good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. our headlines today: urgent work to get protective equipment to frontline health and care staff. as one shipment arrives in scotland, another is due later — but ministers admit the task is challenging. supply in some areas, particularly gowns, certain types of masks and aprons, is in short supply at the moment, and that must be an extremely anxious time for people working on the frontline. a warning that the number of people who have died in care homes from coronavirus

could be higher than official figures show. president trump says some us states will start lifting coronavirus restrictions this week. # you can't always get what you want. the rolling stonesjoin some of the biggest names in music from their living rooms to celebrate healthcare workers in a globally televised concert. good morning. a quiet sunday awaits. if you've got cloud around at the moment, some of it will start to finish and break, so we'll get some sunshine coming through. all the details shortly. it's sunday, the 19th of april. our top story: a flight carrying more than 80 tonnes of protective equipment is expected to arrive in the uk from turkey today as the government continues to come under pressure about the lack of ppe for frontline hospital and care staff. it follows criticism over doctors and nurses being told they should re—use protective equipment. the number of people who have died

from covid—19 jumped again yesterday by nearly 900 people. here's our correspondent john mcmanus. the faces changed daily. so do the stories. but the heartbreak is the same. john coker, a constable for the british transport police, who is left behind a wife and three children. this woman, awarded an obe after being —— founding a children's charity. just two of the victims in the uk. and the victims continue to grow. yesterday it was confirmed the total was brought to 15,464. but those statistics don't include deaths outside wards. no, the national care forum, which represents adult care providers, says it has evidence that the number

of deaths and care homes in one week was double those in the whole of the previous month — that's more than 4000. the organisation says the care sector needs the same support as the nhs and has called for more personal protective equipment and comprehensive testing. the government has been under fire for weeks over the distribution of ppe. after previously insisting that supplies were reaching the nhs, it's 110w supplies were reaching the nhs, it's now admitted that's not always the case. i completely accept that this is extremely challenging. supply in some areas, particularly gowns and certain types of masks and aprons, is in short supply at the moment, and that must be an extremely anxious time for people working on the frontline. but they should be assured that we are doing everything we can to correct this issue. so far serious shortages of equipment have only been seen in england. this

consignment of facemasks and virus testing equipment landed in glasgow yesterday morning. but later today a plane from turkey will arrive with four tons of ppe for england, including 4000 gallons. labour says the government must work harder to guarantee continual supplies. meanwhile, downing street says it's giving local councils extra funding to deal with the crisis, but it's also told them they must keep cemeteries and parks open after some closed the gates in recent weeks. john mcmanus, bbc news. let's get the latest now from our political correspondent jonathan blake. there's a lot of pressure on the government over ppe and now questions in today's papers about how they have handled the crisis so far. some grim reading for the government this morning in the newspapers — criticism of its strategy, or lack of, as some would see it, wasting time early on in this crisis. some who have spoken to the sunday times

saying that crucial weeks were lost early on and that the country was poorly prepared in general for early on and that the country was poorly prepared in generalfor a pandemic on this scale. i have to say, in response to that piece downing street are saying that they have been guided by medical and scientific expertise throughout and have implemented measures to reduce the spread of the virus at appropriate times, and the prime minister has been at the helm of the government's response, although the fa ct government's response, although the fact that he contracted the virus himself and spent several nights in hospital, some in intensive care, hasn't helped. we understand this morning borisjohnson hasn't helped. we understand this morning boris johnson is hasn't helped. we understand this morning borisjohnson is receiving papers and making calls, so a little more activity than he was doing when he first came out of hospital, but he first came out of hospital, but he is continuing his recovery at checkers and we are told he is not considered to be back at workjust yet. downing street also making clear that the government is still making strategic decisions in the prime minister's absence including the quad of ministers on a daily

basis. jonathan, thank you. more from jonathan, thank you. more from jonathan later. demonstrations have continued in several areas of america against lockdown restrictions imposed by state officials to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. in his white house briefing, president trump said some states would start lifting restrictions soon. rich preston has this report. from new hampshire to minnesota, ohio to texas, these protesters want lockdown restrictions lifted. angry at how measures to control the spread of coronavirus have impacted on work and the economy, some have lost theirjobs, their livelihoods and their incomes, and say they'd rather risk catching the virus than continue like this. president trump using saturday's white house press briefing to reaffirm that america will again be open for business.

texas and vermont will allow certain businesses to open on monday, while still requiring appropriate social distancing precautions. montana will begin lifting restrictions on friday. 0hio, north dakota and idaho have advised non—essential businesses to prepare for a phased opening, starting may first. but there is concern that lifting restrictions too early could lead to more people becoming infected and potential for a spike in the death rate. in new york, by far the worst—affected state, a counter—protest by this far smaller crowd, who say the trump administration's measures haven't gone far enough and that the president is responsible for the deaths of thousands of americans. when the virus first hit america, president trump said the cure for the disease should not be worse than the disease itself. america is often referred to as a divided nation, whether it's on issues like healthca re, guns or the environment.

that division remains, even on an issue like this, with a death toll of more than 38,000 people in the world's richest nation, amongst fears that the nation's wealth is now, too, injeopardy, all ahead of a presidential election due in november. rich preston, bbc news. spain's lockdown will be extended by two weeks, until the ninth of may, the country's prime minister has announced. health officials there say the peak of the outbreak has now passed, meaning some restrictions, like the ban on children playing outside, will be lifted. so far, more than 20,000 people have died from the virus in spain, the third highest number after the united states and italy. italy has recorded its lowest number of daily deaths since the 12th of april. the country was the first in europe to be hit by the pandemic and has been in lockdown for nearly six weeks. let's speak to our

correspondent, bethany bell, who is in vienna. bethany, some good news this morning? yes, the death rate yesterday the lowest they've had for a number of weeks. also we are told that the number of people in intensive care in italy — that number has really dropped as well. so yes, there is some hope in italy that the peak of infections may be passing there. in other parts of europe, where i am here in vienna, austria has seen its first week already of some easing of restrictions. thousands of small shops have been allowed to reopen. garden centres have been reopened since monday as well as hardware shops. this is because the government says here it took early action to look everything down under strict lockdown is still in place,

although people can go shopping now. it says, though, that it has managed to flatten the curve here, but if it sta rts to flatten the curve here, but if it starts to see the daily rate of infections going up, they will slam the brakes on again. in denmark, children are beginning to go back to school and daycare centres, but again of these steps, very, very cautious, and people say they can only go on if the numbers stay low. disadvantaged teenagers in england will be able to borrow laptops to help them study at home when schools are closed during the pandemic. it will be up to schools or local authorities to decide who needs help with access to a computer and 4g routers to help families connect to the internet. an online academy offering pupils 180 lessons every week will also be launched to support remote learning. some of the biggest names in music have joined forces to celebrate healthcare workers in a globally televised concert. lady gaga, paul mccartney and billie eilish

were among the artists who performed songs from their living rooms and the rolling stones even managed to play together from four separate locations. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson was watching. # well, i saw her today at the reception #a reception # a glass of wine in her hand...m has already been dubbed the living room live aid. many of the biggest names in music rocking where they reside for one world together at home, not a fundraiser, but designed asa home, not a fundraiser, but designed as a celebration of frontline workers tackling covid—19 around the world. the rolling stones had filmed their parts individually on mobile phones, and they've been knitted together to look like a rock ‘n' roll zoom call. indeed, this was not a live concert due to the reliance

on the internet. each ‘s song for the two—hour event had been recorded in advance. there was a beatle via broadband, sir paul mccartney. let's tell our leaders the need to strengthen healthcare systems all around the world so a crisis like this never happens again. # i this never happens again. #iam this never happens again. # i am still standing better than i everdid. # i am still standing better than i ever did. and sir elton john's piano had been wheeled into his piano. the basketballs were an unexpected a ccesso i’y. # smile, though your heart is breaking. # smile, even though it aching. the event # smile, even though it aching. the eve nt ha d # smile, even though it aching. the event had been curated by lady gaga, who opened the show whether charlie chaplin classic.

# thank you for the smiling part of yourface. # thank you for the smiling part of your face. billie eilish played a cover of the 60s standard, sunny. while taylor swift showed off some very nutty wallpaper. in the uk, a version of the event will be shown on bbc one tonight, with extra british performances added. calling it the wifi woodstock may be a bit ofa it the wifi woodstock may be a bit of a stretch, but there won't be many more occasions when a beatle and the stones appear on the same bill. a little sneak peek inside the living rooms of the world's most

famous rock stars! and you can watch highlights of the one world: together at home concert tonight on bbc one at 7:15pm. the duke of sussex says he is "incredibly proud" of the british public‘s response to the pandemic and hopes the selflessness shown in the uk continues once the crisis is over. in an interview with the podcast declassified, prince harry thanked nhs workers and volunteers. he also praised captain tom moore, who's raised more than £25 million for nhs charities. it's just astonishing — it'sjust astonishing — every morning you wake up and you look at the news, and the money's going up and up and up. a remarkable story that is. the bit of cheer that we all need. with more nhs staff needed, healthcare students who would normally have had another six months of study to complete their degree are being fast—tracked to get them working as soon as possible. at sheffield hallam university,

hundreds of students have been receiving training this week to prepare them for frontline work. adam mcclean has more. iam emily, i am emily, i am a student nurse at sheffield hallam and i will be opting in to help out the nhs. sheffield hallam and i will be opting in to help out the nhsi will be working on the frontline with the coronavirus outbreak. will be working on the frontline with the coronavirus outbreaklj feel nervous and excited at the same time, to gain more experience. these stu d e nts time, to gain more experience. these students are among the many thousands who volunteered to start with the nhs early. the final few months of their learning will be done on thejob. months of their learning will be done on the job. so this is going to be like no teaching we have ever had before in that i am not allowed near you. this group by walking into an unprecedented situation and no—one knows what to expect. how are you feeling about it? yeah i'm apprehensive. excited at the same time. i don't know howl really, really feel until a step in and just see it all happening. yeah, it is really nerve wracking to be honest,

thrown in the deep end a little bit, but i think a lot of us feel prepared. ijust but i think a lot of us feel prepared. i just wanted but i think a lot of us feel prepared. ijust wanted to do it and help out because i know everyone is super shortstaffed anyway. you feel ready? yeah, i think as ready as i ever will be. all of the students training here today were reaching the end of their nursing courses and we re the end of their nursing courses and were due to finish in september. but many across the country have volunteered to start providing frontline care and will soon be working on wards with the support they need to do the job. although they need to do the job. although they arejoining the they need to do the job. although they are joining the frontline, we are going to make sure that they are supported, they will be working as pa rt supported, they will be working as part of a team, so they will be delivering frontline care but they won't be on their own. there will be people there to support them every inch of the way. i trained as a nurse over 35 years ago and this has never been something that i have ever experienced in my career, so for them coming just at the start of their career, this is certainly a baptism of fire. the world health

organization designated 2020 is the international year of nursing. 200 yea rs international year of nursing. 200 years since the birth of florence nightingale. for these students, the chance to make their mark on nursing has arrived ahead of time. nurses being fast tracked into their work and now time for the weather this morning. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. we had a lovely week last week, so how is it looking ahead of us? the same, actually. a pretty dry and quiet week. getting up first thing in the morning actually taking a beautiful picture of the sunrise in south lanarkshire. beautiful picture of the sunrise in south la narkshire. it beautiful picture of the sunrise in south lanarkshire. it is a chilly start in parts of scotland, impact parts of aberdeenshire down to —6 this morning, but absolutely glorious. this will be with us today and right throughout the week and i was talking yesterday about the easterly breeze that could be a bit ofa

easterly breeze that could be a bit of a nuisance at times, making it feel a bit chillier. the easterly wind is ourfriend because feel a bit chillier. the easterly wind is our friend because we feel a bit chillier. the easterly wind is ourfriend because we have some cloud around at the moment, and the breeze will hope to shift the cloud further west and maybe the odd isolated shower here through the afternoon. for many, fairly straightforward. drier, settled, sunny and cool along the exposed coasts. inland, some shelter and sunshine, we could see 18. as we go through the evening and overnight, ds guides will allow temperatures to fall away. just needs to keep a close eye on the channel isles and to the south—west, more cloud and perhaps a few scattered showers here. but we could see a chilly start yet again across sheltered areas of scotland and northern england, but elsewhere overnight lows of three degrees. the high pressure has not move very far very fast, so as we push into monday, we still have the high with us. but a few isobars just the south of that higher means the wind will be quite

a feature monday into tuesday and it is certainly worth bearing in mind if you are heading out for a brief speu if you are heading out for a brief spell of exercise, but equally on those exposed coasts. gusts of winds in excess of 30 miles an hour. still the potential risk of some sharp showers most of the channel isles into the south—west, generally speaking it is dry, settled and sunny if not pretty windy. but in terms of the feel of things, likely to see temperatures ten to 19 degrees as an overall higher. a similar story as we move into tuesday and lighter wind through the middle part of the week and it could be warmer still, all the time dry, settled and sunny and likely to see those temperatures at 22 degrees. if you haven't already got the message, here it is one more time, i will say ita here it is one more time, i will say it a lot this morning. dry and sunny with an easily breeze. back to you. that is exactly what we want to hear. thank you. more from louise later. let's take a look at today's front pages. we touched on the story on the front

of the sunday ties. —— sunday times. the sunday times says ministers are planning for schools to reopen in three weeks' time. some non—essential shops including clothes stores and garden centres could also be allowed to reopen. mick jagger and keith richards performing at their homes for the one world together concert last night. full highlights of that on bbc one tonight. the front page of the sunday times says 500 doctors have warned oxygen supplies for coronavirus patients are falling worryingly low. it says frontline medics fear the worst—case scenario would see hospitals run out entirely. this of course on the back of the controversy this of course on the back of the c0 ntrove rsy over a this of course on the back of the controversy over a lack of supply of personal protection equipment as well. the observer reports how so—called lockdown shaming has seen the police called to settle neighbourhood feuds during the pandemic. and among the most read on the bbc news website is the news that captain tom moore is to be the guest of honour at the opening of a new nhs nightingale hospital

in harrogate. he'll appear via video link after raising more than £25 million for the nhs. actually, it is worth mentioning the fa ct actually, it is worth mentioning the fact he has made inside pages as well. he is everywhere. amazing. he has gone straight to the top of the uk itunes chart after a single was released after one day. it is something that this programme organised, wasn't it, and brought together? michael ball singing you'll never walk alone alongside the choir and captain tom. that will raise more money to add to his enormous title for the nhs, which is just the most remarkable achievement. just incredible. it is getting bigger and bigger. it just incredible. it is getting biggerand bigger. it is just incredible. it is getting bigger and bigger. it is a wonderful story. let me show you this, though. a cup of tea could be under threat according to the paper this morning. it suggests that the virus and lockdown of the world public guest

