we know previously, that really turning him on his front, his oxygen levels have got much better, and we are at the stage, really, where there isn't much else that we can do. it's amazing, isn't it, that we have all this technology, and actually, in essence what we have done is put him on to another side, you know. but the public can see that's what we have had to do to keep him alive tonight. amid the tireless work and hardship, there are now also stories that inspire hope. he said "what do you want us to do, do you want us to resuscitate you? "you need to resuscitate me, i says, "because i've got a grandson coming. you keep me alive, no matter what", i says, "because i need

a. through the dark night of a pandemic. christopher bobyn, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willets. thank you. the april showers arrived right right at the end of the month, they have lingered into the start of may, and we have seen lots of photographs like this one here from coll chest e the double rainbow. there is a lot of instability, turbulence in the atmosphere because of this area of low pressure which often will yield showers at this time of year. if present. but it is slowly going to slip out testify way for the weekend. for the time being, what remains of today will bring plenty more shower, heavy as you can can see, but i wouldn't like to rule out the odd heavy shower with

thunder and light anyone and just about any way. temperatures have nudged up a degree. the wind aren't as keen as they were, but with that low pressure close by to the northern isles of scotland, it will probably be rain on and off through the rest of today and overnight. those showers continue to go through this evening but gradually they will ease down in intensity and frequency, particularly for england and wales overnight. northern ireland too. and temperatures will get within two or three degrees of freezing in the countryside. it means we will afford a quieter start to the weekend. and the weekend does look as if we will seen lengthier dry spells with sunshine. it will be less windy so it will feel warmer than this week. let us look at the detail. there is the low pressure close to northern scotland, so here lots of showers, rain and with it close by to the north sea there will be showers round, but for many, fewer showers than recently with lengthy dry spell, some escaping the

showers all together. possibly southern and western area, temperatures right across the uk, a bit higher than with the lighter winds and more sunshine. come the evening the high ground could be the extra triggerfor sharp evening the high ground could be the extra trigger for sharp showers to material tease, but then they ease through the night. a coolish night saturday into sunday, so on the chilly side first thing sunday morning but again, a nice day for many, in terms of dry and bright weather, not much rain round, some still need rain, and there could be showers in eastern area, the north and east and perhaps more cloud with weather systems starting to come in from the south and wests. but still dry and feeling warm with the lighter winds for many. the reason for things settling down, high pressure moving back in, particularly in the north, but you may have no itsed the weather fronts close by for the south. although monday looks dry, that rain may return to the south on sunday.

a reminder of our top story. the government has expressed cautious optimism that it has met its target of carrying out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of april. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. we may find out more today about whether the football season can restart. the government's hosting a video call with the fa and premier league along with medical experts from rugby union, cricket and racing to discuss the aspects of a return to sporting action. it's the biggest dilemma facing the premier league in its history and it could look very different if it does kick off again, asjoe lynskey reports.

when football comes back it will not look the same. right now experts say we cannot have massive crowds and so we cannot have massive crowds and so we have a vaccine with a barrelling resumes it will not be in front of my spirit. for this man is meant his home to be very similar and no one watching. it was surreal. it was something i guess get used to more often you can't underestimate the build—up to a game not having that at the same level would be difficult. when still ta ke level would be difficult. when still take 300 people to make these games run smoothly. last month journalist

will loading for a game against juventus. police the growth they almost lose the superpowers. to see cristiano ronaldo playing in an empty stadium. but neither will not be pre—match pictures from the arab is anything to do go—ahead will have 22 players in close contact. stop the virus spreading between them one option is putting teams under strict quarantine measures that leaves a huge mental health potentially on players. regular testing, perhaps every two days is also being considered but even ifjust one infected player takes the field that risks both this sport and the wider community. there is a chance you might start to transmit a little bit of the virus before the test is able to detect it. as is honestly a real rest of the players but we just have

to be really concerned if you have a group of people travelling and then mingling with other groups that are also travelling throughout the country. this is a really effective way to spread the disease. results now are insignificant as the decisions of the field have the highest stakes. football to go forward it may need to be patient. next to rugby league in the uk — whichh has been given a chunk of government money to keep it going through the pandemic. £16 million has been given to the rugby football league, as an emergency loan. they say it'll secure the immediate future of the sport, with next year's home world cup to plan for. the england and wales cricket board has unanimously endorsed ian watmore's appointment as chair elect after a review into his conduct in his previous role at the english football league.

