tonight at ten, the emergency scheme to save millions ofjobs by paying people's salaries will be extended until the end of october. but as many firms and businesses stay closed, the reality is that thousands ofjobs have already been lost. there are already many staff that are furloughed whose jobs actually no longer exist and that is very sad, but it is also very real. the chancellor tells us the loss of jobs is "heartbreaking", so he's extending the furlough scheme and acknowledging the hard economic impact. is there any way that you think we can avoid a recession? this is going to have a very significant impact on our economy, that's clear. we'll hear the chancellor's thoughts on getting the economy moving again as the government announces moves

to get the housing market back in business in england. also tonight... most british people are unlikely to be able to take foreign holidays this summer — ministers say it's just not realistic. and the royal family joins in the global thanks to nurses on international nurses day. and in sport on bbc news, concerns about project restart in football, and the disproportionate effect of covid—19 on the black and ethnic minority community. good evening. the government's emergency scheme to save millions ofjobs by paying people's salaries will be extended until the end of october. the chancellor has told the bbc that manyjobs have already been lost and

there's been growing concern about the cost of the furlough scheme at £14 billion a month, so the chancellor has announced some significant changes to reduce the final cost. the government will continue to pay 80% of wages up to £2,500 a month until the end ofjuly. but from august, employers will be expected to share the cost as their staff return to work. and firms will be able to bring staff back to work part—time, which isn't allowed at the moment. the changes to the scheme were made on the day 627 deaths were recorded in the last 24—hour period, bringing the total on the official calculation to 32,692. we'll hear more from the chancellor in moment, but ourfirst report is by our business editor simon jack. holiday season beckons and with international travel in disarray, you would think holiday hotspots like this campsite

in cornwall would be set fair but it is currently closed and, even as the lockdown is lifted, social distancing rules will mean communal areas like showers and toilets are unusable. half of the 16 workers here have been furloughed and not all of them will return. well, we are delighted that the furlough scheme has been extended in its current form until the end ofjuly. very worried about how we, as employers, are going to make contributions through august, september and october. the reason for that is, we have had zero income so far this year. my feeling is, there are already many staff that are furloughed whose jobs actually no longer exist. and that is very sad but it is also very real. patrick's furloughed office manager, single mum lindsay, accepts that the future is uncertain. ijust don't think there is anyjob security in our industry.

if the business is hit hard, we are responsible for lots of people, but if the business is not secure, the jobs aren't there. mine might not be there. this brewery in buckinghamshire has furloughed ten workers who will now be able to come back part—time afterjuly whilst still having wages subsidised. good news for this mum of three. i think it's great that it's going to be extended and being able to have a flexible return to work will be terrific while we are still in doubt about children going back to school. the furlough scheme is the most significant and expensive government response to the crisis. 1 million businesses are using the scheme, with 7.5 million workers having 80% of their wages paid by the government, and it is costing £14 billion a month. that is roughly what we spend on the nhs and social care every month. from july, employers will be asked to help foot that bill, but many

will not be able to. the question is, what happens then? do you acknowledge that there are hundreds of thousands, potentially over a million people who are effectively now unemployed butjust don't realise it yet? well, i think it will depend on the support we are providing overall and how quickly we can come out of this particular situation. we are not going to be able to protect every singlejob but i think, by any international comparison, the fact that we are supporting 7.5 million people with the furlough scheme should be something that, you know, should be universally welcomed. when employers have to start paying, tough choices will have to be made. i think the big elephant in the room is going to be what the employer contribution is going to look like that the chancellor referred to. from our point of view, it is absolutely critical that any change to the scheme does not result in an additional spike in unemployment. the scheme has helped this cornish holiday park and a million other businesses hang on to staff, but many will be

exposed as this flood of government cash eventually, inevitably, begins to recede. simon jack, bbc news. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has spoken of the "heartbreaking" job losses already caused by the lockdown. and when asked if the uk was now heading for recession, he acknowledged that the pandemic was going to have a very significant impact on the uk economy. mr sunak was talking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. a final check with officials before the formal announcement. hi, everyone. the chancellor will use taxpayers' cash to pay the wages of more than 7 million people until the end of october. there's simply no modern comparison to the steps rishi sunak has decided to take. people are working hard. through no fault of their own, their business has been shut or they can't go to work, and it was important to me that we protected them. i've decided to extend the scheme

