i'm victoria derbyshire.e going to try and tell you as much as we can about coronavirus to help you and so that you can share the information with others. for the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how it's affecting people in your community and your country. first, we all know the main advice to stop the virus from spreading — wash your hands often, for around 20 seconds, avoid touching yourface and maintain social distancing, which is making sure areas of around two metres between you and anyone else, as laura foster explains. politicians and scientists and even celebrities want to explain that we have to operate social distancing, which means no coming into contact with people more than they should need to, so no more visitors at your house, visiting other people's houses, going to restaurants, parties, pubs, clubs, sporting events, you get the idea. if you can work from home the government says you should and your employer should help you do this. if

i'm victoria derbyshire. over the next half an hour, we're going to try and tell you as much as we can about coronavirus to help you and so that you can share the information with others. and a reminder — for the latest on the spread of coronavirus, you can always head to our website for more information on how it is affecting people in your community and your country. first, we all know the main advice to stop the virus from spreading. wash your hands, regularly for around 20 seconds. avoid touching yourface and maintain social distancing, which is making sure there is two metres around you and anyone else. as laura foster explains. politicians, scientists and even celebrities all want us to practise social distancing. it means no coming into contact with people unless you need to, so no more visitors at your house, visiting other people's houses, going to restaurants, parties, pubs, parties, clubs, sporting events — you get the idea. if you can work from home, the government says you should, and your employ

i'm victoria derbyshire.r the next half an hour, we're going to try and tell you as much as we can about coronavirus to help you and so that you can share the information with others. for the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how it's affecting people in your community and your country. but first, here's the bbc‘s health and science reporter laura foster on what coronavirus is. coronaviruses are a type of virus. the one we're all talking about is new and it causes a disease called covid—19. now, most people will only be mildly affected by it, but it can kill. it starts by infecting our upper respiratory tracts, to which are the airways from your nose just above your vocal cords. you may develop a fever as your immune system starts to fight the virus, and a dry cough — that's one where you don't produce any phlegm. the virus can then spread to the lungs, making it harder for people to breathe, and it can cause pneumonia. in the most serious cases, people

i'm victoria derbyshire.tay with us, as we look at the world in lockdown, as an estimated 3 billion of us are quarantined and forced to stay put. we look at how life for tens of millions has come to a standstill. plus, we will give you ideas on how to keep you and your loved ones safe. and a reminder there is further advice and information about covid—19 on the bbc news website. first, the bbc‘sjim reed takes a look atjust how many people around the world are in lockdown. so it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. stay at home. it will break the chain of transmission and it will save lives. a quarter of the world is now living under some form of lockdown. 3 billion people have been told to stay at home. in most of europe, day—to—day life has stopped. in the north of italy, hospitals are still struggling to cope. it's three weeks now since the start of the world's first full national lockdown. the street is completely deserted. on a sunday afternoon, usually there would be, certainly, lots of people. tra

we'll be bringing you the best of this week's interviews and reports from the victoria derbyshire programme afternoon. welcome to bbc news. 12 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk, bringing the total number of cases in the uk to 35. the chief medical officer professor chris whitty released an update — saying three patients were close contacts of a known case, one had no known contacts and the circumstances were being investigated further, while others had recently travelled from countries where the virus had been identified. earlier, the health secretary, matt hancock, said the government could take emergency powers to close schools and cancel public events, in its efforts to tackle the coronavirus — but he added he wanted to mininise the social and economic impact of any measures. this afternoon, it's been confirmed that a member of staff at st mary's school in tetbury has tested positive for the virus — the school will close until at least wednesday. a school in reading is also closed after a teacher there was hospitalised with the virus. here's our health editor, hu

i'm victoria derbyshire. as much as we can about coronavirus to help you that you can share the information with others. for the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how it's affecting people in your community and your country. the main advice to stop the virus from spreading, wash your hands often, for around 20 seconds, avoid touching yourface and maintain social distancing, which is making sure there is around two metres between you and anyone else — as laura foster explains. politicians and scientists and even celebrities want to explain that we have to operate social distancing, which means no coming into contact with people unless you need to, so no more visitors at your house, visiting other people's houses, going to restaurants, pubs, clubs, sporting events. you get the idea. if you can work from home, the government says you should and your employer should help you do this. if you absolutely can't work from home, avoid busy travel times. you can g

