say hi, hugh >> what's your name? >> i hear him.are going to let him braid your hair >> look at the bread don't touch it it is really hot cool teach you some day how to do it. everybody likes french bread >> that is what guys do when they get together. they bake bread together good to see you. >> let's talk about the movie. >> alison janney it is very hard to get through scenes without laughing. she can make any scene very moving and funny and the story around her is central to the story 2004 school in long island, the biggest theft of public school money in american history. the school was number 4 in the country, went from nowhere to number 4 and she is the assistant superintendent we are not necessarily in cahoots. a bunch of them ended up taking $4 million and how good people that dedicate their lives to education and service, you know, the best superintendent in the country. a small little, this charge here you know, all together can suddenly become $12 million. >> hugh, thank you for coming on the show again we do love you we

hugh: this dr.ted a message to the prime minister on social protective equipment for nhs workers, five days before he was admitted to hospital before contracting coronavirus. he died on wednesday and his son spoke to the b today. >> he was a courageous, brave man. he saw nhs workers did not have enough ppe. bmaythe time it did not get the attention it deserves. we are not going to stop. we are getting thieverywhere. i doot want my father's passing to be in vain. hugh: repeating guidelines to the public on social distancing. >> the message remains the same as it ha been. people need to stay-at-home. i know how difficult that is and how difficult that will be, particularly over thd. easter week ordinarily that is a time to see friends and family, a time to get out and about or take a short break. none of that will be possible this year. hugh: today some more enjoying the sunshine,eeping their distance and exercising inine with official advice, but there hugh pym, bbc news.k holiday anchor: let's stick

editor hugh pym has hugh: pop-up units run by the army, to boo t virusesting. number of drive-through centers are being expanded and more home test kits will be sent out,o all t handle possible demand from up to 10 million key workers and their families. t by midmorning all slots bookable online for today had been taken by 11,000 people and 5000 home test kits went within minutes. the department of health apologized for any inconvenience and said booking for t weekend had started up again with capacity expanding. mike, who is a teacher, had symptoms, and wants to know if it is sa to go to work. he managed to get a test swab. >> the process was seamless. i wasble to register and just had to wait for the emailed to come through. once i got the email i quickly logged onto the site,in for the te center. it has been really easy. hugh: one drive-through test center, essential workers who d nasal and throat swabs taken, told us about the process. >> i was quite surprised how quickly was. >> we will seehohat happens, fully it is nothing. tgh: the fire brigade union arg

hugh, i appreciate you joining us.u come back, sir. >> i'm selling this to zoom. >> a zoom background. now jared, hang with me. i got a little pop quiz for you jared. are you ready? >> what's that? >> hugh, thank you again. >> hit me. >> jared, just me and you here. i'm going give you a quiz, and then i'm going give you the answer. guess what favorite artist of yours is coming to "the beat" by the end of this week? >> um, 50 cent? >> bingo! you got it. and you didn't know this was happening. no one told you, right? jared bernstein for loyal viewers, he has all kinds of economics jokes that involve 50 cent, 50 will be here later this week. and i wanted you to the first, as women as everyone watching, to know, jared. >> make sure you tell him some of my jokes. i haven't had a chance to regale him with them myself. >> i'll tell you what. we will consider that. and anyone watching, you can go on twitter or facebook, wherever you go, and tell us should we bring up jared's jokes or not. it's a fair point. you've been all ove

hugh joins me now. hugh, every day we get these charts from the experts.ussion about the peak. matt hancock the health secretary today said he was pretty confident we are at the peak. let's look at a chart of uk hospital deaths in the uk, reported each day. we haven't looked at this before. it was shown at the briefing earlier. it goes with the idea that the peak may have been reached ten days or so ago, the conclusion of a chart showing yesterday for deaths in england. chris whitty, the chief medical adviser, doesn't want to go there i think. he says it is simply flattening off after a steep upward climb. what about the international comparison? there was a chart again on that. this time, they used what they call a seven day rolling average to eliminate fluctuations day by day. this is taken from the 50th death in each country. you can see the uk is a bit behind france, but on the same sort of path, but ahead of sweden and germany. the point chris whitty made was you can get towards a peak, but then it ta kes get towards a peak, but then it takes quite a

