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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. —— the papers will be bringing us. with me are george eaton, senior 0nline editor at the new statesman and emily ashton, senior political correspondent at buzzfeed. welcome back to both of you. let us look at the papers that we have gotten already. the times says an antiviral drug, originally designed to combat ebola, has been shown to treat coronavirus for the first time, cutting the number of days patients take to leave hospital by almost a third. that was being talked about by anthony fauci in the states in the past few hours. the financial times reports on plans by the uk government to issue

detailed workplace guidance for businesses setting out how safe work can take place once lockdown restrictions begin to be relaxed. the telegraph says the uk prime minister boris johnson will not push ahead with plans to ease the lockdown imminently after it emerged the uk has one of the world's worst coronavirus death rates. the daily mirror calls the news that the uk could be one of the worst affected in europe a national tragedy. the guardian says uk hospital leaders have launched a strident attack on the uk government's coronavirus testing strategy, as it becomes clear that a target of 100,000 daily tests a day will be comprehensively missed tomorrow. the express carries a message from captain tom moore on his 100th birthday. just a half an

hour away. the veteran who raised millions of pounds for the nhs says "together we will beat this enemy". and the sun says it is good news at last for britain — as borisjohnson and carrie symonds annouce the birth of a baby boy, the baby is as yet unnamed. —— they announce the birth. captain tom moore in promoted to colonel on his birthday, in recognition of his nhs fundraising efforts. captain tom has jumped captain tom hasjumped a couple of ra nks captain tom hasjumped a couple of ranks on his 100th birthday it seems if only by some. so, let's begin. good to have you back again. emily let's start with the telegraph. quite a lot of detail about what the prime minister is going to be announcing in his first proper press conference tomorrow. just talk us through some of the headlines fossa he is going to be doing his first press conference

tomorrow after several weeks. 0bviously he has been in intensive ca re 0bviously he has been in intensive care for several days and since recuperating for a couple of weeks and we did see him make this address in downing street on monday. talking about hinting that the walk down would not be lifted in its entirety because it is being reviewed every three weeks and that is coming next week. people were thinking is this the end of it? but it doesn't seem it will be like that it seems. the telegraph has more details talking about how it will be little and how we are in for the long haul. george per capita, we are behind spain and belgium in terms of the number of deaths but everyone really looking at germany, aren't they? notjust here but around europe and the rest of the world about what potentially might bea of the world about what potentially might be a second walk down there if these restrictions are eased

too quickly. absolutely, so the government even before the lockdown is as always mindful of the risk of a second wave which could force further restrictions to be reimposed which of course would have damaging impacts on the economy as well as putting people at greater risk of contracting covid—19 and i think it is unsurprising that the lockdown is being maintained. it is popular policy with the public across all age groups and across all voter groups. and it has succeeded so far in its principalaim groups. and it has succeeded so far in its principal aim of reducing the numberof in its principal aim of reducing the number of new infections. the tricky pa rt number of new infections. the tricky part is if you remove the lockdown, then you risk a new infections rising and that is why i think you will see it done very carefully and ina very will see it done very carefully and in a very managed away. some regions moving faster than others perhaps depending on how densely populated

they are. it is interesting emily in terms of the messaging because only a week ago government ministers were saying we want to stick one message because it will confuse people. now we are goodbye little being given little hints of how things might change. something interesting in that telegraph was how the isle of wight and the scottish isles might trial phone absent terms of social tracing and distancing to see if it works and cornwall could be one of the areas perhaps to have the lockdown ease because where it is geographically. you might get geographically. you might get geographical differences because the population density is low in areas. what you are sing about messaging is correct and i think there has been mixed messaging from government. a lot of people have felt that when you see diy shops, more of them opening, the hint of garden centres

opening, the hint of garden centres opening and ud so traffic on the road the data is showing. —— you do see more traffic. it is confusing to people, do we stay home or not? and the danger of this lockdown going on his people start to just take it into their own hands a little bit. and they started venturing out a bit more if the government really doesn't make clear exactly what they wa nt doesn't make clear exactly what they want people to do. just before we move on, a print cartoon by a policeman working at a baby in the maternity ward saying "everywhere is supposed to stay where they are. was your journey really supposed to stay where they are. was yourjourney really essential?" 0 nto 0nto the guardian, hospital chiefs condemn testing failures amid growing frustration. the government george seems that they might still get to this 100,000 a day target but hospital chiefs pretty swift about that. it is clear that they are

