the uk death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is now more than 30,000. as the number of deaths in hospital is falling, a plea from care homes as theirfigures in england and wales continue to rise. we need more help from the government on testing, on ppe and financial support, and i think we need more help so we can reduce the deaths in care homes going forward. we need to be at the centre, not on the periphery. we'll be looking at those coronavirus mortality figures in more detail. also this lunchtime... criticism of the uk's initial coronavirus testing procedure, from its own chief scientific adviser. i think if we had managed to ramp testing capacity quicker, it would have been beneficial, and, you know, for all sorts of reasons that didn't happen.

the possible key to ending lockdown — the trial of a new nhs app tracing the spread of coronavirus which, if successful, could go nationwide in weeks. scotland's first minister sets out plans for exiting lockdown, introducing social "bubbles", allowing people to meet with a small number of other people outside their household. aer lingus launches an urgent review after pictures emerge of a packed flight from london to dublin with no apparent social distancing. and as production stops on some of our favourite television programmes under lockdown, what are we going to be watching now? and in sport, the boss of the players‘ union suggests games could be made shorter to improve player safety when football returns.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than 30,000 people have died with coronavirus in the uk since the epidemic began. new data shows that nearly a quarter of all registered coronavirus deaths were in care homes. there's been criticism of the uk's intital testing strategy — chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance said it would have been better if capacity had been increased more quickly, and the deputy chief medical officer for england, jenny harries, told mps things would have been "done differently" if more tests had been available in the early stages of the outbreak. 0ur health correspondent lauren moss reports. the true cost of coronavirus is becoming clearer every week. more than 30,000 people are now thought to have died with covid—19 in the uk to. up to the 24th of those deaths we re to. up to the 24th of those deaths were in care homes alone. although

it's likely less than the week before, the total number is still more than double what we would expect this time of year. these are largely deaths that were taking place until around the 20th, 21st of april. that is about four or five weeks after the lockdown was first advised and then instructed, so if we think about the timeline of the disease, it often about three or four weeks from becoming infected to, sadly, death. but the real number of those who have lost their lives in the community is expected to rise further. they are notjust figures of course, they are someone put a great mother, father, sister, brother, a loved person and we must never lose sight of that but we need more help from the government on testing, on ppe and financial support and i think we need more hope so we can reduce the debt in ca re hope so we can reduce the debt in care homes —— more help. we need to be on the centre and not the periphery. today government advisers have been discussing the response to the pandemic and said wider testing

earlier may have been useful. the pandemic and said wider testing earlier may have been usefulm the pandemic and said wider testing earlier may have been useful. if we had managed to ramp testing capacity quicker it would have been beneficial, and, you know, for all sorts of reasons that did not happen. and i think it is clear you need lots of testing for this but to echo whatjenny need lots of testing for this but to echo what jenny harries has said, need lots of testing for this but to echo whatjenny harries has said, it is completely wrong to think of testing as the answer, it's just a pa rt of testing as the answer, it's just a part of the system you need to get right. new documents from the scientific advisory group for emergencies, known as sage, detailed possible solutions for gradually easing lockdown restrictions including a traffic light system for high, medium and low risk activities, and a warning that any future antibody tests, which would detect if someone has had the virus, could be misused. the health secretary has announced that all nhs staff with or without symptoms will now be tested for covid—i9 and he said getting personal protective equipment to all health and social

ca res equipment to all health and social cares staff is still a priority. of course this is incredibly important to make sure that we protect those who live in social care, who received social care in their own homes, and i'm glad that in the numbers released this morning, the data released by the office for national statistics and the number of deaths in care homes it slightly lower but it is still far too high and there is a huge amount of work still to do. as the death toll climbs, there are calls for small scale funeral services to resume in churches to honour the wishes of the deceased and their loved ones. each day of this pandemic brings new pain, but also some new hope for how to get through it. lauren moss, bbc news. 0ur head of statistics robert cuffe is here. better news in terms of hospital but bad news on care homes. yes, they are accounting for about 7000, just

