latest figures show there were more than 40,000 coronavirus related deaths in the uk up to the end of the first week of may. more than 11,000 of those deaths happened in care homes — that's more than a quarter of the total number. we will not rest from doing whatever it is humanly possible to protect oui’ it is humanly possible to protect our care homes from this appalling virus. we'll be analysing the latest figures. also this lunchtime: the number of people claiming unemployment benefit soared to 2.1 million during the first few weeks of the lockdown. nine million easyjet customers have their details hacked. the airline has apologised. the self—medicating president — doctors express dismay as donald trump admits taking an anti—malaria drug to prevent coronavirus. what do you have to lose, 0k? what do you have to lose? i have been taking

it for about a week, for about a week—and—a—half. reporter: every day? at some point every day. i take a pill every day. and talking to the plant—pickers — prince charles calls on "pickers who are stickers" — to join a national effort to help farmers with the harvest. and in sport, premier league players start training in small groups, up to five at a time, but no contact is allowed. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. latest figures show that deaths

in care homes now account for a quarter of all coronavirus related deaths in the uk. the office for national statistics says the number of deaths in care homes since the start of the pandemic is now more than 11,000. that's more than a quarter of the overall number of people to have died in the uk with coronavirus—related symptoms — that number stands at 41,020. meanwhile the economic impact of the crisis shows a sharp rise in the number of people claiming unemployment benefits. that number has soared to more than two million. we'll have more on the impact onjobs in a moment, but our first report comes from our health correspondent lauren moss. it's another day counting the human cost of the coronavirus. latest figures show that while there has been a decline in the rate of people dying, the death toll is continuing to climb. from december until the 8th of may, more than 41,000 deaths related to covid—19 were registered in the uk. more than 11,500 deaths were in care

homes — over a quarter of the total. it is the second week in a row that the number of those dying in care homes has fallen, but for those working in the sector it's a number revealing just some of the devastation that happened behind their doors during the pandemic. it's heartbreaking, and it's a tragic number, and i think looking at the number of excess deaths it's perhaps the only way we can see a reliable and more accurate picture of the true impact of coronavirus care settings. the situation in care homes is a huge challenge, and testing has also been a constant headache for the government. 100,000 were provided on sunday. a 200,000 daily target's been set by the end of may. the commons science and technology committee has called capacity inadequate and questioned the decision to stop testing in the community early on. i think it is now a matter

of consensus that if we had more testing capacity from the outset, not only would that have been very useful and important in being able to test people for example in care homes, but also it would have shed more light on the spread of the pandemic. while the health and social care committee has today heard that a lack of testing meant care home residents may have been exposed. our focus at the start of this pandemic was clearly the nhs, and there was not a recognition in either the planning process that happened in 2016, or indeed in this current pandemic at the very start of it, that the most vulnerable people were in care homes. so we should have prioritised care homes. all residents and staff, regardless of symptoms, are to be tested in england by early june. as a collective result of our efforts, especially of care colleagues across the country, 62% of care homes have had no reported cases of coronavirus.

and today's figures released by the office for national statistics show that the number of deaths in care homes has fallen significantly. different areas of the uk are continuing to take different paths. in northern ireland, groups of up to six people who don't live together can now meet outside. downing street's announced nhs contact tracing app being trialled on the isle of wight will be ready to be rolled out in the coming weeks. as we all look to move forward, testing, tracking and tracing will be more important than ever. lauren moss, bbc news. 0ur head of statistics, robert cuffe, is here. there is a figure of 55,000 deaths, how do we get to that? there are three dates we count the number of jets we have seen in the coronavirus, by the 8th of may, when these figures apply to, the number and an spidey government was just under 32,000. that misses those

people who did not test positive for coronavirus, because when you include death certificates which mention it, the figure rises to 41,000. the fullest way to capture the death total of the virus is to include all of those who decide because they did not seek access to ca re because they did not seek access to care because of the strain of the virus in society, when you include that you get this and about the bottom of the charge, about 55,000, the difference between the number of deaths we had seen since the middle of march and what we would expect at this time of year. statisticians are happy to tribute that to the pandemic. what about the trends? those are the overall figures, but the news is getting better, week on week. these overall figures will increase every week, but by smaller amounts, this is the third week in a i’ow amounts, this is the third week in a row that we have seen a fall in the total deaths and in virus micro—registered deaths. news is improving in care homes, this chart shows us the total number ofjebb

