in the midst of the pandemic, a bit ofjoy as borisjohnson and his fiancee announce the birth of a baby boy. the prime minister's partner carrie symonds and the baby are said to be in good health after the birth at a london nhs maternity unit. both mother and baby are doing well and i'm sure the whole house will wa nt to and i'm sure the whole house will want tojoin and i'm sure the whole house will want to join with me in sending congratulations and our best wishes to them. we all recognise the anxiety the prime minister and carrie symonds must have gone through in these past few weeks, unimaginable anxiety sol through in these past few weeks, unimaginable anxiety so i really hope this brings them incredible relief and joy. we'll have more on that announcement in a moment as the country continues to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. millions more people in england are eligible for covid—i9 testing after the government loosens rules on who can apply. don't ignore symptoms of cancer —

the warning from doctors as fears over coronavirus lead to a dramatic fall in patient referrals. more us victims than were killed in the vietnam war as the coronavirus caseload in america topsi million. more than 57,000 have died. how lockdown could sound the death knoll of thousands of high street shops with independent, family—run businesses hardest hit. and tributes are paid to the bollywood actor irrfan khan, who starred in slumdog millionaire and life of pi, who has died at the age of 53. and in sport a leading health adviser warns that football is getting it wrong by trying to restart the premier league amid the global pandemic.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. as news on the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate, an announcement this morning from downing street that caught everyone by surprise. the prime minister and his fiancee carrie symonds have had a baby boy. just days after borisjohnson returned to work after recovering from covid—i9 and she'd had symptoms as well — there'll be a new resident at number 10. it all meant the pm wasn't present at prime minister's questions where, once again, the focus was the government's handling of the pandemic. in the latest developments, all residents and staff in care homes across england can now get a test for coronavirus even if they've not shown any symptoms. patients with suspected cancer symptoms are being urged to contact their gp, as research suggests there's been a 70% drop in the number of referrals since the pandemic was declared. and in the united states, latest figures show coronavirus has killed more americans

than the vietnam war. more than 58,000 people have died. we'll have all the latest on the virus shortly but first here's our political correspondent jonathan blake on that bit of good news from number 10. starting a new chapter back in december, boris johnson and carrie symonds returned to downing street after the conservatives' landslide election win. a lot has changed since then for them and for us all. amid everything, this morning, a new arrival was announced. a statement from downing street said... in the house of commons more muted than normal of course the foreign secretary gave mps the news. i'm sure the whole house would want to join with me in sending congratulations

and our very best wishes to them. and well—wishes from the opposition benches, too. can add my congratulations and the congratulations of the labour party, and i'm sure everybody in this house to the prime minister and carrie symonds on the birth of their baby boy. "some good news," tweeted scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon, wishing health and happiness to the wee one. northern ireland's first minister, arlene foster, said it was wonderful news, adding there were more sleepless nights ahead. and mark drakeford, the welsh first minister, sent his to warmest congratulations to the couple on the birth of their son. we had been told the baby was due in the early summer so the birth has come earlier than many expected. boris johnson's father, stanley, said he was absolutely delighted at the arrival of a new grandchild. in march, carrie symonds posted on instagram she felt incredibly blessed to be engaged and expecting a baby. weeks later, she and the prime minister were both self isolating with symptoms of coronavirus. i still have a temperature and, so, in accordance with government

advice, i must continue my self isolation until that symptom itself goes. he would go on to spend three nights in intensive care where, as he put it, it could have gone either way. boris johnson is fiercely protective of his private life. this is known to be his sixth child, only the third in recent history born to a serving prime minister. jonathan blake, bbc news. well, while all that was going on, the government announced that all residents and staff in care homes across england can now get a test for coronavirus even if they've not shown any symptoms. later this afternoon, the government will publish up—to—date figures for all coronavirus deaths, both in hospitals and care homes, for the first time. access to coronavirus home testing kits for essential workers ran out injust over an hour this morning, after the government widened access to millions more people. our health correspondent richard galpin reports. it is now known that thousands of elderly people have been dying in care homes. and finally the government is saying