throwing everything at it in the 11th hour to try and meet this now famed 100,000 tests a day target and you can imagine matt hancock the secretary —— you can imagine matt hancock the secretary — — health you can imagine matt hancock the secretary —— health cemetery who has become most closely associated with this, is keen. he mentioned the 100,000 tests a day, and i think borisjohnson mentioned 100,000 tests a day, and i think boris johnson mentioned the possibility of to hunt a 50,000 tests a day for site —— the health secretary. i think the government collectively recognises they have not been able to get tests brought out as quickly as they hoped. in fa ct, out as quickly as they hoped. in fact, we are not even at, as things stand, testing capacity for 100,000. it's not theoretically possible at the moment, for 100,000 it's not theoretically possible at the moment, for100,000 people it's not theoretically possible at the moment, for 100,000 people to be tested. and usually there will be an inquiry into all of this as ministers and civil servants are mindful of, one of the big questions will be why did the uk find it

so difficult to increase testing when compared to say germany? because we have seen evidence across the world that the more testing you can do, the easier it is to isolate those who have covid—19 and prevent the spread. the testing as an issue is vitally important as georgia's same but doesn't really matter if 10,000 off the 100,000 mark? do they deserve the probe that they will get in the media, emily? i don't think it does. as nhs provider say in the guarding is that the 100,000 figure isa guarding is that the 100,000 figure is a complete red herring and that it is about a comprehensive testing system to make sure as george was saying that people are tested and contacts saying that people are tested and co nta cts a re saying that people are tested and contacts are traced and we have that system in place as we ease the lockdown but we don't have that. there are 100,000 people out there and we have various announcements from matt hancock but the system has not been working. we see these

announcements all the time and it is more word than actually happening for the and looking at it in the round. george, let's look at the eye, borisjohnson round. george, let's look at the eye, boris johnson standing round. george, let's look at the eye, borisjohnson standing upstairs at number ten. care homes the new front line. dominic raab gave the press briefing a few hours ago, saying there is no sugar—coating it, the problems in care homes. it would appear that the government have been pretty slow on this one, haven't they? they have, people have been wanting for weeks —— warning for weeks that covid—19 was rampant in ca re weeks that covid—19 was rampant in care homes and putting people who are vulnerable, our elderly, at risk and that the official figures were only including deaths in hospitals and not conveying the full extent of the problem. we now know the uk has suffered more than 26,000 deaths which is obviously one of the

worst figures in the world. anti—particular problem it seems is that people haven't been identified early enough in care homes and the virus has been allowed to spread. and the biggest concern is the rise in non—covid—19 deaths. this may be the knock on effect of covid—19 where the pressure putting on the service means that others are vulnerable because of other conditions not necessarily receiving as much attention as they normally would. we have all seen a lot of problems of care home staff who have contracted or tragically have died asa contracted or tragically have died as a result. increasingly you will see the focus of media scrutiny and the government handling of this shift away from hospitals as tha n kfu lly shift away from hospitals as thankfully infection rates have falle n thankfully infection rates have fallen significant he and the focus will shift to care homes. george you we re will shift to care homes. george you were talking about public opinion being behind the lockdown but emily you could also

argue that traffic is rising a little suggesting that perhaps that public... that the public is growing dissatisfied and unhappy with the restrictions and we we re unhappy with the restrictions and we were mentioning messaging as well and the ft has had a big piece on the front page chair underneath some slim pickings with farms luring labourers for crop harvesting. this will come from alec sharma from the end of the week who has a specific areas which could see easing. at some stage. the ft article talks about how the economy can article talks about how the economy ca n start article talks about how the economy can start to reopen in a kind of sector by sector. talk about how safe working can be achieved at certain working sites but may be offices may be open later. however all of this will be done,

it will not be immediate lockdown over eve ryo ne not be immediate lockdown over everyone get on the train to work situation. i think the reason people are getting on the road and things is because i think people need to see a bit of a plan for the future and no that there is an and or some kind of light at the end of the tunnel of all this and that is why you see keir starmer and labour pressing for a bit of a plan. you see other countries giving plans post lockdown and being more open with people than i think the uk government have been so far.|j with people than i think the uk government have been so far. i think it was nicola sturgeon who said you need to level with people in treatment like grown—ups and scotla nd treatment like grown—ups and scotland as they have appeared to lead the way in terms of what they plan to do. let's go back to the telegraph, george. a disturbing story from the guardian inafew disturbing story from the guardian in a few days but the telegraph now saying bame workers could be pulled from the nhs front line for their

own protection because these figures are quite alarming. yes, they are. and it is potentially going to have a big impact on the nhs as the story says. 0ne a big impact on the nhs as the story says. one in five and hs workers are bame encoding half of all hospital doctors and already workers are being kept at home for safety, that includes those with underlying conditions, those who are elderly or those who are pregnant. the nhs has obviously already been coping with the biggest crisis, the biggest health crisis in living memory. there will say — — health crisis in living memory. there will say —— they will say much more research needs be done to show just white bame people are more at risk of covid—19. just white bame people are more at risk of covid-19. -- just white bame. suntrust imposing their own restrictions such as somerset nhs foundation trust category minority workers and at risk. the figures

