were awarded at the end of the war. and it's absolutely right that we should hold tom up as an example of those people and say, let's not forget them in the way that we did in the past. and let's celebrate oui’ unsung heroes. and, as the hours ticked down to the big day, tom moore's regiment gave him their recognition. he is now an honorary colonel, and he'll wear their medal. an old soldier, just doing his duty to us all. robert hall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. thank you very much. good afternoon. it was the last day of april today, and april has finally shown the usual weather we are supposed to see of heavy showers, all thanks to this area of low pressure sitting right on top of the uk. lots of showers spiralling around, particularly gci’oss spiralling around, particularly across southern spiralling around, particularly across southern areas spiralling around, particularly across southern areas where we have some strong winds. some of the

showers have been heavy, some hail and thunder mixed in. you will notice a large blue blob, some of the showers merged together to produce longer spells of rain. quite wet through southern parts of england over the next few hours, that wetter weather pushing into south—east england, east anglia, there will be some rumbles of thunder. further north, fewer showers, still some around. some good spells of sunshine for the far north of scotland. wind will be a feature across southern england, south wales, through the channel. gusts of a0 or 50 mph. showers here should rattle through quite quickly. lighter wind further north. sunshine will be limited through the afternoon. top temperatures of around 12, 13 or 1a degrees in the south. it will stay showery this evening and overnight. low pressure still with us. clear spells around, too. quite windy in the south, win slowly easing. it will remain breezy through the night. 0ne slowly easing. it will remain breezy through the night. one two more chilly spots, where we have some shelter. low pressure still with us

to close the week out and start the 1st of may. the wind pushing into the north sea, so the focus of the showers will be across scotland, northern ireland, particularly north and north—east england. through the afternoon it will turn heavy with hailand afternoon it will turn heavy with hail and thunder. probably the best of the sunshine further south, the midlands and southwards coming to south—west england. here, the pressure building. the wind lighter. with more sunshine, a touch warmer. the low teens further north. low pressure out of scandinavia, some showers into south—east scotland. some dry weather, sunshine and cloud building up through the afternoon. with lighter wind, some brightness around, it could be warmer than 17 degrees. a frontal feature around, it could be warmer than 17 degrees. a frontalfeature pushing up degrees. a frontalfeature pushing up from the south—west, a bit of uncertainty to this on sunday. it looks like part two of that weekend should be largely dry. some brightness around, variable cloud and some showers across northern scotland. temperatures reaching the mid—teens celsius, perhaps highs of

17 degrees. into next week, it looks like high pressure will build and that will settle things down. we should see quite a bit of dry and sunny weather into next week. one by day, fairly chilly by night. that is how it is looking. that's all from the bbc news at one, but we'll leave you with some images and words from the man of the moment, who's touched the nation's hearts. hgppy happy 100th birthday to colonel tom moore. # walk on, walk on # with hope in your heart... it really is absolutely awesome, the amount of people who have been so kind. # you'll never walk alone... when the queen's 100, who's going to send her a card? you! laughter # you'll never walk alone. # you'll never walk alone.

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre with your latest news. it was billed as the exciting, new form of cricket that can help the sport extend its appeal, but it seems, we will have to wait for the 100. it's expected the england and wales cricket board will announce today, that the new 100 ball competition, involving eight city—based teams, which was due to start in mid july, will be delayed. it probably would be best for it to be put back and we will see if that decision comes through. but you know, it will be a big disappointment on a number of fronts, but ultimately, you want the best product and it's there to try

and engage a new audience, keep people excited about the game. to broaden it. yes, for that to happen, it needs to be at its absolute best, in my opinion. the football world, is reflecting on the life and career of another former england and leeds united, great, trevor cherry, who's died suddenly, and unexpectedly at the age of 72. he played for his country 27 times, and was captain for one match, but it was at leeds, where, the defender really built his reputation, winning the league title in 197a, alongside norman hunter who also passed away earlier this month. the fa put out this tribute picturing cherry winning one of his caps for england. bradford city, where he was manager at the time of the fire in 1985, also paid their respects. and leeds put out a picture of cherry with norman hunter, saying simply two legends, together again.

