nhs and social ca re mentioned. 42,812 nhs and social care staff and their families have been tested over the past couple of weeks. matt hancock saying what a sombre day it is as we pass this death toll for the uk of 10,000 coronavirus deaths. we heard earlier from a scientific adviser to the government that actually the uk deaths could be the highest in europe, higher even than spain and italy. yes, i think we have to be slightly careful with comparing

countries like for like, but 10,612 people have now died in uk hospitals after contracting the coronavirus. this is incredibly significant and sad will stop it is 737 more deaths since yesterday, so it is fewer recorded deaths than we saw this time yesterday, but it is worth remembering that we do tend to see a drop at weekends, not only in record numbers of people who have passed away but also in the number of positive cases, so it could yet climb again over the next few days. it is too soon to say. very significant number, and as you mention, a member of the sage committee was speaking today and said it is possible are heading to the worst death rates in europe. the uk is one of the worst. he also said he hopes we are coming close to the number of new infections reducing, flattening that curve, because tomorrow marks the third week since the uk went into lockdown and those

stricter social distancing measures we re stricter social distancing measures were introduced. we would hope to see the number of new cases and hospital admissions going down at the number of death reducing as well. thank you, lauren. borisjohnson has thanked nhs staff after being discharged from saint thomas's hospital in london where he spent a week being treated after he contracted coronavirus. the prime minister will now spend his recovery at chequers, the 16th century mansion in buckinghamshire. our correspondent helena wilkinson is outside st thomas' hospital in london. quite an emotional video statement released by the prime minister, in which he thanked nhs staff there at saint thomas', in particular a couple of nurses, making it clear they saved his life, and that he felt it could have gone either way.

absolutely. the prime minister spent a week here at saint thomas'. it was said it was a precaution when he was brought in initially and he was still having ministerial documents brought to him on monday. but his condition got worse quickly and he was admitted to intensive care. this afternoon we have had an insight into just how bad it got for the prime minister. as you mentioned, after he left saint thomas' earlier today, he went to downing street, where he recorded a video. he was looking much better, but in that video he thanked all the medical staff who helped him here during his stay. i want to thank the nurses and doctors who took crucial decisions a few days ago for which i will be great for the rest of my life. i wa nt great for the rest of my life. i want to thank the many nurses, men and women, whose care has been so astonishing. i will forget something so astonishing. i will forget something

so please forgive you, but i want to thank, pauline, shannon, emily, angel, becky, rachel, nicky. and i hope they won't mind if i mention in particular two nurses who stood by my bedside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way. they are jenny from new zealand, from the south island to be exact, and luis from portugal, near porto. the reason in the end my body did start to get enough oxygen was because, for every second of the night, they we re for every second of the night, they were watching me, and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. so, that is howl making the interventions i needed. so, that is how i also know that, across this country, 24—hour today,

for every second of every hour, there are hundreds of thousands of nhs staff who are acting with the same care and thought and precision asjenny same care and thought and precision as jenny and luis. same care and thought and precision asjenny and luis. that is why same care and thought and precision as jenny and luis. that is why we will defeat this coronavirus, and defeat it together. we will win because our nhs is the beating heart of this country. a very personal message from the prime minister not long after he was discharged from hospital. we also heard from his fiancee on social media. an indication of how bad things got, she said that last week there were very dark times indeed. just to bring you a statement from the hospital here, the chief executive has said it was great credit to the exceptional professionalism of clinical teams as well as everyone

in the wider organisation that they have been able to care for the prime minister and deliver equally high standards of care to all their patients. he goes on to say, while it is right that we celebrate this good news, our thoughts turn immediately to those who still need oui’ immediately to those who still need our help at this time. the prime minister, as you know, is now recovering from the virus, not working at this stage. we understand his fiancee will be joining him. helena, thank you very much indeed. as we mentioned earlier, the united states has overtaken italy as the country with the highest death rate in the world. more than 20,000 people have now died in the us. new york state has had 758 coronavirus—related deaths in the past 24 hours. the state's governor, andrew cuomo, has described the figures as ‘horrific‘ but pointed to a stabilisation in the number of new deaths. you see also a flattening

