this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government announces it has exceeded its target of 100 thousand daily this is bbc news with the latest tests for coronavirus. headlines for viewers in the uk the health secretary says it's and around the world. been a national effort. it helps remove the worry, the uk government announces it has exceeded its target of 100,000 daily tests for coronavirus. it helps keep people safe, and it will help us to unlock the lockdown. the health secretary says it's been a national effort. tens of thousands ofjob cuts are looming in what's been it helps remove the worry, called ‘the worst crisis it helps keep people safe, and it in the history of aviation'. will help us to unlock the lockdown. the aisle and the window seats are two and a half feet tens of thousands ofjob cuts away from each other, are looming in what's been they're not two metres. called "the worst crisis there's no way you can have social distancing in an aluminium tube. in the history of aviation". a three kilometre queue for food. the aisle and the window seats as india extends its lockdown are two and a half feet for another two weeks — away from each other, they're not two metres. we report on the impact there's no way you can have social on the vulnerable distancing in an aluminium tube. a three—kilometre queue for food. as india extends its lockdown for another two weeks, we have a report on the impact on the vulnerable.

and in the uk, risk of death from coronavirus is twice as likely if you're from a poorer urban area, say new official figures. hello and a warm welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. will start in the uk. the uk government says it has hit its target for 100,000 coronavirus tests per day, with the british health secretary matt hancock saying it was an "incredible achievement". the target was set less than a month ago — whenjust 10,000 daily tests were being carried out and the government was facing criticism for failing to rapidly increase capacity. in a moment, we'll hear from our health editor, but first some other developments tonight. more than1 million people have now

recovered from the coronavirus worldwide, according from the latest figures from johns hopkins university. in the past few minutes, ireland's premier leo varadkar has announced an extension of most elements of the lockdown until may 18. two restrictions will be eased — the exercise travel limit will be extended and over—70s will be able to leave home for isolated exercise from tuesday. in india, where stringent lockdown restrictions on 1.3 billion people have been credited with keeping virus cases low, lockdown in many regions will continue for two more weeks. back to the situation here in the uk. our top report tonight is from our health editor, hugh pym. a very quiet stansted airport, especially for a friday, but there was activity in a car park, with virus testing continuing. one of the drive—through centres set up in the last month to greatly expand capacity, with an overall target of 100,000 tests per day by this week. how do you intend to further develop and expand the testing

network as part of moves to combat the virus? by testing, you can help to treat patients better. we have always been testing patients. it will help get people back to work, and there has been a big expansion of the eligibility to get a test to get back to work. and also for surveys, and very soon we should get the first results of the surveys that are out in the field at the moment. the scottish government says testing capacity, which is included in the overall total announced today, is set to rise from just over 8,000 to 12,000 per day in a few weeks‘ time. this mobile unit in elgin, staffed by military personnel, opened today. the daily uk total includes home testing kits sent to people who booked them online but not actually completed. government sources argue it is the only way they can be counted, as it is harder to track them when swabs are sent back to the labs. there's confusion about some aspects of the new system. the owner of this care home

in cumbria said he was sent a letter telling him only to book home testing kits if residents and staff who had symptoms, whereas days before, the government had said tests could be booked online regardless of whether they were symptomatic. it's terrible, really. these people, they're are being treated as throwaway, i think. they are no longer important. it's an awful shame. 0ne nurse told us there was no nhs priority system and she was stuck in a queue. a police man came and told us a queue. a police man came and told us the test centre had run out of test we should go home and come again tomorrow. i think, for me, the frustrating thing was that i had access

to the test as an nhs key worker. it... the government said it is recruiting 18,000 staff to do this. an app will also be used to do this, alerting someone if someone they have been with has tested positive. they are then told to self—isolate and report any symptoms. make sure that we involve local public health and local authorities in doing this, notjust with an app but using people to contact people in order to put that system into place. that will be utterly crucial in trying to control the virus going forward. there were more thanks to the nhs today. in edinburgh, they painted the postboxes blue. let's break for a second, take you to straight to paris. they are applauding their hard—working health workers. you can applauding their hard—working health workers. you can never applauding their hard—working health workers. you can never get enough of

these scenes. they've been playing... i've seen a disco ball as well! there is a lady clapping. seems quite sunny, but more clause for those deserving health care workers across france. “— for those deserving health care workers across france. —— more applause. right, let's talk about the airline industry. ryanair, one of the world's largest budget carriers, has become the latest to announce job losses. the dublin—based airline says it may cut 3,000 positions over the next few months, to help stem losses linked to the coronavirus outbreak. other airlines like lufthansa and british airways are also warning of big cuts to their workforces, as theo leggett reports. just a few weeks ago, the airline industry was booming. the future looked bright. but now ryanair has been the latest carrier to say it will make thousands of people redundant. we announced this morning we are going to have to cut 15% of staff. that is, we think,

