caroline hawley has more. i've left three children behind, two children are asthmatic.should have been home, that's the bottom line. i should have been home. tabassum is one of hundreds of thousands of british people stuck around the world right now. pakistan is in lockdown. there have been no flights out for two weeks, and there are many, many others in this country alone desperate to get back to the uk, some with pressing medical needs. my mum is a diabetic, so medication is low, it's hard to get hold of. we just need some intervention, to be honest. but how to get people back when the world is closing down? this is 0rly airport in paris. today it's shutting indefinitely to commercial flights, just one illustration of the vast logistical challenge of getting people home. this is tom ram on holiday in morocco. the foreign office says it's helped get more than 8,000 travellers home on commercial flights after travel restrictions came into force. but tom is still stranded. we were only booked here for four days, and now we've been here 17, and now we've got no idea when

caroline hawley reports.cue planes sent to peru to bring stranded british tourists home. by the end of tomorrow, with specially chartered flights, the government hopes to have about 1,000 people back on uk soil. look at the smiles on these junior doctors who have been told they will be getting out. how much of a relief is that going to be? massive relief. thank you. i think there's been a lot of frustration that there hasn't been much communication and things have taken a lot of time. but now things are happening, i think everybody is relieved and grateful to be going home. in lima, people are queueing up to be on the flights. it was in a state of emergency in some are still making long and difficult journeys emergency in some are still making long and difficultjourneys to the capital. to make it worse, there are some coronavirus cases in the hospitals where british people are staying, so some people are being forced to stay put. people in high—risk places of coronavirus, where it is present, its really distr

caroline hawley, bbc news. with large—scale events like the london marathon, which raises more than 60 million a year, being postponed, fundraising has been hit hard. and charity shops have also had to close their doors. officials say many charities are now facing imminent collapse, and they're now calling on the government for urgent help, as michael buchanan reports. oh, hello, good afternoon, is that marion? a human voice to break the loneliness of the lockdown. at this age uk centre in north london, they're getting 500 calls a week asking for help — five times the usual demand. but though they've never been busier, they estimate their income will be down by as much as 50% over the coming months. the furlough situation doesn't apply to us. we've got too much work, and people are working long hours, and everyone is working, and in fact i'm having to pay for more hours. so you've got increasing costs and reducing income? yes, exactly, and i think that's a very typical picture across the country. liftoff for th

here's caroline hawley.e planes sent to peru to bring stranded british tourists home. by the end of tomorrow, with specially chartered flights, the government hopes to have about 1000 people back on uk soil. all such flights to other countries will now follow. my name's freddie. and i'm claire. is twojunior doctors is two junior doctors are heading home from a public health project in peru tojoin the nhs. how much of a relief is that going to be for you? massive relief. so grateful that it's been organised, so thank you. i think there's been a lot of frustration from people in peru that there hasn't been much communication and things have taken a lot of time. but now things are happening, i think everyone's very relieved and grateful to be going home. here, no place for social distancing as british travellers queue up to get on flights. peru is in a state of emergency, and some tourists are still making long and difficult journeys to the capital. and not everyone has made it. we we re and not everyone has ma

caroline hawley, bbc news.hat the rate of deaths from coronavirus is rising there, and will continue to do so. they say early testing has help to keep the rate relatively low until now. germany has the capacity to conduct half a million tests a week as our berlin correspondent, jenny hill reports. they are working day and night in germany's laboratories. this country tested early and it tested a lot. an approach which, it has been believed, has saved lives. there we re believed, has saved lives. there were many positive cases picked up early so people were asked very early, months ago, to remain isolated, contact people who were traced and were repeatedly isolated as well. but some say germany had luck on its side as well. many of its early cases were skiers, young, fit, coming back from their winter breaks. the average age of an infected person in germany is a7. but that is changing. this week, a ca re but that is changing. this week, a care home made headlines. 17 people, elderly, vulnerable, died here. this

