dr calderwood herself spoke at the briefing and again apologised. this morning apologising unreservedly for travelling away from my home while restrictions were in place. as well as this weekend, it's important to be clear that i was also there last weekend with my husband. i did not follow the advice i'm giving to others. i'm truly sorry for that. i've seen a lot of the comments from members of the public on twitter today — people calling me a hypocrite, people telling me about the hardships they've endured while following my guidance. my office has also received e—mails from members of the public who are making clear to me their disappointment and unhappiness at what i've done. people have told me that i'm irresponsible, that i've behaved as if my advice does not apply to me. i want people to know that i have seen all of that and i've heard the comments. what i did was wrong. i'm very sorry. it will not happen again. i know how important the advice is that i've issued. i do not want my mistake to distract from that. i don't want to make the jobs o

many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions.r and emphasised that the stay at home rules apply to everyone. as we go into a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, chief medical officer said she wants to focus on herjob. but some are adamant this is a massive error ofjudgment and she needs to step down. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. let's take a look a few other stories around the world. 674 people have died in spain in the last 2a hours, but the daily decline of deaths in the county has continued. president trump warns american to prepare for "the toughest week" with many deaths to be expected. worldwide cases have passed 1.2 million, with at least 65,000 deaths. in italy, there is also hope that the crisis has passed its peak. our europe correspondent jean mackenzie is in rome for us we had some encouraging signs yesterday that not only has italy reached the peak of the epidemic but things are turning round. we had fewer deaths than the day before, 681, the first time the number of deaths has been in

dr calderwood herself spoke at the briefing and again apologised.y issued a statement this morning, apologising unreservedly for travelling away from my home while restrictions were in place. as well as this weekend, it's important to be clear, that i also was there last weekend with my husband. i did not follow the advice i'm giving to others, i am truly sorry for that. i've seen a lot of the comments from members of the public on twitter today, people calling me a hypocrite, people telling me about the hardships they have endured while following my guidance. my office has also received e—mails from members of the public who are making clear to me their disappointment, and unhappiness at what i've done. people have told me that i'm irresponsible, that i've behaved as if my advice does not apply to me. i want people to know that i have seen all of that, and i have heard the comments. what i did was wrong. i'm very sorry. it will not happen again. i know how important the advice is that i've issued. i do not want my mistake to distract from that. i d

dr calderwood admitted twice making non—essential journeys to visit her second home.correspondent james shaw. caught on camera, visiting her holiday home in fife. scotland's chief medical, the public face on the campaign to slow the spread of the campaign to slow the spread of the virus. this is a vital update about the coronavirus. to help save lives, stay at home. it could hardly have been more embarrassingly for miss calderwood and the first minister nicola sturgeon. at first it looked as though the chief medicalfor it looked as though the chief medical for some it looked as though the chief medicalfor some might it looked as though the chief medical for some might hang it looked as though the chief medicalfor some might hang on to herjob but, then, came the realisation of the huge damage that could be done to public confidence in the official advice to stay at home and save lives. i did think i could continue to call on her expertise because, to be frank, in a situation like this at this particular moment in time, it is far from idealfor me particular moment in ti

dr calderwood admitted twice making non—essential journeys to visit her second home.home in fife. scotland‘s chief medical officer, the public face of the campaign to slow the spread of the virus. this is a vital update about coronavirus. to help save lives, stay—at—home. it could hardly have been more embarrassing for ms calderwood and the first minister, nicola sturgeon. at first, it looked as though the chief medical officer might hang onto herjob. then came the realisation of the huge damage that could be done to public confidence in the official advice to stay at home and save lives. i did hope that i could continue to call on her expertise, because, to be frank, in a situation like this at this particular moment in time, it is farfrom idealfor me as first minister not to have that continuity of advice. last night it became clear that the bigger risk was the damage it could be doing to the very important message the government is putting forward. even before her resignation, catherine calderwood said she was sorry and did not try to excuse her behaviour, even adm