tea bridges are threatening global supplies. it means the cost could rise as it always the case. first it was a toilet paper roll and now it would a toilet paper roll and outward bt. suggestions major tv producers in india, sri lanka, malaysia are all under threat, and that would increase the price pretty significantly as a result. the million cups of tea, how many do we consume in the uk each day? each day? 200? 200 million. not 200! just me and you. 100 million cups of tea in the uk every day. that is incredible. some people are not drinking quite as much tea as i am. you look at what is in the fridge or you make a cup of tea. drink tea until you get to the point where you are officially allowed to have wine. that is how it works at the moment. we are going to talk about vaccines later. there has been about vaccines later. there has been a lot of talk about potential vaccines made available, in

particular is one made in oxford where they will be producing vaccines already. they are looking at llamas now. this is a great story. they are looking for new treatments and a p pa re ntly looking for new treatments and apparently it is the lab llama and they are using antibodies found in they are using antibodies found in the llama blood to help neutralise the llama blood to help neutralise the virus that is responsible for covid—19 it says. they will be throwing everything at this. it was originally using hiv research, the antibodies were useful in compacting antibodies were useful in compacting a huge amount of viruses. who knew the llama could be so useful? they are working at such a high speed to keep track of this. talking about the milk in our tea is what we will address now. it was once one of the most essential of british jobs, but in recent years, there haven't been as many milkmen doing their rounds as doorstep deliveries declined. but the industry has been given a new lease of life because of the pandemic. customer numbers are up as people look for ways to avoid supermarkets. consumer affairs correspondent

sarah corker reports. it is like christmas. the vans are virtually full. we have never seen it is busy. it is crazy at the moment. it is six o'clock in the morning in cheshire and the humble milk delivery is making something of a comeback since the uk went into lockdown. milton and paul ward has been working 12 hours days. what do you deliver? it is notjust milk, is it? we deliver apple juice, you deliver? it is notjust milk, is it? we deliverapplejuice, orange juice, eggs, double cream, whipping cream. his employers mcqueen dairies are taking on extra drivers as demand for drops across the north has surged. in this new socially distant world, these no contact or step deliveries have never been quite so popular. and for some families who struggle to get those delivery slots with the major supermarkets, they seem to have rediscovered the small local

services, bringing the essential through the doorstep. i have on the lancashire coast, it is the biggest time of year at the pemberton family farm. the last two to three weeks has been incredibly busy for these lads. we have got five milkman going out and they have all increased by at least 40%. tom has his own youtube channel, sharing a slice of daily life. the dairy did supply restau ra nts, daily life. the dairy did supply restaurants, cafe ‘s and gyms with milk, but since a lot down, that business has fallen away. but at the same time, the delivering much more to elderly and vulnerable customers in rural areas. my main problem is this is my van and it is only this big, so this is my quietest day and it is jampacked, fly, you can't get any more on it. usually a 24-hour

turnaround and we have cows, milking harder. did call the day, can we supply, harder. did call the day, can we supply, can we supply? unfortunately, we are stretched. rather than saying no, we are actually increasing. it is good morning over london. 200 miles south, milkman ian says in his three decades working in wimbledon, he has never seen or heard it quite like this. it is about 4am, it is very quiet, everybody is in lockdown, there is no plains, no trains, no ca rs. there is no plains, no trains, no cars. milk and more is the uk public largest milk delivery service. they have had 25,000 new customers in a matter of weeks. and their hard work hasn't gone unnoticed. some of the kids have even been decorating the bottles for me. and back in cheshire

at mcqueen's dairies, they have had thank you letters and pictures. how does that make you feel, getting those messages? makes you feel proud to bea those messages? makes you feel proud to be a milkman. and they are all helping this revival will last. —— coping. you do wonder how long the legacy will stay. we will talk about that a little later. stay with us. the headlines up later.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a flight carrying more than 80 tonnes of protective equipment is expected to arrive in the uk from turkey today as the government continues to come under pressure about the lack of ppe for frontline hospital and care staff. it follows criticism over doctors and nurses being told they should re—use protective equipment. the number of people who have died from covid—19 jumped again yesterday

by nearly 900 people. there are fears the number of care home residents who have died as a result of coronavirus could be much higher than previously thought. the national care forum, which represents non—profit care providers, claims that deaths in one week were double those for the whole of the previous month. it could mean more than 4,000 older and disabled people have died. this doesn't include residents who died in hospital from the virus. demonstrations have continued in several areas of america against lockdown restrictions imposed by state officials to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. the protesters, standing side—by—side in cities such as austin and columbus, say the stay—at—home order should be called off before the scheduled end date on may the fourth. more than 38,000 people have died in the us, and it has the world's highest number of infections. president trump said some states would start lifting restrictions soon. international music stars have paid tribute to healthcare workers in a global televised concert

broadcast around the world. dozens of artists, including eltonjohn, the rolling stones and taylor swift, performed from their homes for the show. lady gaga, who curated the line—up, called the event "a love letter to the world". you can watch highlights on bbc one, tonight, at 7.15pm. those are the main news stories. jane's here with the sport. with football across the uk on pause due to the pandemic, one premier league club owner fears clubs across the country could go out of business. brighton's tony bloom was asked if he'd want a salary cap introduced after a report last year found that premier league clubs made £4.8 billion last season, but spent almost 60% of that on salaries. ido i do think football will come

together, because at the moment a lot of other football clubs are at risk of not only going into administration but going bust, and we we re administration but going bust, and we were all devastated when bury went out of existence. we know how key these football clubs are to the community. so it is a big concern going forward that more clubs in this country and other countries will fold. so i think it does need to be looked at at all levels. there are also fears over the long—term impact on women's football. the world players' union fifpro has warned that investments in the women's game may stall. there hasn't been a top flight league match since the end of february. despite that, england and manchester city's jill scott says there's a lot to look forward to. i think we have to try and focus on the positives. we know that the olympics is being moved. and that could look like an exciting three—year period for the women's game. you'd have the olympics, the

home euros and a world cup as well. i think we all need to pull together. we'll have to see what damage has been done once everything goes back to normal. yeah, it's one of them, i think. everything goes back to normal. yeah, it's one of them, ithink. everything is goes back to normal. yeah, it's one of them, i think. everything is up in the hour, and until we actually see the damage that's done, we need to try and fix everything there really. jill scott is obviously a talented footballer but what you might not know is she also has a flare for poetry. and she shared with me something she wrote at the start of this pandemic. here's a little taster. old school games on their way back. maybe this creativity is what we like. nowadays not pushing our energy and thought, just staring and doing things that we thought. kids now facing a school than, we can still teach them life skills — i know that we can. we can get through this if we just stick together, show

gratitude, love and endeavour. give nhs workers the love they deserve, running on empty not leaving anything in reserve. we shouldn't wait to recognise their great work and really appreciate. lots of hidden talents being developed during the lockdown. .. the international hockey federation has told bbc sport that the pro league could be cancelled altogether if the majority of the remaining matches are not played by august. the annual global competition has already been postponed until may, with only a third of matches having ta ken place. with no hockey, many players are finding other ways to fill their time. hollie pearne—webb, who won gold for team gb at the rio olympics, is now an nhs volunteer. when it got announced, i signed up that evening for the nhs initiative,

andi that evening for the nhs initiative, and i think that started yesterday. i've been on duty, but nothing has come through yet. but yeah, i volunteered for all the different options, so that could be picking some vulnerable people's shopping up, picking up prescriptions or patients from hospital who need to go home or vice—versa. they are things i've signed up for and i am willing and wanting to help if i can. and finally, with all these athletes having a lot of time on their hands, it's interesting to see what they're all getting up to. now, what do you think diver tom daley might be doing? well, he posted this video on instagram of him knitting. it says "robbie is napping, so that means i get some knitting time". he made this poncho for his son, which apparently also fits him. 0h, oh, yes, i think it suits him. the tag says "made with love by tom daley". i love how he's got labels already. is he going to launch a new fashion range?

maybe we should suggest that to him. lots of people being entrepreneurial in this pandemic, but this is a new one. we should suggest that to him — get shares in it, get in early! quite impressed by the skill. i thought he'd just been missing a square, but he's doing something good. it's got a pocket and everything. very impressed, tom. we'll be back with the latest headlines at 7 o'clock. now, it's time for a round up of developments in the coronavirus pandemic from the last few days, presented by victoria derbyshire. hello, and welcome to the special programme. i'm victoria derbyshire. for the next half an hour, we will bring you further information and advice about the coronavirus pandemic. coming up, you might have seen the video from 2015 which has microsoft founder bill gates talking

about the possible impact a global pandemic could have on the planet. we will hear his thoughts now about this covid—19 outbreak. and a reminder that you can always keep up—to—date with the latest on the pandemic in your country and around the world on our website. but first, charities in the uk are warning that almost a quarter of the youth clubs that have been closed in the lockdown may not reopen after the restrictions are lifted. it leaves thousands of youngsters with nowhere to socialise. anna adams has been talking to teenagers and youth workers to see how they're doing. normally you would have 30 to 50 young people here after school or in holidays. i am looking the youth clu b holidays. i am looking the youth club in south london. it has been closed since the lockdown. we are using instagram, trying to recreate

youth club and played an experience athletic and in a virtual environment. nicola is a youth worker. she is chatting online with kids who would normally be here. we are missing you guys. how will you feel if you are not able to come here for three months? people will start sneaking out. well, this club is confident it will survive the difficult months ahead, but others across the country are worried about the knock—on effect of coronavirus and the lockdown, and what that will do to the young people who have come to rely on places like this. the national body for youth workers says it is already getting reports of some young people feeling suicidal, and self—harming. we're seeing an awful lot of services closed and not being able to reopen and provide that vital support. there's around a million young people with needs that are just not being supported today. charities say more than 20% of youth services will not survive this crisis. we've covered all those areas yesterday, i think. i think today we will go together and cover the estate. youth workers in north london out

looking for some of the teenagers they have lost contact with. for now, the kids are off the streets, but can it stay that way? it's those young people who have been perhaps involved in criminal activity or, you know, excluded from school, i would be worried about that group. because those young people are not on the social media platforms that many of the other young people with work with are. in suburban st albans, these houses are full of young people trying to keep themselves busy. so what are you missing the most? my girlfriend. yeah, that's been the hardest part so far. i've missed her a lot. i don't know that i would be able to cope with three months, having to stay inside. why? not being able to see my friends, not being able to see my family. it's just... ..lonely. if i were to know how long it would last for, that would be better, mentally. but it is the fact that we don't know, so it is kind

of like waiting every day. and that uncertainty is the hardest thing for these teenagers. no—one knows how long this lockdown will last. nationwide lockdown measures in the uk, which have been in place now for more than three weeks, are presenting loads of challenges in all sorts of circumstances. it's been really difficult, though, for those who have recently left the care system — often estranged from relatives and without support networks. ashleyjohn—baptiste has more. it's very empty, very deserted. haven't seen anyone for a couple of days. and i'm back up to my room. daily life for diana, a 20—year—old care leaver estranged from her parents and stuck in student accommodation. so most people have been picked up by their parents. i'm pretty much stuck here now, so... i'm finding things quite challenging at the moment. since the covid—19lockdown, a lot of students have gone home

and i'm still living in halls — that's because i don't have a home to go back to. and the whole of campus is shut and it does feel quite isolating. as someone who grew up in care, i am aware of the unique challenges that care leavers face, so when the uk went into lockdown, i wanted to find out how they were coping. this bedsit is where 20—year—old casey lives. struggling to afford food, she relies on universal credit. you can see my kitchen. my kitchen that's over there. that tiny bit there. and in there, i have a tiny little bathroom. so that is your whole living space? yep, that is my living room, my bedroom... a lot of care leavers are estranged from their family. that is people's main point of support, their main point of contact. i am self—isolating but i have no—one to support me with that. no—one can go do my shopping for me, no—one can help me if i get ill. you're so alone in it, basically. there is not really any

support there at all. according to recent figures, almost half of all care leavers struggle with their mental health in normal times and one in four will have a mental health crisis. experts predict that these figures will get worse. 17—year—old freya lives in supported accommodation. she has had it particularly tough. so a couple of days after the government announced the lockdown, my local authority moved me from one supported lodging to another with two hours' notice. which is obviously, like, a really strange situation to be in. so i've been working the weekend before that with the public, so i could have had the virus and not known, and then i'm moving into a house with total strangers who i've met, like, once. a leading charity is calling on councils to do more. we know that councils are under real pressure at the moment. we would like to see all councils making a real effort to reach out to ca re leavers. we would like to see emergency funding from government to help them with that important work,

and also to make emergency cash available for those care leavers who are struggling and really need it. according to the local government association, councils are working hard to make sure that care leaders get the support they need. as tough as things are, these care leavers, like so many others across the nation, are remaining resilient. it feels like everything bad that could go wrong is going wrong at the minute, but i've just got to keep moving on with it, i suppose. we hear a lot about key workers, those people whose work is essential to keep a country running — usually nurses, police officers — but truck drivers say they, too, should be seen as providing a key service. the bbc‘s matt wareham has been speaking to some truckers to find out where they believe they're not being given the credit they think they deserve. without trucks, this country would stop. hi, i'mjensen, i'm 22. i've been driving a truck forfour years. it's nice to be free on the road but it gets lonely.

we're delivering a service to everyone. i can't get services, i can't get any food sometimes. some service stations don't let even let you use the toilet or the shower. if i'm using this service for the night, i have to pay for it. that's not fair, in my opinion. starting off the day with a cup of tea, about as british as you can get. i have to finish making my cup of tea. there is absolutely nowhere to get any hot food for those drivers that don't have microwaves. absolute ghost town. it's very unhygienic. you do what's called the ‘squaddie wash', where you use some wet wipes, which isn't the best. you'll go out every day and might not come home until the end of the week. a lot of people won't realise it can take its toll. so here we have another garage that won't let us use the toilets or be able to get a hot drink.

