the uk government's new website for coronavirus tests was temporarily closed after it was inundated by key workers. meanwhile the nhs is launching a campaign to encourage people to seek urgent medical treatment from hospitals or gps, even if it's not related to the coronavirus. more than 50,000 people have now died in the us from coronavirus. meanwhile president trump has backtracked on a suggestion that disinfectant could be used to tackle the virus. he said his suggestion that injections of disinfectant could treat patients was sarcastic. world leaders and the who have launched a global initiative to accelerate work on drugs to treat coronavirus. the head of the who says the biggest health effort in history is needed to rid the world of covid—19. experts say any vaccine that is developed must be made available and affordable.

99—year—old captain tom moore has raised almost £30 million walking 100 laps of his garden. now he has gone one step further by becoming the oldest ever chart—topper with his version of you'll never walk alone, as our arts correspondent colin patterson reports. when you walk through a storm, hold your head high. bruce springsteen, janet jackson, they have your head high. bruce springsteen, janetjackson, they have never your head high. bruce springsteen, janet jackson, they have never had a number one signal but captain tom moore has. that makes single. it was two weeks ago today that captain tom moore appeared on bbc breakfast, aiming to walk100 moore appeared on bbc breakfast, aiming to walk 100 laps of his backyard to raise money for the nhs. that total is now approaching the

£30 million mark. there is, congratulations. the distance was completed last thursday and to help captain tom moore celebrate, michael bond saying. the next day it was released as a single. today it went straight to number one. you are the uk's official number one. that really is truly amazing, isn't it? at the age of 99, captain tom moore has become the oldest person to have a number one single. has become the oldest person to have a number one singleli has become the oldest person to have a number one single. i think it is 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 yea rs. which would stand for more than a0 years. until bitten 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 going to lose to anybody, it is an honour to have lost to you. add next thursday is captain tom moore's birthday. meaning that he will still be number one when he turns 100. a remarkable story. now on bbc news, the travel show comes from the usa as we follow the ellis family and their two severely autistic twins as they take their first ever vacation together.

child crying. i am amber, and my husband is frank. we live outside of birmingham, alabama. we have four beautiful boys, frankie who is 17, stephen who is 1a, and then we have a set of boy twins who are four years old, and they are non—verbal autistic — their names are alex and will. we are the ellis family. my husband and i have known each other since grade school. we were friends the whole time. we dated in high school and married in college, and this is our 20th wedding anniversary. because we have some issues with the boys, we have not been on a trip in a really long time. they are not very effective at communication, so it takes a lot of intuition to figure

out what they need. we have a lot of meltdowns... 0h, did he throw it? child cries. did he drop it or did he throw it? it's ok... when there are two autistic non—verbal children the behaviours can be exponential. sometimes they play off of each other. it's all right, it's all right, it's ok. before the twins were born we were just a family of four. and we had the two older brothers who kind of sort of got along, but not really. after the twins came the dynamic changed, to this really sweet, ca re—taking dynamic. and especially as the twins got older and they stopped developing, or their development was very slow, we all kind of began to understand that the twins were going to need a lot more.

# twinkle twinkle little star...# for a long time we didn't have any support. we didn't really talk about the twins, pretty much only my closest friends knew that the twins were special needs. and for a long time i thought i could fix them, that it was just a developmental delay, that i could give them the right supplement or the right food or the right therapy and they would catch up. but over the course of maybe the last year or so i began to realise, and i think my husband and i began to realise that this is who they are. and it's not something that you can fix, it's how they're wired. we began to come to terms with their special needs, their autism. they're so precious,

even though they may be different — different, not less. they're just different, that's all. and people need to see the story, people need to know that you can make it work. we can make it work. we started talking about taking a trip, how should we do it, this is our 20th anniversary... we have come through so much as a family that we wanted to go as a family, and just enjoy each other. so we felt like it was time to go on a trip! it has taken us a long time to come to the point where we were ready. we have never flown with the twins before so we are kind of nervous and excited about getting on a plane. ok, so let's do each... because they are autistic non—verbal they function on about the level of an 18—month—old. so they are a lot of work.

