or stay in one of the hotels owned by the footballers ryan giggs and gary neville. ey had offered their hotels to nhs staff. what do you think of what gary neville has done? i think it's remarkable. for me as a member of the critical to your care team it would have been unthinkable to not be able to do my shift and put undue pressure on the system. i felt i would be letting down patients and my team. so it's been fantastic to have that option so i can keep working. i think it's made such a huge difference to our ability to carry out ourjobs and keep this hospital at least afloat throughout this. really, really phenomenal. i think we are all really, really grateful to them, and they seem like fantastic men to be able to offer that. what is your favourite bit about the hotel? my favourite bit is probably going to be the bathroom. beautiful bathroom. this amazing shower and bath. i've got a shower that so big i can practically lie down in it, and i've got a bath that is more like a swimming pool. gorgeous space. just got back from work. the rooms are lovely, but being a

and ex—manchester united captain gary neville said...rus on the sport. they will be furloughing staff from today and are looking to protect what events they still have in the calendar, like the anniversary games in london injuly, but that could see them clash with west ham, who play football there. we still really want to hold that. if the government is saying that we can still have mass gatherings, we still really want to hold that. it is very important for us, it is important for our athletes. we do understand that the premier league are controlling fixtures, so there are a lot of parties at work here, and we understand that west ham want to play their remaining fixtures. but we are still having conversations in the background that we want the anniversary games to go ahead. itjust feels like sometimes sport is weighted so much to football, and i think all sport at this moment in time should be given a fair shot. now earlier i was telling you about how premier league players are helping in the battle against coronavirus... well, in germ

gary lineker saying it is what he was expecting from the premier league players, gary neville is wellke a wage cut and do their part, he said this was very welcome, big gesture and he has commended them for doing their bit. let's try again withjohn barnes, john, can you hear us at all? i can hear you perfectly, i don't know if you can hear me.” all? i can hear you perfectly, i don't know if you can hear me. i can indeed, give us your reaction again, we had a bit of a break—up on the line. it doesn't surprise me, i knew the footballers were always going to do something. they want to make the right decision, and make sure the money goes to the right place. taking their time. john, i'm afraid, you can hear us, but we cannot really hear you clearly enough, it keeps breaking up in reason, i am so sorry, we will have to leave it there but we will try and speak to john barnes later. mike, thank you very much, sorry we weren't able to bring you that interview withjohn barnes, hopefully we can get some detail of that to you very soon. now, farmers say they are having to pull away thousands of