michael gove in a few minutes.ses. the regular markets at lockmeadow in the town on tuesdays and saturdays will remain open to help supply local residents with fresh produce. pitches will be spaced two metres apart to comply with social distancing guidance with markers placed on the floor to ensure people queue safely. parents and carers are being urged to tell their children at home to stay away from railway tracks as schools across the country have closed due to coronavirus. railways in the southern region of network rail are powered by a live electrified 750 vault rail which can seriously injure or kill anyone trespassing on the line.since schools closed on friday, there have been 16 trespassing incidents in the region as vandalism including a bicycle being thrown on the track and hit by a train on sunday. play areas across the country have been closed to protect people from coronavirus. the closures came into place this morning and posters will be placed outside playgrounds. the metropolitan police have release

shot to everest he joins me now with the latest so there shout out michael gove stepping in because as we've heard some key figures out of action absolutely michael gove really delivered a much less dramatic announcement than what we had this time last week of course last week very strong to announce the closures of pubs shops and restaurants today really michael gove reiterating what the government's line has been throughout the last 7 days of course we are now in a u.k. wide lockdown of michael gove really saying at this point the reason behind all of these government measures is because the rate of infection is doubling now all of us need to act he says and the idea behind the government's policies in announcements is to still did lay and suppress the peak of this virus so that the n.h.s. can cope he says the government has of course put in strict measures over the last week we know the measures have now even been enshrined in law as of yesterday meaning if any of the rules of lockdown measures are not abided by then the public could be faced with a penalty michael gove also said th

michael gove.ily thornberry has made a plea to the government of iran to put politics aside and release nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, who may have contracted coronavirus. mrs zaghari ratcliffe who has british—iranian dual citizenship has been in prison for nearly four years. her family says she has symptoms of coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly in iran. mrs zaghari ratcliffe‘s plight was raised by her local mp. i have raised concerns about my constituent, zaghari ratcliffe, health the chamber. but today, this is potentially fatal. the conditions that she is being held captive has reported a case of coronavirus and she is displaying symptoms associated with the virus. her family are desperately worried about her and madam deputy speaker, i do not blame them. she said iran had pulled some prisoners out ofjail. yet the iranian authorities are refusing pointblank to test her for coronavirus or any other british citizens in theirjails. the human rights commitee made it clear under iranian law and inte

and michael gove, in the press c0 nfe re nce there. in the press conference today, becoming the first cabinet minister to acknowledge there is a hold—up and the chemicals that make these tests reliable, we're struggling to get hold of them. the question is why? why are we struggling to get hold of them? there are other papers reporting, think it is the daily mail reporting, there is a company in britain making them and selling them to 80 countries. we have a 44 laps, we are told, around britain that could be doing this testing daily andi that could be doing this testing daily and i think they would only have to do about 400 tests a day each to reach the leveljoe mennie is doing, which is over 70,000 a day —— germany. yet our resources are not being utilised. you have to ask why. it is all very well the prime minister making a shell strength from his bay —— sickbed, but there isa from his bay —— sickbed, but there is a disconnect. jo, from his bay —— sickbed, but there is a disconnect. 10, it is fascinating that germany is carrying out

michael gove was saying the targeted 10,000 tests a day had been met at the weekend.82110 were done yesterday. we are not even hitting that 10,000 a target it seems really unlikely whereunto had that 25,000 a day by mid april —— we are going to hit. whereunto had that 25,000 a day by mid april -- we are going to hit. as you say, a massive issue. what are your thoughts? i think it's absolutely right that the press co nfe re nce absolutely right that the press conference today definitely told us something that has been a suspicion about, andl something that has been a suspicion about, and i work in communications, and we always talk about that you are not planned for the crisis but your blimp for the you're handling. and there is definitely a sense that journalists in those briefings now are starting to really hone in on what is going on with regards to testing about because it does seem just bizarre that the numbers that have been quoted in terms of the game and what appears to be really be happening on the ground, there is such a huge void between those two numbers no