the minimum we need, just to survive the next 12 months. if a vaccine is found, then clearly the recovery will be stronger. if a vaccine isn't found, we may have to announce more cuts, and deeper cuts into the future. unions insist that all this is premature, and that there is no need to make such deep cuts so soon. ryanair is not in financial difficulty, it's one of the wealthiest airlines within europe. it should be be able to ride out the storm, and it should be be able to take a more measured view. some employees say airlines are taking advantage of the covid—19 crisis to drive through job and pay cuts and reduce costs in a way they could never normally manage. it's not simply as binary as that, that airlines are just taking advantage of a bleak situation. reality is, there are hardly any

planes flying and therefore airlines now are waking up to this new reality and they are making long—term decisions now, it is like a pre—emptive strike. this is clearly an unprecedented situation, and you can see that from where i am standing. the skies behind me are normally full of planes — that's one of the major routes into heathrow airport, the busiest airport in the country. yet at the moment, nothing. no planes, no contrails, and it has been like that for several weeks. globally, 80% of flights have been grounded. 17,000 aircraft are sitting unused on the tarmac, and the cost to airlines is expected to reach £250 billion this year. once the outbreak is over, things certainly won't be getting back to normal quickly. although you can currently fly if you want to, restrictions are expected to increase. it's been suggested that passengers could be forced

to wear protective gear, as already happens in certain countries, or practise social distancing on aircraft. the head of heathrow thinks such measures would be wholly impractical. if you can imagine going on your last summer holiday, if you were flying somewhere, can you imagine social distancing in that kind of circumstances? we are not designed for that. and that is why we need to have a way of making sure that only people who are very low—risk are allowed into the airport and can travel through the journey. yet airlines remain determined to get back in the skies as soon as possible. today, hungarian carrier wizz air did just that, starting to fly a small number of services in and out of luton. theo leggett, bbc news. a little earlier, i spoke to the aviation analyst john strickland, and he explained that plans for social distancing on flights will mean airlines will be unable to profit from those flights. that is exactly the problem, there is not a way. no airline is going to willingly leave it. we heard easy jet state they can accommodate it when they open up in the early months. mike 0'leary says there is

no way ryanair is going to flip come back and fly at all. it doesn't solve the problem with social distancing anyway. there not that much space. it would have to fly an aircraft not much more than a quarterfull aircraft not much more than a quarter full to really achieve social distancing and of course, that's just not commercially viable. it's not profitable at all. the measures we have to take him got to be driven by activities on the ground, as we heard there from the heathrow ceo, such as checking people's temperature on the ground, people's temperature on the ground, people wearing masks, and i think of da nza luftha nsa. people wearing masks, and i think of da nza lufthansa. they are people wearing masks, and i think of danza lufthansa. they are not coded guaranteed that middle seat will be empty. what is this going to mean for passengers going forward? nobody actually knows. anybody who claims they do have the answer is simply making it up. it's highly

complicated, all airlines expect to see a reduced level of traffic. expect to have to use price as a mechanism to get people travelling again. and even in the more lucrative business markets, for example in business class seats, we expect to see less of them. less businesses are going to be around, given we are going to go into recession, many businesses will have failed. those that are still working will have travel bans in place. some will have travel bans in place. some will have travel bans in place. some will have got used to the idea of video conferencing. there are a lot of cushions about the psychology for leisure travellers and the practicality of going on family two holiday. —— going on holiday, families. i think wizz, they have a young clientele, and they think perhaps young people are more adventurous. prices are going to go well down and thatis prices are going to go well down and that is going to be the case in yea rs that is going to be the case in years rather than months. lufthansa are losing something like 1

years rather than months. lufthansa are losing something like! million euros every hour, which is an eye watering amount, and the government is going to transport them as best they can in germany. with shareholders in this airline, how was i could change the industry, do you think, going forward? it's not ideal. we have seen government run airlines anyway. alitalia... 0ther airlines anyway. alitalia... 0ther airlines like lufthansa have become successful. airlines will be largely relu cta nt to successful. airlines will be largely reluctant to see governments be actively involved with shareholders because it means decisions will be made for potentially political reasons, which can vary enormous lea p reasons, which can vary enormous leap from time to time rather than being commercially driven. we've seen being commercially driven. we've seen already in the case of air france, klm, the government is

putting in loads into the root and they have indicated they're going to to an extent extent that air france flight to an extent extent that air france flight less flights to this nations to messily inference where they can be better served by trains, high—speed trains. that's good from environment a point of view but we cannot assume that all government involvement if they have got money there will be as benign as that. john strickland speaking to me earlier. let's bring you some live pictures from washington, where something a little rare is taking place. the daily press briefing from the white house. we used to get one from sean spicer and sarah huckabee sanders. the lady there is kayleigh mcenany. let's sanders. the lady there is kayleigh mcena ny. let's listen sanders. the lady there is kayleigh mcenany. let's listen in. as you all

