good morning. hello. i hope you're 0k. i'm victoria derbyshire with you this tuesday morning. welcome to bbc news. here are the headlines. supplies of facemasks for frontline nhs workers will be put at risk, if the public is advised to wear them, warn hospital bosses. ministers consider the evidence. we do not have a clear scientific steer that it would be right to broaden this to the general population. we would obviously bear in mind the representations from nhs providers about the need to prioritise supply. a "well—loved" and "hugely respected" a&e consultant. tributes to dr manjeet singh riyat who has died after contracting covid—19.

official figures for the number of deaths involving coronavirus outside hospitals in england and wales are due to be published in the next half—hour. dentists warn that a critical shortage of ppe in england is forcing patients with urgent problems to "take matters into their own hands". mps return to westminster — with questions by videolink and strict new social—distancing rules. us oil prices bounce back after going negative for the first time. it meant producers were paying buyers to take it off their hands. president trump says he'll temporarily suspend immigration into the united states due to the coronavirus.

good morning. nhs supplies of face masks could be put at risk if the government starts advising the public to wear them. that's the warning from hospital bosses as the government's scientific advisers are to meet later to discuss whether the public should be urged to wear masks. really interested to know this morning if you wear a mask? perhaps when you got out for your shopping? would you wear a mask — email me victoria@bbc.co.uk or message me on twitter. it's @vicderbyshire. first, let's bring you more on the 52—year—old consultant who's died at the royal derby hospital. manjeet singh riyat — who was the uk's first sikh a&e consultant — has been described as "hugely respected" nationally. the office for national statistics is due to release new figures — in half an hour's time —

on the number of deaths involving coronavirus outside hospitals in england and wales, which will include care homes. the nhs is still waiting for a delayed delivery of personal protective equipment from turkey, which should provide 400,000 gowns. and the british dental association says a lack of protective kit is preventing some dentists from working at urgent care hubs — and forcing patients to take matters into their own hands. andy moore reports. manjeet singh riyat was the uk's first sikh a&e consultant. he died at the hospital in derby where he worked. he was described as "hugely—respected" as well as "much—loved". today, expert government advisers will discuss whether the general public should wear face masks. many countries in europe have adopted the policy. the mayor of london says they should be worn on public transport. but nhs providers, the organisation that represents trusts in england, warns that masks might be in short

supply for frontline health professionals if the general public are scrambling to find them. yesterday's figure for hospital deaths with coronavirus in the uk stood at 449, bringing the total to 16,509. hospital in admissions with covid are roughly stable across the country as a whole but falling in the capital. here in london, this is now the seventh day in a row that those numbers have fallen. so that means the balance between people going into hospital because they've fallen ill, and people who are going home because they are well again now, is in the opposite direction so that there are fewer people each day in hospital with covid. but there will be more official figures out this morning showing the number of deaths in care homes. last week's figures showed 210 deaths. many people in the care sector say the true toll numbers in the thousands.

there's the blue way, putting our gowns on. parts of the nhs continue to experience problems getting a hold of personal protection equipment. over the weekend, ministers said a flight was due to arrive from turkey shortly with 400,000 much—needed gowns. an raf aircraft has flown to istanbul to pick up the shipment but there is no word on when it will return. andy moore, bbc news. speaking to the bbc this morning — the local government minister simon clarke says at the moment there is no scientific steer that rolling out face masks to the broader population is right — and that supply must be prioritised to the nhs and front—line workers. we will always be guided by the advice that emerges from the scientific community about the wearing of face masks. and indeed all other questions. at the moment, there is no consensus that this is the right thing to do. we are focused on making sure that we get proper supplies of ppe both to the nhs and indeed to all parts of the front line in the fight against coronavirus.

as i said, at this point, we do not have a clear scientific steer that it would be right to broaden this to the general population. we would obviously bear in mind the representations from nhs providers about the need to prioritise supply to where it can do the most good. we can speak to our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. what is the evidence about what role masks can play? the evidence is equivocal. the reason for wearing a mask is to prevent infection to other people rather than protect yourself. in france, they will issue masks to people as lockdown ends. in the united states people are encouraged to wear cloth face coverings. in the uk the advice at the moment is perhaps masks do not do what they are supposed to and that is because there is concern not changing mask

regularly and washing them, might infect you, that they give you a false sense of security where you end up going to crowded places and ignored social distancing measures, and washing your hands. that said, the scientific advisory group, because of pressure from various groups, is revisiting the evidence and looking at the scientific evidence to see if anything has changed. what you have said, the science isn't settled. the who advice at the moment is the wide use of bass by healthy people in a community setting is not supported by current evidence and carries an 70s and critical risks. that seems pretty emphatic to me. the words are, current evidence. this is a completely new virus, we are learning more about it. it is wise as the group are doing to look at the latest evidence. the feeling

