this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk foreign secretary dominic raab urges "caution", rejecting calls to ease the coronavirus lockdown. we will need to make sure we can proceed in a sure—footed way, which is why i know the temptation is to start announcing proposals now, but until you have the evidence, that is not responsible. he was speaking as uk prime minister boris johnson prepares to return to work tomorrow, two weeks since he left hospital after falling ill with coronavirus. children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks, as one of europe's strictest lockdowns is relaxed. india's prime minister describes his country's fight to curb coronavirus as a "people—driven" war, with every citizen a soldier.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first, britain's foreign secretary, dominic raab, has rejected calls to ease the coronavirus lockdown, stressing that the outbreak is still at a "delicate and dangerous" stage. the government is coming under pressure to relax the social—distancing measures, amid concern about the damage they are doing to the economy. mr raab, who has been standing in for boris johnson while he recovers from coronavirus, said it would be irresponsible to speculate on specific, individual measures to ease the lockdown.

in spain, children are being allowed out of their homes for the first time in six weeks, as the government relaxes one of europe's strictest lockdowns. those under the age of m will be allowed out for one hour a day provided they‘ re accompanied by an adult, but parks and playgrounds will remain closed. the armed forces in the uk are planning to deploy at least 96 mobile testing units by the end of this week to test essential workers and the most vulnerable. and in the us, for the first time, donald trump didn't hold his daily coronavirus beiefing. after his remarks earlier in the week about using disinfectant to help treat people were ridiculed, the president tweeted that it wasn't worth his "time or effort" when the media asks nothing but hostile questions. we'll bring you today's briefing from the uk government in an hour's time, which will be led by the environment secretary, george eustice. but first, for the latest developements, here's our health correspondent jane dreaper. once busy streets now deserted. when will there be an end

to the new lockdown quietness? the government says the coronavirus pandemic is still at a delicate and dangerous stage, and the restrictions on our way of life won't be lifted quickly. we'll end up moving to a new normal, and i think we will need to make sure that we can proceed in a sure—footed way, which is why — i know the temptation to start announcing proposals now — but actually until you've got the evidence that's not responsible, it risks you ending up misleading... we need to take a sure—footed way forward which protects life and preserves our way of life. but the scottish government has again signalled it might take a different route out of lockdown. that would mean if, and it is an if — i'm not saying we are likely to get into this territory, and if the uk government took decisions that i thought were premature in terms of coming out of the lockdown then clearly i would want to make sure that scotland did what ijudged was best to protect the population. the british army is involved in the push here to get more essential workers tested for coronavirus.

at these mobile units, which can be set up injust 20 minutes, specially trained military staff are collecting swabs and sending them to labs. test—booking through the government website is open to critical workers who currently have symptoms of the virus, but slots have quickly disappeared. yesterday at 10am the only testing slots were available in scotland. as of this morning, appointments can be booked in england too. but there was still no home testing kits available, nor any slots for people to drive to centres in wales or northern ireland. and care home providers in england say testing still isn't widely available for their staff. labour are calling for some public buildings to be reused as testing centres. keir starmer in his letter today has urged the government to work with local authorities to open up, for example, town halls and libraries that at the moment are closed to have testing in the community.

more will be known about the spread of coronavirus when testing reaches many thousands more people, including those without symptoms. in the meantime, lockdown continues. jane dreaper, bbc news. spain has partially lifted the lockdown which has been in place since the middle of march. children are now allowed out of their homes for one hour each day. this move comes as coronavirus figures continue to improve in spain, where over 23,000 people have died from the virus. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. it's been six weeks since spain has seen sights like this. children have been the most confined group under spain's tight lockdown. today's easing of restrictions is still cautious. under—14s can go out for an hour each day, accompanied by an adult, and they can't go further than a kilometre from home. even so, it is a welcome change. translation: the streets,

