germany's northeast i want to discover sheilds and a world heritage city and the baltic island of luton. to get a little overview of i'm at st mary's church it's considered a masterpiece of late gothic architecture and vosa tower that gives me a perfect view of the city. here in straws and i'm going to admire and amazing viking treasure and local delicacies i'm also really looking forward to exploring the island of including in the low season one it's not so overrun with tourists. besides that we'll show you what delusions famous shock is used for. our female of the week takes us to a popular festival in colombia. and our globe trotter will show us the winter sports paradise around davos in switzerland. charles and was founded in $1234.00 and was a member of the mediæval trading alliance the hands the attic league it's now symbolized by the magnificent brick gothic architecture built at the time it's also why shawls and was declared a unesco world heritage site in 2002. and the port you'll find a real eye catcher the gores fuck a former training sailing boat built in 1933 and these plan

luton and dunstable university hospital has seen dozens of deaths from covid—19.gyeiwaa agyapong, also known as mary mo, was 28. she'd been a nurse for several years after completing her training in the uk. it understood she'd been working during the latter stages of her pregnancy, but her nhs trust said she was not treating coronavirus patients. she tested positive on the 5th of april and she was admitted to hospital two days later. her daughter was delivered by caesarean section when her condition worsened. david carter, the chief executive of bedfordshire hospitals nhs foundation trust said... a fundraising page has been set up online for mary's family. it describes her as a blessing to everyone she came across. it adds that her love, care and sincerity will be irreplaceable. one person who gave money said mary's memory would live on in her beautiful baby girl. andy moore, bbc news. 0ur health editor hugh pym joins me now. cani can i ask you about the official briefing today, about the figures? did you detect any suggestion or hint from the government's experts

luton are six points off safety in the championship with nine games still to be played. the club have moved now to reduce its cost base. they say they aren't looking for anyone to take up the role at the moment. it's still to be decided whether phil neville will manage team gb at the olympic games next year after it was confirmed he will leave his role as england women's manager nextjuly. the government has been urged to "take a role" in the potential £300m saudi—backed takeover of newcastle united. clive betts, the chairman of the all—party parliamentary group on football, said saudi arabia's alleged role in pirate network beoth, who've been illegally showing matches in the middle east, "should be an immediate priority for regulatory scrutiny surrounding the ta keover". and the dutch have decided they won't have any champions, promotion or relegation after scrapping their football season. ajax are top on goal difference. if uefa ratify the decision the current standings will see those teams qualify for europe next season. now to the nfl draft, one of the biggest events

as you were reporting yesterday, whiz air is planning 15 new routes from luton airport starting thisng this coming friday. other airlines are planning to ramp up capacity injune, july and august, the main holiday season. they were looking very much at what other countries were doing. would spain continue to impose a ban on british people going in? they were not expecting suddenly what one aviation source described as draconian measures, which he said would destroy aviation for the peak summer would destroy aviation for the peak summer period because nobody rationally is going to go on holiday ata time rationally is going to go on holiday at a time when you might have a lovely fortnight on the beach and then you have a not very lovely fortnight being stuck at home. so if it were to happen, it would of course mean that the travel companies would not be able to send people abroad in any meaningful numbers, and we would just see more painfor numbers, and we would just see more pain for the travel industry, which is very much suffering. the airports themselves, who have been calling for s

graham satchell, bbc news, luton. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina.ly across the southern half of england, through parts of wales, into the midlands. further north it is a drier, some spells of sunshine the best of which the further west you are. rather cool and cloudy across north east england and parts of eastern scotland. here is the area of low pressure and the frontal system providing that rain through the rest of the day but that rain band will tend to weaken on its journey northwards through this evening before some heavy, thundery showers start to push up from france across central southern england, through wales, into the midlands but further north it is drier with clearer skies further west you are. once again, a touch of frost across some rural parts of scotland, milder further south with the cloud and showers. we still have those showers around through tomorrow morning, slowly tracking their way northwards through the day but probably not getting much further north and southern parts of northern england. dry with sunshine across scotland a

