vicki young, outside number ten, thank you.he government's website — that's gov.uk/coronavirus and of course more advice on everything we've learnt tonight and the impact on all of our lives — on our website bbc.co.uk/news. i'll be back with more in an extended ten o'clock news— until then goodbye. hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source with the latest on the coronavirus for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister announces strict new curbs on life in the uk to tackle the virus. i urge you, at this moment of national emergency, to stay—at—home, protect our nhs, and save lives. spain records its highest daily death toll so far. but deaths in italy have dropped for the second day in a row, as it enters tougher lockdown. meanwhile, the head of the world health organisation is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is rapidly accelerating. to win, we need to attack the virus with aggressive and

our chief political correspondent vicki young is in downing street for us.t in today's press conference? we do at least know who will be there and it is a similar line up to the ones we have had before, so the prime minister, boris johnson, alongside him will be the chief medical adviser and the chief scientific adviser to field questions. we don't know if there is any particular announcement coming today but i think there will be lots of questions about some of the things that have already been announced, particularly those school closures will stop we had a lot of anxiety and people contacting the bbc about exams that have been cancelled for may and june, so lots of children who are planning on doing their gcses and a—levels wanting to know how exactly those grades are going to be decided, whether it will be from mock exams or teacher assessment. all those kind of thing is that they are anxious about. but what is more pressing for schools, as they look to close tomorrow, of course, they will be staying open for the children of key workers. now who will tho

branwenjeffreys and vicki young at westminster.f new measures on the economy tomorrow, there. the prime minister acknowledged today that the economy was now facing a "severe blow" from the impact of coronavirus. it's been another day of heavy losses on the world's stock markets. london's ftse 100 closed down 4%. there were even bigger falls in new york, frankfurt, paris and madrid. aviation firms are among those hardest hit, as our economics editor faisal islam reports. across the uk, the eerie sight of airports turning into parking lots, as planes are grounded, unused, as people stop flying across the atlantic and within europe as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. pilots, air crew, ground staff, airlines forced to lay off workers and, in virgin's case, temporarily imposing leave without pay for several weeks, at least. preventing shutdowns in aviation, carfactories, most things, from becoming permanent economic scars is top of the in—tray of andrew bailey on his first day as the new governor of the bank of england. he suggeste

vicki young is in downing street.r from the prime minister and his advisers.|j be expecting to hear from the prime minister and his advisers. i think we will get the usual update about the progression of the pandemic and the progression of the pandemic and the measures they have put in place to try and deal with it but i think the focus today, there will be focused on schools. we have heard from nicola sturgeon in scotland already and from the welsh government that schools will close their by the end of the week and i think everyone is expecting a very similar announcement for schools in england. that is something they have been very reluctant to do. i think they were hoping privately they could get through to the easter holidays but that hasn't been the case and the reason they were relu cta nt to case and the reason they were reluctant to close schools is because of the knock—on effect for key workers. the last thing they wa nt to key workers. the last thing they want to do is to take people from their incredibly im

, vicki young, whojoins us now. start with this address to the nation that we are expecting from the prime minister. what are expecting to hear from the prime minister. what are expecting to hearfrom him? the prime minister. what are expecting to hear from him? they are being quite tight—lipped about what is coming, but yesterday when boris johnson gave a press conference here, it was pretty clear they were reviewing the situation and whether to go further, whether to bring in tougher measures to restrict everybody‘s way of life. at the moment, yeah some shops are open, not just supermarkets and pharmacies, but others as well. you would think that could be one at the first step they take in order to just cut down on the number of people moving and travelling around. the uk government is also already advising against nonessential travel. the problem is that at the weekend, the weather was quite good around large parts of the country and many beaches, many national parks, and many other outdoor spaces we re parks, and

our political correspondent vicki young is at downing street.ocial distancing, from the prime minister, and yet with an added edge to it and a warning. yes, i think the language is becoming more blunt, isn't it? in newspaper articles, the prime minister said overnight that the uk was two or three weeks behind what is happening in italy, and we can all see what is going on there. these measures are all about stopping the nhs becoming overwhelmed and that in itself would save lives. what many of us wanted to know was why they are not moving to know was why they are not moving to more severe to know was why they are not moving to more severe measures, to know was why they are not moving to more severe measures, why to know was why they are not moving to more severe measures, why not impose them rather than just advising people? it is clear from his answer that what he feels is that actually huge steps have been taken ready. think back a week. since then, large parts of the uk economy have been closed down. schools will be closed for most children f