in the number of lives lost at a terribly high rate, but if you look back over the past several days, you see there is a certain continuity to that number. again, that's the one number that i look forward to seeing drop, as soon as i open my eyes in the morning. and it has been flattening, but flattening at a terribly high level. let's get the latest now on the uk prime minister, boris johnson, let's get the latest now on the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, who has left hospital. we can speak to the financial times whitehall correspondent. we saw that statement from borisjohnson, correspondent. we saw that statement from boris johnson, a correspondent. we saw that statement from borisjohnson, a lot of people saying he looked quite strong and reasonably well after that ordeal he

has been through, where he said, you know, the nhs had saved his life and it could have gone either way. know, the nhs had saved his life and it could have gone either waym was a really impassioned video. it was a really impassioned video. it was not something we were expecting. it was only a matter of days ago that the prime minister was in intensive care, and as he said in that video this afternoon, it could have gone either way, and i think we knew the prime minister's health had been pretty bad, but we perhaps hadn't realised just how ill and desperate the situation had been in st thomas' hospital. he has gone back to downing street, delivered this fairly heartfelt thanks to the nhs, not normally the kind of words you would hear from a conservative prime minister, saying that he owes the nhs is life. he named all the nurses who provided lots of care and support to him over the last week or so support to him over the last week or so that he's been in hospital. we should remember that he is still recovering and we won't be seeing a huge amount from him, as he is going

off to chequers, his country estate in buckinghamshire, where he will recover. 0ne in buckinghamshire, where he will recover. one thing that has been said is that he has been gravely ill, and that will require some real co nvalescence. ill, and that will require some real convalescence. i think dominic raab will continue to deputise. we will hear it now and again from boris johnson, but the talk in westminster today was that he will not be back fully until at least a month's today was that he will not be back fully until at least a months time also. there are some big decisions to come before that point, and we expect the peak of the coronavirus to come within that period, so managing that politically will be rather difficult. to see the prime minister back and fit and as well as can be expected now is good news. how smoothly is the machinery of government able to work in the prime minister's absence? we have seen dominic rob deputising. do you think these arrangements are working?

there were questions to dominic ryhope about what responsibilities —— rab. ryhope about what responsibilities -- rab. these things are pulled together in the spur of the moment, so together in the spur of the moment, so dominic raab doesn't have the full authority of borisjohnson. he has authority passed on from the prime minister when he was told on monday that he would deputise where necessary for mrjohnson, but he is chairing those key meetings in downing street, the 9:15am meeting every day where they go through the coronavirus activities for that day. where you will start to get issues, and we have started to see bits of it reported over the weekend, is about how and when the lockdown will be relaxed, because that's a very difficult decision, and it requires difficult decision, and it requires difficult calculations on the part

of ministers in terms of balancing the needs of the economy, the immediate needs of the health service in fighting the virus, but also the wider health implications of the lockdown, people not accessing other treatments, mental health, all those sorts of things as well. the government this week has to start looking at all the data from the first three weeks of the lockdown and it will be tough. ultimately, it will have to be a decision from boris johnson ultimately, it will have to be a decision from borisjohnson to make about when the lockdown is lifted, andi about when the lockdown is lifted, and i think there are tensions in government about this. that is where it's not working. where it is working is that things seem to be ticking over broadly as planned. the plan seems to have been continued over the last week and will continue while he is at chequers. many thanks. the headlines on bbc news: the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk has now passed 10,000. the health secretary

calls it a sombre day. borisjohnson has thanked nhs staff after being discharged from saint thomas's hospital in london where he was treated for covid—19. the us overtakes italy with the highest number of deaths from coronavirus in the world. more than 20,000 people have now died. the coronavirus outbreak originated in the chinese city of wuhan, and the country has been praised for reacting quickly when several unprecedented containment measures were introduced. there's been an immediate impact on the chinese economy, but as the virus spreads around the globe, could its international standing also be affected? joining me live now are dr mira rapp—hooper, a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, and drja ian chong,

an associate professor in political science at the national university of singapore. many thanks indeed to both of you for joining many thanks indeed to both of you forjoining us. many thanks indeed to both of you for joining us. can many thanks indeed to both of you forjoining us. can i ask, what do you think this does to china's standing in the world? a lot of people have admired the way it did deal with the coronavirus in the end, but they are critical of how, at the very beginning, actually, it didn't do enough to address the virus, and was too slow. that's exactly right. i would make the point that if china has its way, it will emerge from this crisis more of a global leader than when the crisis began. and there are three components to that. the first is that this is counterintuitive. exactly as you have mentioned, we might have thought that this pandemic would put china on its back foot. the chinese communist party initially cracked down and buried