full and happy i get on the road this bridge connects to the island of luton and to prepare you for mynext destination here's a little overview. lucan is germany's largest island and like it is in the state of. almost 80000 people live here added to that are far more than a 1000000 tourists annually the sandy beaches can get really full in the summer but things are quite relaxed in the winter. on. the island is known for its distinctive clips they rise up over 100 meters above the sea and are part of the. national park. could reach 2 information center lies above the cliffs. it takes you through 70000000 years of the earth's history from the primordial era to the present. beyond the coasts bogan is also shaped by its landscapes. the island alone has 3 nature reserves. down wasn't all and or the rushing roland as another of logan's attractions the steam train has travelled the narrow gauge track since $895.00 at a pace more leisurely and then its name implies. one of the places that i wasn't at all and takes is to go on it's hunting lodge. the building in italian renaissance style dates

the luton and dunstable university hospital in bedfordshire has turned operating theatres and recoveryitically ill patients, as jon ironmonger reports. this is what an epidemic does to a hospital. there are no outpatients or visitors and fewer staff members. the battle now is with covid—i9 — managing symptoms, stopping the spread. to that end, a&e has become a hot zone, where all patients are treated as silent carriers, while the real work takes place in intensive care. you need to be on full protection equipment, and then, once you go in, you will be staying there for about four, five, six hours, as long as it needs for your patients to be stable, then we can take a step back. it is very daunting, it is very challenging, but so far my staff are doing a wonderfuljob. with routine operations cancelled, resources can be diverted. this unit, for treating heart—attack patients, has become a storage room to free up space, so that this ward for the elderly can become an icu. we talk a lot about the front line in the fight against coronavirus, but this is about as close as you're going to get

luton and dunstable university hospital, where she worked, has seen hospital, where she worked, has seenn easter sunday, they lost one of their own. her daughter was delivered by emergency cesarean and he said to be doing very well. it is understood that mary mo had been working during the latter stages of her pregnancy but her nhs trust said she was not treating coronavirus patients. she tested positive on april five and admitted to hospital two days later. david carter, the chief executive of beneficiary hospital nhs trust has paid distributor: an online fundraising pays two page has been set up and it describes there is a blessing to everyone she came across an ad that her love, care and sincerity would be irreplaceable. 0ne sincerity would be irreplaceable. one person who gave money said that her memory will live on in her baby girl and another described her as a hero. today, the uk government is set to extend the coronavirus lockdown, which is transforming life for everyone in the uk. ministers are expected to agree a further three weeks of social distancing control. northern irelan

meenal viz wanted to speak out after the death of mary agyapong, a pregnant nurse from luton who diedate bradbrook reports. a one—woman protest outside downing street by a pregnant doctor with a clear message. it was my call to all fellow doctors that it's ok to speak up, and i cannot explain how scary it is to walk into an environment which is so highly infectious, i don't know what i'm exposing myself to, i don't know what i'm exposing my unborn child two. she is six and a half months pregnant, and although not working on a designated covid ward sheath says she feels that risk. knowing that i might not even have the ppe to see my patients is even scarier because we don't know what we are walking into every day. we might have ppe today and tomorrow we are told something else. she says the death of nurse mary aqygpw‘q she says the death of nurse mary agyapong in luton over easter was the catalyst for her protest. she does the very same hospital that she was saving lives. that is not ok. that is injustice. she left a young baby behind who will never know who her mother is and it breaks

at the castletroy residential home in luton they've now had 13 residents who have died from the coronavirusn recent days. for staff, a deeply distressing fight as they had try to protect the older and disabled people they care for. castletroy staff here have been working very hard to shield residents themselves and their own families, while continuing to provide the care and support needed by our residents. we send our condolences to the family and friends at this very sad time, because they are our family. many care staff feel the vital role they are playing in this fight against the virus is being largely overlooked. in care homes like this one, the vulnerability of their residents means they are on the front line of dealing with the coronavirus. but for weeks now up and down the country they have been asking for more personal protective equipment and for testing. this sheffield nursing home is one of three run by the same care provider. i have visited them in the past to talk about the staffing and funding pressures already faced by the care sector. now across the homes they have had six