the way our schedules, our work schedules and school schedules for the kids work together, there's not a whole lot of days every month where we're all together at the same time. we have little bits, an hour or two here at the end of the day, if we're not falling asleep already, but whole days don't happen very often for us. a few years ago we went to the beach for a couple of days together, but they were very small. to break routine for an autistic child is, can be disastrous. so this gives us an opportunity to break routine only for a little while and try it, and see how the boys cope in a different environment, and still have some of their comfortable surroundings — they will have us and the older boys and some of their familiar objects, but be in a different place, and see if we can start taking longer trips. 0k, how are we going to do an aeroplane?

somebody has always got to take care of one of the twins, another person has to take care of the other one, and then who is going to look after the things we take with us. what do we need to take, what snacks are going to have. do we take the blankies, do we take toys, do we take the ipad, things to keep them entertained? we actually got in touch with the airline we were going to use and talked to a co—ordinator who let us have a trial run through the airport, which was phenomenal. it was the most fabulous idea anyone has ever come up with. i had been pretty fearful but after that day i felt much better and i thought, i think we can do this. we can make it work, we can get on a plane and go on a trip. it's gonna be stressful and there's going to be meltdowns... cries. hey, hey! it's ok... if they melt down, how do we deal

with the people around us, how do we let them know that it's really 0k, and that we're actually 0k with meltdowns, we just have to keep them calm and soothe them as much as possible. because you worry about the people around you, that you're offending people or, and you worry about being judged. just to know that somebody understands is so helpful, and all of a sudden you don't feel so crazy. they're autistic, so they come with their own needs, you know? so we're going to take the whole family, for the first time, to a special park called wonderland in san antonio, texas. it's a special needs park and they have lots of fun things specifically for special needs children, very wheelchair accessible.

there's a lot of different ways it could go, you know, with their very strict routines that they happen to have, going outside of that a little bit will stress them a little bit, and you just kind of have to roll with it. i'm looking forward to it primarily because it's a new thing that we haven't done before, so it's kind of like, challenge accepted, let's do it. it is the fun for him, "let's do this, let's see if we can accomplish it." so it'sjust his personality, but it is a lot of fun. i've played too many strategy games. everything is pretty ready, we'lljust have a nice quiet evening, finishing up any last details, and then we will be ready for tomorrow.

cries. 0k... let's get your hair all pretty. all handsome. cries. we are going to go on our trip! and you're gonna be so handsome, can you sit for me? you are going to be so handsome. he is so upset because he wants to go get in the car. where are we going? are we going on a trip? are you ready? 0k. all ready! i have the food, the boys' clothes, our clothes, ipads, blankies, we have the wagon, i think that's everything. i think that's everything! ok, let's go. so we went outside to load the car and pull up to the main porch, and i couldn't crank the car, it wouldn't crank. told the husband, can you come and look at the car and try to fix it?

and of course he worked his magic and got the car running again. i was so nervous up until this point, but we have prepared so much, and we've already seen a little bit of meltdown because he's actually wanting to go, so i think it's gonna be really good. everything went fairly well, and we allowed enough time for any problems that might have popped up, like the car. so we are still running very early schedule, we will get to the airport probably at about two hours before we board the plane. so we are going to fly out of birmingham and fly to houston, the flight from birmingham to houston is a relatively short flight, it's only two hours. from there we will rent a truck

or some kind of vehicle, and drive the rest of the way to san antonio. ok, i might be getting a little nervous now. we are at the airport and pulling into the parking deck, so it's really real, we're going to do it. 0k! frank senior, frankjunior, stephen, alex, you, and will. yay! look at that lens. got it? one more time, look at the lens. ready? it is a healing time for our family. we can go on this trip together. the older boys have such a sweet dynamic with the little boys. 0k, 0k, thank you. instead of patting them down, they put this little solution on them.

