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justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk. let's just bring you these pictures from bangkok.an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus at a hospital in the city. the tiny face guards have been designed by the hospital for use when the baby makes its firstjourney home. for those watching around the world, we will say goodbye to you. stay safe. here, police have praised people for largely staying inside over what has been a warm and sunny weekend. we're now entering our fourth week of lockdown measures in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, with the strong likelihood of restrictions being extended. today, parks and beaches would usually be full of people enjoying the bank holiday, but not so this year. let's speak to our correspondent sarah ransome, who's on a beach in exmouth. are you alone sarah? very nearly, just the dog walker, runner and cyclist, but if you look at the beach behind me, you really can only see one 01’ beach behind me, you really can only see one or two people on there. now, making the most of this glorious day here in devon and as you are sayi
justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk. let's just bring you these pictures from bangkok.an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus at a hospital in the city. the tiny face guards have been designed by the hospital for use when the baby makes its firstjourney home. for those watching around the world, we will say goodbye to you. stay safe. here, police have praised people for largely staying inside over what has been a warm and sunny weekend. we're now entering our fourth week of lockdown...
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justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk.in a historic deal, brokered after a weekend of intensive video calls between the world's biggest oil producers. the deal, made by the group known as 0pec—plus, will cut global production of oil at unprecedented levels. it was helped along by president trump, one of many leaders desperate to stabilise the global economy during the coronavirus pandemic. freya cole reports. planes are grounded, major highways are quiet, and streets around the world are deserted. global demand for oil during the coronavirus pandemic has plummeted. it's flooded the market with excess oil, which has only been exacerbated by a price war between russia and saudi arabia. but after a week of intensive video talks between the world's top oil producers and their allies, a deal has been brokered to cut global crude production. it's the largest cut by 0pec in supply ever. it signals this kind of 0pec—plus cooperation, particularly saudi arabia and russia. their oil price war is over and their cooperation will conti
justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk.in a historic deal, brokered after a weekend of intensive video calls between the world's biggest oil producers. the deal, made by the group known as 0pec—plus, will cut global production of oil at unprecedented levels. it was helped along by president trump, one of many leaders desperate to stabilise the global economy during the coronavirus pandemic. freya cole reports. planes are grounded, major highways are quiet, and streets around the world are...
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justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk.rning, you are very welcome, send us an e—mail or you can message me on twitter. one of the world's best known opera singers, the italian tenor, andrea bocelli, has performed a live concert in the empty duomo cathedral in milan, the centre of the italian region that's been worst hit by the pandemic. his music for hope concert was streamed live worldwide and featured four hymns. reged ahmad reports. # ave maria...# andrea bocelli, one of the world's most famous and enduring tenors. he sang alone in this iconic milan cathedral, save for an organist. bocelli's voice filling the cavernous, empty space. the tenor was invited to sing by the mayor of milan and the body that looks after the cathedral, streaming his performance live online for free on easter sunday. translation: first of all, i would like to specify that it is not a concert but a prayer. that is what it is. and that is what it is meant to be. bocelli is one of a long line of musicians performing on social media during the coron
justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk.rning, you are very welcome, send us an e—mail or you can message me on twitter. one of the world's best known opera singers, the italian tenor, andrea bocelli, has performed a live concert in the empty duomo cathedral in milan, the centre of the italian region that's been worst hit by the pandemic. his music for hope concert was streamed live worldwide and featured four hymns. reged ahmad reports. # ave maria...# andrea bocelli, one of the world's most...