that all care home staff and residents can now be tested to see if they have the disease. the st cecilia's care home in scarborough has lost four of its residents to the virus. today staff have been logging on to the government's website to book tests for everyone. but it is not proving easy. we got onto the website very early this morning to see if we could actually book tests and there was no way we could see about getting tests for the residents on the website. we could see the staff portal but that was the same as it was a few days before. i got the feeling that they were inundated this morning therefore perhaps were not quite sure what they might do and offer. many of those running care homes believe that the elderly and disabled have been left very exposed in this coronavirus pandemic. we have prioritised the nhs to get those tests first and i think that is right but we are already rolling

it out to all care homes so they can all get a test today, if they need one. and that, for many care home residents, will have to be done inside the homes. we are also sending swabs directly to care home so sending swabs directly to care home so in this model, a bunch of swabs are delivered, administered by the staff and sent back in the bunch, so thatis staff and sent back in the bunch, so that is the satellite model. there is also the pop—up centres, the mobile testing centres that can visit a care home and set up at the ca re visit a care home and set up at the care home and test staff and residents. beyond care home staff and residents, all people over 65 who have symptoms are now eligible for tests, as is anyone with symptoms who cannot work from home. along with all key workers who can already get tests, it is estimated with this latest expansion around 25 million people can now get tested, a

significant proportion of the population. and with capacity being ramped up, the government says it is stillaiming to ramped up, the government says it is still aiming to hit its target of 100,000 tests taking place every day. even though earlier this week it was around 43,000. richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. so borisjohnson so boris johnson has so borisjohnson has rather a lot on his plate at the moment. which is why i doubt he will be taking much of any paternity leave after what is obviously terrific news for the couple and what has been i imagine a terrifying couple of weeks with borisjohnson in terrifying couple of weeks with boris johnson in intensive terrifying couple of weeks with borisjohnson in intensive care, his fiancee having to self—isolate with coronavirus but there is no getting away from it, we are in the middle ofa away from it, we are in the middle of a life or death pandemic for many people, particularly in care homes where for the first time today the government acknowledged they were facing a challenge to curb the level

of infections and deaths. dominic raab saying we cannot sugar—coat the issue although blaming not the lack of testing or lack of government focus or a lack of ppe but rather blaming the ebb and flow of people going in and out of care homes, so, nurses, cleaners, caterers, office staff going into their home and bringing the virus with them. be that as it may, when you now have the level of deaths in care homes with the level of deaths in hospitals, you have a figure of around 27,000, which is way above the 20,000 figure which the scientists had hoped we would be able to get through this virus, which led sir keir starmer to suggest we are now on which led sir keir starmer to suggest we are now on course potentially for suggest we are now on course potentially for the worst death rate in europe, and that may become clearer when we get the figures published this afternoon for the first time of the daily death rates in care homes with some people now

warning these could actually begin to overtake the level of deaths in hospitals. norman, thank you very much, norman smith. well, new figures from scotland show more than half of the coronavirus deaths recorded last week were in care homes. 0ur scotland correpondent lorna gordon is in glasgow. yes, we know there is this big issue of covid in care homes and if you look at the latest statistics released within the last hour from the national records of scotland, they show 39% of all confirmed or suspected deaths related to cove it have been in care homes but if you drill down to the last week for which figures are available, the week ending three days ago on 26th of april, they show that more than 50% of deaths in scotland happened in care homes. scotland's first minister in herdaily in care homes. scotland's first minister in her daily press briefing earlier acknowledged this is a grave and worrying statistic. the proportion of deaths in scotland in care homes whilst obviously

deeply distressing is, however, broadly in line with the proportions being reported now from many other countries. that demonstrates again how crucial it is to make care homes as safe as they can possibly be during a pandemic of this nature. care homes have had strict guidance to follow since the 13th of march and it is incumbent on care home providers, whether they are in the public or the private sector, to follow and to implement that guidance. the first minister nicola sturgeon outline some of the steps been taken so outline some of the steps been taken so far to try and make care homes as safe as they can be, things like asking for two negative tests before residents can return to their care home setting, new residents being isolated and tested for 14 days, and testing of symptomatic staff and residents. but these figures today are confirmation of what has long been suspected and that is well care home staff are doing everything they can to stop coronavirus getting into

