will gompertz, bbc news, yorkshire.cording to a nasa report. astronaut at the space station succeeded in growing the vegetable samples while orbiting 400 km above the earth's cervix. while orbiting 400 km above the ea rth‘s cervix. —— while orbiting 400 km above the earth's cervix. —— surface. i prefer my lettuce to remain on earth. that's it for me. bye— bye. 0n the plus side, the weather will not be as bad as it has been on some weekends but it will still be windy and it will be wet at times. this area of low pressure will feed in these weather fronts over the weekend, especially during saturday, saturday night. behind this cold front on sunday, it will feel a bit colder, but some sunshine again and also some heavy showers. for the weekend, it will be wet at times. certainly not all the time. could be blustery throughout, but we will see some sunshine especially by sunday. temperatures warming up after an early frost. particularly where we have some cloud towards and west of the uk and some outbreaks of rain. any earl

will gompertz, bbc news, yorkshire. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes., is that it for the rain now or is there more on the way? there is more on the way and one of theissues there is more on the way and one of the issues we've had a record—breaking february in terms of rainfall with summaries getting four times the amount of rain but they should have seen so there is a lot of water in the ground and it doesn't take much to see those flooding problems come back but there is more rain on the way as well. today has given us something ofa well. today has given us something of a respite with sunny skies for many of us, a big improvement across southern england and east anglia but this area of rain and talking about is this area of cloud moving off the atla ntic is this area of cloud moving off the atlantic so we have more wet in windy whether coming this weekend. next few hours, we see showers moving across scotland, otherwise clever disguise which will allow temperatures to dip below freezing across eastern scotland and eastern scotla nd across eastern scot

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will gompertz, bbc news, yorkshire. now it's time for newswatch.his week, samira ahmed puts the bbc‘s coverage of the coronavirus under scrutiny. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. does the extensive air time the bbc is devoting to the coronavirus mean it's guilty of scaremongering? and how can reporters provide all the information on the virus that the public needs without encouraging a sense of panic? one subject has led almost all news bulletins this week, and it seems likely to remain top of the agenda for some time to come. here's hugh pym, on thursday's news at ten, reporting on warnings that the coronavirus was likely to spread further in the uk. the warnings today have been on the basis of a worst case scenario. case numbers may be less than expected, but health leaders feel they need to prepare hospitals, their staff and patients for a potentially very tough time ahead. while some viewers have applauded the way the topic‘s been handled — with a twitter user called jonathan posting this... but chris stapleton had a differ

will gompertz, bbc news, yorkshire. hello there.with spells of wind and rain. it's going to last as we head on into next week as well. for many of us to the first part of the night it's going to be dry with clear skies, temperatures will tumble further west for signs of this next weather system moving in, it will bring more clout, bricks of rain, and also strengthening wins. could see some snow as that rain arrives, cold night to come to eastern areas with a touch of frost, where it will turn milder out west. so for the beacon from its unsettled, low— pressure ta kes beacon from its unsettled, low—pressure takes control, it will be windy at times, all bricks of rain initially in the northwest of country through saturday, the wet and windy weather will sweep across the country during saturday night and into sunday. it's a blustery day with sunshine and showers, and it will feel cooler as well. mild on saturday, as that wind continues to pick up, gales around irish seacoast, bricks of rain spreading eastwards into sunday, chilli with

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measures to help the economy through the crisis — it will come less than a week after he announced £12 billion of emergency funding in the budget. simon gompertzes are suddenly on their knees, like alfredo's in the city of london. people are working from home, or wary of gatherings. sales have disappeared, the bills cannot be paid and he is likely to close. we are losing money, we cannot make money to pay the rent and rates and everything. my staff, i have to send two of them home. what about the food? we throw it away. for places where we sit inside to eat and drink the situation is if anything worse. what do you do when people are warned not to come to your business? restau ra nt warned not to come to your business? restaurant c 100% cancellation of bookings, some are closing. for pubs, it has turned from hoping for the best to a battle for survival. there are a million people employed and under threat massively and these are community assets. if they close for good they will be gone for ever so we need help from the government, action now, a package that will get the cash flowing and they have literally 2a hours. the cash flowing and they h

our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz explained that delaying sales will be a tall orderut what the government is saying is the two parties, the buyer and the seller, should make an amicable agreement to extend that date to beyond the time when restrictions on human contact are lifted. now, there will be exceptions. in some cases they admit it will be unavoidable and they don't want to change critical house moves. not clear what that is but it could be situations where key workers are moving, for instance, or where elderly people are moving out of a home into somewhere where they can be cared for. and in terms of the wider property market, like so many parts of the economy, slightly on the up in recent times but we can only speculate what this is going to do to it now. a huge impact i think because you have to take this alongside the fact there will be no viewings of properties, estate agents are closed, removals companies are not taking on any new business and the impact is going to be a very sharp fall in transactions and inactivity in the housing market. 0n the plus si

housing change could well fall through and people will be looking to pay less money, which is a challenge as well. thank you very much for now, simon gompertzt elderly or more vulnerable people in our community. residents of a town in devon have had a system operating for some years — every street in ilfracombe is covered by a network of volunteers. jon kay went to find out how it all works. bell rings. oh, yea! self isolation will not silence him. ilfracombe's town crier might be confined to his doorstep, but he still has a message to deliver. stay safe, my friends. you know it makes sense! it's certainly different... out of his robes and tricorn hat, 84—year—old roy joined me for a video call. it sounds like everybody is coming together. ilfracombe is absolutely brilliant. we have a really fabulous community spirit. normally, you've only got to ask and it is done. we are very, very fortunate. ilfracombe is a seaside town. many of its 11,000 residents are elderly and vulnerable and will need protection in the weeks ahead. bicclescombe park, i've got three volunteers. and this is how they're doing it. before they had to start working from h

