you are the uk's official number one. that really is truly amazing, isn't it? at the age of 99, captain tom has become the oldest person to ever have a number one single. amazing. that this should happen to me. louis armstrong was 66 when he topped the charts in 1968. a record which would stand for more than a0 years. until beaten by a 68—year—old tom jones with a comic relief single. and sir tom was quick to pay tribute. from one tom to another, congratulations on beating my chart record. if i was gonna lose to anybody it's an honour to have lost to you. next thursday is captain tom's birthday, meaning that he will still be number one when he turns 100.

the former watchdog presenter lynn faulds wood has died suddenly at the age of 72. she had a stroke last night and died in hospital at lunchtime. her husband and son were with her. welcome to watchdog. lynn presented watchdog with her husband, john stapleton, in the 1980s and early ‘90s. she was a passionate consumer journalist and a cancer campaigner after surviving bowel cancer 30 years ago. just hours before she fell ill last night, she was with her husband and all her neighbours, leading the applause to nhs workers and carers, as she's been doing every week. lynn faulds wood, who's died at the age of 72. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. thank you. good evening. another

great day on the weather front at least across the uk with lots of sunshine. it was the warmest day of the year so far in northern ireland, 21 celsius in county armagh, and very tempting weather again this weekend, but please observe those rules. this is the satellite picture right now across the country, with clear skies, a few wisps of cloud here and there, so a fine evening for a walk, may be some light exercise. but a couple of showers might be affecting parts of wales, especially around the hills, may be dartmoor and exmoor. tonight, especially around the hills, may be dartmoorand exmoor. tonight, dry, clear in the west, but it cloudy from edinburgh all the way down to norwich and possibly kent and sussex. first thing on saturday morning, it could be quite grey and overcast mostly east of the pennines, but that cloud will fade and we are in for a mostly sunny day across the uk. a couple of showers across the uk. a couple of showers across the uk. a couple of showers across the hills of wales, dartmoor and exmoor. central england temperatures on saturday around

about 20 degrees. sunday, a slight change in the north, with a weather front moving through. it's a cool front, so it's going to introduce cooler air and increasing cloud and the chance of some showers across scotland. you can see that breeze tucking in to the north of the uk, bringing clouds and showers and maybe some showers breaking out in central england as well. still warm in the south on sunday, around 22, but much fresher in glasgow and edinburgh. that fresher air will start digging down from the north on monday, tuesday and wednesday, so through the course of next week it's going to cool down significantly. we might squeeze in some april showers we haven't had so far this month. that's it.

good evening. we start with the announcement that there'll be no cricket until at least the start ofjuly. the ecb has lengthened its postponement, which will affect the men's series against the west indies and the women's limited overs series against india. it's still hoped that a portion of the county championships can be played. one solution to the problem is to take county cricket to be played in australia, new zealand or even the uae. joe wilson reports. the perfect skies above. and nothing happening on the ground. my local park waits for cricket like so many. the game is like the heavy roller waiting. there will be no professional cricket untiljuly at the earliest. how can we symbolise the earliest. how can we symbolise the ecb's approach? the idea is to

basically try to shift up enough chris agape towards the end of the season “— chris agape towards the end of the season —— enough cricket. but what goes? well, the tournament may be postponed, but the ecb are still backing the concept even in an atmosphere of declining revenue. backing the concept even in an atmosphere of declining revenuem is certainly going to make us i guess is certainly going to make us i gu ess less is certainly going to make us i guess less able to invest in the areas of the game, what we wanted to. but this is something that is they are as something that is going to generate revenue, generate interest, generate excitement, and thatis interest, generate excitement, and that is the kind of project we need to continue to prioritise. to try to get some cricket played this year, there is certainly unprecedented in concept. how about counties playing on until october? in the middle east? there is a possibility of extending the season, and you will

