We do have a weather front approaching the north of scotland, so approaching the north of scotland, so heres some wetter and windier weather. Theres more as ever online. This is bbc news. The headlines more beds, ventilators and thousands of extra staff will be made available from next week after a deal between nhs england and the nations independent hospitals. Another 53 people with coronavirus have died in england, bringing the total of deaths in the country to 220. The death toll in italy has seen another dramatic rise nearly 800 people have died in the last 2a hours from coronavirus the highest total anywhere in the world since the outbreak began. And in spain, theres been a big rise too an increase of more than 300 people, bringing the total number of deaths there to more than 1,300. Meanwhile in paris
this is the scene live where theyre lighting up the eifel tower tonight in a tribute to their medical personnel. Be responsible when you shop. An appeal by a senior British Government minister, who estimates that £1 billion worth of extra food has been stockpiled. It is making life more difficult for those front line workers, such as our doctors and nurses and nhs support staff, who are working so hard in such difficult circumstances. Islands in the stream. And in other news, the American Country music legend, kenny rogers, has died at the age of 81. Good evening. Youre watching bbc news,
broadcasting in the uk and around the world. Well have the latest on the coronavirus pandemic in europe and elsewhere in a moment. But we start in the uk where another 53 people have died in england, bringing the total of deaths in the country to 220. In response to the pandemic, the nhs has struck an unprecedented deal with private hospitals across england to utilise nearly their entire Hospital Capacity to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The nhs says the deal will provide 8,000 additional hospital beds across england, nearly 1,200 more ventilators, and 700 doctors. Its been announced today that a further 56 people have died after testing positive with the virus in england, scotland and wales. Currently there are more than 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the uk. With the latest, heres dominic hughes. The first day of what is meant to be something close to lockdown. But in the centre of newcastle,
some people are still out and about. From the experts, though, a real sense that a moment of crisis is fast approaching. If you follow the advice, you are saving somebodys life. This is the time in your lifetime whereby your action will save somebodys lie. It is as simple and stark as that. A picture of those being admitted to Critical Care after falling ill is beginning to emerge. Data was collected on 196 patients in england, wales and Northern Ireland. Half of them were being looked after by hospitals in london. 57 were female, 139 were male. 132 patients needed a ventilation machine to help them breathe. 16 patients sadly died. 17 were discharged to regular hospital wards, the rest remained in intensive care. There is concern about the number of cases that are presenting in london, but also a small but significant cluster in birmingham and the west midlands. But this virus is spreading throughout the country. In salford, the deaths of two patients were announced yesterday. Medical staff are concerned over access to protective clothing, despite government promises that enough of the right kit is available. And a reminder, from one doctor, of the serious situation we face. This is the week that the most people who are infected without knowing it will cause it to spread. What you do today will affect the intensive care beds in hospitals over the next few weeks. Please, please, please, stay at home if you can. Some good news. The nhs has done what looked like a really significant deal with private hospitals. It should make 8,000 beds, 1,200 ventilators and thousands of staff available to the nhs. They will be needed in the weeks to come. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Here in the uk, the governments once again urging people
to follow its advice to help stop the spread of the disease after ordering pubs, clubs and Leisure Facilities to close. Phil norton is in york for us to see if people are listening to the advice. If you have a look around here in York City Centre tonight, you can see there are very few people around. This would normally be, like any other town or city at this time of night, full of people heading home after the shops have closed, people heading in ready for a night out was bars and restaurants. This isa out was bars and restaurants. This is a tourist hotspot as well. There are other businesses as well who are coming up with ways today to sell some of their stock. Many food businesses have lots of perishable stocks. This restaurant had tables at with perishable goods and also their easter stock which they were selling at half price. That has done very well. It was offering tea and coffee for free to nhs staff. Tourists will know bettys tearoom
here, which has been in darkness all day. Another restaurant that will have been welcoming people through its doors tonight for a meal. Speaking to some people today, they have been concerned about the number of people on the roads. I drove over here from hull, where i live, and leaving the city, the road seemed to be like any other saturday. There has been an emerging concern today about the number of people who have gone to the east coast resorts of bridlington and skegness, which are said to have been packed today with people in the cafe is an our case. It has pumped it so much concerned that politicians have raised this on twitter. The Lincolnshire Police and crime commissioner markjones, has issued an urgent appeal. He says it issued an urgent appeal. He says it is time for people to be socially responsible, or made to be. He says ca rava n responsible, or made to be. He says caravan sites in arcades must be closed quickly. He says lincolnshire pozz closed quickly. He says lincolnshire pozz mega closed quickly. He says lincolnshire pozz mega health and 999 services