ca re can to stop coronavirus getting into care homes, when an outbreak does happen, it can be devastating. lorna gordon, thank you very much. patients with suspected cancer symptoms are being urged to contact their gp, as research suggests there's been a 70% drop in the number of referrals since the pandemic was declared. a network of covid—free hubs has now been set up across the country, to make sure those who need urgent cancer treatment will get it. 0ur reporter lucie kon has been to see how one of them works. we've got two different trusts operating... joanna franks is a consultant breast surgeon. in normal times, she splits her working week looking after nhs patients at university college hospital in central london and private patients here at the wellington hospital in north london. we have a 57—year—old lady with a right—sided small screening detected cancer... now, because of covid, her nhs team have relocated their entire service here. we have a series of theatres.

they would ordinarily have gone to sleep in the anaesthetic room, but now they will go to sleep in the actual main theatre. it is one of 19 covid—free cancer hubs — alliances between the nhs and private sector now up and running across england. excellent, and i've checked the covid swabs, they are all negative... and they make sure it stays covid—free by testing every patient for the virus before they are admitted. welcome, everybody. so ben, are you going to take minutes for us? jo has weekly meetings with colleagues from the other hospitals in the alliance to decide who they can realistically treat. patients are prioritised according to new national guidelines and difficult decisions have to be made. for some patients it is very clear that they need to have time critical treatment and those patients will be put forward by their mdt to be discussed for prioritisation to make sure that they are going to get an operation slot. three weeks ago during coronavirus, covid—19, i was diagnosed with breast cancer.

carine is still coming to terms with her breast cancer diagnosis. she is not a patient at one of the hospitals involved here. if we were not in covid i know that i would be on an operating schedule and have a date for a mastectomy, with reconstruction. but because of covid everything is on hold. the bbc has been told of patients across the country who haven't been given surgery or treatments like chemotherapy because of covid. 0ne nurse has said that the treatment options are so limited at the moment that she has seen a dramatic increase in the number of patients having mastectomies without reconstructions. nhs england say essential and urgent cancer treatments must continue but that all decisions made have to be balanced against the risks posed by covid. lucy kon, bbc news. the number of deaths connected to the virus in america

has now passed 58,000. that's more than the number of us personnel killed in the vietnam war. the country is also bracing itself for some seismic economic data, as the extent of the economic downturn becomes clearer. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. two grim milestones highlighting the devastating impact of covid—19 on the united states. more than one million cases and over 58,000 people killed by the virus — which surpasses the number of americans who died over nearly two decades in vietnam. and the outbreak is far from over. one of the white house's senior medical advisers has warned that covid—19 could re—emerge later in the year. it's not going to disappear from the planet. which means as we get into next season — in my mind — it's inevitable that we will have a return of the virus or maybe it had never even went away. at a meeting with small business owners, echoing comments

he made in february, president trump said he was "optimistic" the number of cases would ultimately go down to zero. you never know about a vaccine. but tremendous progress has been made. johnson & johnson and oxford and lots of good things that — you've been hearing the same things as i do. tremendous progress has been made — we think — on a vaccine. you always have to say "think", and then have to test it, and that takes a period of time. in the meantime, much of the country is still at a standstill, with stay—at—home orders enforced until at least the middle of may. 26 million americans have lost theirjobs during the pandemic. the us commerce department is expected to report later that gross domestic product suffered a steep drop in the first quarter of the year, with the economy shrinking by up to 4%. it will be the biggest decline in economic activity since the great recession over a decade ago. and there's much worse to come over the coming months, since the virus didn't begin to impact the us economy

until late march. but president trump remains optimistic. it's going to come back very fast. now that our experts believe the worst days of the pandemic are behind us, americans are looking forward to the safe and rapid reopening of our country. on a trip to a medical centre in minnesota, mike pence thanked health workers and researchers for their efforts during the pandemic, but his visit was overshadowed by his decision to ignore the hospital's rules that all visitors should wear face masks. the vice president said he wasn't concerned about spending the virus because he'd tested negative several times for covid—19. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. our top story this lunchtime. borisjohnson and his fiancee carrie symonds announce the birth of a baby boy — both mother and son are said to be in very good health. and coming up... the lockdown social media hit, but is there more to tiktok‘s