. -- vicki young with the latest.ki: we have been creeping towards it, and boris johnson sounding reluctant to go what ministers have in doing is looking at the data, looking at how many people have been travelin how many people have been going to shops on the high street, trying to we k out where ople were taking this seriously. i think there were pictures over the weeke beamed around the country, all parts of the country -- beaches, snowdonia in wales, of lots of people traveling to those areas, either ayto isolate in second hol homes oro go there is a bit of a holiday. that alarmed people so much, and made them think that people were not doing enough, that they were gathering in lpage numbers in s. really feels slightly inevitable that this hasappened. severe restrictions some jing that bornson could never have thought in a million years you would be introducing to this country, and he clearly wants people to take this seriously. i thought his language, talking about how all of us are enlisted, he has previously ta

here's our chief political correspondent vicki young. keeping their distance.or stepped outside to pay tribute to nhs staff last night, but four hours later, borisjohnson tested positive for coronavirus. i've taken a test, that has come out positive. so i am working from home, i'm self isolating, and that's entirely the right thing to do. but, be in no doubt that i can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against coronavirus. that top team has been spending less time in the same room this week. cabinet was held remotely. the chief medical and scientific advisers were keeping further apart at online press conferences, but today chris whitty said he had symptoms and was self isolating. mrjohnson had his weekly audience with the queen on the phone. in the commons on wednesday, there were fewer mps at prime minister's questions, but ministers sat together on the front bench, including the health secretary. he developed coronavirus symptoms that night and is also in self isolation.

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news.bakers and flour mills in overdrive to feed the nation. the two main symptoms of coronavirus to look out for are a continuous dry cough and/or a fever. if you're sneezing a lot, got a runny nose or a headache, you may be ill, but you've probably not got coronavirus. so, how high a fever is a coronavirus one, and what exactly is a continuous dry cough? well, it's when you cough and there's no mucus or phlegm — basically no gooey substance in your tissue. and this is not the odd cough here and there. it has to be coughing regularly for no other reason, such as clearing your throat or smoking. so how high a fever is a coronavirus fever? well, if you have one, you will know about it. technically, it's a body temperature of more than 37.8 degrees celsius, or 100 degrees fahrenheit, but if you've not got a thermometer, basically, you will feel hot and your chest and back would be hot. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has signed into law a $2 trillion emergency spending

vicki young, thank you very much.n to the latest developments on coronavirus elsewhere in europe. france's parliament has declared a two—month health emergency, giving the government great powers to restrict people's freedom. the country has almost 15,000 confirmed cases and over 500 deaths. in spain, where almost 400 people have died in the last 2a hours and the number of confirmed cases has increased to 28,000, the prime minister pedro sanchez has said he will extend the state of emerency for two weeks and restrict entry to foreigners. in italy, europe's worst affected country, the rate of new infections has fallen to it's lowest level since the outbreak began. but another 651 have died since yesterday bringing the total to 5,476. more on that in a moment from sima kotecha in rome. but first damian grammaticas sent this report from madrid. streets drained of life, but out of sight, spain's fight against the virus is ceaseless. here, in a hotel, the first of many that are being requisitioned to serve as an overflow f

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ns on movement to try to fight the spread of covid—i9. for the next two weeks, people in the republic of ireland will have to stay at home with limited exceptions. these include travelling to work which is deemed essential. the prime minister leo varadkar said it was time for further action to slow down the virus. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: rising to the occasion — the bakers and flour mills in overdrive to feed the nation. the two main symptoms of coronavirus to look out for are a continuous dry cough and/or a fever. if you're sneezing a lot, got a runny nose or a headache, you may be ill but you've probably not got coronavirus. so, how high a fever is a coronavirus one, and what exactly is a continuous dry cough? well, it's when you cough and there's no mucus or phlegm — basically no gooey substance in your tissue. and this is not the odd cough here and there, it has to be coughing regularly for no other reason, such as clearing your throat or smoking. so how high a fev