london's excel centre expected to start taking patients from next week. 0n the ground, hospitals like lutonds to cope with current numbers, but if we see a surge in cases, and numbers of critically ill patients, staff here are fearful. there is no cure for this disease. this is not a virus that we can give medicines, anything to to make it go away, we can keep you alive, using the technology and the equipment, until your body gets over it, but we can't fix the virus, but the general public, you can fix the virus, you can stay at home, stay indoors and don't spread it. if nothing else, do not spread it. the warning couldn't be more stark. the peak has yet to come, and how we behave in the coming weeks will be crucial. katherine da costa, bbc news. and katherine has been giving me more details on the latest figures just released by the department of health here in the uk. there are 183,190 people have been tested, and of those 41,903 were tested positive. that is an increase ofjust over 3700 on the previous day, and in the latest people to have died we know that as of five o'clock yesterday,

is introducing what it calls enhanced health and safety measures and will resume some journeys from lutonl be able to book flights to destinations including hungary, the canary islands and israel. it has had some of the most stringent lockdown restrictions in the world but, from next month, south africa will be easing some of its rules. some businesses and schools are set to reopen, but the country's borders will remain shut and public gatherings will still be banned. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. a month under lockdown now, one of the strictest in the world. and a country many feared would quickly be overwhelmed by the virus is proving to be astonishingly successful at holding it at bay. this is very effective and most of the people are wearing masks, most of them are sanitising and most of the people are staying at home. south africa's president hasn't got everything right. but as he tours new emergency facilities and prepares to nudge open the economy, you can feel the optimism growing here. i've been hugely impressed with the level of preparedness. but that confiden

graham satchell, bbc news, luton. now on bbc news, it's time for your questions answered.r them now. felicity hannah is a finance and consumer affairs journalist, and michelle ovens is the founder of small business britain. thank you forjoining us. . anthony says, "i have a distributional company, the government to cover us for 80% of our wages in a worst—case scenario but our monthly overheads are only 45% wages scenario but our monthly overheads are only 4596 wages so we need to come good. we'll there be enough support for those other expenses? " michelle, maybe that is one for you to answer. thank you, 0k, michelle, maybe that is one for you to answer. thank you, ok, so thinking about where those other expenses are, if you are thinking about things like rent or mortgage payments, there are may be things that you can do. you can defer mortgage payments for three months. i'm guessing as a dispersion company, a lot of the expenses are vehicles and that kind of cost —— as a distribution company. the only option you are looking at at the moment is the loan scheme, the busine

the trust where she worked, luton and dunstable, said the baby was safely delivered by cesarean sectionhealth editor. a partnership between clinicians, university researchers and industry, which we reported on a few weeks ago, has now resulted in the production of 10,000 thousand breathing aids for seriously ill coronavirus patients. this afternoon, mercedes formula one completed manufacture of the continuous positive airway pressure — or cpap — devices which were designed in partnership with engineers at university college london. initial trials suggest they may be able to prevent more patients from needing ventilators, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. as our medical correspondent this is the stark reality of intensive care in this time of coronavirus. royal surrey county hospital in guildford has many critically ill patients on ventilators. ijust remember it being really, really difficult to breathe, and it would hurt to breathe. it was horrible. it literally scared me. i thought that was it when they were taking me away. tim hall is over the worst — the 37—year—old

we are seeing deaths in care homes in other parts of london, in dumbarton, in glasgow and also in lutons kind of environment, whether or not there is enough personal protective gear. public health england insist that they will guarantee the long—term supply of that ppe kit. it is asking homes like this to work at full capacity and that is because we have not quite reached the peak of the spread yet. it goes on to say that if their guidance is adhered to, then both residents and care workers can stay safe. but with this virus now endemic in the community, and with weeks yet to go, those promises will be put to the test. thank you for joining us. as the outbreak affects every part of the uk, we‘re hearing from front line health workers about the challenges they face. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns is keeping in touch with some staff, and has asked them to keep video diaries. in this account, a critical care consultant tells us about two days at work at a hospital in buckinghamshire. as a consultant in intensive care medicine at milton keynes university hospital, drjamie strachan