the streets and the park. to feel the air on your face. i never thought i would miss school but i really miss it. translation: we appreciate being able to go out because staying at home was getting very boring. even though we have the playstation and we can talk to our friends on whatsapp, it is good to be able to go out. to be able to get some fresh air, because we were feeling overwhelmed at home. the government says the lifting of the lockdown will be slow and gradual. the prime minister, pedro sanchez, has said he hopes to ease restrictions further from next saturday, allowing adults out to take some exercise. but he has stressed that such a move will depend on the continued stabilisation of covid—i9 in spain. new infections have been falling steadily over the last three weeks. so, too, have daily deaths. today, 288 deaths were recorded over the previous 2a hours. the lowest figure

since march the 20th. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has described his country's fight against coronavirus as a "people—driven" war. mr modi called on people to end the habit of spitting in public and hailed the value of traditional indian medicine in boosting immunity. he also called on citizens to pray more than ever during ramadan to help beat the outbreak. our correspondent in delhi, zubair ahmed, is following developments. across the country there is a general approval of the way the government has handled the crisis so far. of course, if you are looking at the indian media, there is wall—to—wall coverage of mr modi's radio broadcast this morning. the government efforts are being covered every day. but if you are looking at the opposition, much of the opposition is silent but there is one party, which is the main opposition party, congress party, has been critical of some of the ways

that the government has handled the lockdown so far. for instance, the government recently, the opposition recently demanded that if the government has any exit strategy for the lockdown, it should come out with it, because so far the imposition of the lockdown was sudden and when it was being extended on the 14th of april, not many people were aware of it. the prime minister is going to meet. he is going to have a video conference tomorrow with the chief ministers and maybe there could be some decisions whether to extend the lockdown further or to lift some of the restrictions partially. sonia gandhi from congress party has written to the prime minister urging a lifting of some restrictions, particularly to help smaller shops. how difficult has it been for people

to get food and access to things like that during the course of the lockdown? particularly outside of the cities? it is very difficult. first of all, if you are sitting in delhi, perhaps you will not be able to see those people who are suffering. there are millions of people in big cities like mumbai and delhi and chennai, they are daily wage earners who got caught up in the sudden lockdown and they have nowhere to go. but of course, the government agencies have been feeding them and giving them food and lodgings but they want to go back home and there is no respite for them. if the lockdown is extended, they will get stuck. ijust read that the chief minister of maharashtra has urged six indian states to take their workers back home, but since all the modes of transport are suspended,

it is very difficult for them to use transport to get all these stranded workers back home. one thing is for sure — it is a dilemma for the government. the government is desperate to open up the economy but if it does that, there is a possibility of people not maintaining social distancing norms and that might become a big problem for the government. president trump didn't go ahead with his daily coronavirus briefing at the white house yesterday, tweeting that it was not worth his "time or effort". his absence after weeks of attending briefings comes two days after he caused an outcry by suggesting that people could be treated for the virus with disinfectant. daniela relph reports. president said we authorised the first... president trump last appeared before the media on friday. but, unlike previous weeks, his statement was short, he didn't take questions and the whole thing was over after 22 minutes.

then yesterday, no presidential briefing, just a tweet. there has been ridicule of the president's comments earlier this week that has worsened his already tense relationship with most media. then i see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute, and is there a way we can do something like that? by injection inside, or almost a cleaning? cos you see, it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on it, so it'd be interesting to check. with an eye on the election due later this year, his advisers will have to carefully gauge if donald trump is an election asset or a liability. more than 50,000 people have now died of coronavirus in america, as some states choose

to loosen their guidance. in georgia, you can now get a haircut, a manicure and even a tattoo — despite health officials warning it's just too early for such a drastic lifting of the lockdown. daniela relph, bbc news. some other stories from around the world. officials in wuhan, the city in china where the virus was identified, say they have no remaining cases of coronavirus in local hospitals. since the outbreak began the city has recorded more than 16,000 cases of the virus with nearly 4000 deaths. health officals in singapore have registered another 931 new cases of coronavirus. the vast majority were amongst migrant workers. the city state, which has a population of 5.7 million people, has one of the highest infection rates in asia. the australian government has released a coronavirus contact tracing app as it seeks to contain the spread of the pandemic.