senior uk government minister michael gove has said people should prepare for a "significant period"social distancing measures are still in place. across europe, the number of people killed by the virus has risen to more than 20,000. italy has seen the most deaths from coronavirus and the country's deputy health minister says he believes italy is currently experiencing the peak of the outbreak there. elsewhere, australia is reporting a decline in the rate of infections. in south korea, everyone arriving from overseas will have to undergo two weeks of quarantine. the country has nearly 10,000 confirmed cases. our first report is from andy moore with the latest uk developments. the nhs is gearing up for the coming storm with the preparation of emergency hospitals in major cities across the country. this one in east london is due to take its first patients at the end of the week. it comes as a grim milestone is reached in the casualty figures, a total of more than 1000 people have died from coronavirus. over 17,000 people have tested positive. the prime minister is just one of them but,

tide of anger that is growing and that was why we heard michael gove saying that one of the things that they are doing at the moment is bringing forward mobilizing testing for frontline staff there was this event that happened last night it was a kind of a moment of national solidarity where people at 8 o'clock in the evening went out on their front doorsteps and applauded. doctors and nurses people who were. fighting day and night to save lives it will got a lot of attention on. on the news and boris johnson was one of the people whose own is doorstep attend them in st doing this applause doctors i've been speaking to say well fine that's ok but it doesn't cover for the fact that we do not have the right kids and we do not have the right testing and that's what we want to see coming forward pretty incredible especially for medical teams let's talk about boris johnson if we can so he has tested positive for corona virus what more do we know about how he's doing. well he says the symptoms are mild and in the video address in which he made this announcement so the nation he he didn't look

s cabinet office minister michael gove is speaking right now at devices to support affected patients and a team from oxford university are also developing related to technology and an odd combination to prevent as many patients as possible seeing their condition worsen we are conducting rapid clinical trials on those drugs including anti-malarials which may be able to reduce the impact of covered 19 on those affected but even as we seek to explore every avenue just slow the spread of the disease to reduce its impact and to save lives i'm conscious of the sacrifices that so many are making that's why the chancellor's economic package is in place to support people through a difficult time it's also why we are working so closely with our colleagues in the devolved administrations to coordinate our response across the united kingdom and i'm grateful to them as i am to the found use of dedicated public sector workers cleaners and social workers prison police officers those in the royal mail and in our schools i want to thank them and also the leaders of the trade unions who represent in t

the senior british minister, michael gove, told the bbc there wasn't "a date in the calendar" for wheneasures would be lifted, but the peak of cases would depend on how people behaved. 0ur correspondent angus crawford reports. empty streets, empty parks. what a difference seven days can make. last sunday, social distancing meant little to some. then came the lockdown. an urgent attempt to stop the spread and protect the nhs. despite that, more than 17,000 people have tested positive, ——19,000, including borisjohnson. now chairing cabinet meetings from self—isolation. he is also writing a letter to 13 million homes across the uk, in which he says, "it is important for me "to level with you. "we know things will get worse before they get "better, but we are making "the right preparations and the more we all follow the rules, the fewer "lives will be lost and the sooner life can return to normal." i can't make an accurate prediction, but everyone i think does have to prepare for a significant period when these measures are still in place. and the response so far from the british people ha

that is the update from michael gove today.erence from dr ron daniels. he's an icu consultant at university hospitals birmingham. first, doctor, how are you and your collea g u es first, doctor, how are you and your colleagues coping and argue heartened by what you today? so there is no doubt this is a challenging situation. we all knew it was going to be challenging. it is challenging the visual health professions and challenging the weight that disciplines within health care work together and it is challenging the supply chain and procurement chain of this protective equipment. however, we are coping. we are cupping through teamwork and coping through collaboration. some chinks in the armour in the way the nhs get supplies to the front line have been exposed but the reality is that we have never been short of ppe when assessing patients. you see you have never been sure of ppe that we so have never been sure of ppe that we so the distribution problems in getting into the front line. we here for so many different medical profe

prime minister and the health secretary have tested positive for coronavirus — a development that michael govels had been following their own advice on social distancing. this is how the bbc‘s chief political correspondent, vicki young began the questioning. the prime minister has coronavirus in the health sector as well, the chief medical officer is in isolation —— and the health secretary, as well. have you maybe not been taking your own advice or you may be acted to study when it came to stopping the spread of coronavirus? —— acted too slowly. another question for simon stephens, cancer patients are very worried about the cancellation or postponement of their treatment and operations and many of them are worried their lives are at risk. and another question, can you be precise about the peak of the outbreak?” will turn to simon and jenny in a second, but the fact that both the prime minister and the health secretary had contracted the virus isa secretary had contracted the virus is a reminder that the virus doesn't discriminate. we are all at risk and thatis discriminate. we are all at risk

