tonight at ten — the government says the coronavirus outbreak remains at a "delicate and dangerous" stage, rejecting calls for an early easing of the lockdown. ministers warn we must all adjust to "a new normal". another 413 people have now died in uk hospitals. we need to take a sure—footed step forward which protects life but also preserves our way of life. so we're very focused on doing the homework that can allow us to do that. borisjohnson arrives back at no ten for work tomorrow after recovering from infection. there's growing concern in care homes in england over testing for staff and residents. at last, a chance to play in spain, as children are allowed outside their homes accompanied by parents for the first time in weeks.

and with the london marathon postponed, how do you raise money for charity from your own home? good evening. the government is rejecting calls to relax the coronavirus lockdown, saying the outbreak remains at a "delicate and dangerous" stage. ministers are asking us to adjust to what they're calling "a new normal" for some time yet. the government is reiterating the current restrictions are having a positive effect, with fewer people being treated in hospital. well, the latest number of dead is up by 413 in hospitals across the uk. it's worth noting the numbers often come down over the weekend because of a lag in reporting.

the total number of dead now stands at 20,732, not including deaths in care homes or the community in england and north ireland. and northern ireland. with more, here's our science editor, david shukman. in towns and cities, usually busy streets remain empty, a scenario set to continue, as scientists warn that any relaxation of the lockdown could risk killing tens of thousands more people. the government insists on moving very carefully. 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 is to start announcing proposals now, but actually, until you've got the evidence, that's not responsible, it risks you ending up misleading... i'm not... i know you're not going down... but we need to take a sure—footed step forward which protects life but also preserves our way of life. the key measure that all governments are worrying

about is the rate of infection. a month ago in the uk, it was about three, which means that anyone infected could pass it to three others. since then, it's come right down to something like 0.7 — crucially, below the line of one. anything above that and the virus takes off again. so, what about the effect of easing some of the restrictions? well, allowing public gatherings again would probably take you above that key line. but reopening schools might be possible and still stay below it, but no—one's entirely sure. at today's downing street briefing, the government suggested that social distancing within schools might be an option, but wouldn't be drawn. might it be that when you look at relaxing different measures, reopening schools might be one of the first things you consider? of course, school closures is one of those measures. i think it's highly likely that there will be different combinations of measures, some of which are in place at the moment, but others that you have heard about, such as more sophisticated track and tracing, that in combination will keep that number below one.

all of this is being assessed by the different nations in the uk. they may come out of lockdown in their own ways, but all face the same challenge. some of the margins we will be faced with as we start to ease things are very, very fine indeed, so there will be a need for real care and caution and perhaps in some instances to go back again if we find that things that we have done have allowed the virus to run out of control. everyone is struggling to find an answer. in germany, small shops are reopening, but at the same time, the german foreign minister has warned everyone not to expect a normal holiday on a packed beach this summer. and sweden, which has allowed cafes to stay open, is now seeing the numbers of deaths rising, but it doesn't want to risk a public backlash. and some british scientists share that concern, as the uk's lockdown drags on. i think this is going to be a lot harder for people.

in terms of the finances, i think quite a lot of people have some savings and are able to borrow from friends and family. again, the evidence shows that as time goes on, that becomes more difficult. also, if there are tensions between people, those can escalate, and we've sadly seen there has been a big increase in domestic abuse reports. and all the time, warnings from countries that thought they had the outbreak under control. singapore is now installing thousands more hospital beds after a new surge in cases. until there are new treatments or vaccines, there's no easy way to deal with the virus. david shukman, bbc news. our political correspondent, iain watson, is in downing street. boris iain watson, is in downing street. johnson is now i residence borisjohnson is now back in residence in no 10 after recovering from the virus, is he expected back at work tomorrow? very much so, clive. at nine o'clock tomorrow