forfour months, so it will run till the end of october. the first month of that, injuly, everything will be the same, as it is now, and people at home should know that. and for the last three months, what will happen is that we will introduce flexible furloughing, so that for companies where it makes sense to bring their employees back on a part—time basis, perhaps, we will allow for that to happen. but you will ask businesses to start contributing. how much? we think it's fair to ask businesses at that stage, once everything's opened and we are in recovery, to make a contribution alongside the government in paying people's wages, which also helps us to make sure the scheme can be extended for this period of time. there will also be thousands of businesses whose doors will be closed, whether that's a pub or a theatre or a holiday venue, so where will they find the money? the plan the prime minister has set out has clear dates in it that we are all now working towards. the prime minister has made it clear that this plan, this timetable might not work.

so how can you be sure that people will have, businesses will be asked to pay more from october? they might not be able to afford to. we are all dealing with something we have not seen before at this scale, so there is a degree of uncertainty about everything we are doing, i accept that. how much will this cost? this is an expensive scheme, and i have said that before. but i believe it is the right thing to do, and what is clear to me is that the cost of not doing this, for society, our economy, our country, would be far higher, and i'm simply not going to give up on all these people. he wants to get production lines going. at this distillery in kent, 15 staff are on furlough, just seven working now, making hand sanitiser instead of gin. is the government ready to acknowledge that so much damage has already been done? day after day, we receive e—mails from people who are desperately worried about being able to put food on the table and losing theirjobs. is there any way do you think we can avoid a recession? this is going to have a very significant impact on our

economy, and that is very clear. we already know that many people have lost their jobs, and it breaks my heart. we have seen what's happening with universal credit claims already. this is not something we're going to wait to see, it's already happening, there are already businesses shutting and already people who have lost theirjobs. which sectors of the economy will you try to preserve? aviation, hospitality, tourism ? you can't save everything. who's going to lose? i've been quite clear that we can't save everything. those are the sectors that are most impacted, but also the ones where we have tried to direct the maximum amount of support. dozens of chancellors have sat in number 11, but none have seen the economy slide so fast, or the scale of the dilemmas he will face. what's your instinct? will there have to be tax rises? are you prepared to live with higher levels of borrowing for longer, or do we return to more

cuts to the public sector? the agenda we set out before is still relevant. i talked a lot then about investing in our regions to drive up productivity wherever you happen to live, so that agenda remains even more relevant today than it did then, and we will not at all retrench from delivering on that. but the world's changed so much between the day rishi sunak became chancellor 12 weeks ago and when he turned a0 today. who can know what may have shifted by the time he is 41? laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. our economics editor faisal islam is here. given the very big cost of this scheme and the fact that they have 110w scheme and the fact that they have now extended it, albeit in slightly different circumstances, how long can they sustain this? in a crisis like this, you have to look week to week and month to month. in that vein, the most important thing is the extension by a month of the full scheme. over the past few days, we

have not been sure whether the government wanted to nudge us to go to work or stay at home. follow the money here, 12 billion spent on 7.5 million workers and counting, paying the vast bulk of their wages in order to stay at home. that is the bottom line is that the reason why they made this move is that a coalition of union leaders and business leaders told the treasury that if it wasn't made, thousands of lay—offs would occur almost instantaneously. so that is the father chancellor has doused today. —— that is the fire he has doused. but the government are also trying to support other parts of the economy. estate agents think they have found a way to make housing moves work with social distancing, so we moves work with social distancing, so we will get transactions. what that will do two prices is anyone's guess, so a that will do two prices is anyone's guess, so a little worry there. and in general tomorrow, we will get the first hard data on what is happening to the whole economy with the gdp figures, the national economic figures, the national economic figures that will come out for the

