kevin schofield, lucy fisher, many things to both of you.ow. good evening. monday for most has been dominated by a dry and settled story. in fact the weather watch a picture here is essex but fairly indicative of many areas of the country. allowing for some spring blossom to flourish now. different story for the north and west and they cannot for some rain at times, from the weather front going to stubbornly sit with you for the next couple of days. will bring relentless rain for a time and strong gusty winds elsewhere. the isobars will open up and keep those clear skies. but of the north and south divide overnight tonight and frost out of the question, first thing tomorrow morning as temperatures hover around freezing but it will be a milder start at the north with the cloud around. particularly for the northern and western aisles, gusts of winds in excess of 50 mph for time. could have as much of rain for these frontal system clear through. quite a lot of cloud generally through scotla nd a lot of cloud generally through scotland and north

lucy fisher, bbc news.information on coronavirus on our website, including this look at how a cruise ship near panama is trying to tra nsfer a cruise ship near panama is trying to transfer healthy passengers to another vessel after an outbreak on board. the bbc news website or app. we say goodbye now to our viewers on bbc world. but for those of you staying with us here on the bbc news, a treat, the weather! hello. sunshine harder to see out there this weekend, cloud increasing from the north, but the more significant thing about this weekend's weather is how much colder it's turning, and the colder feel enhanced by a stronger wind. we've got high pressure close by, so that would suggest a lot of dry weather, and a bar a few showers, that's the case. around the area of high pressure, though, the area's coming in from a cold direction, from the north or north—east, so that is introducing the cold air and the wind is quite strong, as well, particularly gusty towards the east and south of the uk, adding a wind

lucy fisher, the times. thank you. two quick questions, if i may. firstly to the experts.hows 40% of patients sick enough to be hospitalised in the us were aged 20-54 hospitalised in the us were aged 20—54 so is there any concern the pandemic is affecting younger people in the uk worse than previously thought? secondly, prime minister, the tide of redundancy sweeping the country and your own mps have said government isn't doing enough to help struggling businesses retain workers. you've mentioned the chancellor will talk more about this tomorrow but do you accept every day you delay announcing new support measures will cause thousands of jobs to go? well, let me say, first of all, on that, everybody‘s deed everybody understands we will stick by businesses and i hope businesses will stick by their employees. this country will bounce back. we will need some fantastic companies remaining to bounce back as well. it is absolutely vital everybody understands that. rishi sunak will be saying more tomorrow about the package we are putting in place for workers across the country, t