morning he will be chairing a meeting of senior cabinet ministers and advisers, and he will have a very full intro which he will have to look at, too. he will also have to look at, too. he will also have to make some very big decisions about the way he is going to go, and the whole question of the lockdown. under what i say it is business as usual, many of his own mps are worried about the effect the lockdown is having on businesses. downing street insiders are also suggesting that they feel a kind of restlessness amongst the wider public about some of the restrictions. that said, i believe the prime minister, when he finally gives us a route map towards easing the lockdown, will be very gently easing his foot off the brake because he fears fuelling a second wave of infections, so, the kind of thing ministers are discussing closed doors are, for example, allowing a wider range of shops and businesses to reopen, if they can ensure that good social distancing measures are in place. but labour wa nt to measures are in place. but labour want to see a wider range of options

discussed. that said, clive, ithink one of the early priorities boris johnson is going to have is to tell some members of his own party that he simply does not see a straight and simple choice between the health of the nation on the one hand and the health of the economy on the other. thank you for that, ian watson there, in downing street. there remains concern among care providers about testing for staff and residents in care homes in england. the bbc has spoken to more than 200 providers, and three quarters say none of their staff has been screened. access to testing for residents, also appears to be patchy. the government says more people will be tested. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. at harbour house residential home in dorset, they're keeping one of their residents who's returned from hospital isolated. they've been in lockdown for weeks now, and need to be sure that no—one brings covid—i9 into the home. what is it you're doing now, lana? i'm going to see brian. he's been self—isolated for 14 days, so we're putting on personal protective equipment.

they've been told they need at least two suspected cases before they get testing of residents. hello, brian, can i come in, please? and for staff, the nearest drive—through testing centre is a three—hour round—trip away. these are fluid—resistant surgical masks. this and continuing worries over getting enough protective equipment leaves the home manager at the end of her tether. it's not good enough. it's really not good enough. the voices of everybody working in care, the nhs, the care industry, we need to be heard, and we need to be saved. the bbc has spoken to more than 200 care homes across england. of those, 159, about three—quarters, said up to last wednesday, none of their staff had been tested for covid—i9. 127, so nearly two—thirds, said they'd seen no screening of residents in their homes. care providers have told me with some homes already seeing a high number of deaths from coronavirus, testing is vital to combat the infection.

the only way to do that is to ensure that we have testing for everybody in the service. we can mitigate risk, but we can't eliminate it without the support of having accurate testing available to the services. the government says it's introduced mobile military units to provide testing in places like care homes, and that residents returning from hospital are being screened. on testing, we have been ramping up our capacity to do those tests. it currently stands at over 50,000 a day, and we have started to invite large numbers of people now working in the care sector and care homes to undertake those tests, and significant numbers have. with care homes on the front line of tackling the virus now, the pressure to get more testing on the ground quickly is intense, and it's unlikely to go away. alison holt, bbc news. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here.

the latest number of dead in hospitals in the uk, 413, relatively low in this pandemic in recent times, yes, there is a lag in reporting because it's the weekend, but i'll be seeing the numbers start to really begin to go down? well, clive doubles a further move above the 20,000 total is a devastating reality, but yes, the fact that that latest daily reported figure ofjust over 400, the lowest since late march is, i think, over 400, the lowest since late march is, ithink, indicative over 400, the lowest since late march is, i think, indicative of a possible trend downwards, with the caveat about weekend reporting. it may well go back up a bit during the week. certainly officials at the downing street briefing seemed a little more upbeat about the figures, particularly from hospitals. 0ne figures, particularly from hospitals. one of the charts shown was total numbers of patients in hospitals with covid—19, and you can see a pretty strong downward trend in london and in a couple of other areas of england. scotland and wales areas of england. scotland and wales areas of england. scotland and wales area bit areas of england. scotland and wales are a bit flatter, and they talked about a definite trend of reduced

numbers. then, the next chart is of total critical care capacity in different parts of the uk, intensive ca re different parts of the uk, intensive care beds, that is, and the percentage occupied by covid—19 patients. and you can see that's coming down as well, albeit with a slight blip upwards in the last day orso, slight blip upwards in the last day or so, showing that this is by no means straightforward. and in fact as one expert put it today, with this virus, getting to the peak is like going up in an express elevator, coming down, we will have to find our way down by the stairs. hugh pym, our health and editor, thank you. spain, which has had one of the strictest lockdowns in europe, is now allowing children to leave their homes, if they're with an adult, for the first time in six weeks. there have been more than 23,000 confirmed deaths in the country, with 288 reported today, the lowest number in well over a month. damian grammaticas has more from madrid. released... ..after 42 days cooped up inside.