under the 30,000 covid registered deaths and that proportion is going up deaths and that proportion is going up and if we look at the data for the last couple of weeks, we can see the last couple of weeks, we can see the figures in hospitals had been declining over the last few weeks, coming down. but in care homes, there were about 2000 deaths may be a week ago and up to almost 3000 this week so we are seeing the pattern is one where care home deaths are catching up with hospital deaths are catching up with hospital deaths in england and wales. but in scotla nd deaths in england and wales. but in scotland and northern ireland, they have overtaken hospitals as the place where most coronavirus deaths are happening and we can see that clearly here. the hospital line at the top is coming down but the lute home is coming up —— the blue care home is coming up —— the blue care home line. rank you very much, robert. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, says that it is highly unlikely the scottish government will relax lockdown restrictions this week but she has outlined more detail on what measures they will take when it is safe to do so. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna

gordon is in glasgow. what has she been saying?‘ what has she been saying? a lot of interesting stuff coming out in a briefing, we found out that currently around 26,000 people are estimated to be infected with covid—i9 in the scotland and that this number is too high at present to consider the virus under control. there was also, according to the new scottish government document, some evidence that the r number, that rate of infectious spread, it's slightly higher than elsewhere in the uk. first minister nicola sturgeon said social distancing must therefore continue for the foreseeable future but said the scottish government is looking at ways for how some of the lockdown measures could be eased at some future date. we are considering firstly if and how we could safely change our advice on spending time outdoors, to allow exercise outside to happen more than once a day, so long as we continue to stay apart from people

outside our own households. second, we are also considering if a slight relaxation in the rules to allow meeting up with a small, defined group of people from other households in a sort of bubble might be possible, even if initially that was only possible out of doors and not indoors. this new document also had some interesting information about schools. it said that if there were to bea schools. it said that if there were to be a full reopening of nurseries and schools, the most likely scenario would see a resurgence in the virus such that hospital capacity in scotland would be overwhelmed in a less than two months. it did state of the options that are being examined for schools to open at some future point, possibly not this side of the summer, which include prioritising certain groups to go back to school first such as vulnerable groups, or if it were to be later this term, those transitioning from primary to

secondary school. 0r modelling a new approach to schooling for the foreseeable future which would involve attending part—time in blocks of a few days or even weeks ata time blocks of a few days or even weeks at a time to allow for the deep cleaning of schools in between the different groups. one final point of interest, it also states, this document, that there might also be potential for geographical variation in the easing of lockdown at some future point, be it across the uk or within scotland itself. lorna, thank you very much. a new nhs smartphone app is being made available on the isle of wight today in a key trial that will help shape the government's strategy for easing the lockdown. council and health care workers will be the first to try it, with the rest of the island able to download it from thursday. there are some concerns over privacy but if the trial is successful, it could be rolled out nationally within weeks. duncan kennedy reports. what are the indications in terms of take—up of this?

what are the indications in terms of take-up of this? we just expect to be leader of the isle of wight cou nty be leader of the isle of wight county council about 20 minutes ago and he thought there might be a take—up of about 80% so welcome is this app on the island. 0thers take—up of about 80% so welcome is this app on the island. others are more sceptical, with concerns about privacy and a take—up might not be quite as high as that. the government has told the council hear that as long as it is above 50%, this trial will be valid. there are about 140,000 people on the isle of wight, about 80,000 homes and they think if they get about 50% of those, with their smartphones to download the app and start using it, the experiment will have worked. we also spoke to two of those nhs workers this morning, a nurse and a ca re workers this morning, a nurse and a care worker. the nurse was a little worried about her data being shared without her permission but the care worker said he fully embraces the app idea because it would be for the better of the health of the isle of wight and also said that you always share your data on twitter and

facebook and instagram anyway and he was reassured by the guarantee is being given by the council and others that his data would be protected. and a lot is hanging on the success of this trial? very much so. the success of this trial? very much so. this is the test point, the experiment point to see if they can roll out this whole tracking procedure. we have testing at the moment taking place which is being ramped up, we have all these social distancing measures, but what they wa nt to distancing measures, but what they want to do is chase this whole covid—19 down in the community. they can only do that if this app system workers and it means that if your app can send a signal to another app, app can send a signal to another app.y°u app can send a signal to another app, you develop symptoms, your app can tell the other person to self—isolate. they think that if they can get it up and running on they can get it up and running on the isle of wight, it will make it accessible to the rest of the country and if it is successful here, it will be rolled out in mid—may. here, it will be rolled out in mid-may. thank you very much. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. as we heard, this is an important