promoter eddie hearn says boxing won't be back until the nhs can cope. fights could take place without crowds but hearn says the potential strain the sport places on the medical profession needs to be take into account. i think right now, to be honest, it just doesn't quite sit right because of the requirements, the medical requirements of five sport, so for instance, here right now i think it would be very selfish of us to push boxing when we know there will be times there will be a medical emergency, when the nhs is needed andi emergency, when the nhs is needed and i don't think it's right to put any additional pressure on them, right now. they've got enough on their plate, doing such an incredible job. the head of britain's leading basketball league says the professional game faces a struggle to survive without government support. sir rodney walker says an ongoing lack of matchday revenue would cause huge issues for clubs. we've been able to sustain ourselves

by taking advantage of the government following scheme but without the ability to open and attract unique players, play in front of spectators, we are in a locked—in situation that could become terminal if it went on too long. proposals for playing safe golf, have been submitted to the government in a bid to allow courses to open again. the r&a have put forward the ideas, including things like removing bunker rakes, leaving flags in the holes when putting, and even using hole liners to prevent the ball dropping below the surface of the green. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. see you again in the next hour.

sarah, thank you. very good afternoon to you, you are watching bbc news. i amjane hill and i will ta ke bbc news. i amjane hill and i will take you through all the developments in terms of coronavirus. 0ne developments in terms of coronavirus. one of the impacts in terms of coronavirus is profits. profits at the uk's biggest domestic lender, lloyds bank, collapsed in the first quarter of the year. the bank says profits fell more than 95% after it was forced to take a 1.a billion pound charge to cover a surge in bad debts linked to the pandemic. the charge is meant to make up for potential defaults by customers as they struggle to keep up with payments due to the uk's lockdown. earlier, i spoke to our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz who said these figures are much larger than had been previously expected. these provisions coming from the banks are very big, and in some cases bigger than expected, and it is a measure of how badly they think british businesses will be hit by the spread of the virus. it is not happening immediately, what they have done is look

to the future, and say, after all the government help with cheap loans and paying our wages is factored into account, what will happen after that? how many businesses will fail and not be able to pay back their loans? so just to split this provision down they have set aside nearly £1.5 billion, to cover losses on loans, and probably round three or four hundred million would be normal for a bank like this, so all the rest is to do with the coronavirus, we have already heard this week hsbc saying they are setting aside £2.5 billion. they have the whole of the far east where they have a big business to think about as well, and tomorrow, we have got rbs, our other biggest bank, rbs natwest reporting results from the first quarter of the year, like lloyds, and so people are bracing themselves to hear what they have to say. lloyds's share price is down 5% already this morning

on the strength of this, rbs‘s is down 6% already, fearful of what might happen tomorrow. president trump says he will not extend social distancing measures when they expire today, despite the death of 60,000 americans from the coronavirus. mr trump said it would now be down to the governors of individual states to make recommendations. the us currently accounts for a third of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide. mr trump is keen for states to reopen their economies and he spoke of his wish to make big gatherings happen again. i think i am going to arizona next week and we look forward to that. i am going to ohio very soon and we're going to start to move around and hopefully, in the not—too—distant future, we will have some massive rallies and people will be sitting next to each other. i cannot imagine a rally where you have every fourth

seat full, every six seats are empty for every one that you have full. that wouldn't look too good. i hope that we are going to be able to do some good old—fashioned 25,000 person rallies where everyone is going wild because they love our country. let's get some of the day's other news. save the children has warned that the horn of africa is facing an unprecedented threat from the coronavirus, locusts and flooding. the charity says more than five million young children in the region are already acutely malnourished, and has called for urgent help. france has experienced its biggest economic decline since the second world war in the first three months of this year. total economic output contracted by 5.8 percent. that's the biggest drop since quarterly reports began in 19a9. portugal's government is expected to approve a detailed plan for easing restrictions imposed in response to the covid—19 pandemic.

