duncan kennedy, bbc news.iences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the italian deputy health minister, pierpaolo sileri, says he believes italy is currently experiencing the peak of the coronavirus outbreak. more than 10,000 people have died there: the highest death toll anywhere in the world. he told the bbc that the country might see a drop in the death rate in a week or ten days' time. 10,000 people with the virus have died in italy — more than any other country. mr sileri was speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr. i believe lockdown starts to work, we started lockdown in the middle of march, we started the first lockdown between the eighth and the 9th of march so obviously we need to wait at least 14, 17, 18 days after that to see the reduction of numbers of infected people. over the last few days, we had an increase of infection and this was due to the increase of swabs, so we are searching more, and obviously we have more resul

duncan kennedy, bbc news. wonderful, and a very happy birthday to them both.. goodbye. good evening. over the last week we have had some signs of spring from the weather and temperatures got up to 19 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, and high pressure has been in charge, an unusually strong area of high pressure sitting to the west of the british isles and the winds are blowing in a clockwise direction so it means it has been drawing some really cold air down from the north and talking of the winds, they've been pretty brisk and that has accentuated the chilly fail. while it stays quite blustery through the night, the winds will ease to some extent with large amounts of cloud and showers in northern and eastern scotland down the eastern side of england. temperatures tending to hover around freezing and some spots might be a touch below, so a local frost for some into tomorrow morning and through tomorrow, another day of large amou

duncan kennedy, bbc news, southampton.talk to our correspondents in belfast, edinburgh and cardiff. but first, katie austin is in exeter. yes, i'm at exeter airport where flybe is actually based. it was an important link for people and businesses in the south—west to other parts of the uk and europe. council leaders have called the news today a hammer blow for the area's economy. most of the flights set to depart from exeter where flybe flights. when you look at the departure board, you see the impact of all of those planes being grounded. a sea of red, as they were all cancelled. very few flights out of exeter, today, at all. there have not been many staff hanging around the airport, but we have managed to speak to some, cabin crew, i spoke to were upset, they said all of the staff were very sad and feeling uncertain at this time. we have also been speaking to exeter airport's managing director. he said that there had been discussions with other airlines about potentially taking over some of the many routes that flybe lea

duncan kennedy, bbc news.joan. 112 today. duncan kennedy, bbc news. amazing, are very happy birthday to them both. there‘s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we‘re back with the late news. hello i‘m katie shanahan with the latest sports news. we‘ll start with news from formula one as they are considering cutting down a race weekend to two days instead of three, and letting the season run through untiljanuary next year. that‘s according to ferrari boss, mattea binotto. already this year f1 has seen the first eight races cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. with all the details, here‘s the bbc‘sjennie gow. the formula 1 world championship could go into january of 2021, that is according to ferrari boss. eight races have already been called off, the british grand prix due to take place injuly the british grand prix due to take place in july is the british grand prix due to take place injuly is one of the next to be under threat. but, place injuly is one of the next to be under

and news correspondent duncan kennedy is in southampton.hts from there were flybe flights. this is going to have a huge impact and replacing that, surely that will not be easy either. you are absolutely right. nine out of ten flights are flybe flights and you can see it's pretty deserted this morning. there isa pretty deserted this morning. there is a phrase locally that southampton airport is flybe and flybe is southampton airport, absolutely reliant on the airline for it to be a reliable and viable airport. i spoke to a number of people who turned up to catch flights and one chap from birmingham did not know he was out going out of business and i spoke to the airport here and they had a meeting with staff which was described as very raw, not least because he could not answer all the questions. the airport itself has a thousand people working for it, of which 200 or so are flybe, but because of that 90% rate being flybe, all the other 800 jobs rely on flybe for the operation, so it is all knitted into one and i asked the managing director

duncan kennedy, bbc news. a very happy birthday to both of them.extended by two weeks, according to her husband. the british—iranian charity worker — who was jailed on spying charges in 2016 — was released because of the coronavirus outbreak. she must wear an ankle tag and remain within 300 metres of her parents' home in tehran. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe has always denied the charges brought against her. she said she was helping to provide information and training. thank you very much for your company, if you're watching from around the world. i met shaun ley and viewers will remain here. today's daily briefing will be at will be happening shortly today. we will be showing it live. some experts will be giving us the latest picture around the uk from the uk government's point of view and we have heard of course within the last hour bonnie scotland first minister about the situation there, continuing sadly the level of infections and one additional death in scotland over night. but perhaps the key thing from scotland was the information on subjects, the

