the challenges they face. our health correspondent catherine burns is keeping in touch with a range of staff, and has asked them to keep video diaries. tonight we catch up with dr sarah edwards. she works in accident and emergency at leicester royal infirmary — this was her shift yesterday. she's been a doctor for nine years now, most of that time in emergency medicine, but sarah edwards says she never imagined working in a global pandemic. it's, at times, been very scary, because the amount of patients we've been seeing and the increasing number of patients we've been seeing, and some of them are of the same sort of age as i am, in my 30s, who are coming in very, very poorly. i'm finding myself getting ever more anxious going into work, because ijust don't know what the day ahead is going to involve. she's due at the hospital in a few hours but first has

to safely wash her scrubs. bagging up my uniform from work when i get changed into a pillow case, and then put that into the washing machine, this is so that myself or my partner, who may touch the bag, don't get contaminated. it's a beautiful sunny day, as you can probably see around. and i'm off to work now. i'm walking down what is the main corridor through the hospital, and it'sjust like a desert. there's not much going on, there's no people, there's very few visitors. and itjust shows how much the hospital has changed or had to change to look after our patients. so...it‘s a bit like a ghost town at the moment. the a&e is split into two separate zones — red for suspected coronavirus cases and blue for everything else, ranging from broken bones to heart attacks.

this is quieter than usual — sarah thinks some patients are scared to come to hospital. but now she's moving to resus with some of the very sickest people. so, now i'm in full ppe — it's very warm, it's very sweaty, and it's going to be a long several hours here in resus. it's probably been one of the most challenging shifts that i've had in recent weeks. the number of patients that we've seen tonight has just been almost mind—blowing. and on top of that, having to break awful news to lots of families about how sick their loved ones are is just utterly heartbreaking. sarah says she loves herjob and sees it as an absolute privilege but she knows she's got a challenging time ahead of her before this is over. catherine burns, bbc news.

an update on the quite remarkable fundraising achievement of 99—year—old captain tom moore, which has made headlines worldwide. he's now raised nearly £10 million for the nhs by walking 100 laps of his garden. 0ur correspondent david sillito has the latest. captain tom moore, 99 years old, and counting down the days to his 100th birthday with 100 laps of his garden. the original plan was to try to raise £1000 for nhs charities. 0h, we've done it, five million! today he was told the total had already gone past five million. oh, my goodness! completely out of this world! thank you so much for all you people who have subscribed to the national health service, because for every penny they get, they deserve every one of it! a couple of hours later, another million had been added,

then another, and on it went. tomorrow he will complete his 100th lap, and no—one‘s predicting how much he'll have raised by then. but he's not planning on stopping — if the money keeps coming, he's going to keep on walking. david sillito, bbc news. finally tonight, a reminder of the events of a year ago in paris, when the medieval cathedral of notre—dame — one of the world's most iconic buildings — was engulfed in flames and almost destroyed. to mark the anniversary , the cathedral‘s great bell was rung earlier tonight. bell tolls. work on restoring the cathedral to its former glory has been badly delayed. the bell was also rung to thank all the medical staff in france who are working to contain the pandemic.

that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

good evening, this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox. in a few minutes, we'll be taking a look at some of the front pages from donald trump at the white house to give his latest response to the coronavirus pandemic. donald trump is expected again in the rose garden of the white house. but before that, let's catch up with some of the national and international papers in our paper review. hello, and welcome to our look at what the papers will be bringing us. with me are the whitehall correspondent for the financial times, sebastian payne, and the chief leader writer for the observer, sonia sodha.

welcome to you both. in the uk, the times leads with comments from england's chief medical officer, who says he believes that the number of new cases of coronavirus reported is beginning to flatten out — he didn't actually say that the peak had been reached, but beginning to flatten out. with 761 deaths reported today. the heartbreaking news of the death of a pregnant nurse leads the front of the uk's metro paper. doctors managed to save her baby, who is said to be doing well. the nurse herself died as a result of coronavirus. the financial times reports that america's allies have condemned donald trump's decision to stop

funding the who, after he criticised their handling of the global pandemic. while the straits times — based in singapore — leads with the same story, reporting that china's foreign ministry warns that the us‘ withdrawal will harm the fight against the virus. while injapan, prime minister shinzo abe is facing criticism there for not doing enough to help businesses. there is some helicopter money going infor there is some helicopter money going in for some households, about $1000. and finally, the daily express in the uk reports on the remarkable story of a 99—year—old veteran who has raised almost £10 million for the health service — doing laps of his garden! lots to get through. welcome to you both, can we start with you, sonya, looking at the front page of the