with the rate of infections appearing to have stabilised in recent days, the hope is that a gradual re—opening will be sustainable. the charity commission is urgently investigating a church in south london for selling fake coronavirus cures brought to light by a bbc investigation. the kingdom church in camberwell says its so—called therapies mean people will no longer need to practice social distancing and can return to work. guy lynn has this report. the most powerful church in the whole of europe! they boast of power in their promotion video with charismatic leader bishop climate, but the kingdom church in camberwell is in hot water over claims about the power of its products that it is selling to the public. and here is one we purchased — it is called ‘divine cleansing oil'. apparently, all you have to do

is pour a few drops into some hot water and inhale, and, alarmingly, the public are being told that this is a way to cure coronavirus. they have been selling it for up to £70 on their website and were previously rapped by the charity commission for labelling it a plague protection kit. dial tone. but posing as a customer, talking to several other talking to several of their staff in camberwell, i discover they are still continuing their misleading claims. so it definitely cures and protects you from coronavirus? and you are saying that lots of people have already purchased this? what is worrying is customers are being encouraged to ignore

government safety guidance on social distancing. the church says with their product, anyone can go back to work, butjust not be seen standing close to each of outside to avoid arousing any suspicion. i am astounded. i just cannot believe that people are so callous, so reckless with personal and public safety of the people they are selling it to, to put this sort of product on the market with the claims that go with it when there is nothing at all to substantiate those claims. it is outrageous. bishop climate ministries denied they had encouraged anyone to break the rules and confirmed they had sold nearly 2,000 of these kits,

maintaining it did cure coronavirus and its symptoms. the authorities say they are continuing to tackle a flow of fake products like this oil. elsewhere, useless masks, disposable gloves and sanitisers just one click away — even covid—19 testing kits. as the effort to tackle the virus intensifies, so does the fear and exploitation that goes hand—in—hand. it is1:a5pm. the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson chairs his first cabinet meeting after returning to work, as the government considers how to ease the lockdown. ministers remain under pressure over their testing strategy with nhs trusts demanding more clarity. caring for the caring profession — the quiet corners of a hospital where nhs staff take a break from the frontline. germany rules out further relaxations on social distancing restrictions until at least the 10th

may let's ta ke let's take a few minutes to discuss transmission rate. as governments around the world battle against the spread of coronavirus, they are focusing on one crucial number at the heart of understanding the threat of covid—19. it's called the ‘basic reproduction‘ — or ‘r' number, and is is a way of measuring the disease's ability to spread. professor david heymann from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine; he coordinated the world health 0rganisation response to sars, which was also caused by a type of coronavirus. hejoins me now. professor, very good afternoon to you. thank you and good afternoon. explain, in lay terms, if you are able to, what the r means and why this is so important. it's called

the reproductive number and what this means is the expected number of cases that will occur from exposure to one person who is infected. it's a very simple definition. and it depends on the behaviour of the person who is infected, whether or not that person does physically distance or not and also, it depends on other factors within the environment. and how useful is it to politicians? 0ur environment. and how useful is it to politicians? our focus today is of course, as with many countries, people discussing how, when, could you ease lockdown because of the impact on the economy? so how will politicians be looking at that r figure on the day that they are given by scientists to make them reach decisions? what countries have donein reach decisions? what countries have done in europe is they have attempted to flatten the curve of people who had to be admitted to hospital and who have to be treated with intensive care and ventilators. it's as simple as that, that's the target. if they can decrease and

flatten the curve, they will be looking to see how much they've actually gladdened it and whether or not that reproductive number has gone under one which is a sign that there will not be an exponential increase in cases, but the cases will continue to occur. and the problem is many countries have gone into these lockdown strategies really had no exit strategy in mind. so how they will deal with the reproductive number when they do calculate it depends on what the risk assessment is and what the final goal is of countries. the point for example in this country is at the moment, the r number is coming down but that is an average for example, don't really know what the r number would be among care homes and nursing homes. so it varies, by definition. that's correct, it varies by geographic area, by many different variables,