the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme has been speaking to a friend of princess latifa and got herictions were finally lifted. and the whole world is now hearing the news that sheikh maktoum did kidnap two of his daughters. and this is now official and no longer an allegation. this is something you saw up close because you were on the boat with latifa in 2018 when she tried to escape dubai. she was taken back. what was that like? when that happened it was terrifying. it's probably one of the scariest experiences i've ever had. the boat was stormed by indian commandos who had machine guns, they were threatening to shoot us, it was extremely scary. and obviously afterwards latifa was dragged away kicking and screaming. her pleas for asylum were ignored. and after that myself and the rest of the crew were kidnapped as well. since then, the sheikh has said that what happened was that she was effectively being rescued and taken home. what did she say to you at that time when you were on the boat together? when she was taken? what were her words about what was going on? no, she was repea

i'm victoria derbyshire.s at any time at vicderbyshire and thank you for watching. hello, good evening. it's certainly started to feel colder this weekend. we take that chilly feel with us into sunday. not only will it be cold, it will also be windy. quite a significant wind chill. one or two wintry showers around as well, but also a lot of dry weather thanks to this area of high pressure. quite a strong high pressure area, actually, that's going to stick with us throughout the next few days and with the winds around high pressure flowing in a clockwise direction, that is bringing cold air down from the north and the strength of that wind really accentuating that chilly feel. so, temperatures dipping away through this evening and tonight, some clear spells around, large areas of cloud as well, and one or two of those showers wintry over high over, but even at low levels, a little bit of wintryness mixing in at times. temperatures generally hovering around about freezing. i think we'll drop below freezing for

that discussion earlier today on the victoria derbyshire programme.ishop of canterbury and the archbishop of york are calling for church services to be put on hold for public worship to be put on hold for public worship to be put on hold because of the coronavirus outbreak. it's a joint letter by the archbishop justin welby and johnson to move. they understand there has to be a very different sort of a church in the coming months to face the challenge of coronavirus. they've invited clergy to livestream if they have the resources to do so and expressed a desire church buildings may, where practical, remain open as places of prayer for the community but are suggesting public worship be put on hold now because of coronavirus. the government has warned that london is further forward than the rest of the country towards the peak of the virus. the mayor of london sadiq khan has said he's looking at running a reduced service on the underground and warned that the advice to avoid pubs and bars could be catastrophic for london businesses. some people will nee

i'm victoria derbyshire, thanks for watching. at @vicderbyshire and thank you for watching. hello. friday finished on a glorious note across the greater part of england and wales, but throughout the past week it's been a different story for many parts of scotland and northern ireland thanks to the cloud and some rain associated with that weather front, which through the weekend will show signs of wanting to move further down across the british isles, and it introduces a much colder regime to many parts as we move on into sunday and indeed into the start of next week. so it's a fairly cool start to the weekend, but a lot of dry weather, much more in the way of cloud across england and wales than you will have been used to through this week thus far. and it'll have enough about it to be producing just one or two showers, running in on a noticeable north to north—easterly wind. the last of the relative warmth still to be found across the southern counties of england and maybe the western side of wales, too. don't forget, as we move

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now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire ta kes a now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look backof the highlights from her programme this week. hello and welcome. for the next half an hourwe hello and welcome. for the next half an hour we will show you some of the highlights of our award—winning journalism in the last seven days. this week we revealed that aston villa and leicester have agreed to pay damages to five victims of a paedophile football scout put it both clubs have settled a civil case just weeks before it was due to be heard in the high court. the victims came forward as a result of an investigation by our programme in 2017. our reporter has been following the case. it's about a man called ted langford it was a football scout in the 80s and you can see him here in this newspaper picture which is the only photo we have. we think he was responsible, 01’ have. we think he was responsible, or suspect he was responsible for abusing dozens of boys in the 80s. he was convicted in 2007 and sent to prison for historical offences against four boys and was then released and die

mark price talking to victoria derbyshire.e train services which were previously operated by arriva rail north. the takeover was announced in january following widespread commuter chaos since may 2018 when the timetable was changed. passengers experienced regular delays and cancellations. 0ur correspondent danni hewson has been in manchester and has been explaining what difference it will mean for passengers. this morning's commute was the first real test of the government's operator of last resort which took control of the northern rail franchise last night. all the staff that work here at this depot in north manchester, all the trains are now under their control and it is a complicated franchise. more than 3000 services every single day. passengers have got used to delays, to cancellations and to overcrowding. they understand that there can be no magic wand waved, but i was talking to transport secretary grant shapps earlier and he said he understood that people wanted change. i think anyone who has been travelling on these