evidence of the virus's existence, allowing it to spread, and then turned to harsh containment tactics inside china. as it has brought its own situation under control, it has shifted gears. it is now portraying itself as a global health leader, reportedly giving medical aid to as much as 100 countries. that allows china to portray itself as responsible as a pandemic leader abroad. the third point is that it is simply too soon to tell how this will transform china's global leadership role, because the key question is whether china's crisis aid will convert into lasting political goodwill. it is a mixed picture so far and simply too soon to say. doctor chong, how do you see it? yes, china's handling has been questionable, so would a lot of people say that the united states's handling has been pretty mixed of the crisis as well. absolutely. when

we look at the crisis, there are several different points to it. the beginning of the crisis and the initial spread overseas had a lot to do with china's mishandling, with the fact that it clamped down, the fa ct the fact that it clamped down, the fact that the who wasn't sending out the kind of advisories that recommended greater control in the very beginning, but that is the initial phase. what we have seen in europe and north america, particularly the united states, seems to be a degree of unpreparedness, and that has less to do with what the chinese did or did not do than what domestic positions were. i think, not do than what domestic positions were. ithink, with not do than what domestic positions were. i think, with regard to the who position i mentioned earlier, the fact that the current us administration seems less interested in international institutions means that they have less of a voice, means that it ceded to some of that boy is probably necessary for self

correction in institutions like the who by default. the chinese economy is going to be massively hit by this, but then, i suppose, is going to be massively hit by this, but then, isuppose, so is going to be massively hit by this, but then, i suppose, so are all economies of all the countries that have suffered from coronavirus, so will it fare any worse economically than any other country, particularly than the united states, its big rival? there is no question that china's leadership is preparing to try to blunt the impact of a massive economic shock. this is a substantial —— of substantial economic consequence to any country, as you say, but china's leaders were concerned that their economy was starting to slow and they have been preparing for that for some years. quietly, we are seeing preparation in china things like stimulus packages and other measures that will keep the economy growing at a steady rate. the bigger questions

you may be whether the united states and china, despite their recent antagonism, will be able to step up on the global stage together to try to help blunt some of this global fallout. we are likely looking at an impact that is more significant than the 2008 financial crisis, and yet, with relations between the us and china worse than ever, it is unclear that washington and beijing will be willing to face those down together. how do you see that, doctorjohn? in some ways, that antagonism between the us and china has been made worse by this crisis, hasn't it? president trump, for example, calling it the chinese virus, and we've had allegations in china that this didn't originate there in wuhan, that it might have been some sort of american military conspiracy. yes, i think what the pandemic did was to exacerbate existing tensions between the us and china. in addition to what you've said, we are also seeing

us companies leaving china at an enhanced rate, japanese companies doing the same. so, i think what is likely to play out is a further decoupling of the global economy. if thatis decoupling of the global economy. if that is the case, i think china will have to rest a lot more on domestic demand, and the kind of external economic relations it has been trying to build over the last five or six years or trying to build over the last five or six years or so. trying to build over the last five or six years or so. i'm not sure anyone has a clear picture, but certainly, i think it will mean global leadership pulling in different directions, and for a lot of the countries in between, this could spell a much tougher time. ok, thank you so much.

christians around the world are celebrating easter despite restrictions that have left many people confined to their homes. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, recorded his traditional easter address online from his kitchen, where he hailed the heroism of frontline workers, while pope francis held the traditional easter vigil in an almost deserted st peter's basilica, as our religion editor martin bashir reports. in rome, pope francis delivered his annual easter message, in chastened and starkly different circumstances to those normally associated with the joy of easter sunday. no flowers around the basilica, no pilgrims in the square. and the context of the coronavirus pandemic clearly shaped the content of his message. christians around the world are celebrating easter

translation: this is not a time for self—centredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. after the second world war, this beloved continent was able to rise again thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity. it is more important than ever, especially in the present circumstances, that these rivalries do not regain force. in bergamo, the worst—hit province in italy, the church of the blessed redeemer live streamed its service to a parish where more than 150 have lost their lives. after so much suffering... the leader of the anglican church, archbishopjustin welby, who normally preaches from canterbury cathedral, delivered his easter message from a kitchen table at lambeth palace. he said the country should use this pandemic to change direction. we cannot be content to go back to what was before, as if all was normal.