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. says staff would start being tested for coronavirus from next week, including critical care nurses, intensive care staff, ambulance workers and gps. there's concern about the number of nhs staff, currently off work, because they're self—isolating with possible symptoms. meanwhile more preparations are being made to care for the thousands of patients expected over the next weeks, the principality stadium in cardiff will be turned into a temporary hospital, providing 2,000 extra beds, as will conference centres in london, birmingham and manchester. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this is what nhs frontline staff have been calling out for. swab test for coronavirus. several drive—through centres are being set up so that those isolating at home can find out if they or family members are infected. this will be antigen testing, testing with people currently have the disease so that our social care and health workers can have security in the knowledge that they are safe to re

vicki young at westminster.new guidance on what care homes should do to try to prevent the coronavirus spreading amongst the most vulnerable. the advice is that people with flu—like symptoms shouldn't visit relatives. the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions, are much more likely to develop serious complications from the virus, as our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports. at this nursing home in scarborough they have already gone further than today's government guidance by asking relatives not to visit as they try to protect their vulnerable elderly residents from the virus. lyn, with her hands carefully washed, sees her very poorly 91—year—old father matthew several times a week. did you have a good night's sleep? yeah. but she accepts this could be her last visit for a while. we can always telephone, and ask how our relatives are, and i'm sure the carers will explain to them, you know, the reason why visitors aren't coming. our own common—sense should tell us, you know, we have to

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. said tonight that staff would start being tested for coronavirus from next week, including critical care nurses, intensive care staff, ambulance workers and gps. there's concern about the number of nhs staff currently off work because they're self—isolating with possible symptoms. meanwhile, more preparations are being made to care for the thousands of patients expected over the next weeks. the principality stadium in cardiff will be turned into a temporary hospital, providing 2,000 extra beds, as will conference centres in london, birmingham and manchester. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this is what nhs front line staff have been crying out for. swab test for coronavirus. several drive—through centres are being set up drive—through centres are being set up so those isolating at home can find out if they or family members are infected. this will be testing whether people actually have the disease, so our health and social ca re disease, so our health and social care

vicki young at westminster.the world health organisation declares europe the focal point of the global coronavirus outbreak. the premier league, english football league and scottish fa fixtures are all off until april, and there's no six nations rugby this weekend. in the usa, president trump declares a national emergency as it's confirmed 46 states have cases of coronavirus. the government is now advising people with flu—like symptoms not staying with the usa, donald trump has declared a national emergency in the us in response to the coronavirus thread. he has also said his administration may ban travel from the united kingdom to the us due to the increase in cases here. nick bryant has more details. grand central station on the first full day of new york city's state of emergency. morning commuters so far unaware that the entire country was about to be placed on a similar crisis footing. in the city of his birth, there has been fury at donald trump for not taking the pandemic seriously enough, fumbling the fe

that is what led to his remark about green shoots that vicki young refer to. we are not out of the woods and we are still in the woods. so no room for any complacency here, but that chart are new cases will certainly want they wa nted new cases will certainly want they wanted to highlight. thank you. one of britain's most senior police officers has admitted that mistakes have been made by officers in their enforcement of the new emergency powers. critics say some tactics have been "heavy handed". last week — derbyshire police came in for criticism after using drones to film people walking in the peak district — they then posted the footage on social media. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. at what is normally a busy station in east london abbas khan you shouldn't be travelling, that is the advice from the government. british transport police asking passengers why they are travelling. you shouldn't be going to your girlfriend's. my advice is, go back home. using three of the rules, engaging, explaining the laws, and try to avoid enforcemen

let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young, are you all right?y. let's focus on the nhs. iamjoined be temporary. let's focus on the nhs. i am joined by be temporary. let's focus on the nhs. iamjoined byjohn be temporary. let's focus on the nhs. i am joined byjohn appleby, chief economist at the nuffield trust. an independent health thinktank, and by martin lewis, we would expect a big chunk to be spent within the nhs. it's about 5 billion. who knows whether that is enough. there is a line in the text of the budget which says that will be reviewed. we presume if it is not enough they will be more money forthcoming. it's not far off a blank cheque, which is surprising from the treasury, but as you say it's not going to be a long—term thing, we're not sure how long this emergency was coronavirus will last, but there will be a lot of pressure on the nhs. so, it could pay for extra staff, presumably, if they can find the extra but the big problem is in terms of care beds. yes, with previous can or academics, what you needis previous can or academics,