trial but there are concerns on privacy? there are, absolutely. the health secretary told the bbc this morning that people would be doing their duty by downloading the app but it is not without controversy and it is not without potential challenges as well. the basic idea is that you can figure out exactly where the virus is and isolate and test people and get a much firmer grip on the coronavirus crisis. but as you said, the questions over privacy had been paramount over the last few days with some people concerned about the idea of a centralised system. again, the government insisted this morning that this was no more information than needed to be gathered and it would ultimately be kept on a phone rather than sent to, as matt hancock put it, some massive scheme in the sky. that said, although the government is now ramping up testing, there are still those who think it did not act quickly enough

and labour have said consistently government was too slow on this issue and we have heard from a couple of the familiar faces in government press conferences appearing before mps this morning. patrick balance, the chief scientific adviser, told mps, "it would have it better to ramp up testing quicker." —— sir patrick vallance. jenny harries said that had there been unlimited capacity, things may have been done differently. frankly, there are no easy a nswe rs differently. frankly, there are no easy answers in this crisis but those questions over exactly how testing has panned out will be ones for the future i'm sure. thank you very much. irish airline aer lingus is to review how its service operates after pictures emerged of an almost full flight yesterday morning, with no apparent social distancing. the firm has said any changes will be brought in as a "matter of urgency". emma vardy reports. it was these pictures, taken by a worker travelling from belfast to london, which has led to concern

over airlines running full flights despite the lockdown. there was no change today as there was two months ago or three months ago when we were getting the flight on a regular basis. no social distancing whatsoever, none whatsoever. boarding the plane, the queues were down the steps and on the tarmac as they were before all this happened — no change whatsoever. i would say there was about 95% of the seats taken. it did look like the majority of the people on the flight were workers, travelling back and forth. since restrictions were imposed, the number of daily flights has fallen by around 80%. some 60 flights a day now arrive at london heathrow compared to 600 before the pandemic. but there is no government policy capping numbers on board. aer lingus has said there was unexpectedly high demand on the day those pictures were taken and that it is now urgently reviewing its procedures on board. but others in the industry have warned that on a plane social distancing is basically impossible.

we don't believe social distancing on aircraft actually works. there are two reasons for that. one of which is the obvious economic one. the second of which is around the air conditioning systems on aeroplanes, which rely in part on recycling air within the cabin. that simply defeats the purpose of social distancing. the bbc has also heard from one member of british airways cabin crew, who wished to remain anonymous, told us that ba are still operating some short—haul flights at capacity. the government said the aviation industry is important to the uk economy but that getting it back on its feet must be done responsibly. these are some of the big real challenges that we have got to grapple with safely in order to be able to get... ..to get things restarted. but the safety of people has got to come first. there is predictions

passenger numbers may not return to previous levels for several years and currently no standard approach for how to operate on board. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. we reported regularly on the problems facing the car industry before the pandemic — but, with the country in lockdown, the latest figures are particularly grim. according to the society of motor manufacturers, the sale of cars in the uk has dropped to its lowest level since 1946. let's get more with our business correspondent theo leggett. asi as i say, these figures are shocking? well, they are absolutely dreadful. car sales were down 97% this april compared to april last year. that said, this is something that the industry was ready for. they knew the figures would be dreadful, because in april all the car factories were shut and, more importantly, all showrooms, so people simply could not get out to look at cars, test drive or buy

them. the big issue for the industry is what happens when the doctor and started to be eased, and the society for motor manufacturers and traders is very keen that the car industry is very keen that the car industry is one of the first businesses to open its doors. there might be some pent—up demand, but people who might be on furlough, worried about their jobs and future, are less likely to buy big ticket items like cars and some people who have already bought because may be struggling to afford them. the factories will be reopening this month, a couple have done so, but it will be key when the showrooms we open to see whether there is any demand. thank you, theo leggett. it is just after quarter past one. our top story this lunchtime... the uk death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is now more than 30,000. and still to come, football, cricket and rugby chiefs tell mps of the financial havoc the pandemic is wreaking on their sports. and in sport, horse racing in france will resume on monday after police gave permission for it to resume in paris.