among senior scientific advisers is they are not keen on changing the regulations but they will look again. the new evidence will have to be pretty compelling that wearing masks does more good than harm for that advice to change. thank you. thank you for your messages, asking if you wear a mask when you go out for your weekly shop oi’ when you go out for your weekly shop or exercise. would you wear one? mary says she does, she has implemented some changes to how she works in her small hairdressing salon when they go back. wearing those masts will be mandatory if you wa nt those masts will be mandatory if you want your hairdone, those masts will be mandatory if you want your hair done, one of many changes until a vaccine is found. thank you for that. please get in touch. mps are set to approve plans for virtual sittings in the house of commons. 120 mp5 120 mps can take part by videolink

with attendance in the chamber limited to 50. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. he's in westminster for us. how will they choose which 50 will be able to attend? it will be random, a maximum of 50 in the chamber, the authority is hoping it will be less, they are discouraging mps from turning up. they accept some meydan up big cars either technology is not working —— may turn up because. most come up to 120, will be expected to contribute through zoom. they will be at home, they will have to apply the day before, and they will randomly select which will be the 120. there will be given a time slot and they will be given a time slot and they will appear on some big screens which have been set up around the chamber. they will ask that

question. the minister will be at the dispatch box. the speaker will still be in the chair. the question is, though, will be limited to questions to ministers, urgent questions, statements. there will be no government legislation or contentious debates because they wa nt to contentious debates because they want to avoid voting because they have not set up an electronic voting. it will be very different, slightly unreal when we are and used —— when we are used to the sheer noise of parliament. it will be more muted literally. but most mps accept there has to be some form of scrutiny of the government during this period of crisis and it is not sufficient to leave it to the daily press c0 nfe re nce sufficient to leave it to the daily press conference from downing street. mps have to hold the government to account. it is worth pausing to reflect on how much our country has changed since mps rose for the easter

recess. we have been in lockdown for only 48 our is, 400 people had died at that point. boris johnson only 48 our is, 400 people had died at that point. borisjohnson was well, jeremy corbyn was still leader of the opposition. how things have changed in a few short weeks. we hear politicians saying we are in unprecedented times. genuinely, we are. it was dragging when tony blair was interviewed yesterday. he was acknowledging he had seen nothing like this —— it was interesting. we do not know really where we are going or how this virus will unfold 01’ going or how this virus will unfold or how long we will be in lockdown, how soon it will be possible to get some sort of vaccine. whether the new normal might be a very extended period. going back to parliament, although mps are saying this is only although mps are saying this is only a temporary set up, we shall see. because it could be that the lockdown persists really for a very

long period of time, and maybe parliament will have to institute these procedures for much longer than they ever envisaged and over time they might become more entrenched and familiar. who knows what was originally envisaged as temporary could become more long—standing. thank you. norman smith at westminster. president trump has said he is suspending all immigration into the united states. he made the announcement in a tweet, saying he was acting to protect the jobs of american citizens amid the pandemic. the us has already agreed to extend border restrictions on nonessential travel with its neighbours in canada and mexico, and travel is currently limited from both europe and china. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. as america itches to get back to normal, a surprise announcement from the president in a late—night tweet. "in light of the attack from the invisible enemy, as well as the need to protect

thejobs of our great american citizens, i will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states!" the "invisible enemy" is the term mr trump has used to describe coronavirus. more than 22 million americans have applied for unemployment benefits in the last month, and there are fears the economic fallout from covid—19 could last for years. there are already bans on travel to the us from europe and china. it comes as the country is slowly beginning to lift the restrictions on movement, imposed to protect people from covid—19. some beaches in florida are already open to the public. in georgia, later this week, gyms, hair salons and bowling alleys will be back in business. and from next week, restaurants. elsewhere in the country, americans are running out of patience. in phoenix, arizona's capital city, demonstrators gathered to protest the state's continuing order to stay at home.

at the white house, president trump said he was working with state governors to ramp up coronavirus testing, a key part of the plan to reopen the country. and he highlighted support he received from the governor of new york. i want to draw your attention to governor cuomo‘s remarks during his press conference today. he said, "the president is right, the state's testing is up to the states to do, which will implement the tests and logistically co—ordinate the tests." "we have about 300 labs in new york..." and they do, they're great labs, actually. "..and it's myjob to co—ordinate those 300 labs." "i think the president's right when he says that the states should lead..." mr trump says he'll discuss the pandemic with andrew cuomo at the white house. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. the price of american crude oil fell below zero yesterday, meaning suppliers would pay people to take it away.