vicki young in downing street, thank you very much for now. is happening in downing street and we will take you straight over there when the news conference gets under way. you won't miss anything as we cover this continuing coronavirus crisis. let's move on to today's sporting developments, with the postponement of euro 2020 until next year. with me now is our sport correspondent laura scott, who's at wembley stadium where the semifinal and finals would have taken place. so what is that announcement that we have been getting in the last hour orso? have been getting in the last hour or so? so, uefa have formally announced that they will postpone the euros until next summer, it will now be euro 2021 to be held injune and july next year, and that is a big decision that uefa has taken, but they said they felt that they had to make the biggest sacrifice. they have done to try to prioritise the domestic leagues, many of which are currently suspended due to coronavirus, to enable them if football can resume to try to com plete football can resume to

vicki young at westminster.uidance on what care homes should do to try to prevent the coronavirus spreading amongst the most vulnerable. the advice is that people with flu—like symptoms shouldn't visit relatives. the elderly and those with underlying health conditions are much more likely to develop serious complications from the virus, as are a social affairs correspondent in oui’ a social affairs correspondent in our respect —— not reports. at this nursing home in scarborough they have already gone further than today's government guidance by asking relatives not to visit as they try to protect their vulnerable elderly residents from the virus. lyn, with her hands carefully washed, sees her very poorly 91—year—old father matthew several times a week. did you have a good night's sleep? yeah. but she accepts this could be her last visit for a while. we can always telephone, and ask how our relatives are, and i'm sure the carers will explain to them, you know, the reason why visitors aren't coming. our own common—

vicki young, our chief political correspondent.d amid signs authorities are implementing measures aimed at easing the economic pain caused by the coronavirus outbreak. the main us indexes gained more than 3% in early trade, while london's ftse 100 and other exchanges made similar moves. the rally comes a day after wall street suffered its biggest losses since 1987. well, here's how london and frankfurt are ending the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. 0na on a fast moving day, let's try and give you a sense of the picture in various countries around the world. we've mentioned italy already this hour, because, as i say, the death toll is up in italy, 250 deaths in italy in a 24 hour period. let's have a quick recap of some of the other coronavirus developments around the world. president trump is due to give a press conference in a couple of hours' time on measures to control the spread of the virus in the united states. he's likely to face questions over what critics say has been a

vicky young is in westminster.arked shift in policy, what is your reading of the government's reasoning? they have said all along that there were a number of measures that they felt they would have to take and it was just a matter of really when the press to make those happen and they wa nted press to make those happen and they wanted it to be at the time that would have the most effect and they have now decided that this is the moment, but, just sitting in that press c0 nfe re nce moment, but, just sitting in that press conference today, was unlike anything i've ever heard and am sure that boris johnson anything i've ever heard and am sure that borisjohnson when he was re—elected in december didn't think for one moment he would be announcing what is effectively a lockdown although voluntary at the moment, which is interesting in itself, i asked moment, which is interesting in itself, iasked him moment, which is interesting in itself, i asked him about enforcement as he hasn't said that pubs and restaurants and bar

this is how the bbc‘s chief political correspondent, vicki young began the questioning.. have you maybe not been taking your own advice or you may be acted to study when it came to stopping the spread of coronavirus? —— acted too slowly. another question for simon stephens, cancer patients are very worried about the cancellation or postponement of their treatment and operations and many of them are worried their lives are at risk. and another question, can you be precise about the peak of the outbreak?” will turn to simon and jenny in a second, but the fact that both the prime minister and the health secretary had contracted the virus isa secretary had contracted the virus is a reminder that the virus doesn't discriminate. we are all at risk and thatis discriminate. we are all at risk and that is why it is important we practice social distancing measures, they are in place in government and ministers are working remotely and from home using video conferencing in order to make sure that we can follow the strict advice that all of us they should be following in order to he

vicki young there outside downing street.oming in on these new restrictions we have just been hearing about in the past half—an—hour. there strict new restrictions, under which people will only be allowed to leave their homes... the bbc has been hearing from the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth. he is. something did have to change. we are seeing more and more people are sadly losing their lives with this virus and the social distancing measures that the government had announced we re that the government had announced were simply not working. we had seen beaches full of people, parks full of people and bustling markets. so we we re of people and bustling markets. so we were encouraging the prime minister to go there this morning. we called on him to take compulsory action to enforce social distancing and it looks like that is what he has done this evening, so we do support him any drastic measures he has taken tonight. the prime minister has said these measures will be enforced. the police will have powers to dispers