watmore was the subject of an allegation in a national newspaper that he undermined the efl board by holding secret talks over alternatives to a proposed tv contract with sky sports. watmore denies the allegation. british light—heavyweight anthony yarde says he'll take any emotion out of boxing whenever he returns to the ring following the deaths of two family members with coronavirus. yarde lost his father and grandmother to the virus in the space of a week but says — in his words — he's now "0k" in dealing with the grief: it is one of those situations where no one expected it. my dad to kill first and then my nine shortly after. —— took ill. —— my grandmother shortly after. is the only ones using the they can tell what has happened. it was hard. ——

the hardest thing was liaising with the hardest thing was liaising with the hospital so they could tell what had happened. that's all your sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc dot c0 dot uk slash sport large numbers of people have been getting in touch with the bbc with questions about coronavirus. earlier today, my colleague annita mcveigh put some of those questions, to two experts — in another session of bbc "your questions answered". today we'll be focusing on how much can be done, what medicines can be developed and what in timeframe to reduce the impact of the virus and allow us to come to some form of normality

or at least a new normality. to answer your questions on the topic we are joined by gary maclean, professor of molecular immunology at the london metropolitan university. he joins me from west acton. and also by drjennifer rohn who is cell biologist at ucl. she joins us from kent. a very, very good morning to both of you. lots of veryu interesting questions coming in from our viewers. jennifer, this is from jane stanton who asks what arrangements do we have in hand to be able to manufacture a covid vaccine in sufficient quantities for use within the uk if and when it is available? i think everybody agrees this will be a logistical nightmare.

it is a very, very big job to upscale a vaccine to a country, let alone the world. what we are seeing is a lot of different vaccine candidates in the race. we do not know which one will win and that is unfortunate because every different kind of vaccine type has a different way production so it is hard to prepare a factory if you don't know which production method will win. having said that, the world health organization is really rallying and trying to get countries to work together and even millionaires and billionaires like bill gates are throwing money at the problem. sol hope this global effort will result in a quick upscale for this vaccine ever comes. if a country is manufacturing a vaccine candidate which turned out to be successful, for example the one being developed at oxford university, does that mean the uk gets

that before any other countries? this is happening with pandemic flu in the past were countries producing vaccines were hoarding it. it depends on who gets there on how generous are feeling. gary, a question from steve winder. he is asking, covid—i9 has been described as account of the flu. is it right that no cure will be found and that at best an annual vaccinationjab will be the norm, given the virus can mutate? will be the norm, given good morning, everyone. will be the norm, given thanks, steve, that's a great question. i think in terms of virology, influenza and this new coronavirus are quite different. flu tends to change a lot. it mutates and can acquire different segments of its genome and change frequently and cause pandemics. that's an advantage for coronavirus,

less mutation so the chances of a vaccine having to be changed each year are in a seasonal manner is lower. i think we have a more stable virus. the difficulty with antivirals and a cure is that are not many examples of good antivirals that work for viruses. they are tricky targets. we have some examples for hiv and also for herpes viruses for these take a long time to develop. we are starting the purpose other medications that might work against coronavirus. i do not see we'll need a seasonal vaccine at this stage similar to influenza. a lot of people are curious about that particular point very interesting answer. jane chambers asks, i was vaccinated against pneumonia. does this give me any degree of protection against this new coronavirus? there is good news and bad news is the organism so will not be effective at all

against coronavirus itself. having said that, if you have covid—i9 a severe infection where your lungs are weakened and sometimes bugs creep in and take advantage of your weakened immune system and this is called the secondary infection, if you have had the flu jab you do not necessarily have to worry about the secondary infection. you can say that. alan stewart asks, the has backed the last question you answered, gary, about an annual vaccination and the cure. he asks when will there be an antibody test to verify if you have the virus and your immune system has antibodies to fight the virus in the future? we are fight the virus in the future? we a re really fight the virus in the future? we are really a lot about this at the moment. the antibody test will be a nice one to have two prove if you hundreds and if you have been exposed. we have some good tests still in development. i think they are being rolled out extensively in the uk population within the next

months and will be comparing different types of tests. for simple to do than the rapid tests, like a pregnancy test are to be done very sudden. the question still remains how accurate they are and how reliable and sensible. at first glance it looks like they are developing these to be quite effective and quite good so i'm expecting these and a few months. if you were expecting these and a few months. if you were to discover you'd had the virus and you did not know you have the virus and did not find out until you had an antibody test, that means your body handled it really well and fought it off really well. does that mean you will be safe in the future or can we mean you will be safe in the future or can we set out at this point? we are learning exactly about the immune response this particular