the development there comes as an an expert advising the uk government, says a tracing app could prevent one covid—i9 infection for every one to two users who download it. professor christophe fraser, from oxford university's big data institute, said that the traditional way of contact tracing is not quick enough because of how rapidly the virus is passed on. he told andrew marr that the app could be released "within weeks" to prevent a resurgence of the outbreak. the app is going to be one of the building blocks of how to get out of the epidemic and we have two estimates. we found that when we projected over the next three months, for every one to two users who download the app and who adhere to the instructions, will prevent one infection and we found that for this intervention alone to stop resurgence of the epidemic, about 60% of the population would have to use the app. andreas michaelis, germany's foreign minister, says germany is considering phone

tracking apps, but said it was unlikely to happen beforejune. we are interested to introduce them, but we don't see this happening beforejune because it has to be centred into an overall contact tracing concept. just to give you an idea, we will have to hire, we are in the process of hiring people at the level of the local health authorities, at district level here, that are able to do the contact tracing and we think a ratio of roughly a team of five for 20,000 people is roughly what we have to come up with. that is a huge number. i'll give you an idea, i think it is about 650 teams only in the case of bavaria, which is not easy. so the app by itself is an important factor in moving into that phase but it has to be complemented by other measures as well.

the headlines on bbc news... uk foreign secretary dominic raab rejects calls for an early easing of the coronavirus lockdown, urging "caution" and the need for "ca reful ste ps". he was speaking as uk prime minister boris johnson prepares to return to work tomorrow, two weeks since he left hospital after falling ill with coronavirus. children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks, as one of europe's strictest lockdowns is relaxed. in the coming minutes, we are going to get some of your questions answered.

the former deputy chief medical officer for england has said a coronavirus vaccine might not be ready until later next year people needed to be "realistic" about the prospect of a vaccine as researchers are having to start from scratch to create one. the foreign secretary dominic raab also said a vaccine was unlikely to "come into play" until the end of this year. to discuss this and to answer your questions on the coronavirus, i'm joined by dr. jennifer rohn who is a cell biologist at university college london and i'm alsojoined by dr chris smith, a virologist from the university of cambridge. i want to start this part of the discussion are talking about a vaccine because it is being held up, chris, as a kind of, the magic solution, the silver bullet, that will solve all our problems. what are our chances of actually being able to find a vaccine, given our experience with other coronaviruses and things like sars?” experience with other coronaviruses and things like sars? i would take a sort of optimistic view which is that we have some very bright

scientists in this country and other countries. there are lots of irons in the fire because lots of people and lots of countries who are good at this kind of thing are all working on it and they are taking slightly different approach has put up slightly different approach has put up so it gives us lots of roles on the dice in this game. in this country, one professor at the university of oxford has taken a construct, which has already been proven to work for other viruses and other infectious threats, and that was a bowler specifically, and that has been repurposed with a bit of tweaking to turn it into a candidate coronavirus vaccine —— ebola, but we don't know until we have the chance to see this in action whether it is going to work for is not the first two people were injected with that on thursday. they are going to scale this up and there will be a controlled group and there will be an intervention group and the important thing will be to see, at the end of a certain period of time, whether there has been an excess of infections in the control group which individuals given a vaccine that doesn't work against coronavirus versus people who have the real coronavirus vaccine. if

thatis the real coronavirus vaccine. if that is promising and it shows very encouraging numbers, and obviously we are not going to know because we don't know how much viruses circulating at the moment, that gives us a really strong steer towards the fact that we could actually be seeing this working and it could be relatively easy to scale that up. at the same time, it is very optimistic and whatever the circumstances does matter under whatever the circumstances to say that we are going to turn ten years work, which is —— which is what it normally takes, to do that in ten months. that is the tall order this tea m months. that is the tall order this team have set for themselves. months. that is the tall order this team have set for themselvesm ambitious, you can of the cc the huge interest in it, we are throwing huge interest in it, we are throwing huge resources into it, companies working together, but in medical terms, are we putting too much faith in the vaccine basket?|j terms, are we putting too much faith in the vaccine basket? i don't think so. in the vaccine basket? i don't think so. i think the vaccine, as you have mentioned, is our ticket out of this problem. we need to have immunity in the population, enough of population