many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions.e spoken to her and emphasised that the stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. and as we enter a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, dr calderwood will step back. she said the people of scotland must have complete trust in those who give advice in the difficult months to come. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news, glasgow. well, in the last hour, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has been giving her reaction to dr calderwood's resignation. she made a mistake, she made a serious mistake, and people are right to be angry about it. she was right to apologise. it was clear yesterday she couldn't continue to be the face of the public health advice campaign. but candidly, yes, i did hope i could continue to call on her expertise. because, to be frank, in a situation like this at this particular moment in time it is far from ideal for me as first minister not to have that continuity of advice, but by last night it became clear that the bigger risk was the damage it could b

matt police scotla nd calderwood's actions.they have spoken to her and emphasised that the stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. “— stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. —— police scotland. and as we enter at third week of lockdown, the calderwood will stay back. she said the people of scotland must have complete trust in those who give advice in the difficult months to come. will be speaking to the first minister nicola sturgeon at eight o'clock about that. president trump told reporters at his daily white house news briefing that he has sent his best wishes to boris johnson for a speedy recovery. let's find out the latest from our north america correspondent peter bowes, who's in los angeles. what did the president have to say? good morning, as you say he said his best wishes to boris johnson good morning, as you say he said his best wishes to borisjohnson and reference the fact that they are good friends and said america would be praying for the british prime minister. he also talked about the us effort, the administration's

doctor catherine calderwood will no longer fund the campaign fighting against coronavirus.urgh to her second home in fife the last two weekends. ——front. she initially apologised and then resigned, saying... during an uncomfortable briefing yesterday, nicola sturgeon stood by her chief medical officer. her advice and expertise have been invaluable to me and it continues to be so. if i am to do what i need to do to steer the country through this crisis to the very best of my ability, i need her to be able to focus on the job that she is doing. but hours later, nicola sturgeon agreed that she had to go. many have expressed their anger and disbelief that catherine calderwood‘s actions. police scotland say that they have spoken to her and emphasised that the stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. as we enter a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, doctor calderwood will step back. she says that the people of scotland must have complete trust in those who give advice in the difficult months to come. well, in the past few hours, scotland‘s first minister nicola

dr catherine calderwood made a public apology and received a police warning after she travelled fromurgh to another home in fife for two consecutive weekends. alexandra mackenzie reports. this is a vital update about coronavirus. to help save lives, stay—at—home. coronavirus. to help save lives, stay-at-home. day after day, scotland's chief medical officer has told millions of people to stay at home to help save lives. but after pictures were published in the scottish son, catherine calderwood was forced to admit that she travelled from edinburgh to her second home in fife this weekend and last weekend. i have already issued a statement this morning abolishing —— apologising unreservedly for travelling outside of my home are restrictions were in place was not as of this weekend, it is important to be clear that i was also there last weekend with my husband was up idid not last weekend with my husband was up i did not follow the advice i'm giving to others and i am truly sorry for that. nicola sturgeon initially said she would continue in her role, advising the scottish government. he

many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions.r and emphasised that the stay at home rule apply to everyone. as we go into a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, the chief medical officer has now resigned from the scottish government. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. the new labour leader sir keir starmer has begun naming members of his shadow cabinet. his leadership rival lisa nandy becomes shadow foreign secretary. anneliese dodds is shadow chancellor. and nick thomas—symonds becomes shadow home secretary. the appointments came as sir keir said the government had made serious mistakes in its handling of coronavirus, and called for an exit strategy, a way out of the current restrictions, to be published. our science editor david shukman has been exploring what might be, and when. in the city where the outbreak started, wuhan in china, a return to the open air after months of tight control. despite questions about the virus, and whether it might strike again, the authorities want to show life getting bac