in fact. and so, with the unlocking procedures, and what they will likely be in some countries is an attempt to unlock where countries will transmission has been lowest and where they can safely unlock so it may not be all or nothing, it may be one area and then another and as low process in order to be sure that when that unlocking occurs, it doesn't increase the reproductive number very rapidly. right, that would play into for example, conversations about possibly reopening schools because children, as far as we know, are far less affected than adults? that's correct. many countries in europe are already beginning to open schools, denmark, switzerland, austria. but those goes, when they are open, will be different than they were before. it may be there are several shifts during the day, fewer students, physically distance in the classroom. with cleaning

after each phase or each group of students. and it may be, it will likely be, in fact, assemblies and places where students congregate will no longer be permitted at this point in time. but again, we don't know the destiny of this virus and we don't know how long that might be necessary. but for now, for some considerable period of time, we are, asa considerable period of time, we are, as a society, and we, looking at the situation where we will still be trying, wherever possible, to stand two metres apart, is that a given from your perspective? absolutely, and that's the basis of successful unlocking, is that people understand how they can protect themselves and also how they can protect others. professor david, very many thanks for your time. thank you forjoining us. what's it like to be the parent of a child with coronavirus? although they make up a small percentage of confirmed cases

and often have milder reactions to the disease, there are children around the world who've ended up in intensive care. callum tulley has been speaking to families about their experiences of the virus. coughs. he struggles t0 breathe. this is four—year—old lincoln. in intensive care, with coronavirus. in a colorado hospital, oxygen is being pumped into his body to keep him alive. watching it all is his mother, anna, a doctor that specialises in neo—natal care. when the doctor came in and told us, told me, that the test was positive, i just started crying. my initial thoughts were, "i don't understand. "we stayed at home, we pulled him out of activities. that was immediately followed by, oh, my gosh, his has coronavirus and he continues to get worse every single hour.

where is this headed and how bad is this going to get? after three weeks in hospital, lincoln recovered. what i found most helpful to me in the hospital was just trying to stay present in the moment, and not let my mind wander too far down the what if. what if he gets worse, what if he gets intubated, what if he gets sedated? i never let myself go to the what if he doesn't come home? i just wasn't willing to go to that place. and it's really hard to do that, as they are turning up the oxygen every hour, but it did really help me. in the uk, five—week old peyton is believed to be the youngest person to have had coronavirus. whilst in hospital, her mother tracey was only allowed to see her occasionally. i think if she'd have got symptoms, our story wouldn't have been look at us carrying our lovely baby in our arms, we probably would have been carrying our baby in our hearts.

we want to be able to obviously love her for the rest of our life. so she is here, and just lucky that she is here. do you think it's going to change the way you raise peyton at all? ijust don't know if i'm ready to give up any more time with her. i mean, her daddy keeps saying she's never ever getting to move out, like, ever! that's right! never. because we are obviouslyjust at a point now where we feel as though we have missed a lot with her. tracey isn't the only one whose perspective has been changed by the virus. across the atlantic, anna has also been affected. my hope is that i don't become somebody who is so overly cautious i don't allow them to live their lives, but this just really drove it home, that my time with my kids is precious. the advice from the experts has been clear. generally, coronavirus poses a greater risk to adults than it does to children, but a recent alert to nhs doctors,

warning them to look out for a rare but dangerous reaction in children, raised eyebrows, as it was reported that it could be linked to coronavirus. anna's encouraging people to remain cautious. i don't want any parent to be in a position of, i call it the shoulda, coulda, wouldas. i should have stayed at home, i wish i would have stayed at home. 0f regretting the choices they made, because their child gets sick. it is much easier on a parent to say, i did everything possible and this still happened, than, oh my gosh, we took him to a playground and we didn't take it seriously, and look, my kid is in the hospital on a ventilator. as governments around the world warn us not to lose patience with the lockdown, they will be hoping that images like these remind us all we all have a stake in making it work. callum tulley, bbc news.