but we have had reports of deaths at care homes at luton, dumbarton and glasgow and this was a lwa ys have heard many reports of a lack of personal protective equipment. the government insists it is working around the clock to support the care home sector. angus, many thanks. passengers on some london buses are being asked to board through the middle doors — it‘s a trial to try to protect drivers from coronavirus. the majority of the 14 public transport staff who‘ve died in the capital after contracting covid—19 were bus drivers. some of their relatives say they weren‘t adequately protected, as our transport correspondent, tom burridge, reports. for the people keeping vital transport links open, the risk of contracting coronavirus is very real. this bus driver had the virus and has been back at work for two weeks. we‘ve changed her voice. i‘m scared because he did not know who is going to get on your bus and what they carry, i have to buy my own gloves, my own mask. the only thing the company provided me with was a little bottle of alcohol—free hand sanitizer that does not do anything

graham satchell, bbc news, luton.has been converted into an emergency hospital. so far, more than 3,000 people in the netherlands have died because of the outbreak. 0ur correspondent anna holligan has had special access as it gets ready to host its first patients. the winner of eurovision 2019... the winner of eurovision 2019. .. and he was meant to be bringing it home. but, instead of preparing to welcome international artists and enthusiastic fans, this space has been rapidly converted to host 82 beds. and they're still building. there is the capacity to go to more than 600. they just there is the capacity to go to more than 600. theyjust want there is the capacity to go to more than 600. they just want to there is the capacity to go to more than 600. theyjust want to show there is the capacity to go to more than 600. they just want to show you inside one of the wards. there are four beds and even my plans. designed to make the patients' estate feel as normal and co mforta ble estate feel as normal and comfortable a

a nurse who died on sunday at luton dunstable hospital and really just showing that this virus when wet it was going to affect the elderly with underlying health conditions but it can still strike for such young people and pregnant as well and still working in the nhs. this isjust such a devastating story i think. a 28—year—old nurse who was heavily pregnant came down with covid—i9 symptoms and tested positive for covid—i9 a few days ago. she was able to give birth to her daughter through an emergency cesarean section but very sadly just passed away and that is going to be a little baby daughter growing up without her mum. and nhs nurse, it is just so devastating and i think it will also raise concerns about the pretty women who are incredibly anxious at the moment was the government guidance is 28 weeks of pregnancy, they don't need to be shielding but after that, they should not be at work for example. there are organisations that represent pregnant women who say that women are being sort of pressured to work. it is all very much feeling like a decision for individual women and they

which is tangentially relevant is that an airline have announced they are to restart flights from lutonns around romania, serbia, hungary, portugal and spain on the ist of may. that plays into philip hammond's argued. potentially. the uk governed has been a lot more relu cta nt uk governed has been a lot more reluctant than other countries to go into detail about how restrictions might eventually lifted. it has focused on that message of telling people to stay at home despite some governments in the uk like the scottish and welsh government is providing more detail. there are increasingly more questions being asked about the trade—offs and the impact of the economic shutdown, potentially in the long—term. philip hammond was arguing this morning on the bbc that emerging from lockdown would be complicated but needed to happen to avoid that irreparable damage to the economy. we have to start reopening the economy, but we have to do it living with covid—19, we can't wait until a vaccine is developed, produced in sufficient quantity and rolled out across the population. the economy won't sur

introducing what it calls "enhanced" health and safety" measures and will resume some journeys from lutons including hungary, the canary islands and israel. the uk government is to hold the first of a series of regular meetings with the medical directors of britain's major sports next week to discuss ways of allowing competition to resume. talks have already been held with officials from the english premier league, which was suspended seven weeks ago with liverpool two wins from claiming the title. the sessions are being viewed as preparatory, to avoid further delays once permission to restart events is granted. can poetry be useful when the world is in the grip of coronavirus? that's a question driving a new international project led by uk poet, carol ann duffy and the manchester writing school at manchester metropolitan university. the initiative "write where we are now", is a poetic response to the coronavirus pandemic. poets are invited to send in their writing, marking where and when the piece was written. the works are published online in chronological order in the hope of creating