this isjust my life on a daily basis. i'm sat in trucks at the moment. having my break, because i can't legally not have it. i am currently sat in my cab because the services and that, they're shut. no difference to what we do day in, day out, every day of the year, but normally, day in and day out, every day of the year, we have facilities to be able to get a cup of tea or coffee, we have no problem getting a shower. we can't get microwavable meals in a lot of places, so we had to get them on a sunday, which was quite difficult trying to get everything on a sunday because the shops were empty again. sojust parking up for the night. tonight i've got a pizza i can literally shove in my microwave. although it's not the best meal, it's not nutritional, it's still going to fill me up at the end the day. i was on facetime to my mate kye the other night. i was eating dinner here while he was eating dinner at home. and it was quite nice

to have someone to talk to because throughout the day, i don't really talk a lot. i listen to the radio — radio i obviously — all the time, unless i can't get a signal. it's nice to have people to talk to because it gets very lonely, i've got to admit. i pre—made some meals. we have a choice of bolognese, bolognese and some more bolognese. i'm quite lucky in the fact i have a microwave in here. time to get ready for bed. because of the covid—19 situation, the government have relaxed our driving hours and that can take quite a strain because, as a driver, i'm one of the lowest paid careers out there. so now i'm in bed, this is my only time to relax, so it takes its toll on your mental health a bit. morning, guys. microwavejust on, boiling some hot water for my coffee just there, and then i can go

and brush my teeth and get ready for the day. i'm out here working on the frontline, in contact with people still. and i'm still getting paid the same as i would on a normal day. we don't get any extra pay because we're hazardous at work or anything, so it doesn't seem fair that our facilities are being cut, our money's staying the same, we're working extra hours. at the end of the day, we're all trying to get by. treat drivers with respect. we're delivering a service to everyone. we're delivering products, i'm delivering mainly bulk haulage. all of this helps you because without trucks, this country would stop. the question of how close we are to a vaccine for coronavirus is being asked on an almost daily basis and scientists globally find a way to treat covid—19. five years ago, microsoft founder bill gates warned about a widespread pandemic, but says he was

subsequently ignored. he's now promised to help fund factories testing for vaccines. he spoke to the bbc‘s charlie stayt and he started by explaining why he believed there needed to be a global response to this outbreak. the tools that are going to reduce deaths, the drugs, you know, that's a global thing to get those out, and the thing that will get us back to the world that we had before coronavirus is the vaccine, and getting that out to all 7 billion people. and so, the efforts to test those, to build the factories, to understand, you know, is it safe and ready to go, that's a global problem and, you know, so i'm glad, you know, that people are coming together to find where is the best work and combine that. you know, the factory will be in a different country than the science is in. this is the whole world working on probably the most urgent tool

that's ever been needed. can i ask you, in relation to the vaccine — i know you've donated a sum of money in relation to that — just talk me through how — what you think are the key elements around developing a successful vaccine. is it money? is it political will? what do you think are the key elements to that? well, we definitely need to fund the research and the manufacturing and the distribution. the distribution piece for developing companies will be gavi, where the uk has always been super generous on that. the research will need to fund about ten, the ten most promising constructs, because we won't know in advance which one will be prove to be safe and effective. and being effective for older people, whose immune system is weak, is a huge challenge. if you really amp up the vaccine to do that, then you can run into safety issues. so we're going to have to take something that usually takes five to six years and get

it done in 18 months. there are — there is an approach called mrna vaccine that people like moderna, curevac and several others have that looks quite promising, but we can't count on that, so we'll back, you know, four of five of those and for or five companies using a more conventional approach, which unfortunately, the schedule for that probably wouldn't be as quick as this rna programme we've been funding directly and through cepi over the last decade. you'll be aware a lot of people in the uk are asking a simple and straightforward question, which is, when will there be a vaccine? what — how do you see that? well, it's a perfect question, because we want to get back to the life we had before coronavirus. and people are seeing the economic destruction, the psychological stress.

you know, this is such an unprecedented, very tough thing to deal with. the — people like myself and tony fauci are saying 18 months. if everything went perfectly, we could do slightly better than that, but there will be a trade—off. we'll have less safety testing than we typically would have, and so, governments will have to decide do they indemnify the companies and say "let's go out with this" when we just don't have the time to do what we normally do. so 18 months is about what we would expect. we're doing everything we can. we'll write checks for those factories faster than governments can, and they'll come along. it definitely shouldn't be money limited. it should be all the best constructs, full speed ahead, science limited. as i understand it then,

from what you're saying, there may seem to be some compromise in the safety measures that would normally be expected to create a vaccine, because time is so crucial? well, of course, if you — if you want to wait and see if a side effect shows up two years later, that takes two years. so whenever you're acting quickly, like during the hiv crisis, they created a quick way of getting drug approval. there is a trade—off there. in that case, it worked super, super well. and here, we have — we will, i think, be able to get some safety indications, but this is a public good. and so, you know, those trade—offs, the governments working on a cooperative basis will be involved in the decision to say, "hey, the regulator says go ahead, even though you haven't taken the normal time period". do you think world leaders now are listening in a way they didn't out of necessity, bearing in mind — and i know you referenced it before

— 2015, you gave one of those ted talks, and if people go back and listen to it now, it was extraordinarily close to what is happening now. you were talking about the real risk of a pandemic across the world. did you feel like you were listened to then? no. the investments that could have been done so that diagnostics would have been essentially immediately available, drugs in less than half the time, the vaccine in less than half the time, most of those investments were not made. now, cepi is the exception to that, but that's about 5% of what could have been done. now we're scrambling and it's taking us much longer to get these pieces together, even though scientists are doing heroic work. so unlike the defence budget that prepares us for wars, where we simulate the problem and make sure we're good at it, this risk, which i viewed as even greater than the risk of war,

there was very, very little preparation. very few of these germ games where you try out and say, "ok, how do you build up the icu capacity? you know, "can you make ventilators? how do you prioritise the diagnostics? " that we're just figuring out as we go. do you think that — was that, do you think, partly a financial decision? that it wasn't deemed to be worth investing that money in something that maybe other people didn't see as clearly as you? well, it's got to be governments, because there is no private sector incentive for something that's uncertain like this. and even when it happens, you know, you have to charge mostly a break—even price for things that are helping out with a global crisis like this. so people still saw war as something to fund. in the less than 10% of that, that would have been needed for this, you know, people just didn't organise their government

to have that function. i do think now, because this has been so dramatic, you know, we weren't ready for this pandemic, but i do think we will be ready for the next pandemic. using the new tools of science, that's very, very doable. do — are you optimistic that now — and obviously, we need to get out of the immediate situation — that there will be a different mindset around the fears around viruses and pandemics? yeah, your speed of reaction is so crucial here, because it grows exponentially. you know, if you're there two months earlier, which some countries jumped on this faster than others, you know, they really were checking to see if there was community spread, they got the diagnostics capacity up quickly, but, you know, we should be able to have diagnostics within a month, we should be able to have

therapeutics in more like four months and a vaccine in more than a year if we're on standby with the right factories and the right science, and we should have rehearsed all the shortages, with working together, so a really good system for seeing this early and making sure wejump on it before the curve gets to a meaningful part of the population, that is achievable. i know you reflected for a moment on this earlier on in the interview, and it is inevitable that here in the uk, we ask our politicians questions about the way they've reacted and, to a degree, it's inevitable that thought process will be something that happens in the future that we look back on. i mean, can you sort of talk us through what you see from what's happened so far? well, the — a big missing piece is that funding the research for these type of vaccines — you know, actually, ourfoundation

is the biggest funder of vaccines for infectious disease. you know, there could have been more. cepi is the one thing that did happen there. and, you know, now the next phase is once we get the cases way down, how much can we open up? and now there is an opportunity for governments to see what others are doing, to see which ones do run into a rebound of the disease, and really share these deep understandings. you know, like, are young people of the infection chain? you know, so i do think we will deal with this opening—up phase in a more collaborative, data—driven way than the first scramble where, sadly, many governments were slow to react. it's been shown that nature can have a really positive impact on mental welfare, according to various scientific studies,

so now charities are finding ways of helping vulnerable people connect with nature while stuck indoors. the bbc‘s environment correspondent claire marshall has this. if we just close our eyes and take in the shallow breaths. if we just close our eyes and take in some shallow breaths. imagine we're walking at the edge of a field. this is a visualisation, a virtual walk in the countryside guided by a mental health charity volunteer. there are so many different plants and bushes and trees that come together. being out in nature can have a powerful impact. and it became kind of a lifeline, really. i feel like there was something i could do and there was something valuable and beautiful to notice when i didn't feel there was anything. there are many scientific studies that show the health benefits of being in the natural world.

so when we're outside, our blood pressure comes down, our heart rate variability goes up, and that's a good thing. our heart rate comes down and our cortisone levels are reduced, and these are all indicators of reductions in stress. so how to get this on lockdown? i know some of us don't have gardens... ironically, the therapy now involves embracing screen time. live online, they share fragments of the natural world they can see from their balconies or gardens. my family and i have been in self—isolation for almost two weeks because i've got a nasty cough and it is tough, but we're lucky enough to have a garden. what about people who don't? i was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. and i work for the nhs in east london and day by day, we started to the reality of that. day by day people starting calling in, saying they couldn't make it.

vivienne is a nature lover. to cope, she'd normally go to the countryside, but now, even the local parks are packed. what else am i supposed to do to try to pick myself up? yeah, so ijust feel like there's no point in trying. but people like emily are trying to help by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trusts have set up around 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we've seen 275% increase in the number of visitors who are watching it, compared to last year. huge people are tuning in and it's so important right now that people are getting that connection with nature, so they're doing it through digital platforms and online wildlife webcams. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that as human society struggles to cope with the virus, the natural world carries on uninterrupted. and just to let you know that you can keep up—to—date with the latest advice on our website, and you can keep

in touch with me on twitter 24/7 at @vicderbyshire. thanks for watching. good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. our headlines today: urgent work to get protective equipment to frontline health and care staff. as one shipment arrives in scotland, another is due later, but ministers admit the task is challenging. supply in some areas, particularly gowns, certain types of masks and aprons, is in short supply at the moment, and that must be an extremely anxious time for people working on the frontline. a warning that the number of people who have died in care homes from coronavirus could be higher than official figures show.

president trump says some us states will start lifting coronavirus restrictions this week. # you can't always get what you want. the rolling stonesjoin some of the biggest names in music from their living rooms to celebrate healthcare workers in a concert televised around the world. there are fears that football clubs across the country could go out of business because of the pandemic according to one premier league owner. brighton's tony bloom says football should consider a salary cap to keep players' costs down and clubs afloat. good down and clubs afloat. morning. a quiet sunday av if good morning. a quiet sunday awaits. if you've got cloud around at the moment, some of it will start to thin and break, so you will get some sunshine coming through. all the details coming up shortly. it's sunday, the 19th of april. our top story: a flight carrying more than 80

tonnes of protective equipment is expected to arrive in the uk from turkey today as the government continues to come under pressure about the lack of ppe for frontline hospital and care staff. it follows criticism over doctors and nurses being told they should re—use protective equipment. the number of people who have died from covid—19 jumped again yesterday by nearly 900 people. here's our correspondent john mcmanus. the faces change daily. so do the stories. but the heartbreak is the same. john coker, a constable for the british transport police, who's left behind a wife and three children. retired paediatrician judith darmady, awarded an obe after founding a children's charity — just two of the victims in the uk. and the victims continue to grow. yesterday it was confirmed the total

was brought to 15,464. but those statistics don't include deaths outside wards. no, the national care forum, which represents adult care providers, says it has evidence that the number of deaths and care homes in one week was double those in the whole of the previous month — that's more than 4000. the organisation says the care sector needs the same support as the nhs and has called for more personal protective equipment and comprehensive testing. the government has been under fire for weeks over the distribution of ppe. after previously insisting that supplies were reaching the nhs, it's now admitted that's not always the case. i completely accept that this is extremely challenging. supply in some areas, particularly gowns and certain types of masks and aprons, is in short supply at the moment, and that must be an

extremely anxious time for people working on the frontline. but they should be assured that we are doing everything we can to correct this issue. so far serious shortages of equipment have only been seen in england. this consignment of facemasks and virus testing equipment landed in glasgow yesterday morning. but later today a plane from turkey will arrive with 84 tonnes of ppe for england, including 4000 gowns. labour says the government must work harder to guarantee continual supplies. meanwhile, downing street says it's giving local councils extra funding to deal with the crisis, but it's also told them they must keep cemeteries and parks open after some closed the gates in recent weeks. john mcmanus, bbc news. let's get the latest now from our political correspondent jonathan blake. there's a lot of pressure on the government over ppe and now questions in today's papers about how they have handled the crisis so far.

yes, good morning. no shortage of questions and criticism of the government's early response to the coronavirus crisis this morning. lots of unnamed sources talking to the sunday times in particular, saying the uk was slow to respond and ill—prepared as a whole for a pandemic on this scale. downing street saying they've been guided by medical and scientific expertise throughout and the prime minister has been at the helm of the response. the time for investigations and inquiries will no doubt come, but in the meantime there are pressing issues for ministers to deal with on a daily basis of course, not least that issue of personal protective equipment, getting to the nhs frontline in enough supply. labour putting more pressure on the government over that today, asking for specific reassurances that any company that is offered to manufacture ppe in the uk has been taken up on that. we are being told

a bit more about the prime minister's recovery. he is still at checkers, although he is receiving telephone calls and briefing papers, so doing a little more work than he was, but still not back at work at the moment. in the meantime, a quad of senior ministers taking strategic decisions on a daily basis. demonstrations have continued in several areas of america against lockdown restrictions imposed by state officials to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. the protesters, standing side—by—side in cities such as austin and columbus, say the stay—at—home order should be called off before the scheduled end date on may the fourth. more than 38,000 people have died in the us, and it has the world's highest number of infections. president trump said some states would start lifting restrictions soon. a number of states, led by both

democrat and republican governors, have announced concrete steps to begina have announced concrete steps to begin a safe, gradual and phased opening. texas and vermont will allow certain businesses to open on monday, while still requiring appropriate social distancing precautions. russian orthodox christians may break social distancing rules and congregate in churches to celebrate easter today, despite the government urging places of worship to close. yesterday russia recorded its highest number of new cases — almost 5,000 in a single day. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in moscow for us this morning. sarah, is it likely that people will ignore guidance? how are they going to enforce this discouragement of people from going to churches, and is it likely people will conform? we just will conform? wejust had will conform? we just had the bells ringing for the morning easter mass here in moscow, and we've just seen one person go inside the church. otherwise the street outside this particular church is very, very quiet. you may be able to see there's a police car parked outside

there's a police car parked outside the front entrance. that is of course to dissuade people from going m, course to dissuade people from going in, although the lady inside this church told us that 50 people gathered for the easter vigil last night. now, that is against the rules — there is a sign on the door saying the churches in moscow have been closed because of the epidemic and the only people allowed in our priests and those holding the service itself. those have been streamed online to try precisely to enforce this idea of an easter without parishioners in the churches. in fact the main cathedral here, which is where president putin would normally spend easter night and celebrate easter — it was empty, apart from priests and those holding the service, the patriarch talking about the terrible disease that has hit russia in saying that people needed to unite at this time but to stay away from the churches. some of the biggest names in music have joined forces to celebrate healthcare workers in a globally televised concert. lady gaga, paul mccartney

and billie eilish were among the artists who performed songs from their living rooms and the rolling stones even managed to play together from four separate locations. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson was watching. # well, i saw her today at the reception # a glass of wine in her hand... it has already been dubbed the living room live aid. many of the biggest names in music rocking where they reside for one world together at home, not a fundraiser, but designed as a celebration of frontline workers tackling covid—19 around the world. the rolling stones had filmed their parts individually on mobile phones, and they've been knitted together to look like a rock ‘n' roll zoom call. indeed, this was not a live concert, due to the reliance on the internet.

each artist's song for the two—hour event had been recorded in advance. # wonder how you managed to make ends meet. there was a beatle via broadband, sir paul mccartney. let's tell our leaders the need to strengthen healthcare systems all around the world so a crisis like this never happens again. # i'm still standing betterthan i everdid. and sir eltonjohn's piano had been wheeled into his garden. the basketballs were an unexpected accessory. # smile, though your heart is breaking. # smile, even though it's aching. the event had been curated by lady gaga, who opened the show with a charlie chaplin classic.