cries. i am so sorry, i am so sorry! but two toddlers is difficult. when you add non—verbal autistic, itjust makes it exponential. i always feel this sense to rush and get everything packed. we have plenty of time. i kind of have to emotionally prepare myself. i'm so relieved that part is over! now let's just get to the gate. you kind of carry out anxiety in the back of your mind of, how is it going to go? just kind of be ready to roll with the punches, whatever happens, just be ready for anything. travelling, for toddlers, is difficult. and two toddlers can be really difficult. well, when you add non—verbal autistic, itjust makes it exponential.

and so it has taken us a long time to come to the point where we were ready. will has noise—cancelling headphones. he has strong sensory issues with hearing. you can tell it's painful. we're probably going to have a meltdown or two. we might have some vomit. we know it might happen. but the flight from birmingham to houston is a relatively short flight, it's only two hours. and the boys do like car travel. ok, now we're on the fast part. we're about to go fast. we go up into the air. are you ready? let's do it. whatever happens, just be ready for anything, and just kind of be ready to roll with the punches. what do you think about this fast plane? ok, it's going to be a little bumpy.

you're doing so good. things are going really well. 0ne boy is asleep and the other is almost asleep. so maybe flying at naptime is a good time to fly. we like the idea of getting into a trip and driving the rest of the way to san antonio.

—— we like the idea of getting into a truck and driving the rest of the way to san antonio. it's about another 2.5 hour drive, and then we'll go to the park. did you sleep with big brother? you did? what did you think? is it time to go play? it is? 0h, time to get some clothes on! he's going to grab my hand and try to walk us out the front door. it's time to go. alex is ready. the worst part is over. the anxiety that i was experiencing was mostly about the flight. we woke up this morning, ready to prepare for the park. then we'll hop in the car and go. chuckles. he knows we're going somewhere fun! we're headed to morgan's wonderland, which is a theme park in san antonio, texas,

for special needs children. lots of fun things for children of all cognitive levels to experience. morgan's wonderland came about when the founder gordon hartman sold his construction company and was able to devote all of his time to building this park for his daughter. she was developmentally delayed. and made this wonderful playground in her honour and for her, and opened it up to the world. this beautiful park with a carousel, a ferris wheel, train, with colours and sensory, fun things and everything that small children and big kids alike would love to come and have fun. it was almost as if it was built for us. so where do y'all recommend we go first?

bell rings. do you like it? oh, my goodness! do you like it? yeah? what do you think? toot toot! alex is in his happy place because he loves trains so much! we'll probably ride the train at least five times today. chuckles.

so tell us a little bit about the park and how you came to build morgan's wonderland. well, actually, it occurred many years ago when maggie, my wife morgan and i were on a trip. and morgan wanted to go swimming. morgan and i jumped in and we were having fun, just kind of splashing around in the water. and there were three other kids at the other end of the pool, two of them throwing a ball back and forth. she wasn't able to verbally communicate and say, "hey, i want to play. can ijoin in with you guys?" so what she did was hit the ball. so they quickly grabbed the ball and got out of the pool because it wasn't a normal way of saying, "hey, i want to play." and the look on morgan's face was, "dad, i don't understand. ijust wanted to play." and it bothered me because ijust wanted was the opportunity for my daughter to be able to play.

so where could we go? we couldn't take her to a water park because of certain circumstances of hers, and talking to others, we found the same situation. so how do we develop a place where those who have special needs and those who don't can all come together and play in a fully inclusive environment? and it was those discussions, those chit—chats, those meetings, eventuallly turned into what we now have here today at morgan's at morgan's wonderland and morgan's inspiration island. that is so amazing. and since then, people from all over the united states and literally all over the world make special trips to come here. in an environment that is just different than any other environment in the world. right! whoa! alex, look! what do you think? this is amazing. alex really likes, you know, ipads and things like that that he can manipulate. so when he came into this room, there's not a lot of extra noise but there's a lot of things he can touch.