we can go live to westminster and join our chief political correspondent, vicki young. cky?” think the language from the prime minister will be pretty stark. if you read the articles he has written in the newspapers today that were issued overnight, there was no getting away from the fact that that message, he is really trying to ram their home to people to follow this advice. talking about the uk being two or maybe three weeks behind what is happening in italy and for lots of people that will be pretty alarming, looking at the number of deaths there. but also saying the numbers here are stark and they are accelerating and unless we make a collective, national effort it is all too likely that the nhs will be overwhelmed. and so, up until now of course, that advice has been to everybody to social distance, staying two metres apart. but of course, that advice is more important for the elderly and those who have certain underlying health conditions. i think that message will be coming across very strongly. the question for the government does remain, whether they are willin

vickie young outside number 10 do you downg street. want to move to the united states, update you on an economic rescue plan which has again failed in the senate. we've heard this from reuters in the past few hours. it's a news update from the senate that they've failed a second time to advancesthat coronavi bill with more than one trillion u.s. dollars in funding. there's a major difference between the democratsic and repus over what should be included in that legislation. fros bring you up to date new york. reporter: along the lines of 49 to 46, that is far short of thev es required to get this bill done. that means for the second day in a row, essentially americans will go witho any stimulus. you've seen senators working to try and g passed a $2 trillion stimulus bill to address the businesses and people are onrica ofse and the economic impact that has led to some dire predictions of what it will mean in terms of recession. that's why all eyes have been on what congress can do to trynd ease some of the pain, to try to tidehreoplegh

i will turn to the media to take questions and i think our first question was for vicki young of the bbc. vicki. >> the prime minister has coronavirus, the health officer as well and the chief medical officer is in isolation. people will be looking at this and wondering whether you haven't been taking your own advice or you may be acting too slowly when it comes to stopping the spread of coronavirus. another question to simon stevens, we have countless patients in touch with the bbc very worried about the cancellation of the treatment or operations, many worried for their own lives maybe being put at risk. and the questions for professor herron, can you be more precise about the this outbreak area. >> thank you vicki, i'll turn to simon jenny in a second. i think the fact that both the prime minister and the health secretary have contracted the virus is a reminder that the virus does not discriminate. we are all at risk and that is why it is so important we practice social distancing measures. those are in place in government, ministers are working remotely from home using videoconfer

vicki young, bbc.re two, three weeks behind italy and we need to make a national collective effort to stop the nhs being overwhelmed. at the moment you are still advising people to follow these measures rather than imposing them. ijust wondered what evidence you are basing that on given that it is clear that some people are not listening and just a quick question on the courts, they are still going to be open tomorrow and why is that? first on the courts, quickly. many courts are already using video trials, using remote technology to do their business. but we keeping that under constant review. 0n do their business. but we keeping that under constant review. on your point about where we are in the balance of prohibition and allowing people to enjoy themselves outside. let's be absolutely clear, we have already taken some very draconian steps. we have closed the schools, closed a huge swathe of the uk economy, bars, pubs, clubs, restau ra nts, economy, bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, theatres and so on.

held in may will be postponed for a year due to the outbreak. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young tonight. so, vicki, the outbreak is having ramifications affecting the democratic process? yes, it is extremely unusual to delay an election for a year but downing street said they feared that it would coincide with the peak of the outbreak, you could not have campaigners knocking on doors, or local councillors being diverted from the task of dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. but i think all of the developments today tell us all of the developments today tell us that for several months, the way we live our lives is really going to change fundamentally. and, of course, the prime minister has to lead the country through this crisis. he says he is basing his decisions on the science, but a lot of this will come down to his personaljudgment, of this will come down to his personal judgment, and that of this will come down to his personaljudgment, and that is already being questioned by some opposition parties today. i think that will continue and grow with the news now that the govern

the bbc‘s chief political correspondent vicki young reports. keeping their distance.rime minister and chancellor stepped outside to pay tribute to nhs staff last night but four hours later, boris johnson tested positive for coronavirus. i've taken a test, that's come out positive. so i am working from home, i am self isolating and that's entirely the right thing to do. but, be in no doubt that i can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against coronavirus. that top team has been spending less time in the same room this week. cabinet was held remotely. the chief medical and scientific advisers where keeping further apart at online press conferences, but today chris whitty said he had symptoms and was self isolating. mrjohnson had his weekly audience with the queen on the phone. in the commons on wednesday there were fewer mps at prime minister's questions, but ministers sat together on the front bench, including the health secretary. he developed coronavirus symptoms that night and is