properties that were centrally located in london when you looked on the map, they were somewhere near lutonirport. >> what have you got london airport at the south end, you've got chelsea and west ham sted there is a lot of poetic language to sell properties. >> absolutely. i think we may be done on that one for a while. factory activity crashed around europe in march. supply chain disruptions the eurozone manufacturing pmi sank to 40.5 in the last few months that is the lowest it has been italy suffered the steepest drops. france and spain reporting data with activity falling the most in seven years >> estimates for a 6% fall is realistic according to economy minister speaking to italian media utilizing the stability bailout fund is not an option. he rei had ratterated calls for fiscal response. >> bringing in the global economist at citi. we had a look at the updated fraction loretta talking about the gap between 10 and 30% increase goldman revising their call up 15%. even as i speak, i hear the director tell me we've lost our guest at the moment. as i said earlier. it does feel there is

covid—19 is starting to spread in care homes, with deaths now reported in luton, liverpool, portsmouththe support it can to care homes. hello, kathy. i've brought you a cup of tea and a cheese scone. do you think it's inevitable that residents in care homes are going to end up dying in numbers? yes. ultimately, if we're not careful and we don't get the right equipment and admissions, our residents, aren't cared for by the nhs, then, yes, that's what we are looking at. the government in westminster says it has delivered almost eight million pieces of ppe to care homes and is rapidly working to extend testing to social care workers. but the message is clear. there isn't enough financial support. there isn't enough testing. there isn't enough protective clothing. graham satchell, bbc news. lets talk more about clap for carers. this evening millions will be turning out to show appreciation for care workers. it happens at apm. tim moffat has been speaking to people about what it means for them. clapping. the sound of thursday evening. this council estate in north london where, like so many

at this residential home in luton they have now had 13 residents who have died from the coronavirus ining fight as they had tried to protect the older and disabled people they care for. the staff here have been working very hard to shield residents themselves and their own families, who are continuing to provide the care and support needed by a residence. we have been applying additional precautions and followed all the general and sector specific guidance as far as we were able to do so. we send our condolences to the family and friends at this very sad time, because they are our family. many ca re because they are our family. many care staff feel the vital role they are playing in this fight against the virus is being largely overlooked. in care homes like this one, the vulnerability of their residents mean they are on the front line of dealing with the coronavirus. for weeks now up and down the country they have been asking for more personal protective equipment and for testing. the sheffield nursing home is one of three run by the same care provider. i have visited them in the past

on the ground, hospitals like luton and dunstable have the beds to cope with current numbers but if wend numbers of critically ill patients staff here are fearful. there is no cure for this disease. this is not a virus that we can give medicines to to make it go away, we can keep you alive, using the technology and the equipment, until your body gets over it but which can't fix the virus, but the general public, you can fix it, you can stay at home and don't spread it. if nothing else, do not spread it. if nothing else, do not spread it. the warning couldn't be more stark. the warning couldn't be more stark. the peak has yet to come, and how we behave in the coming weeks will thirteen residents of a care home in north lanarkshire in scotland have died over the past seven days, leading to concerns about a possible link to conavirius. none of the residents at burlington court in stepps was tested for the virus, because they weren't admitted to hospital. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow. what is the latest? this is undoubtedly a very challenging time for care h

say, eastjet moving out of its luton base and taking up the vacuum that's treated there. invoke an angry response, but at a time when the economy's been turned on its head, it's been met with the level of vitriol rarely seen. tom burridge, bbc news, at heathrow. the prime minister talked about getting the economy moving again and oui’ getting the economy moving again and our economics editorjoins me now, how much of a challenge well that they? it is about getting solid data from nearby countries about the overall economic impact of the virus and the shutdowns. we had three major european economies reporting for the first three months of the year, italy, spain and france were all down between five and 6%, these are huge numbers for one quarter, normally it moves at no .3 or not .4. italy and france firmly in recession and the bad news is that these may not be the worst, the records may be broken in the current quarter even worse and this is reflective of the fact that these countries saw the virus earlier and the shutdowns earlier. uk numbers are likely to be a little bit

at the castletroy residential home, in luton, they've now had 13 residents who've died from the coronavirustressing fight as they've tried to protect the older and disabled people they care for. castletroy staff have been working very hard to shield residents themselves and their own families, while continuing to provide the care and support needed by our residents. we send our condolences to the family and friends at this very sad time, because they are our family. many care staff feel the vital role they are playing in this fight against the virus is being largely overlooked. in care homes like this one, the vulnerability of their residents means they are on the front line of dealing with the coronavirus. but for weeks now, up and down the country, they have been asking for more personal protective equipment and for testing. and many homes are struggling with the virus. at stanley park in county durham, four residents have died after displaying symptoms. this sheffield nursing home is one of three run by the same care provider. i've visited them in the past to talk about the staffing and