michael gove echoed that.hief political correspondent now. vic young, what did you take as the main element out of that today? firstly on testing, so many questions about testing, his aim to get 25,000 tests a day, when will that be? we think by the middle of april. one of the first public acknowledgement is from a cabinet minister that there is a problem with the test because they cannot get the chemicals they need to make sure those tests can work because there is a global demand for it and it seems you are trying to get that but haven't been able to get that but haven't been able to get it as quickly as we'd like. secondly i think the whole tone of that press conference is about saying to people this is a huge, huge disruption to every aspect of your lives but it is beginning to work and they are trying to give people hope that it is starting to work, they've increased the number —— the increase in the number of infections is going down but they don't want people to get complacent. so they're saying this is

senior uk government minister michael gove has said people should prepare for a "significant period"social distancing measures are still in place. across europe, the number of people killed by the virus has risen to more than 20,000. italy has seen the most deaths from coronavirus and the country's deputy health minister says he believes italy is currently experiencing the peak of the outbreak. elsewhere, australia is reporting a decline in the rate of infections. in south korea, everyone arriving from overseas will have to undergo two weeks of quarantine. the country has nearly 10,000 confirmed cases. the senior british minister, michael gove, told the bbc there wasn't, "a date in the calendar" for when the measures would be lifted, but the peak of cases would depend on how people behaved. 0ur correspondent angus crawford reports. empty streets, empty parks. what a difference seven days can make. last sunday, social distancing meant little to some. then came the lockdown. an urgent attempt to stop the spread and protect the nhs. despite that, more than 17,000 people have tested posi

government minister michael gove has confirmed that children under 18 are able to move between housesgoing on around the world. in wuhan in china — where the outbreak began — the coronavirus lockdown will be partially lifted on 8th april. all those in the city with a ‘green code‘ on a smartphone health app will be allowed to leave the city. there has been one new case of infection reported in wuhan today, which ends a five day run of now new cases in the city. of no new cases in the city. in spain, soldiers have found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned, and in some cases dead in their beds. an inquiry has been launched. meanwhile, an ice rink in madrid is being used as a temporary mortuary for covid—19 victims. and in the us, where 481 people have died so far, the steep economic toll of restrictions is becoming apparent — and donald trump has said america will be open for business in the coming weeks. earlier, speaking to bbc breakfast, mayor of london sadiq khan said there‘s a big grey area of what constitutes a key worker. there is a difference of opinion between myself

things and they've only just managed to scrape by that on most days the end of the week a and michael gove who's one of cabinet ministers said that the n.h.s. it reached a $10000.00 target when it actually hadn't we will well short of the 10000 and then so the government had to spend several days rowing back off of that saying oh we meant to say we have a capacity of 10000 now because we've seen the prime minister say we want to do 25000 even if we did 25000 it won't be anything like as much now we have over 40 testing you look gorgeous he can do viral viral testing if each one of those did $500.00 tests a day 7 days a week would be well a $250000.00 so why we're not using the capacity i don't know there is of course in fairness there is a sort of global competition to try to buy tests themselves everybody across europe of course wants to buy them we're no longer in the european union or none and there's a lot of gossip around the fact that the european countries are just selling tests to european countries not us we can't get in from the states because the states are busy using them as we

well, michael gove began the press conference by speaking about the prime minister's positive test resultonse to the crisis. as you will no doubt already be aware, the prime minister has coronavirus and is self isolating at home in downing street. he began experiencing mild symptoms yesterday afternoon, and was tested on the advice of england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty. the prime minister is continuing to lead the response to coronavirus, liaising the video conferencing. earlier today, he led the effort in launching our latest front against the virus. today, i can announce that the prime minister has brought together businesses, research institutes and universities in a new alliance to boost testing capacity for front line workers. increasing testing capacity is absolutely crucial in our response to an fight against coronavirus. this is a particular priority for those who work in the health and social care sector and are working so hard to keep us all safe. this will be antigen testing. testing whether people currently have the disease so that our health and social ca