# thank you for the smiling part of yourface. billie eilish played a cover of the 60s standard sunny, while taylor swift showed off some very natty wallpaper. # you make the best of a bad deal. in the uk, a version of the event will be shown on bbc one tonight, with extra british performances added. calling it the wifi woodstock may be a bit of a stretch, but there won't be many more occasions when a beatle and the stones appear on the same bill. a little sneak peek into the living rooms of many of the world's biggest

musicians. and you can watch highlights of the one world: together at home concert tonight on bbc one, at 7.15pm. there's more evidence of the scale of the problem care homes are facing when it comes to coronavirus and elderly residents. according to the national care forum, which represents not—for—profit care providers, deaths in one week were double those for the whole of the previous month. the forum's director vic raynerjoins us now. thank you very much for your time. first of all, give us an idea of what the situation is like in care homes at the moment, our staff are managing and residents are faring.|j think it's a very challenging environment to be in and occur home right now. you've got some amazing stuff. i want to start by paying credit to them — some incredible staff who are showing enormous dedication of a skill and expertise in supporting some of the most

vulnerable members of our community. but it's a challenging environment, as the data shows us. it's clear from the data that we need to take some real action to make some changes in those care homes right now. let's look at some of the numbers, shall we? you calculated that there are something like 2500 deaths within care homes within a seven day period. you believe that could mean a total of over 4000 people may have died before the 13th. tell us how you came up with those numbers. we work very closely with our members, so we became aware early on that the data be encountered nationally and reported on on encountered nationally and reported onona encountered nationally and reported on on a national basis was not picking up what was happening within the care home sector. and as has been widely reported, part of that was because we were not having a comprehensive testing programme going on within care homes. so we

work with our members to try and ca ptu re work with our members to try and capture much more clearly and within a real—time format some of the data about what was actually going on so that we could ensure that government — that we could put out the kind of call to action, really, for government to take note of this and to respond now. there is data being collected. obviously for those who are in hospital and those who are confirmed with covid cases, that will be picked up by the office of national statistics, but there is allowed with that data, and as our figures show, clearly we can't wait for that information. we need to ta ke for that information. we need to take action now. it demonstrates the urgency of the situation in care homes. we had promises from the government earlier in the week talking about ppe and new testing regimes for care homes. are you beginning to see any of that yet?|j think, beginning to see any of that yet?” think, as you rightly say, there are

some strong commitments from the governments around those things. however, i don't think it goes far enough. this was a really unprecedented crisis, and we need some unprecedented responses. i guess what i think this data shows we need to do now is to put the same kind of effort — partnership, innovation and resources — as we put into these nightingale hospital, which are wonderful. in that same time we need to put that same energy and effort into the sector now, and we are calling for a ring of steel to be put around those care homes to make sure they have the right resources to protect those most vulnerable people within those homes. we've been told there are considerable logistical problems with getting ppe into this country, not least because so much is imported. perhaps understandably, people will want to see this being thrown at frontline health staff, healthcare workers. do you worry that staff in your homes will have

to ta ke that staff in your homes will have to take a backseat for awhile in that regard? listen, if i have to hear another story about care home staff and support organisations who provide support organisations who provide support in the community having to reach out to nail salons and other parts of the community to get hold of vital ppe or, as the bbc reported yesterday, staff having to resort to making their own scrubs out of curtain liners, ijust think it is an absolute disgrace, really. you know, we are not the dads army. the data shows that we are having an absolute fight right on the front line within care homes and we need to make sure that that ppe gets, and all of those resources get directly to those homes. government in its own ppe plan talked about having distributed over 646 million, god knows, sorry, 741 million bits of ppe out into the sector, into the health sector, but only out of that

about 41 million pieces of it go to ca re about 41 million pieces of it go to care sectors and that has to change. sure, where it is desperately needed. how are your staff at the moment and how you with staffing levels in general, assumedly with people having to self isolating some cases or off sick? absolutely, same as for the rest of the community, staff are taking the responsible decision about self isolating or family isolation. there are some real improvements in terms of access to testing for staff, so we hope that position will change quickly but staff have been incredible as i said, i have gone above and beyond and so, where they have had to have people self isolating, others have stepped in where they can and helped out but we need more resources in there too and i think part of what we need to look at now in terms of coming up with some kind of more definitive action around this is to think about what the data is telling us in terms of how we need to learn

about how this virus is working through these communities and i think what that is going to mean is we need to bring in some more resources . we need to bring in some more resources. there has been a big call—out, hasn't there, for nurses to come back into practice? and actually, where we need a lot of those nurses is within social care we can support those living with, you know, who were in care homes and need some support around managing the virus. i know there is huge appreciation, particularly from families, about the work that your staff is doing at the moment. thank you. it is 18 minutes past seven, good morning. if you are heading out for a bit of exercise, or the be doing? —— the weather be doing. little bit of cloud around but a quiet story. this is maidstone but you can see there is a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel. the cloud will break up as we go through the morning and sunshine will come through. by contrast, it is a cold

start in parts of scotland, down to -7' start in parts of scotland, down to —7, but look at those clear skies and look at this fancy view from flora. glorious this morning, not a cloud in the sky from scotland and thatis cloud in the sky from scotland and that is how it will stay throughout the day. high pressure is with us and it stays with us not only today but right throughout the week, in actualfact, and but right throughout the week, in actual fact, and this little weather front is not producing much rain but certainly more cloud across central and southern areas at the moment. a little bit on the murky side with maybe the odd spot or two of drizzle and some missed around as well but that will break up as we go through the day, the easterly wind actually acting as a friend through this afternoon in helping to break the cloud up quite nicely. it may well stay overcast into northern ireland in south—west england with the top temperatures generally with highs of 18, up on what we had yesterday. feeling a little bit cooler along the east coast, i will say that several times in this forecast! through the forecast to keep the clear skies and temperatures likely to fall away and the risk of a few

showers just to fall away and the risk of a few showersjust spilling in france, may be affecting the channel isles and overnight tonight we will see 5— eight which is what we have at the moment but again, you could see in low single figures, maybe just low freezing in a few sheltered rural parts of scotland. spot the difference as we move into monday. there is actually a subtle difference — more isobars generally to the south of that high so the wind still coming in off the north the, still a cool source, will actually strengthen through monday and tuesday so yes, it is going to bea and tuesday so yes, it is going to be a good deal of dry weather and yes there will be a lot of fun run around and still the risk of issue before few sharp showers moving away from the extreme south—west but factoring in the wind gusting in excess of 30 miles an hour quite widely across the country. it is just going to add a little bit of a chill if you are out for your brief speu chill if you are out for your brief spell of exercise. along the east coast we're looking at 12 or 13 degrees and further inland we might see the thermometer registering 19 with a little of shelter. the winds will fall lighterfrom with a little of shelter. the winds will fall lighter from wednesday

onwards of the temperatures will respond a little. we could be back up respond a little. we could be back up into the low 20s if it stays dry, settled in sunny throughout the week. back to you. louise, thank you. it is what we like to see, even if we cannot be in its too long or too often it is nice to see. —— be out in it for too long. not to do our shopping though. supermarkets are asking people not to use online shopping if they don't really have to in a bid to free up delivery slots for those who need the service the most. stores say they have seen a massive increase in demand for home deliveries and added hundreds of thousands more slots. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. my my whole day is taken up trying to get a slot. frank is scared to go to the supermarket. he is 66 with chronic kidney disease and lives on his own in whole. food is essential and also your health is essential

and also your health is essential and if you cannot get any food delivered you risk your health to get it. and here is his question. why is it so difficult for vulnerable people to get online delivery slot? there are millions of people who may be feeling vulnerable right now, whether it is having health problems like frank, being pregnant or elderly. it is no wonder then that demand for home delivery slots has gone through the roof. five am and the online orders are being picked. sainsbury is has added extra hours, extra workers, and hundreds of vans to ramp up capacity. they are increasing their online slots by 76%. and it is a similar story at the other big grosses , similar story at the other big grosses, all coming up with ways to be supplies. including more click and collect. even so, all of this is never going to be enough. we cannot do it all and we cannot do it on our own. meet sainsbury is's head of

online. how do you prioritise customers? we are desperately trying to do the right thing. we proactively have reached out to almost 700,000 who we know to be vulnerable. but we know that that isn't everyone. and this is where we are looking for everyone to play their part, so if you do have an online order and you can shop for someone else, please do. and equally, when you are coming into our stores and if you can, please do. shop for people in your locality. karen is part of a group but is now at the front of an online grocery cue because she is recovering from cancer, she is classed as extremely vulnerable by the government. she shops with tesco and has been logging on at midnight to make sure she got her slot. i'm just exhausted. you know, my energy level was, from a treatment that i had last year, is still really low and i'm trying to get back to normal and i'm trying to get back to normal andi and i'm trying to get back to normal and ijust and i'm trying to get back to normal and i just cannot sustain

and i'm trying to get back to normal and ijust cannot sustain having such late nights. just to try and get a slot for shopping. tesco says it is doing everything it can to support its most vulnerable customers but with demand outstripping supply, the message from all the supermarkets is these online deliveries should be for those who need them the most. emma simpson, bbc news. being separated from family members is one of the most difficult things about the pandemic — and it's particularly hard if your loved ones are abroad and unwell. georgina forsythe's father is stranded alone in intensive care in a miami hospital with suspected covid—19 — a situation georgina describes as a "living nightmare". georgina joins us now. good morning to you. just tell us the latest. how is your dad? well, you've just said it. the latest. how is your dad? well, you'vejust said it. he is in intensive care and he went on to a ventilator a few days ago. we have been told he is stable at the

moment. the plan was initially to have him on a ventilatorfor up moment. the plan was initially to have him on a ventilator for up to 48 hours but we have now been told it could be up to two weeks. georgina, talk us through some of the background here. your dad was on board a cruise ship and then he was u nwell board a cruise ship and then he was unwell and there was quite a delay in getting testing and you think that could be one of the biggest problems here? absolutely. so we have waited 12 days for a test and the results came back as inconclusive two days ago. it has just been excruciating for me and the rest of the family, waiting for those results to be told of that. we have been told that he has been retested and it is going to be up to five days but this could now be potentially hindering my dad. they have told us they can do a thing called a plasma transfusion for him but until we get a positive covid result, we cannot continue and move forward with my dad's treatment, so

it is very, very difficult at the moment. and what information are you able to get from the hospital because you mentioned that in the introduction the difficulty right now is the distance, isn't it? you are not able to speak to him may be directly and of course he is a long way away. what information are you able to get? it isjust very limited so day today, they are five hours behind, the time difference, and a lot of the nurses there are spanish— speaking and if we get through to a doctor, which is probably once every two or three days, we get a good update but it is very limited. day to day, all we are concerned about his dad's well—being so is his stable, what condition is he in, what are the steps moving forward? you know, we just what are the steps moving forward? you know, wejust want him what are the steps moving forward? you know, we just want him well and we just want him you know, we just want him well and wejust want him home on uk soil. we are so, so worried about him. you know, he is out there on his own. among cannot be by his side at the minute because of the pandemic. yeah, wejust minute because of the pandemic. yeah, we just want dad well and

home. yeah, i wanted to ask about your mum because your mum was travelling with him and forced to come home. the company said she should return and leave him there which i imagine must have been hugely difficult for her, and all of you. absolutely, it took all of her strength to get on that plane to come home. the us officials said because she had been on an infected cruise ship, she had no choice. she could not go to the hospital to be a by his side and she was not allowed to stay in the local hotel. she had to stay in the local hotel. she had to get off the cruise ship and the only place she was getting too after the cruise ship was on a plane to fly home. and it was so, so difficult for her. she has now come home to a different uk where she has had to go into quarantine for 14 days. so day today, we're alljust rallying together as a family to keep my‘s strength up. and to really just keep her going with that. —— my mum's. are you able to speak to your dad or make any contact with him at all? no. i mean, towards and we

pretty convinced, 99% sure he has got covid at the beginning of this a couple of weeks ago he was strong enough to e—mail us. he has got a kindle with him. but he is now sedated so we cannot speak to him and since he was admitted to intensive care over one week ago, there is no telephone in his room, so, no, we are currently not able to speak to so, no, we are currently not able to speakto him, so, no, we are currently not able to speak to him, which is really, really ha rd. speak to him, which is really, really hard. absolutely. what would you like to see happen next? i imagine him welland you like to see happen next? i imagine him well and at home but how would you like to see this change? just this plasma transfusion could potentially help dad, and if we had a positive test result now, he could have this transfusion. so if anyone can help to just speed up the test process , we can help to just speed up the test process, we need a positive or negative test result back asap from miami so that we can move forward with my dad's treatment and hopefully get him back home. georgina, it is good of you to talk

to us this morning and we are grateful for your time and we wish your dad john all of the best and we hope he makes a speedy recovery and our best wishes to all of the family as well. thank you for talking a —— talking to us this morning. stay with us. the headlines coming up.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a flight carrying more than 80 tonnes of protective equipment is expected to arrive in the uk from turkey today as the government continues to come under pressure about the lack of ppe for frontline hospital and care staff. it follows criticism over doctors and nurses being told they should re—use protective equipment. the number of people who have died from covid—19 jumped again yesterday by 888 people. there are fears the number of care home residents who have died as a result of coronavirus could be much higher than previously thought. the national care forum, which represents non—profit care providers, claims that deaths in one week were double those for the whole of the previous month. it could mean more than 4,000 older and disabled people have died. this doesn't include residents

who died in hospital from the virus. demonstrations have continued in several areas of america against lockdown restrictions imposed by state officials to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. the protesters, standing side—by—side in cities such as austin and columbus, say the stay—at—home order should be called off before the scheduled end date on may the fourth. more than 38,000 people have died in the us, and it has the world's highest number of infections. president trump said some states would start lifting restrictions soon. international music stars have paid tribute to healthcare workers in a global televised concert broadcast around the world. dozens of artists, including eltonjohn, the rolling stones and taylor swift, performed from their homes for the show. lady gaga, who curated the line—up, called the event "a love letter to the world". you can watch highlights on bbc one, tonight, at 7.15pm. it's time now for our daily slot where we put some of your coronavirus questions to a gp. joining us today is dr nighat arif.