to protect everybody. chris is absolutely right. we have dozens and dozens of candidates globally. everyone using a slightly different strategy and that will maximise our chances was not there has been good luck with sars vaccines in the past. i'm sure that we will get there eventually, we just don't know how long it will take. i suppose that is the dilemma, isn't it? if we are predicated long term being able to relax a lot of the changes to our lifestyle that we have had to experience over recent weeks, things like social distancing, on a vaccine, and that vaccine could be 18 months, two years away, the interim period obviously may not look as it looks now, will still look as it looks now, will still look very different from the world before coronavirus. yes, it will. the reason people are being a bit cautious about this vaccine is because this is a brand—new kid on the biological block. we have a grapple with the likes of this virus

before —— we haven't. it is untried, relatively unknown entity, people are cautious but if you wind the clock back to the initial sars outbreak in 2002 to 2003, people we re outbreak in 2002 to 2003, people were initially quite optimistic that they would make a vaccine against that one. they stopped really developing that for a number of reasons. one is that sars was eradicated, but another was that it was problematical. it hasn't been easy by any means because these are tough customers these coronaviruses, they can do funny things to our immune system can slip through our immune system can slip through our immune ditch cool fingers. one of the possible constraints here is that we don't know what the long term issues are. we must be cautious because we don't know what the long—term protection afforded is put top —— slip through our immunologicalfingers. top —— slip through our immunological fingers. if you were to give a vaccine, what with the long—term immune response look like? at the moment we don't know because we have only just at the moment we don't know because we have onlyjust started doing this kind of test. we know we make an

immune response and we know get we get rid of the virus when that happens when you are infected and we know there are antibodies but the question they're putting before everybody is will they work in the long, long term? long enough to have an effective deployment of a vaccine. there is no doubt that that will work but there is the question ofan will work but there is the question of an absence of evidence is in the same as an evidence of absence. here are some questions i hope you can answer. this is one question. there has been a lot of talking about my medication being a treatment for coronavirus and i'm taking this for my autoimmune disease. i wonder if this is an advantage to beat the virus if i catch it? this is an advantage to beat the virus ifi catch it? sue, this is an advantage to beat the virus if i catch it? sue, it this is an advantage to beat the virus ifi catch it? sue, it is really controversial and you have probably read a lot in the news about this drug. it has been touted by donald trump, for example. there

have been a lot of studies out there on going right now, none have been published completely in the literature, sort of some suggestion it might work and also suggestions that it might cause really harmful side effects. so the jury is still out on this drug. it is still being trialled but we don't really know at this point. chris, what is the attraction of this drug? in the early phases of this outbreak, scientists began to ask, there is no way we can make a vaccine sufficiently fast and a brand—new antivirus drug incredibly fast but what we might have on the shelf as some drugs that we have been using for yea rs some drugs that we have been using for years that we already understand the side effect profile really well, could we re—purpose some of those and find that by chance they happen to have activity against the snooker advice? they tested a suite of drugs, some looked quite promising. some of them look quite promising

and were easily available and quite cheap, so what is not to like? one of those agents was hydroxychloroquine and in the dish, it looks like it can suppress the growth of the virus and it is that ina range growth of the virus and it is that in a range of ways, possibly by affecting the cell so that the virus can't tell in the cells into a virus factory so easily. possibly by changing the surface markers on the cell so that the —— that the virus gets hold of so it is harderfor the virus to recognise the cells it is looking for and infect them. that is a leap of faith to say that this drug that works in the dish, will do the same thing in the body. we know it works in the body for certain conditions, including things like malaria and under certain conditions, conditions like lupus, but whether it would work in terms ofa but whether it would work in terms of a coronavirus infection and at what stage of the infection you would need to give it, that is a different question put up their trials on going right now to try to solve that question, including one in the uk. if a person, i think

