of cake artist every year the best from around the world meet at the cake international in birmingham england. this year some 1300 bakers professionals and amateurs are here to present their creations. some of these artworks it's hard to tell but they are in fact cakes. such as this life size effigy of a character from the t.v. series killing eve. everything for me is seen in so so incredible. you know committed. by steve realizing in the industry how you can improve things you can do things that other people do that just really give you strong ideas. then kolins own entry to the chimpanzee life size at one meter high in 80 kilos but this one is edible then put 4 days of work into it. the biggest challenge doing this was actually trying to get the stunts how they see it is so sort of strange then i thought when i started it and it's a cross reference so many different photos of where that happens go how their legs fold into each other. studio in north wales to form the chimpanzee he stuck several layers of pastry together and then cut them into shape. the cake are the studied are in graphic d

scotland and temperatures cooling off around some of the north sea coast of england. 17 degrees are still not bad for birminghameing some rainfor the prospect of seeing some rain for some of us. the driest weather in scotland where it will stay dry and bright. this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump has halted us funding to the world health organization, over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the president said the who had "failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable". he also accused the group of promoting china's "disinformation" about the virus. polling is under way in south korea's parliamentary election. the vote — using paper ballots — is taking place despite concerns that coronavirus will affect the turnout. voters must wear masks and plastic gloves — and maintain social distancing. the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of the pandemic. more than one in five deaths in england and wales is linked to coronavirus. new figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april — a record high. but there was also an increase in deaths

england as well. come inland, 17 degrees for birmingham and london. d and wales for the prospect of seeing a little bit of rain for some in the driest weather probably in scotland where he will stay dry all weekend. for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm tim willcox. president trump halts us funding to the world health organization — over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately obtain and fat and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. more than one in five deaths in england and wales is linked to coronavirus — as figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april. the international monetary fund warns the world is facing a recession far worse than the crisis of 2008. polling is underway in south korea's parliamentary election — the result is expected to be influenced

england as well. come inland, 17 degrees still not bad for birmingham and for london. spect of seeing a little bit of rain for some of us. the driest weather probably in scotland, where it will stay dry and bright. this is bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock with the top business stories. a stark warning from the imf, which warns the global economy is facing its biggest crisis since the great depression. we talk to its chief economist. and the world's 20 most powerful economies are set to hold a virtual meeting to discuss the actions needed to tackle the pandemic. let's start with a stark warning from the international monetary fund, which says the global economy is facing its biggest crisis since the great depression of the 1930s. the body predicts the global economy will contract by 3% this year as countries around the world shrink at their fastest pace in decades due to covid—19. the imf also believes the pandemic may wipe off as much as $9 trillion off global gdp over the next two years. its chief economist, gita gopinath, spoke to

england as well. come inland, 17 degrees still not bad for birmingham and for london. the prospect of seeing a little bit of rain for some of us. the driest weather probably in scotland, where it will stay dry and bright. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: president trump suspends american funding for the world health organisation over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately obtain, vet, and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. more than one in five deaths in england and wales is linked to coronavirus, as figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april. polling is under way in south korea's parliamentary election. voters must wear masks and plastic gloves and maintain

england as well. come inland, 17 degrees still not bad for birmingham and for london. ing a little bit of rain for some of us. the driest weather probably in scotland, where it will stay dry and bright. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. president trump halts us funding to the world health 0rganization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately obtain, vet, and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. more than one in five deaths in england and wales is linked to coronavirus, as figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april. polling is under way right now in south korea's parliamentary election. the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of the pandemic. bringing a little music and light into these uncertain times — grammy award winner mary chapin carpenter performs for us from her living room. president trump has announced a suspension of funding of the world health 0rganization.

england as well. come inland, 17 degrees still not bad for birmingham and for london. seeing a little bit of rain for some of us. the driest weather probably in scotland, where it will stay dry and bright. this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump has halted us funding to the world health organisation, over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the president said the who had "failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable". he also accused the group of promoting china's "disinformation" about the virus. more than one in five deaths in england and wales are linked to coronavirus. new figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april — a record high. but there was also an increase in deaths from causes other than the virus. polling is under way in south korea's parliamentary election. the vote, using paper ballots, is taking place despite concerns that coronavirus will affect the turnout. voters must wear masks and plastic gloves and maintain social distancing. the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of

england as well. come inland, 17 degrees still not bad for birmingham and for london. rospect of seeing a little bit of rain for some of us. the driest weather probably in scotland, where it will stay dry and bright. a very warm welcome to bbc news. the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. president trump halts us funding to the world health 0rganization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately obtain, vet, and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. more than one in five deaths in england and wales is linked to coronavirus — the figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april. polling is under way in south korea's parliamentary election. the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. #

england as well. come inland, 17 degrees still not bad for birmingham and for london. e bit of rain for some of us. the driest weather probably in scotland, where it will stay dry and bright. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. president trump suspends american funding for the world health organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the reality is that who failed to adequately obtain information in a timely and transparent fashion. more than one in five deaths in england and wales is linked to coronavirus. figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the start of april. an election like no other: polling is under way in south korea. voters must wear masks and gloves and maintain social distancing.

