rebecca morelle, bbc news.ht, a tribute to the 99—year—old army veteran who pledged to walk 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday at the end of this month, to raise money for the nhs. captain tom moore from bedfordshire has now raised nearly £4 million and he's promised to keep going, saying the nhs deserved every penny for what it was doing for the people of the united kingdom. i will, i'll keep on going whilst people are still contributing to the national health service. nothing's going to stop you? well, i hope not! i hope nothing will stop them. maybe i might get a bit worn out but at the moment, i'm not, i'm doing fine. captain tom moore with his remarkable fundraising effort. that's it from us. newsnight starts on bbc two shortly but now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello, you are watching bbc news with me, tim willcox. we'll be having a look at some of the national and international press coverage of the last 2a hours before we go to washington, dc where president trump

rebecca morelle, bbc news. how about this? an alligator in south carolina has given one family extra motivation to stay indoors. the snappy alligator hung around outside theirfront door until security guards were able to capture and release it — into a nearby lake. definitely one —to social distance from. free to roam another day. we are backin free to roam another day. we are back ina free to roam another day. we are back in a few minutes' time with more headlines and another look at the international papers. hello again, it's been the sunniest april on record. up until today it was unusually warm and unusually dry. but all that change across england and wales today. this was yesterday and although the heat was more limited months to look to 19 degrees. a significant drop in the cloud and rain today. and in coventry it was only 7 degrees this afternoon. she was in wet weather around at the worst that rain pushes away easter it. it stays cloudy and misty some he'll fog some drizzle around as well. where we had

rebecca morelle, bbc news. and that is it for now.tching. hello there. it has been the sunniest april on record and for much of the month it has been exceptionally dry. but things changed a bit on tuesday for many of us, you can see the way in which rain pushed its way in which rain pushed its way north and certainly across england and wales, there were showers for scotland and northern ireland. the first area of rain is veering away, you can see a frontal system sliding out into the new continent but there is another area of low pressure out of the west. more frontal systems coming our way, which means there is more rain in the day ahead. this is our main rain band,it ahead. this is our main rain band, it is pushing its way east initially moving across the south—west of england, into wales, the midlands, and london by lunchtime, getting into northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland by the end of the tables of northern scotland will hold onto something brighter but with one or two showers and brightness goes returning

rebecca morelle, bbc news.ed topical island. kevin and adele hockey came to fraser island off the queensland coast to work as caretakers for a group of holiday homes. one month later they are still on the island, miles from civilisation. let's take a look at how they are getting on. it could be worse, couldn't it? plenty more on the website, bbc.com/news, or you could download the bbc news app. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you so much for watching. hello there. it has been the sunniest april on record and for much of the month it's been exceptionally dry. but things changed a bit on tuesday for many of us. you can see the way in which rain pushed its way northwards, certainly across england and wales, there were some showers for scotland and for northern ireland. now, that first area of rain is clearing away, you can see the frontal system sliding out into the near continent but there is another area of low pressure out to the west. more frontal sy

rebecca morelle, bbc news.evised concert to celebrate healthcare workers. lady gaga, sir paul mccartney and billie eilish were among those who performed from their homes, while the rolling stones managed to play from four separate locations. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, was watching. # well, i saw her today at the reception # a glass of wine in her hand... one world: together at home has already been dubbed the living room live aid. the rolling stones filmed their parts individually on mobile phones. # ..was a footloose man # so i went down to the demonstration... charlie watts clearly didn't have a proper drum kit to hand. # my fair shares of abuse... # who finds the money... there was a beatle via broadband, sir paul mccartney. let's tell our leaders that we need them to strengthen the health care systems all around the world so that a crisis like this never happens again. # i'm still standing betterthan i everdid... and sir eltonjohn‘s piano had been wheeled into the garden. # smile thoug