having covid—19, is producing antibodies, could you extract those antibodies, could you extract those antibodies from one person and implant them into another? that is an excellent question. actually, we have been doing this sort of treatment for almost a century so plasma transfer was used in the last century. whenever you have an outbreak of a virus and you don't know what is causing it or how to treat it, you can take the antibodies from one person, extract the plasma from the blood, extract the plasma from the blood, extract the antibodies and give them to a different person. in fact, there is a trial going on right now in the uk and matt hancock has lined up, he has had his blood removed, because he had covid—19, and there is a very strong success profile for this kind of treatment. the limitations of it are that only one person can give antibodies for another person, you can't up this and must produce home—made, if you well, antibodies, if everybody put up in an emergency,

in outbreaks in africa for example it had been used to great success. does the pneumonia jab given to elderly people offer any immunity to the pneumonia symptoms in covid19? the chances are that the new menu you will get with a coronavirus is going to be caused by the coronavirus if you're going to get pneumonia at all. —— the pneumonia you will get. it can cause viral pneumonia. a small number of people will come off the back of recovering from their coronavirus infection, develop a bacterial secondary infection for that this is quite common happening. it is often a follow—up from the flu. people get better from the flu and a bit later on say, i really don't feel well again for some it is because the damage done to the airwaves by the flu virus that breaks down your airway, and breaks on your natural defences and then bacteria can gain a toehold and get in. so it is possible... chris smith, we are

going to have to leave it there. chris smith and jennifer rohn, thank you both forjoining us and answering some of the questions. many more opportunities in the future. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. for many parts of the country, april has been extremely dry. but the weather pattern is changing over the week ahead. the weather is turning more unsettled, and it looks particularly wetter across england and wales. but for all areas, it will be turning cooler over the next few days. today there has been some very warm sunshine around, particularly across more southern and eastern parts of england. and we have seen temperatures getting up to around 21 degrees or so. but cooler air is pushing in from the north as the wind is changing to more of a northerly. and that cooler air comes in behind this band of cloud, which is still around this evening and overnight, drifting very slowly southwards and still producing some showery bursts of rain.

clearer skies to the north of that away from the showers in northern scotland. we're going to find touch of frost on the grass across central and southern scotland, the far north of england and northern ireland. further south across england and wales, it will be much milder. we will still have that band of cloud. on that weather front there, it is still going to be producing some showery bursts of rain. that will trickle its way very slowly southwards throughout the day. sunnier skies for northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland, but still a few sharp showers to come across the northern half of scotland. the cooler air is pushing down further across the uk. temperatures are continuing to drop away. the remaining heat is getting squeezed into the south—east corner, where there could be a few heavy showers later on in the day. but with that cooler air coming down across the uk, we should see tree pollen levels dropping, moderate, really, and medium across many parts of the country. but wetter weather is still to arrive, i think. and it arrives across the southern half of the uk on tuesday. pressure continues to fall. together with those weather fronts, we see an area of low

pressure developing. that means some rain and perhaps by the end the day, there could be as much as an inch of rain in one or two places in the south. it is going to be southern england, wales, the midlands that see most of the rain on tuesday. further north, quite cloudy skies, just a few showers across northern scotland. the lowest temperatures in many areas will be a little bit below normal for the time of year. it will be particularly chilly underneath that rain that we have got further south. that should have moved away into continental europe by wednesday. bit of a respite, before we see another band of rain and some stronger winds coming in from the south—west. ahead of that, and legacy of cloud. most places will be dry and in the south—east of england before the rain later in the day, it should be a bit warmer.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the foreign secretary warns that the uk is still at a "delicate and dangerous" stage of the coronavirus pandemic. he rejects calls to ease the current lockdown. we need to make sure that we can