many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions. everyone. as we go into a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, the chief officer has now resigned from the scottish government. alexander mackenzie, bbc news, scotland. and just a reminder of the rules on going outside here in the uk. you can leave your home for one form of exercise a day — but the advice is to stay as local as possible. you can shop for basic necessities such as food and medicine, as infrequently as possible. you're also allowed out of the house for any medical needs, including giving blood, and you can travel to work, but only if you can't work from home. today police patrolled parks, across the country, making sure people stuck to these rules, as helena wilkinson reports. hove beach on the south coast on a warm sunday. the council pleaded for people not to visit. too many it said have been using the seafront to meet up with friends. today, it was almost deserted. it appears most people have been sticking to the stay—at—home instruction. under th

studio: that is nicola sturgeon talking with doctor catherine calderwood.rwood's decision, for which she has apologised, to visit her second home in fife on two weekends in succession. while the scottish minister says she disapproved of what the chief medical officer had done, her actions were unacceptable, she said her ability and expertise have been invaluable to me and she urged scots to see it is more important to have her in place to help tackle the health crisis than to punish her for help tackle the health crisis than to punish herfor her mistakes. nonetheless, you can hearfrom the questions, they fear she has undermined the public health message. this is bbc news. she has apologised to the police and nhs colleagues for having made her job more difficult. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. scotland's chief medical officer apologises after she is warned by police for breaking her own advice and twice travelling to her holiday home: people have told me that i'm irresponsible, but i've behaved as if my

dr calderwood admitted twice making non—essential journeys to visit her second home.pondent james shaw. caught on camera, visiting her holiday home in fife. scotland's chief medical officer — the public face on the campaign to slow the spread of the virus. this is a vital update about the coronavirus. to help save lives, stay at home. it could hardly have been more embarrassing for miss calderwood and the first minister, nicola sturgeon. at first, it looked as though the chief medical officer might hang on to herjob, but then came the realisation of the huge damage that could be done to public confidence in the official advice to stay at home and save lives. i did think i could continue to call on her expertise because, to be frank, in a situation like this at this particular moment in time, it is farfrom idealfor me as first minister not to have that continuity of advice but, last night, it became clear the bigger risk was the damage it could be doing to the very important message the government is putting forward. even before her resignation, catherine calderwood sa

the first minister nicola sturgeon has removed dr calderwood from the daily government briefings.hope the country has passed its peak after deaths from coronavirus fell for a third day in a row. the number of deaths from covid—19 in italy is at its lowest level in two weeks with 525 recorded deaths in the last 24 hours. chris mason is here, our political correspondent, with bray —— breaking news. the british prime minister has been admitted to hospitals for test. the last ten days or so he's been self isolating in his flat with symptoms of the coronavirus and tested positive for it. we were told yesterday he was extending his self isolation on the advice of doctors because he still had a persistent temperature and we have just received notification from downing street that, tonight, on the advice of his doctor, the prime minister has been admitted to hospital for tests. the spokesman goes on to say it isa tests. the spokesman goes on to say it is a repeat caution array step as the prime minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus ten days after testing positive f

s coronavirus lockdown laws catherine calderwood was cautioned by taking weekend trips u.k. citizens have been warned not to travel to your holiday destinations to avoid spreading the virus. in new york the coronavirus death toll has topped 4000 opp nearly 600 from the day before that rises slightly smaller than the previous 24 hours and there was also a decrease in new hospitalisations bob governor andrew cuomo says it's too early to say whether the pandemic has reached its eye. millions of indians have switched off their lights and lit candles in a show of solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus families confined today harms by a nationwide lockdown gathered at their doors and windows india has seen a rise in 19 cases in recent days to more than 3 and a half 1000. german chancellor merkel has said it's still too early to say when coronavirus lockdown measures across the country can be relaxed but policy makers here already exploring new ways to prevent infections wants restrictions lifted one option is a smart foreign app that tracks people's movements and warns th

s coronavirus lockdown laws catherine calderwood was questioned by police for taking weekend trips you can citizens have been warned not to travel to holiday destinations to avoid spreading the virus. and as cases mount in britain prime minister botha johnson has been admitted to hospital over his current infection but downing street says it isn't an emergency also on the day of his hospitalization the queen goal in the nation to unite to defeat the corner virus a call stock and relevance as many people headed out to enjoy sunny weather despite social distancing rules in place it's something the government of voters johnson has taken serious note off even as he remains in hospital. the prime minister's hospital admission comes as britain faces one of its biggest challenges in decades after testing positive for coverage 19 boris johnson had been expected to emerge from 7 days of self isolation instead on friday he posted this message on social media although i'm feeling better and i've done my my 7 days of isolation alas i still have one of the sins of the mind a symptom of i have a tem