hugh grant has fun as a tabloid investigator. stereotypes.t has fun as a tabloid investigator. i don't want to play a game. audiences found it funny, but to my ear itjust sounded like a bunch of drunken tarantino fa ns like a bunch of drunken tarantino fans who spent too much time hanging out in one of guy ritchie's celebrity london pubs. that's it for this week. thanks for watching. stay safe and i will be back later with more home viewing treats. hello. it was another beautiful sunny day across the uk — temperatures in the high teens, low 20s in a few spots, and as far as this weekend's concerned, more fine weather, very tempting weather, but a reminder, please observe the current rules. anyway, this is the satellite picture. you can see how the skies cleared across the uk today. a little bit more hazy out towards the west here, but on the whole, fine, settled weather, and the same will continue through the rest of the evening and overnight. clear skies for many of us. however, towards the early hours of saturday, i suspect the skies will t

thank you very much, hugh pym, oui’ year. thank you very much, hugh pym, our health editor.will help pay the wages of staff during the pandemic has gone live and by late this afternoon 140,000 firms had made claims. thejob retention scheme allows staff to be furloughed where they stay on a company's payroll while the business isn't operating and will cover 80% of a person's wages up to £2,500 a month. it's one of a number of schemes as our business editor simonjack explains. lockdown britain, streets deserted, shops closed, workers at home. but, due to a government scheme that went live today, nearly 10 million of them will be paid by the government to stay there. i'm peterjackson from peterjackson... a godsend for businesses like this jewellers's, who has 40 staff across four closed stores. it's a lifeline. it's always been my wish that we would be able to look after all our team and continue to pay their wages. but while we have so little income coming in, we simply wouldn't be able to do that without the scheme. so, the fact it is there means that everybody can stay on ou

hugh pym, bbc news.hildren would be about to go back to school at the end of the easter holidays, but now the emphasis is on online content and trying to make sure of provision for disadvantaged children — and those without access to technology. 0ur education editor, bra nwen jeffreys, reports from staffordshire. the streets in stoke are empty, the schools in england are closed, but for how much longer? carl ward runs four schools and a college. he doesn't expect to reopen them soon. and when they do, it won't be back to normal. i think we are going to be part—time. there is certainly not going to be a moment where all children come back to school together. we are going to have to take into account the health and safety of staff. that's going to be really important. as we look after children. social distancing will have to be considered. there will have to be plans going into that, as schools have done so far with quite a few less students than they have been used to. ministers know parents have to be co

of it i was like my goodness that was really really spectacular and utterly beautiful that it was hugh haven't co-founder of global citizen congratulations and thank you very much thank you for releasing what we really appreciate. the football and the players and coaches all the tab inside run not have agreed to go without their salaries for 4 months to help the club through the coronavirus crisis captain same here training before the pandemic lead the initiative the players and coaches also to top up the salaries of staff to have been put on enforced leave italy's top league city has been suspended since early march the country has the highest coronavirus death toll in europe. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour. the chinese lavar tree has denied claims it is the original source of the novel coronavirus you know that he has been pushed by u.s. president don't trump among other things. this is news from bill been a quick reminder that you can get news and features around the clock on our website at www dot com walk was on the day and twitter. morning is co

i say hey, i'm detective hughes, i'd like to talk to you about this. he goes, well, i've got my attorney on the phone. >> attorney? >> yes. i said, wow, that's a little different. >> coming up -- but did that lead to murder? when "dateline" continues. there are times when our need to connect really matters. to keep customers and employees in the know. to keep business moving. comcast business is prepared for times like these. powered by the nation's largest gig-speed network. to help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. and a team of experts - here for you 24/7. we've always believed in the power of working together. that's why, when every connection counts... you can count on us. >>> investigators looking into the murder of hannah hill had followed her phone logs to the doorstep of 20-year-old denny ross. denny, it turned out, was a friend of hannah's boyfriend brad oborn. the kids knew denny as the host at a nonstop funhouse and crash pad. >> were you surprised hannah was han

plus looky looky who else is joining us hugh jackman at his house.ore. we can't wait. but first your local news. >>> good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. just in, we are learning sobering news on the death toll with 50,000 deaths associated with covid-19. nbc news confirming that number within the past few hours. >>>ow need face coverings if you go out in milpitas. it's the first santa clara county city to require face coverings. city officials say face coverings do not replace the need for social distancing. >>> plus, a mobile testing unit stopping in fremont for two days. it will be stationed at the hub all day on mowry avenue. make an appointment. you'll have to do that to get the test. those results are available the same day. >>> let's get a look at the forecast for you today. kari, how is it going to look out there for us? >> it's beautiful. i was just looking at this shot in san francisco. the sky is all clear. although we may at times see fog near the coast. that's what's going to keep it along the immediate coastline. we're going to te