the cabinet office minister michael gove blamed a global shortage of chemicals needed for the test.hat a 13—year—old boy from brixton in south london has died from the virus — britain's youngest victim so far. today's figures show that a total of 1,789 people have died in the uk with coronavirus. that's an increase of 381 since yesterday and the biggest rise so far. almost all of them had underlying health conditions. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. drive—through coronavirus testing for some nhs staff has begun in england. but this is a very limited trial, it's not clear how quickly it can be expanded. elsewhere, tests on patients are analysed in hospital and public health laboratories like this. they're based on swab samples. nhs staff are frustrated they can't be tested, which means they can't find out whether it's safe to return to work. hospitals in england have now been told to test key workers if they can. doctors like chinedu, who's a consultant, say a lack of testing keeps staff away from work just when they're most needed. in a week or two's time, as we've seen in italy

. >> michael gove minister of the uk cabinet office led the government cabinet briefing in london following the announcement that prime minister boris johnson and health secretary matt hancock tested positive for coronavirus. mister god said the prime minister was self orienting still continuing his duties through videophone. >> welcome everyone to the governments daily briefing. i'm joined today by the chief executive of the nhs simon stephen and deputy chief medical officer jenny harris area i'd like to update you all on the facts of the spread of covid-19 and the steps that we are taking in the battle against the coronavirus. 130,777 people have now been tested for the virus. of those, 14,543 have tested positive. increase in the last day of 2885. that scientific analysis now is at the rate of infection has been doubling every 3 to 4 days. of those who have contracted the virus , 759 have sadly died. our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have passed away. these figures are a powerful reminder of the need for all of us to. we need to slow the spread of the virus and

michael gove saying that wars johnson is still leading the response.t the moment of infection doubling every three to four days. treading stronger today by almost 2%. a look at credit and fixed income, the buoyant mood is darkened a bit today. let's get straight to our guest for a roundup of what did happen this week. casei jones is income strategist at schwab. kathy, it was a turbulent week and fixed income. where are refinishing friday? kathy: it is been quite a roller coaster in fixed income. it looks like we are finishing up on a positive note as taylor riggs mentioned. or the reality that we are going to see the fed buying corporate bonds to close those spreads or keep them narrow have helped out. in particular the investment-grade market. flow --eeing this rapid the money flows and, the money flows out rapidly. a risky mortgage lender laying off 275 employees earlier. how concerned are you that there are pockets that the fed can't get involved in that might be in real jeopardy here? about the concerned mortgage market. anything leveraged. leverag

the person responding that was michael gove and this is what he had to say.that the home secretary has breached the ministerial code. the home secretary absolutely rejects these allegations. hear, hear. the prime minister has expressed his full confidence in her and having worked closely with the home secretary overa numberof years, i have the highest regard for her. she has a superb minister, doing a greatjob. she is a superb minister, doing a greatjob. mr speaker, this government always takes any complaints related to the ministerial code seriously and in line with the process set out in the ministerial code, the prime minister has asked the cabinet office to establish the facts. depending whether you talk to priti patel‘s friends or to others, you get a different story. her friends say she is very demanding, she expects high standards, there is a lot to get through in the home 0ffice lot to get through in the home office and she needs people around her who can implement what she wants to happen. i too can make all that work and make it work pretty quickly

we got a clear sense of how far the government is most having to make this up on the hoof from michael goven half an hourto gove, when he was forced within half an hour to correct himself after he initially said that split families, separated families, that the children would have to stay with the pa re nt children would have to stay with the parent they were with rather than possibly travel over to the other parent. that he then corrected half an hour later parent. that he then corrected half an hourlateron parent. that he then corrected half an hour later on the bbc. have a listen. the key thing here is that actually, if you want to ensure that children can see their parent, then they can be moved from one parent to another. on a previous broadcast, on good morning britain, i stressed that where ever possible, this should be kept to a minimum, but i want to absolutely clarify that i wasn't sufficiently clear earlier, it is the case that children under the age of 18 can see both parents. norman, there are inevitably complex grey areas that have to be worked out as we go. but one key questi