first quarter. the worst figures are expected in this quarter but even that first quarter, they could be the west for decades and will signal what will end up in a recession, which is precisely why the chancellor once this scheme to be extended so that that drop ends up with as rapid a bounce back as possible. faisal islam, our economics editor. as we mentioned, the official number of deaths from coronavirus recorded in the last 24—hour period increased by 627 to take the total to over 32,600. but there's another measure favoured by some experts which compares the number of deaths across the uk with what might have been expected without the pandemic. this measure, known as excess deaths, suggests that since mid—march, there have been around 50,000 additional deaths. our health editor hugh pym has more details. these are traumatic and testing times for many care homes. at this nursing home in county antrim in northern ireland, six residents have died with coronavirus.

i love you. staff pride themselves on treating residents like members of their own family, but they feel they've been left to fend for themselves. i feel that we were left on our own. as if we were forgotten. we were forgotten as well as the wee residents. northern ireland's department of health said coronavirus planning for social care had begun at the same time as planning for hospitals. the number of covid—19 deaths in uk care homes has fallen from nearly 3200 in the week ending april the 24th to just over 2800 the following week. but for all causes in all settings, there have been more than 50,000 excess deaths since mid march, compared to the long—term average. the excess debt total, the number over and above what you would expect for any time period, will be the

figure that eventually shows how seriously coronavirus affected the uk both directly and indirectly. but as well as today's news on losses to the virus, there are reports on people who have recovered in hospital. yvonne is a community nurse working in the portsmouth area. i've come to see sam. she visits patients at home. she's come to check on sam, who is recovering after five weeks in hospital. she went in short of breath and was put on a ventilator in intensive care. this was filmed by sam's husband. for every patient now, we wear ppe, and that can be difficult when you are speaking to elderly patients because they like to see your face. they can't hear you either. i think they get afraid sometimes, but you have to put them at ease and smile with our eyes. covid—19 has changed so much for nurses. yeah, lovely. here, nikki opens a window so diane

and michael can talk to their father who's recovering from the virus. no visiting as possible at this community hospital. as a nurse, we are very tactile at times, and we are not as able to be tactile with our patients. it has been difficult for relatives to come and visit, but we have tried different ways to try and communicate with them in different ways that we can. the head of nhs england praised nurses for their efforts. there has been a threefold increase in people expressing an interest in nursing. it is a terrible and tragic once in a century event, but it has put a huge spotlight on the brilliance of nursing, and we are seeing a great uptick in the interest in nursing as a career. a brighter note there in what can often seem a dark time for staff, patients and their families. hugh pym, bbc news. the prospect of going on holidays

abroad in the months ahead is looking increasingly unlikely for most people. the health secretary, matt hancock, said today that the reality of life meant that it was "unlikely that big, lavish international holidays" were going to be possible this summer. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the story. the places we'd like to be this summer aren't quite the same. but if you were still hoping you could holiday abroad in the coming weeks, the health secretary says you might be disappointed. social distancing of some kind is going to continue, and i think, you know, the conclusion from that is that it is unlikely that big, lavish international holidays are going to be possible for this summer. i just think that's a reality of life. socially distanced sunshine at home might be our best option.

travel plans for everyone we met in reading today are already off. i was planning on going to santorini with my boyfriend. i was meant to be going away with the girls, probablya nice, big, boozy, girly holiday, as you do, and then a nice villa holiday as well with another group of girls, so... yeah, gutted we can't go, but i guess there's always next year. i love travelling, i love meeting people. ray has two summer holidays booked. now he's unsure if he can go away. well, i'm a bit confused by it all, really, because they're saying that people from france can come in. does it mean i can get in my car, go across to france and then go anywhere i like in the eu under the freedom of movement rules? it's a terrible time for travel companies, but they hope some summer breaks will be possible. if it is safe to do so, then we know that there