there needs to be a resurrection of our common life, a new normal, something that links to the old but is different and more beautiful. the body of christ... in the philippines, which has also cancelled services, a church north of manila found a way of gathering its congregation together, creating a fellowship of photographs to celebrate easter. martin bashir, bbc news. the french government has called for an "army" of workers to help in the fields in the weeks ahead, to meet manpower shortages caused by the coronavirus. around a third of a million seasonal farm workers come to france every year — mainly from eastern and southern europe and north africa. but because of travel restrictions there are fears that crops may go unpicked. hugh schofield reports from central france.

all of france is under lockdown. that means notjust the cities but also in the countryside, in small towns and villages, it's the same dead quiet. but for farmers, life goes on. crops can't wait to be sown or planted or picked, the nation still has to be fed. the question is, in the time of coronavirus, who's going to do all that work? some growers have seen business boom. this organic nursery has suddenly found scores of new customers who want produce delivered to their doors during the quarantine. more staff are needed badly. translation: we have the good fortune to have a website and as a result, our online sales have shot up. demand is 40% more than usual and that means a lot of extra work on the sales side which means we need to take on people on the production side. but the seasonal workers from abroad who normally help with the harvests, like the asparagus harvest right now getting under way, because of the virus,

they're not coming. and so the french government's teamed up with a farming website to launch an appeal. people from the towns temporarily out of work are urged to come to the fields to help. already 200,000 have signed up. translation: quite honestly, if no—one comes to work in the farms, then in the weeks ahead, we'll be facing real supply problems for certain produce. it's already what's happened in italy which is a few weeks ahead of us. there won't be zero production but definitely shortages. one man who's answered the call is maxime beuret, a computer worker in alsace. he was put in touch with a grower of hops who needs labour because of the absence of his regular migrant staff from eastern europe. translation: i don't see myself as a soldier, more as someone who really wants to help in these terribly difficult times. i think farming is another profession so if there's a lack of manpower,

i want to play my part. spring has come to france now and the growing season is under way. very soon, the need for farm labour will be intense. if the migrant workers continue to stay away, france may have no other option but its army of city pickers. hugh schofield, bbc news, in central france. now, it's time for a look at the weather with thomas schaffernaker. warm and sunny across many parts of the uk, but big changes in the air. the colder air has already reached scotla nd the colder air has already reached scotland and northern ireland, and for many, easter monday will be a lot colder. this is what the satellite picture shows. you can see the cloud across central and northern areas, a weather front in advance of the cold, arctic air invading northern parts of the uk. these are the temperatures at apm,

only five celsius in aberdeen, still 21 in london. in advance of the cold weather, we could have showers and thunderstorms breaking out across wales and parts of the midlands. this is what it looks like early on monday morning, around freezing in the north, around nine celsius in the north, around nine celsius in the cell. look at the arrows, that the cell. look at the arrows, that the cold air, strong winds around some of the east coasts as well. it be very chilly, a huge drop in the temperature, by more than 10 celsius for some of us. what might let's get all the latest port for you now at the bbc sport centre. the motor racing legend sir stirling moss has died at the age of 90 following a long illness. the british driver widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time. a report has been looking back at his life. her tribute does contain flashing images.

he was described as the greatest driver never to win the world championship. but he was one of the most talented men ever to sit behind the wheel. you have to have ridiculous confidence in your own ability. i mean, you have to believe it won't happen to you, you know? you have to feel that i know i'm not driving beyond my capabilities. the thing that worried me racing was always a mechanicalfailure. that worried me racing was always a mechanical failure. he that worried me racing was always a mechanicalfailure. he won that worried me racing was always a mechanical failure. he won the british grand prix in 1955 and finished second in the world championship. he also won the gruelling 1000 mile italian race, shattering the previous record. in 1957 he switched to a new british car but, once more, the championship eluded him. before falling short again in1958 to eluded him. before falling short again in 1958 to britain my course on. the 1962 season would be his last after he went off the track at goodwood at 120 miles an hour. he was ina goodwood at 120 miles an hour. he was in a coma for four weeks and his