the price of west texas intermediate plunged as low as minus $37 a barrel because of the drop in demand caused by coronavirus. there aren't enough places to store the oil being produced, so buyers were being paid to take the supplies off producers' hands. we can speak to our business correspondent ben thompson who is in west london. will this drop in the cost of crude feed through to petrol and diesel prices? ina word, prices? in a word, no. what we should be clear about is that this is the united states. 0ne clear about is that this is the united states. one of the global measures of oil prices but not the only one. you touched on wye, an unprecedented slump in demand. at the same time, simply nowhere to store it. this is related to future oil contracts, traders, investors buying oil and saying we will pick

it up ona buying oil and saying we will pick it up on a sudden date at a certain price. those contracts come true today and there is nowhere for them today and there is nowhere for them to sell it will take it, and no one wanting to buy because global travel has slumped and we are not driving anywhere. but when we looked at how that filter through to the price paid at the pump, here in the uk, so much of the price we pay is made out of tax and duty and vat. looking at the numbers, just 12.3 p of a litre of fuel we buy at the pump is made up of fuel we buy at the pump is made up of the oil price itself, everything else is to do with refining, duty, vat. whilst prices might have come down, £1 tens —— won pantene a litre in most cases, it is unlikely we will see it fall further because so much of the price is made up because so much of the price is made up of other things. —— £1.10. we

spoke to lord browne who spoke about my they are still pumping out oil. it is not easy to turn off the taps. but there is no political agreement about who should cut because they make most of their revenues at the pumps. demand is down probably around 30%, and the production cut was around 10%. so, obviously, there is still a lot of oil being produced which is going into storage, and not being used. and people simply are not flying, they are not driving, industry is slow, so, obviously, demand is down significantly. this is very reminiscent of a time in the mid—‘80s when exactly the same situation happened. too much supply, too little demand, and prices of oil stayed low for 17 years.

lord browne, the former boss of dp. quite clearly right now, everyone is looking to see what impact this could have on uk produced oil. brent crude, and looking at the prices, there is a lot of volatility, it does not suffer the same storage issues we are finding in the united states because what they are doing in the us is find anywhere to store this oversupply of oil. whether that is filling up pipelines and turning off the taps at both ends, filling up off the taps at both ends, filling up oil tankers parking in car parks. they simply don't know what to do with it. we talk about oil as being a measure of the state of the global economy. 0il a measure of the state of the global economy. oil is used when we are travelling, driving, flying, factories are producing. it is unsurprising we are seeing big falls

in the price of oil given the state of the global economy right now is struggling, it has ground to a halt in most countries around the world. everyone is looking at when manufacturing might start, when we might start travelling and demand for oil might rise. i do not expect this to be a quick solution. yes, there are certain people if they have the space they buy while it is cheaper because they will profit later. the united states say they will boost their reserves they have strategically held while prices are so low. nonetheless, this is a long—term problem which is mirroring the effects of the global economy. thank you. ina in a moment, we will be talking about the emergency dental hubs which had been set up being inactive in england because dentists cannot get hold of ppe. the headlines on bbc news.

supplies of facemasks for frontline nhs workers will be put at risk, if the public is advised to wear them, warn hospital bosses. ministers consider the evidence. a "well—loved" and "hugely respected" a&e consultant. tributes to doctor manjeet singh riyat who has died after contracting covid—19. official figures on the number of deaths involving coronavirus outside hospitals are published in the next 15 minutes. germany and other parts of europe are taking tentative steps to ease lockdown measures. some shops in germany and denmark have opened, and norway has opened its nurseries. death rates have dropped in italy, spain, and france. the virus has killed more than 165,000 people worldwide; nearly two—thirds of the victims are in europe.

let's get the latest from our correspondent in berlin, jenny hill. what is the situation in germany and elsewhere? the big news in germany this morning is authorities in bavaria have announced they will cancel oktoberfest, the world —famous announced they will cancel oktoberfest, the world—famous beer festival which runs in autumn. 6 million people come from all over the world to enjoy german bavarian beer. you can perhaps understand why the authorities have made this call. if you have been to oktoberfest, you will know people pack into huge decorated tents, sitting side by side at trestle tables drinking beer, eating junk food, while listening to german brass bands. the authorities have taken the view it would be far too great a risk to public health to let it continue. presumably they were thinking about ways in which people would get to germany given the current state of global travel. it is a huge blow not

just for bavaria which breaks in well over 1 just for bavaria which breaks in well over1 billion euros from the event. and for germany, we have heard about the easing of restrictions in germany, italy, spain, norway, austria, overthe last few days and weeks. there was a sense perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel, these countries seem to be getting infection rates under control particularly in germany where last week authorities said the virus was now manageable. but at the same time in germany, a ban on big gatherings remained in place, in place until the end of august at least. authorities in bavaria took the decision this morning, not easily. saying it is an unbelievable shame. what about elsewhere, italy? italy, we are seeing some cautious, tentative good news in that for the first time since the outbreak began there, the number of people are fit