is an appetite there for travel as soon as it's possible for people to do it. and even though their planes are parked up now, europe's biggest low—cost airline plans, byjuly, to run 1000 flights a day. the boss of ryanair says social distancing on board won't be necessary. you must wearface masks through the airport, on board the aircraft. there will be temperature checks. if your temperature's above 38 degrees, you'll be asked to return home. and on board the aircraft, we will try to sell all of the seats, but, by the way, family groups when they're travelling together need to sit together with young children anyway. the business only functions if we can sell most of the seats on most of the flights. but like our government, spain's has now said people arriving will have to self—isolate for two weeks. some holidays abroad might happen, but they'll be very different this year. tom burridge, bbc news. head teachers say they might not be

able to reopen primary schools in england in just three weeks' time in line with the prime minister's plan. schools are expected to limit class sizes to 15 children, to stagger breaks, and accept that strict social distancing won't always be possible. our education correspondent elaine dunkley has visited one school in bootle. this is all saints primary in bootle in liverpool. teachers are having a staff meeting to prepare for the school reopening. in just over a few weeks, 168 children could be back in the classrooms. walking in and out, how do we control after school as well? head teacher mrs holleran will now have to ensure that teachers and pupils will be safe. children at this age do not understand social distancing. i would be very surprised if any of them did. we would really struggle with, i would say, five children in this space. the government has outlined in its guidance on how schools can manage the risk of spreading coronavirus.

hygiene will be a priority. schools will need to be stocked with hand sanitiser, children will frequently need to wash their hands, and teachers will be constantly cleaning the surfaces where children learn and play. a lot of the things we do in earlies are practical resource—based activities. so, the children touch everything. making sure that we are also cleaners and we are also toilet supervisors is going to be very difficult, as well as trying to make sure the curriculum is taught as well as it can be. the department for education has highlighted a number of ways to minimise contact between children. this is our canteen. as you can see, a confined space. so, staggering lunches would present us with a great challenge. it would take up the best part of the day, to be honest. the government says the decision to send children back to school is based on scientific advice and safety is a priority. bootle is in one of the most deprived areas in england and there is concern the longer schools are closed, the wider the attainment gap between poorer children and their more affluent peers. the gains we have made over the last

ten years in narrowing the socioeconomic gap for attainment could be as much as reversed due to coronavirus. so catching up is going to be fundamental, particularly for disadvantaged young people. these are testing times. in a less than three weeks, the government wants children to return to classes. and in my bones, i cannot feel assured it is safe... the coronavirus pandemic is one of the biggest challenges that schools have ever faced. elaine dunkley, bbc news, in liverpool. recovery for those who have suffered the worst effects of coronavirus is a prolonged process, both physically and mentally. men are more than twice as likely to need intensive care than women, and around half of all of those who go into intensive care survive. our medical correspondent fergus walsh have been to university college hospital in london to meet some patients at the start of their rehabilitation.

and you're feeling tired? 0k. slowly, delicately, patients almost broken by coronavirus are being restored. can i ask you to roll over to the other side now? jake, who has a heart condition and diabetes, spent three weeks on a ventilator. it was touch and go whether he would survive. my chances were, ithink, very, very low. he's still so weak, getting him into a chair is far from easy. but it's an essential part of his rehabilitation at university college hospital in central london. jake still has a tracheostomy, an opening in his windpipe which used to be attached to a ventilator. my understanding is recovery works in very small steps. we're just going to get you into

a fully upright position now. lovely. i'm not going to give up, not a chance. i was given a chance, and i'm not going to waste it. psychologically, has it been difficult? now that i know that i will go back to my family, go back to work, go back to the normal routine, i mean, psychologically, i'm much, much stronger. jake, who's 55, hasn't seen his wife natasha and 17—year—old daughter emily for over a month, except via video. so, every time the doctor would call me, they would say he's not out of danger. this was the hardest time of my life. me and mum find it difficult, so it's brilliant to see him at least once a day on video call. physios, occupational and speech

therapists, dietitians, health psychologists, there's a huge team involved in rehabilitation. a lot of physical rehab because they've got a lot of weakness, and then there's the cognitive impact as well, so the delirium that comes from being in an intensive care unit, the confusion that comes with being asleep for many days and waking up to the reality of all of this, so, it's huge. can you put your feet on the floor? eddie is struggling with the impact of covid—19 on the mind as well as body. he's just emerged from intensive care after a month on a ventilator. 66 years old, and i felt nearest to death than anything else with this coronavirus. as well as physical therapy, he will need psychological support. hallucination—wise, so many terrible