sinclair homes, that has fallen from around 7000 to around 5000 —— the number of deaths in care homes. the number of deaths in care homes. the number of deaths in care homes. the number of those which mention covid on the death certificate has fallen from around 3000 to around 2000. there were almost no deaths registered on the bank holiday friday so these figures are slightly flattened, but this is a biggerfull than one day of no registrations. thank you connor roberts. provides the number of people claiming unemployment benefit soared during the first full month of the coronavirus lockdown. there were 2.1 million people claiming benefits in april — that's a rise of 70%. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. the big freeze of 1947, the only timea the big freeze of 1947, the only time a record one unemployment has risen faster than today, when

snowd rifts risen faster than today, when snowdrifts blocked coal to power stations, forcing the economy into a deep recession from which it quickly rebounded. the economy is shut down for a very different reason today and 2.1 million people claiming benefits due to unemployment, administers have acknowledged it will get worse. so far the statistics are indicative until the end of march and we will not have a more detailed understanding for about another month, so the universal credit claimants is where we are focusing our interest in the moment, but in the meantime the department is working across government and what we can do to help people get back into the labour market once the economy properly recovers. today's figures showed jobless claims which fell in the 19905 jobless claims which fell in the 1990s and noting so getting back apply, rising by 850,000 months, much faster than in the global financial crisis, including nearly half a million employees and many self—employed robbed of an income by the shutdown. the figures confirm that in spite of unprecedented

government support, the shutdown is causing an economic calamity. within the statistics for every person that loses theirjob, the statistics for every person that loses their job, that the statistics for every person that loses theirjob, that is a crisis for their member families and the longer that joblessness goes for their member families and the longer thatjoblessness goes on, the more serious the consequences are for mental and physical health. this will not just impact for mental and physical health. this will notjust impact on peoples well—being here and now, it will affect their earnings, mental health and self—esteem for years to come, it is very important we deal with thejobs it is very important we deal with the jobs crisis just like the deal with the health crisis. on top of the numbers claiming our thousands more who cannot claim any form of support. this woman was self—employed then took a job at a cinema chain in march before lockdown, now she is unemployed and does not qualify for furlough, the support scheme for the self—employed 01’ even support scheme for the self—employed or even benefits. financially, i have worried, up and down, a bit like a roller—coaster. i love to work and save money, so not having an income is concerning me. some of

the poorest areas in the country, from blackpool to middlesbrough and thanet, are the worst hit by joblessness. most worrying is that we know there have been about a minute universal credit claims in the time since the data was collected, unemployment is probably closer to 3 million by now, there are probably between eight and nine unemployed people chasing every va ca hcy unemployed people chasing every vacancy in the economy, so this is the toughest jobs vacancy in the economy, so this is the toughestjobs market in a generation. it is our young people that the government said lockdown would have the hardest impact, as they move from university or school into thisjobs they move from university or school into this jobs market. they move from university or school into thisjobs market. many they move from university or school into this jobs market. many employed in hospitality sectors will not have a job when this ends. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. we were talking about testing and there is already a blame game? how often have we had senior politicians say that we are listening to the scientists and following advice, now we are getting the first signs of

serious tensions between the two camps, particularly over the crucial decision at the early days of the outbreak to scrap community testing and concentrate all our resources on hospitals, which as we now know had catastrophic consequences for care homes. a committee of mps this morning very directly blames the scientists on public health england, accusing them of in effect wanting to keep all the testing on their own laboratories and not expand and roll it out at university laboratories and private health providers. that was followed by the cabinet minister therese coffey suggesting, in effect, ministers were given tough advice by the scientists, she said the science was wrong and the advice was wrong. “— the science was wrong and the advice was wrong. —— given duff advice. but 110w was wrong. —— given duff advice. but now the scientists have hit back, with the chief executive of public health england saying it was not our responsibility to roll out mass testing, that was the responsibility of the department of health, in

other words of matt hancock. then for good measure the incoming president of the royal society, sir adrian smith, has urged politicians not to pass the bulk and accept responsibility for their policy decisions. you just get a sense of the looming blame game ahead as eve ryo he the looming blame game ahead as everyone prepares for the inevitable inquiry when this is all over. norman smith, thank you. from today, people in northern ireland who do not share a household can meet outdoors in groups of up to of six. let's cross to chris page in belfast. 0ne one of 0ne ofa one of a number of measures? yes, that's right. for most people it is a day of reunions in northern ireland, northern ireland has gone further than england in allowing up to half a dozen people who do not live together to meet up outside, plenty of people are taking that opportunity, to see friends and family they have not seen for a very long time. the other measures