racing days were over. he received a knighthood in 2000, his name still indelibly linked to the sport. he became, i think, indelibly linked to the sport. he became, ithink, the icon, the poster boy, if you like for british grand prix drivers, and i think you launched all the other careers of british racing drivers who went on to become world champions, which he sadly was denied but no one ever regarded him as anything less then one of the greats. moss passion of a faded, aged 85 he took lewis hamilton for a spin who today described him as a racing legend saying, "i am truly grateful to have had the special moments with him". he was a gifted driver his preference for unreliable british ca rs preference for unreliable british cars probably cost him the championship. he, however, had no regrets. sir stirling moss who has died. 0ne more line of sight news, the former chelsea and england goalkeeper peter

bonetti has died at the age of 78 after a long illness. he paid 729 times for chelsea, the second most appearances for any player in any club, as well as for england in this defeat to west germany. the scottish professional football league has been accused of underhand tactics around its vote to end their season. hearts, bottom of the premiership, said the spfl tried to unduly influence the outcome of the vote by insisting their resolution had to be past in order to release funds to clubs. hearts will now propose a temporary restructuring of the league to make sure no club is financially penalised. they could be a change at the top of world rugby after the vice chairman said he would run against the chairman bill beaumont. the former england captain, beaumont has been in charge of the last four years, his election

in may was expected to be a formality but argentinian who has worked alongside him has decided to put himself forward. that is all your support for now. —— that is all your support for now. —— that is all your support for now.

the number of people who've died in the uk, diagnosed with coronavirus, passes 10,000. the health secretary says the milestone reinforces why the public must continue to strictly observe the lockdown. today marks a sombre day in the impact of this disease, as we join the list of countries who have seen more than 10,000 deaths related to coronavirus. 0ne scientific adviser to the government has warned the uk could become the worst affected country in europe. also on the programme... borisjohnson is recuperating, after intensive medical care, but it's unclear when he'll be back at work. i have today left hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved my life, no question.

behind every death, a life, remembering those who have died of coronavirus. so much heroism from key workers and the nhs in this country... and the archbishop of canterbury delivers his easter sunday address... from the kitchen. good evening. the number of people who have died in the uk after being diagnosed with coronavirus has passed 10,000. the health secretary said today marked a sombre day. it comes after one of the government's senior scientific advisers said the uk is likely to be among the worst—affected

european countries. boris johnson, meanwhile, has been discharged from hospital and will continue his recovery at the prime minister's country residence, chequers. another 737 people have died in hospital in the latest 24—hour period but that number does not include people who have died from coronavirus in care homes or in the community. that brings the total number of deaths in hospital to 10,612. our first report today comes from our science editor, david shukman. a painful story with every loss. sara trollope was a matron on a psychiatric ward in hillingdon in north—west london when a patient developed symptoms and by the time she was given protective equipment it was too late, leaving herfamily, like so many, totally shocked. stop seeing your family. stop meeting up. because when this is over, you can meet up with your family, yourfriends. over, you can meet up with your family, your friends. you over, you can meet up with your family, yourfriends. you can give them a kiss, you can give them a hug and tell them you love them. when this is over, we can't say goodbye.

with so many losing their lives and the death toll rising, questions are raised about the uk's handling of the crisis, with this warning from one of the government's own advisers. i do hope 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 plateauing and then starting to come down. but, yes, the uk is likely to be certainly one of the worst if not the worst affected country in europe. what is your reaction to the comments of one of your own advisers, sirjeremy farrar, that the uk may be on course for the worst outcome in terms of death toll in europe? i think that sort of comment merely reinforces the importance of the central message, which is that people should stay—at—home, because that protects the nhs and it saves lives. we get

advice from all sorts of experts and we ta ke advice from all sorts of experts and we take it all very seriously. and we take it all very seriously. and we assess it throughout. still a source of concern is the lack of personal protective equipment, ppe, not just for hospital staff but for anyone having to work closely with others, gowns in particular are in short supply. some hospitals fearing that they will run out, exposing medical staff to even more danger. there are a number of our members who are saying they are now critically short of gowns stopso what's been happening over the last 72 hours is the entire nhs has mobilised to solve that problem. the government is under constant pressure over this and will not commit toa pressure over this and will not commit to a date when it will be sorted. it's impossible because the quest is to get the right ppe to the right people on the front line at the right time across many millions of people across the nhs and social