cannot be facing thousands of visitors on top of its residents that it has to support. Other politicians have raised concern. 0ne says they have raised it at a high level. He says action needs to be taken today. There are clinic concerns that people are not heeding this warning and the advice to set home. And well find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30pm and 11 30pm this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are the political commentator, jo phillips, and the Political Editor of the people and sunday mirror, nigel nelson. In italy, nearly 800 people have died within the last 2a hours, bringing the total number of deaths there to 4,825. A lockdown to limit the spread has been in place for weeks. Now tougher measures have been introduced, which stop people visiting parks,
playgrounds or public gardens. Sima kotecha reports from rome. No children, just empty playgrounds in romes largest park. Even tougher rules coming into force today say people cannot go into them to try to curb the outbreak. Here for several weeks, schools have already been closed. The only noises that you can hear are the bells, you know, the church bells. Which is nice. But the other noise is the ambulances. The only two noises here. In lombardy, the worst affected region, teachers say some children felt lost without personal contact but virtual lessons are helping. The reality has been taken away from them. Being able to give them reality through a computer has been particularly important. How do you feel about the coronavirus . Thumbs down . One parent in rome tells us she is worried about the psychological impact of the outbreak will have on the young. He is having nightmares. He is having nightmares . Yes, i dont know if it is connected but he is having nightmares about spiders most nights. He said he is not worried because he is brave. You are brave, you seem very brave and you look very brave. Nobody has lived through times like this before. The spaces may be smaller, but as ever, everybody is learning to adapt. Sima kotecha, bbc news, rome. Irene tinagli is an mep for northwest italy, representing the lombardy region, which has been worst hit by the coronavirus. Shes been in quarantine for the last three weeks
and spoke to us earlier. Iam fine. I am fine. Of course, i am worried because the emergency keeps growing. Although the rate is less, it is not as tough as it was a few days ago, but with the death toll increasing every day, so this is worrying. The death toll has been shocking today, hasnt it . So many more have died. Is this something that people were prepared for, or has it taken people by shock . Nobody was prepared for a tragedy of this magnitude. The very beginning, people thought it would beginning, people thought it would bea beginning, people thought it would be a bad virus, obviously worse than the flue. Nobody expected this kind of death toll. So now many people are starting to really get scared. The streets are completely deserted. Of course there are people sometimes in line for groceries, but the situation is obviously very serious. Although the towns who were quarantined first, in those areas, the contagion has stopped. So this isa the contagion has stopped. So this is a good sign that maybe in a week 01 is a good sign that maybe in a week orso, is a good sign that maybe in a week 01 so, even is a good sign that maybe in a week orso, even in is a good sign that maybe in a week or so, even in the areas that right 110w or so, even in the areas that right now are most affected, it could be decreasing. That is what we all hope. That is one glimmer of hope. This is a question that people have asked repeatedly, why do you think the situation has been so bad in italy, and in particularly lombardi, the area you represent . The doctors are looking at this because it is more severe than they would have expected. The situation has got much better in smaller towns that went through quarantine much earlier than
the rest of lombardy. We have been in quarantine for less than two weeks. The problem is it is a very, very dense industrial place, so factories have not been shutdown. Many people kept going to work. So the subways, public transportation, if you went in the morning or evening, they were still packed because people had to go to work. So it is possible that this didnt help. But we chose to close everything in retail, restaurants, but not the factories and industries because this would mean shutting down the whole country. But this is a debate that is ongoing. Down the whole country. But this is a debate that is ongoingm down the whole country. But this is a debate that is ongoing. It has been said that the uk is several weeks behind italy. What advice would you have for the uk . Take it
very seriously. Dont hesitate to lockdown, especially in the areas that are more easily locked down, as we did in several towns was not they responded very well. In a couple of weeks, the contagion started to decrease and disappear. It is harder for larger metropolitan areas. The first thing is to try to lockdown as much as possible. The next advice, protect your doctors. You will have problems with a shortage of doctors, 10 of our people affected are doctors and nurses and now we have a shortage. This is a drama. So it is desperate, so be very careful in protecting your doctors and nurses. Lets take a look at some other developments in spain, theres been a big rise in the number of coronavirus related deaths, up by a third in a day. More than 1,300 people have now died there, behind only iran, china and italy. And 400 british tourists are at risk of being stranded in peru after the government there said its borders would be sealed tomorrow, with no more planes allowed in or out. Foreign secretary dominic raab says hes asking peruvian authorities to lift restrictions so rescue flights could bring people home. We have numbers coming out of ireland. Cases climbed up to 785. The department of health said on saturday that as of friday, three people have died of the. The government is stressing that there is more than enough food to go around the environment and food secretary, george eustice, said people should think of others, especially Health Workers who needed to shop at the end