england as well. come inland, 17 degrees is still not bad for birmingham and for london. f seeing a little bit of rain for some of us. the driest weather probably in scotland, where it'll stay dry and bright. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. president trump halts us funding to the world health 0rganisation — over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately obtain, bed, and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. polling is under way in south korea's parliamentary election — the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis.

birmingham, for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. they're getting a bit warmer across englandoss parts of scotland and north—east england. that colder air is arriving with a very weak cold front. so, it will bring a strip of cloud, maybe an odd light shower with it. most areas, though, will stay dry. but those temperatures certainly dropping away. highs only nine degrees celsius in aberdeen, so starting to feel quite chilly once again here, whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. now, it's been a very dry month so far, but that looks set to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure drifts up from iberia. it's going to bring increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. donald trump angrily defends his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has now killed 22,000 americans. reporter: what did your administration do in february with the time that your

birmingham, for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. they're getting a bit warmer across englander across parts of scotland and north east england. that colder air is arriving with a very weak cold front. so, it will bring a strip of cloud, maybe an odd light shower with it. most areas, though, will stay dry. but those temperatures certainly dropping away. highs only nine degrees celsius in aberdeen, so starting to feel quite chilly once again here, whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. now, it's been a very dry month so far, but that looks set to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure drifts up from iberia. it's going to bring some increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump defends his handling of the coronavirus pandemic as infection figures begin to stabilise and the us sets out plans to reopen after the shutdown. january 31, not one person has d

england announced new locations for further temporary hospitals. one in bristol, one in harrogate to add to those in manchester and birmingham.unced similar plans for the sec in glasgow. in wales, the principality stadium in cardiff is to house patients. getting things done is the message the government wants to get across. but matt hancock, meeting staff and training at the nightingale has faced claims he hasn't done enough on testing for the virus. having set a target of 25,000 tests a day — which slipped to later this month — he has come up with a hugely increased figure of 100,000 by the end of april, including many more done by academic and industrial laboratories. where are the test going to come from, who is going to do them? it hasn't been explained and you haven't given any detail. we have — i set out a five—point plan yesterday. the first stage is the expansion of the testing capacity within the nhs and with public health england, who are doing an amazing job. and then, also, the next stage is to bring in the private sector companies, the existing testing companies. one of the key aims of testing is to allow nhs sta

whether it's used or not, england's second nightingale hospital is ready and could take patients, if needed, later today. phil mackie, bbc news, birminghamsome of the day's other news for stop south africa is extending its lockdown until the end of april, the president saying there was clear evidence that the restrictions is already limiting the spread of covid—19. the us state of georgia has postponed primary elections for a second time due to the pandemic. they are now scheduled to be held injune and not may, and a statement says the decision prioritises the health and safety of voters. at least 15 other states have also postponed their primaries. let us go to a news briefing from scotland's first minister. usual media conference to update on the situation with covid—19, and i am joined today by the chief constable and by the national clinical director who will both say a few words shortly, but i want to start with an update on some of the key statistics in relation to covid—19 in scotland. as of nine o'clock this morning, i can report that there have now been 5275 positive cases confirmed, which is an increase of 318 from the figures

nhs england announced new locations for further temporary hospitals, one in bristol, won in harrogate to add to those in manchester and birmingham nd manchester and birmingham. nhs scotland has announced similar plans for the scc in glasgow and in wales, the principality stadium in cardiff is to house patients. getting things done is the message the government wa nts to done is the message the government wants to get across, but matt hancock, meeting staff and training at the nightingale has faced claims he hasn't done enough on testing for the virus. having set a target of 25,000 tests a date which slipped to later this month, he has come up with a hugely increased figure of 100,000 by the end of april, including many more done by academic and industrial laboratories. where are the test going to come from, who is going to do them? it hasn't been explained and you haven't given any detail? i set out a five-point plan yesterday. the first stage is the expansion of the testing capacity within the nhs and within public health england, who are doing an amazing job. then, also the next stage is to bring in the private sector companie

birmingham, for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. the air getting a bit warmer across englandof scotland and north—east england. that colder air is arriving with a very weak cold front. so, it will bring a strip of cloud, maybe an odd light shower with it. most areas, though, will stay dry. but those temperatures certainly dropping away. highs only 9 degrees celsius in aberdeen, so starting to feel quite chilly once again here, whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. now, it's been a very dry month so far, but that looks set to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure d rifts up from iberia. it's going to bring increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. our top stories: china announces mixed trade figures for march, with exports falling, but a suprising jump in imports. we explain why. and it's glass half full for wine makers, as sales soar over 1,000% thanks to the