thank you for having me. one of the most important issues is to remind people that gp practices are open for service, and if people have any medical concerns at all, they should be getting in touch. you have the same message, don't you? definitely. a lot of people are concerned because the doors might be closed but the gps are working indoors. a lot of practices are turning to online consultations in order to triage staff and keep anyone that might come into the practice is safe, so don't be put off, please ring yourgp. safe, so don't be put off, please ring your gp. especially because, even though coronavirus is happening, the rest of medicine is going on. people are still having chest pain and symptoms that could be strokes. people still need diuretic care. so i implore anyone listening today to please call your

gp within normal hours. from speaking to other gps, they are not getting anything like the level of calls they would get with those serious issues normally. have you seen that where you are? of course, and there are a number of factors. people say, i don't want to bother you — well, bother me. the other concern is that if you end up in hospital, you might end up with coronavirus. again, there are protections in place for that. we just need to be mindful that patients are not sitting at home putting up with their problems. we are particularly finding that with pa rents are particularly finding that with parents who are concerned about their child and they are leaving it until the child is really poorly before contacting their gp. preventative medicine still has to be practised as it did before coronavirus times, so please, if anybody does worry about their loved ones or themselves, contact your gp. remember, your gp will know you far, far better than anybody else, but if

you ring through, it might not be your regular doctor, so that collateral history always feeds into ourjudgement as doctors about how we ca re ourjudgement as doctors about how we care for you. so don't take any chances — still very much open for business. i want to come onto our view is' questions, but i must ask about ppe, which has been dominating headlines this week. we are expecting a consignment from turkey, we think, at some point later today. what is the situation for gps, particularly those having to go out into the community? i'm going to talk from the personal point of view. we are in bucks, and we have very little ppe. in fact we have very little ppe. in fact we have very little ppe. in fact we've had to end up getting ppe privately. for two to three weeks, we have been promised we would get ppe. this is a problem that's higher up system fault. the government really need to be getting this together, because lives are at risk. we've lost — how many colleagues now? 11? the number

is rising across the board. gps are still making home visits. i have palliative care patients that still need assessing and caring for, and doi need assessing and caring for, and do i put myself at risk of bringing the virus home to my loved ones? it's a scary time at the moment, and this is one of the heartbreaking situations, that we still haven't got it together with ppe. just from our viewers' point of view, we will be talking to the bma about this at eight o'clock and someone who represents manufacturers, looking at the efforts made to provide ppe, but that will be several weeks away at this stage, so we are still relying on those imports. let's go to some questions from our audience. there's still a lot of questions around the virus in the way works. this one here — if i get coronavirus, says brendan, and recover, is my immune system weakened ? brendan, and recover, is my immune system weakened? and what a second infection be harderfor me to recover from? we

infection be harderfor me to recover from ? we don't infection be harderfor me to recover from? we don't really know if you are guaranteed immunity once you've had this virus wants. that's a really good question, and you summed it up — we don't really know. that's where we are getting the information, by comparing it to other viruses. this is a novel virus. i'm sure people are sick and tired of hearing that, but it's only been around since december. a lot of other viruses we have bags of information about. the theory is once you are infected if you have a robust enough immune system you find your immune system makes copies of covid—19. however it might leave you vulnerable, especially if your immune system is hampered. remember, our psychological effects happen, our psychological effects happen, our physical health can be affected, so the theory is, while you are infected and have some immunity, whether you can get it again — well, it's early days and we are awaiting more information to come forward in regard to that. what about

transmission in the community? what i want to know is, if most people have been obeying the guidelines for over three weeks, why are we still getting the same amount of newly infected cases? and is the two metres' distance enough? 0h, infected cases? and is the two metres' distance enough? oh, yes. the theory is — sorry — it transmits through droplets. two metres' distance is actually good enough, and that means that when you are talking, coughing or spluttering, we don't affect other people. remember, this virus lives on the mucous membranes in our noses, mouths and respiratory systems, so by touching you can pass that on to immunocompromised people. the fact of why we are getting new cases is because it is contagious, and also people who don't have any symptoms are unaware that they have the virus, and going about their business, even things as simple as doing an essential shop, and passing it on, without realising they are

sharing the virus, because the virus incubates between five and 14 days within us, and therefore if you have managed to touch the surface — i don't know, a shopping trolley basket — and someone who is immunocompromised or has picked up that basket — that's how the transmission happens. so it's all about two metres, washing our hands as much as possible, making sure we are disinfecting things as much as possible and keeping our personal well—being at the core of how we are coping at the minute under lockdown and the situation we are under. that's worth emphasising, even if you are asymptomatic, if you are not coughing or sneezing, you will still be infectious — there is still the opportunity to pass it on. of course. let me ask you about people from ethnic minorities. again, this has been discussed, but we don't know why there seemed to be a people from bme communities that is disproportionate that is getting

this illness quite seriously undying in many cases. do you have any of your own theories? the thing is, what the coronavirus has done is holed up a mirror to our society to show that there are massive health inequalities. that's something i've been banging on about for about ten yea rs, been banging on about for about ten years, but this is another example that actually black, ethnic communities have been underfunded for decades upon decades in regards to economic well—being and medical well—being and physical, and the amount of austerity cuts — the effect of what we are seeing now. suddenly middle england has woken up to say, oh, my gosh, there are more deaths in black and ethnic minority communities. in fact this has been happening for years. we've been saying it all the time, that this is holding upa saying it all the time, that this is holding up a mirror to what's been going on. the thing that greets me so much is that people say, well, it's because they are not practising

self distancing rules, and also they come inhabit. that is such a simplistic argument. this is a system fault, this is the fact that this has been going on for years and yea rs this has been going on for years and years and years, and what we need to be doing is actually protecting our communities far more and if at the end of it what we learn is that we need our society to be investing in our healthcare, particularly from ethnic minority communities. they are the ones that have a lot of face—to—face contact with people. they are the ones that are going to be in the lower economic roles, which is the government set a couple of months ago are under skilled workers, and they are people coming from migrant communities as well, and again these are things that have a lwa ys and again these are things that have always been ignored. i think this is an example that we have suddenly come to realise far more acutely, because, like i say, we are in the middle of a pandemic, and it's taken a pandemic to realise that there are massive health inequalities in the uk and around the world. thank you very much for talking to us and for

your contribution this morning. really appreciate it, dr nighat arif, a gp in chesham and bucks. really helpful to have yes and no, right and wrong answers. jane's here with the sport. sports clubs, like all businesses, because let's not forget, they are businesses, finding it pretty tough right now. yes, good morning, ben and rachel. with football across the uk on pause due to the pandemic, one premier league club owner fears clubs across the country could go out of business. brighton's tony bloom was asked if he'd want a salary cap introduced after a report last year found that premier league clubs made £4.8 billion last season, but spent almost 60% of that on wages. i do think football will come together, because at the moment a lot of other football clubs are at risk of not only going into administration but going bust, and we were all devastated when bury went out of existence.

we know how key these football clubs are to the community. so it is a big concern going forward that more clubs in this country and other countries will fold. so i think it does need to be looked at at all levels. there are also fears over the long—term impact on women's football. the world players' union fifpro has warned that investments in the women's game may stall. there hasn't been a top flight league match since the end of february, but despite that, england and manchester city'sjill scott says there's a lot to look forward to. i think we have to try and focus on the positives. we know that the olympics is being moved. and that could look like an exciting three—year period for the women's game. you'd have the olympics, the home euros and a world cup as well. hopefully we can get through it. i think we all need

to pull together. we'll have to see what damage has been done once everything goes back to normal. yeah, it's one of them, i think. everything is up in the air, and until we actually see the damage that's done, we need to try and fix everything there really. the international hockey federation has told bbc sport that the pro league could be cancelled altogether if the majority of the remaining matches are not played by august. the annual global competition has already been postponed until may, with only a third of matches having ta ken place. with no hockey, many players are finding other ways to fill their time. hollie pearne—webb, who won gold for team gb at the rio olympics, is now an nhs volunteer. when it got announced, i signed up that evening for the nhs initiative, and i think that started yesterday. i've been on duty, but nothing has come through yet. but yeah, i volunteered for all the different four options, so that could be picking some vulnerable people's

shopping up, picking up prescriptions or patients from hospital who need to go home or vice—versa. they are things i've signed up for and i am willing and wanting to help if i can. now, most children want to spend their pocket money on sweets or maybe video games, but one 5—year—old leeds united fan has saved up to buy a player for his club. daniel auton set his sights on defender ben white, who's on loan at leeds from brighton. he wrote to the brighton chief executive, paul barber, asking if he would allow leeds to "please, please, please buy ben at the end of the season". daniel wrote "i have counted all my pennies in my piggy bank and i have £15.07, if this helps". paul barber wrote back saying, "we have given your kind offer the serious consideration it deserves but i'm afraid

we are unable to sell ben to leeds united at this time". what a shame that he couldn't get his favourite player. i tell you what, for a five—year—old, what lovely handwriting he had. i was going to say the same — way better than mine at that age. but £15.07, no good. i think the homeschooling from his pa rents i think the homeschooling from his parents perhaps has been no good. they've been concentrating on getting his handwriting up to speed. good on him, he'll go far. homeschooling — back to it tomorrow for lots of people. the easter holidays come to an end. but the good weather, i think, continues. after a very wet winter, we have beenin after a very wet winter, we have been in lockdown and the weather has been in lockdown and the weather has been dry and settled. but i would rather look out the window at blue sky and sunshine. it was depressing with this grey and cold weather.

look at north lanarkshire at the moment, glorious. jack frost not really done with his workjust yet, despite it being the middle of april so it is a cold start in scotland but that is because you have those clear skies and the sunshine. also sunshine as well further south, that is wrong, but should be cloudy conditions, apologies for that, in topsham devon. it is cloudy and i will bring the art in half—an—hour and the cloud is there because of this frontal system that is the wea ker this frontal system that is the weaker fare. the high this frontal system that is the weakerfare. the high pressure is sitting to the north—east and it is really going to dominate the weather story over the next few days so yes, we have some cut across england, wales, maybe the cloud thick enough for a spot of drizzle at the moment, some murky conditions but the easterly wind will help make the cloud up and push it out over to the west. northern ireland may well stay cloudy for much of the day but elsewhere it is dry, settled, sunny afternoon for most. call on the east

coast with 12—14 and because higher temperatures of 18 perhaps in sheltered western areas —— cooler. then through the night there is a risk maybe just coming through france of one or two isolated showers perhaps through the channel isles but generally speaking it is a quiet night continuing. overnight lows across england and wales 5— eight and we may see clear skies and a touch of light frost in sheltered rural parts again in scotland. the high pressure is not really moving very far very fast. we will see a few more isobars just through the south of the high which basically means the easterly flow continues and strengthens. so i suspect on monday you really will notice it if you are going to be out and about, albeit briefly, gusts in excess of 30 miles an hour. dry, settled story for many. just the risk of a few isolated showers, again maybejust clipping cornwall and down towards the isles of philly and the channel islands but factor in the strength of the wind it will make it feel on the chilly side, particularly once

again on exposed coasts and we the highs of 19 degrees. the winds will gradually ease as we go through the week and in actual fact from wednesday onwards with lighter winds, more sunshine coming through, those temperatures will respond so we could be back to the low 20s. back to you two. and if you want to help —— talk to me, i am not going to run away this to run away help —— talk to me, i am not going to run away this time. i do not want to run away this time. i do not want to talk to you now! she has brought the sunshine. that is all we need to know. your work your work is done here, louise. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. we'll be back with the headlines at 8:00. now it's time for click. hey, welcome back. here we are again. and thank you so much for all the kind comments about last week's programme.

they meant a lot to us, mainly they were comments about the cushions and the painting, but i will take it. look who else is back, its lara — hello mate, how are you, what have you been up to? hello, i have been very busy mastering the art of the zoom dinner party. have you tried it? no i haven't, that sounds very middle—class, i have been down the pub virtually with some friends, but i haven't done a dinner party yet. is this something you dress up for? of course, what else is there to get dressed up for at the moment? and the thing is, i have worked out how to do it so it is not awkward. your guests arrive, you have a nice chat before you start eating, then you turn the video and microphone off for a bit while you're serving food, so people aren't walking in and out of shot or peering around trying to get into shot, and also, no awkward chewing and talking at the same time, i know it happens in real life but no need for it at the moment, and then after dinner you get together again. but of course many of us are using conferencing apps at the moment for many different reasons. a lot of them far more important

than my dinner parties. spencer, what do you think this lot are up to? both: the health and wellbeing of my patient will be my first consideration. both: i will respect the autonomy and dignity of my patient. it certainly sounds very important, doesn't it? i dunno, go on. yes, they are medical students taking their hippocratic oath. because without that, they can't become nhs doctors. and of course right now, we need all the doctors we can get. so newcastle university has accelerated the process with a virtual graduation, using microsoft's flipgrid software. all: upon my honour. that hippocratic oath is brilliant, isn't it, it's so important to people who work in medicine, they are the true heroes in this. there are many people who are particularly at risk from the virus, and those are the people we're properly trying to shield at the moment, many of them will be elderly. and when you are completely locked in your home and you are not allowed out, that is when we really need technology to help stay in touch

with those people and help them keep busy. and jen copestake has been looking at what's on offer. concerns for people living in care homes across the country are increasing as many become ill with the coronavirus and are separated from their loved ones. while there's little human comfort for many during this incredibly difficult time, some care homes are employing technical solutions to try and provide some outside connection, and if not, a little distraction for their residents. in belgium, 60 zorabots have been deployed to care homes around the country to entertain residents kept in their rooms in isolation. zorabot plays classical music this includes henry, who spoke to me on the zorabot which visited his room. henry said it was too difficult to talk about how the isolation makes him feel, but he was very

happy to speak on the robot. that's the biggest problem, is the isolation, that they are far from theirfamily, and they are not allowed to go outside or to see them or to hold them in the arms, and so we are doing all what we can to give them their contact with the family. in the netherlands, these sara bots were used in care homes before the pandemic, but now the company is providing them for a month free to anyone who would like to try them out. while sara's off visiting the ward, this 95—year—old woman uses a tablet in her room to speak with staff. but she's regularly spent time with sara.

and for the first time in a care home, sara is being used in a trial to visit a patient who is critically ill with coronavirus. on thursday we got a phone call from the care homes, and they told me, "we have a corona patient, and in this case it is really sad because we know she is not going to survive this," so there was really — they were in a hurry. so they told me, they asked us, "can you help us with this robot?" so we said of course, and the next day we brought a robot in. here in the uk the nhs's innovation team, nhsx, are looking at how technology can be used here to alleviate isolation and bring families together. a trial with facebook‘s portal device in care homes and hospitals is under way. chd care homes in surrey were using the portal before the crisis in a programme called adopt a grandparent. volunteers call in to in to speak to care home residents. i still work.