the sport has been suspended since march 17th. everyone, but for children —— the coronavirus lockdown is tough enough for everyone, but for children who rely on school for much more than learning, experts claim it's becoming damaging. children with additional support needs are without their vital routines and — according to charities — some families are being pushed into crisis. john 0wen reports. for weeks now, schools that are usually a hive of activity have looked more like this. and for most schoolchildren, the new normal looks like this. with the exception of the children of critical workers and some vulnerable children, most young people are attempting to continue their education at home, with schools relying heavily on online resources. but now school leaders and charities

have warned of a growing gulf between disadvantaged pupils and their more affluent counterparts, and of the long—term consequences that could follow for those young people who are currently being denied an education. we face a huge potential wave of educational poverty. there are some families that have had to stop paying for their monthly broadband because they haven't got the money to be able to do it. i think there could possibly be a lost generation of young people. carlton bolling academy is a comprehensive school in one of the most deprived areas of bradford, with 1500 students, most of whom are not currently attending school. at the present time, we have got only about 35% engagement in the online learning. part of the problem is that some of our young people do not have and their families do not have access to the internet or to laptops. so it means that all our interactive learning online, they cannot access so they have got paper—based learning. jane explained that whilst many

students have no access to the internet at all, some, like this year ten student, simply have very limited access. me and my brother bought a shared laptop. “ me —— me and my brother both share a laptop. and also i've got an auntie at home who is also studying her lpc at this moment in time so between the three of us, there is one laptop that we have to share. research suggests thatjust a third pupils overall are taking part in online lessons each day, but those from private schools are twice as likely to so as their counterparts at state schools. the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged in our education system is already significant. we know that what is now happening is that gap is getting wider, even despite the best efforts of schools, the bbc and other people providing all kinds of online resources. the government has pledged £100 million to boost remote learning and has committed to provide laptops to vulnerable young people and disadvantaged pupils in year ten, although some say more urgent action is needed. the government need a national

strategy to look at imaginative solutions to make sure that these left—behind, vulnerable children, pupils and students are being looked after and educated. but with no clear end to the lockdown in sight, fears of irreparable damage to young people's educational prospects continue. john 0wen, bbc news. isolation is having a major impact on patients who suffer from severe mental health problems — that's the warning from a psychiatrist at one of the country's leading mental health trusts. he says that the impact on patients who suffer from psychosis — that's when people lose contact with reality and might hear voices — has been profound. sima kotecha has been given exclusive access to a psychosis recovery tea m. got to try and keep the social distance. a consultation, coronavirus style. you are saying it's a struggle? the doctor meets his patient on a walk, and effective way of working during lockdown. the voice i'm experiencing now will never allow somebody

like you to suffer what i live. david suffers with psychosis. for years he's heard voices but since being in isolation a new voice has emerged, known as a command hallucination. how has self isolation been for you, david? that's when command came. when the voices came? yeah, yeah. the voice, yes, but command is something new. the doctor is going to work through with me for me to understand why command with voice is only negative... you've put it very clearly that the command voice has come back in since the crisis. yeah. so psychosis is a mental disorder, it's a health condition, it's a mental health condition, but the crucial thing is it's an eminently treatable... psychiatrist steve church walks around the community to check on his patients. he says being alone could make psychosis worse.

the whole treatment that we are about is trying to help people not self—isolate, trying to help people to re—engage with society. the self isolation is one of the red flag hallmarks of somebody becoming unwell in the first place, where they just take themselves into a psychosis—induced lockdown. i think she's been quite disinhibited, not really acknowledging covid guidelines... at st giles clinic in south london, the central psychosis recovery team discuss which patients need urgent sectioning. we're just not seeing her, not physically seeing her. can't get access to the property. you know, when she becomes completely unwell she stops eating and drinking properly. even though the clinic is very much open, it is evenly quiet. open, it is eeerily quiet. most patients are at home self isolating and staff say that they are having to go to their homes instead to provide treatment there. anthony's being treated by the team

and has regular home visits. it's a lot more slower, a lot more peaceful, do you know what i mean? it's not so... like a rat race, as it were. so you enjoy being on your own? i do. i'm quite a solitary person, i wouldn't mind being reclusive. idon't mind. three to 4% of the uk's population suffers with psychosis. the majority get treated and are able to live a normal life. a lot of the time, these could be very unpleasant experiences and, you know, having a support network really helps them, and at this point, when that's not there, you know, they are having to deal with far more than the average individual would be managing at the moment. for people with severe mental health problems, the path ahead is a lonely one. sima kotecha, bbc news, south london. with sport at a standstill, senior figures from english football, rugby and cricket have been outlining the crippling financial impact of the pandemic on their sports. 0ur sports correspondent laura scottjoins us now.