birmingham, for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. they're getting a bit warmer across england scotla nd and north—east england. that colder air is arriving with a very weak cold front. so, it will bring a strip of cloud, maybe an odd light shower with it. most areas, though, will stay dry. but those temperatures certainly dropping away. highs only nine degrees celsius in aberdeen, so starting to feel quite chilly once again here, whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. now, it's been a very dry month so far, but that looks set to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure drifts up from iberia. it's going to bring increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain. this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump has angrily defended his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the united states, which has killed 22,000 americans. the president says he acted at the earliest opportunity. us infection figures have begun to stabilise, and a programme has been set out f

birmingham, for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. they're getting a bit warmer across englandis arriving with a very weak cold front. so, it will bring a strip of cloud, maybe an odd light shower with it. most areas, though, will stay dry. but those temperatures certainly dropping away. highs only nine degrees celsius in aberdeen, so starting to feel quite chilly once again here, whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. now, it's been a very dry month so far, but that looks set to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure drifts up from iberia. it's going to bring some increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. donald trump angrily defends his handling of the coronavirus outbreak which has now killed 22,000 americans. a lot, a lot, and in fact, we will give you a list, part of it in fact, was up there. we did a lot. president macron announces he will

birmingham, for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. they're getting a bit warmer across englandtland and north—east england. that colder air is arriving with a very weak cold front. so, it will bring a strip of cloud, maybe an odd light shower with it. most areas, though, will stay dry. but those temperatures certainly dropping away. highs only nine degrees celsius in aberdeen, so starting to feel quite chilly once again here, whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. now, it's been a very dry month so far, but that looks set to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure drifts up from iberia. it's going to bring increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain. this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. donald trump has angrily defended his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the united states, which has killed 22 americans. the president says he acted at the earliest opportunity. us infection figu

birmingham, for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. they're getting a bit warmer across englanduite chilly once again here, whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. now, it's been a very dry month so far, but that looks set to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure drifts up from iberia. it's going to bring increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. donald trump angrily defends his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has now killed 22,000 americans. reporter: what did your administration do in february with the time that your travel ban bought you? a lot. what? a lot, and in fact, we'll give you a list, what we did — in fact, part of it was up there. we did a lot. it wasn't clear — your video has a gap. look, look. president macron announces he will begin to lift the french lockdown on 11 may. the number of deaths in the uk passes 11,000 as t

of birmingham city council has written to the government warning that the city will run out of protective face masks within two weeks unless urgent action is taken. one hospital in the south of england bbc that it will run out of protective gowns in two days. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. alan stjohn cook, one of the now almost 14,000 people who have died with covid—i9 in the uk. aged 88, he and his wife had just celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. their daughterjulia was allowed into hospital to say goodbye. their daughterjulia was allowed into hospital to say goodbyelj their daughterjulia was allowed into hospital to say goodbye. i took his hand. even though i had my glove on, i squeezed his hand. even though i had my glove on, isqueezed his his hand. even though i had my glove on, i squeezed his hand and he squeezed mine. he was peeling his eyes open, like he was trying to open them from a deep sleep. he knew that i was there. this was what julia walks in hospital, bringing most of the protective kit on internet and was shocked when she saw the staff on her dad's covid ward. that masks were very much like this, not very fitted, you know. whereas mi

nhs england announced new locations for further temporary hospitals — one in bristol, one in harrogate to add to those in manchester and birminghamnnounced similar plans for the sec in glasgow, and in wales, the principality stadium in cardiff is to house patients. getting things done is the message the government wants to get across, but matt hancock, meeting staff and training at the nightingale, has faced claims he hasn't done enough on testing for the virus. having set a target of 25,000 tests a day, which slipped to later this month, he's now come up with a hugely increased figure of 100,000 by the end of april, including many more done by academic and industrial laboratories. where are the test going to come from, who's going to do them? itjust hasn't been explained, you haven't given any detail. well, we have. i set out a five—point plan yesterday. the first stage is the expansion of the testing capacity within the nhs and with public health england, who are doing an amazing job. then, also the next stage is to bring in the private sector companies, the existing testing companies. one of the key aims of testing is to allow