—— infected has fallen. just 20 fewer people than the day before. given the terrible time italy has had, this is being seized upon by people and the authorities there as if nothing else, is symbolic step in the right direction. in spain, there has been a fall in the daily number of deaths, that is seen as a cause for hope. it is worth pointing out angela michael making this point yesterday, a lot of these countries are seeing falls in infection rates, partially because of the restrictions placed on daily life. in germany, the rate has falling, with hospital beds to spare. authorities have said they will ease restrictions, small shops can reopen, some schools taking pupils backin reopen, some schools taking pupils back in for examinations. but she said germany is by no means out of

the woods yet. they will keep a close eye over the next 14 days on the effect using restrictions has on the effect using restrictions has on the infection rate. in germany, the death rate is rising pretty fast as is the number of infected health ca re is the number of infected health care workers. angela merkel is keen to emphasise that there is still no treatment. people talk about antibodies, as a way to finally managing the situation. i spoke to a scientist here yesterday, and he said the antibody tests are not yet up said the antibody tests are not yet up to scratch, we are a long way from being able to isolate and identify people with immunity. that is before you consider the ethics of what you do with that information. the british dental association is warning that dentists in england are facing critical shortages of ppe. half of dentists surveyed over

the weekend at new "urgent care hubs" said they don't have enough kit. the chief dental officer for england has said that every hub has the relevant ppe, and work is under way to ensure that supplies are maintained. and just to warn you, danjohnson's report does contain some graphic images. here's a dentist at work, but not working. we've got all the equipment to treat people. he hasn't seen a patient for ages. all i'm allowed to do is give prescriptions out. i saw a patient last...about three weeks ago. the problem is protective equipment, and dentists are especially vulnerable. face—to—face without the appropriate ppe is not advised and not possible due to the dental drill, creates an aerosol spray, which can spread the virus particles. but i didn't realise quite how hard it would be to take out a molar tooth. so, some patients are resorting to diy after failing to get treatment. they basically said unless it's actually stopping me from breathing, that they couldn't do anything,

there's no point coming in unless i literally, you know, couldn't stop — couldn't breathe properly. this wasn't the case, but the pain nevertheless was absolutely excruciating, so i thought i'd take it into my own hands, really. it was...it was quite tricky. i thought maybe ten, 15 minutes, but 1.5 hours it took me. some dentists have moved to working different roles. others just want to help their own patients. frustrated, i think, is the only word. frustrated that i can't do what i know i should be able to do. england's chief dental officer says a network of more than 200 urgent care centres is up and running to treat emergency cases. she says the right protective equipment is in place and that there's more on the way. dan johnson, bbc news. we now speak to eddie crouch, the vice chair of bda. and mick pitcher who has excruciating toothache and cannot find any service to help him.

welcome, both of you. mr crouch, do you feel as dentist you are at the back of the tube when it comes to getting hold of ppe? it does feel like that. it is about three and a half weeks now since our surgeries closed. we have a real backlog of patients who have been suffering. we have dealt with many them with advice and analgesics but many need face—to—face treatment, and without the necessary ppe, many of the centres even though they are waiting to provide care for patients, are not able to do that. not according to the chief dental officerfor england not according to the chief dental officer for england who says there are 219 open hubs providing care for those who need it and, click on every herb has the relevant ppe. — quote, every hub.

i have spoken to numerous colleagues across the weekend to find out the current situation. our survey clearly reflects that information is not correct. many of these centres are waiting to get up and running, some are waiting for testing of face masks so they can deliver care safely. there are numerous reasons why they are not up and running and sadly about one third of that number suddenly are not working at the moment. let us bring in mitch, how are you? lam not let us bring in mitch, how are you? i am not so bad, thanks, let us bring in mitch, how are you? lam not so bad, thanks, apart let us bring in mitch, how are you? i am not so bad, thanks, apart from toothache. how is it? it is a dull, nagging paini how is it? it is a dull, nagging pain i have had for three weeks, i am taking numerous painkillers to cope with it. why can't you get an urgent treatment at one of these emergency hubs? i have tried 111 twice now. the first time, they gave me a telephone number which was the wrong one, in

southend. i eventually got hold of that dentist they were recommending me too. because i was not registered with them, they could not provide treatment or antibiotics. they weren't doing face—to—face treatment. i phoned back 111 and had a similar experience in as much as they could not provide me with a dentist, or the fact is they were saying the covid hubs were only open at weekends for a couple of weekends and it was impossible to get an appointment. i do not agree with everything i have heard that there is dental treatment available in the uk. are you considering any desperate measures, dare i ask? well, i certainly do not want to ta ke well, i certainly do not want to take it into my own hands. as an aside, yesterday, by coincidence, i was talking to a dentist in germany, andl was talking to a dentist in germany, and i explained the situation i found myself in. quite frankly, he was horrified that a country in

europe that was part of europe, has such poor dental provision in this situation. and he was giving treatment for pain —related, not just emergency, pain related treatment, every day. we have nothing in the uk. because he was able to wear a high—grade mass, presumably. but it's not true to say we haven't got anything in the uk, eddie, if i've read your results erectly, the lack of ppe is mostly in england, there is just 2% of ppe is mostly in england, there isjust 2% shortages of ppe is mostly in england, there is just 2% shortages across scotland, wales, northern ireland, is that correct? absolutely correct, wales, scotland, northern ireland, they've been delivering urgent dental care for about a week or more and here in england we've been struggling to get up and running, pa rt struggling to get up and running, part of the problem is the command chain within nhs england. the slow progress that's made and making it difficult for the local nhs teams to