hugh has developed an awful nonsense. with this special prophecy she says he's developed himself he can once again perceive his greatest passion climbing. so there is a computer in here there's 3 actually 3 and they're each the size of your thumbnail . it's a very small microprocessors and there's a muscle tendon like motor system. so the computer runs out rhythms and receives sensory information so the device is measuring its position speed at celebrations temperatures and whatnot all that information goes into the computer that computer runs our thems and then decides on the actions of the muscle tendon like motor system in this all happens very fast so as i'm walking we're going up and down hills and steps it's constantly responding to my by mechanical means it is so with that even now a day through to my mom plan b. or you still go climbing absolutely and i run and he cannot you cannot with a straight face say that i'm disabled. i trail ride and i play tennis and i do whatever i want to do physically now if you remove

hugh pym, bbc news.e expected hit around 25 degrees in some parts of the uk this weekend. and the government has repeated again the need for people to stay at home, unless they go out for the following reasons. you can leave home to exercise once a day, alone or with members of your household. there is no set time limit on this, but people are asked to stay near their homes. you can shop, but only for basic necessities and as infrequently as possible. and you can go out for any medical need or to provide care for a vulnerable person. you can also travel to or from work, but only if you can't work from home. fiona trott is in scarborough for us. this here, it looks as though people are sticking to those guidelines. this is the most popular holiday destination outside london during a normal easter weekend, there would be thousands of people here in scarborough, many of them packed into those amusement arcades behind me. but today visitors have stayed away. local people and emergency services are relieved.

dominic hughes, bbc news. new research. it's found that nearly a fifth of small and medium—sized companies are unlikely to get the money they need to survive another month — despite promises of unprecedented government support. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. it was billed as the government riding to the rescue of small businesses. they can walk into their local bank branch next week and talk to someone about the coronavirus business interruption loan that the government is guaranteeing. but since the scheme went live last week, most bank branches aren't open. 0nline, and by phone, thousands of businesses whose incomes have plummeted owing to the shutdown can't get through. or, when they do, they are told either they are not eligible, or the money will take weeks to come through. this nottingham based engineering business was thriving before coronavirus, offering services such as high precision sharpening of tools used by bae to make the f35 fighter jet, or typhoon. production lines that were

hugh pym, bbc news.e's a new government promise that all residents and workers with symptoms in english care homes will now be tested, along with anyone returning to a care home from hospital. although care home providers welcome these plans, many say their calls for greater support in terms of staffing, training and specialist kit continue to be ignored. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt has been to hear firsthand how one care home in essex is coping. singing. today, at the st ives lodge care home in chingford in essex they said goodbye to six of their elderly residents. five of the deaths were linked to covid—19 — the signs of its presence in the home marked out by the masked and gowned staff. he had a brilliant like of music and a great zest for life. each life lost, a member of this family. a simple service to provide a few moments of reflection at a deeply distressing time for staff, residents and families listening online. the home cares for 35 people, many with dementia. a resident retu

hugh pym, bbc news.old people to stay at home over the easter weekend, and warned they'll crack down on anyone found breaking the rules. warmer weather is forecast over the coming days with temperatures set to reach 25 celsius in certain parts of the uk. danny savage reports from cumbria. the signs are clear, but still not everyone is getting the message. pc andy docker was guarding one of the main roads into the lake district today, and there is a need to do so. i'm not running every vehicle through the box. we are not the sort of being big brother, but what i'm doing is using the policeman sort of knows, if you like, and if a car's coming into the county and passed me and there's more than one person in it, and they're from out of county, they're going to get stopped. a car with a canoe on the roof then drifts past. andy runs a registration check... right, i'm going after that. ..and then heads off. he later tweeted a picture of the stop. two men, from more than 80 miles away, are ordered to do a u—tur