coming up shortly we have victoria derbyshire.les and elsewhere. absolutely, we've had a very wet february and thankfully, this week is looking quieter than it has been recently. we haven't got those storms in the forecast. this morning we have had lovely sunshine, shower clouds in gloucestershire and throughout this week, there is some rain in the forecast but not as much as recently. a mixture of sunshine and showers, not as windy but feeling quite chilly, particularly through the nights with some overnight frosts. through today, an area below pressure to the north and west of scotland bringing a weather front with frequent showers and still breezy in the north. further south, and weather front clearing away from the south—east, taking away from the south—east, taking away the patchy rain we've had this morning and the south—east of england but eventually the cloud clears. for most parts this afternoon, it is dry and bright and lots of sunshine around and still frequent showers in western scotland with some snow over the higher

i'm victoria derbyshire.elp you answer that you can share the information with others. for the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how it is affecting people in your community and your country. first, here is the bbc health and science reporter laura foster on what coronavirus is. coronaviruses are a type of virus. the one we are all talking about is new and it causes a disease called covid—19. most people will only be mildly affected by it but it can kill. tracts, which the airways from your nose to just above your vocal cords. you may develop a fever as your immune system starts to fight the virus and a dry cough. that is one where you don't produce any phlegm. the virus can then spread to the lungs, making it harder for people to breathe and it can cause pneumonia. in the most serious cases, people can die from the coronavirus. this is because the immune system can go into overdrive and that can lead to organ failure. so, we need to do what we can to s

i'm victoria derbyshire and we're live from new broadcasting house. going to come together. the government is going to support them. the whole country is going to come together and we will get through this, but we have some difficult weeks and months ahead of us. the over 70s will soon be asked to self—isolate. we'll let you know exactly what that means. schools in england, wales and scotland remain open for now. and did you experience this at the weekend? supermarkets have urged shoppers to stop panic buying. you are one of those who is panic buying, tell us why this morning. and a warning about universal credit during this crisis —

stay with us as we i'm victoria derbyshire.ith others. and a reminder, that for the latest on the spread of coronavirus you can always head to the website for information on how it is affecting people in your community and your country. first, we all know the main advice to stop the virus from spreading. wash your hands regularly for around 20 seconds. avoid touching yourface regularly for around 20 seconds. avoid touching your face and maintain social distancing, which is making sure there is around two metres between you and anybody else, as laura foster explains. politicians, scientists and even celebrities want us to practice social distancing. it means no coming into contact with people u nless coming into contact with people unless you need to, so no more visitors at your house, visiting other peoples houses, going to restau ra nts, other peoples houses, going to restaurants, parties, pubs, sporting events restaurants, parties, pubs, sporting eve nts — — restaurants, parties, pubs, sporting events —— you get the idea. if

advice on coronavirus, including what the symptoms are and how to self—isolate, presented by victoria derbyshireare all talking about is new and it causes a disease called covid-i9. now, new and it causes a disease called covid—19. now, most people will only be mildly affected by it, but it can kill. it starts by infecting our upper respiratory tract, which are the airways from your nose to just above your vocal cords. you may develop a fever as your immune system cells divide the virus, and a dry cough. that's one where you don't produce any plan. the virus can then spread to the lungs, making it harderfor people can then spread to the lungs, making it harder for people to breathe and it harder for people to breathe and it can cause pneumonia. in the most serious cases people can die from the coronavirus. this is because the immune system can go into overdrive and that can lead to organ failure. so, we need to do what we can to stop the virus from spreading. as it gets into your body by breathing it in or through your eyes and mouth, the best thing to do is wash your hands regularly and properl

i'm victoria derbyshire.ential shops. the uk's health secretary promises more protective equipment for nhs staff. the army will help distribute it. of course i've heard from people working on the front line. they desperately want to make sure that they have the right equipment to keep them safe and i am working night and day to try and make sure that they get it. mps in the uk will debate emergency legislation that would include giving police the power to force people with virus symptoms to isolate. pressure grows on the international olympic committee to postpone the tokyo 2020 games. canada becomes the first major country to officialy withdraw. hong kong tightens its borders as authorities there suggest they're on the brink of another coronavirus outbreak. meanwhile, europe's hardest hit country, italy, announces new restrictions with all businesses deemed non—essential told to close. good morning. you're watching the bbc news channel with me, victoria derbyshire, and welcome to our audiences around the wor

maddy appeared on the victoria derbyshire show and discussed her situation with a range of experts —05 to stay at home. maddy began by explaining why she chose to self—isolate. because i feel extremely vulnerable and because i am alone and i have no family. i just don't want to be in that position where i don't know what to do and i can't breathe. having had pneumonia several times and asthma all my life, which is regulated, i know what it feels like to not be able to breathe. and i dont want to be then feeling that i might die and i'm all alone. so i'm trying my best to avoid it. so you're staying indoors 24/7 or are you going out at some point? no, i will be going out. i only started this properly yesterday. i will be going out because i have a very lively dog which needs to be exercise. my plan is to drive to i have a heath near here and to be able to let my dog off the lead and she can run around and hopefully there won't be too many people around. and that's partly going to give me exercise as well. it's going to be a focus part of my plan of what i'm going to do through the day