actually get the centres up and running. the real issue is the issue of ppe. you're talking specifically about the so—called ffp three masks, you need those because your members are about 20 centimetres away from a patient? absolutely. the aerosol procedures which are virtually what we do all the time in dentistry, if we do all the time in dentistry, if we are to deal with dental problems effectively we need to use aerosol. the aerosol will carry the virus and in close proximity we've seen what happens to ent surgeons, working in close proximity to the oral cavity. the viral load is such that we need to protect staff and the dentist but also patients because we don't want those patients being infected by the aerosol is that we are generating. it means, therefore, the number of patients we actually get through these urgent dental care centres are quite small, sadly, because we are

only able to see about one patient an our in one surgery. which is crazy, isn't it? there is a case, eddie, man from devon called billy taylor, spending 90 minutes pulling out his own truth because he couldn't get to see a dentist. in this time. what do you think of that? i think it's absolutely shocking. we've heard of diy dentistry, going back over the years because access to nhs dentistry has not been very good. but to spend an hour and not been very good. but to spend an hourand a not been very good. but to spend an hour and a half yanking out a tooth, the poor man must have been com pletely the poor man must have been completely desperate and we as a profession do not want that, we want to be able to treat our patients but we need support to deliver that care and so we can get people like billy out of trouble. briefly, mitch, how long do you think you are going to be able to wait to get some treatment? this is the big unknown. some people are talking it might be 12 before dentists opened their

doors again. in the meantime, i don't know how much worse my tooth is going to get but i'm also concerned the infection, if it goes on, i might lose the tooth. something needs to be done. thank you very much. thank you. mitch parker. eddie crouch. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol hello, again. for many of us today, we are looking at blue skies. there is still a bit of cloud in the south west to clear, taking any remnants of the rain with it, but that will go, clearing the south west of england and the channel islands, leaving behind a fair bit of sunshine. we also have a brisk easterly breeze really taking the edge off the temperatures on the north sea coastline. high temperatures will be further west, 20 or 21. tonight, there will be bits and pieces of cloud. the winds will ease a little bit. a touch of frost in the north—east highlands. temperatures low enough in northern

england for the odd pocket of frost but most of us won't see any. through tomorrow, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, the winds continue to ease. not feeling as cool down this north sea coastline as today. temperatures in the range of 12—16 in the east, with a top temperature of 21 in the west. we've just had this from the office for national statistics. about the number of people who have died in england and wales, the week ending april the 10th. it includes people who have died in the community, people at home and in care homes. for the week ending april the 10th, 6213 people died in england and wales. by the week ending april the

10th. that hospitals, care homes, people in their private homes. we are going to talk to nick from the ons right now. hello, good morning. we spoke this time last week, tell us what these latest figures are, break them down for the audience. 0k. as break them down for the audience. ok. as you said, this is for death registrations the week ending the 10th of april. just to get that clear in our heads, that was good friday, the 10th of april. everything that was registered in that week. it's largely deaths that occurred a few days before so would be can see is across england and wales, there were 18 and a half thousand deaths registered in that we, it's quite important to get an understanding of the overall mortality rate to understand what's going on, 18 and thousand registered in that we, over 2000 more than the week before. 8000 higher than what week before. 8000 higher than what we would expect to see at this time

of year. based on the previous five yea rs. of year. based on the previous five years. also important to remember it because that week included good friday, a number of registration offices will not have been open on good friday so we think about a third were so actually the number is slightly deflated because of registration offices had been open may be another couple of thousand if not more deaths would have been registered. the highest number, despite that fact, the highest number of weekly deaths registered in any week since the first week of january 2000. as you said, a third of those deaths, about 6000, 6200 had covid 19 mentioned on the death certificate, up from 20% the week before, about one in five the week before, about one in five the week before, now one in three. interestingly, that is a higher proportion of the excess level of deaths than we sort the week before, last week, when we were speaking, it was about three in five of the

deaths above average involved covid 19, the last week we recorded it is around four in five of the excess deaths involving covid 19 and regionally, we can see london is the highest, over a 50% of all deaths registered in london, 53%, involving covid 19, 57% in the west midlands, 35% in the north west. 0k. that's lots of information. the thing that stood out for me, the total, up to good friday, 18 and a half thousand deaths in that we, half of those roughly worker and a virus related, the highest number of weekly deaths in this country for 20 years. yes. about a third of it, involving covid 19. i beg your pardon. just over 20 yea rs, 19. i beg your pardon. just over 20 years, also important to notice, you know i said about good friday, slightly dampening the figures in that way, always in the first week

of january you get that way, always in the first week ofjanuary you get more figures because registration offices have been shot over the christmas and new year period so the first week or two injanuary year period so the first week or two in january always sees year period so the first week or two injanuary always sees higher numbers. we are comparing a week that's been affected by registration office closures the last week reported, against the previous highest which was affected by lags of registration over christmas, being fed and so it's not quite comparing like with like but on that basis, based on deaths registered in the week, the highest for over 20 yea rs. the week, the highest for over 20 years. can you let us know how much higher these death registrations are, compared to the government daily death toll figures in that we? yes. so we've actually taken a cut of the data, looking at registrations up until the last weekend just gone, very recent. we can only give a headline analysis of that. what we are seeing is deaths up that. what we are seeing is deaths up to that friday the 10th of april,