hugh is here.nt statistics when it comes to overall deaths which have jumped dramatically now that a care home deaths and deaths in the community are being included and we had a terrifying graph showing this just in the last hour. as we've said the daily reported death figures that we get are from hospitals only and some in the community in scotland and wales proposes picking hospital deaths. what really counts is the overall number of deaths including ca re overall number of deaths including care homes and community settings as well. so the graph that we got today at the downing street media briefing gave an international comparison which was interesting, this is measured from the first day that each country had reported a of 50 deaths and that is the way they do it. you can see the figure for uk hospital deaths has gone up broadly in line with france and italy but when you look back and it is a bit further back because the data is a couple of weeks old, you see all deaths in all settings includin

hugh pym, bbc news.llion items of personal protection equipment including masks, alcohol wipes and aprons, have been delivered to nhs staff over the last two weeks. but one london nurse looking after coronavirus patients contacted us saying her ward is running out of safety kit two or three times a day and she is having to make heartbreaking choices about whether to help patients in a critical condition because she's told not to, unless protected. her dilemma comes as it was confirmed that a member of nursing staff in his 50s who treated patients without protective clothing has died. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. southend hospital in essex, where staff are threatening to limit care for patients with covid—19, such is theirfear for their own safety. like many nhs staff, they say they don't have the correct protective equipment. the hospital says it's fully complying with official guidance on ppe. today in london came news of the first member of nursing staff known to have died with c

hugh pym, bbc news. our health editor hugh pym is with me.er terrible daily death toll here in the uk and it comes in a day where the global death toll has surpassed 100,000 people. is there any sign the situation here could be starting to ease? more shocking figures and it seems like the death toll will rise above 1000 in the uk, in terms of new cases each day. the experts look ahead at hospital data, particularly to see whether we are reaching something close to the peak of this epidemic. there was one chart shown today at the downing street briefing on critical care bed usage, patients in critical care, intensive care in the uk. you can see that london number in red is coming down a bit. the midlands has flattened. scotland and wales are flattened. scotland and wales are flat as well. that is being seen as a little bit of a tentative sign that things at least are beginning to plateau butjonathan van tam, we heard him earlier saying that it was still a dangerous situation. of course, protective equipment is another issue that has cropped up

hugh pym, thank you.he evidence about whether the public should wear face masks in crowded places to help stop the spread of the virus. the mayor of london has called for masks to be worn in public for additional protection. a growing number of european countries are recommending using them. here's our science editor, david shukman. popular in asia before the pandemic, masks are now appearing in more and more countries around the world. the government here is weighing up the options and the mayor of london believes we should cover our faces anywhere crowded. think about when you're using public transport, if you really have to, or you're in a shop and you can't keep two metres apart. wearing a non—medical facial covering makes it less likely you may inadvertently give somebody else covid—i9. one reason is that coughs and sneezes can travel much further than previously thought. another is that people can spread the virus before they have any symptoms. but the government has a serious worry, that the best m

laurie was in the sketch at dress. >> yes >> seth: hugh laurie had to -- i'll be playing hugh lauriedo a sketch that i believe did air. >> seth: yeah. >> this did not. >> seth: yeah. >> where he sang a song and, like, played a harmonica or something. and for some reason at dress, the only way they could do the rundown was for it to be right after "wanna come with." >> seth: yeah. >> so you may notice when we re-enact the sketch that hugh laurie abruptly leaves in the middle of the sketch his character is just like, "i'm out. and i think -- i think that's the reason it didn't make it >> seth: really? well, i'm so glad it's getting a second chance tonight. "wanna come with." >> okay. >> seth: the other thing that's super irritating to me and i hated when you wrote this sketch, is that you keep referring to the bathroom as "the head. >> yeah. >> seth: which nobody says >> well, this guy does [ light laughter ] >> yeah. >> also, andy did. over and over and over week after week to us in our office until finally we were like, "just write it get it out of your system. you're clearly auditio

well, first and for most i want to say thank you to hugh and to the nixon library, and i want to also just sort of spend a moment while the furniture is moved -- which it is -- so thank you above all, hugh, betsy, greet have you oh, are hugh lazy lovely wife, navy mom, nave ya daughter, a lot of navy in the house tonight. that was a wonderful introduction, and normally when people hear that introduction, supreme allied he commander and all that, then they actually see me and typically have reactions. one is, wow, i thought you'll be taller. and the other reaction is, they say, well, you know, stavridis, if you're really that cool why were you not a navy fighter pilot. to be honest, i desperately wanted to be a navy fighter pilot bud -- but i had a traumatic experience at an airport that made aviation really difficult for me. so here's what we are going to do and i'll do this in 25 minutes so we're going to sail fast. but i want to talk about the oceans. but what i really want to talk about is character. and i need everyone to understand the difference between leadership, jim mattis wa

take a listen to what the senate majority leader told hugh hewitt. >> what they wanted the most i refused to go along with and the white house backed me up. that is we're not ready to just send a blank check down to states and local governments to spend any way they choose to. we need to have a full debate, not only about if we do state and local, how will they spend it, but also we haven't had much discussion about adding $2.7 trillion to the national debt.