it's wednesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, and we're live from new broadcasting house.work because you've got it. everybody has an interest in ensuring that all workers get fair sick pay because that will help slow the acceleration of the spread of this virus. and we'll discuss how to talk to your kids, if they're worried about coronavirus. we've been talking about it a lot but sometimes we are sad about it so we try not to talk about it and everything is

he's been speaking to the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme.to chill a bit, use some common sense, and if we're let loose, we're no longer contagious. and can we have an idea of what those threats say? i don't even want to get into them, they're as graphic as can be in terms of threatening our lives, getting very graphic about the kind of debts we would have, making threats on our grandkids. of deaths we would have, making threats on our grandkids. there are crazies out there and we're now dealing with them. and you can hear more of that interview on the victoria derbyshire programme in half an hour. and there are still questions over whether a vaccine will be ready in time to help deal with this outbreak. the chief scientific officer, sir patrick vallance, has said this morning that he doesn't think it's likely. don't think we will for i don't think we will get a vaccine for this outbreak. i don't think we will get something in time and of the correct scale, for this outbreak. that said, there have been remarkable changes in the ability to mak

any moment, the weather forecast, but first victoria derbyshire on what she has coming up attorney.toa civil partner had died are entitled to a payment of up to £10,000, but unmarried payments, are not. —— unmarried payments, are not. —— unmarried parents are not. and the prime minister will be setting out uk plans to contain coronavirus if it spreads. we will bring you that live. we are with your attorney on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. she time to check on the weather with carol. what have you got? almost everything. if you haven't stepped out it is a case of sunshine and showers, showers on the higher ground of northern england, northern ireland and also scotland. two bands, one going through to the north sea and the second hot on its heels producing showers moving east. showers of course that not all of us will see. sunny spells as well. temperatures 7—11, similar to yesterday. through this evening and overnight, a lot of dry weather. clear skies meaning temperatures will plummet. there will be frost and also the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. with cloud coming

i'm victoria derbyshire.f an hour we are going to try to tell you as much as we can about coronavirus so we can help you and so you can share the information with others. for the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how it is affecting people in your community and your country. but first, here's the bbc‘s health science reporter laura foster on what coronavirus is. coronaviruses are a type of virus. the one we are all talking about is new and it causes a disease called covid—19. most people will only be mildly affected by it, but it can kill. it starts by infecting our upper respiratory tracts, which are the airways from your nose to just above your vocal cords. you may develop a fever as your immune system starts to fight the virus. and a dry cough. that's one where you don't produce any phlegm. the virus can then proceed to the lungs which can make it hard for people to breathe and it can cause pneumonia. in the most serious cases, people can die from th

earlier, victoria derbyshire spoke to three pupils from the school.e duchess on friday. she was really lovely a nd meet the duchess on friday. she was really lovely and i think for me it was really important that she came to our school specifically to celebrate international women's day because as such a huge public figure, it is important that international women's day is recognised not just in international women's day is recognised notjust in general but end somewhere that women's issues are end somewhere that women's issues a re really end somewhere that women's issues are really important and struggling at the moment and to have that empowering message and have somebody that people would want to look up to come to our borough and tell our banner that women's issues are important as incredibly important for working—class women at the moment. we're just the pictures of you meeting her and being in that short formal line where you are chatting. what did you think of her? she was amazing. extremely down to earth. as i said in one of the news articles

earlier, my colleague victoria derbyshire spoke to mervyn singer, professor of intensive care at universityital, and professor rebecca shipley, whose teams developed the mask. once we have proved they are working as we anticipate very well with patients, we are essentially ready to manufacture them at scale. mercedes can currently make 300 a day. we are essentially primed and ready to deliver them to the nhs. 50 the input of mercedes is the capacity to produce these things? absolutely. in terms of the engineering we have essentially teamed the mechanical engineers at ucl with the mechanical engineers and manufacturing capability at mercedes. that has proved to be a formidable team had a relationship and they deserve massive credit because our mechanical engineers, they literally came into the office ten days ago and have been working day and night. that expertise across the institutions has enabled us to both deliver the engineering capability that is required to do this, and the capability to manufacture at scale to meet the needs of the health care service. professor singer, can you descr