that is what happened with michael gove this morning, but the public must be relieved, delighted, surpriseding to answer the questions, and doctor harris made it lame that the idea that we are going to have this lockdown in three weeks is not going to happen, it will last three months. part of it will last six months. part of it will last six months or even longer she said. so at some point afterjune it seems some of the restrictions will be lifted, we don't know which, but some of them will remain in force, and we know for certain tonight or perhaps we suspect that we are in for the long haul. the independent also leading on this story six months before we can return to normal life. john, even then, it will be a gradual move back to what we thought was normal before. that is right, that is a very good story written by rob merrick, and as he says, doctor harris confirming i think what the public suspected, which is that it will be a very long time before we get back to normal. in fact the public opinion, although it was probably rather slow to pick up it was probably rather slow to pick up

as a sort of government approach to what's happened, and then in the house of commons you have michael goveerson in the home secretary is. how much confidence with that give you as a civil servant, sitting there watching? you've already told us what the outcome is. it's not helpful for either side because you don't want to think that somebody is stacking things in your favour if you're innocent and want to be proven innocent. i don't think it's helpful either way. i would say it's good the government does plan to carry out some investigations. previous accusations of bullying did not get the same kind of system put in place for them. but it shouldn't take the most senior civil servant in the department to resign and come out in such an unprecedented and what —— unprecedented way.|j such an unprecedented and what —— unprecedented way. i think if we learn anything from all of the special adviser issues that have gone and in the past, he words outs that they need better forms of hr. let's touch on a very big day in the us. bernie or biden for president? super tuesday guide. it tomorrow. people

michael gove has this respect for authority, and chris whitty is the real hero of this.utely. calm, measured, very english. we've run out of time — the check has been so amazing we've run out of time! onto the ft, oil prices plunged, sending tremors through battered global markets. the question is, how much further will they fall? isis question is, how much further will they fall? is is the start ofjust a continued bear market, or have we reached the bottom ? continued bear market, or have we reached the bottom? that is for greater minds than myself and the financial markets to work out. heading to the guardian, stock markets and biggest fall since 2008. olivia, there is a sense that many people believe, or at least markets believe we could be heading to a recession? you have this push and suddenly began to freefall. that is what is so scary. a lot of people over here say that we haven't yet reached the peak of coronavirus here, and in europe. there's no reason the market should recover any time in the next few weeks. so why wouldn't we head into freefall? at is quite al

as michael gove said, it does not discriminate and we are all at ris in the prime minister contracting virus is a very potent reminder ofha and people asking questions aboutis wh coming into contact 10 wednesday shook hands for stood relatively close the last few days. i'm sure we will see reminders of those social distancing asures going around and where ny people are already working from home and following the guidance put out to the country as a whole, butna extraor to have the prime minister can find , leading the response, but not coming intot dir contact with anyone and having to do everything remotely. >> the prime mister has the tests and prince charles -- spa king of tests, aftet of criticism, health workers are goingo start being tested in some not a moment too soon. >> we learned from the chief executive officer of england at said in a staff -- nhs staff, he would be tested next week in identified groups thatould be test routinelyintensive care uns, staff, critical care nurses and doctorsncnd also ambuschuurs as well and as you suggest, that is something that staff have been

because it is overseen by michael gove who is the cabinet minister in charge of that office.nsists, be a thorough investigation which will establish whether the ministerial code has been broken. we'll have to wait and see what the results of that will be, we don't have a time frame for it from the government. but depending on what it comes up with and what the report that is handed to the prime minister says, that will, to a large extent, determine the fate of priti patel. but in the meantime, we will have this ongoing debate with claim and counterclaim from those who believe they have genuine grievances and accusations to make against the home secretary and painting a picture of a pattern of behaviour, countered by others, supporters of hers who claim that there are forces at work here and a concerted campaign to brief against her. because they don't agree with her politically. the headlines on bbc news... more than 140 british nationals are stranded on a cruise ship off san francisco, which is not being allowed to dock in the city after some passengers developed flu—like sy

set up to implement the drop agreement took place by video conference britain is represented by michael gove while vice president of the european commission shift of h. is on behalf of the e.u. . but a study by the group's best for britain and hope not hate reveals that the public mostly disagrees with the government pushing ahead to wrap up towards by the end of the year over 2 thirds of the general population would like to see britain ask for an extension in light of the pandemic 44 percent of conservatives back an extension despite their party's hardline get bricks it done election stands 84 percent of labor voters support an extension as do 83 percent of lib dems the data also shows a large age gap with 78 percent of 18 to 24 year olds desiring an extension compared to 52 percent of those aged $65.00 and over or politics but alice to jones thinks it's almost impossible to get a trade deal on time in the current climate they wanted a 7 extension for since january basically because they argued that we could never get all the negotiations that you know let me get with and with the virus epi