he's been talking to our correspondent duncan kennedy. they are britain's oldest man and woman.old woman. incredibly, both are 112 years old today. bob from hampshire is now the worlds oldest living man. he was born on the 29th of march in 1908, he has seen everything, but never coronavirus. which means, only his family and carers can get close for his birthday. with this virus around, who knows what is going to happen. there will certainly be no parties, no special visitors, happen. there will certainly be no parties, no specialvisitors, i don't know. joan did have a little party. she did have a party in quarantine with her partner ken, who is 92. but it wasn't always like that. joan's early life was in london and africa. speaking last year at her home, she looks back on her school days. i was very naughty. two others went down to the town to the shops and because of our uniform, they recognised us. although joan and bob uniform, they recognised us. althouthoan and bob live in neighbouring counties, they have never met. but they do share a philosophy that is relevant today. eve

duncan kennedy, bbc news. very bare —— very happy birthday to both of those.f milk and pasta. we are knocking on neighbour's dawes who we have never even spoken to before, offering a helping hand to those who need it most. we are those three letters that set us apart from the rest. national health service, our nhs. we may be stress but we keep going and work and graft. supermarket workers are their day and night. people working in factories. teaching the nations children or ploughs on their tractors. they care for the elderly and the vulnerable in the small. we are those car phase and bars and pubs whose doors have had to close, plus thousands all across the nation whose lives are now on hold. the empty city centre, deserted town square, the restaurant that won't open, small businesses in despair. we keep calm and carry on, and we look after one another, so do your bit, staying tonight, stay at home, stay safe, and help to save a life. we are the united kingdom. we are the kingdom united. that video was made by northern heart films. let's speak to one of its f

duncan kennedy, bbc news.n the uk which we havejust had in on deaths from coronavirus in the uk which we have just had in from the department of health. another 180 deaths of people in the uk diagnosed with the virus. that brings the total to 1408. just a line of contact about those figures, to help us understand what they might mean from the bbc‘s head of statistics, and he is saying there is a glimmer of hope in those figures, because deaths continue to grow at the recent daily rate, which was roughly a third day, had that happened, we might have expected to see 350 on sunday at 450 today but we have actually seen slight falls in the number of deaths per day, 260 new deaths on saturday, 209 on sunday and then another fall from 209 to 180 today, so our head of statistics saying actually that is a glimmer of hope, but at the same time we shouldn't get carried away, because last week's sunday into monday figures also showed slight dips on the previous saturday, so it is too soon to know really whether this is a

and we can now speak to duncan kennedy in southampton.flights that come out of here. there are a couple of people on an easyjet flight are a couple of people on an easyjet flight to geneva but that's about the only other main airline operating out of the airport. something like 2 million passengers fly out of here every day, every year, surrey and 90% of them will be flybe flights to places like milan and paris and various destinations in the uk. it's pretty empty because of that and lots of staff telling people who do arrive who have not heard the news that they won't be flying anywhere on flybe this morning of the day and we have just spoken to the managing director of the airport and he is now breaking the airport and he is now breaking the news to staff as to what exactly is happening. a meeting is taking place in a private area of the airport here and he's explaining what their options are and really those options are pretty limited. what they are hoping in the future as they can extend the runway here and getting bigger aircraft and

duncan kennedy, bbc news.o this for us. what's going on, nina? good morning. i'm getting used to my new position now, i quite like the isolation, actually. i don't know about you, but in the old world, one of my favourite things to do was to get a potter on the high street. but we just can't do that anymore so there is an inevitable impact on businesses. we are starting to see the ramifications. we're talking about brighthouse here — the largest rent—to—own company in the country. so customers pay a weekly fee to rent things like tvs, fridges and sofas. eventually they own it outright. it allows people access to products even if they can't afford to buy them outright but does mean they pay lots of interest. like the majority of retail businesses — all the brighthouse stores are currently closed. plus of course with thousands of people facing a drop in their incomes — they will inevitably be facing problems with some customers keeping up payments. but it has been in trouble for a while. in april last year the a

duncan kennedy, bbc news, southampton.r from our correspondence in belfast, edinburgh and cardiff. i am at the airport in exeter, an important link for people and businesses in the south—west. flybe based here. economies have courted a hammer blow for the economy. when you look at the departure board, you see the impact of all the coins being grounded, a sea of red as they we re being grounded, a sea of red as they were all cancelled. few flights out of exeter today at all. not many staff hanging around the airport but we have managed to speak to some. cabin crew i spoke to were very upset and said all the staff were very sad and feeling uncertain at this time. we have also been speaking to exeter airport's managing director, he said there have been discussions with other airlines about potentially taking over some of the many routes flybe leaves viking here but it remains to be seen whether all of those can continue in the future. george passed city airport, the flybe desk spangly are empty but usually busy because the ai