caroline hawley, bbc news.message — stay—at—home, wash her hands and stay—at—home, wash her hands and stay away from other people. —— wash your hands. as always, thanks for being with us on outside source. stay safe. hello there. the outlook through the weekend and into next week is going to bring a different look and feel to the weather than what we have been used to of late. we've been dominated by high pressure just recently, and it is still close by as we move into wednesday. around it, we are feeding in a lot of cloud and some showers, and that weather front will bring some rain down across scotland, later arriving in northern ireland. after a cold start with some frost, some early sunshine across southern england, it clouds over here, a few showers around, too. there is the weather front bringing the rain down across scotland, mainly for western scotland towards northern ireland later, then we follow that with some sunshine in northern scotland, where the breeze starts to pick up a bit. otherwise, the win

caroline hawley, bbc news.umental in ensuring every person who needs it is getting the support they need. one of them is emma miller, who a few weeks ago set up a gofundme page aimed at raising money to deliver care packages to the needy and vulnerable. it's now raised more than £60,000. love you to speak to you. this idea came out of it sadness from losing a member of your family but not to coronavirus. this was the catalyst, so what have you done? so sadly we lost my grandfather three weeks ago, not of coronavirus. and basically it started as a family discussion with me, my sister, my cousins, my dad, my stepmum, my uncle and aunt and we have been talking and itjust sort of said let's do something. and we set upa of said let's do something. and we set up a good funding page and set up set up a good funding page and set upa set up a good funding page and set up a facebook group and we started going shopping and delivering care package to the elderly, vulnerable who were unable to get out and expose themselves.

caroline hawley reports. stranded british tourists home. by the end of tomorrow, with specially chartered flights, the government buckle hopes to have about 1000 people back on uk soil. last week some of the most vulnerable travellers were brought back. perilla is in a state of emergency stop some tourists are stuck. there are coronavirus cases in hostels where some british people are staying. we will bring british nationals back to the uk, back to their friends nationals back to the uk, back to theirfriends and nationals back to the uk, back to their friends and families. it is now a week since the foreign office advised all british tourists abroad to head home. hundreds of thousands have somehow made it back, mostly on commercialflights. have somehow made it back, mostly on commercial flights. many people are still stuck in india, australia and new zealand and almost every corner of the globe. the foreign office minister estimated there are a million people abroad met many scrabbling to get back. this docto

caroline hawley reports.the government hopes to have about 1000 people back on uk soil. last week some of the most vulnerable of the british travellers in peru were brought home on the first of the evacuation flights. but peru is in a state of emergency and some tourists are still stuck in remote places. to make it worse, there are coronavirus cases in some of the hostels where british people are staying. we will have two more british airways flights flying back from lima to london, bringing british nationals back to the uk, back to their friends and families. it is now a week since the foreign office advised all british tourists abroad to head home. hundreds of thousands have somehow made it back, mostly on commercial flights. but many people are still stuck in india, australia, new zealand and in almost every corner of the globe. the foreign office minister today estimated there are a million people abroad, many now scrambling to get back. this doctor is in cape town. her husband is a trauma surgeon. they a

caroline hawley reports.ially chartered flights, the government hopes to have about 1,000 people back on uk soil. last week, some of the most vulnerable of the british travellers in peru were brought home on the first of the evacuation flights. but peru is in a state of emergency, and some tourists are still stuck in remote places. to make it worse, there are coronavirus cases in some of the hostels where british people are staying. we'll have two more british airways flights flying back from lima to london, bringing british nationals back to the uk, back to their friends and families. it's now a week since the foreign office advised all british tourists abroad to head home. hundreds of thousands have somehow made it back, mostly on commercial flights. but many people are still stuck in india, australia, new zealand and in almost every corner of the globe. the foreign office minister today estimated there are a million people abroad, many now scrambling to get back. this doctor is in cape town. her husband is