proceed in a sure—footed way, which is why i know the temptation to start announcing proposals now, but actually, until you have got the evidence, that is not responsible. he was speaking as borisjohnson prepares to return to work tomorrow, two weeks since he left hospital after falling ill with coronavirus. children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks, as the daily number of deaths fell to its lowest level in more than a month. india's prime minister describes his country's fight to curb coronavirus as a "people—driven" war, with every citizen a soldier. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has said social distancing measures will remain in place for some time — with the country ending up moving towards what he called a "new normal". speaking to andrew marr, he said the government would proceed "cautiously" despite pressure from opponents

and some party donors to set out how the restrictions may end. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent leila nathoo about the government's plan. the measures that are in place at the moment are working and they are bringing the number of cases down, the number of deaths down. but they are still too high to think about relaxing them, and that has been the consistent message of the government in the face of now what is growing pressure on them to say something more about how the lockdown is going to end. i mean, i think there is a recognition that the lockdown — in the way we have it now — can only go so long. there always has been. if you remember, cast your mind back to when it came in, the argument from scientists, "look, we are bringing this in at the moment because we know it can only last so long and there will be resistance to it eventually." so, they wanted to time it. but now there is pressure from within the tory party, there is pressure from labour calling for the exit strategy to be published, as scotland and wales have already done. but you are hearing again a resistance from government, dominic raab there saying it is not responsible to start talking about any specific measures. and this is just simply

not the right time. could that change with boris johnson returning? in a sense, you can imagine, it would be a huge decision for the cabinet to take, absent the prime minister. the prime minister is back, surely some expectation will build that he might be the person who, if anyone, is going to change the direction or look at this? it's got to be the prime minister? i think there has definitely been an element of there having been a gap at the top. for such a huge situation, it is important for any operation, let alone a government, to have a figurehead. but, look, dominic raab has been deputising. he's had downing street ties to make all the decisions needed. there was a point, you remember, the lockdown restrictions have to be, by law, reviewed every three weeks. that first three—week period, the lockdown measures were just continued, rolled over, effectively. the next point comes injust under fortnight‘s time, so ten days, a fortnight‘s time. that is where the government will be looking. clearly, it will be a boost, as dominic raab has said this morning, to have boris johnson back there. but he will be weighing up the same dilemmas now. that will be, ultimately, his decision, what to do with the lockdown when the time comes.

it's now been two weeks since north korean state media has reported any public activities by the national leader, kim jong—un. his absence from public view in the secretive communist state has fuelled rumour and speculation. earlier this week, south korea dismissed a report that kim jong—un was seriously ill after heart surgery. alistair coleman from bbc monitoring joins us now. you have been monitoring very carefully directed carefully, the reports and broadcasts from north korea? what have they been saying? he was last seen at a parliamentary session and also inspecting units of the air force. he missed one of the most important stays on the north korean calendar, which was the birth of his grandfather, founder of the nation, and she has not been seen in public since. have they reported the

movements? they are attributing actions to him. he has been reported in the last few weeks sending letters to the presidents of cuba and syria, and to workers in a northern city who have been renovating the area. he has been attributed with things, but we have not seen him in video or any idea what he's doing right now. some intriguing reports that a train which might be his train had been spotted in a seaside resort? satellite imagery has been reported as seeing a train, a station of one of his compounds on the eastern coast, a resort city. it certainly looks like is his, but also wondering whether he would have flown there, because he does prefer to fly there, it has got its own airport. he does prefer to do that.

an intriguing question, but because notwithstanding what south korea have said, it raises questions about the succession were something to happen to kim jong—un. it the succession were something to happen to kimjong—un. it has been a hereditary leadership. that is right. everybody who has ruled north korea since 19118 has been a member of the kim family and the succession has been announced well in advance. but with him being so young and not having any air named at the moment, it is hard to know what would happen if he left his post one way or another? either any other options? one is his sister, who has a very public face. she went to the olympics two years ago. but she is also seen as somewhat impetuous,

unreliable, possibly not quite fit for thejob yet. unreliable, possibly not quite fit for the job yet. the other is his uncle. he had a long career as a diplomat in europe. he was virtually exiled at the time because he was seen as too much reflecting kim jong—il. seen as too much reflecting kim jong-il. it is going to be interesting to see how quickly or not we see kim jong—un in pictures at least. it will be. indeed. thank you so much for telling us about that. spare a thought today for the thousands of runners, many from around the world, who should have been taking part in the london marathon. all that training is now on hold until october 11th at the earliest. it also means that charities are missing out on millions of pounds in fundraising, so the organisers have come up with another way for runners to raise money — without leaving home. holly hamilton has this reports.