0ne one more story to bring you before the weather. with cinemas closed all over the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, the city of madrid has found a way for some its residents to go to the movies without leaving their homes. the new balcony cinema moves to a different neighbourhood every evening for people to watch a film with their neighbours. let's take the movies and the cinema to the streets so everyone can enjoy it. it's kind of like a summer cinema, outdoor cinema. what we do is, we take these huge screens through the city, we take it to the neighbourhoods.

i have been alone during the whole month in this small tiny apartment in quarantine, and i want to feel connected in real life with other people, notjust via online, and in that moment i felt connected with my neighbours. when i saw the episode, this modern love thing that i have already seen before, actually, it was like, well, even in the most difficult situations, you have to believe in the power of love. it was nice to see a series from the balcony, enjoying this time with the family. any type of distraction is very valued. applause. it was a very dramatic moment

because everybody goes up in the streets and they clapped and they enjoy. people are enjoying it so much. we all need that, don't we? my goodness. let's pause for a moment. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello, for the first time this month of april is living up to april showers and sunny spells. some of the showers heavy with hail and thunder, because humans will as well, windy across the south coast. through the rest of the day, looks like we will hold on to the showers, low pressure anchored right above the uk. stronger winds gradually easing across the south. low pressure system slowly pushing towards the north sea, that will be taking some heavier showers eastwards. as we head through the north sea, that will be taking some heavier showers eastwards. as we head through tonight, again, clear spells, patchy cloud and further showers, most of these through central and northern areas but because of the breeze, cloud and

showers around it shouldn't be too cold anywhere, those of a—7d. low pressure still with us into friday. positioned a little bit different, more towards the north sea so it's the northern half of the uk which will see the focus of the heavy showers through the day. further south we could actually see quite a lot of dry weather around, bar the odd shower into the afternoon, largely try with lighter winds but further north, northern england, scotland, northern ireland, heavy showers again, some of these with hailand showers again, some of these with hail and thunder mixed in. temperatures again round the low to mid teens, could be a degree or so higher in the south, we should see more sunshine and lighter winds. into the weekend, the area of low pressure slowly pushes towards scandinavia. in between pressure systems. pressure rising a little bit so lots of dry weather i think we re bit so lots of dry weather i think were the first part of the weekend. we will tend to see cloud build through the day in the baggage of the low pressure system could bring further showers to the north and east of scotland. with lighter winds and drier, brighter weather, we

could see temperatures creeping up, 17 degrees could be the top temperature on saturday. 0n 17 degrees could be the top temperature on saturday. on sunday, little features are starting to push from the south—west, uncertainty to the north, the extent of this but it looks as if it could bring showers to southern and western areas, showers to the north—east of scotla nd showers to the north—east of scotland but many central areas will be dry, temperatures around mid teens celsius. heading into next week it looks like i pressure starts to build again to several things done, this feature could bring rain to the fat south—west but i think the general consensus for high pressure to bring drier and sunnier weather to our shores, through monday and tuesday. feeling quite worn by day, under clear skies nights will still be chilly.

this is bbc news. the headlines. boris johnson chairs his first cabinet meeting since returning to work. later he'll update the country on the steps to defeat coronavirus. but downing street stresses that there will be no relaxing of social distancing measures. testing is crucial to easing the restrictions, but ministers remain under pressure over their target of 100,000 daily tests by today. nhs leaders call for a new approach. what we need to know is, what are we going to do in terms of the testing regime over the next six, eight, ten, 12 weeks as we come out of lockdown and as we ensure that we protect patients and staff in hospital, community, mental health and ambulance trusts. the head of thejudiciary in england and wales says coronavirus