rebecca morelle, bbc news.ificant relaxing of restrictions, from the middle of next month, which it says is necessary to prevent economic breakdown. the package of measures, which depends on infection rates remaining low, includes schools and shops reopening. and people will be able to travel within 60 miles of their home. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson has the story. of all the lessons learned during lockdown, the hardest for the government has been working out how to end it. aurelie's four children have been studying at home since the middle of march. primary schools will reopen on the 11th of may but aurelie says it's too soon. translation: i don't think my kids are going back in may. i'm going to wait before i send them into a group environment. the prime minister warned today that france risked the collapse of society if it kept the restrictions in place for too long. translation: never in the history of our nation have we known a situation like this. not during war, nor occupation, nor in previou

rebecca morelle, bbc news. televised concert to celebrate healthcare workers. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, was watching. # well, i saw her today at the reception # a glass of wine in her hand... one world: together at home has already been dubbed the ‘living room live aid'. the rolling stones filmed their parts individually on mobile phones. # was a footloose man # so i went down to the demonstration... charlie watts clearly didn't have a proper drum kit to hand. # my fair shares of abuse... # who finds the money... there was a beatle via broadband, sir paul mccartney. let's tell our leaders that we need them to strengthen the health care systems all around the world so that a crisis like this never happens again. # i'm still standing betterthan i everdid... and sir eltonjohn‘s piano had been wheeled into the garden. # smile though your heart is breaking # smile even though it's aching... the event was curated by lady gaga, who opened the show with a charlie chaplin classic. # you'll get by.

rebecca morelle, bbc news.iple grammy winner, has been trying to bring a little music and light into these uncertain times while everyone is stuck at home. from her home, with support from her dog and cat, she told us about her she's launched a series of online gigs on facebook, called songs from home which have attracted around 60,000 likes and at least 2 million views. ijust started doing them to sort of bring a little light and hopefully a smile to folks out there and i had no idea that my animals would pitch in like they have so it has been a realjoy. well, apart from having you on live, it isjust a joy, really, to get away, to take people away from some of the horrors of the news. this is a very different vibe for you, isn't it, obviously, from a live gig orfrom a recording studio. how does it feel to be doing it? it is pretty great. it is a first time the bbc has ever come into my house, so i am really excited about that. and, you know, i don't have to dress up or anything, so it feels pretty greatjust to

rebecca morelle, bbc news.y some social distancing measures will be with us until the end of the year, and perhaps beyond. amongst the businesses most likely to be affected longer term is the hospitality sector, with pubs and restaurants badly hit already. our business editor simon jack has more. the closing bell. five weeks since the coronavirus rang the time on the hospitality injury and the government says venues big and small across the uk could be among the last to leave the lockdown. social distancing of two metres will be here for months and venues like paper coal‘s cafe in chester are barely two metres wide in places —— pippa cole. we are such a small cafe, and even if we did take the ta bles cafe, and even if we did take the tables out and tried to reconfigure the layout, it would be extremely difficult to keep the social distancing required. we have to think about our customers as well as our staff. remember this? it seems like a long time ago. fuller's operate 400 pubs and restaurants and the boss sa

rebecca morelle, bbc news. after pledging to walk 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday at the end of this month.

rebecca morelle, bbc news.rn nations, concern is growing about the rise of cases elsewhere. developing nations with massive urban populations and under—resourced health systems could be particularly vulnerable. we'll be taking the view from japan, india, and south africa. starting with rupert wingfield—hayes injapan — a developed nation which had thought it had dealt with the virus but is now facing a second wave. while much of the global death toll has come from western nations, concern is growing about the rise of cases elsewhere. developing nations with japan now looks like it is at the beginning of a major out make where you have seen more than 10,000 reported cases growing at about 500 a day, the worst hit area is here in tokyo where it looks like the healthcare system is starting to look like it may be overwhelmed. we have seen reports in recent days of people being turned away from multiple hospitals in the city. the whole of japan is under a state of emergency but that is not the sort of lockdown you ar