our chief political correspondent vicki young has more from westminster. saying that because they think that the peak of this virus outbreak will be in a couple of months' time. we heard yesterday from the chief medical officer that they thought that would be in about 10—14 weeks. that means that these elections would actually be really in the run up to that very difficult time, so they say it's just simply not practical to do that. so they're postponing the elections for a year, and it's important to say what these are. these are council elections in england. that involves 2,700 counsellors, the mayor of london, the london assembly, the four combined authority mayors in greater manchester, liverpool, tees valley, and west midlands. and then there are single authority mayors in bristol, liverpool and salford, and police and crime commissioners in england and wales. now, earlier today, the electoral commission wrote to the government saying they had massive concerns about holding these elections. and that's for various reasons. in a democracy, voters need t

let's speak to our chief political correspondent, vicki young, who's in westminster.tion of measures after the government has been criticised by many for not doing enough? and they would say that actually we are not that far behind the other countries, but they are doing this at the right time. they always talked about the timing. you just have to think, sitting listening to the prime minister, a man re—elected just over three months ago, he could never have thought that he would stand there and speak to the nation announcing an effective lockdown of the country, the kind of measures that haven't been seen since the war. let's talk a bit about enforcement, something i asked him about. he is not talking about cu rfews, about. he is not talking about curfews, there are in other countries, but he is not talking about that yet. he is appealing to people's sense of personal responsibility, that even if you are younger and healthier, these things apply to you as well. he said, it will be extraordinarily difficult, but ultimately, if we all do it, it will save lives. also qu

the uk death toll has now reached 759 in just three weeks. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki youngtheir distance. like many neighbours, the prime minister and chancellor stepped outside to pay tribute to nhs staff last night but four hours later, boris johnson tested positive for coronavirus. i've taken a test, that's come out positive. so i am working from home, i am self isolating and that's entirely the right thing to do. but, be in no doubt that i can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against coronavirus. that top team has been spending less time in the same room this week. cabinet was held remotely. the chief medical and scientific advisers where keeping further apart at online press conferences, but today chris whitty said he had symptoms and was self isolating. mrjohnson had his weekly audience with the queen on the phone. in the commons on wednesday there were fewer mps at prime minister's questions, but ministers sat together on the front bench, including the health secretary. he devel

let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young. she is at westminster. well, vicki young, these are proving sobering statistics, these latest death figures from coronavirus, daily figures, which have nearly more than doubled and there is continuing pressure over testing, which is seen in other countries like germany and south korea to be far in advance of what we are able to do at the moment. yes. on the death figures overnight, we know at this morning's cabinet, the prime minister, eve ryo ne cabinet, the prime minister, everyone dialled in remotely to that, and he is in isolation, having tested positive for coronavirus, but he did say the situation was going to get worse before it gets better. and it seems as if they are expecting the peak of this to come in the middle of april, so they won't be surprised by this figure out today but, nonetheless, as they've said all along, every death isa they've said all along, every death is a tragedy for families involved. when it comes to testing, it seems to have been a slight delay on all of this. you think back

let's talk to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. suggesting in the last hour or so that the target of testing 25,000 people per day for coronavirus might not be met for really several weeks. that is right, and if you remember back on the 18th of march, the prime minister told the commons that they were hoping to get to 25,000 tests a day. now that is 25,000 tests for whether you have coronavirus now as opposed to the other test about whether you have had it previously. that was on the 18th of march. downing street today is saying that the target may not be met until the end of april in line with what public health england have been saying, and they are saying that if nhs trusts have any spare capacity for testing, then that should be used for nhs staff. so you can see the problem here. we are at the stage where we are still testing those going into hospital with suspected coronavirus cases and similar respiratory illnesses, but the idea of mass testing of nhs staff is still proving very problematic, and that is before you get to the