know, provides loans to small businesses in order to keep their employees on payroll. his programme has been successful during ppp loa ns. has been successful during ppp loans. of those 1.6 million loans, 1 million of them were given to companies with ten or fewer employees, so it is gone to small businesses and businesses that need it most. but the ppp, it's notjust another government programme for this is supporting everyday americans who through no fault of their own found themselves in this predicament for we saw this first—hand at the white on tuesday. 0n first—hand at the white on tuesday. on tuesday, president trump welcome to small business owners and employees to the white house. these small businesses received ppp loans which help them pay their employees during the pandemic. 0ne employees 120 people with intellectual disabilities — it's a coffee shop not far from disabilities — it's a coffee shop not farfrom here. they disabilities — it's a coffee shop not far from here. they temporally

had to close their doors temporarily but because of ppp loans, they got to rehire all of their employees. i had the honour of meeting one of the employees and he offered some words of encouragement to our country and they really touched my heart and i think they will take the heart of america view would not mind playing those remarks... just a flavour of the white house briefing, the first one there for kayleigh mcenany stop interesting because donald trump told by his campaign his briefings are not helping is pulling numbers. —— are not helping his polling numbers. india has extended its nationwide lockdown for another two weeks, but an official said some districts in lower risk areas will have some "considerable relaxations". the country has been under quarantine for nearly six weeks now. from mumbai, yogita limaye reports. small triumphs are celebrated. this man has recovered from covid in the southern state of kerala.

thanks for everything! more populus than canada, the region had india's first coronavirus infections in march. but it curbed the spread and its strategy is giving hope to the rest of the country. 0ur idea was to trace as many people as possible in the shortest possible time, and in the intial 11—5 days, we were able to trace 1,254 persons. once we identified all of them, the next strategy was to ensure home quarantine in the strictest possible sense. but each grave is a reminder that, for many parts of india, the threat is farfrom being contained. and it doesn't even allow goodbyes. a four—month—old baby girl, laid to rest from the arms of strangers. dozens are losing their lives every day. and while the real scale is hard to assess, doctors say covid would have spread a lot more quickly if india had not imposed a lockdown relatively early. checkpoints like these have been

set up in cities around the country. people are only allowed to go out to buy essential items, and you could even get arrested for violating the lockdown, which is perhaps one of the most stringent in the world. for the first time in the history of india, the government halted trains. flights, interstate buses, public transport have all been stopped too. that's left millions of daily wage earners without money for food or shelter. this is a queue for lunch in delhi nearly 3km long, a common sight now in many parts of india. shaik mufazul worked as a labourer. now he's living on the streets with his family. "0n the days they distribute food, we eat." "otherwise, we go hungry. "they've taken away our lifeline. "it feels like we're

dying slowly," he says. the lockdown has been extended further, but what's the way out of it eventually, i asked who's chief scientist. as we go out of lockdown, it has to become the first of all, phased, and released after lockdown, and many countries are now putting in place systems of how they would do that, and the monitoring with testing is going to be extremely important. so, at any time, if there is a lot of red flags that things are not looking so good, then, again, more strict measures may have to be put in place. migrant workers will be sent home, the government says, but with a mass of people to transport, for many, the uncertainty continues. yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. the world health organisation director general, dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, has called for international solidarity to defeat coronavirus — and said today that the world health organization has "grave concerns" about the potential the virus

could have as it starts to accelerate through countries with weaker health systems. the covid—19 crisis has frustrated even the most complicated health systems. wjoe even the most complicated health systems. w joe has even the most complicated health systems. wjoe has grave concerns about the potential impact the virus could have as it starts to actually do in countries assistance. with the aib, we will invest in health and for structure and health workers in ten countries in africa and the middle east to start with. aib and who are exploring how the european investment plan could supper the cover19 investment plan could supper the cover 19 system —— covid—19, to

facilitate... and other medical supplies to countries that need them most. dr tedros, the director general of the who. let's take you to spain now, where government forecasts show the coronavirus outbreak could cause the country's economy to shrink by almost 10% this year, resulting in the loss of two millionjobs. tourism is very much part of the spanish economy and with the easing of lockdown restrictions, officials are hoping to slowly revive the industry — albeit with severe restrictions. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from the spanish coast. spain, the second most visited country on earth, now as quiet as a desert island. this is high season — but in benidorm, the only footprints in the sand are those left by the seagulls.

benidorm is built entirely on tourism. it has 65,000 hotel beds. no people. zero? zero. so the mayor presides over a wasteland. like a chemical agent has been dropped here, he says. spain says it may allow hotels to re—open from mid—may but safety will be key. translation: this will come back, humanity will beat the virus, there will be a vaccine and people will come back. before then, we have to adapt. adapting means hotels will have to keep their restaurants shut. guests eat in their rooms, and no swimming. all public areas closed. so it's hard to imagine how spain can get back to the way things were. there should be people literally everywhere. paige dawson's family have had a bar here for 25 years. they will only be allowed to serve one third

as many customers as before. we willjust have to weigh everything up, if it's worth us opening and whether we can earn enough to make some profit, but we need the tourists to do that. also weighing up how it can function, this theme park. meanwhile, of its 400 staff, just four are working. all the rest have been furloughed. and even if these places can re—open, what might keep people away is fear — fear of coming here far from home away from the sanctuaries they have been in, travelling long distances with all the uncertainties that might bring. to try to keep travellers safe, soldiers disinfect the terminal at valencia airport. the gate will be number four. just one flight is leaving today, but the building is sterilised before and after the passengers go through. it makes you wonder whether mass tourism can really exist in the time of the virus.