you still work? that's nice, what do you do? a few weeks ago they put out a special call for the covid crisis to ask for more adoptions. how old are you? and the response we've had is now 70,000 volunteers registered worldwide. it's been absolutely phenomenal. just for your care homes or care homes all over the world? 70,000 just for our care homes. wow! ijust think it is fantastic that there is potentially a technology answer to such a really human problem, because i'm a big believer in the power of technology, and here's potentially something that is undeniably making things better for people in a really tough situation. when the pandemic is over, some of these solutions may be permanently implemented to help look after our elderly relatives. but everyone we spoke to emphasised how much they would like to see us in person. we need to think carefully about the impact replacing humans

may have on the future of care and the shape of our future society. that wasjen looking at how technology is in a small way trying to help in what is a really difficult situation. lara, you have been looking at something similar in the volunteer space, yes? that's right, something to help those doctors and nurses who are working around the clock. because for those with children, there is an extra logistical issue in the equation. so medical students who are not quite ready for the frontline have found a way that they can still help. so we made the facebook group and it just snowballed. within, like, the space of 24 hours, we were like oh my goodness, we have really got something here, this is really wild. babysitting app bubble one was that took on the task of helping connect them to nhs parents. more than 500 nhs workers have already booked free childcare through the apps pool of over 1,000 safety—checked volunteers.

a lot of us are working in emergency rotas now so the hours we might have been doing before, or the pattern of work has changed considerably. so this would provide us with those extended hours of service that we would need. healthship is another service built by medical students looking to make good use of their spare time. students from 95 universities have signed up to help nhs staff. today i'm picking up a prescription and delivering it to a patient. it means i can give back to the community and help those who are vulnerable in this pandemic. by far and large, the vast majority of interest has been in childcare, which makes sense because that's where the help is really needed. any of us have a chance to volunteer in this crisis. over three quarters of a million brits have signed up to the good sam app to help others. when the news story came out that they were looking for volunteers,

i thought, "brilliant, that is exactly what i want to do." proof that not only are we in this together but community spirit definitely does exist. i'm in hastings, famed for its history, castle and mediaeval tapestry and i am here to get a taste of some of the culture they have got an offer, but not where you might imagine. i'm just going to connect to hastings right now, so that's just outside of london, certainly not somewhere i'm allowed to go at the moment. that's right, i'm going on a gallery tour inside a robot. welcomes to hastings contemporary. this is a collaboration between the gallery and bristol robotics laboratory. the idea is to adapt these telepresence robots so we can all enjoy art without leaving our homes. today i'm being shown around by director of the gallery, liz gilmore. ok, here we go.

sorry. ok, so my bad driving aside, this project is about more than just bringing in virtual visitors during the lockdown. this technology's been developed for a while as being used in videoconferencing, but not before in a uk gallery. so it was opportunistic for us. we knew one of our trustees who is a disabled artist, she had been using this for her own communications and meetings, and so was able to ask bristol robotics if we could use this robot as a trial during this period at the gallery. from my end, all i need is a web browser and a prearranged slot to drop in to the gallery. it's hard to argue that robo tours like this are anything but a positive idea right now. but what about when galleries reopen to in—person visitors? if you think about access to art, et cetera, you know, some people are able to afford those

holidays to go across to venice or paris, and see the louvre for instance, and that's not available to everyone. at its heart, this project could mean more people who wouldn't usually get the chance to see out like this can enjoy it. one can also think about this as a way of bringing people together in different ways. well, that was great! i've just been to a gallery! you know, when it comes down to it, that's reallyjust a very elaborate video call, but there is something quite nice about being able to walk around, discover the place yourself, find all the nooks and crannies as you would if you were actually there. pretty cool! that was absolutely brilliant. that's steve driving a robot round an art gallery! you cannot ask for more, can you? and he didn't crash it down the stairs. however, if you do want more, you can have more. this is the short length version of the

programme, the full length is available for you right now on iplayer. please go check it out. thank you so much for and we will see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. our headlines today. urgent work to get protective equipment to frontline health and care staff. as one shipment arrives in scotland, another is due later, but ministers admit the task is challenging. supply in some areas, particularly gowns and certain types of masks and aprons,

is in short supply at the moment and that must be an extremely anxious time for people working on the front line. a warning that the number of people who have died in care homes from coronavirus could be higher than official figures show. president trump says some us states will start lifting coronavirus restrictions this week. # you can't always get what you want #. the rolling stonesjoin some of the biggest names in music from their living rooms to celebrate healthcare workers in concert televised around the world. good morning. a quiet sunday awaits. if you've got cloud around at the moment, some of it will start to thin and break so we'll get some sunshine coming through. i'll have all the details coming up shortly. it's sunday, 19th april. our top story. a flight carrying more than 80

tonnes of protective equipment is expected to arrive in the uk from turkey today, as the government continues to come under pressure about the lack of ppe for front line hospital and care staff. it follows criticism over doctors and nurses being told they should re—use protective equipment. the number of people who have died from covid—19 jumped again yesterday, by nearly 900 people. here's our correspondent john mcmanus. the faces change daily. so too the stories. but the heartbreak is the same. john coker, a detective constable for the british transport police, who's left behind a wife and three children. retired paediatrician judith darmady, awarded an obe after founding a children's charity. just two of the thousands of victims of the coronavirus in the uk. and the numbers continue to grow. yesterday, it was confirmed another 888 people had died in hospital from the virus,

bringing the total to 15,464. but those statistics don't include deaths outside wards. now the national care forum, which represents adult care providers, says it has evidence that the number of deaths in care homes in one week was double those in the whole of the previous month. that's more than 4,000. the organisation says the care sector needs the same support as the nhs and has called for more personal protective equipment and comprehensive testing. if i have to hear another story about care home staff and support organisations who provide support in the community having to reach out to nail salons and other parts of the community to get hold of vital ppe, or as the bbc reported yesterday, staff having to resort to making their own scrubs out of curtain liners, ijust think it's an absolute disgrace, really. you know, we are not the dad's army.

the government has been under fire for weeks over the distribution of ppe. after previously insisting that supplies were reaching the nhs, it's now admitted that's not always the case. so far, serious shortages of equipment have only been seen in england. this consignment of facemasks and virus testing equipment landed in glasgow yesterday morning. but later today, a plane from turkey will arrive with 84 tonnes of ppe for england. including 400,000 gowns. labour says the government must work harder to guarantee continual supplies. meanwhile, downing street says it's giving local councils extra funding to deal with the crisis and it's also told them they must keep cemeteries and parks open. some closed their gates in recent weeks. john mcmanus, bbc news. let's get the latest now from our political correspondent jonathan blake. there's a lot of pressure on the government over ppe and now

questions in today's papers about how they have handled the crisis so far? over the last couple of months, in fa ct. over the last couple of months, in fact. no shortage of criticism for their early response to the crisis of this morning, unnamed sources in the sunday times in particular saying there were several lost weeks and the uk was poorly prepared for a pandemic on the scale. downing street pointing out it has been guided by the scientific and medical advice and expertise it has received throughout and the prime minister has been at the helm of its response and there will be a time for investigations and enquiry but in the meantime, ministers are grappling with the day—to—day issues of keeping on top of their response to coronavirus, not least that issue of personal protective equipment. which we've been hearing about again this morning with a shipment due to arrive from turkey today. labour are asking for reassurances that companies who have offered to make ppe in the uk have had those offers

taken up by the government and there also some concern around schools and when they may reopen, causing alarm among and parents alike this morning with a lot of uncertainty around that. the education secretary gavin williamson has said this morning no decision has been taken on to when schools will reopen, saying the time will only come to do that when the scientific advice indicate it is like to do so. many thanks, jonathan blake, in london. demonstrations have continued in several areas of america against lockdown restrictions imposed by state officials to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. the protesters, standing side by side in cities such as austin and columbus, say the stay—at—home order should be called off before the scheduled end date on may 4th. more than 38,000 people have died in the us, and it has the world's highest number of infections. president trump said some states would start lifting restrictions soon. a number of states led by both democrat and republican governors

have announced concrete steps to begin a safe gradual and phased opening. texas and vermont will allow certain businesses to open on monday, while still requiring appropriate social distancing precautions. disadvantaged teenagers in england will be able to borrow laptops to help them study at home when schools are closed during the pandemic. it will be up to schools or local authorities to decide who needs help with access to a computer and 4g routers to help families connect to the internet. an online academy offering pupils 180 lessons every week will also be launched to support remote learning. international music stars have paid tribute to health care workers in a global televised concert broadcast around the world. dozens of artists including eltonjohn, the rolling stones and taylor swift, performed from their homes for the show. lady gaga, who curated the line—up, called the event "a love letter to the world". you can watch highlights on bbc one,

tonight, at 7.15pm. the duke of sussex says he is "incredibly proud" of the british public‘s response to the pandemic and hopes the selflessness shown in the uk continues once the crisis is over. in an interview with the podcast, "declassified", prince harry thanked nhs workers and volunteers. he also praised captain tom moore, who's raised more than £25 million for nhs charities. back to our top story now and we're expecting a flight to land in the uk this morning, packed with 84 tonnes of protective clothing from turkey. communities secretary robertjenrick announced yesterday that there would be a renewed effort to source and distribute more ppe, after warnings some hospitals could run out this weekend. we are working with british manufacturers to ensure

that they can make a contribution. you've heard of some of the more prominent ones like burberry and barbour, but the many smes, as well, being involved in that, and my department is also involved in trying to ensure that the supplies that we have get out, notjust to the nhs, critical though that is, but also to social care. often to smaller establishments like care homes all across the country. there's over 50,000 health care settings like that in the country, and we are using local resilience forums backed by almost 200 military planners to do the logistical task of taking the stocks that we do have and getting them to the front line, but i completely accept that this is extremely challenging. supply in some areas, particularly gowns and certain types of masks and aprons, is in short supply at the moment and that must be an extremely anxious time for people working

on the front line, but they should be assured that we are doing everything we can to correct this issue and to get them the equipment that they need. stark acknowledgement of some of the challenges from the communities secretary yesterday. so a significant shipment, but will it be enough? let's speak now to niall dickson, chief executive of the nhs confederation, which represents organisations which provide services to the nhs. we can also talk to dr tom dolphin, from the british medical association. good morning to both of you. neil dickson, first of all to you, this 80 tonnes of equipment coming from turkey, we are told it includes 400,000 gowns, is that going to be enough? what difference will it make? well it's a few days supply, so it may be enough to avert an absolute crisis over this weekend, but it doesn't solve the longer term problem and the question really is

how guaranteed are we that we will have similar shipments over the next few weeks and then will there be, from may onwards, a guaranteed regular supply so that we take away the levels of fear and anxiety which are existing in hospitals, but also crucially in gp services and communities and social care, as well, so it's across the whole health care system that come at the moment, there is a supply problem and a confidence problem, because the levels of fear and anxiety have risen over the last few days. i understand why the government issued this emergency advice about what do you do when you run out, i don't think they had much alternative but to do that, but the reality is that will again knock the confidence of an awful lot of nhs staff who are faced with a situation when they are going into work where they may feel they haven't got the level of kit that they need and i hope these extra supplies will get us around

that, get us over the next few days, but we will be looking to see, once this supply has been used up as it were, there needs to be other regular shipments. neiltalks were, there needs to be other regular shipments. neil talks about increasing levels of anxiety around health care workers, are using evidence of that and should we have seen this supply problem coming? absolutely, we could have seen this coming, we've had warnings for several months that this is coming, warnings from exercises done before looking at what we should do about a pandemic several years ago, so this is definitely something we could have planned for better and execute those plans better. what the bma is hearing from our members nationally is although it's got slightly better in some ways, broadly there are still big shortages, still a third of doctors finding shortages getting the masks, the tight—fitting facemasks, a disease you breathe into your lungs, facemasks, a disease you breathe into yourlungs, and facemasks, a disease you breathe into your lungs, and that's where it affected, so to see that many doctors and nurses and other health ca re doctors and nurses and other health care workers doctors and nurses and other health ca re workers are doctors and nurses and other health care workers are still not able to get there is masks is unacceptable.

i wanted to ask about the fact we might take ppe for granted and we think we know what it's for and how it's used, but give me a sense of what you use day—to—day and how you use it and why it so important. broadly speaking, there are two different kinds of ppe used in a hospital, the type you use for the highest risk settings, and that the type for example in intensive care and the operating theatres, and the type you would use on a ward for patients who are not on a ventilator, patients who are not on the tight—fitting oxygen masks. for the tight—fitting oxygen masks. for the high risk areas you need to have the high risk areas you need to have the tight—fitting masks, eye protection, gowns which cover your sleeves and gloves and shoe covers as well, often, so a high level of protection. the guidance put out this week which reflects the shortages somehow wasn't good enough la st shortages somehow wasn't good enough last week and yet somehow we are expected to think it's good enough and acceptable this week. it really isn't. if the government thinks these levels of production are ok

they are welcome to come and join us for a shift and see how we all get on breathing the same air together. we are talking about reusing gowns, so can you see in some circumstances where that may not be ideal but acceptable? well i think it's certainly not up to me to start telling doctors and nurses what is or is not acceptable. what i think needs to happen is first of all we needs to happen is first of all we need to pray we do not get into a situation where people are going into clinical areas without the protection that they need and that is why these extra supplies are so important. if in the hospital people do find themselves in a position where they are falling back on the so—called emergency advice, then i think it's a question first of all for discussion between unions, professional organisations and management at local level, with the medical experts there about what they have got and is that acceptable going on? and then i think it's a

matter for each individual member of staff then to make a decision around that. i really hope that this does not happen or it happens in a vanishingly rare number of cases, but there is no doubt, at the moment, the level of concern and worry are very high. we are living hand to mouth, we are finding hospitals may have enough now but they are thinking, well, we will run out by 11am tomorrow morning, which isa out by 11am tomorrow morning, which is a comment i have had, where shipments arrived and they were expecting 800 pieces of equipment or a particular piece of equipment and instead they only have 400 pieces, so that last them for a shorter period of time so i don't want to underestimate the kind of fear and anxiety across people on the front line around us. but i think that what needs to happen is that if there isn't enough stuff, it needs to bea there isn't enough stuff, it needs to be a matter which is then discussed locally, there is guidance there, i think the guidance in that

senseis there, i think the guidance in that sense is showing what possible alternatives maybe there are, but the ultimate decision i think has to be for the individual member of staff in consultation obviously with the experts within that institution. tom, i will come to you in a moment, but i just want to pick tom, i will come to you in a moment, but ijust want to pick up on some of the logistics of getting this ppe to the places it is needed most. we know there's a long supply chain, not necessarily easy to get hold of given the demand, and then getting it to the uk and the hospitals is proving to be much harder than many would appreciate. yes, it is. i'm not speaking for the centre, but i do believe and i think there is a justifiable question about how well—prepared we were, what sort of supply chain did we have in place, those kinds of questions, i think there is ultimately questions for after this period but what we need to do was get it right now and i think everybody at the centre...