things that you think are real, even when you wake up, you think they were real. you lived through them. do you mind telling me what sort of things you were imagining? i've got a little bit of plot where my dad was buried, and i could see the grave ready there for me to go in there, saying, "come, come, you have come in there, it's ready for you." simply surviving intensive care after this disease is quite an achievement, but the legacy of coronavirus will be felt by many patients like jake far into the future. fergus walsh, bbc news. the physical and mental burden of recovering from the effects of

coronavirus, fergus walsh reporting. as the four nations of the united kingdom pursue their individual paths to relax the lockdown, the devolved government in northern ireland has published its own recovery plan. the lockdown there will be reviewed on 28th may. schools are likely to remain closed for most until september. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. not everyone's glad that some schools are open. but in northern ireland, normal lessons won't return for quite some time. i don't think they should go back early. i think they should wait. here, three schools have teamed up to look after the children of key workers like emily. it'll be september at the earliest before she sees her old classmates again. it's quite different than it would be normally because there probably would be a few people at each table. some children in england could go back as early as june. what do you think about the big differences with northern ireland? i think that is a good decision. obviously we miss our children, we miss our staff. but right now, i have to try

and follow the guidance provided to me from the assembly. the plan for unlocking many other areas of life, too, has now been set out, with the assembly giving an indication of what will change but not when. our road map won't answer every query. it provides an indication that people can use in looking ahead in anticipating how the next weeks and months might evolve. we have been very honest with people to say there is no big bang, nothing like one big step to take us through this, it will have to be baby steps and we have to work our way through it. progressing to the next stage of unlocking is going to be dependent on transmission of the virus coming down. it's a different approach to england and the republic of ireland, where people have been given dates. here, the first stage of lifting restrictions will happen sometime in the coming weeks and the final stage might not be reached until december. this restaurant in belfast is temporarily becoming a shop as restaurants and bars are to be

some of the last businesses to reopen under the new plan. so, does this give you any answers? it would've been great to have some sort of dates just something to work to, because as a small, independent business it's quite hard to mitigate for what's coming down the line. in the first stage, 4—6 people from different households will be able to meet up while social distancing. i think it's safe for northern ireland. do you think it should be faster? yeah. i think everything's slow and confusing right now. i was happier they didn't let us out straightaway because people are just going to swarm out. by not tying themselves to dates, the northern ireland executive believes it has more flexibility to move according to scientific advice. but the wiggle room political leaders want means more uncertainty ahead for the rest of us. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. the leading expert on infectious diseases in the united states and a key member of the white house's coronavirus taskforce has warned that lifting restrictions too soon could lead to further spikes in cases.

his message is at odds with that of president trump, who is keen to get the economy going again. our north america correspondent nick bryant reports from new york. washington continues to look like a scene from some dystopian drama. this, the still surreal sight of senators donning facemasks for a hearing on covid—19. one senior democrat resembling a bandit from the wild west. the key voice was america's top pandemic official, anthony fauci, who strongly warned about the dangers of reopening too quickly — a message for the country, a message for his boss, donald trump. if that occurs, there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control which, infact, paradoxically, will set you back, not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery.

we don't want your shutdown any more! the pandemic has demonstrated the polarisation of america. this, a liberty rally in boston, massachusetts, a tea party—style protest demanding the immediate reopening of the economy. donald trump continues to hold press conferences where he often lavishes himself with praise, this time boasting about american testing. but though the reporters are masked, they are impossible to muzzle. this, a chinese—american correspondent from the us network cbs. why is this a global competition to you if every day americans are still losing their lives and we are still seeing more cases every day? well, they are losing their lives everywhere in the world and maybe that's the question you should ask china. sir, why are you saying that to me, specifically? i'm telling you, i'm not saying it specifically to anybody, i'm saying it to anybody who would ask a nasty question...