karen gibson is the leader of the kingdom choir and joins me now.. we have seen the response that music has had. you see people singing from their balconies, you have got people posting virtual videos online, saying on their own. i think music is something that really gives people hope, it inspires that, and we have had people say that of our music, so for a global cartilage is going to be very special. you must be very frustrated, running the squire, how much you keep in touch with everybody, how hard it is to rehearse across the internet, because broadband speeds... all the little technical hiccups, must make a difficult? it has been challenging, not a nightmare, because we are all learning new skills. we are learning how to stay collected when you can't connect physically, so as long as receipt other via video chats, it is something. it has been a challenge but we are getting through it and we are managing to create a quire sound through the technology. let us hear and extract no. —— now. # lord, i've been broken, although i'm not worthy -- # i'm

we have got eddie vedder, so many others, and the kingdom choir.re writing left by viewers in pewsey world, patel is briefly how to constrain it. the point was that we wa nted constrain it. the point was that we wanted tojoin constrain it. the point was that we wanted to join this amazing event that global citizens are put on and tom jones is extraordinary, because he was in bed for two years with tuberculosis as a child and he makes a very moving message for everyone, andi a very moving message for everyone, and i think we wanted to do this to to support the health workers i keep them safe. thank you very much will be with us, 715 on bbc one. you can find all the updates on the global coronavirus pandemic on the bbc news website. i promised you the uk figures as we got them, here they are. the number of people, the additional deaths, that has risen across the uk by 596. that is from 15,000, -- 50,464 died across the uk by 596. that is from 15,000, —— 50,464 died yesterday, it is now a total of 16,000 360 patients who have lost their lives asa pati

we've seen has come out of the united kingdom's james sells the musician behind what's called sopa signatures yes so singers a free to anyone online video conferencing choir that lead spokesman around the world joined together in song during these pressing times james joins us now from london james welcome to the show. that really great to be here so i've really great work that you're doing i want to ask you what was your inspiration for so for singers what brought this. well i guess it was seeing the scenes and to the few weeks ago where people were singing in the street spontaneously you know coming together in their communities and using song to kind of you know bind them together . if too few weeks ago i was running my usual choirs and singing with which and to bring people together through singing. i thought well how can we make the most of the situation and still create those human connections. how important is just the simple act of bringing people together during times like these especially through the power of news or column porton is that. i think coming as you said away is really important so i'm trying to just check in with my friends every da