within public health england, and the other bodies around the uk, are stretching every sinew to try to do this. we have got people trying to find the stuff all around the world and we have a perfect storm, i think the original planning was for a flu pandemic which would not have required the kind of numbers in terms of gowns that we are requiring for covid—19. the question is, should be a plan for something different than we did? but also we have a perfect storm in the sense that the biggest manufacturer of the stuff is china and china went into lockdown and stopped manufacturing. it's only now picking up and of course, that moment, the whole world wa nts course, that moment, the whole world wants this stuff, so i think we need to do everything possible to try to get this and, as i say, we have concentrated on hospitals rightly around the down issue but there's real questions for gps, for care homes, you've heard that on the programme this morning, where staff really are putting themselves at risk, likewise at a mental health institutions and a cross community

services in general. if! institutions and a cross community services in general. if i can ask about staff putting themselves at risk because the royal college of nursing said they don't think nurses should treat patients if they don't feel they are given adequate protection, so have your members been reporting similar dilemmas about whether they are effective to practice? well, of course, no doctor or nurse wants to be put in that situation. when you join the profession you expect some exposure to infectious disease, of course we do, but what we are being asked to do, but what we are being asked to do now is take unnecessary risks and we shouldn't be put in this position. the bma and the royal couege position. the bma and the royal college of nursing has been clear that doctors who are put in this position, where they are being put in danger by being asked to see a patient without the right equipment have the right to say they won't do that, and if they do make that decision, which no doctor wants to do, then the bma will back them up, but what we really want is to have the ppe there, so we can get on with seeing the patients without fearing for our own lives. thank you very much for your time, both of you.

let's stay with that theme. it's been announced that london olympics boss lord paul deighton has been appointed to help get more ppe to nhs staff. let's speak now to kate hills, who represents a group of manufacturers who are in talks with the cabinet office about making gowns here in the uk. kate, good morning to you. explain to me if you can what is it that the organisation is trying to do and how are you doing it? we want to go to uk manufacturers making this essential ppe kit, particularly things like the gowns and some of the masks, as well. the issue we have had for so long is that all of these products have been outsourced to places like china and now, eve ryo ne to places like china and now, everyone is looking for the same equipment, and every country is now building up its own manufacturing base for ppe. and that's what the uk needs to do and that's what we are trying to help it to do right now

with these manufacturers. it's quite an arduous process, and maybe you can explaina an arduous process, and maybe you can explain a little bit about that, because it's not just can explain a little bit about that, because it's notjust getting hold of the stuff and making it. the designs need to be signed off and even the fabric you use is in pretty short supply. yes, it's pretty specialist fabric used for the gowns, for instance, and also the product itself has to have certain certification. we are not talking about just making a certification. we are not talking aboutjust making a t—shirt, or a pairof leggings, aboutjust making a t—shirt, or a pair of leggings, but making medical needs to be going through rigorous tests, so that takes time. but those tests, so that takes time. but those tests have been done on first prototypes with an initial couple of manufacturers, and now we are going to get a lot more manufacturers on board making it. one of the problems you have got in the uk is that we don't have huge manufacturers like china do, with 5000 people working ina china do, with 5000 people working in a factory. it is small and micro businesses, so we need to get a group of them together to all make

the products. 0k, group of them together to all make the products. ok, so what stage are we out now? how quickly might some of this ppe that could be manufactured by these british manufacturers be in hospitals? there is already samples being made, production is under way for the initial order, the fabric is being made right now, it's been ordered, it's being made, so i would imagine we are looking at a couple of weeks or so before we can get some serious quantities of gowns out there. and give mea quantities of gowns out there. and give me a sense of who is manufacturing, because you touched on smaller scale uk manufacturers, you are right, we don't have huge warehouses more common in china, but are you confident you can get enough manufacturers on board to get the right number made? yes, definitely. if you think about the fact that a lot of the retailers like asus make a proportion of their products in the uk and have factories here used to turning around things really fast, we can use those types of manufacturers to make these products, because this is about

turning around high volume products really, really quickly and that's what they are used to doing because they are used to making for retailers who want fashion products in stores really fast. good luck, you've got your work cut out but thank you for talking us through that. that's a great project. trying to get more uk manufacturers involved in the design and manufacture of all the ppe so desperately needed. that kind of quick mobility, with your business background you will take an interest in this, but the way businesses are diversifying, but mobilising so quickly in an effort to kind of try to plug the gaps all over the place is astonishing to watch, but everything takes time. yes, and given the challenges you might think about getting manufacturers to do that, but then you realise lots of that, but then you realise lots of that supply chain, even if it's not the guns themselves, parts for machines, they come from china or other parts of the world in lockdown, so it's very difficult. it's a very specific fabric required, as well. a complex picture.

here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. a piece of cake at the moment. honestly. good morning. i could not get the right weather watcher, and i promised you dive in, so here it is because i wanted to show you the cloud around at the moment. it's a little bit misty in places, a bit of drizzle from time to time as well but that should, for most of us, break up, but a different story in scotland. at its best at the moment, lots of blue sky and sunshine. snow on the top of the highlands, a coal starter temperature is down to —7 in parts of aberdeenshire. now the high pressure will start with us right throughout the week, so the piece of ca ke throughout the week, so the piece of cake continues with just a few su btle cake continues with just a few subtle differences. a bit more of a breeze always coming in off the north see over the next few days which will add to the edge off the temperature is a little bit but today we will see cloud around and it may linger through the south—west of northern ireland but elsewhere

it's a dry settled story with lots of sunshine coming on. yes, a little bit cooler on the east coast but temperatures will be up on where they were yesterday for many, particularly whether cloud and rain is satin throughout the afternoon, soa high is satin throughout the afternoon, so a high value on 18, not out of the question. through this evening, very little in the way of change, we could just see an odd isolated shower pop—up towards the channel islands, made of the isles of scilly, as well, but elsewhere, relatively quiet start to monday morning. clearer skies in scotland mean we could see low single figures may be just below freezing, so a touch of light frost not out of the question here again. the high pressure is really not moving very far very fast, but you will notice perhaps a few more isobars on the chart to the south of that high which means the wind will strengthen further monday into tuesday and that certainly is going to be the main difference with the story, so lots of sunshine, pretty much from the word go, always a risk of showers in the isles of scilly whether cloud should ease away here, as well. the

however, even inland could be in excess of 30 miles an hour, may be stronger, so that is just going to add a little bit of a chill to what your thermometer may be registering by the middle of the afternoon, as high as 19 degrees. on the east coast, just a little bit cooler. similar story as we go into tuesday, but from wednesday onwards, the wind will start to fall lighter still, and asa will start to fall lighter still, and as a consequence temperatures will climb a degree or so higher, so back into the low 20s potentially for parts of england and wales, but widely across the country it's all about the dry settled story. back to you too. louise, thank you very much. it looks very nice even if you are not able to go out. it makes opening the curtains easier. much, much better, you're absolutely right louise, thank you. we are breakfast from bbc news. as a marie curie nurse, barbara sage dedicated herself to caring for those with terminal illness, but on easter sunday the 68—year—old

died from coronavirus. barbara had comforted many dying patients over the years but sadly her family weren't able to do the same for her, in herfinal moments. barbara is the first marie curie worker to die from covid—19 and we can speak now to the charity's chief executive, matthew reed. she sounds like a remarkable woman, tell us more about barbara. well, barbara was a beautiful person, she was kind, generous, giving, fun, mother of course, grandmother, auntie, partner, and our heart goes out to her family and those who love to have the most, and this is a tragic loss to the members of the marie curie family. the whole family are so sad. it takes a special can a person to perform the role she performed so many years. yes, it is a special person becomes a marie curie nurse or doctor. every day and

every night, they are with families experiencing the loss of a loved one, sitting with people who are dying, caring for them, one, sitting with people who are dying, caring forthem, holding their hand physically, caring for them, but also holding their hand emotionally and after people have breathed their last, to hold the family and to care for them as well. barbara had an absolute passion for this work and our facebook feed at marie cleary have had messages from people who have experienced barbara in their home looking after people who are dying and it reflected how good she was doing this. it a tap special type of work and barbara was an amazing example of that love and ca re an amazing example of that love and care and compassion that benefit so many people in the last part of their lives. it makes it all the more painful i'm sure for herfamily to think that she couldn't have family members close by her side in herfinal moments, family members close by her side in her final moments, although we

should say that the care from nurses and medics in intensive care units for patients in barbarous position is exceptional and will have been very, very empathetic, limited? i'm sure that's right. forfront line health workers this is a tremendously difficult situation and we had the highest respect and regard for front line doctors and nurses doing that, just like the nurses doing that, just like the nurses at marie cleary, but it was very painfulfor her nurses at marie cleary, but it was very painful for her family because barbara had held the hands of sony families that they were not there to hold her hand as she died and to hold her hand as she died and to hold her hand as she died and to hold her and hug her and just be with her, and in due course, we will try to find a way in which we can have a way to mark barbara's death with a family and the whole organisation. i think holding people is such an example of what marie curie does every day, stepping up to

do even more so at the moment with a covid—19 emergency of trying to hold the nation and be there to hold the nation's hand with so many people dying at the moment and the love and ca re dying at the moment and the love and care barbara exemplified, that's what we will see across the whole of marie curie at the moment in the uk. very challenging times here because i know the financial difficulties the countries are in because of a lack of funding for so many charities are very much in your mind as well. is it known whether barbara contracted coronavirus in the course of her work? no, it's not known. because there is no community testing and barbara became ill some weeks ago, so that's not known at all, but the lack of testing in the community and the shortage of ppe around the community are problems for the community—based marie curie workers, but we are doing everything we can do to make sure there is a good supply of ppe to our staff a day and night. as your previous

guests day and night. as your previous gu ests have day and night. as your previous guests have just been saying, this isa guests have just been saying, this is a massive problem at the moment getting the right kit at the right time. thank you very much indeed and we are very grateful to you because it's so important, of course, to tell the stories behind these statistics that we hear every single day and it's an opportunity for us to pay tribute to someone, one individual at least like barbara who made such an astonishing contribution to her own community. helping people at the end of life. we should say that was matthew reed, marie curie, speaking to us. more news in just marie curie, speaking to us. more news injust a moment. the headlines are coming up next. stay with us.

rhello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. here's a summary of this morning's main news. a flight carrying more than 80 tonnes of protective equipment is expected to arrive in the uk from turkey today, as the government continues to come under pressure about the lack of ppe for front line hospital and care staff. it follows criticism over doctors and nurses being told they should re—use protective equipment. the number of people who have died from covid—19 jumped again yesterday, by 888 people. sucking in the las sucking t half hour the nhs confederation, which represents organisations which provide services to the nhs, has told breakfast that today's shipment would not solve the ppe

solve the ppe shortage. it may be enough to add that the absolute crisis this weekend, but it does not solve the long—term problem and the question really is how guaranteed are we that we will have similar shipments over the next few weeks and then will there be from may onwards a guaranteed regular supply, may onwards a guaranteed regular supply, so that we take away the levels of fear and anxiety which are existing in hospitals, but also crucially in gp services and communities and social care as well? there are fears the number of care home residents who have died as a result of coronavirus could be much higher than previously thought. the national care forum, which represents nonprofit care providers, claims that deaths in one week were double those for the whole of the previous month. it could mean more than 4,000 older and disabled people have died. this doesn't include residents who died in hospital from the virus. demonstrations have continued in several areas of america against lockdown restrictions

imposed by state officials to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. the protesters, standing side—by—side in cities such as austin and columbus, say the stay—at—home order should be called off before the scheduled end date on may 4th. more than 38,000 people have died in the us, and it has the world's highest number of infections. president trump said some states would start lifting restrictions soon. those are the main stories this morning. the andrew marr show is coming up straight after us at nine o'clock this morning, and andrewjoins us now — what's on the programme today? as every week, michael gove who is pa rt as every week, michael gove who is part of the ministers running the coronavirus response by the government, will bejoining me later on in the programme, but i have been talking to a professor at oxford. the entire world is watching her because her team seem to be had in the race for the vaccine. i am

talking to her and annalisa dodds, the new shadow chancellor on the labour crisis, and the chairman of the oecd, the international response to the coronavirus crisis as well. and above all, david attenborough. david attenborough, who has made an extraordinary film about his life, looking back at climate change, overpopulation, the end of the wild parts of the world during the course of his life. it is a film that gives us some answers, so david attenborough's answer to global climate change and other big problems will also be on the show at 9am. a really busy hour. since the guidance on social distancing was issued last month, there's been confusion over how funerals should proceed. some councils in england have limited attendance to as few as five mourners and others have closed graveyards to the public. yesterday, the communities secretary, robertjenrick, clarified that close family members must be allowed to attend funerals

and cemeteries should be kept open so that people can "seek solace" at the graves of those they loved. joining us now is reverend sally hitchiner who is an associate vicar at st martin in the fields church in london. good morning to you. we know funerals are hard enough at the best of times, but quite clearly this is making it even more difficult. yes, it is incredibly difficult. i think grief is such a personal thing, but do not be able to go to the funerals of loved ones or not be able to visit the grave site at that point has been very traumatic for a lot of people. and actually, it is something that is really welcome, the opportunity for clarification because i don't think funeral directors or local councils knew what to do. so there was huge variation around the low uk and so i think to have really clear direction has made a big difference. what difference will it make day—to—day? give mea difference will it make day—to—day? give me a sense of how things could change. i think it is so individual

because it is just the opportunity to know that you can go to the funeral of a close family member or really dear loved ones. i think it is important to say that there are some variations, so i am just involved with a funeral at a moment where the person's family are really not wanting to be involved, but they had a very close gay partner, who they want in a civil partnership with, but we are still trying to include them as the next of kin. that opportunity to create is so important to people's mental health and spiritual health. i was just talking to someone yesterday he was a member of my previous parish whose husband died eight years ago and she visits his grave every single week. she lives alone and he is her main source of comfort and companionship, even though he passed away. she is still used to visiting him every single week. she is really happy that she can now go back and continue that routine that has been so important to her in processing

and continuing the love that she has for him. so i think, you know, someone is love doesn't die when someone is love doesn't die when someone dies. i'd love continues, and having that opportunity to post— process and having that opportunity to post—process that and be part of funerals, but also to be able to continue to them and where there remains lay is really important. those who are affected by greece, they know. i think it is really difficult for people who are not affected to understand how important thatis affected to understand how important that is —— affected by grief. affected to understand how important that is -- affected by grief. yes, it isa that is -- affected by grief. yes, it is a really important point you make about people finding it difficult to process what they go through day—to—day and wanting to be able to go to cemeteries or graveyards to talk to loved ones. able to go to cemeteries or graveyards to talk to loved onesm is very important and i think for those people who are housebound and can't get out of the house at the moment, i really want to say that your love continues, whether you can physically be at the grave or not.