now on bbc news, the best of the week's exclusive interviews and reports from the victoria derbyshire programme. hello and welcome. for the next half an hour, we will show some of the highlights of our award—winning journalism over the last week. first, on thursday, it was revealed that the number of rough sleepers in england has fallen for the second year in a row, but there are still more than double the number sleeping on the streets than ten years ago. it comes as new research seen by this programme shows that council funding for homeless services in england has been cut by more than a quarter in a decade. we spent the night with the homeless outreach team at the charity st mungo‘s in the financial heart of london. you get given four choices on the street. you can either shoplift. .. ..rob people, street robbery... ..prostitution or begging. it's not about the rain or the cold nights. or any of that stuff. for me, the worst part about being out here is not being seen. so, this is moorgate, ec2, one of the main roads through the city of london and we've come across some bedding and

and in half an hour, victoria derbyshire hears from people sent to street drug rehab clinics to deal

hello, it's monday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire and we're live from new broadcasting house. widespread transmission of coronavirus in the uk is now "highly likely", according to to the chief of public health england. i think the increase in numbers that we are seeing, coupled with the increases in countries nearby, in europe and, of course, in southeast asia, do make it much more likely that we will get more widespread transmission in the uk. the first emergency meeting chaired by the prime minister to discuss how to fight coronavirus will start in half an hour. he says the government will stop at nothing to contain the outbreak. so, what will that mean for your daily life? this woman is taking an nhs gender identity clinic to court because she says they didn't sufficiently question her decision to transition to become a man when she was 16. i should have been challenged on the proposals, or, you know, the claims that i was making for myself, and i think that would have made a big difference as well. we'll speak to the director of that clinic, the tavistock, who says they d

welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire here with you until 11. we're all trying to get used to the new restrictions on our lives — and trying to absorb them. this morning tell us what you think of these new measures — all brought into halt the spread of coronavieus — and how you are going to be affected. here are the headlines at nine o'clock. the uk wakes up to the toughest restrictions on daily life in living memory to tackle coronavirus — everyone must stay at home — only going out to shop for basics, exercise and travel for medical attention or essential work. i hope that people will follow this advice. if for any reason they don't, penalties are there. but as many people still head into the capital — the mayor of london says more workers need financial protection so they don't need to travel. it is really important for the chancellor and the prime minister to step up and give these people the support they need, so they know and they have peace of mind, they are going to put food on the table and pay their rent. this is the scene in piccadill

i'm victoria derbyshire and here are the headlines. police officers across the uk are told to take a "consistent" approach — when using their new emergency powers on restricting our movements. the comments — from the body that co—ordinates uk forces — come amid criticism of the way some officers have handled the new measures. the transport secretrary says the police are doing a difficultjob. there will be one or two instances where perhaps they have not approached it in the right way but in general across the country — not only are people complying very well — but — generally speaking — the police are taking a very sensible approach towards it. british airways says it is temporarily suspending all flights to and from gatwick airport due to the virus — as hundreds of stranded brits are still struggling to make their way back home. the country with the highest death rate — italy — extends its lockdown until easter, but there is some hope as the country reports a sharp decline in the number of infections. president trump says the next 30

and now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire has the latest information and health advice on the coronavirus though, and welcome to this special programme. i'm never one and over the next half an hour we are going to try to tell you as much as we can about coronavirus and we can help you and you could share the information with others. for the latest of the spread of the disease can latest of the spread of the disease ca n always latest of the spread of the disease can always had our website for information on how it is affecting people in your community and your country. the first use the bbchealth science reporter laura foster what coronavirus is. coronavirus is are a type of virus, the one we are all talking about is new and it causes the disease called covid—19. most people will only be mildly affected by it, but it can kill. it starts by infecting your upper respiratory tra cts infecting your upper respiratory tracts which are the airways from your nose to just above your vocal cords. may develop a fever as your immune system starts to fight the virus. ina immune system starts to fight

mr loud told my colleague victoria derbyshire that in the days leading up to her death, no physical contactar masks, gloves and aprons, at all times, strict protocol of hand washing, and getting out of those items afterwards. ican imagine. of course, presumably you couldn't hug her, you could not kiss her or hold her hand? we were not able to have any physical contact at all. we could touch her hand through gloves. but there was no physical contact. we were not allowed to hug her, you know, touch herface or her head, or any display of affection which you would normally want, if you had a loved one in that position. it was extremely difficult. how are you trying to rationalise what has happened to your mum? it's extremely difficult. i was still questioning why she went in for a routine operation, and if she would still be with us. she wanted the operation. she was having difficulty with her digestive system, which is why she wanted it, and she was pleased to go in. but she never asked for this. i urge anybody, if you are listening, to not... hospitals are a last resort at this stage. self tr