fifth week in a row that people have come out on the streets all over britain to say thank you, as jon kayuse standing together... while standing apart. another thursday night... in the uk. it is a little tiny thing i can do, to you know, make some noise, just to say thank you. every week. every week? yes. not missed one? not yet. and we won't. 0n one? not yet. and we won't. on this street, like so many others, it is personal. sarah, at number 11, is on the front line. she's a health ca re is on the front line. she's a health care assistant at the birmingham hospital trust, that has had more than 600 covid—i9 deaths. does this help you get through? yes, massively, 100% helps me. every thursday. it is like a release. it isa thursday. it is like a release. it is a release. i come out and they are all clapping, it is another week coming to an end. just amazing. just fantastic, i can't believe it. 0h... at can't believe it. 0h. .. at precisely 8.00, can't believe it. 0h... at precisely 8.00, for can't believe it. 0h. .. at precisely 8.00, for the fifth week in a row, it felt like the whole of

jon kay, bbc news.o. a famous picture by ba n ksy before you go. a famous picture by banksy has been given a makeover. it is a mural on the side of a building in his home city. it is a take on the girl with the pearl earring. we don't know whether banksy added the mask. that is it. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. i i. —— bye—bye. hello there. many places across the uk had gin clear skies from dawn till dusk on thursday. in actualfact, parts of the south—east saw highs of 2a degrees, 75 fahrenheit, and it's probably going to be the warmest day this week. a slightly different story, however, coming in across eastern england, with a breeze from the north sea and a little more cloud here, temperatures struggled at around ten or 11 degrees. now, we start our day on friday with some cloud across parts of eastern england, stretching in as far as the east midlands, maybe. but as we go through the day they should melt away, dry, se

jon kay, bbc news. well done. that is it from us. back with headlines in a minute. hello.hrenheit and is probably going to be the warmest day this week. slightly different story coming in across east and england. in across eastern england. a breeze from the north sea and a little more cloud here at temperatures struggle at a ten or 11 degrees. we start our day on friday with cloud across parts of eastern england, stretching and as far as the east midlands may be but as we go through the day, that should melt away and dry and settle. just an outside chance later on in the afternoon of an isolated shower across the southwest. we should see temperatures peaking at 22 degrees and may and may be 20 degrees into western scotland as well. as we go through the evening, we keep clear skies are most any risk of an isolated shower across higher ground in southwest england continues. going into the weekend, it looks likely to stay largely fine and dry. just that little bit cooler and we increase the risk of showers as we go through the second half of the weekend. we start off on satur

jon kay, bbc news. that's it. i'm lewis vaughan jones. this is bbc news. bye— bye. hello there.n thursday. in actual fact parts of the southeast saw highs of 2a degrees, 75 fahrenheit, and is probably going to be the warmest day this week. a slightly different story, however, coming in across eastern england, with a breeze from the north sea and a little more cloud here, temperature struggled at around ten or ii degrees. we start our day on friday with cloud across parts of eastern england, stretching in as faras of eastern england, stretching in as far as the east midlands, maybe. but as we go through the day they should melt away, dry, settle, sunny for many. just an outside chance later on in the afternoon for an isolated shower, perhaps across the south—west. we should see temperatures peaking at 22 degrees, you might see 20 degrees, you might see 20 degrees into western scotland as well. now as we go through the evening we keep clear skies swimmers. the risk of an isolated joel cross higher ground of south wales and south—west england continues, but as we go into the weeken

jon kay, bbc news. details of organisations which offer advice and support about addiction and mental health go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline or call 0800 066 066. in canada, 19 people have have been shot dead by a gunman disguised as a policeman in the province of nova scotia. the attack, which took place about 60 miles north of halifax, is the worst mass shooting in canada's history. the gunman‘s motive is not clear. a policewoman is among the victims. private text messages between the duke and duchess of sussex and meghan‘s father have been revealed in court as part of the couple's claim against associated newspapers which owns the daily mail and the mail on sunday. harry and meghan have also told the uk's tabloid press they are ending all co—operation with them. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. it's six weeks since they walked away from britain and now harry and meghan are stamping out the rules of their new, non—royal life and rule number one, it seems, is having nothing

jon kay, bbc news. now on bbc news — sri lanka, one year on.ns to the island and meets some of those whose lives were changed by the easter terror attacks. this film contains scenes which some viewers may find distressing. sri lanka: a paradise island of many faiths, popular with tourists all over the world. but the peace is about to be shattered by a series of terror attacks. this is the story of the minutes that followed and how they changed the lives of three people from thousands of miles away. when you walk on a day like today, it's a holiday today. the people are here, looking at the beach, in a way, for hope. the only way we as a family and i think, as a world can recover, is if something good comes out of something so evil. easter sunday 2019, the luxury shangri—la hotel in the capital, colombo, was packed with visitors enjoying the holiday. i looked through the window, it was a beautiful morning, just like any other normal morning. i opened the door and could hear the nice music in the background. it's very zen—like in shangri—la. kier