holding upa physically be at the grave or not. holding up a picture of the person and all those other things are important as well. for people who can leave the house safely, i think going to the physical location and sitting by the graveside and talking to the person and sharing what is happening in your life and having that opportunity to be near them is very important. i think it may not make sense to people who are outside of that grief situation or who are dealing with grief differently, but we can never judge dealing with grief differently, but we can neverjudge people. i think it was the queen who said that grief is love with nowhere to go. it is really helpful for people to have somewhere to go a little bit and to sit near their loved one in a graveyard. i think unless there is a scientific reason why you can't do that, you can go to supermarkets, parks, i think there is no reason we can't go to graveyards and sit near our loved ones. i think as a member of the clergy i really see that importance. when i do funerals, i never say this is the end or you have to stop being near this person because i think the opportunity to go and sit near them and attend

their grave, put flowers on it, is really important and grief doesn't stop when the funeral stops. so the opportunity to continue that and you ta ke opportunity to continue that and you take whole families, especially on anniversaries in particular, it can be part of a family's annual cycle to go and visit their loved one, particularly actually when it was an untimely death, the death of a child's... i don't that we can underestimate the importance of grief practices and being able to travel to be near loved ones. yes, absolutely and i wanted to get your thoughts on may be some of the more technological solutions, temporary we would hope, but may be live streaming or being able to take part or watch a service like that, a funeral service. they help, but they will never replace, i assume? well, we do what we can. my little church as well as churches throughout the uk and funeral parlours are exploring things we have never done before, both of funerals and four

weddings. opportunities when we hopefully can have weddings again. i think it can be really painful not to go toa think it can be really painful not to go to a funeral and it doesn't quite feel complete unless you have been part of that ritual. and i think that when we can have some of these guidelines lifted a little bit and have more people gathering that will be really precious. but while thatis will be really precious. but while that is still happening, i wouldn't wa nt that is still happening, i wouldn't want people to feel that they can't process and things like having skype or straining things on the internet in various ways can still create rituals and you can do rituals in your home and have moments where you stop and remember loved ones and create rituals of your own that are processing. i think you don't feel that you need to have a professional or go to that you need to have a professional orgotoa that you need to have a professional or go to a specific location if you can't do that. at the same time, thatis can't do that. at the same time, that is really helpful though. the other thing we are planning to do is have lots of memorial services, when the bands are lifted, to be able to

gather together and celebrate and to remember and to grieve together will be really important. maybe even holding hands. i have forgotten how to do that, sometimes. just being near those who are mourning and i think looking forward to that is really important, but at the same time as doing whatever we can right now, when we havejust lost time as doing whatever we can right now, when we have just lost a loved one, whether we can go to the funeral itself or whether we can join online or even if we can't do any of those things but to hold rituals in our own homes, to light a candle to remember them, to write a letter to them. all of these things are letter to them. all of these things a re really letter to them. all of these things are really good for mental and spiritual health. sally, thank you. reverend sally hitchine there. to help with some of the ways people are dealing with grief right now for what is a really difficult time for many people. it was once one of the most essential of british jobs, but in recent years there haven't been as many milkmen doing their rounds as doorstep deliveries declined. consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports.

it is like... christmas. the vans are virtually full. it is going crazy at the moment. it's 6am at altrincham in cheshire and the humble milk delivery is making something of a comeback. since the uk went into lockdown, milkman paul ward has been working 12 hour days. what do you deliver? it's notjust milk, is it? no, we deliver apple juice, orange juice, eggs, double cream, whipping cream. his employers, mcqueens dairies, have taken on extra drivers, as demand for drops across the north—west has surged. in this new socially distant world, these no contact doorstep deliveries have never been quite so popular. and for some families who have struggled to get those delivery slots with the major supermarkets, they seem to have rediscovered these small local services, bringing the essentials to the doorstep. cow moos

over on the lancashire coast in lytham, it is the busiest time of year at the pemberton family farm. the last 2—3 weeks has been incredibly busy for these lads. we have got five milkmen going out and they have all increased by at least 40%... tom has his own youtube channel, showing a slice of daily life. the dairy did supply restaurants, cafes and gyms with milk, but since the lockdown that business has fallen away. but at the same time, they are delivering much more to elderly and vulnerable customers in rural areas. my main problem is this is my van and it's only this big, so this is my quietest day and it isjam—packed, like, you can't get any more on it. it is literally a 24—hour turnaround. and we have got cows now, we are milking harder.

50 calls a day, we have been having, can we supply, can we supply? and unfortunately we are stretched, but rather than say no we are actually increasing. it's good morning over london... 200 miles south, milkman ian says in his three decades working in wimbledon, he has never seen or heard it quite like this. it's about 4.00am. it's very quiet, everybody is in lockdown. there are no planes, no trains, no cars. milk and more is the uk's largest milk delivery service. they have had 25,000 new customers in a matter of weeks. and their hard work hasn't gone unnoticed. some of the kids have even been decorating the bottles for me. and back in cheshire, at mcqueens dairies, they have had hundreds of thank you letters and pictures. how does it make you feel getting those messages?

it makes you feel proud to be a milkman. and they are all hoping this revival will last. sarah corker, bbc news. it is interesting to know because i know loads of people had changed the way they buy things. i was saying to you, not just veg way they buy things. i was saying to you, notjust veg box deliveries, ice cream deliveries where we are. pizza led deliveries as well. yes, it has all worked out, but how much of that will stay beyond this period. from a business point of view, all of the businesses that are now trying to lay on these delivery services and ramp up their supplies, you hope that people stick with them so that after all this it stays as a viable business. and also, for people who can afford it, your milk doorstep delivery is more expensive than going and buying a couple of litres from the supermarket, so it may not be sustainable for some, particularly in the long term. i have been really impressed by how

agile are so many businesses have been. you have got the stock and you can sell it on. well done to them. we have to say goodbye to you in a moment or two. ben is off to read the news for the andrew marr show. we'll have the weather with louise in a just a second, but first we're saying goodbye to ben who's off to read the news the weather is behaving itself, but we do have cloudy skies over devon at the moment. it is not too bad, you can see some brightness starting to come through, but the best of the weather is certainly further north. just look at the highlands of scotland. i am veryjealous at the moment. what an amazing morning view! if we take a look at the satellite picture, you can see exactly where the cloud is sitting. across northern ireland, wales, south—west england lots of sunshine coming through and the winds coming off the north sea, which will hopefully push that cloud further

west through the morning. it may well stay in northern ireland for most of the day, and maybe perhaps across the far south—west, the isles of scilly and across the channel. elsewhere, a straightforward story, lots of sunshine, a brisk easterly breeze just pegging the temperatures back along the east coast, but further inland warmer than yesterday, said when we had the crowd and stubborn rain. as of 18 degrees. through this evening and in overnight, there is the risk of a few sharp showers, just moving up from the peninsula towards the channel islands over to the isles of scilly. that is worth bearing in mind. elsewhere, it is a quite story continuing, towns and cities being temperatures up to 4 degrees, may be places with clearer skies could start up cold with a touch of light frost. more isobars just start up cold with a touch of light frost. more isobarsjust to start up cold with a touch of light frost. more isobars just to the south means it winds will strengthen monday into tuesday as well. a repeat performance for the next few

days, still that cloud down towards the south—west and hopefully it will start to thin and break because they winds will be stronger. a lot of sunshine to look out for a monday, but they will be that easterly wind strengthening, gusting in excess of 30-35 strengthening, gusting in excess of 30—35 miles an hour in places. things where they are a bit more sheltered dizzying highs of 19 degrees. things will get warmer still as we go through the week. the winds will fall lighter and we will see more of sunshine. by by. he left us with the important news, thank you. looking pretty nice and settled for the next few days, so we will ta ke for the next few days, so we will take that. it is 8:48am. the pandemic has led to the cancellation of music festivals and concerts but last night some star performers found a new way of keeping us entertained. in a special concert, musicians including taylor swift, eltonjohn and the rolling stones performed from their homes, honouring the work of the world's health care professionals on the front line. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson was watching the lockdown live aid.

what was it like? quite a line—up in yes, the lockdown live aid, or the wi—fi woodstock, that is what people are dabbing it! it was quite an amazing show. i was sitting there at 1am in the morning. in the next hour i saw the rolling stones, who performed and recorded their performances separately. there was a rock and roll zoom call. charlie watts does not appear to have a drum kit at home and was using an armchair as kit at home and was using an armchairasa high kit at home and was using an armchair as a high hat and wasjust drumming on the flight cases. in that same hour you had sir paul mccartney doing lady madonna. he was one of the few people who manage to hold his phone the wrong way, filming vertically instead of landscape. then there was a performance by sir eltonjohn. elton

john managed to take his piano into the garden and what we learned there was he has got a very neat hedge and we learned also that their son also like playing basketball. there was a hooper behind and some basketballs. you really did get to investigate what people's houses look like during the shows. i want to want to come to that in just a moment if i can, but we have seen a little bit of that, let's now hear what it was like. # when i saw her today at the reception. # a glass of wine in her hand #. it has already been dubbed, the living room live aid. many of the biggest names in music rocking where they reside for one world together at home, not a fundraiser, but designed as a celebration of front line workers tackling covid—19 around the world. the rolling stones had filmed their parts individually on mobile phones and then been

edited together to look like a rock and roll zoom call. # see, we are going to fit our frustration! # lady madonna # indeed, this was not a live concert. due to the reliance on the internet, each act's song for the two hour event had been recorded in advance. # to make ends meet # there was a beatle via broadband, sir paul mccartney. let's tell our leaders that we need them to strengthen the health care systems all round the world, so that a crisis like this never happens again. # oh, i'm still standing better than i ever did # looking like a tooth of lava # feeling like a leather cap # and sir eltonjohn's piano had been wheeled into his garden — the basketballs were an unexpected accessory. # on my mind! # smile, though your

heart is breaking. # smile, even though it's aching # the event had been curated by lady gaga, who opened the show with a charlie chaplin classic. # you will get by! # sunny! # thank you for the smile upon your face # billie eilish played a cover of the 19605 standard, sunny. # sunny! #thank you for the claim that flows its face #. #i know delusion when i see it in the mirror #. while taylor swift showed off some very natty wallpaper. # fading in, fading out #. in the uk, a version of the event will be

shown on bbc one tonight, with extra british performances added. calling it a wi—fi woodstock may be a bit of a stretch, but they won't be many more occasions when a beetle and the stones play on the same bill. colin paterson, bbc news, his living room. and you do get brought drawn into looking at the background, playing that game of which has what i love it rather leaden right now! yes, i think i would go for keith richards, his live aid looks pretty sumptuous. let me bring out a couple of things i spotted last night. they will be a british version of the concert tonight, of the performances, including the ellie goulding won that i mentioned there. look to the right of the picture and you can see that double plug, right there and shot with only one plug on it. i spent most of her performance trying to work out was that part of the lighting, what was going on? this happened throughout the night, jennifer lopez, what lighting she has in her garden? a massive tree and lighting all around it. and then

as we could just bring up charlie booth, who sang the song fast and furious. when you see him getting this emotional ballad and you could think in the background is there is his unmade bed. charlie booth did not bother making his bed. yes, he went on twitter afterwards to apologise. there are so many moments like this to enjoy in the show! and the actress from neighbours, she performed in the preshow, which was an extra six hours. she performed right in front of her most massive trophy cabinet. not the most humble of performances when you do that! know, the bad thing is like being back at home for me. parents nagging me not to to do my bed. it has been called the living room live aid. is it genuinely a fundraiser? how is this working? money has already been raised. it is not a fundraiser fundraiser. what global citizen is

been doing with these gigs is going to matter companies, philanthropists and getting them to donate money rather than the public. the final total raised was announced after the show as being £100 million, so it is a lot of money that has been raised, but this last night was just a celebration of the people were working on the front line. you mentioned live aid. how did it compare? obviously no live audience, soa compare? obviously no live audience, so a massively different atmosphere. also in live aid, everyone got their 15 minutes. last night, you only got one song. that is a sign of how things have changed.” one song. that is a sign of how things have changed. i know who is living though i would choose, yours with your perfectly plump cushions! ba na na with your perfectly plump cushions! banana thank you. you can watch the british version at 7:15pm this evening. in we are making some

milestones in this new area of social distancing. not even the queen has escaped the impact. she has been false to cancel the official gun salute which takes plac salute e every year on her birthday. but the lockdown hasn't stopped some people from finding new and creative ways of marking the big day. let's speak now to trudy and chloe from rushden in northamptonshire, and lisa and sienna from greater manchester. zd, 2d, dee, first of all, it is your 11—year—old's birthday, is that right? line that is correct. hello! tell us a bit about what you have been doing to celebrate your birthday. we had... all the cars in, but there was a... we had a mini

street party. this was amazing. this came from a plea you put out on facebook, isn't it? tell us what happened. i had been at work previously, i have actually been at work quite a lot and haven't had a chance to sort anything. saw that our local police were doing a convoy in the area, for a training exercise, so i asked them to come and doa exercise, so i asked them to come and do a convoy down the street. i wasn't expecting them to actually turn up with anything they came. i thought i was just getting one or two police cars. but they turned up in their numbers. there you can see the fire engines there as well. hgppy the fire engines there as well. happy birthday, chloe! across the side of the bands. how did that make you feel, chloe? i was terrified! did you think you had done something wrong? yeah, that what i was

thinking. i nearly ran inside, i was that scared! well, add a special birthday for you. add a special one for cnr as well. happy birthday to your daughter! yes, her birthday was at the end of march and the lockdown had just happened, so the week before i nipped to the shops and got something for her, but on her actual birthday party was cancelled and all of the celebrations and she is only six, so we have got quite an active and very sociable street and so i put a message on to the whatsapp saying would anybody be happy to come out and sing happy birthday to her? at 4pm she walks down the street and we have quite a long street and we have quite a long street and we have quite a long street and happy birthday was sung with social distancing by all the neighbours, young and old, as we walked along the street for about five minutes. you love it, didn't you? yet. and how did that make you feel, sienna? barry, excited and i

felt like the queen. thank you, happy birthday to both of you. thank you for talking to us as well. that isa you for talking to us as well. that is a really nice way to end the programme. that is too this morning on breakfast. dan and louise will be back tomorrow morning at 6am. have a lovely sunday.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in several states in the us protesters demand to go back to work, saying that stay—at—home measures are too harsh. 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment are due to arrive in the uk today from turkey including hundreds of thousands of clinical gowns. fears in haiti, the poorest country in the americas, that an inadequate health care system could soon be overwhelmed. the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in uk care homes may be far higher than official figures currently show. and some of the world's biggest acts take part in an eight hour