popularity than meets the eye? and in sport, next year's delayed european championships may need to take place in one country rather than 12 according to one of france's leading football figures. tributes are being paid to two brothers, from south wales, who died side by side after contracting coronavirus. ghulam and raza abbas passed away within hours of each other at the royal gwent hospitaljust weeks after losing their father from ill health. their families have pleaded with people to stay at home and stop the spread of the disease. colette hume reports. united in life, united now in death. brothers raza and ghulam died side by side in intensive care. they were just 53 and 59. at ghulam's home in newport,

friends and neighbours come to pay their respects to his widow and two daughters. we were all hoping and praying that he would pull through, and my uncle also. but allah had other plans. it gives us a bit of comfort knowing they were together. i mean, they were in the hospital beds together, next to each other. so it's hard, but then at least we kind of comfort ourself thinking at least they are together now. and they didn't go alone, they had each other. just a few miles away, the family of ghulam's brother raza are grieving too. he was the father of two sons and a grandfather. he and his wife nicola had been together since they were teenagers. he was nothing but a true gentleman with a heart of gold, and he would do anything to help anyone. i love you, raz. we will never forget you. and she has this message for those defying the lockdown.

people going to beaches, having door—to—door barbecues, they do not realise how dangerous this virus is. in a blink of an eye i've lost my husband and my brother—in—law. and i wouldn't wish this tragedy on anyone. please, stay away from each other, stay home and be safe. colette hume reporting. there's more evidence this lunchtime about the huge impact coronavirus is having on our shopping habits. next has warned investors that sales could drop by 40%, while dixons carphone says online sales have soared by 166% in the past few weeks. retailers say the lockdown could lead to the permanent closure of thousands of struggling high street shops. independent, family—run businesses could be the hardest hit. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports from county durham.

you do have the dark times. should ijust close now? should ijust stop now? you know, hand the keys back to the landlord saying, thanks very much. martin wiseman swapped a career in a carfactory to run a coffee shop. i first met him back in february when he was getting ready for the opening. back then he admitted it was a gamble investing in a high street where almost 25% of shops were empty. it can't get any lower than this, surely. if it gets any lower than this, they willjust bulldoze the place down. but it did get worse. he put his life savings into this business, but the week before he was due to start trading, britain went into lockdown. how long do you think you can last without it being open? another month, possibly. before it dries up, before the money side of it dries up. i stay awake at night thinking i'm actually going to go bust before i even get a chance to open.

retailers have warned that the very survival of our empty high streets will be decided in weeks, rather than years. and some businesses may never recover or reopen after such a sudden drop in trade. in march the bbc launched its year—long high—street project, charting the changes of this north east town. coronavirus has plunged sole traders like bernie into turmoil. the financial side has just crippled me altogether. she runs her sewing business from her garage and says that she feels abandoned by the government. i have never, ever claimed anything off anybody. i've never been out of work. and at the time when i could do with a little bit of help, i cannot get any help. so i'm quite bitter. because she works from home bernie is not eligible for a one—off grant designed to help small businesses through this crisis.

back on the high street, alex, though, could get financial help. a £10,000 grant. and her landlord has given her three months rent holiday. i know that we will be back after this but it is concerning to think about the other shops in this street and if, when i come back, am i going to be the only one left or one of the only ones left? the great british high street was already struggling and some retailers may not recover from the economic damage caused by this pandemic. sarah corker, bbc news, in bishop auckland. spain's prime minister has warned that his country faces a recession on an "extraordinary scale" as the country begins to restart its economy after one of the strictest lockdowns in europe. many fear the downturn could be much worse than the crash of 2008. damian grammaticas reports. in spain, the daily tally of the dead may be falling, but the lines of the hungry are lengthening. queueing for hand—outs to fill empty stomachs.