rebecca morel has the story. cca: it is a big mystery wha the viru strike different people in so many ways. with the lockdown, streetsre empty so we had toe-create a crowd. ve nopeople infected symptoms or get a mild to moderate disease. one in five has a more severe illness and cano on to need hospital treatment. a small numberill d. scientists think the answer could be in our dna. what looks like an ordinary warehouse could hold the key. insi is geneticaterial from half a million volunteers donated. they have followed the help for more than a decade and will >> we are looking ata the d understand the differences between those individuals. differences in genetics, are hethere differences inenes related to immuno responses or underlying health? it is a uniquely rich set of data and i think we could go very quickly into getting very important discoveries. rebecca: scientists are looking for tiny variations in genetic material. they are examining genes like one that is involved in making a structure on the outside o

rebecca morelle, bbc news.aced whilst in lockdown at their home in south carolina. this alligator in their garden was a great reason to stay indoors. you‘ll want to know of course, that the alligator — nicknamed ‘big george‘ by locals — was safely captured and then released into nearby lake. stay with us here on the programme. the latest on those announcements of va redundancies with a transport correspondent and also talking to managing director over a care home. hello again. it‘s been the sun april on record. up until today, it was also unusually warm and dry. —— sunniest april. i love that change today. this was yesterday, and although the heat was more limited, still up to 19 degrees. a significant drop in the cloud and rain today and in coventry, only 7 degrees this afternoon. still some wet weather around at the moment come overnight the worst of that rain pushing away eastwards but it stays cloudy and misty and health fog and some drizzle around as well. where we have the clearing skies across northern a

rebecca morelle, bbc news. 0ne artist who's been tirelessly telling fans to stay indoors is the japanesei also accompanied bono, will. i.am and jennifer hudson on piano, in their song sing a life, which was inspired by italians singing from the balconies. let's have a listen. # singh! # sing. # sing. # you're never alone. # you're never alone. # sing. # sing. #isan # sing. # is an active resistance. # is an active resistance. # though your heart is overthrown. yoshiki joins us live from his home in la. i know you are in an isolation and lockdown like so many of us. when it comes to killing hundreds of thousands of fans to stay indoors what response you getting?” thousands of fans to stay indoors what response you getting? i go back and forth betweenjapan and los angeles, so that i really, really ca re angeles, so that i really, really care about my fans health including my family care about my fans health including myfamily and care about my fans health including my family and friends, so it depends on where you live that information you get was different. in america one month ago people

rebecca morelle, bbc news.nadian province of nova scotia. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau described it as "a terrible situation". matt graveling reports. dressed as a police officer, he posed as a protector, even driving around in a marked car. but instead, 51—year—old gabriel wortman took a gun and started killing innocent people. his 12—hour rampage began on saturday night, leaving bodies at a number of different locations across nova scotia. police first became aware of the shootings after reports of firearms being used. tragically, one of those sent to help became a victim of the attack. it's with tremendous sadness that i share with you that we've lost constable heidi stevenson, a 23—year veteran of the force, who was killed this morning while responding to an active shooter incident. heidi answered the call of duty and lost her life while protecting those she served. police were first called to a residence in the rural town of portapique. they located several casualties, but not the suspect, ga

rebecca morelle, bbc news.scheme to help pay people's wages and support businesses amid the covid—19 pandemic has gone live. last month, the chancellor rishi sunak announced that the coronavirus job retention scheme will give people 80% of their usual earnings — up to £2,500 a month, meaning that they can be furloughed rather than laid off from their place of work as businesses try to cope with the fallout from covid—19. the prime minister may not be back in downing street but he is back at work. he held a two hour meeting on friday with his key advisers and his temporary stand in, dominic raab. he raised concerns that lifting the lockdown too soon risks a second peak of the virus and greater damage to the economy. let's talk to the former labour prime minister, tony blair. good morning to you, mr blair. good morning. the government has said repeatedly it won't talk about how it might go about easing lockdown restrictions because it risks, they say, confusing the message of staying at home. do you think it does