of their gruelling shifts. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, has this report. It is a sight many of us have got used to over the last few days. Queues of shoppers this morning, people waiting to stock up on food and supplies. Anotherfamiliar scene inside, empty shelves, which have meant some of us havent been able to get the essentials. So this afternoon, a plea from the government dont buy more than you need. Be responsible when you go shopping and think of others. Buying more than you need means that others may be left without and it is making life more difficult for those front line workers such as doctors and nurses and nhs support staff who are working so hard in such difficult circumstances. You just need to stop it. People like dawn, the Critical Care nurse who found shelves empty after 40 hours of work. We should all be ashamed that has to happen, it is unacceptable. These are the very people
we will all need to look after perhaps us or our loved ones in the weeks ahead. There is thought to be £1 billion more food in peoples houses now compared to three weeks ago. The reasons, though, arent always simple. My mum is 90 so she cannot come on her own, so how does it work . If i come i look like i am the person who is taking the stuff from the old people, when my mum cannot come out to get it. Chaotic and a bit strange. Come here and there is nothing available. Although the supermarket shelves may look empty, the message from industry chiefs is there is enough to go round. There is plenty of food in the supply chain, the issue is around people and lorries. So getting the food right into the front line, onto our shelves, which is why we have seen shortages in some areas. The government has relaxed some rules for supermarkets. Many of the pleas that have been made so far have fallen on deaf ears. Is the government prepared to intervene at some point and perhaps introduce compulsory limits on what people can buy . I dont think it is necessary or appropriate for the government to dictate this. Different stores on different items working together to identify what an appropriate limit is. For now, the pleas continue, but the question is whether they are enough. 0ur news correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is here. Were ina were in a strange situation. There is enough food out there, but there are empty shelves as well. |j is enough food out there, but there are empty shelves as well. I went to are empty shelves as well. I went to a supermarket in Central London today and there was a fear. There is no plaster, no pasta sauce, you html, that has gone completely. It is mothers day tomorrow but there
we re is mothers day tomorrow but there were a lot of mothers day flowers. It isa were a lot of mothers day flowers. It is a really sad situation, but one of the side effects of the outbreak we are having is that people are not going to see their pa rents. People are not going to see their parents. An elderly lady was in tea rs. Parents. An elderly lady was in tears. She lives with her sister and her husband and she has not been able to get the things that she needs. She has been going everyday to the shop but she just cant find the things that she needs for her family. We have heard from the government today that there is enough food to go around, but people really need to stop panic buying. We will see if people take that message on board. What else at the government doing . They have come up with a few different ideas. They are easing competition rules, which make it easierfor easing competition rules, which make it easier for supermarkets to come together, talk to each other and try and find the best way forward. They are relaxing the hours where lorries can deliver food to supermarkets, so
you will see more deliveries going into supermarkets. It used to be more strict. I think it is a work in progress as the situation goes on. What the government is asking is for people to stop panic buying, just be sensible. Dont buy lots of fresh food, because it will go off as well. The headlines on bbc news more beds, ventilators and thousands of extra staff will be made available from next week after a deal between nhs england and the nations independent hospitals. Another 53 people with coronavirus have died in england, bringing the total of deaths in the country to 220. The death toll in italy has seen another dramatic rise nearly 800 people have died in the last 24 hours from coronavirus, the highest total anywhere in the world since the outbreak began. In the us, a number of states have ordered shutdowns, with one in five americans soon set to be under a stay at home order. The virus has claimed nearly 280 lives there and infected more than 19,500 people. And within the past couple of hours, President Trump has said the us has agreed new measures with the leaders canada and mexico to control nonessential travel across its northern and southern borders. We have also reached agreements with canada and mexico on new travel rules at our northern and southern borders to halt the entry of the chinese virus while continuing trade and commerce. And we have had very good talks with Prime Minister trudeau and today, this morning, with president lopez 0brador. We talked aboutjoint measures that we are taking to prevent the spread of the virus in our countries and to temporarily suspend nonessential travel. We had a great conversation this morning
with the president of mexico, and our close cooperation with mexico and canada will keep our people healthy, keep their people healthy, keep everybody safe. Thousands of childminders in the uk have written to the government asking for more support with their wages. They say the chancellors Job Retention scheme announced on friday in response to the outbreak of coronavirus doesnt help them, as theyre self employed. Many child minders are facing full or partial closures as of monday following the governments call for most children to stay home, except those of key workers and vulnerable children. Neil leitch is the chief executive of the early years alliance, one of the Biggest Charities that represents childminders and childcare providers. Hejoins us now from surrey. What is the impact as things stand . As it stands, businesses will get