large numbers of their residents dying only in the last couple of days 15 deaths in a care home in luton 13 in county durham in north steep northeast england 9 residents have died in a care home in nottingham these are. private often entirely private organizations and care homes that are desperate for help struggling to get the equipment they need to make sure that their staff are protected and to keep those residents sheltered and alive we're also seeing the lifting of some restrictions across some of the e.u. countries but the european union or the commission i should say out of brussels and stroudsburg they want better cross border coordination on this issue. you have been through it in the context of what's happening the european commission is something of a toothless organization it can't all member states to follow its orders it can make guidelines and advisories which is what it's doing now is basically saying look we all race to close down our economies and save our populations a few weeks ago now when we start to ease the pressure off and open up our economies perhaps it's time

this is a dreadful incident over the weekend in luton, and before that scotland, 90 new outbreaks ineaths over easter. the x minister saying the elderly are abandoned like a saying the elderly are abandoned likea lambs saying the elderly are abandoned like a lambs to the slaughter. care homes are one where it is hard to get them visuals on. we've seen people in the nhs in hospitals being cared for, but it is hard to get into a care home because you can't get across the door. if you are a reporter there, you wouldn't be able to film there because the risk you present to the people in their — once the virus gets into one of these care homes, it can run straight through it. then you have theissue straight through it. then you have the issue of the staff being at risk and their access to ppe, to masks and their access to ppe, to masks and gowns and protection is another concern. these people are the elderly who are really vulnerable to it, 1.5 million people who should be shielded from this disease. 0nce this dreadful virus gets into care homes, it can be awful and kill many people insid

been paid to a pregnant nurse who died with covid—19. 28—year—old mary agyeiwaa agyapong worked at lutonital in southeast england. her baby was successfully delivered by c—section on sunday, and the hospital say the child is doing "very well". in the united states, president trump has said the country has passed the peak of new covid—19 cases, and will later announce plans to reopen parts of the american economy. back here in the uk, in a leaked letter seen by the bbc, senior social care officials have criticised the government's handling of the pandemic. it describes the national distribution of personal protective equipment to care homes as "shambolic". and another development — in south korea, president moon jae—in has won a overwhelming landslide in the country's parliamentary elections. voters backed the government's response in the fight against covid—19, which has seen the number of cases fall from a peak of 900 a day in late february to less than 30 new cases a day. let's talk to our assistant political editor norman smith, he joins us from his home in north london. norman, this

residents as a result of coronavirus, with staff members also losing their lives. 0ne care home in luton five who tested positive for covid—19. three care homes in scotland announced 30 deaths between them last week, with further deaths being recorded over the weekend. at st davids care home in forfar, 12 staff members have moved into the care home for a month, to try to stop residents from contracting the virus. they've become known as the ‘dedicated dozen' and we're talking to two of them now — christine macrea who is one of the cooks and lynn morrison, the deputy manager. good morning both of you, thank you very much forjoining us. how are you? good, thank you. good. christine, when and why did you all move in? we moved in on the 19th of march. we've been here ever since, obviously. it was a no—brainer, you know? to keep the residents safe. because there nobody coming in or going out. basically, that was it. and lynn, did you ring round and say, what do you think of this idea, to the other members of staff? say, what do you think of this idea, to the other members of staffim was the ma

luton and dunstable university hospital, where she worked, has seen dozens of deaths from covid—19. 0n one of their own. her daughter was delivered by emergency caesarean and is said to be doing very well. it's understood mary had been working during the latter stages of her pregnancy but her nhs trust said she was not treating coronavirus patients. she tested positive on april 5th and admitted to hospital two days later. david carter, who's the chief executive of beneficiary hospital nhs trust has paid tribute: an online fundraising page has been set up for herfamily. it describes her as a blessing to everyone she came across and that her love, care and sincerity would be irreplaceable. one person who gave money said mary's memory will live on in her beautiful baby girl and another described her as a hero. today, the uk government is set to extend the coronavirus lockdown, which is transforming life for everyone in the uk. ministers are expected to agree a further three weeks of social distancing control. northern ireland has already confirmed that restrictions will stay in place ther