our political correspondent vicky young is at westminster, what are you hearing this afternoon vicky?s intervening in every single aspect of our lives, something that has never happened before and is proving complicated, not surprisingly. so, they are having to look at all these different aspects of life, whether it is starting off with hospitals and health service going into the economy, but now, getting into real details about things like who is allowed to go to work for example. now, the number ten daily briefing has just been happening, now, the number ten daily briefing hasjust been happening, these are the things that we are learning from it, about fines, if you break these rules about gathering outside in large numbers, those people who you do not live with, who are not in yourfamily. onfinds, regulations will be made as soon as thursday, so from thursday police will have the powers to issue fines starting at £30 and we understand it will very much be based on disbursing groups of people if people do decide to go out and do that, police will be given discretion on this, it is n

let's get the latest from vicky young at westminster.ent, it's a fine balance between warning people about what may lie ahead and not being alarmist. i think that was really apparent all the way through that briefing with the prime minister, as he has done the last couple of days, much more in the centre of things, having really delegated all of this to matt hancock, the health secretary. he is there with his experts beside him showing he has been taking that advice, listening to it and he wants to show he has a plan if and when this gets a lot worse and you also got the impression this is very likely to get worse in the next few weeks. i thought it was very interesting that they talked about not bringing in these kinds of measures to early and thatis these kinds of measures to early and that is because they don't have to do it yet and people get bored of the message. if you do it now and stop people going to work, people will think, why are you doing this? there is no point. then they will stop listening. again, looking at things like c

with me is our chief political correspondent vicki young. information coming out all the time from the government. what's the latest? people are desperate for clarification, we had an address to the nation from borisjohnson last night which was effectively, stay at home, yet lots of people have questions about whether they have to go to work and other aspects of life. i think that's the point worth making here. that the state, the government, having to get involved in almost every aspect of our lives and that is taking time. there is confusion in some areas. all sorts of things they having to answer as the days go on. so today, the briefing from downing street given to politicaljournalists, some of the things they were talking about. this idea of how they police this. police will have the powers by thursday to issue fines starting at £30. people asking the question, hang ona £30. people asking the question, hang on a minute, how will they know if this is the first time i've gone out to walk the dog today or the second? they are saying the po

our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. where does this take us?nister but i think the problem of the home secretary is there's been more allegations with the dramatic resignation and threatening to sue the government and does allegations of come from other civil servants working in different departments where priti patel was working, so is very important for not just where priti patel was working, so is very important for notjust to be sitting to the prime minister in the front row in the house of commons, but for him to wholeheartedly support her, which is exactly what he did. she is doing an outstanding job delivering change, putting police out on the street, cutting crime and delivering a new immigration system and i'm sticking by her. she has categorically denied and rejected all allegations made against her. she did point out a joint e—mail to the staff office where is she said she regretted the resignation and that it was now time for the home office to come together as one team and she says she deeply cared about the well—being of civil ser

but our chief political correspondent vicki young says despite his backing ms patel isn't out of the further down the line, this industrial tribunal. if former civil servants or even current civil servants decide to give evidence, it seems at the moment that they will do, that could be extremely difficult for priti patel. she has the support of the prime minister at the moment but you have to wonder, with the work the home office has to get done, the new immigration system for example, extra policing, all of those things she has to deal with, this is a very difficult time for her, even though she does have the support of the prime minister. 0ur lead story is? italy is shutting down schools and universities as it tries to stop the spread of coronavirus. at least 25 people have died after tornados tore through the us state of tennessee early on tuesday. in nashville, buildings collapsed and tens of thousands of people were left without power. president trump has said he plans to visit the stricken areas on friday. at least 21 people have been killed in torrential rain that's hit the br

huawei band from the project were eventually defeated by 2a votes. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki youngn a little pressure on the government, not least on the other side of the atlantic, but these mps didn't get their way? they did not today but 38 conservatives voted against the government, that is sizeable rebellion. they think that when this comes back to the house of commons, which it will in the coming months, they might have the coming months, they might have the numbers to defeat the government so it is a bit ofa the numbers to defeat the government so it is a bit of a headache for borisjohnson. what so it is a bit of a headache for boris johnson. what these so it is a bit of a headache for borisjohnson. what these rebels in the labour party want is for huawei's involvement in the 5g network to be stripped away by 2023. the government were not willing to give that assurance today, saying they are willing to diversify the market, encourage other companies to step in and take on the role that huawei currently has. the problem is that to get rid of them altogether by that date has a