all six members of this family, finally today able to get out of their apartment block. spain's lockdown rules banned children from going outside. so while the boys played cluedo, the six—year—old had the balcony as her playroom. but today, spain relaxed those rules. 8 million children, freed from their confinement. translation: i was bored inside. i don't like it. i want to be outside. now they can be, for an hour a day. and this is what the boys have missed most, a kickabout. for them, it was the hardest thing. yeah. playing football, they love it. they... they miss it really much. they couldn't do this in your apartment. no, no, no!

they are not allowed to do it. i couldn't go out for 40 days. well, me and all my family are people who like to go out and have fun outside. but this opening up is limited. almost everyone in spain is still confined, allowed out only for essential tasks. spain has some of the toughest lockdown restrictions of any country in europe. it's why it's still so quiet here. if the rate of infections continues to decline, though, the prime minister says adults may be allowed out to exercise, but only in a week's time. today, though, was the children's day, maria's day. for six weeks, maria and pablo had been stuck with a tantalising view of the park across the road. and that's what she made a beeline for as soon as she was outside.

"papa," the four—year—old says, "look at this, look at this! "look what i have for mum." before heading off to pick some more. spain's moves are cautious. more than 23,000 people have died here, and no—one wants to take risks. translation: of course it's worrying. a lot of people have been infected and we worry about the older generation. at least paloma can now catch up with friends from a distance, while maria gets used to life in a mask and the small joys of being outside. damian grammaticas, bbc news, madrid. italy's prime minister, giuseppe conte, has announced an easing of his country's coronavirus lockdown measures from next month. he says takeaway food outlets can reopen and visits to relatives in small numbers can resume. schools, however, will remain shut and social distancing will be in force for months. italy has been in strict lockdown for seven weeks.

the pandemic is another public health challenge for drug users in scotland, who before coronavirus were dying at the highest rate in europe. now a gp in edinburgh has put together a package of support, including getting medical students to deliver methadone prescriptions to those who can't leave their homes. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchannan has the full story. in these strange times, drug workers have become vital couriers. delivering methadone to heroin users who have to isolate. can you confirm your date of birth, please? could you take a step back? we'll leave that for you. it is all part of a huge effort to protect some of edinburgh's most vulnerable residents from covid—19. with no tourists to accomodate, this hotel is housing around 80 rough sleepers, anyone showing symptoms of the virus is immediately tested. but no one has yet had the disease, a section of the hotel has been turned into an isolation unit,

to care for anyone who becomes ill. if the virus spreads extensively, through my patients, our practice population, then there will be high fatalities. high numbers of fatalities. much of this effort has been led by drjohn budd, a gp who works daily with the homeless and those with addictions. people who are homeless often have multiple underlying difficulties. and unless we help them to address some of those underlying issues, regarding covid, they will not be able to keep themselves safe and other people safe. if someone has an addiction issue and we are asking them to self— isolate, they will be unable to do that unless you help them tackle the addiction. scotland is dealing with two public health crises at the same time, the pandemic and the highest level of drug—related deaths in europe. the edinburgh initiative includes offering heroin users the option to switch to methadone immediately instead of waiting weeks. forjames and chloe,

getting their medicines delivered to a different hotel, staying safe in shared accommodation is hard. anyone could catch anything. it is quite crowded. there are two kitchens, you have to share them. you don't know who has got what, people do not clean up after themselves, they leave their bits, people are sneezing and not washing their hands. it is quite horrible. i think people are anxious and it is difficult to focus on other things that are not their substance when they are not allowed to do anything else. one of the key things that we get people to do is get out and about, distract yourself and now we are telling them do not do any of that. back at the hotel, residents have access daily to a gp. staff find the rough sleepers are seeking help, wanting support — a remarkable about turn considering some have spent years refusing to engage. i miss my life, completely.