the majority of men, i'm sorry, hugh, did not want to. and it was -- it got very feisty and fairly tense. and then all of a sudden, all the tension went away and they supported funding for federal child care. and i asked why, and people just looked at me and said, the east wing just said it was time. >> this is a lively crowd. over here in the third row please. thank you. >> thank you all. ms. monkman, your story is about the collection is amazing to hear. is there another one you'd care to share with us please. about an acquisition perhaps mrs. nixon's favorite or even your favorite? >> i don't know there was a favorite. i think mrs. nixon was very interested in portraits of first ladies particularly in presidents. i mentioned the dolly madison portrait. she also hosted a large reception at the time that the adams family gave the portraits of luisa catherine adams and quincy adams that had been in the family for over 150 years since they were first painted in the 19th century. she gave a wonderful reception and invited many, many adams d

joining me now in new york is hugh evans co-founder of global citizen organizer of one world together at home here to get the rolling stones elton john and billy eilish to sign up to this cause was a major victory but was the event itself a success well i think it was a phenomenal success because we set out with a very humble mission we wanted to do our bit and we got received a phone call from the world health organization 3 and a half weeks ago and they said we worked with some of our artists trying to raise money to support the w.h. years hovan solidarity fund but also to support local charities and in the space of 3 weeks really now billions of people around the world last night raised over $127000000.00 u.s. dollars to support the w.h.o. and local charities and some of the greatest. time we're able to pay tribute to the real heroes in all of this the frontline community health workers the doctors the nurses the lab practitioners so we're really happy that it turned out to be such a success here the world as a captive audience of the month at the buildings is a big number the conc

hugh pym, bbc news.ng eu members to co—ordinate any plans to ease the lockdown measures — and to maintain rules on social distancing. the death rate in individual european countries has varied widely — with germany and austria experiencing fewer than 5 deaths per 100—thousand inhabitants, while italy and spain have seen more than 30 deaths per 100 thousand. as the lockdown continues here — a limited number of shops and businesses are being allowed to reopen in italy, spain and austria. our rome correspondent mark lowen reports. a tiny step towards unlocking italy. camilla cocchi's baby shop reopening today after five weeks, as this country dips its toe back into normal life. a limited experiment to see how italians react, with new rules on hygiene and limiting numbers on site. we're really glad, really excited. of course, it's not normal times, so we are worried at the same time. but we have to work, we have bills to pay, we have rents to pay, we have wages to pay. leaving your business that you started,

we're supposed to come up here and talk about, like, i'm here to, like, you know, to assist hugh andh organization to talk about the show that's going to happen tomorrow. but that subject right there pushes the button there. >> i'll give you the chance to come back and have this conversation, but i just have to say we cover it every day because there's nothing more important and this is where the bill comes due for inequality, because one sick person in our neighborhood, one sick person on our block, one sick person in our kids' school, it can't happen anymore. it doesn't matter if that one person who can't afford health care, we're all at danger. this is a wake-up call, i think and it should be covered as such. >> see, that's the thing, though, the disease is -- is, you know, knows no color, it doesn't matter whether you're rich, smart or powerful or don't have a high school education, have no influence, and you don't have any money. it's going to affect you the same. it's the health care. that's the problem. that's where you see the discrimination, the disease doesn't discriminate.