the us democratic candidate joe biden has flatly denied sexually assaulting a former staff assistant nearly 30 years ago. mr biden's former aide, tara reade, was one of eight women who came forward last year to accuse the former vice president of sexual harassment. her recent allegation — much more serious — is the first to involve sexual assault. here's our washington correspondent gary o'donghue with more on howjoe biden handled the interview. to be fair, christian, he's taken time to put himself out there to a nswer time to put himself out there to answer this allegation which is a serious one. it was a flat denial. 27 years ago.

on tara reade's own account, it was only he and her present, so it is his word against hers but that does not deliver the battle is at the moment. the battle is on whether or not he should release his papers, his private papers from when he was a senator that are currently held in delaware, at the university there — that's where he's from — whether he should allow this to be searched and see if there are complaint made about him, i think that he says he is complete unaware from the time. his difficulty is that back in 2018, during the confirmation of brett cavanaugh, the supreme courtjudge, he was quite vocal on whether women should be believed also what he said was, for a woman to come forward in the focus nationally, you have to... if it was right for dr ford back in 2018, light is that not the case for

ta ra 2018, light is that not the case for tara reade? you put your finger on it, that is the problem, a nese like timecodes are so uncomfortable about all this. —— that's why democrats are so on co mforta ble. —— that's why democrats are so on comfortable. particular because they we re comfortable. particular because they were so comfortable. particular because they were so forthright about the christine blasey ford case. you remember, she accused brett cavanaugh of remember, she accused brett cava naugh of assaulting remember, she accused brett cavanaugh of assaulting her when she was a teenager. the democrats talked about the perception of belief amongst those who make such complaints and allegations. what he said today was yes, you do of course need listen to people, you need to presume they're need listen to people, you need to presume they‘ re speaking need listen to people, you need to presume they're speaking in good faith, but he said you still have to try and assess whether things are true or not. gary o'donoghue reporting there in washington. we are told of tara reade is giving an interview on sunday. of course this is going to

affect the nomination forjoe biden because a lot of those senators did sit in on those trials, the confirmation in 2018. more to come here on bbc news. good evening. we've seen plenty of turbulence guidelines and some hefty downpours to go with them. but equally a little bit of sunshine in between. however, those hefty showers will continue to keep coming as we go through the rest of this evening and it's all down to this area of low pressure. that will reenter a little bit further east but away from the british isles to the weekend, allowing a decrease in the weekend, allowing a decrease in the activity, the shower activity, but there's certainly some torrential downpour out this evening with hail and thunder and the heavy downpours, prolonged in the north, will continue elsewhere. these showers will become less frequent. and under the starry skies it will turn quite chilly once again which

means that saturday morning will donna on a full but bright note and we are hopeful this weekend, we will see fewer showers, the winds will be lighter, a little bit more sunshine around. you will feel warmer. but it won't be complete the drive. certainly not close to that area of low pressure. for those areas of northern scotland, across northern england, there will be showers around. it's a northerly breeze as well despite being lighter across the north of scotland. it will limit the north of scotland. it will limit the temperatures to about nine or 10 degrees. quite a few heavy showers around still into the afternoon across the scottish hills, into the north of england. one or two elsewhere cannot be ruled out. northern ireland for example. by and large, they will be fewer than they have been in recent days and it will feel a bit warmer, but you can still see those showers heading into the evening. overnight, into sunday morning, again under the starry skies, it will turn chilly. we could be close to frost levels in the glands. again, a risk of a few

showers. not as many in recent days. the risk of cloud in the northwest as well. hazy rather than sunny here. temperatures should get into the mid to high teens. there should bea mix the mid to high teens. there should be a mix of rain into that weather front. it's coming to high—pressure. that high—pressure will move in across many areas, keeping the rain or the weather fronts at bay, but in the south, it looks like we are in for more rain on tuesday but it looks to clear away by wednesday. as ever, there's more on the website. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:30pm. the uk government says has exceeded its target of 100,000 daily tests for coronavirus. the home secretary says it has been a national effort. it helps relieve the worry. it helps keep people safe and it will help us to unlock the lockdown. tens of thousands of job cuts are looming in what has been cold the worst crisis in the history of aviation. the government announces it has exceeded its targets of 100,000 daily tests for coronavirus, as we havejust targets of 100,000 daily tests for coronavirus, as we have just told you, and the question is what will that now mean for contact tracing? a three kilometre queue for food as