art figures are 40% higher than the numbers that were announced actually on the next day, when you saw the news the next day, we are 40% higher, covid 19 related deaths, up to that point in time and we are about 20% higher than nhs england figures, looking at england, just on its own, about 20% higher than the current latest figures from nhs england, taking the daily figures and reconciling them back, based on the date of death, about 20% higher than those figures. there is a stark difference. what's the significance of that difference? that difference is, ithink of that difference? that difference is, i think we spoke last week about the different deaths that are included in our data impaired to when you see the nhs and the department of health data, that's just looking at hospital deaths with a positive test for us our data is looking at all death registrations so that includes deaths in the community and care home deaths. so

what we can actually see is that those deaths that involve covid19, 80% of the deaths that we are recording our now in a hospital setting, this time last week it was 90%, only 80% are in hospital settings, 13% in a care home setting, 5% or in a private home setting. if we look at that care home number, i know that's a source of real focus at the moment, last week that was about 5% of deaths involving covid 19 in care home settings, now its 13%, based on death registrations. in terms of numbers, last week we were looking at 217 deaths registered up to the 3rd of april in care home settings, now we are seeing over 1000, 1041 deaths registered, up to the 10th of april, that would have happened a few days before, in care home settings. goodness. we can also look at the number of deaths in those

settings and how they've changed over the past couple of weeks. in hospital settings, the last week we've just reported, there are 70% more deaths in hospital settings than there were two weeks previously. 58% of those involving covid 19, six previously. 58% of those involving covid19, six in previously. 58% of those involving covid 19, six in ten involving previously. 58% of those involving covid19, six in ten involving covid 19. in care home settings there are now double the number of deaths from all causes, all mortality causes, double the number in care homes than there were two weeks previously. and about 17% of those deaths mention covid 19 on the death certificate and in private homes, there are about 50% more deaths than there we re about 50% more deaths than there were two weeks previously. and about mention covid 19 on the death certificate. it's still a shock, when you think about it, the thousands of people, that are dying. you are quite right. it's really

shocking. each one is a person, each one is a family. when i was born in friends and family about this, weeks ago, i was comparing against what was going on in italy, they had maybe 4000 deaths in saying this could be coming and people were saying how shocking and how frightening that was. and now we are looking, in this country, numbers that are a lot higher than that so we must always remember these are people with families. can i ask you one more question mr mark the total number of deaths in the week up to good friday in england and wales, 18 and a half thousand. at third, you say, involving covid19. what could be the reasons for the deaths of the other two thirds of people and is that, that's presumably higher than the same average week this time last year of the year before? it is higher. you know, it's probably about 20% higher than we might expect an average week at this time

of year. so we've got a number of research projects underway at the moment. one of them, as i understand, what are these excess deaths, what is making up those debts and indeed, how are those deaths being played out in terms of the setting they are in? the complex interactions between hospitals, care homes, private homes, how that may be changing through the course of the pandemic. we are hoping in a few weeks time to have a better idea of what those excess deaths are and how they may be interplay with those different settings. how much of them may actually be a covid 19 related issue, how much of them may be where people are not going to hospital, where perhaps they would have done in the past? so how much of this may be due to other factors as a result of lockdown? this is a very difficult and very challenging thing to try and understand. it will take us weeks to really get underneath that data and i suspect it will take

researchers weeks, months, and indeed years to really understand what went on. one more brief question. you said excess deaths, so for that we, what is the number of excess deaths in england and wales, up excess deaths in england and wales, up to the week ending the 10th of april? compared to the five year average of the same week in the year, its 8000 deaths above that average, of which 6200, about 80% of those deaths involved covid19. ok. thank you so much, thank you very much for talking us through those figures. they are really, really sobering, aren't they? we will bring you more analysis of those figures but those are just in, from the ons. the week ending april the 10th, good friday, in england and wales, according to ons figures just published, these are death registrations, 8000 excess deaths in

that week. that is, as nick told us, the highest number of weekly deaths in england and wales for 20 years. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally nugent. victoria, good morning. a little bit ofan victoria, good morning. a little bit of an update after a press conference yesterday, the government denied it was too slow to cancel major sporting events in this country. for example, the cheltenham festival, i know we've discussed that at length. and liverpool's champions league match against athletico madrid were both allowed to go ahead. some coronavirus deaths have since been blamed on that match at anfield, with 3,000 fans from the spanish capital amongst the crowd. the deputy chief scientific advisor, professor angela mclean, says that although there's no confimed link, it warranted further investigation. if we're at a bit of our recent history where we were living

our lives as normal, in that circumstance, going to a football match, is not a particularly large extra risk. however, once you get to a situation of our strange lives as we live them now, where we spend all our time basically at home, of course you wouldn't add on an extra risk of lots and lots of people all going off to the same place at the same time. i think it will be very interesting to see in the future, when all the science is done, what relationship there is between the viruses that have circulated in liverpool and the viruses that have circulated in spain. arsenal's first team players and their head coach mikel arteta have all agreed to take a pay cut to help the club through the pandemic. they say that the 12.5% cut is voluntary, and if certain targets are met on the pitch then some of that money will be paid back. the sheffield united manager chris wilder has also agreed to defer his pay. we could find out more today about what's going to happen with the rest of the football season. uefa's going to give an update to all of its 55 national associations.