80 . Asa as it stands, businesses will get 80 . As a result of the coronavirus. If you are self employed, i think universal credit, which pay Something Like £94 a week, that is not going to be enough. Neil, i am afraid you are coming in and out. Were kind of hearing every other sentence. We better leave it here. We will try and re establish the connection and we will come back to you when we can, but for the moment, thank very much. Tributes have been paid to the country singer, kenny rogers, whos died aged 81. Best known for hits like coward of the county and the gambler, he had 20 number ones in the us country charts. David silltoe reports. Baby when i met you, there was peace unknown. I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb. I was soft inside. There was something. My mom said it very well one day. She said, that boy never worked a day in his life. All he ever did was sing. Hed grown up in houston, one of eight children in a poor family in the citys housing projects. There are people leading people. Hed started out singing close harmony and then turned to jazz. This is him playing bass. After that came folk. Ifound my mind in a brown paper bag. But his breakthrough was 60s psychedelia in the band the first edition. I tripped on a cloud. But the future was a country tinged song of theirs about a korean veteran. When the band folded. Ruby. Kenny rogers went solo. Dont take your love to town. Youve got to know when to hold them. Ruby, lucille, coward of the county, the gambler few country stars have crossed over
with such success. Therell be time enough for counting. When the dealings done. There were always those who doubted his country credentials, but who needs the purists when youve got the mansion . 0ffstage, hed had five marriages, a serious tennis habit, an Interior Design firm. Its kenny rogers roasters . And a chain of chicken restaurants. Islands in the stream. That is what we are. No one in between. How can we be wrong . But, really, it was all about the music. From jazz and folk to the country duet that topped them all. From one lover to another, ah ha
in paris, the eiffel tower has been lit up specially to pay tribute to Health Workers battling coronavirus. The lights on the tower stayed on for a further ten minutes this evening in a show of solidarity to French Health staff. France has imposed some of the strictest lockdown measures, with people requiring paperwork to move around france, and the police have been out on the streets checking peoples paperwork to check that they do have reasons for moving around. The Health Service there is facing particular pressure, and so they are paying tribute to those particular workers trying to battle the coronavirus epidemic. As the uk gets use to the new way of life due to the coronavirus, police in london have tried to brighten the mood. Thats a police boat going down the river thames in london playing the monty yython the river thames in london playing the monty python song. It has been another dry day for most parts of the country. We have had more cloud for Northern Ireland and that is because we have a very weak weather front close by. That should move away in the next 24 hours. That pushes some patchy rain into the north and west of scotland. Some more cloud for the east coast. That wont avoid frost for most parts. We are looking at 4 and 5 in the glens in the far north. This low cloud for the east coast of england and eastern scotland should lift throughout the day. It wont feel as chilly as it has done today. Similarly so as we go into monday and tuesday although we do have a weather front approaching the north of scotland, so some wetter and windier weather here. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. More beds, ventilators and thousands of extra staff will be made available from next week after a deal between nhs england and the nations independent hospitals. Another 53 people with coronavirus have died in england, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 220. The death toll in italy has seen another dramatic rise nearly 800 people have died in the last 24 hours from coronavirus, the highest total anywhere in the world since
the outbreak began. A senior British Government minister has appealed for people to be responsible when shopping its estimated £1 billion worth of extra food has been stockpiled. Now on bbc news, its time for the sport. Pressure is really mounting on organisers to make a decision on the 0lympics. Organisers to make a decision on the olympics. This letter has been written to the committee. Earlier, i spoke to the board member who said postponing the games would not be ideal, but this is bigger than sport. I made the team into thousand and eight. I made third and got disqualified at the olympic games. In 2012, ifinished fourth place. In 2016, i got hurt. This is my last chance to make the olympic games, and it does not change any thoughts i had. I would never look back on this moment and say, i wish Something Else would have happened if wiese save lives, it is worth it. I had my chances, and i should have done a betterjob. Everything happens for a reason. I would not change my mind at all. Having spoken to some of the organisers, is there
any sense of a date as to when a decision has to be made . any sense of a date as to when a decision has to be made . If you check social media on twitter, they said at one point that they would come out with a decision by march. Since then, i believe that statement has been retracted and that is kind of what we are asking. 0ur trials are scheduled for mid to latejune. The social distancing is supposed to end in earlyjuly. We still have people who did not compete indoors who do not have the standard to be considered for the games, and is that fair to those people . There are a lot of unknowns and a lot of things that need to be discussed. Brazil, norway and slovenias 0lympic committees have also urged the ioc to take action while usain
bolts former coach agrees as