it's the world's biggest one—day fundraising event, and today, more than 40,000 of you should have been strapping on your trainers to take part. and with no london marathon this year, thousands of charities are missing out on the millions of pounds that would have been raised. but organisers have come up with an alternative. it's the 2.6 challenge. now, you don't have to run 26 miles round your garden. it could be something as simple as bouncing a cricket ball off a tennis racquet. 11,12,13,14... like shane warne. ..18, 19, 20! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6! or you could try swimming 2.6 kilometres in your paddling pool, like sophie. and if you'd already got your fancy dress costume for the marathon, well, you could still put that to good use. among those taking on the challenge, eleanor davis. she was due to compete as an elite athlete,

but instead will be at work as a doctor looking after patients on the covid ward. i normally work part—time so i can train and compete at a high level, and just at the minute, obviously, there's not a lot to train for! everything's on hold. so i'm doing a few extra shifts on the coronavirus wards through this pandemic. but i'm still managing to fit in the miles, so i run to and from work most days, which has been really positive to me. ifind running really therapeutic. just a bit of head space and a bit of calm amongst the chaos. so, yeah, i think this little project as well has given me something positive to focus on outside of work, which has been really nice. to put it into context, last year's london marathon raised over £66.4 million for charity, and that's just one event. in fact, the uk charity sector estimates it will lose £4 billion of income as a result of the pandemic, making it a worrying time for smaller charities.

all of our events that happen in spring, we've lost them all, and there's probably quite a few more to come. we believe it's going to affect us to the region of £1 million before the end of the crisis, and that's the lockdown part of the crisis, not the longer economic impact of this. # i'll rise up, i'll rise like the day. # i'll rise up... our diversity choir, i'm particularly proud of. and we have a group of 22 residents and four carers that have come together to sing andrea day's rise up. most of them are signing because, actually, physical communication is quite difficult and quite challenging for them, so they've had to invent all sorts of ways of trying to get together to become the diversity choir. it's a very emotive youtube to watch and i really recommend anyone to watch it because it's exactly why

the 2.6 challenge is going ahead — to support organisations and people that we are supporting too. # we will rise. it's hoped, however, the 2.6 challenge can make a real difference. it's already raised more than £1.6 million so far as people across the country come together while remaining still very much apart. holly hamilton, bbc news. the environment secretary will be asked about the impact on agriculture. hundreds of farmers had diversified into the so—called agri—tourism. portnellan beef farm overlooks loch lomond. chris came home to the family business after university.

to make a living, he diversified into agri—tourism. part of that is offering watersports to visitors. but after lockdown, his bookings were cancelled. obviously, my income has taken a big hit at the moment, as has the farm income. we can survive it for a while, but if it doesn't come back at some stage, it's going to become much harder. a newborn lamb on a nearby farm. it's been in the same family for nearly 300 years. like many farms, they relied on the income from agri—tourism. this included self—catering accommodation and farm tours, all gone because of covid—19. if i can't keep that going, that would be serious. i don't think we could survive through it without that. the tourism side of the business is run by bobby's daughter kay. the farming venture itself could support one family. the additional diversification gives

the income to myself and my family. so if it goes into the following year, i don't know how i'm going to feed the kids. tourism brings millions of pounds into the scottish economy, but visit scotland has said the industry has been completely devastated by the coronavirus lockdown. on a day like this, loch lomond would normally attract visitors from around the world. but chris remains optimistic. i think we've just got to focus on how we're going to bounce back from this and focus on our businesses, both the agricultural side and the diversified side as well. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. hundreds of millions of people around the world have been spending the past few weeks at home, but what of those without a permanent home — what in the uk we used to call "of no fixed abode". take travelling communities. how have they adapted? tim allman reports. so what do you do when the show can't go on? that was the question facing