rebecca morelle, bbc news. a 99 year—old army veteran has now raised more than £2.5 million for the nhs after pledging to walk 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday at the end of this month. captain tom moore from bedfordshire said the nhs deserved it all. this is almost like they're reliant. to think that we started off when 1000, is a sum of money. it is unbelievable, isn't it ‘s captain tom moore, a world war ii veteran who wanted to do his bit to support britain ‘s doctors and nurses, and given he'd received a new hip from the nhs his family challenged him to a sponsored walk, 100 laps of the garden. this is lap number 70. the original plan was for £1 is a lap then £1000, and then, it has gone past a million. it is now up to the british public. you could not have expected this. no, never. never imagined anything like this. but i am so imagined anything like this. but i am so pleased. and i hope that it goes on, because the service that i got from all of these doctors and nurses was absolutely

rebecca morelle, bbc news.ath toll from coronavirus has risen to 20,1153. the number of confirmed cases in the country is now at 200,210, up from 195,944 on sunday. an "aggressive" antibody testing campaign is to begin in new york next week, to see how many people have had the virus. the state accounts for nearly half of the 40,000 deaths from coronavirus across the united states, but officials say the outbreak is now "on the descent". it's not yet clear whether people who have antibodies for the coronavirus are immune from catching it again. in the uk, officials have said the tests are not reliable enough for mass use. the number of virus—related deaths in the united states has risen by almost 2000 on sunday, bringing the total over the 40,000 mark. president trump gave an update on how the us is tackling the coronavirus pandemic. america continues to make steady progress in our war against the virus. as of today, we've tested 4.18 million americans, that's a record anywhere in the world. the united states has

rebecca morelle, bbc news.nian workers in israel have brought the virus back to the occupied west bank and now a political row has broken out that threatens to hit the economies on both sides and undermine efforts to stop the spread of covid—19. here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. before dawn, they watch begins. palestinian security forces trying to stop workers going to israel. they would not do this normally, but these are not normally, but these are not normal times. we are doing this to protect our wives, mothers and children, this officer says. we have to control the spread of the virus. these men claim they are doing nothing wrong. but an inspection turns up wrong. but an inspection turns up israeli work permits. the officers take their belongings and tell them they can collect them later. then, they try to catch up with three more men but they are too late. i cannot go any further, the path ahead is underfull go any further, the path ahead is under full israeli control. these workers are

rebecca morelle, bbc news. just to let you know that there is a report from the white house that presidentate national responses to the coronavirus pandemic. donald trump is the head of the g7 this year. he had to cancel the annual summit, which he had planned to hold. the group of seven nations includes the united states, france, britain, canada, germany. all those, obviously, hit by the virus. donald trump will hold a video conference with g7 leaders on thursday. in rural england, reliance on volunteers. volunteers are working with local businesses to make sure people get the supplies they need. this report from north yorkshire. food volunteers are making a weekly noncontact delivery to the boyes family, a family of six self isolating on the edge of the north york moors national park. they're a lifeline to us. we are a family of six, one member is extremely vulnerable to covid—19, and we have to protect and shield him, they are the government guidelines, which means we have to make sure none of us come into contact with this wretched virus. without pauline's and the ryedale carers suppor

rebecca morelle, bbc news.a policewoman, have been shot dead by a gunman in canada. the suspect dressed as a police officer during a 12—hour rampage. it's thought to be one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country's history. matt graveling has more. dressed as a police officer, he posed as a protector, even driving around in a marked car. but instead, 51—year—old gabriel wortman took a gun and started killing innocent people. his 12—hour rampage began on saturday night, leaving bodies at a number of different locations across nova scotia. police first became aware of the shootings after reports of firearms being used. tragically, one of those sent to help became a victim of the attack. it's with tremendous sadness that i share with you that we've lost constable heidi stevenson, a 23—year veteran of the force, who was killed this morning while responding to an active shooter incident. heidi answered the call of duty and lost her life while protecting those she served. police were first called to a residenc