bias. in a normal situation, immune response this particular bias. in a normalsituation, having been exposed to a virus and developing antibodies is a good marker to being immune protected in the future. like any new buyers we still cannot say for sure at this point those antibodies will still be protected. no certainties at this point. this question from ray bradbury forjennifer. plenty questions about facemasks following policy by borisjohnson yesterday. ray asks will the british public be issued with facemasks?|j ray asks will the british public be issued with facemasks? i do not know the answer to that in the general below the government will encourage our mandate. i would imagine proper masks because of shortages will be rationed to the national health services. perhaps we will be encouraged to wear services. perhaps we will be encouraged to wear scarves services. perhaps we will be encouraged to wear scarves etc which will not offer regular profession

but would help you somebody sneezes in yourface. i do not imagine we will be all that she would probably e. facemasks even if not as we would understand one. of somebody sneezes on yourface understand one. of somebody sneezes on your face cloth will provide some barrier. it is not perfect but will provide some protection. catherine all asked about testing. why is not eve ryo ne all asked about testing. why is not everyone being tested ? all asked about testing. why is not everyone being tested? —— or mild. international status of this pandemic i think the government wa nted pandemic i think the government wanted to focus on those most in need, those in hospital with symptoms. there was a bit of a resource issue you know they have ramped up the testing. we have heard stories of 100,000 tests per day and the ruling out these tests to other less vulnerable people and those that might be a little more at risk and eventually that will roll out

into the general population. there is an extensive testing programme under way and most are being offered these tests and hopefully this will extend to the entire population like we extend to the entire population like we have seen other countries do such as germany and south korea where the test extensively and contact and trace and that is one way of controlling it. that combination seems to be most affected. an interesting question from daniel who asks, jennifer, what about the vulnerable after the lockdown finishes? are they expected to stay inside until there is a bad sign? —— vaccine? clearly these people will still be at risk so they will be to be careful. i could imagine them being issued with special protective gear but it is a difficult question. galley, any thoughts on that?|j

would galley, any thoughts on that?” would have to agree with jennifer, it isa would have to agree with jennifer, it is a difficult one to answer and i'm not sure i can add to much. danielle, it is when you do not know much aboutjet danielle, it is when you do not know much about jet and danielle, it is when you do not know much aboutjet and we are waiting to find it proper government will be. galley, a question from ian —— galley. gary. when chris whitty was talking about a0 vaccine they developed he said the chances of anyone working was low. what is a chance you'll ever develop a vaccine? so much there is still hope. if no vaccine is available we have to hope for another form of protection and we heard about herd immunity area. if enough people get

infected it will affect the entire population. there is also the development of antivirals and lots of research going into this. the distancing measures we may have to live with for quite some time and thatis live with for quite some time and that is probably the best proven way of controlling a virus such as this. we hope the outbreak will weaken and disappear with the rising summer temperatures and people will be more aware. the still hope for a vaccine that it aware. the still hope for a vaccine thatitis aware. the still hope for a vaccine that it is low, i agree. i market these are some of the reality is we are having to confront. all the while we hope for one of those vaccines to come good and on the point of a vaccine, jackie garland asks, jennifer, if they manage to create a vaccine will we be forced to have it? vaccination is not compulsory in the united kingdom and has not been although they are discussing it. ithink has not been although they are discussing it. i think you have free choice but having said that i would

see we choice but having said that i would see we will never get back to normal life unless a significant proportion of the population has immunity and the only way to go that, if the vaccine works, is for most eager together vaccine. people who do not get the chance will endanger those who are unable to get theirjabs such as those who are new compromised sol such as those who are new compromised so i really hope a vaccine is safe and effective and if say i hope there will be widely adopted. if people are concerned a vaccine that is developed very quickly would be a safe is the simple word is one that has been developed over a lot of years. what would you say to anybody concerned about that? i would say it is a valid concern. this is a rushjob. having said that there is no way they would vaccinate healthy people u nless they would vaccinate healthy people unless it has been definitively driven in files to be safe and that is why it dates from 18 months to two years to get to the end of the line so safety will not be

compromised. gary, a question en masse from ian houlihan. he says the nhs is throwing away tens of thousands of used facemasks at the moment. it is not be sanitised and given to public as face coverings used by the nhs? after they have been used in a coronavirus water is at the feeling it is not good practice to reuse that? yes. the short answer is no. these are designed for single use and are used by people in the fine line exposed to potentially high levels of repeatedly. it would be too risky to sanitise them and i think people can use other ways. they can buy their own cheap ones or use cloth and that will offer some protection. without a really interesting question to

thank you so much for sending them on. “— thank you so much for sending them on. —— we have had some really interesting questions. and later on bbc one and the bbc news channel we'll have a special programme bringing you the daily downing street press conference and just before that we'll be answering your questions about the lockdown and testing in ‘your questions answered'. send in your questions by tweeting them with the hashtag bbc your questions or email them to yourquestions at bbc dot co dot uk. that's at four—thirty here on bbc news.