a new wave of suffering brought by the virus is gathering force. norma, a cleaner, has lost all of her work. 300 euros a month is what she's left with. the poorest being hit hardest. translation: the people whose house i was working at told me, "don't come any more until this is finished." now i don't know if i can even afford to pay my rent. the little she gets she shares with her brother. his work submitting flyers to homes has dried up and there are four in his household to feed. even in the worst of spain's economic crisis, those on the margins could find odd jobs — not now. assistance from others is all that's left. translation: every day we pray for help for the nation's volunteers and thanks to god we're getting them. it is a miracle.

a miracle is what many of spain's businesses need too. the plan is they will start reopening next month but customer numbers must be limited. cafes can only serve outdoors. businesses, shuttered for weeks, may struggle to survive. paco's come back to find the bills piling up, more than he thinks he's able to pay. if his restaurant fails, the five staff he's kept on will be jobless too. translation: even when we open, i don't believe people will go out like before — they'll be scared. nobody knows what is going to happen. we're all scared. those fears are felt right across spain, even in the smallest places. this bullring should be full now. this was it exactly a year ago. the annual fiesta, people crowded in from far and wide.

now, nobody. these events help sustain economies in towns like this, but how to restart them? events will be the last thing to reopen — just 400 spectators allowed, all spaced apart. translation: it's a day when, in a small village like this, many thousands come. restaurants, hotels, shops — everyone will feel the impact. it's sad. spain's health emergency may be waning but an economic one isjust beginning to bite. damian grammaticas, bbc news. the bollywood actor irrfan khan, who was known around the world for roles in the films slumdog millionaire and jurassic world, has died. he was 53. he died in hospital in mumbai, where he was being treated for a rare form of cancer. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye reports. irrfan khan in life of pi, one of

the several english language movies that he starred in. one of his biggest successes overseas was slumdog millionaire directed by danny boyle. it is a sad day to think of his passing but also a day when you can remember everything he gave us, all the lovely roles that he played. and an actor who effortlessly bridged to cultures. here in his home country he was the unlikely leading man. a performer who broke the stereotype of what it ta kes to who broke the stereotype of what it takes to be a protagonist in indian movies. 0n the bbc programme seven yea rs movies. 0n the bbc programme seven years ago he was asked if he saw himself as bollywood or hollywood. just see myself as an actor i just went to engage the whole world so it could be bollywood, hollywood, whatever. irrfan khan acted in more than 100 movies, this was his last

film. hitting cinemasjust before they closed due to the coronavirus crisis. two years ago he shared a note about his battle with cancer. today indian superstar shah cann called him the greatest actor of our time. he leaves behind heartbroken fa ns time. he leaves behind heartbroken fans in india and around the world. it feels like you can't escape the internet now without coming across a tiktok video. the chinese—owned app has become the world's most downloaded app this year but is there more to its popularity and funny videos than meets the eye? sophia smith galer reports. how do you keep sane during the lockdown? is it with choreography like this? the next station is... recreating your morning commute? 0r setting up the local pub at home?

anyone fancy a drink? barman, whatever they want, put it on my tab. for this family, tiktok has given them light relief during theirfurlough. oh, dear! not tonight, girls! you don't have an account, do you? no. but i do, my mum, sisterand me. so we were just looking at funny ones and me and my sister do loads of the dancing ones together as well. we try and get mum in them and dad. before lockdown had even started, tiktok‘s popularity as a platform skyrocketed with a record number of downloads worldwide in february. but they have also been criticised for not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation on the platform. tiktok introduced a covid—19 sticker directing users to official sources, but people largely flock here for positive content. watching comic or inspirational videos for hours a day. but for those of us who make tiktoks as well as watch them, it isn'tjust about performing to the internet. what might seem like a little bit of fun on tiktok is also a record

of our lives under lockdown. we are unwittingly documenting history as it happens forfuture generations. we are nowhere near done with how we archive internet data. we're just at the beginning of understanding what we should be doing to make sure we retain enough to enable social historians of the future to understand how we dealt with the covid crisis. mia and mia's dad, how does it feel that one day somebody might take your tiktok that got a million views and use it to try and paint a picture of how we all coped with covid—19? that's what we wanted, isn't it, to get all those views! but yeah, for it to be a part of this part of history, maybe that will be our legacy! sophia smith galer, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. we have all noticed that the weather

has changed and is changeable