look at that and consider that. both the countries are used to being a neutral venue. we had many preen seasons there. if that's a possibility, you want to see the season out, then i'd say that's an option worth pursuing. when or if cricket resumes, there is an a cce pta nce cricket resumes, there is an acceptance here that it will be without crowds. the unique cricket atmosphere will go, but with every passing day of wasted sunshine, i hope of any cricket grows ever more appealing. joe wilson, bbc news. earlier i spoke to former england captain andrew strauss for his thoughts on cricket this season but first i asked him about raising money for the charity he set up in his late wife's name. he was due to run the london marathon this weekend, but instead is taking part in a different challenge. so many charities were relying on the london marathon for significant fundraising. so the challenge was an opportunity for all these charities

up opportunity for all these charities up and down the country to gain awareness for what they're doing and obviously to raise funds as well. we've reached out —— we started with the 26 ball tap challenge. it's been very amazing, the celebrities trying to tapa very amazing, the celebrities trying to tap a ball up and down 26 times. he's been the most original, he was using a shovel and using up piece of dog to as his ball. so i did mine with a ketchup bottle on a line which was quite challenging. there was more than one take before i got that one right. we're all leaning towards a live youtube fitness show on sunday. what do you make of a summer without cricket? how does that way on you? itjust feels wrong. i'm out there in the garden

with the kids playing a bit of backyard cricket at the moment. it just feels like the right time of year. get the cricket back out and it's just such an extraordinary situation for everyone in every sport in every walk of life. what you think cricket will look like when we come out of this? if we get some cricket in the summer, then it's going to be tough for the game, but hopefully the lights will be so to speak. if we start looking at a scenario where there is no cricket played at all the summer, i think that's a real concern, both for the ecb and for the real game. what do you make of this proposal doing the rounds today that the uae has said come and play some county championship matches in abu dhabi? my championship matches in abu dhabi? my instinct is, if so that's fantastic but you have to think about the cost associated with it as well. the reality is that all

supports upper now the country are thinking of ways to fulfil fixtures, but that's not what it's just about. it's about putting on a great product for people that watch. if going to the uae is one way of doing that, i think we should definitely consider it. horse racing could return next month behind closed doors with a maximum of 12 runners per race. the proposals allow only seniorjockeys to race in an attempt to reduce the risk of injury and put little demand on the nhs. plans would need government backing with the sports' leaders hopeful royal ascot will take place injune along with the first two classics of the season, the 1,000 and 2,000 guineas. the damage will really be done to the sport if there is no racing. if we can get our clients courses onto the race, with a chance of winning prize money at the general public is something to bet on —— has something

to bet on and watch, keep the stables employed and keep the horses there, then we will be ok. luton town have got rid of their manager graeme jones and his first team coaches in order to save money. luton are six points off safety in the championship with nine games still to be played. but with no football, the club have moved now to reduce its cost base. they say they aren't looking for anyone to take up the role at the moment. it's still to be decided whether phil neville will manage team gb at the olympic games next year after it was confirmed he will leave his role as england women's manager nextjuly. the government has been urged to "take a role" in the potential £300m saudi—backed takeover of newcastle united. clive betts, the chairman of the all—party parliamentary group on football, said saudi arabia's alleged role in pirate network beoth, who've been illegally showing matches in the middle east, "should be an immediate priority for regulatory scrutiny

surrounding the ta keover". and the dutch have decided they won't have any champions, promotion or relegation after scrapping their football season. ajax are top on goal difference. if uefa ratify the decision the current standings will see those teams qualify for europe next season. now to the nfl draft, one of the biggest events in the us sporting calendar. normally hundreds of thousands of fans attend the event, but this year there were none, as the 32 american football teams picked college players via video link. nesta mcgregor has the details. the way the draft systems work is the well is performing team gets to pick first. this year and this went to the cincinnati bengals who choose 23—year—old joe borough. he loved his college into the national state championships and also pick—up the high ms. heisman trophy on the way

which goes to the best player in college. this is gonna be a long process. all 32 teams have to choose from a pool of 250 players, so it last three days. it wasn't quite the glitz and glamour of vegas, but there were those who try to make an entertaining watch. the defending champions are the kansas city chiefs. they are expected to part their defence and their title in september, but with the sporting calendar being affected daily by the current coronavirus pandemic, it could be a while before the predicted nfl stars of the future gets to actually live out their dreams. and with no football going on, the epremier league invitational tournament continued today. raheem sterling beat everton's andre gomes 11—2 to set up a semifinal clash against liverpool's trent alexander—arnold. you can watch the semifinals and final life on the bbc iplayer and bbc sport website from 3pm tomorrow.