india extends its lockdown for another two weeks. we will report on the impact on the vulnerable. and here in the uk, the risk of deaths from coronaviruses twice as likely if you are from a poorer, urban area say new official figures. hello. welcome to audiences around the uk. we are covering all of the latest coronavirus developments, as we do every evening. the victims of covid—19 have mostly been elderly. scientists are 20 work out why this is and whether children can spread the virus even though they don't have any symptoms. our science editor has more. a mystery about the

virus is the role of children. a small number suffer, some have lost their lives, but the vast majority aren't effected. so how easily can they spread it to others? to try to find out, 3500 children are being tested on a project led by the university of oxford. we know that not many children are being admitted to hospital or becoming unwell with this illness and that is fantastic but it is important to understand how many children are getting this infection because they may potentially be transmitting it on to others and therefore become a source of spread within the community. so far, there's been very little research into this. one of the largest studies, of 2,000 infected children in china, found 51% had mild symptoms, 39% were moderate and just over 4% had no symptoms at all. in iceland, a different kind of study found that, of 8118 children under the age of ten, none of them had any sign of infection.

so, what does this confusing research mean for schools? in denmark, where they've reopened, the children are kept apart in classes. but once outside, they of course crowd together. the risk to them might be low, but it's greater for the teachers. when we think about opening schools and having large gatherings of kids, although we don't know how well and how fast this virus might spread in the group, we do know that the adults working with these kids — the teachers, the administrators — are more susceptible to this severe covid—19. when it comes to reopening schools, there are no easy options. hours maybe can perhaps be staggered, class sizes kept smaller, but the central question remains — how easily do children spread the disease, especially if they're not showing any symptoms? and scientists, for the moment, do not have the answer.

time and time again, you'll hear our political leadership saying that we are guided by best evidence. there has to be an understanding that sometimes that evidence, even though it's the best evidence, is pretty thin. despite that, switzerland reckons it's safe for under—tens to hug their grandparents. many scientists disagree, warning that with this new virus, there's still so much we don't know. david shukman, bbc news. people living in deprived areas are more than twice as likely to die of the virus than those living in affluent areas, that is according to the office for national statistics, as our correspondent explains. if we look at this graph which shows all deaths in england in the six weeks since the 1st of march, you will see that on the right—hand side, that is

the poorer areas of the country and you will see that they have the most deaths, whereas the richer areas are on the left—hand side. if we hadn't deaths which are covid—19 related, then you can see the difference. you can see that in the poorer areas people are dying disproportionately. now, we think of london, for instance. it has seen the highest levels of deaths, but the city has not suffered equally. all deaths in an area like tower hamlets, which is quite poor, about 1.5 times higher than they are in a richer area like bromley, but if you add in covid—19 related deaths, then they are 2.5 times higher, and that gives an indication of what is going on. public health officials will want to examine the data closely, but they will be looking at certain things, such as underlying health conditions, cardiovascular disease, obesity. they are worse in poorer areas. they will be looking at how close people live together, notjust in blocks of flats but in households, levels of overcrowding, and they will also be looking at economic things like can people who

live in poor areas, is it harderfor them to actually work from home? it is an ongoing situation, but it seems going into the situation unequally. we can talk to danny dorling now, professor of geography at oxford university and author of many books and publications on deprivation. professor, it is great to have you with us. can we take a step back and start with how this virus came into the country because it strikes me as the country because it strikes me as the slightly unfair thing about this is it is those who were travelling around the world, the more affluent members of our society, who caught it and transferred it with yellow yes, when the virus came into britain, we looked at the deprivation then and it was the opposite to now. there were far fewer cases, of course, but it was some of the most affluent areas of britain, areas where people are more likely to have gone skiing in italy, for instance, which had the higher rates and cases like in chelsea in

london. however, as the virus has spread, it has spread into the densest city areas, particularly in london and it moves to london and affects the poorer areas. the same in the west midlands, the same in birmingham. people are much more crowded in these poorer parts of our cities and often in worse health overall. data this has been the case for yea rs overall. data this has been the case for years and years. this is moving to the country and it is revealing some of our weaknesses and some other inequalities that we have taken for granted. there are crowded parts of affluent areas of the city. ca nary wharf is parts of affluent areas of the city. canary wharf is a good example. and yet the infection rate is higher in places like hackney than it is in ca nary places like hackney than it is in canary wharf, so why do you think thatis canary wharf, so why do you think that is the case? well, often in ca nary wharf you that is the case? well, often in canary wharf you have a single young professional living in a flat or maybe a young professional and their partner, whereas in poorer parts of

london you have families squeezed in. in the very worst cases, if you remember we had over 100,000 children who are homeless and they are living in b&b accommodation. a single bedroom with their parents or pa rent single bedroom with their parents or parent and their siblings. and they have been living in those bedrooms for weeks and weeks and weeks. and if somebody gets the virus in that situation, they are absolutely trapped, and we know from what happened to italy and spain that the denser the occupation, the closer the families are packed together and the families are packed together and the higher the viral load than the more dangerous it is. whereas if you're more affluent and you have more space, you're more affluent and you have more space, you're not pushed together so much. on top of that, people who are poorer are much more likely to have been forced in effect to go out to work to get a wage, often doing essential work such as serving people in supermarkets, but the chances of being infected of course are higher because they are out. whereas people you are more