european football's governing body wants to finish the current season by august. so we wait to see what that means for the premier league. liverpool of course so close to winning theirfirst league title in 30 years. their former striker ian rush says the season must be finished. we'd like to see the season finish. i think liverpool have had an incredible season. they do deserve to be champions. i think what we are looking at, we have to try to see if there are ways to get the season finished. it could be anything, behind closed doors, so be it. in a way, i think it could be really good if it is played behind closed doors because it would give the people in the country a lift, to be able to watch their team play live football, at home, on their tv.

the spurs forward son hyung min has started his military service back home in south korea. the 27—year—old is required by law to complete his national service by his 28th birthday. he's doing three weeks of basic training. son should have done 21 months, but earned an exemption after helping his country win the asian cup in 2018. the european ryder cup captain padraig harrington says there's no appetite on either side of the atlantic to play the competition behind closed doors. it's scheduled to be played at whistling straights in wisconsin in september. talks about having a fan—free event are thought to have taken place, but harrington says the players aren't keen. one man who'll be in that european side is shane lowry. 2019 open champion shane lowry says he can't wait to play competive golf again, after the pga announced their tour will resume injune with no fans. he gets to keep the claretjug for another 12 months after this

year's open was cancelled. he says he's itching to play again. i haven't touched a club in nearly four weeks now. i don't normally do that. i miss golf and i miss just playing the game, and even simple things like going hitting a bucket of balls. to be able to get back playing some tournament golf would be really nice. if it isjune, great. if it is a little bit later, it is not ideal but, hopefully, as i said, we have a date there now and it is set. like i said, it is something for me to work towards. jamie murray's doing his bit to try and fill the void left by the cancellation of wimbledon. he's hoping to organise an event for british players this summer that will be played behind closed doors. talks are said to be at a very early stage, and it's all dependant on any relaxation of social distancing guidelines. that certainly would be something that might help tennis fans who are going to miss wimbledon fortnight. which of course will be in the next

couple of months. victoria, back t. sally, thank you. coronavirus has meant hundreds of thousands of couples have had to cancel or postpone their weddings after the government announced a ban on social gatherings. it leaves behind disappointed couples, but what about the businesses which rely on the wedding trade? venues, photographers and bridal boutiques are usually very busy at this time of year, but are potentially now looking at no customers until the end of summer. many say they don't qualify for the support they need. we can talk now to helen williams, owner of the willow bridal boutique in cheshire and owen billcliffe, who owns his own wedding and events photography business. hello, both of you. helen, how many weddings have been cancelled where you are providing bespoke wedding dresses ? you are providing bespoke wedding dresses? so far this season we have 40 weddings that were due to go through until the summer. and we are now at the moment, three weddings are still going ahead as planned, the remainder have been either cancelled or rescheduled for later this year or next year. what does

that mean for your business? this year or next year. what does that mean for your business7m means a lot of the brides, the dresses, this is stuck behind me, we haven't got the income coming in for the balances that you was for dresses we order from suppliers and we aren't taking any money for alterations to gowns that we would have been altering so effectively, we've lost about 12 weeks worth of minimum work, just from today, up until probably mid june. as we are at the moment, considering, we will be one of the last to reopen. those beautiful dresses behind you, have you had to pay for those up front? these addresses are stock, we ordered these from one of our suppliers, we ordered these in september of last year. we were supposed to take delivery of these a couple of weeks earlier. but we had a couple of issues at the premises so we've taken delivery of them here, these dresses, i will have to pay for in the next week or two but we ordered them last summer. it's ha rd we ordered them last summer. it's

hard because obviously we'd planned to pay for these dresses but we've already been shut already for three weeks. with another at least 3—6 to 90, weeks. with another at least 3—6 to go, it's really hard. you tried it through your own bank to get support but they said your personal credit wasn't good enough. they said you would qualify for a government backed coronavirus business interruption loan, but you don't qualify? no, i don't. i applied when the original scheme opened. on three occasions over three days i was on hold for up to six hours and at 1.1 was cut up to barclays after four and a half hours. i eventually was advised we weren't able to lend commercially, that was fine, i had already put through, we started the process , we already put through, we started the process, we supplied a business plan, financial paperwork on everything you name it, short of the kitchen sink, to then be told we wouldn't be viable. that the loan