let's talk to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. again today in parliament. what is the latest on this? they have looked at this and the situation in the home office got com pletely the situation in the home office got completely out of hand, that incredible resignation by the most senior civil servant in the home 0ffice. there were clearly a problem between him and priti patel. you would normally expect that we sorted out behind—the—scenes, not unusual for that kind of thing to happen. but this has exploded into the public domain, not least because there have been several briefings to newspapers and to the bbc about alleged behaviour by priti patel. so, today, jeremy corbyn came to the house of commons, demanding that an inquiry take place. the person responding that was michael gove and this is what he had to say. allegations have been made that the home secretary has breached the ministerial code. the home secretary absolutely rejects these allegations. hear, hear. the prime minister has expressed his full confidence in her and h

let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young, who's with me now.n our manifesto and investing in infrastructure and the rest of it. to the skill of this package surprise you? yes there was a conservative mps. surprise you? yes there was a conservative mp5. i was talking to them yesterday and they signed up for extra borrowing because that's what it is when it comes to investment infrastructure, broadband and all of that, but some of them said to me that if it comes to day—to—day spending, current spending, they did not think that should be borrowing to fund that kind of thing. they still believe that the purse strings should be held pretty tight. the could be trouble ahead on all of this but they're going to get away with it for now because of the backdrop to all of this. coronavirus, the measures being ta ken all of this. coronavirus, the measures being taken there and listen to the chancellor, is pretty solid at the beginning there, we never anything like it for people know that something is coming in is going to be incredibly difficult to be sur

thank you, vicki young, our chief political correspondent., thousands of people have found themselves in effect prisoners on a small island. and down at the port today, many were trying to leave. we want to get out of this hell. everyone wants this. so, all of these people are basically waiting for a ferry to athens, to get off the island, and there seems to have been some idea amongst them that that was going to happen today. so many have risked their lives to come here and now, more are arriving and tempers are frayed. these are scenes calculated to put pressure on politicians across europe. bogged down in syria, turkey's president is sending a clear message. remember the migrant crisis? it can happen again. in the short stretch of water between lesbos and turkey, the greek coastguard has stepped up aggressive patrols. yesterday a young syrian boy drowned in this channel, when one dinghy capsized. these people crossed two days ago. they paid $500 each for their place on board a dinghy, prompted by turkey's decision to allow migrants to leav

vicki young, she's at downing street for us.ent is trying to push at the government is trying to push at the moment. it is. we havejust had a briefing from the prime minister's official spokesman. there was that meeting this morning that the prime minister chaired, the so—called cobra meeting. as things stand, there has been no change in the advice being given to people. it was said that the payments are said all along that he will be guided by the advice from the medical advice —— the prime minister said. that is what is going to influence him and inform any decisions that he is to make. there are lots of questions from journalists, lots of questions from journalists, lots of questions from members of the public to come out that weather has not been a shift. the guidance as it stands is wash your hands, if you have come back from an area such as northern italy, you must self—isolate for 14 days, whether or not you have symptoms, but apart from that, everything else is the same. regardless of the fact that other countries have a

vicki young joins us.t that would be in about 10—1a weeks, meaning that these elections would actually be really in the run—up to that very difficult time. they say it is just simply not practical to do that so they are postponing the elections for a year. important to say what these are. these are council elections in england, that involves 2700 councillors. the mayor of london and london assembly, the full combined local authorities in manchester, liverpool, tees valley and west midlands. then there are single authority mayors in bristol, liverpool and salford and police and crime commissioner is in england and wales. earlier today the electoral commission wrote to the government saying they had massive concerns about holding elections and as for various regions, democracy voters need to hear what candidates have sight and need to hear what candidates have sightand in need to hear what candidates have sight and in the current climate that would be extremely difficult. large meetings, people would be relu

vicki young, bbc. prime minister, looking at these measures, can i ask you about enforcement?as of today, and a particular question which we have heard about the bbc, lots of questions about care homes. are you going to stop visitors going into ca re are you going to stop visitors going into care homes? lots of people very concerned about that, and then a more scientific question about testing. the director—general of the world health organisation hasjust said a clear message to countries to test, test, test. you cannot fight a fire blindfolded. test every suspected case will stop of people wondering how you can trap the pandemic in this country if you don't know who has got it. thanks, vicki. yes, absolutely, what we are doing is giving very strong advice that public venues, such as theatres should no longer be visited, though the proprietors of those venues are taking the logical steps you would imagine. you are seeing the change happen already. as for enforcement, we have the powers if necessary, but i don't believe that it will be necessary to use those powers. when it com