affluent out. whereas people you are more afflu e nt ca n out. whereas people you are more affluent can work from home or don't have to work, their chances of being infected are much lower, and for those who don't go out at all, the chances very slim. there are some new figures out today about food banks, which are getting out record amounts of supplies. demand is up 80% on the same period last year, and what is striking about those figures is the number of children impacted, the number of families with children that are falling into the crisis, and it strikes me that as we come out of this crisis and ta ke as we come out of this crisis and take some of the support away, it is those families that we are going to have to look after, perhaps more than we did before. so much has to change. before this crisis hit, we we re change. before this crisis hit, we were seeing an absolutely enormous rise in child poverty. the institute for fiscal studies produced some statistics showing that we were going to in some cases a third developer children living in poverty and the danger of having put up with the situation, the danger of having

cut so many social workers and local public health workers is that we have no resilience. we were com pletely have no resilience. we were completely unprepared for when something like this hits. we were feeding our children, huge numbers of our children, to free school meals at school, and that isn't a situation you want to be in as a country undertakes this pandemic in a way to show that that is happening. just very quickly, on that point, do you think the inequality in our society that you are describing their comedy think that lies behind the fact that we have a higher concentration of the virus here in the uk than many other european countries? there will be so many studies to come to try to explain why. it doesn't look like the uk has done worse. initially, we look at government policy and reaction but i suspect overtime when we look at the differences between different parts of europe, we will find that it was actually the underlying structures of society that plays a key part in this and we

have only got to look at the united states of america and what has happened over there is a virus has moved through to see how a really unequal society fares badly, whereas well organised, equal societies are often the ones that defy better when a tragedy like this hits. in norway, which went into lockdown at the same time as the uk, there has been a study of norway and the uk, people have not been thrown into destitution in norway because unblemished benefit pays you to thirds of your normal salary, whereas in britain, most middle—class people have no idea what universal credit would mean for them because they don't even think about ever having to live off benefits and this pandemic is exposing the enormous differences between living in somewhere like norway, somewhere like germany, and somewhere like britain. really interesting. thank you very much for your time. we will soon be entering our

seventh week of lockdown, in the greatest restriction on daily life since world war two. the vast majority of people in the uk are obeying the lockdown rules — and new research suggests many would be uncomfortable leaving home, even if the government ordered an easing of restrictions in a month's time. our home editor mark easton reports. ina in a warehouse in north london, a group of 20 young people have been documenting their lives in lockdown. this whole crisis right now is quite stressful. surveys show younger people are struggling with the restrictions much more than older people. i'd just restrictions much more than older people. i'djust been restrictions much more than older people. i'd just been trying to self— isolate. .. people. i'd just been trying to self-isolate. . . 4096 people. i'd just been trying to self-isolate. .. 4096 of 18-22 —year—olds say they are not coping, more than twice the proportion of the over 60 fives. younger people are the over 60 fives. younger people a re less the over 60 fives. younger people are less likely to have secure employment or accommodation, many have been furloughed or made unemployed. busy social lives put on hold. they have just cancelled glastonbury. that's engine. i don't have any money. the warehouse community, they feel lucky to have

each other, but there is still a sense of lost opportunities. each other, but there is still a sense of lost opportunitieslj each other, but there is still a sense of lost opportunities. i am 23 and trying to plan my next steps, feeling for a moment that i could choose anything and there are so many different parts and then they have all been closed in.|j many different parts and then they have all been closed in. i am worried about what happens. we have assembled a cross—section of 18—24 —year—olds from around britain to get a sense of how younger people are coping. me and my partner have isolated separately because we are both still living at home. itjust puts a massive strain on your mental well—being. puts a massive strain on your mental well-being. it is hard because you run out of things to talk about. without that routine, i don't have a dry to do things that other people do and that is what i find hard, just having something to get up for every day. how hard has it been, having been furloughed or lost your job to thinking about money and your careers? the pay i get now is like nothing compared to what i have been getting stop i don't like being stuck at home. i will not be able to

afford accommodation to get a job, soi afford accommodation to get a job, so i have that anxiety at the moment. can i asked, have any of you been tempted to break the rules, to think, oh, to hell with this? quite a few of you. sometimes, being stuck in the house, you are not necessarily traps, but you want to go and do certain stuff. across the wider population, many people would be uncomfortable leaving home, even if the restrictions ended in the next month. more than 6% said they would be nervous about going to bars or restaurants or using public transport. over 40% with the uncomfortable about going shopping or to sending children to school, and more than 30% would be worried about going to work or meeting friends. coming out of lockdown will bring its own pressures, especially if partial relaxation undermines the sense of collective effort. the next weeks and months will be a test of our nation because my character and resolve.