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correspondent simon gompertz is at heathrow tonight, where the impact on business is being clearly felt with the cancellation of flights. yes, fiona, british airways is saying more than 200 flights will the 17th and march the 28th. now, 171 of those are two european destinations from here, heathrow. that italy but also germany, france, switzerland, ireland, belgium as well. 12 other flights from here tojf kennedy airport in new york are being cancelled and also flights from london city airport and some from gatwick as well. passengers are being told they can rebook or get their money back. they might even be put on other carriers and one other carrier, ryanair, has said 25% of its flights to italy are going to be cancelled in the second half of march and the first week of april. there is evidence that planes are going half empty, that people are simply not turning up for flights. it isa simply not turning up for flights. it is a measure of how worried they are and how that is affecting bookings. 0k, simon gompertz at heathrow, thank you. and, as we've heard, the nhs's111 telephone and online service is under intense pressure at the moment. 0ur global health correspondent tulip mazumd

simon gompertz is at heathrow tonight, earlier he said the impact on business is being clearly felt with the cancellation of dozens of flights. british airways is saying more than 200 flights will17 and march 28. now, 171 of those are two european destinations from here, heathrow, thatis destinations from here, heathrow, that is italy but also germany, france, switzerland, ireland, belgium as well. 12 other flights from here to jf belgium as well. 12 other flights from here tojf kennedy airport in new york are being cancelled and also flights from london city airport and some from gatwick as well. passengers are being told they can rebook or get their money back. they might even be put on other carriers, and one other carrier, ryanair, has a 25% of its flights to italy are going to be cancelled in the second half of march and the first week of april. there is evidence that planes are going half empty, people are simply not turning up empty, people are simply not turning up flights. it is a measure of how worried they are and how that is affecting bookings. jeremy corbyn warned the government is going to have to do much more to compensate workers whose earnings are cut with atte

will deliver. are really good point. thanks, mike. mike granite is the kishna alongside fergus walsh, and simon gompertz, a personalfinance correspondentint broadcast between radio 5 live and the bbc news channel. you can live and the bbc news channel. you ca n text live and the bbc news channel. you can text on 85058. i have to say, genuinely, in my 18 years of broadcasting here for at the bbc, i have never seen anything like this before. and also #bbcyourquestions, currently trending on social media this morning. if you want to get in touch please send your questions. clearly, we a re touch please send your questions. clearly, we are not going to get through them all. but looking across then we do get a general sense of then we do get a general sense of the sorts of areas you would like covered, and make sure we hit those markers throughout this programme. we are here on air with you until ten o'clock this morning. let's go back to our callers. emma in ipswich. good morning, what would you like to know? good morning. i'm self—employed and i work in two care homes doing beauty treatments — one in ipswich, one in cambridge. my my conce

gompertz is here with me in the studio. iamto i am to crack on with this. lots of people, lots of questions. what willoans and utility bills, will they be penalised for missed/late payments? well, i guess palmer means we'll day, the employer, be penalised if they don't pay statutory sick pay, which the employer has to do. they don't pay statutory sick pay, which the employer has to dolj didn't which the employer has to do.” didn't read it that way but all right. if your employer doesn't pay you statutory sick pay, then they themselves are subject to a penalty. it is £300. 60p per day for each day they don't pay it. if they are persistent, there are thousands of pounds per penalties. there is a regime to punish employers who don't pat’- regime to punish employers who don't pay. the problem is they don't have to pay to everyone. you need to be earning up to a certain threshold, so people who are part—timers, doesn't work so well for them. and what you get is £94 a week. that is something but it is a lot less than average earnings. about 20%. if your intention is to encourage people to self—isolate and s

to help the economy through the crisis — it will come less than a week after he announced 12 billion pounds of emergency funding in the budget. simon gompertzon their knees, like alfredo's in the city of london. people are working from home, or wary of gatherings. sales have disappeared, the bills cannot be paid and he is likely to close. we are losing money, we cannot make money to pay the rent and rates and everything. my staff, i have to send two of them home. what about the food? we throw it away. you cannot keep it. for places where we sit inside to eat and drink the situation is, if anything, worse. what do you do when people are warned not to come to your business? restaurants are seeing 100% cancellation of bookings, some are closing. for pubs, it has turned from hoping for the best to a battle for survival. there are a million people employed in pub sector and under threat massively and these are community assets. if they close for good they will be gone for ever, so we need help from the government, action now, a package that will get the cash flowing and they have literally 24 hours. shops that sell essentials have seen a rush, b

it's not entirely clear what will happen to customers as a result of this, but we'll wait to hear what the administrators have to say. simon gompertzical staff to come back to help with the fight against coronavirus, as well as appealing for hundreds of thousands of volunteers. 0ne returning nurse is anne carr, and she joins us now from conwy. thank you for being with us. why did you want to volunteer to come back? everybody looked very seriously ill when you see it on the tv, and i think i've got a lot of skills left to come back, and i would like to help and help my colleagues and be pa rt help and help my colleagues and be part of a team again. and how long is it since you've been away from the health service? i was working as a nurse practitioner 18 months ago, so only a year ago, and i have had 37 years experience in nursing, varied roles from district to palliative care to school nursing, soi palliative care to school nursing, so i feel as if i've got a lot to offer. and do you know where you might be working? would it be in a hospital, or would it be as a district nurse? at the moment, the nmcjust confirmed my registration a