the first question we have got is from hugh pym at the bbc. that stocks of ppe were allowed to run down and a couple of years before the pandemic? and why was moore not done to get hold of more ppe in march and early february, including using british companies? well, what we've seen when that... what we've seen over the last few months is an enormous effort, a national effort but also an international effort, to secure ppe from right around the globe, but we have seen so many brilliant british businesses re—purpose themselves in order to provide it, and we have seen many educational settings also being able to do it. but you know the government, from the first moment that we were in a situation where the scientific was highlighting to us that we were facing a real challenge in terms of the coronavirus, and this could potentially evolve into a pandemic, every resource potentially evolve into a pandemic, every resource of government potentially evolve into a pandemic, every resource of government has been deployed to notjust expanding what we ne

hugh pym, bbc news. much more to come for you on bbc news. including this.he 99—year—old military veteran who's raising millions for medical staff on the frontline. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked, and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world—best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear. this is bbc news — the latest headlines: president trump says the us is passing the peak of new coronavirus infections. earlier his plans to suspend funding for the world hea

hugh pym — bbc news.us — more than nine out ten people who've died in the last few weeks have been over 60. familes up and down the country will have to get used to life without a revered grandparent. whether it's a lively veteran who still had ambitions or someone so frail they needed looking after, the loss is the same. our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to two familes working through their grief. across the country, in every city, in every town, in every village and community, few areas left untouched by grief. deaths come. hundreds a day. thousands upon thousands a week. when just one is too much for a family to bear, how does a country cope with, comprehend, these numbers? even though my dad was 76, it still feels like he was taken too soon, and it feels too premature. so, he had lots of plans. he leaves three children, eight grandchildren, and 15 great—grandchildren with a 16th on its way, so he's leaving quite a legacy behind him. the newspaper obituaries list a new cause of d

. >> reporter: since our interview, sheli hughes who gave one of her n95 masks to a pregnant colleague has begun self-isolating. hughes has some symptoms and she doesn't know whether it's her asthma acting up or covid-19. >> as people isolate at home, video conferencing has become the n normal, but the fbi is now warning about hackers breaking into calls on the popular app zoom. should you be concerned? an anna werner has the answer. >> reporter: attackers have discovered zoom, too. as one long island mother found out. she asked us not to use her last name or the name of her daughter's school because she said they now fear more online attacks. >>> mom michelle said her 14-year-old daughter was in class for her private modern orthodox high school when boys zoom bombed it. >> screens were blacked and they were saying anti-semitic things, you f-ing jews. and one boy suddenly stripped and was nhk world. >> reporter: she says her daughter was upset. >> she was very embarrassed by it and she just said, i can't talk about it. >> the internet brings out basin extincts in people. it's true with

hugh pym, bbc news. in london, the nhs nightingale hospital has taken its first patients tonight.o the excel centre earlier this evening — the first people to be treated at the capital's nightingale have been admitted. it comes as the government announced that the number of fataliities in the last 2a hours from coronavirus has risen by 786. health bosses confirmed today that manchester's temporary nightingale hopsital will accept up to 750 coronavirus patients within the next week. now it's time for our look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are barbara speed, opinion editorfor the i newspaper, and laura hughes, political and diplomatic correspondent for the financial times. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. most of the papers leading on that same story — borisjohnson spending a second night in intensive care. the mirror leads with the wellwishes that the queen sent to the prime ministers partner carrie symonds. the sun says he stayed at work for "you," so you should st

hugh pym, thank you.o calls for far more testing and greater protection for staff looking after elderly residents. the northern ireland government has revealed there are at least 20 care homes dealing with multiple cases of coronavirus among residents. it‘s put staff in care homes under intense pressure, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. this is the first timejulie bennett has seen her father in four weeks. no, you can‘t touch my hand. he doesn‘t understand why she can‘t come in. heartbreaking, heartbreaking. it was lovely to see him. staff at this care home in belfast have been coping with a number of suspected and confirmed cases of coronavirus. all 82 residents are being kept in isolation, but it‘s not easy. many have dementia. he‘s looking for us, you know, and saying, why‘s his family not coming to see him? but i know the staff here are so good to him and i know he‘s being well cared for. they‘re afraid to go to work themselves because they probably have vulnerable people at home and y

hugh pym, our health editor.enges they face. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns, has more details. she has been in touch with staff and asking them to keep video diaries. a critical care consultant shows as two days at work at a hospital in buckinghamshire. as a consultant in intensive care medicine at milton keynes university hospital, drjamie strachan is at the heart of the fight against coronavirus. but first of all, he‘s a husband and a dad. bye, guys, see you later on! bye... bye. just setting off to work. got back about 11 last night. started to see a rapid influx of very unwell people. so, it‘s something we were prepared for. but it‘s still such a strange and unusual way the world is going. we have got a really full unit, and a really full hospital, so we‘re going to get on and make some decisions for the day and plans for people. that was the start of a long day, dealing with some of the very sickest patients. none of them are allowed any visitors. their families can only hope to see them again if

