richard galpin, bbc news.owning street has said that some lockdown measures could be "eased at different rates" in different parts of england. our political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster. what exactly has been said? the prime minister has said he has a route matt out of lockdown but it seems different part of the country will be moving at a different place. wales, scotland and northern ireland are being more cautious when it comes to schools and also travel to the countryside, travel to the seaside. but now, downing street emphasising perhaps different parts of england could move at a different rate as well. the prime minister produced this accompanying document at the beginning of this week, what it was doing was to try to reassure people who are worried about easing the restrictions, that if the infection rate went up, then those restrictions could be reimposed in a more subtle and localised way where there is a hotspot of infection without reimposing it across the whole country. although thi

richard galpin, bbc news.alled off due to coronavirus for the first time in its 64—year history. instead, the bbc will be broadcasting a special night of programmes to celebrate the competition. daniel rosney‘s report contains some flashing images. # she got me dirty dancin‘...# it's one of the most watched live events in the world. after coming last in 2019, the united kingdom was hoping to turn a corner with this year's entrant. # if we were deep sea divers...# for eurovision fans, no other event even comes close, and fans around the world were devastated. i was absolutely gutted, like, it broke my heart. but i know that it had to be done. to be honest, i'm gutted that eurovision is cancelled this year. at the time, i was in shock, because i really did think that they'd choose an alternative, like having no audience, but they did say it's not in the spirit of the contest, and i can respect that. to help them, the artists began performing online concerts. # in my head it's taking over... and tonight, under no

our health correspondent richard galpin is here.n, as there a lwa ys quite a lot of information, as there always is. let's take a slightly closer look at the statistics we heard, in terms of the figures we heard. the broad picture spelt out is that in all the major areas, infections, deaths, etc, the numbers are broadly coming down, albeit slowly. but there are still some very high numbers. for example, if you look at the number of people who tested positive, its 186,000 people, soa tested positive, its 186,000 people, so a very large number of people. and obviously there are concerns about that leading to further deaths when you have this number of cases. and as you say, we now have more than 28,500 roughly people who have died, and that number is edging closer and closer to italy. i know, obviously, we can't compare these things because it is problematic but it could look like britain will move forward to be have the highest number of deaths in europe. we don't know that obviously, yet, but it's looking like a possibility. on the

our health correspondent richard galpin is here.e of strategy and science, and today the wealth organisation has released some interesting information about antigens —— the world health organization. it's what seems to be good news. and this is all about people when they have the virus developing antibodies, and the who has said clearly that people are developing these. there has been some questions about that in the past saying it is not happening, therefore people are not getting immunity, but the who today has said to the bbc that people are developing antibodies and it means that they are getting immunity, and therefore cannot be reinfected, which is really very significant, i think. the big question is, how long will the immunity last? that is the one point where they said they weren't sure about it. this is still a work in progress but it is vital, because in the short term it won't help that much but the hope is that this would last for some time, perhaps a year or so and maybe we could have a vaccine once we get that up and

strokes, are contributing significantly to the number of people dying, as our health correspondent, richard galpinl in london, staff test blood samples from patients with coronavirus to see how the virus changing their blood. and in particular, how sticky it has become, because sticky blood means a risk of blood clots, also known as thrombosis. i was taken around the laboratory by professor roopen arya, a specialist in the field. and also, the airways are a bit squiggly... he showed me a scan of the lungs of a patient seriously ill with pneumonia due to coronavirus. highlighted on the second screen, blood clots. the result of severe inflammation in the lungs activating blood clotting, or fragments of clots getting into the lungs from other parts of the body. thrombosis is a major problem, but clearly, in severely affected covid patients in critical care where some of the most recent studies show that almost half the patients have pulmonary embolism or blood clot on the lungs. 71—year—old artist brian mcclure was rushed to hospital last month with coronavirus. now recovering back home, he told me h

richard galpin, bbc news.tal than in the north—east of england for example. we have heard that gateshead council has said to be sticking to the stay at home advice, which we have discussed is still used in scotland, wales and northern ireland. at lunchtime, downing street said lockdown could be used at different rates in different parts of england. there is really quite a lot of variation now. let‘s discuss what it all means. let‘s speak now to alice wiseman, director of public health for gateshead. a very good afternoon to you. good afternoon, thank you for having me. your thoughts first of all about the data out today that i mentioned, the fa ct data out today that i mentioned, the fact that figures are much lower in the capital than where you are?|j guess i am not surprised with that data because we have been seeing the number of people who are admitted to hospital increasing and also the number of people sadly dying as a result of covid—i9. there is a slight difference in time to the south of england so i

our health correspondent richard galpin reports.its population of more than nine million people, was at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in this country. hospitals here filling up with patients and, later, field hospitals built to provide extra capacity. but by then, barely needed. this one in east london, mothballed — a sign the tide was turning. now, new analysis is indicating the situation in the capital is improving significantly. and this, very different from other parts of england. according to the modelling by public health england and cambridge university, the so—called r number in london, the number of people one person in the city carrying the virus infects, is just 0.4. that means the number of cases is plummeting. but in the north—east and yorkshire, it's 0.8, a much slower decrease and not far away from the level at which cases would start to increase. other parts of northern england such as liverpool, also have slower decreases in covid cases, according to the modelling. and that impacts the push to lift some

blood in the worst affected patients — increasing the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes, as richard galpin a patient seriously ill with pneumonia due to coronavirus. highlighted on the second screen, blood sports. the result of severe inflammation in the lungs activated blood clotting or fragments of clots getting into the ones from other parts of the body. thrombosis is a major problem but clearly a nd thrombosis is a major problem but clearly and severely affected patients in critical care where some of the most recent studies show that nearly half the patients have pulmonary embolism or blood clots of the lungs. the 71-year-old artist was rushed to hospital last month of coronavirus. now recovering back in, he told me how doctors had discovered he had another medical problem. i went for a long threatening and that was very dangerous. that is when i really started to get worried because i wasn't improving. this medical director that the sticky blood which coronavirus patients are developing is just coronavirus patients are developing isjust causing coronavirus patients are developing is