now a bit of fun for a friday night. in the days before the lockdown, many of us might have been out enjoying live performances — music, or perhaps some standup. so how are performers, and their audiences, adjusting now that these kind of events aren't possible? we'll speak to three in a moment — but first, and idea of what they've been treating fans to online. what i don't like and i don't like these fancy bistros, as a side note. i went to one before this pandemic andi i went to one before this pandemic and i was watching two people having and i was watching two people having a business meeting and they had ordered a kebabs... # you got a friend... . # sing it nice and loud. # somewhere over the rainbow # somewhere over the rainbow # way up high. # great.

in a moment, we will talk to singer—songwriters bronwen lewis and tristan mackay, but first to scott bennett — a comedian whojoins us from beeston in nottinghamshire, where he's been streaming live comedy sets from his shed. actually, we will go to bronwen first. lovely to see you. tell me, what would you normally do be doing ona what would you normally do be doing on a friday night? i would normally be entertaining audiences, usually in wales, and singing my heart out all night. in front of how many people? i have done crowds up to about 3000 people, so it varies. my job is so different everyday and thenit job is so different everyday and then it all came crashing down around me, really. it has been a shame. are you doing your online routine because you need to keep your skills up, because you love it so much, or does it quite honestly

come down to money, you need to bring some money in? the first reason i wanted to do it is just i was feeling a bit down in the dumps. i was feeling a bit useless and i just thought i could bring a smile toa just thought i could bring a smile to a few people. i had some requests and some birthday shout outs and that kind of thing, so i did the first one and i didn't expect the response i got. i saw a few musicians doing it because i lost work pretty much overnight, so i put ago work pretty much overnight, so i put a go find me page up with a target of £100 and then overnight people donated £4000 into that, which was unbelievable. i couldn't believe how kind people were and ijust was absolutely overwhelmed by it. since then, i have been donating some of then, i have been donating some of the donations to charity. 50% of it has gone to charity, which is unbelievable. that is really great news. i am glad people have dug deep

and contributed. bronwen, say hello to triston, who is also a singer songwriter. hello, triston. tell is where you would be? well, like bronwen, i would where you would be? well, like bronwen, iwould be where you would be? well, like bronwen, i would be outplaying two people face—to—face, perhaps at big weddings in europe or festivals, things like that. so what is your thing, what do you do?” things like that. so what is your thing, what do you do? i am a singer songwriter and i also do covers gigs. songwriter and i also do covers gigs, soi songwriter and i also do covers gigs, so i play acoustic guitar and sing. at the moment, i can't really get out of the house to do that but luckily the technology is there now to allow us to do it in a new way from home. we are learning new stuff every day. did you have a full calendar bit for the summer? oh, yeah. every week was three or four shows now until the end of summer. nearly all of those will not go ahead now. we have all got our fingers crossed that we will be out again by late summer but nobody really knows so the first thing is to look after the people and then

turn attention to using our creativity to do something new and exciting with this opportunity.” was listening to a radio programme last night, they were talking about boxing and there are some boxers who need to get paid and they were asking people whether they would go along or whether they would watch boxing without cloud. and some people said, no, they could not to because you would hear the slap of gloves and face anomaly that is masked by the audience, and i wonder if it is a bit like that for you, that you are playing into a void. you are in an empty ring. do you need to travel to get you going? well, it is much like yourjob is. when you first sit down and just look at a camera, it is strange. but after awhile, you to get feedback. yes, the news comes in thick and fast. people's requests come in thick and fast and their comments and ina thick and fast and their comments and in a way it is more direct. you can get straight into the thoughts and minds of people who are watching because they let us know with comments which we can't really go

with live gigs because of the heckling, so there are good things and it is about embracing those ones where the other ones are into available. what about you, bronwen, have you found it difficult to adjust? yes, the first gig was pretty difficult because after you finish a song you expect applause and then it kind of doesn't happen. it is just you and your cat a loan ina room it is just you and your cat a loan in a room together. to be fair, on facebook you can see likes coming through and you can see comments and requests, so it really makes you feel that you are in the same room as that and if you see a load of likes pop up, it is a base that you are doing something right, so it is just getting used to the virtual side of everything, really. it's lovely. lets bring in scott. we have made contact with him. you are slightly different because you are not a musician, you are a comedian. is it much more difficult when you

don't get that audience reaction, the laughter? yeah, i have had gigs like that before, to be honest. laughter but it's been interesting. i have been doing a show every thursday for seven weeks and initially it did feel really alien, but then as the weeks have gone on, i feel like it's become something i'm getting used to relay. it is sort of the web can become the audience, really. and you find that you're able to build a rapport with people through the instant sort of feedback you get via the comments. did you build the shed specifically for this or did you adapted specifically for your show? no, i had a shed. i have been self isolating since way before. not in the shed? not in the shed, but i had it when i started doing stand—up. my wife but it has somewhere to keep me,| wife but it has somewhere to keep me, i think, and wife but it has somewhere to keep me, ithink, and i have been riding