hugh pym, thank you.ed in hospitals in the uk from coronavirus, among them this week identical twin sisters. katy and emma davis were 37 years old and died within days of each other. katy was a children's nurse in southampton. her twin emma, who had also worked as a nurse, died in the early hours of this morning. duncan kennedy reports. katy and emma davis, the twin sisters who dedicated themselves to life, to nursing and to each other. emma had helped care for sick adults. katy had devoted her life to poorly children. both contracted coronavirus and both died within three days of each other, katy on tuesday, emma last night. their family can barely comprehend the pain. they were angels on earth and now they are angels in heaven. we are all really close as a family, and just, yeah, best friends. they were my best friends as well, and... when they left us here, i think they're never really going to leave us. applause. they had both worked at southampton‘s university hospital. emma had since left but, last

hugh pym, bbc news.is virus — one is the swab test — which tells you if you currently have the virus or not. the other — which is being developed — is an antibody test — which will be able to tell you — whether or not you actually had coronavirus — many people may get it without ever knowing. a number of different companies and research institutes are working on this antibody test as our medical correspondent fergus walsh explains. this is what a home antibody test looks like. this one is for hiv and can be bought online. it's this kind of highly accurate fingerprick blood test which is needed for coronavirus. an antibody test would tell you if you've previously been infected with coronavirus and have built up some immunity which might protect you in future. the british company behind the hiv test says it hopes to have a similar one for coronavirus ready within weeks. i think it would make an incredible difference. the question everyone's asking themselves is, "have i had it? "i had a cold injanuary and

hugh pym, our health editor, thank you very much.inues to grow health workers too find themselves mourning the loss of colleagues and friends. tributes have been paid today to 52—year—old manjeet singh riyat, an a&e consultant who died in derby after contracting the virus. he is one of dozens of black, asian and minority ethnic staff in the nhs who have died during this pandemic, as our correspondent rajini vadya nathan reports. described as a beautiful, bighearted soul, manjeet singh riyat was also a trailblazer. the first sikh a&e consultant in the uk, his impact was profound. husband and father two boys. i will remember him as my loving cousin who i grew up with, and i will miss him terribly. how much did he love working for the nhs? it was his life. after his family, the nhs was everything. and he meant everything to his nhs colleagues. an absolutely fabulous man, inspirational. inspirational on the shop floor, loved the clinical challenge. had a massive intellect and encyclopedic knowledge and was an inspiration for many junior

yes, all right, for now, thank you very much. 0ur health editor hugh pym.esting for coronavirus is a crucial part of any strategy to lift the lockdown. the health secretary matt hancock set a target of carrying out 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month, but progress has been slow. small, independent laboratories may play an important role in hitting that number. 0ur science correspondent, richard westcott, has been to see how one team of scientists is aiming to help. this is exactly the kind of independent lab but that could play a key role in controlling the coronavirus. at the moment they are testing hiv and cancer samples but with a bit of financial support, they could easily use the same equipment to test for the virus. now the boss is coordinating a network of similar labs who also want to help. at the moment, we've probably got about 30 labs that we are talking to. some of these are quite large. that's across the country? that's across the country. mass testing means you can clear doctors and nurses currently at home to return to work and root o

our health editor hugh pym reports.e sunbathing, it's not acceptable, says the health secretary. the official rule is that people should stay at home unless they are taking one burst of exercise or going for essential shopping, and he warned that if the public didn't act in the spirit of the guidelines, then firm action would need to be taken. we've included exercise as one of the things that you can leave your house to do because exercise is good for our physical and our mental health. but, please, do not bend or break this rule. we can't rule out further steps, but i don't want anyone to think that any changes to the social distancing rules are imminent because the vast majority are following the rules. at the downing street news briefing, the latest information on hospital admissions in england was shown. after a downward move, the london figure has carried on rising and there was a steep increase in the north—west. all other regions saw increases. officials said the nhs did have the capacity to manage the caseload.