for grant moffat who spent three months sleeping rough, the sanctuary of the hotel has afforded him the chance to reset his life. i'm using it as an opportunity, i miss my family. i think a lot about my family and stuff. stuff that i might never have, with being on the straight and just getting up in the morning and having a drink, forgetting about the day. —— with being on the streets. a waste. edinburgh is trying to both protect its homeless and drug taking residents from covid—19 and offer them a future when normality resumes. using a global pandemic to tackle a national crisis. michael buchanan, bbc news, edinburgh. business lobby groups are calling for the government to publish details of the parameters that would allow a reopening of the economy. the institute of directors says its members are clamouring for more information. tomorrow, unions will ask ministers to make sure employers

take thorough steps, to keep staff safe when they do go back to work. our business correspondent, katie prescott, reports. 28 years of business, closed in a day. hello, welcome, come in. thank you very much. this restaurateur is desperate to see his tables filled with diners once again, but he'd like some sense about when that might be, and what happens if the restrictions ease but the threat of the virus remains. it would be good to know what the model is going to look like. are they going to be measured? will there be a quota of people per square—foot? a little bit of clarity would be good. it's not going to be something crowded, it's not going to be something hustly and bustly. it's not going to be anything like we've known. but then, if it's not, can the business sustain it? for some businesses, social distancing is harder than others. this hairdresser in leeds is expecting a flood

of customers when they reopen, desperate for a post—lockdown haircut. but how they can do this safely is a major headache. it would be great if we had a bit more guidance or advice about when we think that would be. i'm expecting may, and even then, i don't think we'll be open as we were before, i think it will be a new normal, where we've got to be a lot more careful with the precautions that we take, really. but also, most importantly, we've got to work on client confidence as well. some companies not on the lockdown list are getting back to work. as construction firms start to build again, this shower manufacturer will bring in a quarter of its staff from monday. we're sort of envisaging pent—up demand will see hopefully quite a busy may, june, and we'll see where it settles from there. but i don't know what normality is going to be, whether its october, november, before we have a normal month. the government has started to talk to businesses about how to lift the lockdown safely,

and it's looking to examples of other countries that are slightly further advanced in terms of the pandemic. but what businesses want to see now are those conversations turned into concrete plans. katie prescott, bbc news. coronavirus is continuing its spread around the world, with almost 3 million confirmed cases, in 185 countries. while some governments are beginning to ease restrictions where they believe infections have peaked, others are onlyjust beginning to impose lockdowns. we'll be hearing from our correspondents in caracas, moscow and nairobi injust a moment. but first, laura bicker reports from seoul, where the government acted quickly, in testing people for the disease. the country used aggressive testing and tracing methods to isolate infected patients. first came a test. within weeks, they had a test kit, and 600 testing stations around the country. anyone could get a test.

then came contact tracing. they used a mixture of interviews and technology to find out where infected patients had been. that information was then sent out as emergency alerts. these measures appear to have worked, for now, but health officials say now is not the time to be complacent, and they still fear a second wave. brazil, with more than 3500 deaths, is still the worst—hit country in latin america. as the death toll has risen, so has criticism to jair bolsonaro. the brazilian president has continually dismissed and downplayed the risks of the virus. second on the list is ecuador, where the number of confirmed cases doubled this week. but authorities there say this spike was because of an increase in testing. here in venezuela, and indeed across the region, governments are beginning to ease strict lockdowns, and that decision seems largely economic.

here, the pandemic has hit the poorest part, the millions who rely on low paid and informal work, and they are demanding to get back to work. well, here in russia, the official number of fatalities from the coronavirus, over 700, is far less than in western europe or america. but there is concern that not all covid—related deaths have been included in the statistics. also, russian officials are warning that we haven't seen the peak of the epidemic here yet. already, though, the russian health system is feeling the strain. there are reports from around the country of shortages of medical equipment and of protective clothing, and concern, too, in the business community that the russian government's package of aid falls far short of the kind of bailouts on offer in the west. the response in most african countries has been swift and hard. south africa, ghana and nigeria have sent out thousands of health workers into communities under lockdown

to carry out mass screening to identify potential cases for testing, and they've been finding many positive cases who are asymptomatic. but on the other end of the spectrum, you have the likes of tanzania where the president has urged people to go to places of worship and pray covid—19 away. anne soy reporting from nairobi, along with steve rosenberg in moscow, guillermo moreno in caracas and laura bicker in seoul. after months of training for the london marathon, elite athletes and the not so elite have been thinking of other creative ways now the event's postponed, to raise money for charities. instead of slogging over 26 miles, thousands of people are now taking part in what's called the 2.6 challenge. the 40th london marathon, which was due to take place today, has been pushed back to october. natalie pirks reports. it's the biggest one—day fundraising event in the world, attracting more than 40,000 runners every year.