whether it's used or not, england's second nightingale hospital is ready and could take patients, if needed, later today. phil mackie, bbc news, birminghamnews... the government issues an easter message to stay indoors this weekend to stop the spread of coronavirus. the prime minister is spending a sixth day in hospital after leaving intensive care — his father urges him to rest. eu finance ministers agree a 500 billion euro rescue package to help countries worst affected by the pandemic. european union finance ministers have agreed a 500 billion euro package to help member states‘ economies. loans will be provided to help pay healthcare costs and support companies and unemployed workers. the ministers stopped short of accepting a demand by france and italy to share out the cost of the crisis by issuing so—called coronabonds. matt graveling reports. while video links kept ministers apart, the message did not. solidarity is key. a phrase born through weeks of discussion and part of the first major step to repair economies left battered by the coronavirus pandemic. we can all remember the response to the financial crisis of the last decade

birmingham for example and probably less important in smaller towns. when i look at that whole plan that you are talking about and scratching my head as to why public health englandraces and we did not need to do this testing and the outset because it seems to me what matt hancock has set out tonight moves very much towards what south korea had right in the beginning? let me start by saying a lot of people may not realise that public health and good health protection teams as well as support staff are working really ha rd support staff are working really hard right up till mid march with a lots of contact tracing happening in the background. they were swamped. and at the time comes when there is just way too many cases out in the community and you just get overwhelmed and the ability to carry out effective contact tracing in a timely way gets compromised and that's why the government made the decision to do lockdown which is sensible. because you are trying to bring down those community members to the point where it's feasible again to start doing the contact tracing. just to be clear, they're saying we could not have rolled out this plan at that point we went in

birmingham, manchester, glasgow, belfast and cardiff —— many these hospitals are on top of the expanding health care provision across the nhs. there are 2336 spare critical health care beds in englandow available to nhs coronavirus patients across the country thanks to the national effort to ramp up capacity. 300 ventilators arrive this weekend from china and we have seen uk manufacturers working at pace to develop new ones. of course, hospitals and ventilators are critical but our nhs is nothing without the people who work there. and it has been so encouraging to see over 27,000 former health care professionals signing up to return to the nhs front line. i want to say a great big thank you to each and every one of you. welcome back, and i hope that many more will sign up in the weeks ahead. this weekend, we also have launched our latest technology, a new coronavirus status checker. it asks people who currently have coronavirus symptoms to share their experiences to help us in our fight against the virus. and it will help make use of this information which will in turn help us to understand the disease. so we can, for instance, allocate resources like oxygen, ventilators and additi

whether it's used or not, england's second nightingale hospital is ready and could take patients if needed later today. phil mackie, bbc news, birminghamice in the last few days. greater manchester police said officers have dealt with 660 parties during the pandemic and with more hot weather expected this weekend they are warning people not to breach the rules of social distancing. let's speak to chief executive of visit cornwall, malcolm bell and greater manchester's deputy mayor most people are abiding by the measures, the rules. they are taking this very seriously. there will a lwa ys this very seriously. there will always be people who decide they do not apply to them. how much of that proportion of society are you seeing? we are seeing it less and less. this week and met with the sunshine, it is very important. as a tourism boss it is strange to be telling people not to come here and not to move around. the sooner we get on top of this, they're sooner not only things like tourism can go back at the quality of life can go back at the quality of life can go back out. it is in all of our interests to stick to the rules. we are seeing

travel into wales, north—west england, northern ireland and southern and western scotland through the day, turning sunshine hazy. temperatures not bad at all. 20 in birminghamards cardiff. through this evening and overnight, we will still have clear skies but we will still have clear skies but we will still have clear skies but we will see some low cloud developed for parts of wales, the pennines, southern and eastern scotland. cold enough under those clear skies in sheltered glens for a touch of frost. this morning for example in braemar it was —4.6. we could see something not too far off that tomorrow morning, as well. but as we go through the course of the morning, all this low cloud and frost will of course left. we are looking at a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine and light it winds. sea breeze is developing later in the day across the english channel. temperatures, while we could get up to 25 tomorrow, somewhere around the south—east, central, southern england, but even so as we travel further north, 15 in stornoway, 15 in belfast, 22 in cardiff. friday, we start off with quite a bit of low cloud, misty, foggy conditions and eastern areas. t

england since the 25th march. we can speak now to mike adams from the royal college of nursing he is based in birmingham this morningblic to pause at 11am asa mark asking the public to pause at 11am as a mark of respect and i thank you to all healthcare staff and key workers that have lost their life during the pandemic so it can't be underestimated, the significance of doing this for people who have lost loved ones throughout this pandemic. do you think there will be a notably different atmosphere to the clap for carers we have seen every different atmosphere to the clap for carers we have seen every thursday? lots of people will be remembering collea g u es lots of people will be remembering colleagues who are no longer there? it's a very different moment. a moment of calm reflection on the sacrifice that people have made, the cla p sacrifice that people have made, the clap for carers on a thursday evening has been a fantastic morale boost. for key workers. and, you know, long may that continue, going on, after this, know, long may that continue, going on, afterthis, in terms know, long may that continue, going on