are stark, you see that in this current us stark, you see that in this current us statistics of deaths and how some any bame staff have lost their lives. i think it is absolutely right to look at the evidence behind there and do when nhs trusts can do to protect people. let's going to the times, george. drug straw gives hope for treatment of virus. anthony fauci in the states has been talking about that with president trump in the past couple of hours. the real hope and actually i think the fact that anthony fauci gave it such an endorsement and he is normally quite relu cta nt endorsement and he is normally quite reluctant in doing that suggests we might be looking at something which is going to have an impact. yes and this is crucial because epidemiologists, public health experts have made the point all along that ultimately, the

phrase heard immunity has been derided by definition. the only way you can cope with this long—term is through herd immunity, now you can take the approach that sweden has been thinking of having a loose lockdown or you can take the approach of trying to develop drugs and trying to develop a vaccine because ultimately otherwise, you are going to be ina ultimately otherwise, you are going to be in a position where the current restrictions we are seeing and social distancing is not something short—term but something that actually has to continue for potentially years. this drug emily has been trialed with other outbreaks. ebola and other things as well. it has been 0k outbreaks. ebola and other things as well. it has been ok but not the most effective. maybe it's time has come and certainly for the producer, gilead sciences, it has seen a sharp rise in its share price. shares in gilead have jumped almost 7%. rise in its share price. shares in gilead havejumped almost 7%. i think people are leaping on any kind of solution to this crisis

but as you say, it is not completely... as one researcher says here, it is not a magic bullet. but anything that can provide some kind of treatment should obviously be looked at and hopefully there is some good news. 0ne hopefully there is some good news. one other point in the times talking about what is going on in the search for the vaccine and treatment. all other areas in medicine have been affected, in particular new treatments for cancer, diabetes, and other diseases brought to a halt. quite a significant number. yes, almost 3000. this is the point that the coronavirus crisis is notjust about those people suffering from coronavirus and the financial fallout but it is those people suffering from diseases other than coronavirus who are not being treated who are not being screened. and now the research for those diseases isn't being carried out. i think the impact from the crisis will be falling out for decades to

come. it will take a long time until we realise what exactly has happened from all of this. george was go back to the telegraph front page picture. a new baby for carrie and the pm, looking remarkably well and carefree given what he has been through the last few weeks. witnessing the birth of another son for him. and a little side bar byjudith woods, a baby bomb for the soul in these anxious times. yes, your heart really does go out to boris johnson and carrie simmons as a couple given the year they have had in terms of the prime minister being in intensive care, carry herself being forced to self—isolate because of the virus and obviously i imagine they will be incredibly relieved that the birth we nt incredibly relieved that the birth went 0k. incredibly relieved that the birth went ok. i think borisjohnson will be very relieved that he was well enough to be present at the birth and you can see

from the photo thickly, understandable glee on his face. and i think this is obviously incredible good news for them. and we few details are emerging about where born, presumably the nhs with no name yet. no name, just a london hospital. it is good and it is lucky that he was able to be that because i have been talking to a lot of expectant mothers recently for various pieces and they are worried that their partners are not able to be there at the births during this crisis. there is a so many birth plans up in the air. it must have been a very scary time for her, i'm glad everything is fine for them and that he was able to be there as well but i can't imagine the past few weeks on a personal level of that couple that they have faced. just ate final story we have time for, the ft, spotify lifted as more subscribers seek lockdown

solace with chilled out tunes for does that relate to you well, george? i've been listening to a mixture. some you could say is chill out, i have mainly been listening to music when igoon mainly been listening to music when igo on my mainly been listening to music when i go on my state—mandated runs and i tend to listen to quite upbeat stuff done. whole album opens a zero during a 12 miles? yeah, exactly. it is an interesting but unsurprising fine. it does feed into the question of how the music industry is going to survive lockdown because increasingly, artists have been earning revenue from wife performances and gigs which are not happening at the moment. —— live performances. so you hope that downloads of muted sick and also for smaller artists will be able to make a living during this crisis. interesting emily that there was some notable declines in daily

usage in spain in late february which i thought was surprising. to be honest when in our house, we mainly play the peppa pig album on repeat because i have my two tigress at home with me all the time now. i'm sure spotify is seeing an uptick in toddler music at the moment. —— my two toddlers. i listen to it as well, and their shares are up 16% as well. that is great. thank you very much to both you indeed. that's it for the papers for tonight. my thanks to george and emily. i'm back at the top of the hour with the days‘s main developments. goodbye for now. however, i'm chained to go with your latest sports news. the head of the spf has once again called on rangers to come forward with any specific allegations about the conduct of the