and that's all the sport for now. thanks very much indeed. you're watching bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock has says it's too soon to set up decals on how and when lockdown measures to tackle the pandemic will be lifted. —— set up details. nicola sturgeon says look then the lockdown is likely to happen in phases with measures remaining in place into next year. lord 0 was cabinet secretary head of the civil service from 2005 to 2011 —— lord o'donnell. he told me he thought there was a lot of data available about the effects of the lockdown, but with no framework to bring the information together. what's missing is a framework for the government to bring together all the government to bring together all the different elements. you see plenty of information about the number of deaths spreading and the

evolution of the covid virus, but we also eventually, when we've got control of this need to balance out the problems that we're creating by having the economy basically lockdown. future unemployment and millions, which we are likely to have. all of those factors have to be brought together and that's quite a complex task. so you need a rather conference of framework. we suggested doing it in terms of the impact on quality of life with all these different factors. so it's not that people are asking the secretary of state to come up with an answer now. we're not. what we're trying to say is let's look at what of the factors are. he's got tests, but i don't quite understand how once we've got the pandemic under control and you think there won't be —— but every month that goes by, the

economy gets worse. how do you trade that off against even better odds? so you're weighing up the cost versus the benefits? that's exactly right. of course when those cost of the lockdown exceed the benefits, that's the point when we come back out. all we really are asking is we lay out what these costs and benefits are. it's good for people to identify —— analyse different weights they want to put on them. so you're not in government any more. so you can go out on a limb. did you come to some sort of conclusion as to when the lockdown could be lifted? well, it's very, very... any conclusion is sensitive to the assumptions put in so we did put in some assumptions. particularly about how you value extra life years, we

came up with an answer around mid june but that is dependent on the number of assumptions we put in. it could easily come up with a different answer. the key is really how the framework encompasses all of these things. government and politicians can make those trade—offs, but that's a debate we should be having a bit more widely. so you think the government needs to start addressing it because ministers have been extremely relu cta nt, ministers have been extremely reluctant, uk government ministers have been extremely reluctant engaging it at all? yes. we've seen some moods and spot linen whales, but i think it will be good. they don't to come up with answers, they just have to come up with what kinds of things. —— scotland and wales. where does that factor in? the problems on her mental health, what does that do for exercise? there's

lots of different factors. they'll have to be weighed up and i think we could have a bit more of a debate about this. and i suppose a lot of public behaviour, it depends on people cooperating. the public is overwhelmingly, at the moment, as time goes on do you worry that cooperation might start to disappear? exactly. this is why it be good to have some transparency about who the experts are. we need behavioural sciences and there. it depends on what happens behaviourally. actually, that's something the government influences. they've had very clever behavioural campaigns to make us wash our hands. they bought amazing compliance from the public on the lockdown so i think we now need to think about the next stages. how do we make sure that we keep this compliance? 0ne way of doing that would be to give

people hope about the fact that there is gonna be a rational open and transparent process which will decide when it's best to come out. i think that will really reassure people. this looks endless and it's not clear what the criteria are, then we do risk the compliance. gus o'donnell there. the government has said it will support england's light railand said it will support england's light rail and regionalferry said it will support england's light rail and regional ferry services to allow central services to continue during the coronavirus pandemic —— essential services. the department for transport that it was working with networks and greater manchester, sheffield, the west mid—sentence —— midlands. some authorities have warned that services could be mothballed due to financial losses. the labour counsellor martin gannon, whose chair of the northeast committee