brought in to ease the lockdown by ministers in the default government at stormont involve the reopening of churches for private prayer, some sports can begin again, golf clubs are gearing up to reopen from tomorrow, mostly. the one element of the third stage stormont‘s recovery plan which has not been prevented is allowing members of immediate families to meet up indoors. that wasn't the first stage that they published, they had not brought batting for the time being but first minister arlene foster says ministers will meet again on thursday to review that. in another sign that things are slowly changing here, that the infection rate is dropping, the nightingale hospital in belfast may well close this afternoon. the rate of deaths he has been lower than in the rest of the uk throughout the pandemic, but doctors and politicians stress caution must be the watchword. in a major security breach, easyjet say they have come under attack from hackers who accessed the details of 9 million customers. 0ur transport corrrespondent

tom burridge is in west london what has happened? on the one hand this is a big cyber attack, easyjet are saying it is very sophisticated because about 9.8 million customers have had their e—mail addresses and names accessed in this attack. 0n the other hand, it is relatively small, only about 2200 customers have had by credit card details accessed, as uncomfortable as that is for those particular customers. easyj et says is for those particular customers. easyjet says none of those customers, it has seen no evidence so far that any of those customers have had fraud committed against them as a result of this attack. the timeline is easyjet new about the attack in january, timeline is easyjet new about the attack injanuary, than an investigation was launched involving government agencies and cybersecurity experts and then in april they notified the customers, early april, the customers who had had by credit card details. they say they have got public today because they have got public today because they want to notify the wider public

and the 9.8 million customers who have had e—mail addresses access because they are worried about phishing attacks, that is when somebody sends you a convincing e—mail which is not what it looks like and you can take on it and simply accesses your device. thank you, tom burridge. president trump has once again been criticised by medical experts after he said he was taking an anti—malaria drug to protect against coronavirus, despite a lack of evidence that it works and claims that it can actually cause harm. last month he suggested that ingesting disinfectant could help to treat the virus — a claim that was heavily rejected by health professionals. peter bowes reports. a lot of good things have come out about the hydroxy. a lot of good things have come out. and you'd be surprised how many people are taking it, especially the front line workers, before you catch it. the front line workers — many, many are taking it. i happen to be taking it. a jaw—dropping statement from president trump. there's no medical evidence that hydroxychloroquine prevents the disease or helps patients recover from covid—19.

in fact, it could have fatal side—effects. but mr trump says even though he's healthy, he's trying it anyway. i think it's good. i've heard a lot of good stories. and if it's not good, i'll tell you right — i'm not going to get hurt by it. it's been around for 40 years, for malaria, for lupus, for other things. i take it. last month the us food and drug administration said hydroxychloroquine had not been shown to be safe and effective for treating or preventing covid—19. it issued a warning that some people could suffer serious heart problems as a result of taking it in combination with other drugs. mr trump said he'd heard anecdotal evidence that it had helped some coronavirus patients. what do you have to lose? 0k, what do you have to lose? i have been taking it for about a week and a half. every day? at some point every day. the president has been roundly condemned for his use of the drug. it's a medication that has a serious side effects, including cardiac arrhythmias,

abnormal heart rhythms that could be fatal. and so i really worry about other people listening to what president trump is saying and potentially taking this medication that has no proven benefit but could actually have a lot of harm. mr trump's surprise announcement stunned even his most ardent supporters. immediately following his remarks, a presenter on the fox news network, which is generally supportive of the president, issued a stern warning to his viewers. if you are in a risky population here and you are taking this as a preventative treatment to ward off the virus or, in a worst—case scenario, you are dealing with the virus, and you are in this vulnerable population, it will kill you. i cannot stress enough, this will kill you. and in a separate development, mr trump has given the world health 0rganization an ultimatum, threatening permanently to stop funding the who if it fails to commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days.