it's increasing, but there are still constraints — here's the minister for the cabinet office michael govedly increased testing capacity is the availability of the chemical reagents, which are necessary in the testing. the prime minister and the health secretary are working with companies worldwide to ensure that we get all we need to increase tests for all kind. germany, in contrast, is already home to a number of test manufacturers who have been able to quickly scale up production. here's chris morris from reality check. the numbers really are quite striking. we now know that the uk hope to carry out 25,000 tests a day before the end of april, hopefully the second half of april but certainly before the end of the month. at the same time, germany is hoping to do 200,000 tests a day by the end of april — eight times as many. and already, germany has done far more testing than the uk has. why is this happening? well, we know that germany has more spare capacity in its health system in general then the uk, and these numbers would appear to confirm that it also has far more spare capacity, in

michael gove it claimed that that figure had been reached but according to the 24 hour period leading up to 9 am on sunday morning those figures are some way short less than half 4900 people were only tested in that period that's a long way off some of the u.k.'s european neighbors germany for example has been testing around 70000 people a day to just goes to show the scale of how far the u.k. needs to go perhaps a step in the right direction is the u.k. setting up testing centers for example at ikea in north west london which has now been turned into a testing center for n.h.s. staff and its workers who can go and get themselves checked to see whether they have copd 19 we had also seen last week the government announcing the purchase of 3 and a half 1000000 testing kits which are due to go to both and just work as and to hit the shelves for members of the public to be able to buy however it's now emerged according to reports that some of those tests have been contaminated with coded $1000.00 themselves and so the running out of that is going to be delayed sometime further thank you v

here's senior cabinet minister michael gove.s and gloves reached the front line, and there is a 24—hour helpline if any front line nhs worker is concerned about not having the ppe equipment that they need, they can call in order to make sure that ppe equipment can be delivered. let's talk to a front line health worker from bristol. joining me now from her home in bristol is dr claudia paoloni, president of the hospital consultants and specialist association, also known as the doctor's union. are you getting the kit that you need? we are getting repeated m essa 9 es need? we are getting repeated messages from oui’ need? we are getting repeated messages from our members that it is not coming through in a consistent way, so the answer is, it's inconsistent. yes, we understand the government is trying very hard but they clearly are distribution problems and that's before we have actually increased the need for the supplies. we are very concerned that the ppe is not getting to where it needs to be quick enough. so in very straight sp

we saw michael gove, one of the others, do that yesterday instead. that scenario. this does, of course, rely on the prime minister remaining well and having just mild symptoms. if his condition were to worsen, there isa his condition were to worsen, there is a back—up plan. one of his most senior ministers, dominic raab, the foreign secretary, would step in and ta ke foreign secretary, would step in and take over temporarily. thank you very much. scotland has more than 1000 confirmed cases. and earlier we heard from professorjason leitch, who is the national clinical director for the scottish government. this is the greatest health challenge of our time. it sounds hyperbolic and exaggerated but it genuinely is. i have been astonishingly impressed by both the public response and in particular the caring response from the health service and the social care environment. so you can see across all four environment. so you can see across allfour uk environment. so you can see across all four uk countries that deaths are rising, and that'sjust all four uk c

because it is overseen by michael gove who is the cabinet minister in charge. of that office.s who have defended staunchly priti patel in public in recent days. nevertheless, it will be carried out by officials in that office and will come at the government insists, be a thorough investigation which will establish whether the ministerial code has been broken. we'll have to wait and see what the results of that will be, we don't have a time frame for it from the government. but depending on what it comes up with and what the report that is handed to the prime minister says, that will, to a large extent, determine the fate of priti patel. but in the meantime, we will have this ongoing debate with claim and counterclaim from those who believe they have genuine grievances and accusations to make against the home secretary and painting a picture of a pattern of behaviour, countered by others, supporters of hers who claim that there are forces at work here and a concerted campaign to brief against her. because they don't agree with her. because they don't agree with her politically.