times, i don't know if you caught the press conference today from matt hancock with chris whitty. he was careful not to say peak, but it looks more promising in terms of the figures? yes, so obviously the number of deaths is still going up bya number of deaths is still going up by a very high number each day. i think it is important to say that. but the pace at which the death rate is going up has slowed. and what the message in the press conference today was that it is too early to know if there's a bit of a bank holiday effect going on, so there's more of a time lag —— time lag. so that might account for some of the slow down, but the indications are certainly good if you look at the infection rate, and it would appear that the infection rate is slowing. experts believe that the cumulative

death toll will continue to go up in the days to come, but that it will start to slow down eventually and we will hopefully —— the daily death toll will start to drop off. there area toll will start to drop off. there are a couple of caveats, though. the first is that we don't have a clear picture in england at least about the number of deaths taking place outside hospital, and we've seen reports in recent days that there area number of reports in recent days that there are a number of deaths taking place and care homes that aren't being recorded in the up—to—date official statistics. we've also seen press reports in the last 2a hours that growing numbers of people are dying at home. they may be too worried about going to hospital at this point in time, if they want to avoid picking up infections orjust not wanting to burden the nhs. that something of a lagging indicator because the... office of statistics will have those later on. chris what

he was also saying that when the figures come through, they might look at a strategy and using the lockdown in the next ten days, but eve ryo ne lockdown in the next ten days, but everyone is expecting dominic raab to announce tomorrow effectively a further three weeks of lockdown —— chris whitty. this major decision is coming in the uk tomorrow that the lockdown, meaning britons can't leave their homes except to exercise, go to pick up megan sin, will be in three weeks. the government's the science advisers gathered to determine whether the lockdown needs to continue. everybody at the top of the johnson government is expecting the lockdown to be renewed for another three weeks, which will take it sometime at the beginning of may. but significantly, chris whitty, the medical officer, did say he things we are at the peak of the coronavirus outbreak. there are

still hundreds of new deaths every day with some very tragic stories... i thought he said reaching the peak? i know that is a subtle distinction but i don't think he reached the peak itself. no, he said we are reaching the peak. but if we look at the figures for the last few days, they have been relatively stable at about 800 new deaths. that is still about 800 new deaths. that is still a huge amount and very tragic, bringing huge tolls on the nhs, but it does suggest we are somewhere near that peak, where other countries, be it france, germany, austria — when you are past that peak, then the health service can continue to cope better and then talk about leaving the lockdown restrictions. we don't expect to hear any plans on when those will be lifted in the uk, but we have an indication that this will continue until the beginning of may, then about when it can start to be eased, probably along the lines of what we seenin probably along the lines of what we seen in other countries with bit by

bit with schools and nonessential shops, then some rigorous forms of social distancing will be in place for some time. onto the metro, just showing how irrespective of age, coronavirus is dangerous, and the coronavirus is dangerous, and the coronavirus leading to the death of this pregnant woman, a nurse aged just 28. but the metro doesn't actually explain where she contracted coronavirus, and we understand, and i think other people have pointed out that it may have come from a family member, not from working on the front line with or without ppe. there have been so many tragic stories that have come out of this pandemic, about how people have lost loved ones. and i think this is particularly terrible, so a 28—year—old nurse, the story i read

was that she had been working in the nhs until early march, i don't know whether she has to take time off because of her own symptoms or perhaps it was because of nhs guidelines about the late stage of her pregnancy. but regardless of where she contracted it, and none of us where she contracted it, and none of us will ever know for sure where that happened, it was somebody who had been working in the nhs and was heavily pregnant. and it is just such a tragedy, she was 28 with no other health risk factors, and she was tested for covid—19 a few days ago. she delivered her baby through emergency c—section, then she very sadly passed away so it is a totally tragic story. she will be mourned by collea g u es tragic story. she will be mourned by colleagues at hospital, her hospital trust. we've seen statements come out. i know there are organisations that represent pregnant women who

are that represent pregnant women who a re really that represent pregnant women who are really concerned about first of all, the government guidance around women after 28 weeks of pregnancy seems to be that women should carry on as normal. and there are concerns about risks they are. and in particular for women about risks they are. and in particularfor women in about risks they are. and in particular for women in the later stages of pregnancy, we are hearing for some we've been working in front linejobs like the nhs for some we've been working in front line jobs like the nhs and for some we've been working in front linejobs like the nhs and in care, there may be pressure put on women to go to work when they don't feel particularly safe, or they end up having to use unpaid leave. so it is a completely tragic case. i think it will touch so many hearts, but keep in mind there is also this very important issue about women and guidance around pregnant women, and many pregnant women who are being told that they still need to go into work will feel particularly at risk in this time. another very sad statistic, now the mirror, going