ballot to and the lower league seasons in scotland. chief executive neil doncaster said an independent company had to be in point to invesco dundee so and found no wrongdoing. douglas park has claimed the club has whistle—blower evidence that raises serious questions over the spf out condo. auditors... rangers have been rented an extraordinary meeting calling for an external investigation. going back to the independent investigation carried out. it is not us that have come up with these conclusions, it is them who have usually experience forensic team who have with very carefully at all the communications, e—mail, text, phone calls that were made by and involving all spf l staff involved in the dundee vote and they have concluded no improper

behaviour by any member of their staff. that is their conclusions. i can understand how it works but those are the conclusions that have been reached by that independent body. football teams in spain had been given the go—ahead by the government to work towards a return to training following the suspension of la liga since last month. spain has been one of the most severely affected countries in europe but the league has detailed protocol for return. so that proper health safeguards are in short, they hope to have games micro stores injune, this swiss are hoping to return around the same time. manchester united had been given permission to have a safe standing section at old trafford as a trial effort facet they will put 100,000 places in place for next season and if the child is successful, they will look to put in safe standing in other areas of the stadium. afc have disbanded their women seem because

of the coronavirus pandemic. are believed to be the first women inside across england to full because of cova 19. fylde were ninth, when their season wasn't suspended for some arsenal's start fears for the future of the game.|j think people what they have been going through the last couple of yea rs, going through the last couple of years, this is a hard situation for us, a lot of places like uefa and others are facing a loss of money for if it because he to cut anything, they need to make cuts to...i anything, they need to make cuts to... ithink anything, they need to make cuts to... i think once people take micro people will struggle after this was on the president of the international epic committee has said... -- they have announced the postponement of the apostles up they would due to take place this summer

but will be held next year because of the epidemic. the presence is any further delay may see the games called off altogether. further delay may see the games called off altogetherlj further delay may see the games called off altogether. i think it is really clear that you could not go on forever postponing an olympic games. there comes a point where that you do have to start posing questions. i hope we are way off that for some is to get our athletes back into competition as soon as we can but only if it is essay. you can put them at risk and you should not be putting those communities that you want to be enjoying the support at risk as well. more details on all the stories on the bbc websites but thatis the stories on the bbc websites but that is all the sport for now, goodbye. hello. ed was not so much a case of april showers on wednesday. this was the scene for a time across

birmingham but give it a wee bit of time and eventually that rain cleared away and out came the sun. the reason is we have to weather fronts to content with and thursday againa fronts to content with and thursday again a mishmash of weather, low— pressure again a mishmash of weather, low—pressure very much the dominant feature. the isobars squeezing together on its southern flank. it will not be a particularly cold start given all the breeze and cloud as well but for some it may well be as well but for some it may well be a wet one. just pushing wednesday's rain away from the north of england up rain away from the north of england up into central southern parts of scotland. there will be showers across wales and south—west england, this will rush its way further east as we get onto the afternoon, it may be the odd rumble of thunder and those winds too noticeable through the channel areas. 40—115 mph or so. the best of the brightness in northern ireland perhaps towards the west. stuck underneath the cloud, the eastern side of scotland, a high of 13 or 1a. those showers keep

going for those eastern areas during the course of the evening. gradually filtering away as the low pressure tries to move its centre of gravity out into the north sea. it is still the dominant influence across the northern half of the british isles and in the afternoon again, we will see heavy down towards towards the eastern side of the pennines. perhaps the dress of the weather towards the south and west. where we could see a high of 15 or 16. that will pressure still dominant as we ta ke will pressure still dominant as we take it out of friday and move into the first part of the weekend. you get the sense that it is drifting a little bit further towards the east. and that allows us to pick up a north northwesterly wind. it is the northern areas fully exposed to that wind that will probably see the bulk of the showers. elsewhere saturday is shaping up to be a pretty reasonable day. quite a lot of sunshine around and the temperature is responding as a constant with a high of 16 or 17. but

it does not rest. some uncertainty about sunday. it could well be that the rain i am showing you here working its way into the south moves a little bit further north. we will keep you posted on that one. take care, bye— bye.

this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the us economy slumps, and the worst is yet to come. spending nosedived in the last quarter as the coronavirus lockdown began. the number of coronavirus deaths in the uk passes 26,000. for the first time, the figure includes deaths in care homes and the community as well as hospitals. hope for a coronavirus treatment — the us says there's "clear—cut" evidence that a drug can help people recover. it is a very important proof of concept, because what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus.

and the british prime minister and his partner are celebrating the birth of their baby son. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. we start in the us where the economy is shrinking at the fastest rate in more than a decade as figures from the last quarter show the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on economic activity. there was a 4.8% contraction, but economists warn that the worst is yet to come because the data only covered the first few weeks of the us lockdown. here in the uk, the number of dead has passed 26,000 as official

figures include deaths