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justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk.eed extra support during this difficult time. 0ne charity based in the north of england, in lincolnshire, delivers free meals and supplies to the most vulnerable across britain. it's seen a sixfold increase in the number of deliveries it is having to make each week. with me now is richard humphrey, senior co—ordinator at his church charity. thank you forjoining us, i can see a well stocked warehouse behind you. tell us what you are doing in these times. well, his church provides solutions for major manufacturers and supermarkets. by doing that, we have now a whole aircraft hangar full of provision for such a time as this so we are supporting now due to the covid—19 crisis a network of charities. we have started a network called his great british food left. this was inspired by the birmingham airlift where thousands of lives we re airlift where thousands of lives were saved from starvation and we are now restocking great britain during lockdown. what are you distributing as part of that
justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk.eed extra support during this difficult time. 0ne charity based in the north of england, in lincolnshire, delivers free meals and supplies to the most vulnerable across britain. it's seen a sixfold increase in the number of deliveries it is having to make each week. with me now is richard humphrey, senior co—ordinator at his church charity. thank you forjoining us, i can see a well stocked warehouse behind you. tell us what you are doing in these times. well,...
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our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, has been to sizewell b nuclear power station incity companies are keeping the lights on. the routine checks made here are making sure the power station continues to run smoothly. it provides electricity to more than 2 million british homes. day—to—day tasks are a little bit more laborious they say. washing hands multiple times a day is a big one. we work a lot with gloves in our chemistry section, so changing those frequently and obviously complying with social distancing at all times. here on the suffolk coast, they say they have started putting in place there pandemic plan over two months ago before the first coronavirus cases were even reported in the uk. we have got effectively half of the staff here. we have split into two teams. one is operating the power plant and the other is at home safe and isolated. in the eventuality that we do see some sickness on our side, the other team will come in to continue operation. white backed the overriding priority is to make sure nothing goes wrong in there. what happens if there is an iss
our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, has been to sizewell b nuclear power station incity companies are keeping the lights on. the routine checks made here are making sure the power station continues to run smoothly. it provides electricity to more than 2 million british homes. day—to—day tasks are a little bit more laborious they say. washing hands multiple times a day is a big one. we work a lot with gloves in our chemistry section, so changing those frequently and...
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justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk.ch more about what is going on around us with nature. at the moment, normally here, there would be lots of lorries going past and ca rs be lots of lorries going past and cars going past but instead, all i can hearour cars going past but instead, all i can hear our blackbirds and robins singing. whether you are in the middle of an urban area or in the countryside, there is still plenty to see it hear and the dawn chorus at the moment is about 5:45am, 6am, so it is the perfect time to be listening for all of the bird singing at the same time. this is a really exciting time of year. this isa really exciting time of year. this is a busy time of year for mark as he prepares for the return of swifts to the uk at the end of the month. tucked under the eaves of his house in bristol, mark‘s home—made swift boxes are red with tiny cameras so he can watch and share online images of them nesting. so anybody out there who is stuck in because of this lockdown, this is an ideal opportunity to do some
justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk.ch more about what is going on around us with nature. at the moment, normally here, there would be lots of lorries going past and ca rs be lots of lorries going past and cars going past but instead, all i can hearour cars going past but instead, all i can hear our blackbirds and robins singing. whether you are in the middle of an urban area or in the countryside, there is still plenty to see it hear and the dawn chorus at the moment is about 5:45am, 6am, so it...
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justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk. now on bbc news, it's time for your questions answered.bridge university and presenter of the naked scientists radio show. thanks so much forjoining us. pleasure. lots of questions, some really interesting ones. we will start with something written by steve, who asks, why are we not seeing figures of those recovered from covid—19 in the uk? all other countries are publishing this data. i don't know, is the straightforward answer, steve. i'm sorry. the bottom line is we know what the mortality rate is, so therefore one can presume if you are not dead you are alive and you will be recovering. people recover at different rates, though so i suspect the data will trickle out when we have handle on how to collect it, but at the moment i don't know who is logging that data so i can't give you a greater stay on that, but we know the mortality rate at the moment is about 1%. so therefore 99% of people are getting better. a second question from mr bradbury, who is in cheshire. he asks a very current question. someone should ask ministers why everyon
justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk. now on bbc news, it's time for your questions answered.bridge university and presenter of the naked scientists radio show. thanks so much forjoining us. pleasure. lots of questions, some really interesting ones. we will start with something written by steve, who asks, why are we not seeing figures of those recovered from covid—19 in the uk? all other countries are publishing this data. i don't know, is the straightforward answer, steve. i'm sorry. the bottom...