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. gary 0'donoghue is in washington. whilst he is fit, the president, as we we re whilst he is fit, the president, as we were hearing there, has turned his attention on the world health 0rganisation? his attention on the world health organisation? yeah, he has written a lengthy letter to the who which is conducting it's sort of annual health conference virtually in geneva, as we speak, and he said having suspended the funding the us gives to the who, and that amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars per year, by to hundreds of millions of dollars peryear, by far to hundreds of millions of dollars per year, by far the to hundreds of millions of dollars peryear, by farthe biggest to hundreds of millions of dollars per year, by far the biggest single donor, having suspended that last month, he is considering withdrawing that money altogether and leaving the organisation. he has given them 30 days to reform, to prove they are not a puppet of china. it's not very clear exactly what he is asking them to do, but if you read the letter it's very much addressed directly to the head of the who, and i suspect

the head of the who, and i suspect the price president trump will insist on, at least in part, is his departure. thank you very much, gary 0'donoghue. the time is coming up to 20 past one. our top story this lunchtime: latest figures show there were more than 40,000 coronavirus—related deaths in the uk up to the end of the first week of may. more than a quarter happened in care homes. and still to come — the number of child migrants arriving in southern england in small boats has doubled, and it's been putting a strain on local services. and, in sport, ricky hatton tells us how he is coping with lockdown. the former boxer is getting fighting fit — physically and mentally. the prince of wales has put out a call to "pickers who are stickers" to join a national effort to help farmers with the "unglamorous" job of harvesting fruit and vegetables. in a video message he backed the government's initiative to bring

uk workers and farmers together to make sure crops are not left to rot in the ground during the coronavirus outbreak. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. for the prince of wales, support for farming and rural communities has always been part of his public and private life. never more so than now. as farmers head into the crucial summer and autumn months, there is simply not enough people typically fruit and vegetables being grown. coronavirus means a significant shortfall in workers from europe. foods does not happen by magic. it all begins with our remarkable farmers and growers. if the last few weeks have proved anything, it is that food is precious and valued. and it cannot be taken for granted. recorded at his birkhall estate in scotland, where he has lived during lockdown, the prince compared the effort now needed to the land army of the second world war,

where women boosted the rural workforce. he said, like then, thousands of people will be needed, but recognised the work could be tough and gruelling. harvesting runs until early autumn, and people are needed who are genuinely going to commit. the phrase i have often heard is "pickers who are stickers." as unemployment rates rise and with huge numbers furloughed, the prince described the country as now needing an army of people to come forward. it was, he said, a time of great uncertainty when normal routines and regular patterns of life are being challenged. daniela relph, bbc news. as we've been hearing, the economic impact of the coronavirus has led to many more people being unemployed and a significant increase in applicants for universal credit. for some who are now looking for work, it's the first time they have had to make a claim, as michael buchanan reports

kyle alston is a boxing coach who has no one to train. the 50—year—old is physically fit but financially stretched. since the lockdown he has not earned anything, so turned to universal credit for help. the first time he has been on benefits for decades. even where i may have been eligible, andl decades. even where i may have been eligible, and i have never gone on benefits, i just struggled eligible, and i have never gone on benefits, ijust struggled and worked my way through it,. for me there was no option, so i don't feel guilty. i am working my way out, sincerely, how to get out of this, when the thing is over. new figures today show an increase in men applying for the benefit in recent weeks, as well as regional variations. cornwall saw a noticeable increase applications. its tourist season has barely started. there was also a marked rise in claims from the south—east of england, the hospitality and

leisure sector showing sharp falls in employment. the government has to pay attention to keeping those industries going and the local government in those areas have to have a really strong plan for tackling that level of unemployment in those areas. in the month up to the 9th of april, 1.5 million claims for universal credit were made. for two consecutive weeks applications we re two consecutive weeks applications were running at ten times normal levels. at this job centre in hertfordshire they went from processing 60 claims per week to several thousand, working saturdays and bank holidays to get people money. the main thing is a lot of people who normally work self—employed, for example, just can't work at the moment because of the situation they maybe haven't found themselves in before. maybe theyjust found themselves in before. maybe they just have no found themselves in before. maybe theyjust have no money coming in. for hundreds of thousands of people the benefits system is a new experience. most wouldn't want to stay on universal credit any longer than they have too. it has been a life—saver, but it can still be hard to make ends week. i have enough to get through two weeks. like i said, not much. a friend of mine brought