jon kay, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. i am amber, and my husband is frank. outside of birmingham, alabama. we have four beautiful boys, frankie who is 17, stephen who is 14, and then we have a set of boy twins who are four years old, and they are non—verbal autistic — their names are alex and will. we are the ellis family. my husband and i have known each other since grade school. we were friends the whole time. we dated in high school and married in college, and this is our 20th wedding anniversary. because we have some issues with the boys, we have not been on a trip in a really long time. they are not very effective at communication, so it takes a lot of intuition to figure out what they need. we have a lot of meltdowns... 0h, did he throw it? child cries. did he drop it or did he throw it? it's ok... when there are two autistic non—verbal children the behaviours can be exponential. sometimes they play off of each other. it's all right, it's all right, it's ok. before the twins were born we were just a family of four. and we had the two older brothers who

jon kay reports. another day over. but we face more weeks of lockdown.he strain on mental health. it's just too aware of the strain on mental health. it'sjust the fear too aware of the strain on mental health. it's just the fear of you getting at, or a loved one getting it, yeah, it's hard to even talk about it. just loneliness, i think. i think that lack ofjust not being able to have face—to—face conversations is a really big deal. i'm not sleeping that well put it that way. just feel totally useless. what can you do? you've just got to try and pick yourself up, i think. keep yourself motivated and doing stuff. if you just sit there and watch tv it will grind you down. you spoken to some of the uk prospect mental health charities. some of them help veterans and other support young families or people with financial problems. they've all told us financial problems. they've all told us there's been an unprecedented increase in demand for help over the last month. whether it is grief or anxiety, isolation or loss of control, charities say people of all ages

our correspondence, jon kay has the story. another day over, but we face more weeks of lockdown.. it's just a fear of you getting it or a loved one getting it. it's hard to talk about it. it is ha rd it's hard to talk about it. it is hard to face—to—face conversation.” am not sleeping that well. you have to keep yourself motivated doing stuff. if you just sit there, it will grind you down. we've spoken to some of the uk's largest mental health charities. some of them help veterans. others support young families or people with financial problems. and they've all told us that there has been an unprecedented increase in demand for help over the last month. whether it's grief or anxiety, isolation or loss of control. charities say people of all ages and all backgrounds are asking for support. many of them have never thought of themselves having mental health problems before. some help lines are getting 50% more calls than usual. two thirds of people are telling us that mental health has worsened in the last two weeks. and we think this is the start of a sign of people beginning to re

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. katty kay is in washington. of the corner of my eye a briefing is going on. i don't know if you've been able to catch any of it? yeah. it started, as you showed earlier, with the president setting his best wishes to borisjohnson president setting his best wishes to boris johnson and actually just president setting his best wishes to borisjohnson and actuallyjust in the last few minutes, james, he has also said that the fact that boris johnson is in intensive care now is going to change his own behaviour because he and possibly the vice president as well, he says, are going to get tested much more frequently. he also said that he had beenin frequently. he also said that he had been in touch with borisjohnson‘s doctors, he mentioned being in touch with drug companies as well. i am not entirely sure what he means by that, but sending his best wishes and staying now as a result of that, he is planning to get these tests more frequently and he of course has access to the rapid test that can come back with results wit

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. katty kay is in washington. these figures are astonishing.stonishing. how much worse does it get? i guess there are two questions on everyone's mind, how long does the shut down last and how much worse if the economy for everyone already hurting. the president has come round to the view that you have to at this shut down to protect the us economy and people are starting to look at historical data and say there are incidences from the 1918 flu that when measures were taken, that helped the economy rebounded. that message got through to the president and extended the shut down until the end of april. washington dc was put down into full shut down a few days ago and that will go for another month. all the scenes that he just showed us will continue, and presumably unemployment went from 3 million last week, two 6 million last week and you have to assume that as more businesses are shut down around the country the number is going to rise at least next week and potentially the week after because not every american state has been on shut down as lo

jon sopel, bbc news, annapolis, maryland. let's bring in the bbc‘s katty kayow from washington. let's ta ke let's take you back to the white house. we told the president would speak at the top of the hour but he is some five minutes wait. a lot of the correspondence they are doing their standupsjust the correspondence they are doing their standups just before the start of this. we have got an idea of some of this. we have got an idea of some of the guidelines he will be excited to announce. he had a busy day, first having a teleconference with leaders of the g7 countries with the us heading the g7 this particular yearfor us heading the g7 this particular year for 2020. talking about what they should do as a block. also set up they should do as a block. also set upa bipartisan they should do as a block. also set up a bipartisan task force to reopen the economy with some dreadful figures as you just heard there in terms of unemployment, up to 22 million, a rise of 5.2 million in the past week alone. let's bring in the bbc‘s katty kay, who joins us now from washi

kay. u.s. national editor at the "financial times," ed luce. and rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbilt, jon meacham. nbc news and msnbc contributor. we'll be talking in a moment about the -- getting an update on the condition of boris johnson, as well. >> jon meacham, this is a perfect "the buck stops here" contrast with donald trump, saying, "i am not responsible." what we can talk about is ventilators, the national defense production act. we could talk about all the ways that donald trump keeps trying to pass the buck, keeps trying to say, "i'm not responsible." yesterday's example was particularly outrageous, saying it wasn't his job, it wasn't the federal government's job. >> we're not standing on the streets testing. >> to do testing? yes, it is. it's the cdc's job. it has been the cdc's job. it was the trump administration's job. they failed so miserably at it, that the food and drug administration said that if they were a private entity, they'd shut down the cdc. two days later, february 29th, the fda finally threw their arms up in the air and said, okay. we're going to open this up