but this weekend, the capital's iconic sights looked rather different. i'm going to do the 2.6 challenge for women's aid... to fill the void, organisers came up with the 2.6 challenge... ..which asks people to do something involving the numbers two and six, like sophie, who swam 2.6 kilometres in her back garden, or dani watts, who did challenges like 26 steps for the rfu's injured players foundation. they helped her adapt to life in a wheelchair after she was paralysed playing rugby. most of these challenges i've done in quite a lot of extreme pain. the pain i get is like someone is literallyjabbing a hot poker in you and just crunching through your bone, like, i can't explain it any more than that. but this challenge has kind of relit the fire that went out for sport a few years ago. well, it would have been considerably busier than this here in blackheath at the start line

of the marathon, and the worry now is that this will make things very quiet for charities. last year's marathon alone raised more than £66 million, and its estimated the lockdown could cost charities more than £4 billion in lost donations. mind's estimating that we will lose between £12 million and £20 million in donations this year, partly as a result of our shops being closed, but also from the postponement or cancellation of events like the london marathon and many other community events where people choose to run for us. the 2.6 challenge has already raised more than £4.6 million. britain is showing charity really does begin at home. natalie pirks, bbc news. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello there. today we saw some warmth and sunshine again across the south of the country, temperatures in the low 20s celsius, but further north, there was a change to the weather. something cooler amid more cloud and showers around and that is how the week ahead is shaping up to be, much more unsettled, cooler and wetter for some of us. now, we have had low pressure moving down from the north and that has brought showers to the north of scotland and this frontier has brought the cloud to central parts of the uk. a few heavy downpours as well, which will tend to fade away overnight, but there will be a legacy of cloud, a few spots of rain left, because of this weather front and the north of scotland will see further showers here. but we have got clear skies in between, northern ireland, central scotland, here it is going to be chilly by the end of the night, maybe a touch of frost, or where you hold the cloud, not quite as cold. so for monday then, more cloud for england and wales, the odd shower around, could see sunshine breaking through across the south—east, so it could warm up again into the afternoon, some rain pushing into the far south west by the end of the day and it stays

showery and cool across much of scotland, particularly in the north. temperatures here, between nine and 12 degrees, we could see 19 in the south, but for most of us, it is going to feel like a cooler day than we have been used to. 0n the plus side, with more cloud around, some showers, tree pollen levels will not be quite as high as they have been lately. as we head on into tuesday, this area of low pressure which started to bring the rain to the south west peps up and moves northwards through the day. some of this rain could be quite heavy, in fact this could be by far the most significant rainfall that we have seen in the month so far. quite a wet day expected across the southern portions of the uk, a bit more cloud further north, but some drier weather generally here, a few spells of sunshine, one or two showers across the far north of scotland. again, a cool feeling day, all around, as you may have noticed, there was temperatures in the low teens across the south, because of the cloud and rain. for wednesday, that area of low pressure will leave a legacy of cloud, some sunshine in the far north, but then the next area of low

pressure moves in to bring some wetter weather to wales and the south west and that will gradually push its way northwards, later in the day. a bit of sunshine moving in behind it in the south west, and again it is going to feel on the cool side and it remains unsettled, as we move through the end of the week, further showers at times, a few signs of things warming up a bit by the end of the week.

hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment with kate proctor and asa bennett. first, the headlines. boris johnson is back in downing street, two weeks after being discharged from hospital treatment for conronavirus. ministers say the public must adjust to "a new normal" in the fight against coronavirus. medics insist that social distancing remains vital. we now have a very definite trend in a reduced number of people in hospitals. that is definitely showing that our compliance with social