the luton and dunstable university hospital in bedfordshire has turned operating theatres and recoveryensive care facilities to increase its capacity to treat critically ill patients, as jon 00:07:15,1000 --> 00:07:18,489 ironmonger reports. this is what an epidemic does to a hospital. there are no outpatients oi’ hospital. there are no outpatients or visitors and fewer staff members. the battle now is with covid—i9, managing symptoms, stopping the spread. to that end, a&e has become a hot zone, all patients are treated to silent carriers, while the real work takes care in intensive care. you need to be on full protection equipment and then want to go in, you will be staying there for about four, five, six hours, as long as your patients are steady, then you can takea your patients are steady, then you can take a step back. it is very daunting, very challenging, but so far my staff is doing a wonderful job. with routine operations cancelled, resources can be diverted. this unit for treating heart attack patients has become a storage room to free up space. so that this ward for the elde

continue for many months we must act responsibly now they only work up to general shoot profits from lutonso it's not a needy organization this is a. cancellation of opposite since the 2nd world war the former president of the french olympic french football club elliptic musée has died after contracting coronavirus in his native senekal peppered with was 68 he moved to france as a teenager from senegal and became the 1st black president of a 1st to european club when he took up the position that was a must say in 2005 that is it for this news hour daryn will become a writer of another. april on al jazeera. countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you all the latest developments from around the world both untold stories from across asia pacific one i want east brings new insights from the well to my fucking native region as the democratic presidential race now rose how will the corona virus outbreak impact the u.s. election come play a name gets to be investigated we're actually running cat group of independent journalists and back he wrote in

been told of many lives lost in recent weeks from the 0aklands missing him in hove to castle troy in luton onto st ives lodge in the outskirts of london. 0fficialfigures have lagged behind this reality. today pots organised and suggesting a doubling of death and ingot in five days underlines the pace of what has been happening, it adds urgency to the ongoing calls for more help and more protective equipment. we need to get the testing across the board in social care facilities across the country. and we need to be pursuing the preventative agenda with much more rigour than we have been. the ca re more rigour than we have been. the care regulator in england has altered the way it collects information about people who have died in residential and nursing homes. since april the 10th, died in residential and nursing homes. since aprilthe 10th, it died in residential and nursing homes. since april the 10th, it has askedif homes. since april the 10th, it has asked if the death was linked to or confirmed of suspected coronavirus. disciplinary fight —— findings suggest thousands of people could've

of victims grows — tributes have been paid to a pregnant nurse 28—year—old, mary agyapong worked at lutontal. her baby was successfully delivered by c—section on sunday, and the hospital said the child is doing ‘very well‘. in a leaked letter seen by the bbc, senior social care officials criticise the government's handling of the pandemic. it describes the national distribution of personal protective equipment to care homes as ‘shambolic‘. and president trump has said the united states has passed the peak of new covid—19 cases and will later announce plans to reopen parts of the american economy. let's talk to our assistant political editor norman smith. hejoins us from his home in north london. they are expecting an announcement on what is going to happen with lockdown restrictions later today? we will get the formal announcement at five o'clock at the daily downing street news conference. dominic rab, first secretary of state, will confirm what we all know, which is that the lockdown is going to be extended by a further three weeks. that is pretty much confirmed already. we have seen th

it's emerged this evening that 15 people have died at a care home in luton — where a number of residents the government has revealed there are at least 20 care homes dealing with multiple cases of coronavirus among residents. it's put staff in care homes under intense pressure as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. this is the first timejulie bennett has seen her father in four weeks. no, you can't touch my hand. he doesn't understand why she can't come in. heartbreaking, heartbreaking. it was lovely to see him, lovely to see him. staff at this care home in belfast have been coping with a number of suspected and confirmed cases of coronavirus. all 82 residents are being kept in isolation, but it's not easy. many have dementia. he's looking for us, you know, and saying why‘s his family not coming to see him? but i know the staff here are so good to him and i know he's being well cared for. they're afraid to go to work themselves because they probably have vulnerable people at home and young children. the first cases of virus were detected early here. magdalene mitchell, a reside