just underlining the huge pressure on all sports to try to get back to normal as soon as possible? exactly, we heard some severe warnings from the major sports today, speaking to the major sports today, speaking to the digital culture, media and sport committee. we had rick perry, the efl chairman, who spoke of a 200 million p financial hole by septemberfacing million p financial hole by september facing the 71 clubs, he described the situation is pretty grim and said decisions on a restart need to be made soon. then we heard from tom harrison, chief executive of the ecb, he said the worst—case scenario for cricket is a massive £380 million, equating 800 days of cricket loss. in rugby, rfu chief executive bill sweeney said it could ta ke executive bill sweeney said it could take up to six years to recover from coronavirus and if the six nations next year were to be cancelled, it could have a catastrophic impact on english rugby union. it is notjust these sports, in the olympics and

paralympics uk sport said team gb‘s success in the future could be impacted if they cannot sit an extra £50 million of funding. and sport england said that new data showed that 44% of children are not doing the recommended exercise during the lockdown. what is clear from today is the whole ecosystem of sport is under threat. fundamentally, if is the whole ecosystem of sport is underthreat. fundamentally, if the money is not coming in at the topical sport is not being paid, it cannot trickle down to the bottom. thank you very much, laura. social distancing rules and lockdown restrictions mean many of our favourite tv shows aren't able to be made as usual — many of us are still wondering what we'll do after yesterday's cancellation of itv‘s love island. so with a big reduction in the number of programmes being produced, what are we watching instead? 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson has been finding out. it's adios to love island in 2020, the latest show to disappear from our screens because covid—19 meant it wasn't safe to make a new series.

coronation street say they only have enough episodes last intojune. eastenders will come off air in early summer. so when will tv run out of new programmes? let's start with a photograph. many big dramas were already finished pre—lockdown, and ready to go, includingjk rowling's creation strike on bbc one, but new series will be very difficult to film. it's hard at the moment to imagine the big dramas, particularly if they're shot abroad. i think it's going to take us many months until we can fly talent and crews abroad to make shows. travel shows. i mean, race across the world has been absolutely brilliant but i can't see us being able to go back into production on that soon. so i imagine there is going to be a greater emphasis on shows that can be made in the uk. and one drama being made for the bbc during lockdown is talking heads,

with the likes ofjodie comer filming new versions of the classic alan bennett monologues. the one—person cast and a tiny crew are making it possible, but most shows will not be able to replicate this method. that's different. between the film industry in this country and the high—end television industry, ie, the poshest tv dramas, the ones that get the tax credit, i think £1 billion of production has been stalled since the beginning of the year. that's £1 billion of economic activity that was in progress and has stalled. well, if you want to be in a chance to play, all you just have to call this number. one of the big hits of lockdown has been quiz, made for itv by left bank who also have an upcoming ibiza drama for netflix, white lines. they are preparing a police operation. the island needs to look clean. but the show‘s executive producer andy harris says a lack of new tv will become a reality.

most broadcasters have probably got about six months‘ worth stacked up, but i think by christmas, certainly by spring next year, you will really start to notice the lack of new shows, for sure. which is likely to lead to more people turning to box sets. in the last week, there have been 16 million requests for normal people on iplayer, smashing the record for a bbc three show. i hope you don't find it too hard trying to resist me. sure, don't i always? do you? if there are going to be fewer new shows, the way audiences have been watching normal people could become the new norm. colin paterson, bbc news. since the start of the outbreak, we've heard lots of positive stories about the ways many of you have been raising money for the nhs. three cricket fans set themselves their own goal to raise cash for charity. they ran the distance of a marathon

between wickets in their gardens — that's more than 26 miles injust underfive hours! and they've even inspired england star ben stokes, who is having a go at running a half marathon between wickets himself. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. a bit ofa a bit of a change? quite a change is, temperatures will be swinging in both directions, initially upwards and bent downwards once again —— quite a change is. some warm weather on the way initially, this weather setup with low pressure at western high—pressure drifting to the east will bring in a southerly flow, allowing us to tap into what has been some really warm weather across parts of spain and seven france, record—breaking temperatures here over the last couple of days. a big pattern changed by the weekend, high—pressure building to the west, low— pressure high—pressure building to the west, low—pressure to the east, reversing the winds coming down from the

north. i possibly