joins me now. mr gannon, an announcement of financial health from the government. you must be pleased about that.|j from the government. you must be pleased about that. i will be pleased about that. i will be pleased when i find out how much the government is going to give us. last weekend, i was informed that it was going to be... i was told that it would be £1 million a week. i was told we would be offered between 600 £800 per week. i told we would be offered between 600 £800 perweek. iwas told we would be offered between 600 £800 per week. i was told told we would be offered between 600 £800 per week. iwas told i told we would be offered between 600 £800 per week. i was told i get that on wednesday, on wednesday i was told it be friday and then this morning i was told i would find out next week. i'm sorry. i don't know

how, i'm a local politician but the government doesn't operate like that. we need certainty about how we will operate the system. it's not great, but just one will operate the system. it's not great, butjust one more question. people will understand your concerns, but your concerns will be one of many. transport chiefs across the country are experiencing exactly the country are experiencing exactly the same thing. some people might say you have to be patient. well, i'm sorry, but the authorities have continued to fund bus services. they collectively put in £70 million into supporting private bus operators. they are needed to provide transport to essential services. in the meantime, a £10 million deficit on

top of all the other costs that we're facing. government are not guaranteed to come up with those costs. that's huge, massive black wall. there are public —— they are the very people who lose theirjobs next year as the government doesn't give us the money. we are going to have to leave it there. mr gannon, thanks very much forjoining us. psychologist in italy say the country is facing a mental health emergency but it's not equipped to deal with it. italy's death toll is the second highest in the world and lockdown restricted the longest in europe. the psychological impact is both is starting to be seen. jean mackenzie reports.

so many lives here have been touched by loss, simona is haunted by how her grandmother died. so many lives here have been touched by loss, but the psychological scars spread far further — scars of isolation, of fear. and it's leaving this support centre overwhelmed. translation: some people call because they say "i want to suicide" because their life is not so good any more. some of them are very angry. some people call shouting, screaming. i scream sometimes. sometimes i go crazy with my head. for luca, who's a student, they lockdown has become unbearable — stuck in a small flat now

for seven weeks. what was your reaction when they extended the lockdown this last time? i got crazy with my parents, with my friends by video chat. i said to them, "really, we have to stay more time at home?!" this isn't a country that talks much about mental health and there is no national system in place to help people through this pandemic, meaning charities must step in. we don't have enough psychology so in this kind of moment, we need the public system. we need a real public system. the demand for this kind of emergency “— system. the demand for this kind of emergency —— to meet the demand. system. the demand for this kind of emergency -- to meet the demand. the most important right now is mental.

they need to talk to somebody. these food bank volunteers are not trained for this. what started as a health emergency is morphing into a psychological one. and the true spread of the trauma is not yet visible. jean mackenzie, bbc news. very difficult. let's take a look at the weather now. it was another beautiful sunny day across the uk. temperatures in the high teens, low 20s in a few spots.

as far as this week and is concerned, more fine weather. very tempting mother. mind, please pay attention to the current rules. you can see how skies clear across the uk. a little more hazy across the west but on the whole, assign, settle whether wilkinson needed for —— will continue. towards the orderly outer of saturday, this will turn cloudy and certainly by morning that cloud will spread into yorkshire, even parts of the midlands. 0ut toward the west, it will have those clear skies all the way through the night until dawn. temperatures around three degrees in some spots, so quite the chilly morning especially in the north. you can see that cloud again around the north sea. it should eventually clear by the time we get to around the early afternoon. nippy on the north sea coast, around 12—15d, but further toward the west of

liverpool, birmingham, 20 celsius. that was saturday. this is sunday. this week low pressure will drifted from the norwegian sea. also shift in winds from the north so cooler for much of scotland and northern ireland and also increasing clouds and they will bring a few showers. to scotland and further south into yorkshire. temperatures of about 13 in glasgow also quite a drop. still around 19 and the midlands and 22 in london. monday, this trend continues. that is the cooler air arriving from the north was you —— you can see it through the lakes. through the south we have a selection of a cool front —— suggestion. it will still be relatively warm, temperatures could not get up to around 21 degrees —— could get up. tuesday and wednesday,

it looks as though it will cool down across the south as well. many of us will catch a few showers. bye—bye.

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