that we would one they wouldn't lend against it, we were told, numerous excuses about why they would not lend and i eventually filed a formal complaint. after a lot of wrangling with them i finally did get an a nswer with them i finally did get an answer from with them i finally did get an answerfrom them, with them i finally did get an answer from them, they would only lend a maximum of 25% of the 2019 turnover, on top of that, the minimum lend would be 25,001 which would mean you need to be turning over £100,000 to qualify for these. none of that information except for the minimum loan value was on the website. it wasn't on any information that we were being given, even on the screen when there was guidelines to see if you qualify, none of that was mentioned. we eventually, it took until last thursday to get the answer from them. they have not been straight about it, we would not have applied for this, we would not have gone down this road had we known about this, they've not been transparent about it. they've not helen, i

got a statement from your bank to say we are sorry to hear that your company experienced a delay in your application and some of the details they needed an eligibility were not immediately available. they say we are working through the options for support available to the business and ensuring everything on eligibility is clearfor and ensuring everything on eligibility is clear for any business supplying through the scheme. let me bring in a couple of minutes, before the weather, that's my fault for bad timekeeping. how many my fault for bad timekeeping. how ma ny eve nts my fault for bad timekeeping. how many events have you had cancelled and up to what stage in the year?|j do and up to what stage in the year?” do events and weddings, everything cancelled from march through until at the moment, june and that amounts to about 20, 25 events, weddings, engagement shoots as well, it's about 30% of my projected income for the year and then if that extends through until august, gets up to 50 almost 60% of the year. , just over 56 months. as a self-employed sole trader is any government support you

qualify for? i don't know if i qualify for? i don't know if i qualify for? i don't know if i qualify for it yet, i have to wait and see, i think i do but i think i scrape in which is good for me if i do but if i don't, i will have lost out, just because i tip over the cliff edge bite may be a few quid which is a real problem for people. you get everything or you are a penny over and you get nothing. i'm a sole trader, that's my situation, but any photographer i know, if they have their own business and pay themselves paye, they have got nothing, they can furlough themselves, if you do that you can't generate future work and self—employed people have to be able to keep working. how are you feeling about all of this? i have to look at the window and enjoyed the time i've got but if i'm honest, every day when i wake up, i think, what's going to happen if this doesn't pick 7 going to happen if this doesn't pick f going to happen if this doesn't pick up? if we are not able to have gatherings and parties and weddings, my career falsely and, i've got nothing else on the back burner, i have to consider a switch so if i

spend my time thinking about that i would get very depressed. which is a problem, photographers are facing lots of mental health at the minute, really big thing, almost as big as the financial problems we all face. yes. ok. thank you, both of you come up yes. ok. thank you, both of you come upfor it yes. ok. thank you, both of you come up for it laying out what the situation is with both of your businesses. helen and owen. if you can't support them in any way, please do. please do. —— if you can support them. time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. if you have an allergy to tree pollen it's worth noting most of england, wales, northern ireland, western scotla nd wales, northern ireland, western scotland have high levels today. going to be another dry and sunny day, we still have a brisk easterly wind, taking the edge off the temperatures, especially along this

east coast. another thing, whether front moving from the channel islands and south—west england, taking cloud and remnants of this ring with it as we go through the afternoon. a lot of track weather, lots of sunshine. still this gusty winds, gusting inland to about 30 miles an hour with exposure gusting to around 40 miles an hour, behind this with a front in the south—west, and the channel islands, it will brighten up and you will see some sunshine. the highest temperatures the further west you travel, cardiff for example seeing 20, possibly 21 degrees today. through this evening and overnight there will be areas of cloud floating around, cold enough for a touch of frost across north—east scotland, the cloud remains and broken we see frost for example across north—east england. but for many of us it's going to be a frost free at night. we'd start on that note tomorrow, any cloud we have burning away about the sunshine and we are looking at a fair bit of sunshine, although at times, there will be more cloud across northern

ireland, western scotland. that could be thick enough for an isolated shower but most of us will have a dry day. temperatures tomorrow 21, 22 in the west. cooler once again along that north sea coastline. wednesday into thursday, watch how these isobars started to open up, the wind falling much lighter so as a result, going to feel that bit warmer, especially where it's chilly along the north sea coast. we have this area of cloud across the north—west of scotla nd cloud across the north—west of scotland which through the day will slip south as a narrow band so you will one to see cloud for very long in one place in scotland but for the rest of the uk looking at sunshine, fair bit of a police car, temperatures getting up to 23, possibly 24, even 25 in the south—east. starting with vogue in central and eastern scotland, that will lift, for most of us again, dry day, still quite warm.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk the true extent of coronavirus deaths in england and wales is revealed in latest officialfigures. they are 41% higher than the government's daily death toll — in the week up to 10th april. compared to the five year average of the same week in the year, it is 8000 deaths above that average, of which 6200, so, about 8% of those deaths involved covid. —— 80%. supplies of facemasks for front—line nhs workers will be put at risk,