care. one of many shocking aspects of this daily death toll is we knew it was coming because three or four weeks ago the virus was spreading so fast. since then the rate of infection seems to have fallen because of social distancing but we haven't seen the benefits of that yet in terms of reducing the numbers dying. . and today, at such a grim milestone, a poignant and powerful message from the sister of sara trollope. for me, stay—at—home, don't let my sister and all the other nhs staff and all the people that have died from this virus, don't let their deaths be in vain. stay at home. david shukman, bbc news. borisjohnson has thanked nhs staff after being discharged from st thomas' hospital where he spent a week being treated for covid—19. in a video message the prime minister said there is no question that the nhs saved his life. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, reports. boris johnson returned home to chequers, weary but relieved, and very grateful.

i have today left hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved my life, no question. we will win because our nhs is the beating heart of this country. it is the best of this country. it is unconquerable, it is powered by love. so thank you from me, from all of us, to the nhs. in the video posted by number ten, mrjohnson reflected on his time in st thomas' hospital in london. the prime minister was hit hard by the coronavirus after being diagnosed at the end of march. he isolated himself in downing street and continued to work but struggled to overcome his symptoms. he spent three nights in intensive care and things could have gone either way, mrjohnson said today. he named two nurses in particular who had been by his bedside. jenny from new zealand, invercargill

on the south island, to be exact. and luis from portugal, near porto. and the reason in the end my body did start to get enough oxygen was because for every second of the night they were watching and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. downing street's other inhabitants wait for borisjohnson to get back, but his full return to work could still be weeks away. ben wright, bbc news. behind every death is a life cut short by a virus unknown to the world is just a few weeks ago. our special correspondent, allan little, looks at the stories of the lives of some of those who have died. they are a cross—section of modern britain in all its diversity. they remind us none of us is beyond the

reach of the worst the virus can do. health care workers have begun treating and mourning their own colleagues. this doctor worked in emergency medicine in swindon for he was 62. his family said he died doing thejob he loved, serving others before himself. not all the key workers we depend on are in the nhs. this 36—year—old drove a number for london bus and was asthmatic. he was an absolute charming, charming boy, man. he loved his family. it's not just the elderly. boy, man. he loved his family. it's notjust the elderly. this italian was 19. he wasjudged notjust the elderly. this italian was 19. he was judged too young to be at risk and tested positive for covid—19 only after he died. emma clark taught science in runcorn in cheshire. she was 35. her school said she was much loved and gifted,

a brilliant teacher and very popular with her pupils. ryan storey from ayrshire had been working in dubai. he had come home to celebrate his 40th birthday. he died after telling his wife he did not want to go to hospital where he would be alone. maria lawrence run a market stall and a local charity in derby. she launched a scheme to help people who we re launched a scheme to help people who were alone at christmas was up she was 48. her sons said she was full of joy. she was 48. her sons said she was full ofjoy. she never wanted was 48. her sons said she was full of joy. she never wanted to be in the spotlight to stop a genuine angel working for the greater good. she left a widespread legacy of selflessness and kindness. she ran charity schemes, protected the elderly and vulnerable and make sure everything a person smiled. kevin worked on match day security for nottingham forest football club. 0ne player said, we have lost a true gentleman, a legend in his kindness and humility. carol was 56 and a mother of two. she worked caring for

the elderly in greater manchester. another of the key workers placing themselves in harm's way to help meet the needs of the vulnerable. gina was the landlord of the railway tavern in stafford le hope in essex. a gentleman and legend. the place won't be the same without him. he ran this pub for 20 years with a smile on his face and only recently did he realise his dream of opening his own restaurant where he served. make this fit eight—year—old was the first person to die after contracting covid—19 in hospital. she was taken to the royal gwent in newport for a routine operation. another key worker, a pharmacist at eastbourne district hospital. she was 33. herfather, an immigration officer at heathrow airport, had died the day before her. one of her friends posted this online. please,