policing the streets can be a tough job at the best of times. but patrolling a city, when most of its residents should be staying at home, poses a whole new set of challenges. one officer from devon and cornwall police in the west of england has been keeping a video diary for us. take a look. police siren. sit down! oh, my god! you're not going that way, mate. we're going to disperse you out of the city. stop banging your head! i'm carlo towl. i'm a police sergeant with devon and cornwall police. so here we are, week five of lockdown britain.

i'm in exeter. i just wanted to talk about the police's experience of what's been happening the last few weeks. i've just arrived at exeter custody. i've come up here cos a male's been arrested for spitting in a paramedic‘s face. the gentleman's in the cell here with four officers in ppe, after he's kicked off. he's been restrained for a period of time. he's assaulted a couple of officers, causing injury to them. he's attempted to spit at officers as well as paramedics at the scene. we've had an absolute flood of reports from the public, who are saying there are street—attached people, people who are street drinkers, drug takers. we have struggled a little bit, because in the law it allows for someone to be homeless and to be out, because obviously they've got nowhere to get back to. but there are, as i've said, lots of people who are housed, who are currently going out every day, congregating in groups, drinking, taking drugs, causing anti—social behaviour, who are really causing a sort of problem. so we've had a report of a group of six people drinking and congregating in an area just down here. who are really causing

a sort of problem. so we've had a report of a group of six people drinking and congregating in an area just down here. are you going to taser me? i don't want to taser you. are you guys housed somewhere? yes. yes? ok. so you need to be back there, don't you? i need to be at probation. all you guys are doing being out and about is causing more issues for people. it's a problem that increasing the longer the lockdown goes on, because they feel more emboldened to go out and act in a way which intimidates a lot of people, frankly. i wasn't resisting arrest, she had hold of me!

how can i be resisting arrest when she had hold of me?! we're taking proactive action as best we can without trying to stigmatise those people or become overzealous, as i know the police have been accused of being recently. so yeah, it's a difficult one, really, because the law is quite grey, unfortunately. you're a bully. this shift started with someone spitting in the face of a paramedic. and now it's ended with another emergency service worker being spat out again. now, ijust don't understand people, i really don't.

yeah, it's been a trying shift. hi, guys. how have you coped with the lockdown so far? it's nice here, to be fair. most people have been absolutely fine. like yourselves. the whole point of it, and ouronly realaim, is to keep people safe. it sounds cliched but it's true. some details coming from the mcdonald's chain say they will begin opening a number of restaurants from the 13th of may, delivery only. in fa ct the 13th of may, delivery only. in fact 15 restaurants and like a lot of places there are a few james opening a handful of branches and it sounds like mcdonald's will be doing exactly the sort of thing all of those are doing, perspex aims to protect their staff at the till and floor markings in certain areas and extra protective equipment generally and all employees will be asked to confirm they are fit and able to work. and social distancing everywhere as you would expect. more

at two o'clock. for a look at the weather with helen willets. the chance of showers continue through the day today and through the night gradually ease into the weekend and you'll see lengthier sunny spells. still some showers out there with hail and thunder close to low pressure across the northern isles it may rain on and off through the rest of the day and perhaps a few showers in the south just perhaps a little higher than we have been still at risk when in the north and west. —— abreast when. in the cleaning size it will be a little bit on the chilly side with just falling within two or three degrees of freezing across scotland and northern ireland. that means we will see more dry and bright weather through saturday is unlikely of sunshine. low pressure still close to the north of scotland and the north of england. there may be more

proud in the south later but it looks drier and warmer. —— more cloud. this is bbc news. the headlines: the government has expressed cautious optimism that it has met its target of carrying out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of april. setting a challenging target was the right thing to do, because it galvanised government and got thejob done, but there is a lot more to be done. as ministers prepare to set out their roadmap of how to ease the lockdown, we'll look at how it might work. ryanair becomes the latest airline to warn of thousands ofjob losses, because of the economic impact of coronavirus. president trump says he's seen evidence that covid—19 came from a laboratory in china, but us intelligence services say