you did it! i'm so proud of you. we started travelling with benny when he was six months old. sweet. before we really knew he was autistic. so he's very used to it. so we did as much as we could before he turned to. so by the time we did have a diagnosis he was so used to travelling. so you just acclimated him to it. ijust met danielle who has a five—year—old boy who is also non—verbal autistic. we had a really fun time catching up. my new friend — we just friended each other on facebook — and it was really lovely to talk to her about there are so many similarities, how do you do this? it is better if you try to align the flights with his normal sleeping times. we found that out. yes. yay. other people on the plane — sometimes, you do get people who are less understanding than others.

yeah, i was pretty worried about that. but it is pretty rare, i would say. it's great to find a community, in this setting, where we can talk and make new friends. you ready? come on! so, we ran into a mom here that we got to talking and we both found that we had autistic children, and she said there was another place really close by that we ought to check out. so i think we're going to head on over now and check that out and see how our kids like it. here we — up! 0k, we're gonna old. and off we go! i had a lot of fears going into this trip. when you have a special needs child, and you can't predict their behaviour, and you especially can't predict it in public around other people. and it didn't happen. that park was made for children like them, so we felt safe, and that's one thing we really have

trouble with sometimes — we don't really feel safe taking them to the normal places where regular children are. to be honest, they are having a lot more fun than i would've thought. like, normally, to get them to have this much fun is kind of rare, like, we have to do the little things, make weird noises, that's the only time they'll be laughing and smiling this much. but this — almost this whole place has that effect. i was literally terrified that we would get into a situation where they'd be melting down, lots of tears, really loud, just a complete emotional breakdown for the world to see. and it didn't happen. everything was much more calmly than i thought it would be. they slept on the plane, they had a lot of fun at the theme parks, and the theme parks were built for them. they welcomed them with open arms and let them enjoy themselves.

hello there. after another predominantly dry week for most parts of the uk, the weekend promises plenty more dry weather. but slow, subtle changes, the increasing chance of catching a shower and it will begin to feel cooler particularly across northern areas. but nothing much is changing very quickly at the moment because the pressure pattern is very slack. not many white lines at all on this chart. not many isobars. that means the winds are very, very light. there's nothing really to push the weather along. so we start off the day with a lot of cloud across eastern scotland, the eastern side of england, some misty and murky conditions in place.

but that should tend to break up, the mist and fog should tend to lift, and all of us should get to see some spells of sunshine. generally speaking, perhaps a bit more cloud than we had over the last couple of days. temperature—wise, generally 17 to 21 degrees but a bit cooler for some northern and eastern coasts. the north coast of northern ireland also having a slightly cooler day and as we go into the late afternoon in the evening, wales and the south—west could see a shower, and in the early hours of sunday, generally there will be more cloud rolling in across the north of scotland. those are your overnight temperatures. most places above freezing. it will be a little bit chilly, i think, across some eastern parts of england. and we go to sunday, and this area of low pressure, quite a weak affair, starts to move its way in from the north. so that does increase the chance of seeing some showers, particularly across northern parts of scotland. we've got a frontal system pushing south and a band of cloud and some showery rain possible with that, and ahead of it across the heart of england, part of wales, we could see the odd hefty shower into the afternoon. there will still be a lot of dry

weather and sunshine, and another warm day down towards the south, but noticeably cooler across the northern half of the country. and as we move out of sunday into monday, you see the colder air making some inroads southwards, so lower temperatures for most parts on monday. a band of cloud, frontal system still sitting around parts of england and wales. maybe the odd splash of rain with that. we could see slightly more significant wet weather developing down to the south later in the day. 21 degrees in london, but the further north you are, a much cooler feel to the weather. and for all of us, it is going to turn cooler as we head deeper into next week. and there is the increasing chance of some rain and some fairly brisk winds as well. that's all from me for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: people needing medical care from the nhs are urged not to be put off by the coronavirus pandemic, as visits to a&e drop by almost half. more virus tests will be offered today, after online bookings were suspended in the face of overwhelming demand. plans are being drawn up to see the return of the premier league. the government tells us it's "working hard to get live sport" back behind closed doors, but only when lockdown restrictions can be eased. a week after captain tom moore and michael ball sang together