please, please, inform family and friends to take this very seriously and to self—isolate and socially distance as much as possible. alan little, bbc news. 0n the day the numbers of uk deaths passes 10,000 we can get more analysis from health correspondent lauren moss. it is a horrible number, 10,612 people have died in hospital. the number of hospital admissions has stabilised so when might the number of deaths do the same thing? what happens over the next week or so will be really crucial. tomorrow marks three weeks since the lockdown began so it's from around now onwards we expect to see the strictest social distancing methods having an impact initially on the number of new cases and then on the number of new cases and then on the number of new cases and then on the number of deaths. the health secretary said earlier that 19,000 people are in hospital right now being treated for the virus. at the press co nfe re nce we being treated for the virus. at the press conference we were shown a graph of admissions that we can take a look at. you can see there are a

couple of fluctuations in london, but in the last 24 hours there has been a slight drop in people being treated in the capital. but there are sharp increases in the north—east and north—west of england, while admissions seem to be steadying in other areas. 0ver england, while admissions seem to be steadying in other areas. over 5000 more people tested positive for coronavirus as of this morning. these numbers appear to be holding steady over the last few days which could suggest the upward curve of the virus is beginning to flatten out, but like we have seen in previous weekends, there can be a delay in the number of recorded cases and deaths only for them to rise again. so what happens over the next week will be key. lauren moss, many thanks. the government today welcomed people's efforts to stay home this weekend and for sticking to strict social distancing rules, despite the warm and sunny weather across parts of the uk. danjohnson reports from hastings. it's been a strangely quiet weekend right across the country. rarely are the streets of the capital empty like this. 0ur motorways were almost abandoned as people overwhelmingly listened

to the pleas to stay close to home. in blackpool, people were out and about but mostly sticking to the rules. there's a lot more people out exercising but i would say 99% of people are listening and taking our advice. 0n the south coast, hastings was very quiet for a sunny bank holiday. on a sunday, normally this place is heaving. we met george — 69 years old and vulnerable. all i do is come out every day and get a bit of fresh air and i never get out of my scooter. for the simple reason is i'm safe in here. we had a group of four having some drinks and then they think it's really cool to go in the playground as grown adults so we have to explain to our kid that he can't go in the playground but there are some idiots who think it's ok to. so we shared our views with them. it's all just empty. it's like the walking dead. and all the restaurants are all closed. i'm a little bit more cautious probably than most but that's how i feel.

i lost my uncle last tuesday to covid. 68, no underlying health conditions. so, you know, ijust want to stay as safe as possible. we are with bbc news, we just happen to be filming here. and then, just around the harbour, an upside—down world delivered some new arrivals to our shores. 29 migrants thought to have sailed from france. keeping two metres apart in this boat would be impossible. it's a reminder of the range of challenges our emergency services are facing. these are indeed strange and difficult days and there are surely more to come. danjohnson, bbc news in hastings. the motor racing legend sir stirling moss has died at the age of 90, following a long illness. competing in perhaps the most dangerous era for motor racing, he was hailed as one of the greatest drivers of all time despite never winning the formula 1 world championship. he was runner—up four times.

current world champion lewis hamilton described him today as "the racing legend". christians around the world are celebrating easter despite restrictions that have left many people confined to their homes. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, recorded his traditional easter address online from his kitchen, where he hailed the heroism of frontline workers, while pope francis held the traditional easter vigil in an almost deserted st peter's basilica, as our religion editor martin bashir reports. in rome, pope francis delivered his annual easter message in chastened and starkly different circumstances to those normally associated with the joy of easter sunday. no flowers around the basilica, no pilgrims in the square. and the context of the coronavirus pandemic clearly shaped the content of his message. translation: this is not a time

for self—centredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. after the second world war, this beloved continent was able to rise again thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity. it is more important than ever, especially in the present circumstances, that these rivalries do not regain force. in bergamo, the worst—hit province in italy, the church of the blessed redeemer livestreamed its service to a parish where more than 150 have lost their lives. after so much suffering... the leader of the anglican church, archbishop justin welby, who normally preaches from canterbury cathedral, delivered his easter message from a kitchen table at lambeth palace.