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s lockdown law catherine calderwood was cautioned by police for taking 2 weekend trips u.k. citizens have been warned not to travel to holiday destinations to avoid spreading the virus. india's prime minister narendra modi and other top government officials have announced they'll take a 30 percent pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic modi called for people to light candles on sunday to boost morale during a nationwide lockdown india has seen a raise in covert 900 paces in recent days to more than 3500. a tiger at the bronx zoo in new york city has confirmed corona virus infection is the 1st known case of covert 19 in an animal in the united states or in a tiger anywhere the 4 year old female malayan tiger has developed a dry cough but is expected to recover now millions around the world have been forced into isolation as governments try and protect the most vulnerable the old and the sick from covert 19 but these lockdowns have exposed another category of vulnerable people to what they fear most domestic abuse for him reports on the women locked in with their abuses. a de

apology from the chief medical 0fficer apology from the chief medical officer of scotland, catherine calderwoods saying she travelled from edinburgh with her family to spend the night in his second home in fifa, against the social distancing rules. she said, i wish to apologise unreservedly, i understand i did not follow the advice i am giving to others. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. hello there. it's a settled sunday for much of the country, with some warm spring sunshine out there. weatherwatcher picture views from their windows so far this morning, you can see not a cloud in the sky across cambridgeshire. beautiful for enjoying the view from your garden in the highlands of scotland, just a little bit of snow on the tops of the mountains. it's been pretty chilly of late, hasn't it? but things will be milder through today. now, there is some cloud on the forecast, and you can see it's spilling in from the atlantic. it's a weather front that's going to bring some patchy rain a little later on in the day. but ahead of it, we've got this strong so

keeping enough distance while scotland's chief medical officer ended up losing her job dr catherine calderwood was caught visiting her 2nd homes twice in a fortnight contrary to her own official advice photos of her were leaked to the press and she resigned that there's already been a backlash to the rise in social censorship. is that and frank wouldn't have lasted a week with all the sneetches the thing they have the moral high ground for reporting on the neighbors activities. an absurd amount of people in this country are going to turn into 1st class snitches and when this ands they'll keep reporting their neighbors to the police this is obviously an undercurrent that goes into a company is there so i mean it's sort of positioned in framed as you are doing your civic duty you are protecting everybody but it has deeper ramifications than that we must be very careful it is fear based absolutely people do have judgment about them about what other people are doing what's in your basket is that shopping essential why did you go out how long was your exercise how long were you on that bench for we

you will have seen earlier the story about the chief medical officer, doctor catherine calderwood.blic information campaign encouraging people not to go out and to engage in social distancing there she is speaking at the news conference this afternoon where she apologised unreservedly for what she called her mistake in presenting her second home on two occasions, yesterday and last weekend, clear contravention of her own guidelines. it has been announced that she has been removed from the public information campaign for flouting the rules she promotes. police issued a formal warning after it emerged she had driven to the family's country home, despite advice that she has delivered to people not to travel. she will remain as the clinical advisor and chief medical officer. you just won't see any more of those adverts with her telling you to stay at home because she didn't stay at home herself. there are also rumours about how people can contract coronavirus. an nhs gp in windsor who was part of the service offering video appointments to patients doing social distancing. you answered

