emma simpson is at london kings cross. how this change, for the railways and public transport?working week and already it is so far removed from normality. i am at one of london's busiest stations and i can count the number of passengers on the concourse on my finger tips. it is extraordinary, eerily quiet. we already have measures in place for public transport, so just to reiterate, the trains are still running but it is a reduced service, they are focused on keeping the key routes open so key workers can travel to do theirjobs. you may have seen pictures today, we have had some real trouble on the london underground where pictures are packed, crowded carriages at certain points on the network, the exact opposite of social distancing. they really hope that will not continue tomorrow, the authorities clearly think there have been more people travelling on this part of the network than should be. so the message age, only use public transport if you are a key worker or if it is absolutely essential. although it is not quite clear what that latter point really means. emma simpson,

in a moment, we'll speak tojon kay in bristol, and emma simpson is at london's king's cross railway stationrrespondent, sarah corker, is at a shopping centre in manchester. sarah, just clarify for us exactly what shops we can now go to and which we can't. well, these stricter rules will force people to social distance and the message from the government is shopping centres like this one here in manchester and across the uk are now off—limits. all nonessential retailers must shut. that includes many high street trains, clothing stores, health and beauty salons, hotels, essentially anywhere that doesn't sell food or vital supplies. to ease the financial strain on businesses, the government has already said it will pay 80% of wages for those affected by these closures. as for those stores deemed as vital and that will be allowed to stay open, they include supermarkets, petrol stations, funeral homes, pharmacies and also online retailers. but i think the challenge going forward will be for stores like supermarkets to try and cope with demand from shoppers, we could see them limiting the number

our correspondentjohn mcmanus is at king's cross in london.doing or having to do? 500 british transport police officers have been on the network this morning talking to travellers and asking if they've heard the advice from government that they should not be travelling unless absolutely necessary. and also quite blu ntly absolutely necessary. and also quite bluntly asking them where they are going. we've seen large numbers on transport networks this morning and particularly in london and also complaints about overcrowding on train carriages which of course can aid transmission of the virus. but transport for london sake tube travel is down one third since yesterday and bus travel also down but the chief constable of british transport police says his officers will take greater action in the next few days particularly if parliament gra nts few days particularly if parliament grants the new powers. if you look around today, there are still far too many people who are travelling that i don't think necessarily meet that criteria so, first and forem

london. i'm standing outside of king's crossing behind me. and you can see a number of cars going by. and about. britain's lockdown has been much more liberal than in other european countries and in france and italy and spain, people are allowed to go out for exercise. public transit is still running those businesses, still zipping past every few minutes. the tube here is also running and that's important because a lot of key workers, people who work in super markets or hospitals rely on the tube in this city to get to work. to the problem is they're run ago reduced service and we're seeing shocking pictures of people crammed in these tiny carriages where social distancing is completely impossible. that is a real concern in london this morning. many people are beginning toing wonder whether this lockdown is going to get tighter. >> nbc's sara harmon in london, thank you. >>> italy, as we mentioned, is europe's epicenter. let's take a look at the cases there. that cunning has crossed 86,000. spain is close behind with more than 64,000 cases. and france has nearly 33,000 cases. >> and j

know flybe has now ceased trading so all flights are cancelled at heathrow and london city airports. 0n the roads. in kings crosszini. hello, good morning. some wet weather forecast for most of us today, particularly towards southern home counties. there's also a rather chilly easterly wind blowing too. temperatures in mid—single figures to start off the morning. there's quite a bit of mist around, a little bit of hill fog over the higher ground. you can see this area of rain towards the south here is gradually moving its way northwards as we head through the morning. some of the rain towards the south could turn out to be rather heavy. the further north and west you are, the drier it will tend to be though even here we are expecting some showers as we head through the afternoon. top temperatures today between five and eight degrees celsius, but there will be quite a bit of added wind—chill, and a cool easterly wind blowing. so plenty of cloud around, the showers will gradually fade away as we head through the evening and there will be some clear spells developing. in the clear spells, expect a little bit of fro