the darix orfei circus. they were travelling through sicily when the entire country simply shut down. no crowds to entertain, no shows to perform. crucially, no money coming in. they can rehearse, they can look after their animals. but how are they going to survive? translation: we are stuck here because of the coronavirus. but thank god, we have been helped in many ways, but above all with food. the mayor of the city gave us everything. we have been helped every day by charities that are constantly by our side. local community groups providing as much help as possible. food and drink for staff, the performers, even the tigers. translation: today we are here in a circus that in the past was by our side, entertaining our children with their shows. now, they're facing

difficulties because they can't work and they need food. we are happy to return the favour and show our solidarity to the circus artists. italy is expected to begin easing some of the restrictions early next month, although it will be a slow process. but eventually, one day, the big top will be raised and the circus will well and truly be back in town. let's stay in italy, where we can see here the extent of the coronavirus lockdown in the country with these remarkable drone images of venice. here is st mark's square where in normal times, you would expect to see throngs of tourists and natives enjoying the spring sunshine besides the city's canals.

but now — in these extraordinary times — there is barely anyone to be seen. soon, we will bejoining soon, we will be joining the daily briefing on the coronavirus. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. good morning afternoon. the wolves striker diogojota says he thinks that the premier league season will resume and be played to a conclusion even if it's behind closed doors. i spoke to him in the last hour, he was the winner of the epremier league invitational over the weekend, a fifa video game tournament. he beat liverpool's trent alexander arnold in the final. regarding a return to real football, with the dutch league being called off and the german bundesliga targeting a return in 2 weeks, jota says the premier league shouldn't pay too much attention to other nations.

i think, ithink, in i think, in my opinion, we don't have to look to other countries, because each country has its own problems. each country needs to deal individually with its own problems because some countries are in worse scenarios than others. that is what i think. although some leagues can end right away, so others can start sooner. i know we will do a good job when we start the competition. what is your gut feeling perspective trying to remain positive in thinking that the premier league season will finish? i do believe that. i know that almost every country of the world, has the league as one to watch. i hope we can finish the season. obviously, health

is first. it seems like years ago, but it was only six or seven weeks that you were playing in an empty stadium. it seems like years ago now. i do remember that game. i remember saying, this could be our last game in a while. and it was. it was strange. i think we need to finish the season behind closed doors, but everybody wants the fans in the stadium because that is what makes football special and that is what we want to do, but maybe we need to go step—by—step and may be the first step is to play behind closed doors. we know that the first meetings will take place this week between the chief medical officer's staff and governing bodies to assess the feasibilty of sport resuming behind closed doors. the chair of uk sport has urged caution on athletes returning too quickly. although it's nice to think that sport will have its moment and have its day back when people can all come back together, either to compete or participate

orjust to watch and have that unity together, i think we are still talking it will be a while yet, and i think it isjust being ready for that moment. it is so important in so many people's lives. i think it will be a huge sort of message to everyone when we can go back and do that again. but, you know, i think we have to be cautious as well, because there are too many doubts ahead of us before we are confident we can go ahead. the president of world athletics, lord coe, thinks that some sports could emerge from the lockdown stronger, benefitting from the way they have had to deal with the crisis we do also have to accept, along with every other sector, that sometimes you just have to take a back—seat. there are other things that are important. but the sport will bounce back and i think it will lead the way in a post—pandemic world. we'll be all be doing the same things again? i doubt it. i hope not, actually. i think smart organisations are trying to figure out how to be even smarter when they come back from this. sport has to

adapt and respond to those changes. everton say they are appalled after the publication of pictures showing their italian striker moise kean hosting a house party. kean, who joined the club from juventus last summer, filmed himself at the party held in his apartment. everton say they have strongly expressed their disappointment to the player for ignoring government guidance and the club's own policy. that's all the sport for now.

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