catherine calderwood has been urging people to stay at home but has been photographed at her second homeid she knew how important the advice was and didn't want her mistake to distract from that. just a reminder that the queen will be making a special address to the uk, and indeed to the whole commonwealth on the coronavirus crisis, that is at eight o'clock uk time this evening. she is going to urge people to prove that this generation is as strong as any. so that will be the queen's message a little bit later on. for now, you are watching bbc news. as the coronavirus pandemic continues, it's those on the front line that face the biggest challenges. doctors and nurses across the country are tackling unprecendeted levels of demand and a disease that, untiljust weeks ago, was unknown. one doctor has written in the telegraph that "fear is now a constant companion for many of us, fear of becoming infected, perhaps fatally." that doctor was professor david oliver, he's a consultant physician and joins me now. david, thank you for being with us, just tell us, then, a bit about that understanda

catherine calderwood has been urging people to stay at home but has been photographed at her second home. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello there. there's a lot of fine weather across the uk at the moment. high pressure is to thank for that. and it's been bringing a lot of sunshine to many gardens on sunday. this was cambridgeshire a little earlier. not to all, though — lanarkshire. hazier sunshine to the north and west of the uk in general because we have got a frontal system that is draping its way around the north—west of the high. notice how that cloud is kind of streaming its way northwards out of spain. a strong southerly air stream — that is what has been pulling in such warm air. and that strong southerly wind will continue through this evening and overnight. it will, perhaps, ease back a little through the small hours. wet weather, though, courtesy of a weather front finally pushing its way into the west through the evening. some quite heavy bursts of rain for a while, the rain extends further east across scotland into no

s lockdown laws catherine calderwood was cautioned by police for taking 2 weekend trips u.k. citizens have been warned not to travel to holiday destinations to avoid spreading the virus. india's prime minister narendra modi and other top government officials have announced they'll take a 30 percent pay cut because of the coronavirus pandemic already called for people to light candles on sunday to boost morale during a nationwide lockdown india has seen a rise in cases in recent days to more than 4300. and this tiger in the bronx zoo in new york city has a confirmed coronavirus infection it's the 1st known case of covert 19 in an animal in the united states or in a tiger anywhere 4 year old female malayan tiger developed a dry cough that is expected to become. britain's prime minister 1st johnson has been admitted to hospital because of his corona virus infection but downing street says it isn't an emergency johnson's hospitalization on sunday came as the queen urged the public to unite and defeat the virus as many people headed out to enjoy sunny weather despite social distan

meanwhile, an unreserved apology from scotland's chief medical officer, doctor catherine calderwood.ess conference, she has been criticised for visiting her second home in fife, something that is not considered as essential travel. as people discover they can't live like they used to, everyone is under pressure to lead by example. jessica parker, bbc news. i'm joined by our health editor hugh pym... you, let's start first of all with the dilemma the government is facing, obviously we are only a couple of weeks into the lockdown, and there are already concerns about how soon we will be able to ease restrictions because of the concerns about economic damage. yes, almost every government has got this dilemma, at what point do you start the lifting restrictions to allow things come back to normal, and a lot of people and attracting a homes and their well—being might be suffering, but there is a risk that the epidemic will pick up again. now, in sweden you have a situation where they haven't done is social distancing in bars and restaurants and that was praised, but the number of deaths i

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interesting that doctor catherine calderwood put a lot of caveats on what she was saying in that regard viral load is reducing it, there is a lot of caveats. not surprising that people want answers on that, but just to allah, that people want answers on that, butjust to allah, i suppose, we are only in the second week. but the focus is very much on testing, and the focus is very much on testing, and sadly around this time each day we get the numbers of people diagnosed with coronavirus. and updates now from catherine burns. 0f course, we have had the figure from the department of health, which are uk wide. so talk us through the latest daily update they have given us. this is really split into two different things. deaths, andjust us. this is really split into two different things. deaths, and just a number of new cases. in both of them, you could say we are holding steady. in terms of deaths, by 5.00 last night there had been a total of 2921 deaths across the uk, it an increase of 561 from the day before. which is actually relatively good, because the day before, the rate was about the