this was put to michael gove who stood in for boris johnson at his daily press briefing yesterday and show is that the virus doesn't discriminate. he said that government does has social distancing measures in place but that basically anyone could catch it. you are right, there have been questions asked about... you saw those pictures from house of commons earlier this week about whether they we re earlier this week about whether they were far enough apart. that daily press briefing, some questions about whether the lecterns had been far apart, there have been moved a lot further apart in recent days. aye thanks for now, we'll talk to you again. the first of several planned temporary hospitals is set to go online next week at the excel london exhibition centre with 500 of a planned 4,000 beds being made ready. angus crawford is there for us now. tell us more about what kind of facilities are going to be available once the hospital goes live. it's an extraordinary logistical operation thatis extraordinary logistical operation that is taking place here, this is essentially an enormous e

with the prime minister unavailable, it fell to michael gove to take questions at the daily press conferencetary does as well, the chief medical officer is in isolation. people will be looking at this and may be wondering whether you haven't been taking your own advice, or you may have acted too slowly when it came to stopping the spread of the coronavirus? the virus does not discriminate. we are all at risk and that is why it is so important that we practice social distancing measures. those are in place in government. ministers are working remotely and from home using video conferencing in order to make sure that we can follow the strict advice that all of us should be following in order to help to protect the nhs. like any other workplace, downing street has been affected by staff absence. the prime minister's chief adviser dominic cummings is still up and running. mrjohnson‘s girlfriend, who is pregnant, posted this photo of her and dog dylan, saying self isolating wasn't so bad. downing street is emphasising that, like most people who get the virus, borisjohnson has mild symptoms and is

to change if we're going to actually have a proper regulator which boris johnson's old friend michael gove says we will strengthen it and in fact the introduced the environment bill and yet you along with greenpeace client and other and others write a letter expressing concern that this new office of environmental protection. it raises concerns about information transparency so when we are in the e.u. we used to be able to rely on the european commission to some extent to hold our government to account for delivering on the environment and when we come out of the year as we have done then that option isn't available so there's a potential that we weaken the solutions where we have this new office of environmental protection or is that just answerable to the minister not the public but this is the problem. in the you're paying commission system they're not appointed by the ministers but they're talking about appointing the ministers are going to be appointed the people in charge are holding the ministers to account well that's there's a fundamental conflict of interest there if you are appo

that was put to michael gove yesterday who said what it shows is the virus doesn't discriminate, butoris johnson says he has about symptoms despite isolating in downing street. he will continue to lead the tackling of the outbreak here using things like technology. thank you very much. let's have a wider look around the world now. millions of homeless people and migrant labourers have been left in the lurch after india announced a 21—day lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. with factories and construction sites closing down, many have expressed fears that they would starve to death. state governments have announced that they will open centres to feed these people, but have been overwhelmed. many have opted to walk hundreds of miles to their villages as public transport has been suspended. let's get more on this — i'm joined now by our correspondent faisal ali in delhi. quite extraordinary pictures of people en masse are trying to leave the city. yeah, in fact it is happening everywhere after the prime minister announced a complete lockdown on the 24t

with the prime minister unavailable, it fell to michael gove to take questions at the daily press conferenceonavirus, the health secretary does as well, the chief medical officer is in isolation. people will be looking at this and may be wondering whether you haven't been taking your own advice, or you may have acted too slowly when it came to stopping the spread of the coronavirus? the virus does not discriminate. we are all at risk and that is why it is so important that we practice social distancing measures. those are in place in government. ministers are working remotely and from home using video conferencing in order to make sure that we can follow the strict advice that all of us should be following in order to help to protect the nhs. like any other workplace, downing street has been affected by staff absence. the prime minister's chief adviser dominic cummings is still up and running. mrjohnson's girlfriend, who is pregnant, posted this photo of her and dog, dylan, saying self isolating wasn't so bad. as for the prime minister, he will stay in the office and flat in number 11 downin