he said the country should use this pandemic to change direction. we cannot be content to go back to what was before as if all was normal. there needs to be a resurrection of our common life, a new normal, something that links to the old but is different and more beautiful. body of christ... in the philippines, which has also cancelled services, a church north of manila found a way of gathering its congregation together, creating a fellowship of photographs to celebrate easter. martin bashir, bbc news. that's all for now. we're back with the late news at 10:00pm. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye.

you are watching bbc news. boris johnson has thanked nhs staff after being discharged from saint thomases hospital in london where he spent three days being treated after he contracted coronavirus. you will spend his recovery at chequers, the 16th century mansion in buckinghamshire. video message posted on twitter, he thanked the medical team who looked after him. in the last seven days i've seen the

pressure the nhs is under. i've seen the personal courage notjust of the doctors and nurses but of everyone, the cleaners, the cooks, the health ca re the cleaners, the cooks, the health care workers of every description, physios, pharmacists who have kept coming to work, kept putting themselves in harm's way, kept risking this deadly virus. it is thanks to that courage, that devotion, that duty and that love that our nhs has been unbeatable. i wa nt to that our nhs has been unbeatable. i want to pay my own thanks to the utterly brilliant doctors, leaders in theirfields, men utterly brilliant doctors, leaders in their fields, men and women utterly brilliant doctors, leaders in theirfields, men and women but several of them called nick who took some crucial decisions a few days ago which i will be grateful for the rest of my life. i want to thank the many nurses, men and women, whose ca re many nurses, men and women, whose care has been so astonishing. i'm

going to forget some name so please forgive me but i want to thank poling and shannon and emily and angel and connie and becky and rachel and nicky and anne. and i hope they won't mind if i mention in particular two nurses who stood by my bedside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way. they are jenny from new zealand, from the south island, and luis from portugal, near porto. and the reason in the end my body did start to get enough oxygen was because for every second of the night, they were watching, and they were thinking and caring, and making the interventions i needed. so, that is how i also that across the country 24 hours a

day for every second of every hour there are hundreds of thousands of nhs staff who are acting with the same care and thought and precision asjenny same care and thought and precision as jenny and luis. same care and thought and precision asjenny and luis. that is why we will defeat this coronavirus and defeat it together. we will win because our nhs is the beating heart of this country. the prime minister in his video message after being released from hospital. the time now for a look at all the weather. easter sunday has been another day where many locations across central and southern parts of britain has seen temperatures in excess of 20 celsius which will be the last time i will be saying that certainty for many areas of easter monday a much colder feel to proceedings with a last of the relatively mild airjust

about hanging on, the last part of the day to the south—west and quarter. through the night, we will find showers and thunderstorms that broke out through sunday afternoon gradually tumbling their way further south, attending to go southwards. the north introducing the conditions and losing what little rain it has provided with widespread frost in inland areas to start the day across central and southern parts of scotland, may be the odd spot in northern ireland and the north of england, too. monday is colder with this cloud across northern and eastern britain tending to thin for some. best of the sunshine out and then a temperature of 14—15 at best. along the eastern shore, seven, eight or 9 degrees and having got to those lofty highs, the skies stay pretty clear and the rainfall slide across this western part so again as we stopped tuesday there will be quite a widespread frost. more cloud

and breeze across the south—western quarter keeping the frost at bay, it'll take some time before the cloud melts away with high pressure the dominant feature on tuesday so, again, a lot of clear skies. the temperature is just beginning to recover a thatch along eastern shores, given we have cut off the onshore north and north—easterly wind. into wednesday, we still have the high pressure dominant, just tending to slide away into the heart of the continent but still doing enough to keep many areas settled. its northern flank allowing cloud to strea m its northern flank allowing cloud to stream in towards the northern isles, north—west of scotland. maybe a spot of rain here as well but many enjoying a fine on dry day. with the wind in the west, the eastern shores are back up to 17—18. in the second half of the week and on into the forthcoming weekend, rain attempts to work its way up towards the british isles but it'll take its

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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk has now passed 10,000. the health secretary calls it a sombre day: the fact that over 10,000 people have now lost their lives to this invisible killer demonstrates just how serious coronavirus is. boris johnson is discharged from hospital, where he was treated for covid—19. he thanked nhs staff for their care when things could have gone either way. i have left hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved my life, no question. the us overtakes italy with the highest numbers of deaths from coronavirus in the world, more than 20,000

people have now died.