on here for a few years now and then obviously when everything happened and things changed overnight, i thought, i and things changed overnight, i thought, lam and things changed overnight, i thought, i am just going to try this and literally did a show that night, so and literally did a show that night, so it has been done to have come into its own. it feels like it was built for this sort of apocalyptic scenario. and you bring in your wife and your parents. yeah. yeah, no one goes away unscathed. what do you get them to do? well, my wife is actually a take and when she sits near the door she is a draft excluder. she is fantastic. she is going to all of the comments and reading them back to me. she also plays mythical instruments in the shed. and then my mum and dad are up in yorkshire and we found them towards the end and they play is out on the ukulele. my dad plays the ukulele and it is as brutal as it sounds. it feels like a family event, that we are all sort of

connecting a bit for that hour. there was a programme on, a tribute to ken dodd, who was one of the greats, of course, of comedy. they we re greats, of course, of comedy. they were saying that he was up all the time when he was on stage and when he was building up to assure his mental health was in great nick. when he wasn't on tour, that was when he was low. do you find it like that, is this doing something for your mental health during the lockdown? yeah, and it's funny you have said that because i think the dopamine and the endorphins that you're missing is a serious thing. i think i do feel chemically imbalanced. at the weekend it is more difficult because i would be stepping out on stage in seven minutes normally and i have been doing that for nearly ten years, so having that downtime does feel really strange. but the thursday night then, although it is a different feel, it makes me feel like i'm at least performing and still connecting to an audience, albeit someone i can't physically

see, but i definitely felt that biological change. that is really interesting. do you find that, bronwen? yeah, definitely. ithink interesting. do you find that, bronwen? yeah, definitely. i think a lot of musicians are no stranger to mental health issues because you are selling yourself, you know, you're putting yourself in quite an anxious position most weekends, and like you said, the dolphins and the adrenaline you get by being in front of 3000 people is so different to just being in your front room, but i found definitely looking back on the comments afterwards is such a boost for your mental health, people saying don't make you realise that there are so many kind people out there. for every bad comment, there area there. for every bad comment, there are a million kind ones, so it is just not like you know, if anything it is boosting my mental health doing this because i didn't realise how mccain people are out there, to be honest. there are one or two. what about you, triston? yeah, certainly. i really miss playing. that is why we do it. i was 12 when

i first picked up a guitar and i played 12 hours a day and i haven't really stopped. it has always been a resource for me to be calm and be focused and use my creativity and get out of the real world, so i really miss it. but this has definitely been a great replacement for that in the short—term. i don't how long it will be a good replacement, but for right now it is the best we have got and we have got to embrace it. it is great fun. unlike bronwen says, the kindness of people in the genuine pleasure that people in the genuine pleasure that people are getting from these shows is remarkable and quite honestly surprise in. well, i hope you will all tweet me how people can find you through the week. scots pennants, bronwen lewis, and tristan will give you your biggest audience of the week. i think we get 50 people. so why don't you play... do i read that you do a bit of eric clapton?” why don't you play... do i read that you do a bit of eric clapton? i can do that if you like. why don't you play is out with some eric clapton?

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to this area of low pressure. that will meander a little bit further eastwards, away from the british isles to the weekend, allowing a decrease in the activity, the shower activity, but there are certainly some torrential downpours out there this evening with hail and thunder and the heavy downpours prolonged in the north will continue elsewhere. the showers will become less frequent. under the starry skies, it will turn quite chilly once again. which means that saturday morning will dawn on a call but quite bright note and we are hopeful that this weekend we will see fewer showers, the winds will be lighter, so with a little bit more sunshine it will feel warmer, but it won't be com pletely feel warmer, but it won't be completely dry, certainly not close to that area of low pressure. for those areas of northern scotland, public with the north—westerly breeze there will be showers around. i would not like to rule them out. it isa i would not like to rule them out. it is a northerly breeze as well, despite being lighter as well it will bring the temperature to 9—10. quite a few heavy showers around still into the afternoon across the scottish hills into the north of

england. one or two elsewhere can't be ruled out, in northern ireland, for example. i am large, fewer than in recent days and it will feel warmer. those showers will continue into the evening. and overnight into sunday morning. it will turn cold. we could be close to frost levels in the glens of scotland. some nest in fog around. on sunday, again, the risk of some showers. not as many as recent days. probably a bit more cloud coming into the south and west as well, so hazy rather than son here. still with light winds temperature should get into the mid to high teens. there could be some outbreaks of rain tied in with that weather front that is coming in from the south—west. it is coming into high pressure. that high pressure we re high pressure. that high pressure were moving across many northern areas, keeping the rain and the weather fronts at bay but in the south it looks though we are in for some more rain on tuesday but it looks then to clear away by wednesday. as ever, more on the 00:59:00,032 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 website. goodbye.