15 residents, and five of those at least were confirmed positive with covid—19, at a care home in lutongures recorded in hospitals, tragic case ina care recorded in hospitals, tragic case in a care home there. these were residents living in a care home, not necessarily patients transferred to hospital, unless of course they have been somewhere in the interim of that period. those figures for deaths in the community are released by the office for national statistics weekly but there is a delay of 7—10 days on those catching up delay of 7—10 days on those catching up with those figures. the hospital recorded figures, 7097. let's get more from the chief executive of the sue ryder charity providing support for people with terminal illness and neurological conditions, as well as those recently bereaved. shejoins me now. good afternoon and thank you for joining me now. good afternoon and thank you forjoining us. your reaction to the news this afternoon. we would like to say huge thank you and i'm grateful to the chancellor for the money he is given to the hospices. it is going to come as such

while he was speaking, some more terrible news about health care worker, a nurse, who has died at lutonter testing positive for coronavirus. she worked asa positive for coronavirus. she worked as a nurse on the general ward of the hospital and died on sunday and we are told the baby was successfully delivered and is doing well. let's talk to our health correspondent lauren moss now. the focus very much on the carers, the people looking after those particularly in care homes and we saw some of the graphs, the figures the government is publishing today about the number of cases and the progress that is being made. yes, we had a daily update of the number of people being treated in hospital, currently 19,529 patients in hospital beds being treated for the coronavirus. but if we take a look at the lines on the graph at different areas of the country for hospital admissions, we can see there is more of a steadying out in most places, that could signify cases flattening out, those hospital admissions reducing. most significantly in london where there was a 5% drop in the last 24 hours, but ov

covid—19 is starting to spread in care homes, with deaths now reported in luton, liverpool, portsmouthumbers? yes. ultimately, if we're not careful and we don't get the right equipment and admissions, our residents aren't cared for by the nhs, then, yes, that's what we are looking at. the government in westminster says it‘s delivered almost eight million pieces of ppe to care homes and is rapidly working to extend testing to social care workers. but the message is clear. there isn‘t enough financial support. there isn‘t enough testing. there isn‘t enough protective clothing. graham satchell, bbc news. imean, i mean, it‘s very hard to watch some of that, so many people have loved ones ina of that, so many people have loved ones in a care home, who have all of those concerned the moment. seeing people in plastic bags... they have to make a very, very difficult decisions and make families to make difficult decisions. we will talk a lot more about that later in the programme this morning. we will be talking to the chairman of the national care association and also the daughter of a care ho

five of those who had died in luton had been confirmed as having covid—19. the home has 69 beds.oins me from there. it's another desperate story. tell us more. just really, really tragic. five of the residents concerned with having covid—19 add to the total of 15 deaths. the ten other residents that died were not tested for coronavirus, so the true figure could be a lot higher. a few weeks ago a care home wrote to families in residents outlining the steps and are taking to tackle coronavirus in line with many other care homes. they complained about the difficulty in obtaining ppe, there are shortages in nursing beds. the manager pointed out there were difficulties in testing, there was inadequate testing in the community. she did stress that had been no diagnosis of coronavirus and that was a week ago. rings clearly have deteriorated rapidly. the pair home said they tried desperately hard to shield the residents but the staff we re shield the residents but the staff were extremely sad because the residents were like family. public health england has issued a statement, clarifying

you have just said, we have now tragically seen the death of a 28—year—old pregnant nhs worker at lutonnce on health care workers from this pandemic comes not from the nhs but from the royal college of midwives and the royal college of midwives and the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists, and if i make it states, "it may not be possible to completely avoid caring for all patients with covid—19. as for oil health care workers, use of personal protective equipment and risk assessments according to current guidance will provide pregnant workers with protection from infection. the arrival of rapid covid—19 testing will significantly assist in organising care provision." the assist in organising care provision. " the guidance assist in organising care provision." the guidance will be updated appropriately when tests are commonly available, it says. despite continual promises to ramp up the distribution of ppe and testing, workers on the front line has been left wanting. will you commit to ensuring that there is a review of the guidance for pregnant health ca re the guidance for