alex davis is now rounding up the rugby and sporting community to help raise money for the nhs. on instagram with rugby players from england 7s, bath, saracens and sale sharks, plus members of the public to help raise money for nhs charities during this covid—19 pandemic. that's all of the sport. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website. bye for now. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has asked for his country's forgiveness after imposing a sweeping coronavirus lockdown that he said had hurt millions of the country's poor. in his weekly radio address, he apologised for the impact of the three week lockdown, but said india was in a life and death battle. translation: first of all, let me seek forgiveness from all countrymen. my conscience tells me that you will definitely forgive me, as i had to take certain decisions which have put you in a lot of difficulty. especially when i look at my poor brothers and sisters, i definitely feel they must be thinking, "what kind of prime minister is this who has placed us in this difficulty?" i especially seek their forgiveness. possi

alex davis is now rounding up the rugby and sporting community to help raise money for the nhs.o good evening. 0ver hello good evening. over the last week we have had some signs of spring, from the weather. temperatures have got up to 19 degrees earlier in the week but not s0 degrees earlier in the week but not so this weekend, it has been turning colder and this afternoon, you were lucky to get to 9 degrees, feeling much more like winter. high pressure has been in charge and an unusually strong area of high pressure sitting just at the west of the british isles, the winds around eye pressure flow in a clockwise direction so that has been drawing some very cold airdown that has been drawing some very cold air down from the north. the winds have been pretty brisk which is accentuated the chilly feel. while it stays quite blustery through tonight, the winds will ease to some extent. large amounts of cloud around and showers for north—eastern scotla nd around and showers for north—eastern scotland and east england. temperatures tend to hover around freezing, some spots may be a tou

one of them is alex davies, from the stjohn ambulance.untry. you are stepping into the unknown. are you feeling about the weeks ahead? the main feeling is pride. we are proud to be able to support the nhs at this time. we are managing the situation as best we can. it is new, we haven't done this before. we are all doing the best we can. we have seen pictures of the hospital being pieced together rapidly. what is your impression of it? it's incredibly impressive. i came here on tuesday for the first time. it was an empty hole. what the army and the nhs contractors have done in four days is amazing. it really does look like a hospital now. have you had to have any top up training ahead of this? certainly. all of our people are experienced first aiders. they are having an additional several days of training specific to this and they will be carefully mentored and managed by the nhs nurses in this hospital. does it feel daunting at the moment, thinking that at the moment it is a construction site but soon there will potentially be thousands o