me some food. i'm all right. as long asi me some food. i'm all right. as long as i can train, i have my basic fluid, then i'm 0k. as i can train, i have my basic fluid, then i'm ok. at the moment those on universal credit don't have to look for work will stop that will likely change in the coming months. when it does it seems everyjob will be fiercely fought over. michael buchanan, bbc news. the numbers of child migrants arriving in southern england in small boats has almost doubled in the last year, putting social services and finances under greater strain. experts say the coronavirus pandemic is making the situation worse. colin campbell reports. an overloaded migrant boat arrives on the sussex beach on saturday. amongst the 20 or more migrants who've just crossed the english channel, infants and toddlers who are wrapped in blankets and taken to safety. and this is dungeness beach just over a week ago. more young children and teenage boys, some unaccompanied, others with families, photographed after reaching the shore — again, in an inflatable dinghy. in total i saw about five

children aged between five and 12, i would say. they looked a bit disorientated and lost. since the beginning of this year, scores of children have made the hazardous journey across the english channel, many of them unaccompanied. when they arrive, usually in dover, they are placed into the care of kent county council. in april 2019, kent county council was caring forjust over 250 unaccompanied asylum seeking children under the age of 18. this year the total is currently 469. including those over the age of 18, known as care leavers, the total exceeds 1400 being looked after in the county. how are you trying to get to england? it's children like seven—year—old ajmal, who i met in calais last september, who are making the perilous crossings in the flimsy boats. charity workers in the region say deteriorating conditions in migrant camps and the fear of the coronavirus are factors increasingly driving

migrants to the uk. the conditions here have got so bad with the virus that obviously people are more desperate to get to the uk. the weather's also got better, which facilitates crossings by boat. however, the most difficult thing for people is not being able to support their children. costing at least £3,000 to get here in a boat, there are fears some of the children are being trafficked. it may be that it's their parents, that their parents are in the uk for some reason and they've been able to access this type of money, but it's far more likely that in one way or another this is connected to organised crime and these children are being trafficked here for improper purposes. kent county council says the increase in child migrants is having a significant impact. the home office says it takes the welfare of unaccompanied children very seriously and is providing funding to local authorities, including kent. colin campbell, dungeness.

sweden has attracted worldwide attention over its differing approach to the coronavirus pandemic — it never introduced a full lockdown. but now the country is facing growing criticism for failing to protect its older population. maddy savage reports from stockholm. a country that never had a lockdown. sweden promised to focus on protecting the elderly, while keeping much of society open. but thousands are dead and there are concerns many patients aren't getting enough help. the nurse called me and told me that my dad passed away. he was coughing and he wasn't feeling good, so she gave him a dose of morphine, and some other shot. the doctor visited him, and he didn't give him any oxygen. i think it's horrible. it's up to individual regions to make decisions about health care. in stockholm, officials insist oxygen is available for those who need it most.

if you need oxygen, maybe we can bring it to the care centres or the elder homes, or you can transport the patients to the hospital if the medical decision is that they should benefit from it. but some believe not enough patients make it to hospital. this nurse worked in care homes in the city gavle during the start of the crisis. they told us we shouldn't send anyone into the hospital. even if they may be 65. officials in her area say nurses can call in doctors into make assessments about hospitalisation. in stockholm, this new unused military field hospital has become a political battle ground. officials say its proof the elderly aren't being held back because of a lack of beds. but some, like this right wing critic, say it's a symbol sweden's been too cautious about hospitalising the elderly. the message has been they are so fragile, they can't cope with more advanced care. that's the swedish message.

do you think that was the right message? no. why not? because if you need care and you can benefit from care — for example, oxygen for a short time, you should have it. the government has admitted it is deeply concerned by the number of deaths in care homes. it recently announced funding to improve training for workers and create thousands more permanentjobs. but that's a bittersweet message for the many who've already lost loved ones. maddy savage, bbc news, stockholm. from today, english premier league football clubs can start training in small groups — with strict social distancing measures in place. but any agreement on how to finish the season is still some way off. let's talk to our sports correspondent laura scott. laura, it is training, but not as they know it? exactly, simon. a long way off normal training, but an

important first step. from this afternoon clubs will be allowed to bring players in for small group playing, meaning a maximum of five players training together at the same time for a maximum of 75 minutes. but they will have to observe social distancing so there will be no tackling, no contact and no shared equipment. things like balls and even the pitch may be disinfected under these plans, and the players will have to pack three parking spaces apart and arrive and leave already in their kit. when we get the first batch of results of tests on the players and the training staff, clearly any players testing positive would not take part in training. the watford captain troy deeney had said he actually will not be returning for training because of fears over his family's health, and the premier league will be able to launch no notice inspections to make sure clubs are complying with these new restrictions. laura, thank you very much.

laura scott.