really good for us, but now it's canceled events and places like the fox owner of so more of our michael gove andreana says. >>they might see a dip in customers what we have to see a >>holders like that do affect our business result dropped 1015%. so we're hoping everything gets better in the future hope everybody that's the same meanwhile the oakland alameda coliseum authority. >>also canceled all events at the coliseum an arena for now the ban lasts until march 31th and some shows. >>will be rescheduled as possible. right now the city of oakland has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus it also declared a local state of emergency will that paperwork is scheduled to be reviewed and ratified by city council on thursday in oakland taylor sackey kron 4 news. >>while a similar situation in san francisco. the city ordered a 2 week ban on both public and private events of more than 1000 people performances of hamilton at the orpheum theater and staying show the last ship at the golden gate theater are canceled. now restrictions are in place to march 20 says but can be extended if necessary. >>it's

in the last hour, michael gove was asked how long should this daily exercise be, because that is somethingething that may be confusing people. it said for most people an our‘s walk or 30 minutes of running would be appropriate. he was also asked about how long this will go on for. not surprisingly, he couldn't give a definitive answer. no, he couldn't. he said he couldn't make an accurate prediction, but everyone does task to prepare —— to prepare for an extended period. he talked about the importance of observing the social distancing measures. in the last few weeks we have seen opposition parties being fairly supportive of the government's broad approach to tackling the coronavirus, but they have questioned whether some of the guidance could have been better. we have heard today from john ashworth, the shadow health secretary, said the shadow health secretary, said the government should be clear on who should actually be going to work. labour seems to think that it could be time for essential projects to still be open. this letter will go to provide more advice. there has coverage of thi

the cabinet office minister michael gove told the bbc there wasn't "a date in the calendar" for when the measures would be lifted — but the peak of cases would depend on how people behaved. the prime minister has written to all 30 million uk households, saying the crisis "will get worse before it gets better". borisjohnson‘s letter also warned that stricter restrictions could be put in place if necessary. our correspondent angus crawford reports. empty streets, empty parks. what a difference seven days can make. last sunday, social distancing meant little to some — then came the lockdown, an urgent attempt to stop the spread and protect the nhs. despite that, more than 17,000 people have tested positive, including borisjohnson, now chairing cabinet meetings from self—isolation. he's also writing a letter to 30 million homes across the uk, in which he says... i can't make an accurate prediction but everyone does have to prepare for a significant period when these measures are still in place, and the response so far from the british people has been fantastic, as i say. i wish i could p

candidates star his chances are rated at 3 so one of the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster michael gove and former chancellor sunday javid are toyed with both seeing odds of 20 to one while they believe a ship can do that rebecca long bailey is the outsider with her chances of making it to number 10 rated at 25 to one. coming up after the break. a judge denies june in a song to play along to the wiki leaks founder requested release from prison over fears for his health i missed the corona virus outbreak i'll be joined by former u.n. rapporteur. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. the isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led somewhere. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. back we can expand to julian assange has also to be released from prison as he be

so, mps had a lot of questions for michael gove, who's second in command to borisjohnson.or the proposed free trade agreement with the united states of america. are you planning to do the same for your proposed free trade agreement with the eu? no. why not? because we're going to take a different approach. we're going to invite from across a range of organisations their views on what the impact of a free trade agreement with the eu and consequent changes might be. i am personally sceptical of efforts to say that any given impact assessment by a government department is an accurate prediction of the future. as mr gove tried to explain what he meant, his attempt to pour water went a little awry. so, if that's the case, why did the government publish 60 pages of economic assessment of the free trade agreement with the united state of america if you're not persuaded of the benefit of such assessments? it is an evolving picture, and i am certain... i think it's called a contradiction. no, i don't think it is. i think it is an evolving picture, and i'm not persuaded of the merit

this afternoon, the minister for the cabinet office, michael gove, announced an investigation into claimscode. mr speaker, this government always takes any complaints relating to the ministerial code seriously and in line with the process set out in the ministerial code, the prime minister has asked the cabinet office establish the facts. but we can now reveal details of a further claim, this time from priti patel‘s period as employment minister in the department for work and pensions. 0ur documents allege that a junior staff member had already felt bullied in the department and taken an overdose. a year later, when ms patel was a minister, the staff member had told her line manager about a medical problem she was struggling with. her grievance letter claims the next day priti patel shouted at her to get lost and get out of herface. she was then dismissed. shortly after, the staff member took an overdose of prescription medication in the office. the letter said she was taken home where she took another overdose in what is described as an attempt to kill herself, and was rushed to hospital