host of news views hughes all right scottie my friend let's start with the events of the morning bernie sanders suspending the campaign but he doesn't appear to be giving up his delegates why would happen. to your proper and ready monella because obviously trump versus joe biden is going to be quite entertaining and exciting by the time we get to november no 1st of 3 give me a heads up that bernie sanders is going to be speaking to his supporters and then his actual announcement you want to make sure that the fight for justice continues and this is why bernie sanders today that he's going to remain on the ballots in all 50 states so that is don't give that would be seated at the d.n.c. which will allow them to have a larger voice in the party's platform with the emphasis on medicare for all and the green new deal so he's going to keep those delegates making sure that they're still going to be counted at the d.n.c. whenever it is held later on this hour wow power play from bernie wow ok i didn't see that one coming so was bernie sanders suspending his campaign do you think that kind of c

here's our health editor hugh pym.coronavirus testing at one of britain's leading science research centres, the francis crick institute. labs here used for work in other areas, including cancer, have been switched to analysing swab samples. today, the government called on academic and industry teams to help in a new national drive to boost virus testing. had this come a little late in the day, i asked the director, sir paul nurse. well, i think that this whole covid—19 has exposed that the country wasn't as as it should have been, and we see that that the country wasn't as weell—prepared as it should have been, and we see that in a number of areas. i don't think now is the time to go into that in great detail because we all have to work together, all put our shoulders to the wheel and get through it. at this research centre, they have started serious testing today. they hope to get to 500 per day by monday, and then a couple of weeks later, 2,000 per day. that is equivalent to what all the public health laboratories in

hugh pym, our health editor. university researchers and industry, which we reported on a few weeks ago, has now resulted in the production of 10,000 thousand breathing aids for seriously ill coronavirus patients. this afternoon, mercedes formula one completed manufacture of the continuous positive airway pressure — or cpap — devices which were designed in partnership with engineers at university college london. initial trials suggest they may be able to prevent more patients from needing ventilators, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. as our medical correspondent this is the stark reality of intensive care in this time of coronavirus. royal surrey county hospital in guildford has many critically ill patients on ventilators. ijust remember it being really, really difficult to breathe, and it would hurt to breathe. it was horrible. it literally scared me. i thought that was it when they were taking me away. tim hall is over the worst — the 37—year—old spent four days on an alternative breathing devi

hugh pym, bbc news.t says almost 400 million items of personal protective equipment including masks, alcohol wipes and aprons, have been delivered to nhs staff over the last two weeks. but one london nurse looking after coronavirus patients contacted us, saying her ward is running out of ppe two or three times a day, and she is having to make heartbreaking choices about whether to help patients in trouble because she's being told not to unless she has the kit to protect herself. her dilemma comes as it was confirmed that a nurse in his 50s who treated patients without protective clothing has died. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. southend hospital in essex where staff are threatening to limit care for patients with covid—19 such is their fear for their own safety. like many nhs staff they say they do not have the correct protective equipment. the hospital says it is fully complying with official guidance on ppe. today london came news of the first member of nursing staff known to have

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laura hughes from the ft. i have just been laura hughes from the ft.t. i have just been informed that laura is not able to join us. jessica from the edp? good afternoon. secretary of state, when the time comes to lift restrictions on businesses and peoples lives, will the end of lockdown be rolled out across the country as a whole at the same time given that many areas of the uk, including the north and east of england are some weeks behind the capital in getting to the peak of the virus, so will those decisions be taken on a regional basis? also for the chief medical officer, we have heard about some elderly people ina have heard about some elderly people in a norfolk care home living with dementia being confined to their rooms dementia being confined to their rooms for up to three weeks. can you offer a my rooms for up to three weeks. can you offer any clarity on whether the government's advice on those exercising outside also refers to home care —— care home residents? thank you, jessica. i will ask angela to answer the first question and chris the

that is hugh gimber, jp morgan asset management. a headline now crossing the bluebird. rodrigo duterte of the philippines is likely to extend the lockdown in the philippines to april 30. once again, sources telling bloomberg that rodrigo duterte is likely to extend the philippines' lockdown to april 30. let's get a deeper check of local markets -- of global markets with taylor riggs. taylor: this is the second straight monday that we've had major gains. a week ago, we had gains of about 3.4% or so on the s&p 500. before that, monday's were usually posting losses. hadn't sine -- you hadn't seen a gain going back since arch second -- since march 2. it is all about perspective. you are still down about 23% from the peak in february, so why we have come a long way, there is still nowhere near the highs we've had a month or two ago. some of the optimism coming today on the health concerns about the virus. in a partnership, going to invest in the company to look at experiment were antibodies to either treat or prevent covid-19. sure -- orasure technologies also getting a boos